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liut there is auothci class of shirkers
from rliuloriutil work. These include all
those students who Imvu little taste for lit
crary work, and consequently have -little
incentive to excel in writing tlioir essa.vs.
Tho work being disagreeable to thorn,
they shirk it If t hoy ran, and if they oim
not, they do it hurriedly and carelessly,
their object being only to got the work off
their hands. Both the above named clas
ses of students do themselves injury in
thus evadingorslightinglhissortof work.
In order that our rhetorical work may bo
profitable to us, wo must interest ourselves
in it;writeour productions carefully and
expressly for rhetorical purposes, and note
carefully the corrections and suggestions
made by the Professor. Mo may bo exact,
and sometimes wo may think him over
particular, but if we receive his sugges
tions and criticisms in a friendly spirit,
we may be moie profited from the fact of
his being particular, inasmuch as we our
selves will be taught to be exact and par
ticular in our work.
THE NEBRASKA SUMMBK SCHOOL
OF SCIENCE.
Thi School has been organized, under
the auspices of tint State Olliccrs and a
large number of the Leading men of the
State, as a moving camp for the purpose
of studying the Natuial History and alto
sources of the Valley of the Republican
River, Neb. Regular courses of instrttlion
will bo given in Botany, Entomology Pa
laeontology, Economical Geology, Dy.
mimical Geology, Aualitical Chemistry
and Mineralogy. The following teachers
have been engaged, and the services of
others will lie secured. Prof S. Augliey,
Ph. D. of the University of Neb. Prof. C.
D. Wilber, AM. ME. tho first Supt. of Ill's.
Scientific Survey. Prof. G. E. Hailoy, A.
M. of the University of Neb. Lawrence
Brunei", West Point, Neb. lion. J.
Small of Fairfield will act as General
Manager and Superintendent.
The district to be traversed lies within
the Cretaceous and Tertiary formations;
it contains some Hue exposures of the
Loess; and affords a good Hold for scion
title investigation. The School starts
from Hod Cloud, Nob. about the oth of
.1 illy mid continues in session eight weeks.
A small tuition fee will be charged in ad
dition to tliu lu-tunl expenses of tho trip
Circulars giving details will be issued in
.lanuary and forwarded to all making ap
plication. Address
G. E. BAILEY, Secretary,
Lincoln, Nebraska.
Wo would call attention to this prelim
inary notice of the Nebraska Summer
School of Science which has already been
published in some of tho State papers.
Those having charge of the school are de
sirousof obtaining as students, nil who
may wish to study the above mimed sub
jects of natural science and obtain a prac
tical knowledge of them by studying in
the field. Good facilities are allbrdrd for
study and practical investigation. Fine
roads, proximity to settlements, good sup-
plies of water, fuel, togothor with a field
tilled with objects replete with interest to
tho geologist, botanist, zoologist and min
eralogist, makes the rout chosen une
quiilcd in the Stale, .lust enough is
known of the geological rooources of this
State to make us greedy to know more,
and should this Summer School of Sci
ence accomplish what it aims to do, it
must add largely to our stock 01' knowl
edgi' in this direction. Already a num
ber have expressed a determination to on.
gage in this undertaking, have a jolly
summer vacation, as well as a season of
profitable study. Sonic of the Universtiy
boys and several persons from the city
contemplate going. Should this Summer
School of Science become a permanent
tiling it will in the future be of great val
ue to those students both of this instilu
lion and of others who may wish to ex
tend their studios in geology, zoology etc,
etc. and obtain practice in them in the
field during the summer.