"F. D. S." has received, we believe, the credit of having been the first writer in college papers of these peculiar forms and he deserves all the praise which has fallen to him, for he has certainly written some of the prettiest bits of this sort which have appeared this side of the Atlantic. His contributions have appeared for years in the columns of the Argo, and the Acta has quickly fallen into step with him, so that now every issue brings its load of rondeaux and ballades. This fall Mr. Sherman has tried the rondel and huitain with more or less success, although now he seems to have reached his rope's end. The following is perhaps the best thing he has put out this year:

PANSIES FOR THOUGHTS.For you these tiny flowers are cut, -

These slender-stemmed, rich purple pansies;

A thousand thoughts and tender fancies

Within their little hearts are shut.

Sweet memories of happy hours

We spent together, - dear romances, -

Like love in one of Cupid's glances,

Hide in the fragrance of these flowers.

[Acta.E. G. B. has also won a college celebrity by his verses, but he aims some what higher than is the wont of college poets. His fertile fancy has produced some very pretty lines of which a good specimen is his rendering of Banville's "Ballade of the Haunted Stream," which is, however, too long to quote. "Carl" has also written some very clever verses, but we can almost hear the crank squeak in some of his effusions. However, a tolerant kindness should be shown towards an editor of a fortnightly paper. The Argo has very well formulated its creed in the following triolet, which is only one of thousands:

COLLEGE VERSES.In college verse, both Love and Fun

Now strive for foremost place,

And though to sing we've but begun

In college verse, both Love and Fun

Close side by side in metre run. -