Bfffi
Enrron's CnMit.
!!
Once again from out tin varigatcd
threshold oflho Stuoknt's sanctum comes
the words of cflcome to those now tcgis
tcred as students of the University. Once
more wo extend the hand ns a token of
sjood feeling, and of unrestricted friend
ship in the time to come, trusting that
our proffered hand is not to he rejected
hut eagerly grasped, and the kindest re
lationship among us to exist, we welcome
the dawn of this new year.
There is much left for us all to do,
many have gone from our midst since we
last assembled in these halls, leaving the
burden mid responsibility for us to hear,
each one has a portion each has his duty
to perforn, r ill ,v" ' it ?
We are here lor the purpose of improv
nient, then let us exert our energies to
perpetuate the wishes and desires for
which you are come, aud the pc: forming
of which will smoothc the path of col
lege life, lending an encahantment, mak
ing college days the happiest of ones life-
Remembering that jou are now to fill
those places made vacant by absent ones,
do not wail tor a more formal invitation
but commence work at once, with a will
aud determination, and you will certainly
be repaid.
The societies are awaiting you to lend
a hand to their work, so do not wait to be
asked, for they expect you to come and
will make it agreeable upon your arrival.
From your support teh mx'DKXT. the ad
voeiiteof student rights, expects to ex
ist and prosper as in the past, so do not
disappoint us but lend us your aid. The
power to help us is inou all.showjour
appreeiation of our efforts, by giving
your subscription for a year or as long as
the the pocket find it convenien, read it,
talk about it, and finally send it to your
fricm'.s with the inscription ,4the best col
lege paper in the wot" attached thereto,
do this, aud have the extieme satisfaction
of knowing that you are laboring for
higher education, and promoting the wel
fare and interests of the University.
Tiikiii: is a renmikablc deficiency in
the accomodations offered students by the
University. The deficiency lias long been
felt, and as we now well know, is one of
the great drawbacks with which we have
to contend. Many means have been de
vised by which this matter has been par
tially regulated, but never to that degree
making any material ditl'erence in the in
crease of students. 'Tis now a well con-
ceded fact, that a cheaper rate of living
must be had, would we have our college
register the number we are now so am
ply prepared to accomodate. From the
number of students that annually leave
the University, compelled by want, to seek
more congenial quarters, one can safely
come to the conclusion that all money ex
pended by the state in offering accomo.
dalionsthat would come within the grasp
of those that depend upon their own exer
tions and resources, would soon be repaid
with interest two-fold. The plan attempt
ed, in letting students occupy rooms in the
Uuiver.Mty, did net prove wholly success
ful, and neither would it, consequently its
abandonment, leaving no other means but
for students to hoard themselves, which
has been successfully carried on, by a cer
tain class, at a rate correspondinir with the
means at hand, or at a rate from three to
four dollars per week, in private families.
This only a small minority have been able
to do, and they only a little while at a time.
Consequently, would we ask for an extend
ed increase of students. Board must be
reduced on a corresponding rate with
the students means. There is more than
one way in which this can be accomplish
ed. Rut the authorities of the University
are the ones to do it. It is evident that
the desired effect will never be perfected
from the hands of the .students. Aside
from the building of dometorics, which
now seems to be beyond the means at hand,
a good paying speculation is open to some
enterprising person, to open a dining hall,
sold' for the purpose of student accomo
diition, with a rate proportionately fixed.
This has been attempted, aud were it not
