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not necessary to make any change in the constitu
tion to greatly increase womrn's rights in that state.
She claims that women as well as men are eligible
to the offlces of governor, lieutenant-governor and
other minor offices. What the material advantages
of such a discovery may be we do not fully compre
hend. Is it probable in a state that the legislature
representing the people as they do, after having re"
fused to give woman the right of suffrage, that they
will ever elect her to any of the important offices ?
It seems that if they have any right to the office they
should possess an equal right in saying who shall hold
that office. But whether either of these rights are
inherent rights are not they will never profit their
possessor unless a free use of them is granted by the
parties in power. We hardly think the present ad
ministration gives a very encouraging out look to
those interested in this cause.
It behooves the Student again to mention the
utter want of chemical facilities in our University.
We are astonished to learn that our institution is so
behind those of our sister states, and more astonished
to learn that facilities alone is the result of our being
so far behind in this important study. We have at
present no rooms and as a consequence no apparatus
.and no chemicals. In fact we have no room at all in
comparison with the number of students in that de
partment, besides it is so uncomfortable that the
students arc able to do little or no good work. Thus
far this term the students in both college and medi
cal departments have done no work at all to speak of.
The water pipes have frozen been up in spite of the
constant efforts of the janitor to keep them open. We
have at present everything to make a good chemical
department except room. It is cejtainly a misfortne
to the state to keep this department in the present
-condition longer. The Student sincerely hopes
that this will not be put off longer for delays are
often fatal.
There has been considerable talk in the last few
-weeks among the citizens of Lincoln in regard to
.grave robbing The people stand in utter horror at
the very thought of such a thing. Some think that
the medical depaitment ought to get their subjects
from some other part of the country while others con
cern the whole thing and say they ought to get along
without them. The Studenx thinks that a happy
medium between these two extremes is about the
right thing. It is an impossibility for the medical
.department to get along without the cadaver but it
does not follow that the students should make
midnight raids upon the city of the dead. There are
enough paupers to supply the demand. If there are
not then we believe that the students are justifiable in
using some means to procure subjects. The people in
the vicinity of every medical college hold up their
hands in utter horror at these things while at the same
time they realize their importance. The people o
Lincoln have already shown that they will not tole
rate very much of this hence the Student would ad
vise themeds to "go slow and learn to paddle."
I noticed an article in a former issue of the Stu
dent respecting the work on themes and other out
side matter that a student should be required to do.
I would agree with the Student to a certain extent,
but I am ignorant to what extent the system is car
ried here and know nothing of its effect? except in the
department of history. In this department I believe
it has proved asuccess, but like everything else it can
be abused, sfill with such instructors, as we have I
think there is no danger of any such thing occurring
here. There certainly can be no better training for
the development of independent thought and work
than to throw a student upon his own resources,
without a text book for a guid?, in fact nothing but
his head and a library full of books, all that he
should be obliged to rely upon. It is urged that it
is not proper work for undisciplined minds, but I be
lieve that it is a superior method of disciplining the
mind. The student may in the first attempt do a
great deal of unnecessary work, but it teaches him
after a trial or two to pick out what is relative to the
subject wherever he sees it, and gives him the power
refine what he reads, and develops a faculty of close
observation so essential in any line of study. We
are not alone in this work; for the most advanced
schools are using this method and we have only to
look to them where the system is more nearly perfect
to see greater advantages coming from it; and we
believe with a fair trial it can be made as great a
factor here. Communicated.
In the last issue we made a atatement which was
woefully dead at the time of the appearance of the
paper. We referred to the fact of an unprecedented
fall in the price of corn in our state. That drop in
price lasted but a few days, even when it did it was
by no means the market price which we quoted. It
was a rash statement for which we beg Nebraska's
pardon.
Upon looking over the Students of last year the
editor noticed an editorial on the temperature of the
chapel. The words "refrigerator" and "ten de
grees below zero" attracted his attention. A few days
since he ventured in and now is ready at any time to
verify that editorial and even more. The student
would smile to see some of the legislators step in
when the temperature is like it has been the present
month. If they do not think Of Greenland, Iceland