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8 TH E HOBART HERALD. In March, 1879, the first number of T h e H o b a r t H e r a l d wasprinted which in fact, though less serious in matter, and not a im ing at so high literary excellence, contained more enduring qualities as a college paper than its prede cessors. T h e first editorial declares, “ our idea of a college paper is, that it ought to be a medium through which the students can present their views upon subjects connected with college life, and be devoted to the discussion o f questions of general interest to them .” T h e second number has the first article on base-ball urging the students to make use of their abilities in that line. T h en for the first tim e was the “ Campus ” introduced, the personals were given more space, a local coloring was thrown over the whole and thus made interesting to all the alutnni. It wTas a college paper, whereas its predecessors were literary exercises ; but still we m u st not think there was not literary' excellence also in T i l e H e r a l d , for it contains many beautiful little lyrics, and even dramatic pieces, literary' criticism aud essays, which would do honor to any college, as the following poem written by one of H o b a rt’s most delicate poets will prove: W h a t is friendship? ’Tis a flower W h ich its perfume s till retains W h ile its withered form remains, M indful o f its natal hour, W h en it blossomed iu the bower. W h a t is friendship? ’Tis a thought W h ich when born can never die, But, for all eternity, Must, its features ne’er forget, Hive w ith good or evil fraught. W h at is friendship? ’Tis a star Lighted by the hand divine, W h ich shall never cease to shine, From its g lorious crimsom car Sending light to worlds afar. T h u s our love eternal grows, Like the star w ith deathless ray, Like the thought that lives for ay e, Pure as perfume, w h en it flows, From the lips of rarest rose.
