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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...absence of familiar faces and the appearance of strange ones, the gladsome welcomes and the hearty hand-shakings, remind us that another college year with its duties is upon us. Those who bear the responsibility of editing a college journal find their task both pleasant and irksome, yet in the past year it has been rendered less arduous by the gentlemanly courtesies of subscriber and contributor. The reception which the Magenta met and the interest exhibited in its welfare warrant us in continuing its publication. The first official duties of the newly elected Editors begin with this number; augmented thus...
...friend Skiapous is not a man who courts publicity, but such is his nature that it is thrust upon him. "Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them." This is a remark which was on one occasion made by W. Shakespeare, who has since died. Some have playfully applied S.'s remark to our friend, saying that he belongs to the first and last of these classes. Those can understand the application of this best, who are acquainted with the reasons which led to his being named Skiapous...
...learned parents had read in Pliny Major's "Natural History," of a certain race of men called Skiapodae,-so named because, when oppressed by the heat of the sun, they could, by virtue of the construction of their feet, bestowed upon them by nature, fertile in expedients, lie on their backs and intercept completely the rays of the far darter,-so copiously were they supplied with foot...
...often been suggested to the subject of our present mythologico-biographical considerations, that, since he had such a large amount of foot to support him, he need not be at all particular about standing upon many solid principles. Now, I take it to be one of the best of proofs that our friend's natural greatness of mind is as exceptional as that of his feet, that he has never seen fit to avail himself of this good pretext for being a scamp...
...conspicuously lacking in high aspirations. He has a great idea of handing his memory down to posterity, and he very properly thinks that all should seek to "eternize" that part of them which is pre-eminent, and which distinguishes them from their fellow-mortals. Acting upon this principle, be has engaged a leading sculptor to model "a bust of his feet...