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Vol. XI.
LINCOLN, NEB., MARCH 15, 1S83.
No. X.
MISCELLANEOUS MENTION.
It is hinted Ihal Hendricks ol Iiidinim will be aenndi
duto for tliu picsidonoy in '84, und has already begun the
L canvass.
Lurgo'poiiions of the lower Mississippi valley have
"been inundated The levees have been broken in several
s places, but the damage is not so great as was at first antic,
ipatcd. There is, however, considerable suffering among
tlio poor, no ctlbrt having yet boon made to relieve the
destitute.
Il is estimated that $10,000,000. will be spent this year
for base bell paraphernalia, that 5,000,000. balls will be
sold at one dollar rack and that as much will be expen
ded for court plaster, surgeon's bills etc., arc anticipated
but the exact account dare not bo stated through fear
ofdetoring the youthful aspirant from engaging in that
invigorating exeicise.
ty In the United States an exactly opposite operation has
been taking place to that by which the Greek were states
built up There centralization has prevailed there individ
ualization. Hut since the civil war the central power
has become weaker, the coup detate of the Republican Tri
llin vcraie failed and the Union is entering upon a new
era. What the result will be is difllcnlt to determine.
The length of the college year at Oxford and Cams
bridge is somewhat less than seven months. Two years
and eight months of coutiuous residence are sufllciont
for graduation Comparatively few subjects arc studied.
The Sciences are taught at the proparitory schools and
t none but specialists at the Univcrlsty. Lulin and
Greek are still the nucleus, or rather the substance of
the college course.
During the last scsion of the legislature several slate
officers were made happy by an increase of salary. This
is a real economy, for Slink dpenro or some other writer
says
"To provont men from stealing wo surfeit with gold.
A plethoric dog will not steal a man's dinner."
And again
"Grout men cannot think mighty thoughts without pay,
Nor indlto learned messages ut flfty percent."
A petition signed by 1,400 promoincnt men and women
has lately been presented to tho trustees of Columbia Col
lego asking for tho coeducation of the sex in that institus
tion, but was rejected on the ground that woman's sphero
is dfforent from that of man and hence that a distinction
should bo made in education. An "Auncx," howcyer, like
that of Harvard, is to bo established. As long as it in de
sirable that women should bo inferior to man in intellect
ual attainments, so long will it bo customary to close
against her the doors of our greatest institutions of
learning.
Hawthorne, it is said, was so wretched a scribe that it
required an expert to decipher his writing. A compari
son of his earlier wiith his later manuscripts shows, how
ever, a cradual improvement, lie wrote with a fine hand
with rapidity, but the numerous erasures and interlinea
tions, which render his manuscript utterly illegible to
the inexperienced, show bj what persistent toil his great
fame was established. No author of the age as been
more diligent mid painstaking and noun have met with
a more pci manaul success. A recent number of tho At
lantic Monthly contains many curious facts in regard to
hts manuscripts and will be ol interest to all the admirers
of America's most noted w liter.
In the March nunibur of the North American Review
is a series of papers on "Educational Needs," in which
loud compluhnt is made of our work in our common and
high-schools. This is doubtless owing to the system of
routine, text-book teaching which surfeits the mind
without stimulating it. The remedy for this is not tho
gymnnsium for tt has been proved inadequate; but the
introduction of worlcsoops in which both mind and body
will be invigorated bp actual labor. Such a svstcm can
be introduced only into city schools, but it is here, in the
crowded rooms and unwholesome air that it 13 especially
needed. Another cause of overwork is I lie adoption of
some injurious hobby like the Geography mania of the
Lincoln schools, in consequence of which, several parents
were obliged to with. draw their children from the public
schools.
Among the novelties of the season is an "Essay on Oras
tory" in which the author clearly demonstrates to his own
satisfaction that any one with sufficient training may be
come an orator. "Your sufficient" obscives a student of
calculus, is a vaiiable quantity and under certain condi
tios approaches infinity." Hearcst thou not, O thou
learned author of an "Essay on Oratory," the great Sams
ucl Johosou rocifcrating "You can't make guineas if you
havcut the gold," and thinkst thou witli all thy roar and
smoke to teach men by precept and example that six
months-training in monkey ism nnd elocution will fill an
empty head? Alas I to soon.for thy great success have all
men discovered that thero is a perceptible difference bes
teween a gient and n pigmy on stilts. When thou diest,
O skillful defender of monkey ism vis. brains, let me
write thv epitaph
"When terrestrial all In chaos shall exhibit effervescence,
Then celestial virtues in their full, effulgent, brilliant essonco,
Shall with beaming, beauteous radiance through ebullltl on shine
Transcending to glorious regions beiuitflcol, doviLc;
Then human powers absorbed, insufficient to dollnleatosuch trans
cendental sparks.
Will bo transported into tho presence of great and mighty
monarchs."
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