He complained of five of the six, who
were forthwith suspended until the next Commencement, losing,
of course, their rank in the class and their chances for taking
part in the Commencement exercises. One of them, of whom
he omitted to tell, was much disturbed by the omission and
demanded of the informer why he left him out. He said that
he had rather a pity for him, as he had already been suspended
once and he supposed the new offence would lead to his being
expelled. Whereupon he said, "I will give you some reason
to tell of me," and proceeded to administer a sound caning.
That was at once reported to the Faculty. The offender was
expelled, and criminal proceedings had which resulted in a
fine.
We had some delightful lectures from Longfellow on the literature
of the Middle Ages. He read us some of his own original poems
and some beautiful translations. All the substance of these
lectures I think is to be found in his book entitled "The
Poets and Poetry of the Middle Ages." I do not see that we
gained anything of solid instruction by having them read to
us that we could not have got as well by reading them.
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