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ws HESPERIAN STUDENT UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA. Vol. XII. LINCOLN, NEB., APRIL 15, 1884. No. XII. lv T' There arc now eighty American students at tho Unlvers sity of Berlin. Prof. Gyrus Northrop of Now Haven has accop ed the presidency of tho University of Minnesota. John G. Whiltler, who is a trustee of Brown University is in favor of making the college co-educational. Joseph Cook will present Willard's portrait of Wendell Philipps to Harvard, of which the latter was a graduate. Tho Chicago socialists declare that the Cincinnati riots resulted from "a premature explosion ol the gcnoral dis content." Harvard has 107 teachers, 1523 students anct a library of 270,700 volumes. Our University would feel a little proud of such a library. Chns. Roadc, the novelist, though still .engaged in writing, hns retutned to London after spending tho winter in southern France, in very poor health, and is said to be apklly sinking. Sentimental nonsense: A hair from tho head of Henry Clay sold for thirty dollars in Baltimore recently. Soon tho hair album will take the place of the autograph, but it wiil be a little hard on bald heads. At tho lcquesl of his widow no attempt Jwill be made to creel a monument to Wendell Philipps. Pcrhap3, she thinks that bronzo and marble monuments are becoming too common, now-a-days, to have much significance. Mr. Bpurgcon, the famous London Baptist preacher, according to a recent writer, lias nothing clerical in his appeaiance but looks for nil tho world like a village blacksmith with his "Sunday-go-to-meeting" clothes on. "If you want knowledge, you must toil for it; if you want food you must work for it; and if pleasure you must toil for it. Toil is tho law. Pleasure comes through toil nnd not by self indulgence and indolence. When one gets to love work l'.fo is a happy one." Jfutkin. Tho Cambridge Memorial movement is progressing slowly but surely, and it will be but a short lime when tho statue of tho most popular of American authors will grace tho moat ancient peat of American literature. Amonc the contributions from abroad is a considerable sum sent from Brazil, the largest contributor bcing.ftl Emperor. lie Mathow Arnold onco called Beechor "a heated barba rian," but, when here, ho went to hear tho wc'l known divino at the first opportunity. Bceclier detained him after the sermon and returned good for evil by heartily thanking Arnold for all he had written, saying he haa road it two or thrco times over. That Englishmen have voluntarily placod a bust of Longfellow in that most sacred and most carefully guarded of British institutions, Westminister Abby, is tho highest tribute they could liavo paid to the memory of our illus trious poet, and is a true indication of the high esteem in which his works are held by tho English reader. At tho unveiling ceremony addresses were made by Lard Granville and Longfellow's friend and brother poet, Lowell. Over one hundred and sixty new doctors were turned out bj the medical dopartinent of tho university of tho city of New York last week. When wo take into con sideration the fact that there aro many such medical mills throughout the country turning out a large grist every year, it would seem that there will soon bo as mauy doc tors as patients. In such a case foul air, crowded tene ment houses, poor sewerage etc. will be a blessing to the doctors, at least. It is evident that wo have not yet seen tno last act in tho interesting drama produced by tho Laskcr resolution at tho German court. After trcatiwg some innocent reso. Unions of condolence as solemnly as if they were declar ations of war, Bismark lias quietly, but promptly snubbed Minister Sargcant at a reception. Bewara Bismark! Already tho Great American Hog has tinned up his snout iu your direction and grunted disapprovingly, and it would not be wise to further excite tho wrath of the own ers. Tho latest is that Sargeaut has resigned, and refused to accept Iho position of Minister to Russia, which was tendered hija. What next? For centuries Switzerland, so snuggly situated in tho lieurt of tho Alps, and surrounded by the more pnverful of tho European nations, lias been a safe and somewhat convenient refuge for plotting anarchists and political exiles from nil Europe, nd tho nest in which most of the fiendish plots, which havo so long terrified all thocrowned heads, were hatched. Since, however, Switzerland has couRcnlcd to join the other European nations in ihoir ef forts to exterminate the anarchists, 'ho will no longer be a safe refuge for them, and almost their only retreat will be America. Wo do not want among us any moro of that class who aro discontented uudor any form of govern ment; we havo too many already. It. would be well for nations to modify their oxtradition laws so as to include political criminals also. VnHFE5r!ESM