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ESPERIAN STUDENT.
LINCOLN,
F13MIUARY, 1872.
EvEitY one In the University should sub
scribe for the Studknt.
SubscwptionswIII be received at this ofllco
for "Wc? ley's" now edition of the constitution,
in
Wk understand there is some talk of forming
a ladies' Literary Society hew. Wo think this
is a good project, and wish it success.
It is amusing to step into tho Reading Hoom
and see with what velocity certain students
read some of the largest and most scicntitic
works in our Library.
Thr University inaugurated its second term
on the 7th, with from 25 to SO new students.
This speaks well for the management of Chan
cellor Benton and his noble corps of Profs.
-
Wk have known students to take up a
Congressional Globe, read It through, and be
perfectly satisfied, in five or ten minutes.
Wo hope tho students won't bo greedy in this
matter, and read all tho books through at once.
HI
On account of certain irregularities in print
ing arrangements, this number has been de
layed even beyond our expectation. To our
subscribers and exchanges wo would tender
our apology, hoping hereafter to furnish the
paper at its appointed time.
Tiik iitudcnts of the University being desir
ous of some ajnuscmentduriugthc long winter
cveaings, huve ordered some of the best
i in the country, aad are now conduct-
JI4o1b Lecture Course. We hope
fbeJritWttM ?Ht Csftcounge this, catetiiriM J
I Mia the past.
COKLEGE ITEMS.
Tint Reading Roemof this institution is
bow fitted up, and will open from tl a. m., to
3 p. m., each day. Tho students will find, in
tddition to a large Library, a number of tho
moat prominent periodicals of the day. Wc
know of no place where the student can spend
a few hours more nrefitable and pleasant, than
in the Reading Room. J
Thk Palladian Literary Society hnvc elect
ed the following officers for the present term :
J. S. Dales, President.
Miss Sweet, Vice President.
Step. Kinney, Recording JJoc'y.
Frank Hurd, Corresponding Sec'y,
W. M. Stevenson, Treasurer.
W. L. 8wcet, Usher.
The students of tho University assembled
on tho 12th inst.,and formed a Paper Associ
ation. After some discussion, on various top
ic, the following persons wcro elected officers
for the year 1872:
W. L. Sweet, President.
Miss G. E. Benton, Vice President.
H. K. Metcalf, Recording Sec'y.
J. S. Dales, Corresponding Sec'y.
C. W. Roads, Treasurer.
Tho officers of the association will also con
stitute tho Board of Managers. Mr. W. H.
Snell was elected editor-in-chief, and Mr. O. G.
Whipple and Miss Sweet, associates.
Ovku one hundred ladles arc studying law
in America.
Gaukkt Biblical Iustltuto loses $02,000 by
tho Chicago fire.
Dartmouth College has 100 new students
this year. JCx.
Well done. But the Nebraska State Univer
sity had 100 last term.
Thk Williams College lievieio Is vigorously
agitating the Mixed School question.
TnK loss of the alumni of Williams College
by the Chicago fire amount to $677,000.
Thk friends of Rev. J. P. Thompson arc
pressing his name lor the presidency of the
Yale.
Tkkkk aro 801) Colleges In the United States
and have been 35,000 graduates. College
Herald,
Coiixkm. students arc disappointed at the
poor run the small-pox is having there ; they
want to go home for n few days.
A Jukioh at Yale returned a book to the
Library last week, w ith a hair pin in it as a
book-mark. Comments arc called for.
Coi.vmiua College pars its president -$3,000,
and its professors $0,000 per annum. Its
property is worth more than three millions
of dollars.
Thk question of why the forces of a hyper
bola can have a center, Is a very troublesome
question to the mind of a Soph, in the Ripon
University.
TnKY propose to do away with Sunday
services down at Yale, and devote the Income
of the college preacher to the Boat Club.
Harvard Advocate.
Thk annual expenses of a College student in
this country range irom 9330 to f 1,500. in
cluding the preparatory coarse, the average
cost of a collegiate education is $5,000.
i Thk Literary J&eM, af jatMary, appears
in a new form. It has been changed from a
sixteen to an eight pare sheet. In its new
form it presents an Inviting appearance.
A Williams 8ophomoro handed his class
officer the following note from his sinter, sup
posing it to be a doctor's certificate : "Come
over and see me ; we've got a lamp that we can
turn down, down, down. Come over and sec
me."
nob received in time, this year, there need bo
no good reason for any school officer's falling
to report In season. Il Is to lyi honed that
County Superintendents will carefully look
after this matter. While it is the duty of each
district officer to see to It that his district is
properly represented In tho report of his
County to this Office ; Superintendents should
feel that St Is their especial duty to sec that no
district falls to mako a proper report.
While most of tho County Superintendents
sent in their rcportB carefully prepared, and in
the main correct, there wcro some who failed
to represent their counties, except, perhaps, In
sending in the enumeration returns.
The County Superintendent of Cass county,
W. A. Patterson, representing one of tho most
populous counties, and receiving $:110 SO more
than any other County Superintendent In hc
State, for some reason uttcriy failed to ifiakc
any report, except the enumeration of child
ren of a proiwr school aire.
Thus, in order to make anything like a fair
showing for tho county and State, I have
estimated all the other items, taking as the
basis of my estimate Nemaha county, as both
Cass and Nemaha have nearly an equal num
ber of school children.
May wc not look forward for better things
th6 coming year?
COl!.NTIK.
Xo.
m-
X. chiMrsn bfl
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Mt. V'cm&lci. Tdll.
TaUe 1,
Showing the nmtibor of Districts the number of
children between tho ages of 5 ami 21 years
lttifl'alo 2
Hurl ,..!W
llntler 27
Caca 74
Cedar 11
Colrav 17
Cuming 22
Dakota... 17
Dixon 17
Podgo P.7
Douglas 33
Uatro -11
Hall r,
Hamilton 1
Jefferson... ..tl
Johnson 0-2
Lancaster 57
L'cauqnlCo'rt 2
Lincoln 2
.ladlson It
I Merrick 10
iseninim vi
Otoe ta
Pawnee 40
Platte 14
Kichardpon...87
Sarpy 25
Soward 40
Sallno St
Stanton 7
Saunders 51
Wayno 3
Washington.. 42
York 13
Polk S
08
thonum
2 the vcar--thc
number of days, school ban been tanglit by a qualified
teacher the number of nrlvate school?, and the mini-
scholars attending private ecIiooIp, In each
her of
connty
007
MX)
710
2.1
M!)
Ml
ISM
(Vi
SI
239
120
20 It
815
2070
M7
9J
635
2125
(Ml
10
403
TIKI
lots
44
6-H
210
0-2
1820
70S
1089
401
M5
820
s3
70S
145
731
27
710
145
Total.... 1028
Thin county wan not reported, except in regard to
tho enumeration of children, hence all the otlwf
itcniH are estimated.
K s tlmated partly.
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Showing the number and kind of Public School IIouhcs, also tho Valuation of tho same, with the value of tha
Site and tho value of the Apparalns, in each County.
No. School Houses a Material of Construction.
cwntikh. Stone. Prick.
PnflMo,
Bnrt,
Putlcr.
Cass, 10
Cedar. .
Colfax,
Cuming,
jj&Koia, -
WB,
Vramc. Log. Sod. Total.
Value Valuo
School House. School Site.
Wk arc sorry to 8ay that a good article
for this copy of the "Student," by Prof.
Innly, entitled, "The Influence of the
Iblc on Language," has been unintention
ally omitted. It will appear in our next
issue.
Report of Siato SaperlHtcndcnt
zic
BVUCATION IN NEBRASKA.
McKcn-
un. Imst., )
lUASKA,
y fith, 1872. )
"IIkspkrixn Student" is the name of n
aun muuiiiij jiuuiioiicu ujr tun x niiuiu xi.-a
erary Society of Nobrauka University. IthnC
very presentable and spicy sheet. Nebraska
State Univ6rsity first opened its halls to stu
dents on the 7th of September last. One hun
dred students are in attendance, among which
we see figuring prominently in the Friday
evening Literary Society, the namo of J, a.
Dales, a former student here. Prof. A. R.
Tljfnn fnrmorl? nf AHIbtioa Pllftr a a
SaefiMBrtw of the faculty 5 Literary Advance.
Okkick ok Statk Sui,ttof Pun. Ijfur,
IjIiNCUI-n, XXUUKAMKA
February
The following report is, through the cour-
teiy of the press throughout the State, laid
before the people.
Tbe law ty provides for the publication of
tho Report, of ihe State Superintendent of
Public Instruction, once in two years, and as
this makes much of the matter of the present
pear of little importance, when presented, I
avc drawn on the generosity of the press, to
d me in placing before the people the Educa
tional condition of our Slate, up to the close of
year 1871.
The following tables exhibit only npproxi-
lately tho real condition of aflairs in each
iounty.
Verv rnnnv distrlctB failed entirely to report
r : . . . - . - .
to their Oounty Dupcnntcnuent, anu as a con
sequence, do not appear in tho aggregate.
Thoro was son.0 reasonable excuse for this
last Spring, as very many districts were with
out copies of the school law, and those that
they had, contained no forms for the reports
required ; but this oxcuso has, I trust, been
taken away, as nearly 5,000 copies of the
school Ihwh, containing forms of all reports
necessary to be made, have been distributed
throughout the State, so that in case blanks be
v
AJWkfiWlt
Caw, 3
Hall,
Jefferson, .
Johnson,
Lancaster. 1
L'oati qui Court,
Lincoln,
Madison,
Kcrrlck,
Ncciaha, 1
Otoe. l
Pawnee, S
riatte,
Richardson, 1
Sarpy, 3
SewapJ,
Saline.
Stanton,
Sanndera,
Wayne,
WaehingtoV
York."
Hamilton,
Polk,
Total, U
'Kstlwjttetl.
1
1.
3
1
C
8
36
14
1
30
3
4
7
,6
,1ft
S3
7
5
a
19
10
1
4
2'
88
41
20
C
4f,
13
0
1
3
9
17 ,
873
t
3
13, 4
1
n
6 4
6
1
1 1
I
5
1
7
3
14
1
4 10
11
S
o
i
in
23
TA!
18
0
40
3
6
9
18
r.7
5i
39
88
G
11
29
17
1
1
G
3
60
61
29
0
G3
17
SO
13
3
12
21
5
1
659
7840.00
&70.00
20000.00
240.00
1305.00
7260.00
0825.06
COQP.QB
vnxmxa
67921.22
13797.91
H900.00
3890.00
9349.2G
6728.12
G76.GJ
160.00
1129.M
1029.08
20726.96
101398.43
11580.05
6200.00
339!3.0O
1I882.CG
2-1K5.00
1075.00
2200.00
25)8.15
8070.00
525.00
100.00
147.00
1W0.00
SI M
1M0.00
T4a.0
96403.00
310.00
610.10
208.00
430.00
4129.60
75.00
51.25
119-2.00
2225.00
621.65
400.00
1274.80
310.60
305.00
G5.00
75.00
G0O.OO
650.00
J374270.83 $44318.70 $2347.08 f420938.67
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Showing the number
teachers for tho
:&. Qualified
TeacheraKmploycd
of qualified teachers employed; RPTKat0,num)wo,Jt,.y?-,"nK!,LL.oi1n.it?
year; and the number of days tward given them by tne districts, in each comity:
AgeTCgatoNo.
IVB Tl
COtWTIKS.
Tav
Qualified
uuclit by all
teachers.
Total Wagea of Tcuchcra
for tho Year,
Buffalo,
Kurt,
liutlor,
Casa,
Cclar,
Colfax,
Cuminr,
Dakota,
Dixon,
Dodge,
Douglas,
flatrc,
Hall,
Jefferson,
.TohiiKon,
Lancuntcr.
Lsau qul-Court, 1
lilucoin,
Madieon,
Merrick,
Kcmalm,
Otoe,
Pawnee,
Platte,
Richardson,
Sarpy,
8evar,
Saline,
Stanton,1
Snunderri,
Vayne,
Waahtngton,
York.
Hamilton,
Polk,
Malea. Females. Total,
1
1G
10
60
G
,li
0
11
4
14
25
9G
8
17
26
30
3
3
4
60
44
24
S
57
30
20
17
6
15
9C
6
1
2G
10
38
2
4
9
8
G
24
82
12
13
33
30
&
(i
38
GO
23
8
44
15
19
3
11
82
7
1
2
42
20
88
7
16
18
19
10
38
67
38
8
30
$
1
3
8
10
as
KM '
47
13
101
85
39
80
G
26
54
12
1
Males.
72
1191
672
3738
423
850
m
9G1
180
1072
238G
2092
1024
1023
1711
2077
33
2-10
295
3738
3161
1950
4081
1471
1183
1150
1052
18G1.
2G8
120
Estlraa'ad.
360
Female.
120
1G82
020
2877
171
216
982
G89
435
1990
392(5
720
911
1827
2131
440
859
2877
3052
1G7G
2792
887
1041
2-10
G24
880
5073
333
""72
SGO-J!
Total.
192
2873
1192
0.15
594
1071
1812
1G60
G16
3008
11312
2812
1024
1931
3538
4208
33
G80
G5t
GG15
G203
8632
GS23
2358
2221
1390
624
1932
39JV1
C0l
72
120
Males.
. 114,00
1771.28
817.75
8700.28
825.00
1814.60
2001.60
1841.60
693.00
1811. 7G
6098.63
8575.G9
2344.60
1097.79
2396.98
3193.40 .
48.75
911.00
390.00
4G1.0O
8700.28
6980". 63
8162.05
300 .'00
7630.80
3810.90
2-120.88
1475.38
1107.a
1609.25
3738.64
802,50
160 00
W12IH.7!1
Females.
200.00
2296.63
700.00
6180.60
243.00
4.72
1529.00
1638.75
6!.60
2C90.tW'
lOOlMlfi
loiaToo
' ' 1073.C0
2P34.C5
3215.45
6S0.00
454.90
5180.60
1(085.32 -
2097.68
17G3.(Hl
R?29.25
1603.0(1
1297,25
198.20
1078.00"
3li.70
136.40
"",00
5'i9f74
,. k 5i 5-x
v.
a
H
ill
8
ItS
2873
1192
6000
sot
Ml
1417
1M0
014
2910
3170
8912
1024
?2
1703
3538
4108
32
280
500
05 1
5570
6047
3000
109.3
6740
2070
8501
130fi
tV24
1832
3750
M
1087
005
3315
357
453
H'.i
801
650
13-V2
4 515
13tl
318
30
1012
1501
2300
107
130
417
221
3188
3801
1013
M5
3873
1018
1217
1014
274
1500
50
148t
801
70
7M
200
II
6
1800
103
221
ait
027
208
7M
21(11
764
18(1
15
400
707
llti-2
15
103
151
02
12100
2202
1005
285
sraii
702
697
514
130
539
011
171
39
t 35
31
30
460
80
81
195
15
21
14
113
23
67
(TO
180
41071 23265 71912 46 1100
Paid, BooIjs
. Apparatus
7.60 '
10.00
109.W
16.M
48.W
1.HS
4.00
is:io
450.10
73.70
121.60
27.65
31.75
215.57
Total.
7974.50
680.00
S1M0.M
SB6.S0
14M.8H
711 ,8C
84W.W
1),OII
2M79.17
84780.32
14181.04
G531.GO
4125.65
981101
16073.19
750.M
160.0
11M.30
I19S.M
21925.80
1PC7O0.63
12I2G.OO
G163.40
353G9.45
126,01
2810.00
1278.S5
a5.oo
3140.00
6147.81
625.00
100.M
v-U
112.00
6.85
83.09
21.40
553.40
101.(15
32.85
20.00
133.25
21.85
127.15
wagea of
No.daya
boara
by
Total. DiatV
314.00
4067.81 1131
1S17.75 1M
13880.78 ,,
1068.00
1718.22 60
3630.60
3380.25
1283.60 1M
4532.01 Wi
10613.19
4583.(19 8fI5
2:M1.50 174
2770.79 100
4731. (ft
G738.fll
48.75
9-11.00
970.(0
915.90
13880.78
10305.85 102t
5250.53 1409
2123.00
11259.65 5S0
M.2.90 :4
8718.13 7(15
1073.68 im
1107.95
" 2587.25 30.
6921.21
793. !0 7.
48.00
'337257.47 7131
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