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THE HESPERIAN. characterize our government in all its dealings with Captain Ericsson and his inventions. No matter how hard the man worked or in how great a degree he benefitted the United States by his labors the government always seemed very wil- ling to profit from his skill, and because he was enthusiastic in his work it was thought that glory should suffice and hence only sma" ms of money, when cunpnrcd with what hr de served, were granted him. Ericsson had a hobby which was, as he himscll said, to in vent "An impregnable and partially submerged instrument for destroying ships of war." How near this hobby was rca lied was shown by his war esscl. the "Monitor." After having been treated so shabbily by the government it would seem that Ericsson would have lost all faith in it, but his love t for his adopteif country he shows by a letter written to Lin coln in 1S61, in which were these words: "Attachment to the Union alone impels me to offer my services at this fearful crisis my life if need be in the great cause which Provi dence has called you to defend." He put three months of the hardest work he ever spent in his life on the Monitor." On the day before its victory at Hampden Roads in 1SG2, a ..victory that was to astonish the world and to turn a rebel victory into a rcocl Uelcat, what a trying time that must have been to the Union forces who had watched the "Mcrrimac" create such havoc with their fleet, and had seen it retire at night to return in the morning and complete the victory. How thankful these forces must have been that such a man as Ericsson was in their midst and that with his invention, the Monitor," was able to steam down upon the "Mcrrimac" and render her useless before she could do further damage. For this act, if for no other, the name of Captain.John Erics son should be perpetuated along with the nanei0rhVashing ton, of Lincoln, or of Grant. The bill in congress, for the erection of a monument to the memory of Ericsson, is a just one. For in this way the government may compensate for its tardiness in remunerating Ericsson during his life by hand ing his name down to memory as one ol the greatest inventors of the age. n ' z v - j . tmam w . a " f "imt ' w Til (Jiool for a while on STXAY PICA'-UPS. Miss Anna Atw' account of ill health. The university cadet band IjkmCk fraternity organization for it plays "Barb" qulckaUjki ?'X .& Mrs. Professor Bcssey wasrsuddenly called toTOsast Monday by the death of a Sitci; '''j3( Messrs Webber and Bruncr arc .planning an Alaskattrip which they will take next summer. - v T. II. Mnrslund is alleged to have received a very hand some box of (lowers on his birthday. , It has been rumored that Sheldon goes to NewJiaSvKa.for some other reason than 1o sec his ma. T Three hundred old gold badges were printed and distribu ted among the students on contest day. On account of sickness Miss Dcardslcy was detained from her university work a few days last week. The German custom of kissing those who come into class was recently inaugurated in the university. A petition will be sent to the facultv shortlv for thi estnh- lishing of a course giving the Ph. D. degree. The Sophomores have adopted the following dnss vll? Eloi, Eloi, lama, sabachthani, ninety-two?" We undcrstamlthat the seniors have been having some iroume in selecting their orators forlcjfssrdav. Regent Morrill wasattheuniv his firs business in connection wUhsTnjofficc Misses Pound and Scott wid Mr. D?N?Xehmer favored the University Union with' a musical program March 7. The Freshman pi committee has ordered six more class jewelry. Hunt was tvif1r trntieilinr . ;.... .a?....ai lima, nimBS wctjwre Hi'agL.wJWfWUi sport HCW Or. cIk'1hgrtfCSsof unable t meet hks cImmc W.Wewtaymorning, the 5th. Will Urown has lost his Freshman pin. Mr. John Eagleson was in town March 4. Clements, '93, has concluded to leave school. Miller and Saycr passed Sunday in Crete !!??!! 'S6. G. B. Frankfortcr is taking special work in botany. As usual, the barbs came out victorious in the senior fight. '85. Ed. Churchill is a ribing attorney of Cheyenne, Wyo. The Palladian boys program, of February 2S, was a grand success. Duckcr did not answer to his name last week owing to sickness. P. II. Marlay is cashier of the Mason City bank Custer county. Miss Young, an active Palladian in '88, is at the conserva tory at Boston. The junior class in junior historv have neurlv finished thr. "Puritan Revolution" R. D. Church is at Lawrence, Kan., attending the law school. He is well satisfied with the school and his environ ments and intends to take a two years' course. From the library of Professor Heritare. of Madison. Wis., the faculty has received a list of books which are for saie; If any of the students arc sufferiiiir from a severe mid. they should at once procure a bottle of Brown's cough medi cine. Joseph Coleman, fonr.cr member of the class of '89,1s reading law in the office of the county attorney of Douglas county. Roscoe Pound lately presented Professor Bcsscy, for the Botanical department, photograph? of Dr. Gray and Dr. Farlow. Professor "For what purpose does the frovcrninent send foreign ministers abroad?" Student, "To preach the gospel." Miss Georgia Talbot has been compelled to discontinue her school work on account of sickness. She has gone to iicr home in Syracuse. Joseph Eastcrday a well known university student in days past, will be a candidate before the republican convention for lieutenant governor. Mr. G. 11. Maghce, formerly of '93, started for his home at Rawlins, Wyo., March 4. Mr. Maghee will resume his university work September next. The second year Latin class has done better work- tliic year under Dr. Lees than ever before. At the end of, tliis term they will have translated the first three orations against Catalinc, besides making up the first seventeen chapters of the second book of Caesar.
