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wBntwtmHBFnt 'MaCTILLS KTlHHdSaH HHvL lie intends " follow, distinction surely HVMliN l'l' If n man will compute himself, ns lie $ to tin' Minn among men whom lio desires to bo, In1 cannot bo olheiwlso limn lin- pressed witli the vast dllloronoo between himself and his aspirations; then, the mnn of energy will labor unceasingly to close niul narrow up tho gap he has found, ami b pel severance he will reaeh the heigh', which in the long ago was looked upon b him as a dl..y eminence. Talent, r rather well educated men, are ntiipiciuium in this country, and oven though tin man posossod of money has coiisidctablo inlluenco, the man who com bines education and wealth is tho man with whom tho man of money cannot sue. cessfull) contend. Tho man who lias the ciutiin to procure a thorough education, is pieparod to light the battle of life in such a manner that he can take advantage At a special meeting of the Hoiud of Managers of the Studknt, Wayland Bai. ley, Business Manager, resigned, on ac count of having mora on his hands than ho could attend to. Tho editors take charge of all the business, and agiee to run the paper llnanclally. It is amusing lo see one of tho Sophs who is a constant visitor in the Mulligan class. lie goes to the Chancellor's book case, takes out a book, (be isn't purlieu, lar what it is,) seats himself opposite a certain young lady, and with iiis book up. side down, he puts in an hour of very dil. igent study. Scene Recitation room before the opening of the recitation. Stove sur rounded by one of our muchly loved Profs and two young ladies. Pi of. (very confidentially) You Indies may proceed witli this alter 3011 have of mini) t lings which are denied tho illit.. completed the first subject, and I will try eruteor uninformed. P.U'1.. OUll COLLEGE NEWS. and pound something into the bos to day. Prof. Pryor's Dancing Academy is on cor. 1 1 ill and M stis. Dancing School Saturday afternoons from 12 till o; Tues day evenings lioni y till 10. Tho profe sor very respecllully invites all tiiose who desire to cultivate this art to call and see him. Ter.ns wo very liberal. Private lesions mo given at any time. Student.--, call and see the Prof. tf Wc are tinder obligations to tho Pub lishing House of S. 0. Griggs and Co., No. 2.1, Washington Street, Chicago; for a copy of Robert's Rules of Order. It is a very neatly bound volume, and all who expect to have an thing to do in pub lie affairs should have a copy. The pub lisheis send it post-paid for io cts. A dignified Junior, who wears a plug lint, was. in a shoemaker's to be shod, when a Prep, happened to call into the same place. After the Junior went out, the shoemaker asked which one of tho Profs ho was. Prep, assured him that he was only a student. "Why," nnswoiod the shoemaker, "I bad always supposed, judg ing from his dignified bearing and tne tine language he uses, that ho was one of tho loading Prolossor." -Ono of tho Soniors. while in the Sane turn, tho other day, picked up tho mauti sorlpt of the piece in this issue, entitled, "Is the Love of One's. Country an Opinion Y" IIo glanced over it until ho came to 'Breathes there u man with soul so dead, otc." Scott. "S.'ottl Soottl "Why what Scott U that? 1 didn't know there was a poet by that name in the University ." The devil suggested that it was an extract Ironi Sir Walter Scott. Scnir Oh .e! I have often read it, I wonder that I 1 should be no foigi I fill Let me see, w ll it'll of his noveN is that in? Wo should no' bostirpiiso.l if we would Prof, explaining how to generate fric tional electricity: "The wool on a cat's skin i good, or most any other kind of Air." Chancellor Benton delivered an ad dress on tho evening of tho 20th inst., bo foie the Faculty and students of the Nor nud School. One of our most eloquent ministers as tonished his congregation a couple of Sun days ago, by announcing, "Wo will now sing the benediction." Mr. Young of the firm of Young and Chase lias been photographing the diller cut rooms in tho University, to send to the Centennial next month. Those finding I). B. maiked on their Sti-dknts will know their subscriptions have heen duo for sonic time, and will please interview Bio. J. L. Shank. We saw a couple of du deles out in the last snow storm. They appealed to enjoy the congealed U3O better than if it had been in (he liquid form. One of them was of the wild species. Student in German translates 1 rat ten xich h inter din Ohrrn, hratzen ubor iw nvj centiindhcrinul He scra'ched him. self behind tho car and accidentally scratched something out. -Tiie Seniors have boon orating us for n month past, and ir wo can Judge- or their siucess in life by their success in orating, it will be assured. Somo of them deliv end abler and more scholarly addresses, tli-iii many of the transient orators that we areblciU?) with. The weather continues to be the prin cipal topic of conversation, and we be lifve the clerk must be 11 resident ol Washington, and ban been corrupted In the coal dc tiers, umbrella drtlor and all1 ,nve to ihronicle Hie sudden depailiire of die other kinds of dealers as wi. have all an active m niber ol oik of the. lilemry so. varieties of weather from the ton id to tin- m-ties, to tin- 1'itlier -lnrc of the Sty, IViirul ! i..uu iluoi iwentv.foiir houiM. I itulirtnir tioia the looks that one of the Noll. KolliiiK blup-ojud Null, MooklhR, liloinnliit; Nell, WI11U innkps.um miiIIo So nil lliu while Ah tliu dropping sunlight frcoJ Your lionrl. 1 know, Ih nil njlow With 11 warmth Hint burns for uiu; And Mill you kt-up Your Inborn duop t.lku 11 rippling Hiuiimur Sen. L. The writer of the above efi'usion said lie didn't want it put in the personal column, as there was nothing personal in it, but it was dedicated to Nells in general. The long vacation of the Agricultural College is near a close, as that department, of tiie University opens with the spring tut in. Monday, April!!. This winter is tho first time that the long vacation of tho Agricultural Department came during the winter term of t lit University. The change was made so that the agricultural 7 the display. The o veiling .was .quite p.len? ant, and we were Inforiuiidtho view from tho cupula was very line, so many look ad vantage of the opportunity, to view tjio city by moonlight. One of the most pious,, mil features of the enlertalument. of tho evening was tho vocil and instrumental music, furnished by Miss Hitolioook and Miss Caudia. At half past nine the com. miltee passed around refreshments, which, consisted of fruits, nuts, candles, cakes, etc., and after every one had eaton, and pocketed all he could, we don't beliovo twelve baskets would have held tho frag-, ments that were left. The hour for party ing finally came, and we bad to turn our reluctant steps towurtU home, to tako up, our text books with renewed energy, With all the labors and cares which fall lo the lot of editor, thoro arc also in'. termingled some of the pleasures of life. A pleasant incident, and one that will shod its benign rays upon our pathway for ......... .1 ... 11 ......; . students could teaeh a winter term of '""" "".V" "' " '' . mug our sancium, a tow oays since, oy some n the fair ones of our school. The editor, The locfll of Hie State Journal, in speaking of 11 gntwdioppu'cd sulleni, de dares he was 11 novice in the art of beg ging "been une ho stopped same of the Un iversity mid High School gills, nnd sulic ited alms from them when they had not had a cent for inonllib." What makes you think so, friend Local. Is it because none of lliem liavo asked jou out to socia bleY Or have you asked Ihein 10 a free lecture, and lliey did not iiuvo 11 (con)cont for you ? boys east at him, the othet evening, on en tering the soeii ty. The cause ol tlie mis understanding was, that the first went to No 2 ab ml thf end of the week, and pro posed that they should chniijo partner-, for Friday nijilit. No. 2 absented, and No. 1 immediately secured his company, but N. 2, supposing there was no hurry, did not apply until Eriday morning, when lie was answered with 11 ' previous engage ment." lie lias been practicing in the gymnasium ever since. school and then be on tho farm all sum nier, when their assistance is most needed. Mr. Culbeitson, Foreman of the Farm, in formed us some three weeks ago, thai as many as could be accommodated had up. plied lor admission. Ono of our grave and rcveicnd sen itns was lelurning to his boaidiug house about ten o'clock the other evening and took a cut-oil' whereby ho had to cross where Iheie had been a fence, but now only tho lower board lemains. lie was absorbed in some deep topic, and the cm. sequence wa, that when he struck that beiii d tic turned fourteen summersets, nl 010 or less, and brought up with his head wedged in the faither corner of the lot- This is the second time that Senior has performed over that same hoard, lo our certain knowledge. AVo would advise him to keei the sidewalk after night. Some of the students from ono of the dormitories attended a social hop not long ago, at which one of their number was introduced to a lady, who he thought was lather nice. When he was introduced, ho understood (probably wish ing it to lie so) that she had tho appclla- liiti mI Al id wit In lltifitil il1 llwi tiviiiitnir lllfll WI 4ll tCiI tf lVrf ttilWM Oil UIU 1,'V.lllltQ witli her, and enjoyed hini&elf iniutonscl. Tho next morning, his room mate in formed li i 111 that sho was a married wo man, and the probabilities were that ho would gel himself into trouble, if her bus band heard of it. He kepi his room lor three dnjs, ami now he says, "There is no fun in intending dances, and I won't go to any more." On the evening of the i)d inst.. themem bers ol the Ladies' Literary Union gave another of their iiicompaiable socials, and we he.ml a gienl man say i' was the best social they hud ever attended. The coin inittee of nri.ingt meiiis did every thing in llieii powei, to hitxe all enjoy tin mselves, by fuinisiiinLr f.i nns, eoi sisting ol chess, chcekeis, h.ickg. million, etc, introducing ccrbod to eu V) U dy else, and mauing all feel at home. On aceoillil of the very disagreeable condition of the streets, which wire coviml with mud, there w.is not as large a ciowd out as there usualh is at 1 heir socials, but it was all the bolter 011 that account, for thoro were as many out as could be comfortably accommoda ted in the. hall. Amongst tho many aili actions of the evening, wc noticed a line colleci ion of art, nnd from tho num ber who thronged around the ait (able, wc with his accustomed gallantry, guvo up to his visitors the easy chairs, nnd himself mounted the tripod. Wo felt highly fiat If red by tho remarks of tho ladies, compli menting tho general appearance of the tho editorial room. After enjoying for a time the sweets of social communion, the fore man of the job office appeared and conduct: ed the ladies through the establishment explaining to them the mvsteries of tho trade. The ex-editor expatiated with his usual volubllily upon tliegrandncssof the press as an elcvaling and purifying power. Wo ai e always glad to welcome visitors,, and can only say, good friends, come PERSONAL. Jim Irwin has returned from Wash ington, where ho had u clerkship in tho Pension Department, under Commissioner Atkinson. He ennui back to fill a posi tion in the counting room of the Journal Company. Miss Emma "Williams is in the city visiting her many friends. She will stay about ihreo weeks, when she returns to. Pawnee to teach in the city school. W. II. B. Crow dosed his school at' Kock Creek 11 couple of weeks ago, and returned to his homo in Greenwood, Iowa. Frank Boies called around last week to visit old friends, Frank prefers gran ger! 1 g, on the ico and in a sleigh, to at tending school, and ho certainly looks healthier. U is rumored that D0I03 Smith was married lately to a lady of Urownvillo, but we ciuinoi vouch for Die truth of tho minor. "Would like to hear from you, Delos ono dollar a yeai. Robert Holt returned to his old homo in F.ills City, 11 shoit time ago, from Mis souri, whure ho had In en visiting for soma time. Profesbor in Political Economy "Mr. F., will 3011 please mention, f 10111 your own experience, somo of those articles whoso prices are increased by the revenue tax, while tho wages of the pioducer re mains tho same sonic commodity with which you arc familiar!' Mr. F. (in a moment of ungaurded inspiration) "Liq uors." Professor 'That is correct, sir." Since that fatal committal, F. has had a pensive, poetical look in It is eye and an would judgo they -were much pleased by undertone of sadness in his voice. 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