No. 10.
EniTOu'B TahijK.
EDUCATIONAL.
The Harvard Zoological museum luis
already cost $!)8r,0()0.
Tlio University cabinet will undoubted
ly bo increased by the work of the N. S. S.
S. next summer
St. Louis lias a population of about 450,
000, ami lias (i,0()0 In attendance upon
hor public schools.
The N. Y. Stale University has ut last
consented lo admit ladies, but they are
required to recite by themselves.
The library of Columbia college num
bers over 18,000 volumes, the library of
the University of Neb. contains about 2,.
100 volumes. What a contrast!
St, Louis has a population of lo.OOO
and has '20,000 iu attendance upon their
school. Huston only has a population of
;l.'),000 but has 47,000 in iu her schools.
$1,000,000 is about the amount of gills
made to colleges of the United Stales dur
ing the year 1870. As there are -100 col leg.
cs iu this country, this would make the
avarago for each of them sjOO-
On the fit h of Ni v. Senator Saunders
of this state introduced a bill into Con
gress for the forming of a new territory
from the western part of Dakota and por
lions of Wyominj; and Montana. The tract
named ini'luUcs about 10,000 square miles
and has a population of about :.",00(). If
this teritory were established and also an
other one from the northern part of Dako
ta which has been talked of, there would
be considerable change made iu the ap
pearance of the maps of the Northwest.
EDITOR'S TABLK.
Our table is covered with a formidable
looking array of exchanges, among which
the Jewell shines out with a .superior bril
liancy and lustre, ft contains a number of
interesting articles, all of them good. The
oik! on "Association " contains line thought,
is smoothly written, and in all is a credit
able production. The "Omnibus" is a
novel and attractive department, but we
think loo much room is taken tip by "The
Two Aristocracies," leaving space for but
two other passengers. There is a general
criticism to be made on the length of the
contributions. They heed boiling down
or, as the Harvard man puts it, "a ju.
dicious elimination of supcrtluous phra
seology." Hut on the whole the Jewell is
the best exchange we have, and we hope
it may ever deserve the title of bijou.
The 11. II. .S'., published at Uockville,
Connecticut, has made its debut on the
journalistic stage. It is neatly gotten up,
and bids fair to become a journal of
merit. On account of its tine quality
of paper it is recommended to house
keepers for the panlry shelves, but we
prophesy a more brilliant future Mian this
for the It. II. H. Success be with you,
brethren.
The Ltiwrntnu (JollvijUin, rejoices iu the
addition of four pages, b t as they were
inserted upside down we failed lo derive
much benefit from them. The editorial
columns are well conducted, containing
interesting articles on subjects of common
interest lo all colleges. "Vu especially
admired the one respecting the character
of contributions by students.
The Pun and Plow, from the Kinpire
State, should change its title to Scinxors
and Plow. It would be more appropriate,
jiu.ging from the lack of orignal matter
in its columns.
There is a force and power in brevity,
which fact many students seem to ignore
in their writings. The points they make
are like those of one of Shakspcaro's char
actors, whose reasons wore as two grains
of wheat hid in two bushels of chall'; you
might seek all day ere you found thorn;
and when you had them they wore not
worth the search. The contributors lo
the Hates Student have avoided this and
winnowed the wheat, giving us pithy art!.
clos, which are uudisputahly bettor than
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