It was announced with evident satisfaction at the first meeting of Zoology 1 that Venus would form an important part of the course. Whether the purpose of the professor was to increase enrolment in the course, the most visible result was a much heightened interest in the realm of science by the students. It was only after he announced, having allowed the proper dramatic pause to intervene, that Venus is a form of mussel which will be used for dissection purposes instead of the French snail, no longer procurable on account of the war, that the class settled down to the normal lecture room lethargy.

The war has wrought many changes in our life. Our classmates have gone in the ambulance service. We have worked during the summer in munitions plants or have attended a Plattsburg Camp. It has caused a fundamental economic change in the relation of our country to the gold market of the world. Yet, baldly stated, has it brought in its train anything more marvelous than the introduction of Venus for anatomical study?

The horrors of war are many. We shudder for the poor French snail, which may no longer visit our neutral shores. But--Venus is with us.

Vive la guerre!