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V r ' WF h tic5, derived from Europe, of forcing nil ttmlcnts, no mutter what their tastes or aims hi life, Into one single, simple course f."itudy. Once ami for all, they had done wIlL Uio stupid bosh oC'mouldiny" minds that for dough or clay they talked only of rf-icofojiiVif, educating' They recognized the fbci that tho one hitherto prevailing system f education had produced noble men; able mcu, strong, scholarly men; at the same time, they had not failed to note- its disas trous effect upon that largo class of young wji for whom It contained no attraction, nn stimulus, no nutriment; how it had IwrJyi in them a deep-rooted dlsllko for IiJghw education ; worse than that, how It had permanently injured their mental tjiiallty by dragging them through studies for which they cared not and could not care, not as students, but as drones or rfmifyes, and so, while retaining the class ics course for those who desired It, for tvhoin it was best, they coordinated with it. several other courses equal in worth, equal in honor; wisely holding that four yuan? of good study in one direction is wnial to four years of good study in ajiolher, and deserves the same recognition. For once, at least, men came together into the same faculty, men of classical culture, cr eminent attainments in language and literature, yet capable of recognizing, and trilling to recognize, the coequal value of an equal length of training In the grand processes of induction and deduction, best exemplified in the natural sciences; eml ftrail scientists, too, who, at no time, wore illiberal or unscientific as to sneer at the itucly of the classics as a useless gnawing cf hy Jmsks; and these men formed a faculty that was harmonious, indeed, not iij any ivtrrow, bigoted, exclusive sense, bus in that wise, liborul and genocus sense wMeh comes from the conviction that the province of each Is not tho whole but is an fr-F-seutial part. No wonder, therefore, that i such u faculty and such an institution thousands of young men should have gone stud devoted themselves with a pleasura IiSe enthusiasm in tho pursuit of thattrain iugund culture which they needed to tit tthem for their various vocations and duties lile. Said the venerable Dr. Todd, after a protracted visit to Michigan University: "This is the only institution of learning in Mieland where the young men, as a body, wrai to have come, rather than to have been fL" The great success of this institution ifciwst exemplified in its compelling other institutions to the same "round. in thisgenerousroformjlarvard and Yale iiaroJed the way In tho East,aml their jwacntillo and technical schools are the ad miration of all. The graduates of these schools are among the must cultivated, use fnland influential of American citzens. To Ihese schools, It is owing, In a large meas Brr, that a liberal culture is no longer tho esrlnslvo inheritance of u privileged class but, potentially, tho grand inalienable birthright of ovrey freeman. Jicro in Nebraska tho Kegeuts, Chancellor, aud thir Coadejutors, it wo mistake not, have not only conceived thodesgn, but have atinally commenced tho building, of a great institution of learning, on a basis isilttr to that of those whoso merits and achievements wo have been considering six institution to which any parent may send his sons or daughters for instruction im any studies an institution where the high advanced individual can bo developod, not in ono direction merely, but In all his nature, in all his powers, one great institution or tho Mute where, by reason of tho concentra tion of her means for higher education, there can bo largo libraries, cabinets, ap paratus, laboratories n ' observatory, shops, etc, an Institutlon'pcrnu'ated with an advanced moral and religious spirit but wholly free and unscctarian an institu tion wherein theoretical and practical ed ucation shall be closely united, whore the deepest, frecest, wisest thought shall be stimulated and encouraged, finally, an instutlon that unhampered by unwise prejudices and unshackled by obsolete cus toms, availing Itself of what tho past ,has shown to bo wise and fruitful, but especial ly guided by the focal light of recent achievements, shall move on undevlatingly in the performance of its important work. G. E. C. HESPERIAN STUDENT. LINCOLN, JUNE, 1872. COLLEGE NEWS, college Other colleges besides Kaeino are allow ing billiards to bo played within the college buildings. Not long ago a delegation of Antloch students obtained a billiard table, and wJHi tho permission of tho Faculty, It Is to be one of the recreations of life. College Mercury. So much the worse for other colleges, 'Others do tho same' used to be our favorite argument with the district school teachers ; but we seldom succeeded in making them sec the force of such logic University Press. A lady defines a love-letter as a check on tho bank of imagination, payable at sight. Ex. There Is a man in tho senior clasw who " Tub Hesi'iiiuan Student, u Collojjo orgnn, pub fished monthly by tho studentH of tho Xabrnskn Htnto University. Torino 75 cents per your, in mlvnnco. Subscriptions will bo rccelu'd at.T. IP. Aclnms' Hook Storo, In P. U. building. Communication nro solic ited from our friends in nil mnttors of interest. Ad dress, tho Hesperian Student, 1'. 0. Ilox 2!K), Lincoln, Nebrnskn. W. II. SNELL, Editor-in-Chief. Mm OltAOK 13. IIKNTON, I ABg0ClllteH LUTllKll KUIIWIAN, f A8B0CIIUL8. TASTE, Taste may be defined as that faculty of tho mind, which enables us to perceive with the aid of reason, to judge of, with the help of Imagination to enjoy whatever is beautiful or sublime in the works of Nature and Art. This is Quackenbos' definition of it, and I think it is as good a one as wo con give, It is not long and tedious, full of un necessary words and phrases, but is short and concise, uing tho right word in tho right place. The word is thus used meta phorically. Taste, literally means that sense residing In tho tongue by which wo distinguish dill'erent flavors. So contradictory are tho definitions of Taste given by dill'erent authors that It Is dllllcult to find their real views of the sub ject. Some say it is a "natural sensibility." Others claim that It Is a distinct faculty of tho mind perfect In itself. And others that it is founded on sensibility aided by treason before It can pass judgment. Taste is common in some degree to all men. lint Tasto as all other faculties of the mind is has never been absent from, nor late to, aj1)l0 of culture uml improvement and recitation in all his four cars' collegoA T-V,n account for the different varieties JRi course and in his three yearn' preparatory course ueioro tunc. Mir. ii' Tho following note was received by theil .., president oi an Illinois iemaie seminary : "Dr. : Will you be kind enough to ex plain why it is that tutor C took one of tho young ladies of the seminary to the lecture, lat night, when none of the boys are allowed to have company from the sem inary ? Even the boys who had sisters were not allowed to take them. By the eternal gods, wo want justice!" Tho following is from a junior who will talk politics with any man: "Whoever hoard of Trumbull? Where is he from? Why should Cincinnati nominate him? Why not any unknown backwoodsman as well as this stranger, Trumbull?" The Chronicle Princeton college has commenced tho erection of a library building, toward which $1 20,000 has been subscribed. A lady earned tho chemical prize at the University of Edinburgh over 210 com petitors. Her sex, however, debarred her from receiving it. Tho British museum is not satisfied with a library of 1,000,000 volumes. Tho Courunt demands from tho college more political Instruction lor tho students. Do-o-o- "what key is that?" enquired a bray-sen Junior sounding all the notes in harmonious discord. "Don-key," replied his quiet classmate. An appropriation of $75000 has boon made by tho Legislature Massachusetts for establishing a fifth State Normal School. taste. There aro some with toolings so nt and tempers so cold, that they do not seem to receive any impression oven om tho most striking objects. Others are capable"of appreciating only tho coarser beauties, while in a third class pleasant emotions aro excited by the most delicate beauties. The wild Indian shows an en dowment of taste in tho decorating of his person with ribbons and beads and anything that strikes his eye as beautiful, he also shows an appreciation of tho beauties in nature in tho selection of Ills camping ground, for if you will observe his camp ing groundjyou will find(almost invariably) that he has sclctcd the most beautiful place tho country affords and you will also find that his ttiste docs not run counter to your own, for If you had come there to make choice of a place for your home you .would undoubtedly have chosen the same place ho has. Even In children it manifests itself at a very early ago, in their fondness for regular bodies and admiration for pictures and a love for what is new and marvelous. Wehave said that taste as a faculty of tho miid i3 capable of improvment, and al though it seems to bo based, and is depen dent to a great extent upon other faculties of tho mind, yet taste in its most improved state is reducible to these two character istics. Delicacy and Correctness. Delicacy of tasto implies the possession of those liner organs which enable us to seo beauties that Ho hid from the more vulgar eye. Some persons have strong sensibility yet aro deficient in delicacy. Dollcaey of tasto may bo tested and cultivated in tho same way that wo test tho delicacy and fetroilgth of any of tho senses. Take for ex ample taste in its literal sense. If we wish to test Its accurancy or delicacy wo do It not by tasting of strong flavors but by a mixture of dill'erent ones, and to rec ognize and identify these different flavors in the mixture requires delicacy of tasto; so the delicacy of internal tasto appears by a lively sensibility to tho finest, and most latent object, even when most Intimately blended and compounded to gether. Correctness of taste Implies that wo have a sound judgment; that is, that wo tiro at all times onabled to judge correctly of every thing that comes under our observation, so that wo may not bo imposed upon by counterfeit ornaments. Those two elements although quite dis tinct and separate to some extent imply each other. No tasto can be exquisitely delicate, without being correct, and no tasto can be thoroughly correct without being delicate; still one or tho other of them pre dominates. Of modern critics "Addison" is said to possess mostdelicacy, and Johnson and Barnes tho most correctness. STEEL. Silicon Stkki. Is steel manufactured by mixing, and puddling, with common pig iron, from 12 to 20 per cent., by weight, of finely pulverized silicon ore. Tho mass Is then balled and hammered into blooms; then reheated and rolled into steel rails. It Is said that an article thus manufactured is equal to tho bos',', carboii'zcd steel; and that tons are turned oil' in a day; whereas by the old process of carbonization, a twentieth part could not bo produced In the same time aiil at the same expense. Tho ClaviMiuid Iron Company ilias pro duced about JO tons of this sfnl lull,. ami has a contract for fiOO tons more. It Is said to bo equal to tho best English metal for tools and springs as well as rails. The mine of Silicon oro is in York coun ty, Pennsylvania. At this place in our condenser, wo will say that pig iron to bo worked into steel, formerly was melted, puddled and ham mered, and re-heated and re-hammered, until wrought iron was nlade of it. As pig iron it contained too much carbon for steel, and when made into wrought iron it contained too little. Hence It was neces sary under tho old process to recarbonizo it. This was effected, in making "blister steel," by subjecting the bars of iron to heat and charcoal for several days. And "cast steel" was made by melting the bars of iron and carbonizing in tho melted state. Each process was slow, laborious and expensive. Latterly steel has been produced by a now manner of treatment. The pig Iron in a melted state, Is treated with a contin uous injection of air, by which a portion of tho carbon Is consumed. When It Is so far-decarbonized that tho mass contains no more carbon than Is necessary for steel, it is taken out and worked up into bars, &c. William Cullou Bryant, was suspended at "Williams, for tho diabolical crime of re citing a poem called Thanatopsls, which had snot been corrected by the president. Ho, therefore, wont to Yale. Harvard Ad vocate. Ho was not suspended at Williams. Ho was not guilty of going to Yalo. Start your lyre again little one. Williams Jie view. Hush children. Yale Courant. m
