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Th" ne' annul co.reU of the Inter-tfite Or.tton
c.il Association will b: held a Minn;.ip,ilii on tin
firat Thursday n May. The prie oflerred are. sev.
enty-fivc dollars for the first and fifty for thi1 second
best .oration, no oration to contain over two thou
sand words. The organization now embraces tin
states of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Ohio Indiana, lib
nois and Iowa. Why should not Nebraska Ik.
represented in the next contest? Judging from the
character of the exercises at our last inter -collegiate
contest, we certainly have material worthy of sending
to the front. All we need is to organize atid work
the matter up, and the sooner this is done the better.
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All communications, should be addressed to the 1 1 us
i'Kiuan Studknt. State University, Lincoln, Nebraska
The long looked for catalogue for the ycat 1881-2
has at last mtde its appearance. One of the greatest
faults the S'itijent has to find with it is that it did
not come sooner. With the exception of the typo
graphical error which gives it the date of this year
instead of last the press work is neat and tasteful.
The catalogue contains the revised course of study and
the announcements for the present year. Of the
changes made we have prcviouslyspoken. The num
i bor of students in the first year of the Latin School for
I 'Si -2 is 129, exactly equal to the number in all the
And now it appears that, despite the intimations j other classes togc her. No mention is made of cither
the societies have received to the contrary, the new 1 the Studknt or the literary societies. As these are
Professors have not expressed themselves as inimical , certainly a part of the University just why they are
to the present organization and workings of those 1 omitted does not appear. Hereafter the catalogue
bodies, and that the only antagonism they have need ' will be issued in June and distributed just before
to fear as yet, comes from the same quarter that it
has heretofore.
Jgditoriitl ote,
commencement.
If the Hoard of Regents would attend our chapel
eer ises through one of the winter months and
exjieneni e the (list omfort from the low temperature
of the room that our students are continual! funed
to experience in old weather we are sure something
oiild and would be done to alleviate it. Red hot
stoves do not affect the atmosphere of the chajtcl
Ixjyond a radius of four or five seats; the trouble is
with the room itself. It is an imjtosition on the stu
dents.
A great many persons fancy tlwt the task of the
college professor is a light and easy one. If thi be
tme, Nebraska is certainly an exception. Most of
the teachers in the University appear to be over
burdened with work. 'Hie professor of Natural
Science is usually in his room from early in the
morning nntil after eleven at night, and many of the
other) professors work equally a hard. The fact is.
the Universitj being comparatively new, professors
The reelection of Regent Gere is an event for which
all true friends of the Universitj may well le thank
ful, and all the more so by reason of the late rumor
of his defeat. Thk Studknm is not a johtician
and hence is not interested in his sn ev. as the
Republican candidate, but as a matter of credit
to the State University we are most heartily gratified
at the result. No man in the state has shown a
warmer interest in the University in general, or a
friendlier disposition toward its students in particular
than our resident regnl, while his acknowledged
ability and well known fairness of mind render him
je( uliarly fit for the position he occupies This pa
per does not express its regard for Mr. (ierc in the
hope to stand well with that gentleman a a regent,
but to voice the unanimous sentiments of its constit
uents toward a man whom they feel honored to call a
friend.
The literary contest is "off', and the Uuion so
ciety take upon itself the onus of self-acknowledued
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nave 10 work at a great disadvantage from lack of defeat before a trial, by refusing to proceed without
apmtus and materials. However, with the present ( iu favorite orator. While in our opinion the annual
prosperity continued the.legislature willjdoubtless take ' society exhibitions virtually render such special trials
more interest iu the University than it has heretofore, of ability unnecessary, we would at the same time