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health nml physiological dovelopemcnt,
and uttered soino Mmlimonts which wo
think tho students will heed. His obser
vations on walking and sitting were ex.
ccllent. Tho Doctor has a very simple
and attractive way of speaking, and pos
sesses a lively vein of humor to illuminate
his remarks.
Tho library is sadly in need of an un
abridged dictionary. There arc diction
aries of many languages, but none of our
own. Let us have an unabridged diction
ary. Wouldn't it, also, bo wise to have
the library opened every Saturday. We
think the library would bo patronized
more on that dav than any other.
Professor Hitchcock has a very inter
esting Bible class at the opcru house. The
class meets every Sunday, and is com
posed almost entirely of students of the
University. Quite a itftmbcr of the stu.
dents nu Greek scholars, and whenever
there i iilllculty of interpretation of the
Scriptures, the Greek Bible is consulted
as an aid.
George McLean, who so worthily fills
the office of janitor, deserves no little
praise for tho tender care that he has
bestowed, during tho whiter, on the va
rious plants which are to decorato the
campus in the spring. These plants,
placed in the rcad.ng room, give the same
a very verdant appearance, reminding us
of tho loveliness of spring.
Girls, don't do that! It's naughty.
Those delicate little, white fingers were
never made to wickedly grasp a lead pen
cil and mark tho walls of the University.
Please don't. It gives the janitor great
trouble to obliterate your eccentric ideas
which you write on the walls. If you
must correspond with the janitor, do it
bravely and in the old fashioned way.
Senator Paddock's bill, appropriating
a large sum of money for dredging the
Missouri river of sand burrs and other
impediments, has no doubt its good points
somewhere. But wouldn't it bo a capital
idea to expend tho amount in damming
up tho Missouri river at the mouth of tho
Niobrahra, and running it into a wooden
tlunie, Ax feet wide, and extending to St.
Joseph. Tims wo would have a little wood
en canal running across our prairies. The
Scientific American for February has an
illustration of a car, which, by the action
of water on its peculiarly constructed
wheels, can bo made to run cither way on
this canal. Let us do something for tho
State.
Since tho enlargement of tho city 11.
brary and reading room, much more am
pie accommodations are afforded tho read
ing public. Wo can but admire tho gen
oral arrangement of the library. Tho cit
izens ol Lincoln aro justly proud of this
institution, and many of the students of
the University spend many a profitable
hour in the quiet, cosy reading room of
the city libraiy.
Wo are fully convinced that there arc
many students in tho University capable
of writing well, and whose productions
would not only bo an honor to themselves
but a credit to the columns of the Stud
ent. Wo have not as many writers for
tho Student as wo ought to have. Com
paratively few favor us with articles for
publication. Let there be a reaction
among tho students in this direction.
Danhuiiy News Man. This man's
lecture, at the Opera House, was n success
financially. Tho wonderful attraction of
his name drew a large audience. Ho told
what he saw from a back window in En
gland. Now we flatter ourself we have
seen more amusing, rib-snlitting sights,
when we have quietly, unannoyed oy our
devil, sat at our sanctum window, than ho
ever saw from that window that is, if ho
told us all he saw.
The first lecture under the ausnices
of the University Union occurred Friday
evening, Jan. 10th. Prof. Mills, of Syra
cuse, New York, delivered a lecture in
the Univossity chapel, entitled: "Human
ity as it is, and as it is to be." Tho
lecturer was introduced by F. M. Lam-
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