interest to my countrymen, I shall give one more item and close. The answer to each riddle is a word ending with the syllable 'age,' and conveying the meaning suggested by the riddle.

Furniture

Monument

Hero

Angel

Talisman

...

...

balls :

(Non-alcoholic) The iced tea. Peanuts and popcorn for men : Candies for women:

The ice-cream for all.

Baseball for men:

Basket-ball for women.

Swinging in hammocks in the

summer:

Tobogganing in the winter:

Extolling America to the skies.

all the year round.

The rocking chair. ... The sky-scraper.

Characteristic

...

Rite

...

Of men-Shopkeeping, fleecing

and skinning the customers:

Of men-Craze for money-
making :

Of women-Spending as much
money as they can, and having
a good time.

Elopement and secret marriage.

And last, but not least, the most popular.

Pride

...

That the Americans form the

blue blood of the world by being the fathers-in-law of the European aristocracy.

CHAPTER X.

THE ALMA MATER.

The Alma Mater Song-The Campus-The four classes-The Bustonian Chorus-The Colleges-Numbers of students and teachers-Courses of studiesAdvanced degrees-The University Library-The Chimes-University magazines-The Cornellian-The write-ups-University life-Cornell athletics-University spirit-The Alumni Song.

"Far above Cayuga's waters,
With its waves of blue,

Stands our noble Alma Mater,

Glorious to view.

Chorus:

"Lift the chorus, speed it onward,

Loud her praises tell ;

Hail to thee, our Alma Mater,

Hail, all hail, Cornell !

"Far above the busy humming

Of the bustling town,

Reared against the arch of heaven,

Looks she proudly down."

The above, which is one of the finest of

university songs, greets the ears of a stranger as soon as he enters the Cornell University. Standing in dignified grandeur on the summit of a hill, far above the waters of the Cayuga Lake, the Campus of Cornell presents one of the most beautiful sights among the universities of the States. There are several first class universities in America, e.g., Harvard, Yale, Cornell, Princeton, Columbia, Chicago, Lelan Standford, John Hopkins, etc. Among these Cornell is noted for the high standard of technical education she imparts in her Agricultural, Medical, Engineering, Veterinary, and Architectural Departments. The New York State College of Agriculture, and the New York State Veterinary College form parts of the Cornell University, and the equipments of these institutions are of a very high order, as New York is the richest State in the Union.

Both boys and girls are admitted into the University. In my time about ten per cent. of the students were girls. The regular course in the different Colleges of Cornell is of four years, and leads to the Bachelor's Degree.