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Et HOSEWATER , Editor.
JUST now Sullivan is a bigflor mi
in the democratic party than a
Tildon.
TUB universal sentiment in Oma
is "not another street must bo vacat
for blockading railways. "
THE suffering women hold their co
vontion in Lincoln last week with t
usual result of much cry and lit !
wool.
WITH twenty-six inches of snow
Boston Omaha can afford to fore ;
bftkod beans for her delightful Mi
weather.
TUB Colorado land grab is rocoivii
B general raking down by the eastoi
press. Every western settler is intc
ettod inits defeat.
TUB rapid headway of the Farmoi
Alliance in Nebraska shows that tl
producers of this state know the
.wrongs and will apply too remedy.
THE only naif-supporting depar
raont of the government is the coi
sular system , which reported a BU
plus last year of nearly 8100,000.
OMAHA goes the wholohog or non
Six schemes for a now market houi
are hatching now , that Ml. Wobsti
Snydor's liberal proposition has bee
hud before the city council.
TUB Omaha Republican devotes U
columns to the discussion of tl :
wsthotio craze. It's readers will no
hare a chance to show their knowledj
of " "
"Patience.
SECRETARY KIRKWOOD is urgin
.congress to put a stop to depredation
on government and 'Indian timbc
Unds. This is a direct blow , at th
contractors , which the Union Paoifi
lobby should squelch at once.
. A OHAHACTKUIBTIO souvenir of Omt
ha for visitors would bo a photograp
ot an old resident serenely roosting o
one leg in tie mud , while ( lie audi
cnco from the opera house is pickin
Its way across the crosswalk on Fii
teonth and Farnham streets. '
ENOIAN D has protested against th
cruel treatment of the Hebrews b
Russia. Russia would got in a "left
harder" by protesting against Enj
land's cruel treatment of the Irish
Sympathy like charity ought to bogi
at home.
WIIY doesn't Governor Nonce cal
pecial elections to till the vaoancic
existing in the legislature ? Froi
present appearances an apportioning ! !
bill will be passed within a month1
time , when the legislature should b
at once convened to rodiatrict ou
tate in accordance with its provision !
FAULTY as irost attempts at govern
mental regulation of railroads hav
been , they find their justification i
the fact that in general business com
petition protects the interests of th
public , and in the railroad business i
docs not and cannot. Chicago Timot
Railroad competition consists i
alternately cutting the throats c
rival roads in a Bavano war of rate
and equalizing losses by plundern !
the public offer a patchod-up pence.
; members of the city counci
are said to bo undocidcd on the quee
tion of granting to the Union Pucifi
the right of way through Jacksoi
atroot. If the city council consul
the wishes of the citizens they will re
fuse , by a unanimous vote , the unpu
dent request of the railroad managers
It is time to cry halt to thu rocklpe ;
donations of franchises and rights o
way to railroads through the strooti
f our city. The Union Pacific hai
already laid down thirty miles of sid <
wacki favour streets and alloys unti
the whoVsopthera And eastern portion
tion of'OmahaV trade'center ia block
ded by iU iron wall. In demandinj
another of the city's thoroughfares
tbe railroad management U only at
tempting to abut out a competing lim
from accoujjo'our merchant ) and buii
neM houies. ; The pe'tition of our citi
xeta agaihit this 'high handed pro
cocding should , bring the city counci
to a > p ody decision , The Union Pa
eifto bout that they control sufllcieu
votes to secure the passage of the ordinance
dinanco granting the right to bjocl
up the B. & N. depot > grounds
Omaha will bo interested in thu rol
' call ut the next mooting of the citj
THE UNIVERSITY TROnBI
TIIK BKK prints else whore the pi
lie letter of Professors Church , Km
son and Woodbnry , which prcsoi
their story of the troubles of the pi
five year * in thn state university
Lincoln. Tha letter is timely a
interesting. It is timely bcr.aunc pi
lie sentiment throughout the state
strongly aroused over the star elm
bor session of the board of rcgoi
which resulted in the dismissal
these professors opposed to Ghana
lor Fairfield's'nolioy. It is interest !
because it presents in n calm , cti
and forcible manner the case of <
party in the faculty who have be
antagonized by Chancellor Fairlicld
his conduct of the university.
Briefly stated the dismissed prof
sors charge Hint Chancellor Fairfu
has arbitrarily sought to overrule t
faculty in their endeavor to govc
the university as provided by In
that ho has opposed every rufo
looking to greater efficiency in d
ciplino , that ho has antagonized
efforts to raise the standard of adm
sion and -improve the course of slut
that ho has falsified the record of
tendance in order to conceal the ft
ing strength of the institution , a
finally that , failing to override the t
position of the faculty , ho has rais
the hue of religion to screen his o'
hypocritical incompotonoy.
It is a notorious fact that the Ui
vorsity has been _ steadily failing
numbers and influence for 'numl
of years post. The people of the oh
have refused to support the instil
tion because they believed that
discipline has boon lax , its course
study behind the ago and its stands
of instruction lower than that of mn
eastern preparatory schools. For t
last five years there has boon a co
tinuod conflict in the faculty. 0
party arrayed against the chancoll
has denounced him an incompoto
and arbitrary , and have in turn bo <
denounced as atheistical and irroli
ious. The public at largo have hoi
given no opportunity to learn tl
truth from either Hide , and corta
only of the wretchedly inofficio
management of the institution ha'
kransforrod their patronage to nth
Bollogos , whoso reputation and stan
ing guaranteed the excellence of the
instruction. It is a fact thai there a
nero Ncbraskan's pursuing a collep
ito in eastern colleges than at Li
: oln. This fact alone is a suflicioi
iommentary on the gross mismanag
nont of the state university.
In the personal fight betwoc
Chancellor Fuirfiold and the facult ;
ho people of Nebraska have no ii
erest except so far as it involvi
irinciplca or affects the efficiency of
iniversity which they are taxed t
upport. The issue , as it no
.ppears to nave been made by th
hancollor , is purely a sectarian oni
la stated by Professors Church , En
irson and Woodbury , it is the issue <
b "moss-back" educational oharlata
.gainst a progressive and liberal sooi
or educational policy. The tta
layers of Nebraska will bo inclined t
udgo the entire subject solely froi
ho standpoint of the competency (
ho parties. The religious views c
ho faculty are nothing to then
Choir ability to fill their respoctiv
hairs is everything. It does nc
aako a particle of difference whethc
'rofossor Church is a Methodist or
JnitaHan , so long as ho can awake
ntorost in the students under hi
hargo , and keep his clasac
breast of the latest thougl
m the subject upon whic
10 is paid to give instruction. And o
ho other hand Chancellor Fairfield
lioty ought not to save his officii
toad if ho is incompetent aa an ir
truotor , incapable as a disoiplinariat
nd untrustworthy and unreliable a
> man as charged in the public lotto
f the professors.
It may bo said thaf the secret sei
ion and the snap judgment of th
ipard of regents has prejudiced th
iublio against their ease. If , as .it i
lintod , there are good grounds fa
heir action entirely aside from an ;
eligiuiis objections to the dismisso
irofossora th'oy should be given to th
iublio ut once , and opportunity al
urdud for their refutation boforu th
ioxt wetting of the board of regonti
IB mutton now stand , Profussoi
Ihurch , Emerson and Woodb > rr ,
ave the floor , and the history of tli
utnnor in which the university ha
eon conducted will do a great deali
poning the eyes of the pooulo of Nc
ruaka to the true inwardnora of th
oublo which resulted in their arbi
ary and entirely indefensible mothoi
f dlaruiual.
A IIILL introduced into the house o
> present tive by Mr ; . Post , of Wy
[ uin , 'making it unlawful to kil
imo in the territory , except for foox
rfor supplying the local market , is i
epin the right direction , but it is verj
oubtful whether any measure for tin
rotection of game in the territorio
m bo made effectual.
LAIIOBEU'B homes is one qf tin
roatost needs of Omaha. A profit
ble investment awaits the capitalis
ho first puts this project into oxccu
on.
TUB South wants northern capita
ud more factories and mills. Tin
: yan fc Sullivan "mill" docsn'
WESTERN RAILROAD PR *
QRE8S.
The plans of the Chicago , Jlurlin
ton & Qnincy railroad , outlined
TIIK Br.r. three week * ago , ha
reached n stage of dofinitcnossthat i
moves further doubt. It vas ovidc
from the outset that the coi
pany could not afford to dcpoi
on local traffic in Colorado , wedged
between the lines of a rival compan
Knrly last summer the Rio Gran
company , a purely Colorado inslit
tion , which Gould failed to kill
capture , extended a friendly linn
and after pressing piUtns for a day
two , botli companies began cxtonsi
work , the former on its line to DC
vor and the latter from Gunnison
the Salt Lake valloy. Both will
completed about the sumo timo. T
announcement made last week of t
prospective Icaso of the C. , B. & Q.
the harbinger of greater events , t
culmination of which is dovou tly pray
for by the people of the coast statt
A third rail will bo put on the Ut
extension of the Rio Grande , makii
a standard gauge from Chicago to tl
iron , coal and mineral fields of Uta
The final extension to the coast is o ;
of the certainties of the near futur
The route from Iron City , Uta
through Central Nevada possess
several advantages ever the Contrt
particularly in the important matt
of grades , and it could bo comploti
in two years. The Chicago Tribun
referring to the reported lease , sa
"it would not bo at all surprising i
after all , the Chicago , Burlington
Quincy and the Atchison , Topeka
Santa Fe wore to consolidate , as bo
rosds are owned by about the Bar
pcoplo. By this moans the compank
so powerful as to throw Jay Gould
combination into the shade , and tin
would not only bo able to contr
nearly all the Rocky Mountain but
ness , but they would 'have a bolt
and more direct line to the Pacil
than any of Gould's routes , and 1
able to break the monopoly which , li
Gould has had on the Pacific busine
for so many yoars. In that oven
Gould's purchase of the St. Louis
San Francisco , and with it a half ii
torost in the Atlantic & Pacific , woii
prove a poor speculation after all. "
Red Cloud finds cause for rejoicir
in the result of the recent visit of tl
B. & M. officials to that town. Tl
lolection of that place for n divisic
lieadquartors will go far towan
jrushing the terrors ot "spring fever
ind give it a substantial start ever t
ral towns. The company is negoti
ing for the i.eceasary ground f <
repair shop acd round house. TJ
iompany will purchase sixty acres i
ground nt a cost of $10 per aero tot !
ailroad , the citizens contributing tl
'omaindor of the price of the Ian
$0 per acre. The Chief is in hig
cathor and extends the right hand <
riendship , in behalf of the citizen
o the B. & M. officials.
The Pawnee City Enterprise pul
ishos what purportb to be reliable ii
brmation furnished by a railroad mn
amiliar with the plans of the B & AChe
Cho most important of those is tl
tatomont that the company proposi
mmediately on the completion of tl
Jonvor line , to divide forces and bi
; in work on the Hasting and Arapi
100 cut off , the line from Chester inl
tansas , the line from Pawnee City I
Topeka , Kantaa , and the line froi
Joatnco east , Tltoso four lines hav
icon definitely decided upon at heac
[ uartors. In reply to the questio
ion whether it was true that th
) maha and Lincoln route would I
ho main thoroughfare to Denver , th
' . m. replied :
"No , it is not The 0. , B. & Q
nust give the best possible adva itag
0 Omaha and Lincoln by the shorl
ist possible route to Denver , and thn
s what the "cut-off" is for to hoi
rado from those cities and westori
towa. On the other hand , the 0. , B
t Q. have recently bought the But
ington & Southwestern , and by add
ng to it sixty or seventy miles the
rill have a direct and the shortea
wssiblo route from Chicago to Kan
as City. Now , to hold the westori
rude of Kansas City , a ? well as Loav
mworth and Topeka , they will buili
rom Kansas City to Topeka and Tc
loka to Pawnee City. Lying botwuei
hcso two routes one vm Omaha
'latlaaiouth und Lincoln , the otho
ia Kansas City , Topeka und Pawrfo
) ity- . lies this now route , crossing th <
ivorat Aspinwall. It will bo tlv
nain line from Chicago to Denver
? here can bo no disputing that bo
auso it is the shortest line and th
nain traffic between these points wil
iass over this line through the south
ru tiers of coui\tios in Nebraska :
-.now that the company considers thii
heir most valuable property. "
Cheyenne has been the victim o
lisplacod confidence for many years
lircumstanoos beyond her coutro
oinpel her to "bend iho prognan
Inge * f the kneo" to thn Union Pa
iflo , "that wealth might follow fawn
ig. " Every year iho has mad
smpting financial aid to "the power
hat be" to build in the direction o
lie Black Hills , and assurances won
1 frequently given of early and fa
arable consideration. Thus thi
Magic City" patiently hoped 01
* om necessity , for no man or moi
Duld bo found to riskthoirnioanainai
nterprisoof doubtful returns , isolate !
i it would be from east and wcs
i nk lines , and compelled to live 01
urely local traffic. The citizens o
Ihoyonno and Laramie county anew
ow nbout to make u final propositioi
9 the Union Pacific a princely one
[ 1400,000 in county bonds , to build
one hundred miles of the road tl
present year. The lower house of tl
legislature has already pnssod the hi
and itsfinal passngo la only n quest ! *
of a few days. Officers of the coi
pany wore on the ground , but faili
to secure any material modification
the bill , particularly the provision i
ducing the grant to 8300,01
if the required number
miles are not construciod in tl
the time nuinod. The dotormlnatic
of the pcoplo to secure the building
the road is such that the Union P
cilio must accept the inevitable
abandon the field. All caste :
Wyoming stand ready to give libc
ally , and the Black Hills.pcoplo wou
give it a preliminary boost of the mo
substantial kind. The proposed Hi
will run from Cheyenne to Fa
Laramie , 84 miles , and thence nort
woat toward the Big Horn and Yollo
stone countries , with a branch fro
Fort Laramie to the Black Hills. Tl
distance from Cheyenne to Doadwoi
ia 200 miles.
"It never rains but it pours , " is
homely saw , the truth of which tl
Black Hills people will realize in rai
road matters in the course of a fc
years. Though greatly disappoint *
by the stoppage of work on the Nort !
western and Milwaukee roads undi
the compact of last August , Doai
wood and tributary towns are close
watching the progress of the Siot
City & Pacific in northwestern N
braaka. The road follows the soul
bank of the Niobrara liver from Lot
Pine west to Fort Niobrara , where
bridge , 80 foot above low water marl
will span the river. The bridge ovi
the Long Pine is 92 feet above tl
water , and that at Ash creek will 1
93. The route lays through a goc
prairie country for twenty-five mile
followed by the famous Sand Hill
through which the company propoi
to build , rather than waste time soli
iting rights of way throngh the Sioi
reservation immediately north.
The west section of sixty-two mil
of the Milwaukee & St. Paul's oxtoi
aion to Council Bluffs is nearly t
graded and bridged and ready for tl
iron.
Superintendent Clurk recently e :
uniined the Laramie & North Pai
road , completed to the Soda lake
thirteen miles distant. There is a
most a straight line to the lakes an
For sixteen miles beyond , where it ei
tors the Laramie canyon. Thf > roa
will be completed this year to TelK
Dity , in North Park , Col. , sixty milt
from Laramio.
Henry Yillard , president ol tr ,
Northern Pacific , has decided to ei
tablish avast system of elevators alon
the entire road , to the end , as h
lays , that wheat growers of the north
vest may be more'independent ' of loci
.radora , who usually fix an arbitrar
moo on grain. A San Francisc
mgineer has boon commissioned t
ixamino the entire route and docid
jpon a plan to facilitate the handlin
md transportation of the grain crof
The result of the trip will probabl
30 the establishment of a miniature el
water in which the farmers of th
mrrounding district can dump thei
vheat , and from which cars can b
msily landed. It is hoped that Henr ;
las not taken his cue from the Cen
ral Pacific managers , who trequentl ;
lelay furnishing cars to the shipper
intil the "ring" secures the contrac
o load and ship the grain at expres
atos.
The Pacific pool is again solid , Thi
Pacific Mail Steamship company re
oivo a bonus of $95,000 a month ti
naintain rates at figures sufficient ] ;
ligh to enable the overland roads t <
ecuro "what the traffic will bear. '
iho former subsidy was $110,000 :
aonth. All roads bidding for throug ]
raffle are compelled to "chip in" thi
und. The northern route b ontitloi
o GO per cent , of the trafik , thi
outhorn 40.
The Now Mexican legislature al
oady recognize the pressure of bus !
.083 mon of all classes in fa vor of rail
oad regulation. . . The necessity ol
uch action is justified by the facl
hat local passenger rates are fixed n
ight and onu-half cunts per mile one
roight in proportion. A joint com
nittco of both houses of thu logisla
uro has decided on the main feature ;
f a bill , to bo reported at an oarlj
ay , compelling every railroad to ro
oive and transport freight from i
onnuoting road at the rates of tlu
oad first receiving the shipment
'he rate of taxation is fixed at ? 0OOC ,
or mile. The question of establish
> g a tar ill' by law is still under dis
union , with a strong lobby in tlu
eld and background.
The track on the Norfolk brand
f the St. Paul & Omaha reachec
Norfolk last Thuisday. About i
eek will bo required to put in t
ridge over Spring creek , and ther
he track will bo connected with th <
Fnion Pacific branch and the Sioui
lity & Pacific ,
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THE OTHER SIDE ;
Tbo Statements of Protease
Church , IDmoraon and
Woodberry on the Uni
versity Controversy.
A Strong , Clear nnd Convtnol :
Document.
To Iho Cltlron * ol tlio State ol Nebraska :
The prcront crisis in university i
fairs is of such grave importance
the education in this state that'
think it our plain duty , as pcrso
having direct knowledge of the facl
to state nnd explain the real issue
and rather to incur the roproaoh
impropriety than omit any effort
behalf of good education now BO :
ously threatened. We shall , thor
fore , show , as exactly as possible , t !
nature of the contest fought in ti
university for the five years past.
the outset lot it bo clearly umlorstoi
hat religion has nothing to do wi ,
ho matter. The students in the la
o-callod investigation wore used
tools under a religious pretext ; tl
rctjents wore undoubtedly influenci
by religious considerations ; but , prn
tically , religion is merely a screen b
hind which the chancellor saves hii
self , a cry to raise the church on Ii
party , a m sk to delude the peopl
All questions of religion , such as tl
holding of doily prayers , are decidi
by the regents. No vote involvii
religion over has boon taken in tl
facuUy , in any manner whore the fn
ulty had final jurisdiction , unless tl
fixing of the hour of prayers be
considered. The line of division h
boon drawn on ground" of administi
tion and education. True , thislii
has coincided with the line of religio
views and of age ; but religious diffc
ences have boon as little concerned
any real results as differences in yoat
In 1877 , the chancellor goverm
the university arbitrarily. The la
places the government in the facult
and makes the chancellor its exec
live officer. The effort to make th
law effective first formed and solid
fiod the opposition to him. He habi
ually settled matters without rofo
once to the faculty , or decided thu
in advance , leaving to the faculty on
the ratification of his arbitrary act
or else directly violated the oxplic
directions of the faculty , OB , to cite n
instance , in giving a suspended sti
dent permission to ro-onter cloasi
when ho know that the conditions <
such ro-ontranco laid down by the fa
ulty had not been met. Whether tl
chancellor should bo hold to his dul
under the law was the firat leadir
issue , and has remained such.
Secondly , at that time the studen
were governed on a system 'which ' a
lumed that the faculty stood to tl
student as the father to the child. 1
is the system of boys' academies lit
Rugby or Adams' , where the pupi
ire gathered in dormitories , subject I
jonetant watch , with undermaste :
ivhose duty it is to overtee thorn alii
n their play and their study , I
'oily with us lies in the fact that tli
iniversity is not a home , and thi
is the students are scattore (
ivo largely at their own home
ind are practically never seen b
ho faculty except in class rooms , th
acuity Has no means of acquiring tha
ntiinate acquaintance with a student' '
omporament and kabits which dail
ibservation in a family affords , xn
rhich is the indispensable basis o
larentol discipline. There were n
lefinite penalties except the extrem
mes of suspension , dismission an
ixpulsion , analogous to disinheritanc
.nd these were never ii.flictod ; th
ninor offenses there was no means o
caching whatever. The system re
ulted in ignominious failure ; it wa
neffectivo as a mode of obtaining goot
cholarly work from the students , i
ras depraving in its influence 01
haracter. In one branch of thi
English department Itss than 50 po :
ont. of the required work was done
nd the per ceutage of attendance a
tatod exorcises was even less. Thoi
orcod by such necessities of the uni
oraity , wo broached and supportoc
he system practised at Harvard am
lichigan. This system assumed tha
rhon a boy came up to college , hohac
icon provided by his parents witl
ound morals and predispositions ti
oed habits ; it hold that ho should b
opt to his work by the solo mean
ompletoly under the control of thi
acuity , his studies ; it held that hi
uties in respect to them should hi
lain , the penalties for failure explicit
he infliction certain ; it hold that hi
ifo in college was analogous to , .and i
reparation for , lib life in the com
lunity , and that the faculty stood t <
: im as the court to the citizen , h ld.
ng him to his duty , not by the fem
nd relaxing hand of parental par
iulity , but by the firm and cquubl
; rasp of law ; personal influoncoro
nonstrance and encouragement wuri
icludud , but it was thought impossi
io for the faculty to practice tht'soai
corporate body , while it .vaa con
idored the duty of each professor
Bcording to his opportunities , ti
ractico them in the intimacy of pii
ate friendship. . To support thi
leery a measure was introduced ; i
as framed to reach all minor ofi'mise
y light penalties , which , cumulatiiij
i such offenses increased in frequen
f , should bring about slowly und af
> r repeated notice the grave penult ;
f suspension. This system was OB
Hitially the same as that in force-
icito too widely different colleges
i Harvard and in Doano ; it was do
ouncod by the chancellor as "thi
rossest piece of mhumanitity ho eve :
stoned to , " and its advocates rebukec
9 having "no parental instincts. " Ii
lilod ; but after'an interval of twc
ears necessities of government con
nuing-it was re-introduced and it
mutilated form passed. It ia nevi
i force , but is used practically onlj
y one party , some professors of tin
thor lido noyor having once observed
, though it'is the law of the univer
ity. Whether there should bo a code
f discipline , plain and explicit , based
pen the theory that a student maj
u entrusted to the character built up
i his own home , so long as his work
i faithful , efficient and thorough , and
u brings no open and flagrant dhv
race on the university , haa been tlu
jcond continuous lending issue.
Thirdly , the chancellor , in order tc
, vull the list of students in attend
nee , has practically dispensed witl :
uy standard ol admission , This ii
lown by the fact that , despite oui
rot eat , he last year admitted soveru
students who hod failed in the L
coin high school ; by the fact that <
pi'psont year ho admitted nstudi
wliOMJ examiner gave him four ;
cent in ono branch , and who is n
wnsMng time and money and faili
to paCfl in his classes ; by the fnct tl
the university contains several s
donta wlu > have been there for yon
with no pi'ofit to themselves and
the detriment of their classes , faili
to pans term after term after repeat
trials in elementary branches , such
algebra and Latinthough ono such
least passed with honor in the clu
collar's senior philosophy. Profesi
Hitchcock has said within n mot :
that the standard of scholarship I
steadily declinod'since ho cnmo hei
and so convinced were thu faculty
the need of u radical reform that th
unanimously adopted a committee i
port recommending the regents at ti
last session to"tako the power of a
mission from the chancellor and vc
it in the faculty. True , the chancoll
"cordially" assented ; but the si
eerily of the assent may bo judged 1
thu fact that , while embodying a pa
of that report in his communicatic
to the board , ho omitted that articl
and that , while ho clearly had tl
board nt that session under his advii
they did nothing. Whether the
should bo an effective standard of ai
mission , and idle and incompotoi
students dismissed , is a third leadir
issue. In this matter wo have thi
far failed.
Fourthly , when the chancellor toe
ofilco , the records of the universil
wore placed in his hands. They a :
lost For the first year and n half <
his own administration he kept no r
cords , nor are there in any in oxis
enco not so much as an official listi
our own graduates previous to 1871
What was done 1 The duty of keo
ing such records was taken from tl
chancellor , and the office of retrist
created , and Prof. Emory elected
it. Since then the university has he
a careful and accurate record.
Fifthly , the chancellor's catalogi
did not correctly represent the sti
donta in attendance. Tne effort i
restrain the catalogue from lying hi
been a constant ono , on our part , sti
notwithstanding our unremittii
watchfulness , has thus far mot wil
little success.
Sixthly , last year it seemed to \
that the time had como for a thoroup
reform of the course of study wil
the purpoaa of providing a imi
thorough and various education , i
allowing students to cultivate the
3wn particular aptitudes , and towai
thu close of their course , to special ! :
their studies. After many and Ion
lessions , and by many compromise
the faculty unanimously adopted tli
elective system , essentially like tlu
it Harvard and Michigan , and th
board of regents approved it , Bi
; he sincerity of the faculty's unanin
ity was tested when a professor o
; ho floor of the faculty lately sai
; liat he hid submitted to compromiE
jocauso he was in a minority , bu
10w _ that ( by the election of Prol
Dollin and the absence of Pro :
iughey ) ho was in the majority , h
arould not abide by the compromise
That majority recommended the r <
gents at their last1 session to restor
; hp three term system , 'and declare- -
his to bo consistent with a "proper
tlective system , and in actual practic
vhoresuch system existed ; but inth
iplleges to which they referred elec
ives are few and nominal ; by i
proper" elective system they mean
he name without the thing , and ii
> ur university the restoration of thi
ormer divisions of the terms would
n the judgment of those who mad
he now course , have proved totall ;
estructive , striking as it does a'
very leading principle on which tha
ourse was built. This , perhaps tin
lost important issue of all , Was bu
list becoming real ; and , intimatel ;
onnectcd with this issue was jus
rowing out of it , the substitution ii
: io higher classes of a lecture am
brary system of. inatruction for thi
3xt book system , and the aubstitutioi
f the test of scholarship by regula
lamination for that by daily recita
.on. .
Those are the main issues , ndmin
itrativo control by the faculty as thi
iw provides ; a system of disciplini
ased on the citizenship , and not , thi
liildhood , of'students ; a standard o
dmission ; a perfect record ; a truth
il catalogue ; a real elective courjo o
tudy with its consequences ii
icthods of instruction. Those in
ludo every measure of reform intro
ucod , Through such efforts on thi
artof , us and these who have actec
ith us in the faculty , the university
'as taking on the semblance , at least
f organization , discipline and scholar
liip. Ideas were passing into facts
nd in these changes men could begii
0 see the promise of a true univers
: y. Wo believe that a state uni
orsity , supported by public money
liould bo 'wholly unaectarian , absn
itoly free from any religious test o
dmiBsion either for student or teach
r. Wo bohpvo thatauch a university
liould contain , not children , but 011)3 )
oung men and young women suf ,
oiontly mature to bo trusted safely ;
9 a rule , to their homo-bred char
otor , their self-respect , their intel
gent Bolf-interest and the counse
nd care of their immediate fricndu
nd to secure such a body of students
'o insist on a high and rigoroui
tandard of admission. Wo beliovt
mt the chief function of a univoraitv
1 to provide knowledge that thai
; rvo as a fund of information , a law
f taato , and a basis of character , and
lat shall bu as various , as accurate , ai
smpleto aH call be furnished , and
lint shall allow each student , after i
ertain point , to select , according tc
is own judgment and the advice ol
is friends , such studies for special
ursuit as trill beat meet his native
ptitudos of mind , and the require-
louts ot his future profession. In
iese principles , aa they underlie
real foreign and eastern institutions ,
e were bred ; they explain the sue-
) sa , in education , of Germany , Har
iri and Michigan. In our judgment
either conservative nor progressive
lees should control the development
[ the university unchecked ; but , if
inscrvatiam iis necessary , and long
cperienco in western education is
iluablo , to the end that general
.adorn . principles of education shall
* properly adapted to the. peculiar
rcumatances of 'each special college
i which they may bo applied , it is no
SB obvious that a progressive spirit ,
; id familiarity with education else-
hero than in the west , are valuable
idnccosaary in a university that
ould not entirely withdraw from the
civilising influences of olde. r culture
and experience in institutiov > B whoso
methods are proved to bo so , UIU' ° y
tlioir undoubted success , tlicu * n < imo
and funio. Now all such prin oinlcs
are practically obliterated frob the
faculty.
The chancellor lias nlwitya bocllt the
head and front of opposition to c\ *
measures , always openly or in scdtft
nn irreconcilable foo. Ho has had n < -
policy of hia own save to nggrandiza
himself , sometimes by plainly illegal
methods ; ho has brought forward no
measure save u feeble "literary
course.1' ' that the faculty speedily r >
formed , nnd atlostnntirolv remodeled ;
ho has originated nothing , but has
stood mofoly for the defense nnd con
tinuance of old abiuonnd the o bat ruc
tion of all reform. Looted nt under
any aapcct , his administration from
the beginning till the ptoont has ut
terly failed. Nor is it nny wonder ;
for ho haa no apprehension , sympathy
or toleration tor modern ed
ucational ideas. In a trim sense ,
ho is an ignorant man ;
and his ignorance has not only made
improvement m the university ex
ceedingly difficult 'and unstable , but
has constantly influenced the students
for the worse. With his own depart
ment ho is unacquainted ; his lectures ,
filled with follies of mesmerism ,
spiritualism and phrenology , and
with anecdotes of foreign travel , nrw
destructive of all habits of philosophic
thinking in any school of thought.
His influence upon character through
discipline is shown by the foot that ,
despite our protest , ho refuses to en
force the rule of the regents making
\ttondanco at prayers compulsory ,
while by appeals in chapels and
throats in the hallway ho tolls students
they must attend ; yet ho knows this
rule is openly violated and defiantly
disregarded , and that this practice ac
customs students to disobedience and
brings all discipline into contempt.
Eo has , by his example , discredited
Christianity before the students , and
is himself hold by some directly re
sponsible for skepticism in , the uni-
rersity. At last , Booing tlrat he was
losing the educational fight , ho has
played upon religious prejudice and
resorted to the most base und brutal
dander , and by a sudden stroke has
gained , on these false issues , a decis
ive victory. Now ho in religion a
turncoa'tin politicsademacogue ; , in ed
ucation a charlatan is left in supreme
iontrol * . It is therefore the duty of
avery intelligent citizen , it is the es-
po cial duty of the great professions
; hnt in the east stand like barriers
ibout the institutions of learning and
lecuro and preserve their life , to ex-
imine these- mutters and make their
nfluence felt ; for if the university
'ails it is their fault. Whether wo or
ithers occupy these chairs is of trivial
sonsequoDce ; but it is ot the gravest
mportance that good education bo
irovided in a state that can ill
ifford to waste its -public funds ,
md _ for students who purchase
earning at a coat of deprivation ,
abor and poverty , sometimes of
leroic sacrifice , that awakes surprise
.nd wins admiration from all. If the
tate wishes a sectarian college con-
lucted on the ideas of a generation
go , it should approve this action of
he board ; if the state desires a real
iniversity , vitalized by living thought
nder the influence of the present
ge , willing to be taught by the ex-
erionce of successful universities
ast and west , it should denounce
bis action.
GEOROB E. CHURCH ,
HARRINGTON EMERSOK ,
GEOHOE W. WOODBKRRT.
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: he Startling Discovery Recently
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Jalio Democrat ,
Mote Greeli , not long since , while
ait with his catflemade a most start
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long early in the morning on the di-
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iver , when his horse sprang aside ,
norted and otherwise gave evidence
f having heard * sometlnng unusual ,
'ho ' spot was a little knoll on the
omb of the ridge , and Metewho had
eon almost asleep , taking a sweep
round with his eyes to learn the
auso of horse's behaviorfinally rested
is vision on what seuned to be a hole
i the ground a few paces distant.
Amounting ho was soon looking into
funnel-shaped orifice fifteen or
weijty teot deup by ten or twelve at
: s rim in diameter ,
At the bottom of this fuuncl the
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ock two or three feet in width by
3ur or five in length , which seemed
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) cks. The ground trembled and the
ibtcrranean noise continued unin-
irruptodly. Mete remained so memo
mo and the longer he listened the
lore convinced ho became that what
D heard was running water , but how
a down to the stream ho could not
roa conjecture might have been a
> w feet or half-way to China. And
i the fissure was large enough to
ko.him in should his foot Blip or
head swim , " his observation was not
i extended one. The principal thing
3 did while ] there was to listen long
id strong and think loud at a rafe
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