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Educational.
TIio Palladia Sociable was huhl on the
Oth of Feb., Friday evening. This was
tlio most onjnynblc affair of this season.
Some say, the bust sociable ever liold in
tbc University. At all events, it will be
n long time licnce before tlio nMiicmbrancc
of tbe sociablu will pass from tlio minds
of tbosc wbose god fortune it was to be
prosont. Miss Alice Marker favored tbe
company with a solo, which shu rendered
with her characteristic excellency. Later
in the evening, Miss Helen Candee also
favored the company with an admirable
solo, Mr. llohman presiding at the organ,
The Palladians displayed considerable
talent by performing several theatrical
plays. In one play, Miss Lola Davis per
formed in an luIin'mtLlo manner. Before
the close of the sociable, refreshments
wore served, Apples .and candies were
passed nrouml in nbnndunce. There
seemed to bo a variety oT amusements set
before the company. Some played check-
ers or chess; others engaged in social con.
vcrsation with friends; participated in
the enjoyment of a promenade or other
pleasures of the occasion. Great credit is
due to those who especially had the man
agement of the sociable in their hands.
The success attained shows commendable
energy and activity on their part. The
committee on introduction, Messrs. "WW
ley, llartman, McCartney and Miss Mor
ton, did their best to make the occasion
' agreeable and pleasant to all. The luck
of cold formality was a marked feature of
the sociable. May it be our lot to attend
another sociable of the kind.
PERSONAL.
Win. II. Westovcr is studying law at
David Oity, Nob.
II. Caldwell still endeavors to enlight
en the youth of Phclns, Missouri.
lion. T. L. GrifTo', of Dakota county
called at our sanctum a short time since.
Ed. Wooley was in town a few days
since. He is teaching near Plattsmouth,
Neb.
W. W. Wilson was in town, not long
since. Ho intends to be a good granger
during the coming summer.
C. L. Brainard is making good uso of
what he learned at the University, much
to the edification of the young idea of
Firth, Neb.
F. M. Hall is engaged by the Omaha
lire as one of its correspondents. This
will necessitate his absence Irom the
University. We are sorry to part with
him, and hope he will again return, at no
distant day, to his studies.
EDUCATIONAL.
The annual meeting of the State
Teachers' Association will be at Fremont,
on the 27th, 28th, and 23 th of March next.
The programme is not yet fully made up,
but will include evening addresses by
Chancellor Fairfield, of the State Uni
versify, Dr. Robert Curry, Principal of the
Normal School, and papers on practical
educational topics by many of the leading
teachers of the State. A part of the scs
sion will be devoted to an informal and
full discussion of the improvements de
sirable and practicable in school matters
in the State. Reduced fare on all the
railroads has been arranged for, partic
ulars of which will he published at an
early day. S. R. THOMPSON,
Gh. Ex. Com.
The bill to establish a Normal School
at Gibbon, Bullalo county, after having
passed the House of Representatives,
failed to pass in the Senate. The people
of Gibbon made a very liberal proposi
tion to the State, offering to furnish a suit
auk building for the school, and asked
but five thousand dollars from the State
for the coining two years to defray its ex
penscs. Considerable opposition to the
bill came from the delegates north of the
Platte river. We think Die delegates from
the district north of the Platte could with
reason claim that if a now institution of
this kind is to be established, it should be
located in their Bection. If the represen-
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