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THE HESPERIAN UNIVERSITY of NEBRASKA. Vol. XIV. LINCOLN, NEB., JANUARY 15, 1SS6. No. VII. Maimer, while it can beautify all life, costs nothing, and never generated an evil thought or word.'" The University of Vermont hasiheldest$Sw3entonreoord. He as in the class of "S5 and is & years old. Tli ere is mot yet any inventory of a man's (faculties, any more than a bible of his opinions. Emcrsem, This is an age of wonderful "discoveries, A senior lady re cently -saw a iman riding an encyclopedia. Dial. An authority on annsic says there are S,ooo,coo professional and amateur piano players in tie United States. "It is a poor plan to build without a foundation, font it is equally bad Ho be always laying a foundation and neverbuHld lug." '"'A man wlo knows men, can talk well on politics, trade, law, -war, religion. For everywhere, men are Bed an the same manners.'''' They say that a certain professor at Kansas University told on eof his stu dents "Ifjvra should put a single drop of that acid on your tongue it would IdTll a "dog.'' There 5s 310 apparent a'cauon why Senator Sanford's Umi versrry Jit Palo Alto, California, with an -endowment of $20, ooo,'OOOshouldmotIbooome theflending University oftbe world. Three of President Cleveland's cabinet are college -graduates: W. C Whirnej-, on53, at Yale; W. C Endioott, of "ay, at Harvard, sand W. IF. Volas, offS, at the University of Michigan. Important 'documents bearing on the period from Henry Hto Ellr.obtith nf England ttinve lately been 8onnd an Bel woir castle. They are said tto shed mew light on tthe 'discover and settle anent of America. litis reported tthat the mumVer ioftud arts caught crlKbang an cvamlnnilons ttfKis j'oar at Conneifl was mnnsuaTily large. This rmeans 'unusual -vigilance n the part "tfiuithii:tiesoriincreased micm-il tdoprtwhy 3n students, 'CjunnnsdcieHerciHes have been rmaflc ifibligateir' at tthe Urii varsity tS UemiBjtivarint. The igjunnnsium has trccon Hieen ireTfttcfl atan 'CiqpmiBe iof $25000, and the Harwar-d Sj'E tem 'dfigymmis'ties has been adoptod. The iflisoevery'ur ancient -engraved 'gams and cawiofl -stones shows (that tthe signs of tthe Zo3iac!ki)Dwmtt tus muse lanown irilse te ithe OialdeaiiK. Thehusiun of the lcJBnr heavens anlo ttwelve parts, presided over Iby rrwdJvc consteHntians, was fin uise among tthe Babylonians. A (firm of phatqgrajiberstma'kes tthe ffriHowing announcement an ione of our exchanges: ""We give our tundhiided attention tto tthe student ttrade. Our specialtieK: Children and Babies juo ttures and tfamily groups.1" Such a "dead ;give-a-wa3 as tthat would cause a mot toutlhere iin tthe rowdy west "We anay mat the extremely cultured, Ibut have a regard for tthe elenial jprc rpr3et3es!fhiitM'oul3ana'kesuch am adverfiBement an ampossl-HiUhy. BORES. There's the man who lets yoa shake his linapy hand He's a bore. And the man who leans against yon when yon stand Gel his gore. There's the man who has a fear That the world is, year by year, Growing worse perhaps he's near Bolt the door. There's the fellow with connndroms quite antique He's a bore. And the man who asks yon ""What?" whenever yon speak. Though yon roar. There's the man who slaps your back With a button-bursting whuk If jvsn thinli he's on yonr trade Bolt the door. There's the punster with his everlasting pna He's a bore. And the man whe mates alliterative "fan" Worse snd more! There'sTiheman who tells the tale That a year ago wjk stale lake as not he's out of jail Bolt the idoor. CHnajrp Arr3ta. Malhew Arnold hai accepted the nomination for the vacant professorship of poetry at Oxford. Maiheu Arnold 335 tthat proper training of the muscles of tthe mouth would alone be sufficient tto make a people bean iiful, and redeem the lowest s-pe from aitter rugliness; for the sxn of a vtulgar face lies chiefly an tthe helpless, inexpressible mouth. It as the charm of tthe French month, with its ever vsrvang carves, that gives snch int-dlligence and expression tto the Futcnch face l-rom tthe CoraieM Sun we glean the foJUowdng items. Sev teral tfaotihy changes are lbe anndeat tthe "dose oftthe present collegiate 3ear, among Mftnch arc the (following; Ijr. D D. Schurman, if llaKfnx N.S., ttalces the professorship of Ethics and 3M1o9cj1)3' -onflowed Iby Henry. W.Sage, in tmemorj' of this w4fe, w5th 50,'000 cash and a 4aoooo house tto Ibe erected on olie campus. The chair of SansTait.and Modern Oriental languages as 1 be "daBooDfinued and seusral professors are a-ettlroA. Salaries of professors at CorneU tra ai from $1403 tto $3300. The following dscUpped from tthe catalogue of the Utnivcr sia3'of MasBouri: The idrefisofa young woman should be simple. Simpl3cit3' an "dress, aught 2n atBelf 5b peculiarly becam ang an a student for at saves, ttime, anoi', and tthoought tto be concentrated for higher fmrposes. Therefore, tto avoid extravagance and iffiEaxm criticism a22 3oung ladies attending tthe xh'CTa'arrrfftdrXoMdpjiastTuirJialyMtdei. A walHngsuitiof btaclcaljmcam-KhttrimmingE of tthe same color. Al stated tames, a white waiBt nnay be substituted tfcar the Mack alpaca withttximmingE of tthe same color. The style of hat mini be announced at the beginning tof each year