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THE HESPERIAN STUDENT. i i hi last I inn1 George found all the screws loosened in the door ready for a night attack. He lias now boarded up that entrance. Prof. Woodborry has put the following announcement mi the bulletin board: Essays will bo duo as lollows. Senior orations, upon any subject, Dec. 21th. Junior foronsies, "Whether tho an. nexation of the British piovincos on our north, with the consent of the inhabitants and of England would be to our advan tage." Doc. 24. Fro-liman and Sophomore essays upon the following subjects, Dec. 24. 1. Any one of Thaokory'a or Jane Austen's novels. 2. A visi.-n, or dream. !!. The atomic theory. I. The early German poetry. Latin school essays upon the following subjects, Dec. 24. 1. Travel. 2. The battle f York town. )1 Glaciers. All ossuys should bo written on thonie papor, and should bo at least three pages in length and not more than four, and bo written in ink. Of three students attending the Univor sky from this county, two have returned sick. One is reported able to be around, while the other, Mr. John Chapin, lies at death's door. And Saturday it was re ported the third was prostrated with pneu monia in Lincoln. Wo cherish the friend Host feelings toward the University but if this is to be the fate of all our scholars we shall hesitate long before we say to the facility, continue our educational work. State Journal. The above is printed under the head of correspondence from Fairmont. The correspondent errs if he thinks that the sickness spoken of was In any way caused by the situation of the University or any thing connected with it. It is true that there has been an unusual run of sick licss in Lincoln, especially among Uni vorsily students, but it can be traced to other causes than malaria or unhealthy surroundings. The groat majority ofstu denlH are in robust health. On the evening of the 25111 Chancellor Fairfield spoke in the Opera House on " Work and Wages," as applied to tlio woman's rights question, and on tlio eve. ning following, Mrs. Dr Dinsmoor, of Omaha, replieu to him. Both addressed iureo audiences, and the discussion awoke no little comment in Lincoln. Tlio Uni versity student'., who had postponed soci ety meetings to attend, were among the most interested. Tho Chancellor's chief points were that wages should bo as capac ity and in proportion to demand, tnat women have small time to become export Infoie unirriage, that they are physically inoipiblo for many occupations. Mrs. Dinsmore's paper was by no moans so argumentative as the Chancellor's and she failed to reply to miiay of his state, monls, but si ic insisted that the unmarried women must not be taxed to support the married, and complained that society hud made a " corner " in female labor, by making a necessity and then taking ad vantage of it to proscribe certain occupa. lions. She thought the ballot should log. ulate wages, thai low wages led to crime, that women would bo as strong as men if they wore allowed to work. The skeleton of the horse and the skel eton of the cow up in the "patent" room, had a long talk the other evening on old limes. Said tho ghostly cow to the ghost ly Imrse, " Gracious, old fellow, what a noise they do make up in this third hull on Friday evenings. It's rcalb very annoy, ing." "Yes," anwerod tho dead trotter, " it is noisy; quite different from the limo when tho Adclphinns had their little room across the hall and tlio- Palladians were down on the first floor." " Ah," siuhed tlio cow skeleton, "then there was quiet, save when Wilson's pow erful voico would come rolling over in debate, or Charley Stratton get up to orate. Let's see, Charley Little was in that society, too, wasn't he?" "Yes," said (lie equine, stopping to brush a fly off his mid rib witli his bony tail, " he's a professor hero now and has the room just back of the old Union soci. ety room. That belongs to Prof. Emerson now." "Oh, indeed, and that's what makes all that bir.K over there in tho mornings V lie used to be a Union, too, but he recanted, they say, after ho was married. Say, old horse, have you heard all that spooning outside the door?" " Yes, I'm listening, who is it. Sounds like Pierce's voice, for all the world. They say lie's dreadfully gone, poor fel low." Then the skinny cow exclaimed, "I wish I could got out of here and nibble on the campus awhile;" but the while horse answered, "Oh, go 'way, you'd scare all tho little preps." otmuouAfinfie. From Michigan, Lear Student: At the request of your worthy local editor we write you a brief letter about Michigan University. In the proper souse of the term this is the only Univer sity on American soil, excepting perhaps Harvaid. By this uc mean it bears a closer relationship than any other Amer ican school, with the above exception, to England's Oxford and Cambridge, and to tlie German Universities. This relation ship is a striking resemblance The campus iB a grassy plat of forty acres hi id off into substantial cement walks mid nppropiialoly ornamented witli trees. There are oight largo and hand some buildings on the campus. One con taining alniOM a hundred dead bodies which are stored away in the basement. Tho rest of (he building is cut up into dissecting rooms. Eacli school of modi cine has an appropriate building. There is a large hospital which is crowded with patients iilllieted with all manner of dis eases. They come hero from neighboring states and receive medical treatment with out " money and without price." The labroatory is the largest in the United States, over liOO students having been assigned seats. Several largo engines are required to keep tho necessary machinery in motion. A salaried engineer has charge of tho engines and is at his post fiom morn till night. A visit through this labratory during study hours is a grand treat. The law library is n large three story structure of plain architecture. On the first floor is the University proper, or, as it is here called, the General Librarv of JIO.OOO volumes. There is now in process of erection on tlio campus a very large and handsome building which will lie de voted exclusively to iho lihriuy and his torical work. On the second floor of the law building is the law library of 5000 volumes. On the same floor is the law lecture room containing seats for over 400 students. In diilbrenl parts of tho building are small rooms devoted to club uses. The Michigan law school is not only the best this land affords, hut it num. hers more students and at tho head of the faculty stands America's greatest consti tutional lawcr Judge Cooley. The main University building is the largest one on the campus, being four stories high. It is crowned with a massive dome costing several thousand dollars. In tho differ ent rooms of this building tlio students of the literary department assemble for rec itations. One of the important divisions of the largo building is University Hall with a seating capacity of 21500. It is a magnificent auditory. The museum building was constructed last year. It bus three stories. Specimens are found on the first, and second floors. Wo find here the finest collection of birds on the con tinent. Many of the specimens show the handiwork sf Prof. Mitchell. A long let ter could be written upon each of the departments, but as your local only re quested a brief letter wo must forbear. Wo Nobjiiskans should take a deep Inter est in Michigan University as It is the ex prototype of our own Nebraska Univer sity, and we hope the day is not far dis tant when the latter will bo an acknowl edged peer of tho former. More anon. '80.
