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    rrm omaiia daily beei Monday. February, i. 1909.
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at Mrs. Boawarta The funeral
ot 'rB Fhllomena, Hohwarta, who 1I,1
Thvrsday at tha age of 18, will ba ha d
Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at tha
Cole-McKay mortuary chapel. 1701 Doug
las aUaet. Interment la to ba In Laurel
Hill cemetery.
K. T. f. ageArdle, owner of the Piano
Player company, haa returned from Chi
cago, where ha went to Inspect tha latent
; Improvements In tha dsmnntrnn.
j In tcr.rectlon with talking machines and
recora ouaineas. He la Introducing the
latent device In the Improvementa ha la
now making In tha old Boaton atore.
" Warmer Clime W. A. mith.
general "manager of the Omaha A Coun
cil Bluffs Street Railway company, and
W. C. Bullard, tha lumber and telephone
man, left Saturday night on their semi
annual voting. Their trip thla winter will
Include the southern section of ink
country and a Journey acroaa tha island
of Cuba, They will be gone about three
wseas
Clrarck Sinner ta the Men A delightful
dinner waa served to the men of West
minster Presbyterian church Friday
evening, wbea seventy-five men partook
of the els-course spread which had been
prepared by the women of the church.
Dr. W. M. Davidson, auperlntendent of the
Omaha public schools, In his role of
toastn.aster. waa responsible for much
merriment In, the, able manner In which
he handled the chair. The list of toasts
was opened by Rev. Mr. Fulton, pastor of
the church, who dwelt mainly on the great
good that could ba derived If the men of
tha church would organise more strongly
and meet on 4 social basis. Others who
spoke were: R. J. Sterling, R. J. Skankey.
Kd Thompson. Warren Bwltsler. Colonel
Eastman, E. M. Searle, and Lawrence U.
O. Graff, principal of the Omaha High
school; who gave a very Interesting talk
on "Riley, tha Hooaler Poet."
TRAVELERS ELECT OFFICERS
Aaaaal Election Held Saturday and
Reports of Officers Show
I a crease.
A substantial Increase In the membership
pf tha Western Travelers' Accident associa
tion was shown by the reports read at the
sixteenth annual meeting of the associa
tion, held Saturday morning. The organiza
tion la now represented In every state in
the union. Canada, Mexico and also In sev
eral foreign countries. The reports showed
a disbursement Of $60,403 In benefits during
the year Just closed and 1428,901 since Its
organization.
Tha new officers elected were ss follows;
President. Frank H. Oarrett pf Council
Bluffs; vice president, Cal A. Diamond of
Lincoln; secretary-treasurer, Wlllard H.
Butts ot Omaha. L. J. Nedd of Omaha, was
re-elected member of the executive board.
There was a largo attendance of the resi
dent members and from out of town those
present were: I C, Deets, secretary, of the
- Iowa' State Traveling Men's aeeoclatipn, of
Des Moines; Cal A. Diamond, H. H. Lnugh
rtdge, Joe Klein and H. 8. Wlgglna of Lin
coln, and H. C Buell of Chicago.
Plnce the- last- annual meeting In January,
1908,: the association auffered a severe loss
In tha death of Ita secretary-treasurer,
Arthur L Sheets, who was the organiser
of the association and secretary-treasurer
of the organisation until the time of his
death'. Prrper resolutions of respect were
adopted, spread upon the records and a
copy ordered sen to Mr. Shects's daughter.
The work he started in his lifetime Is being
carried out.
Foley'a Honey and Tar clears the air
passages, atopa the Irritation In the throat,
oothee the Inflamed membranes, and the
most obstinate cough disappears. Sore and
inflamed lungs are healed and strength
ened, and the cold' Is expelled from the
system. Refuse any but the genuine In the
yellow package. Bold by all druggists.
OLD SOLPIERS FEAR NO COLD
fiataee Areand the C'aatpare la fptte
the Wlsl aad
Cold.
Friday night's cold and wind did not pre
vent a large attendance at tha campfire
meeting given for George Crook post. No.
2B, under the auspices of the Women's
Relief corps. The affair was held In the
Grand Army hall. Twenty-fourth and
Amea avenue and a good time. Including a
"great spread' by the women, was en
joyed. Muslo was furnished by the Misses
male and Eva Jones and Mr. C. T. Dan
iels, and Commander S. A. Crocker recited
aa amusing selection called "The Polite
ness of, Hooligan." Comrade Thomas Hull
made .a short address on the battle of
Chickamauga. A number of Interesting ex
periences connected with their early life
In . tha. army f were irelated by Comradee
Wild, H. C McCullough, Brooks, A. N.
Yost and ethers.
Nursing Mothers and
Over-burdened Women
la all stations of lite, whose vigor and vitality may
have beea undermined aad brokea-dowa by over
work, exacting social duties, tha too I requeul bear
ing; ot cbUdrea, or other causes, will find ia Dr.
Pisrse's Favorite Prescription tha saoet potent, in
vigorating restorative strength-giver aver devised
lor their special benefit. Nursing mothers will find
it especially valuable ia sustaining their strength and
promoting aa ahuadaat aourishsseat for tha child.
Exnaotaat mothers too will Bad it a priceless booa
to prepare the system for baby's coming aad rendering the erdeel compare
tiyely painless. It Caa do ao harm ia aay state, or condition of the female
; system. '
Oeate, aerraas, area waasea, era mmtttr from freeaf
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a e fare ores, as re a'Ssafraceee, caferraa sfraia, arwaacae,
eferersJea retrorereioa a eraer assaceareaa mt wens
. aay Hmmm tfm sreaaaeaa a part will, waetaer raey eg
aeHeaee mamr r aay m ear ef fee caere aymptoms, tla
.' rwfef easf m parmmnamt ear my asieg faithfully aaef fairly
panlatamtly Dr. Pierce' a far erf re PrescrfaUoa,
This world-famed specific for woman's weaknesses and peculiar ailments ia
a pure glyceric extract of the choiocst active medicinal roots without a drop
of alcohol ia its make-up. AU its ingredients printed ia plain English oa ita
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investigation of his formula knowing thst it will be found to contain only the
beat sgents known to the most advanced medical science of ell the different
' schools of praclioe for the cure of woman's peculiar weaknesses aad ailments.
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v still, send 31 one-ceat stamps (or cloth-bound copy of Dr. Pierce's Common
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SCHOOLS TRAIN ilECBANKb
Union FacIAo Btirtid 6yUm Ttlta
TTp j Haiij Roadi.
Busnraa colleges hzlp soxi
ekeols WkM Telegrraeay ad prae
Ileal Trala Dlsaatealagj Are
Taaakt Famish Rerralts
to Railroad Hialu,
The L'nlon Pacific was the pioneer In the
matter of having schools snd apprentice
ships In order to provide skilled mechanics
for the highly technical work of operating
It lines and now there are fifty-five rail
roads In the I'nlted States which have
adopted some form or another. The rail
roads have found that It pays to educate
their boys. Besides educating the boys In
the shops the Union Pscific is working In
conjunction with some of the Omaha busi
ness colleges which have telegraphic de
partments In which the young men are
taught to use the Instruments.
The most highly developed apprentice
ship system is that of the New York Cen
tral lines. This company has established
schools for apprentices at nine points on
the system. There is an spprentlce depart
ment under the direction of Mr. C. W.
Cross, who has an office at the Grand
Central station In New Tork. The present
plan was put In force In 1906, although for
nearly twenty years there hsd been some
attempt to give boys training In the shops.
There are so many young follows who
want to go Intii the company's schools
thst'lhere Is a waiting list at hte begin
ning of every year, and many of the pros
pective apprentices take places as helpers
or wipers In the shops snd lound houses
while waiting. A better class of boys has
foen secured than ever before went to
work In the shops.
Under the system of instruction the boys
get Into touch with the actual work at
once. A class Is gathered in the 'school
loom, an old steam pump or cylinder with
piston Is brought In and connected up with
compressed air pipes. The boys watch It
woik, then they take It apart and examine
it, make drawings of the different parts,
measure everything and make calculations,
and finally ate sent inlo the shops and
shown how to make and repair .'arts of
the mechanism.
They are Instructed in drawing, and un
der special foremen are put through the en
tire shop with which the school is con
nected. They aie paid for their time, but
instruction is what they are there for. No
attempt Is made to gel their pay's work
out of them.
Although praotical familiarity with the
tools and the machines and the trade of
railroading Is the first thing they learn,
they are required to attend classes In arlth
mattc, geometiy, mechanics, draughtman
shlp, simple bookkeeping, etc. At the end
of their apprenticeship It Is the. Intention
of the company to send some of the bright
est boys to technical schools to finish off
their training and prepare them for posi
tions requiring expertness.
' The establishment of the apprentice
schools has had a good effect on the older
men In the shops. Many of them have re
quested permission to attend some of the
classes when held In the evening, and at
certain ahope evening classes for the men
have been established, the men gathering
for an hour after the whistle blows to
stop regular work.
Officials of all grades are well pleased
with, the system, from the gang bpas to
the superintendent of motive power. The
self-respect of the boys is encouraged by
tha officers, who, by common consent, re
move their hata while , in the Instruction
rooms and put them upon the same plane
of dignity as college classes.
THINKS METEOR HITS HOUSE
Dander Realdeals Mistake Iron Top
of a Flagstaff for a
Meteor-
Mr. and Mrs. George A. Hoagland of
Durdee thought that a meteor fell during
Thuifeday nlght'a blow, but when they in
vcstlgated the next day It was found that
the Iron ball from the top of the cupoli
flagi'taff had merely taken a drop through
tha roof and floor of the porch. The
laiHnK around the cupola also had suf
fered from the twister that hit the .Dan
dee hills with all Its strength and bits of
kindling from It were discovered in the
snow around the house. Further than the
damaged cupola, however, the beautiful
Ho&gland home escaped with only a severe
shaking.
The Bubonic Flaa;ue
destroys fewer lives than stomach, liver
and kidney diseases, for which Electric
Bitters Is the guaranteed remedy. 6V. Foi
asle by Beston Drug Co.
BANK HAS A NEW CREDIT MAN
W. E. fslnatirr Goes from the Brad
National Bank.
W. E. Palmatier, for the!ast seventeen
years office manager of tho Omaha office
of The Bradstreet company, has severed
his connection with that company, and on
Monday will take the position of credit
man of the Merchants National bank of
Omaha. On the eve of his departure tram
The Bradstreet company the members of
the office force presented Mr. Palmatier
with a beautiful cameo stick pin.
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Jwdgte lease Takes the Floor.
OMAHA, Jan. lO.-To the Editor of The
Beet I have read articles and Interviews
of Mr. W. J. Connell In the press ot the
city relating to the Wet more case. I have
thought that by reaeon of the attacks
there macta upon the courts and upon men
of Integrity appearing as witnesses In that
case, and whose mouths sre closed, thst
I should add a word in the Interest rf
good citlaenshlp.
Not since I have been upon the bench
has a stronger esse been made before me
than waa made by the state m that case.
Indeed, I csnnot conceive of a stronger
esse being msde thsn wss established on
that trial. 1 have not the least doubt but
that everyone connected with the trial. In
whatever rapacity, believed every word
that Mr. Daniels said. 1 hsve not the
least doubt but that the same could be
said of each of the witnesses. Dean
Beecher, Canon Bell, Mr. Rowden and
Mr. Johnson, president of the .council. I
cannot conceive of a greater departure
from legal ethics, common decency and
good cltlcenship, than for a lawyer who
has won a case by the rankest of petti
fogging to sssail the best of cltlxens after
the case Is won. Mr. Connell knows thst
each of the above witnesses are above an
untruth. That what he takes advantage
of to aasall Dean Beecher and Canon Bell
as violations of the "confessional" Is abso
lutely without foundation. There was
nothing In the case anywhere on which
to base such an argument. An attorney
during argument Is almost untrsmmeled.
Thero was nothing cn argument on which
to base such a claim. What little excuse,
then, for a member of the bar, after the
case has closed, to abuse honorable men
of a sacred calling? The result of such
conduct ot such attorneys. If tinrebuked.
would be the undoing of a Judicial system
upon which all order and government de
pends. In opening his case Mr. Connell violated
the rules of practice by making an argu
ment Instead of stating his case. I was
compelled to atop him. During the trial
he waa continually putting meaning Into
the mouths of witnesses where no such
meaning was Intended. Such, for Instance,
as where he claims that Mr. Daniels ad
mitted desiring to "trap" one supposed to
be behind Wetmore. The word was Mr.
Connell's. The application of Mr. Daniels
ss a whole statement was that when he
was offered money for s purpose, as com
ing from, another than the one tendering
It, that he wanted the other to personally
tender It, so that the one behind if there
was such other could be brought to Justice,
Mr. Connell used badgering snd pettifog
ging tactics toward Canon Bell. . On a
ststement from the witness that he did
not know the technical meaning of "sub.
poena" and whether or not a notice from
the county attorney was such, technically
a point on which the average layman would
not have an answer he boldly declared,
and declares, that Canon Bell had com
mitted perjury. The statement requirea no
comment from me. It was in line with
his conduct of the esse. To the body of the
citizenship, I might say, that In my
opinion, and ts I believe it to be, the
opinion of the bench and bar of the dis
trict, no considerations of legal ethics, nor
of religious consideration, weigh with him
In his conduct ot esses. He seems to lose
sight of everything but the desire to win
Ms case.
In the present Instance I have In mind
a young lawyer of absolute cleanness, of
f erfect integrity; of two ministers of the
gospel, of absolute cleanness, and of per
fect Integrity, whose lives are devoted to
doing good, branded as unfaithful ser
vants of their church, and as unfaithful
citisens snd for vicious purposes alone.
At a noted trial, several years ago, one
waa being tried for kidnaping in the same
cuurt where Wetmore was tried. In that
esse a letter was received in evidence that
waa written by the one on trial to a priest
of his denomination. No one even thought
that the confessional had been violated.
All knew that the minister should be com
mended for producing the item of evi
dence that practically admitted guilt.
If I was remiss In duty fts I Icok back
over the case, it was In not removing Mr.
Connell entirely from tho case when 1
fell called upon to displace him in the
examination of a witness.
W. G. SEARS.
STUDENTS HOLD CELEBRATION
Rejoice that They Have Finished
Their Exams and Feed
aad Talk.
A 'post-examination Jubilee" was held
at Bellevue Friday evening In Fontenelle
hall. Dinner waa served at 7 o'clock In
the college dining room and was followed
by a few speeches. L. D. Ohman of the
senior class responded to the toast. "Col
lege Spirit." Dr. Hoyt of the faculty re
sponded to the toast, "Te Olden Time."
and waa heartily applauded for tils ready
wit and originality. President S. W.
Rtookey spoke on the subject, "The Fu
ture," snd upon concluding waa unani
mously requested to preserve his talk In
a permanent form, ao that It may be read
by all at their leisure. MUs Eva Wolte
mat'i of the Junior class gave her response,
in the form of a delightful little poem
which waa heartily received.
Following the toasts each class gave a
"stunt" The academy had a well-drilled
orchestra, which rendered several selec
tions. The freshmen went through the
form of editing a paper. The sophomores
hsd a "Jack In the Box," Jack Barry be
in the realistic "Jack." The Juniors por
trayed a country school In action and
"Dingey" Mohr made a great hit as the
'whistling kid." For the seniors, Kip
Hsmblin and Verner McCormack put up a
little vaudeville atunt which took exceed
Ing'y well. Their "Charge of the Light
Brigade" waa almost professional.
The occasion of the Jubilee waa the cloae
of eli mination week and the end of the
term, which closed Friday.
NO SNOW ON STOCK RANGES
rattle Da Mot SasTer frosa the Itorsn,
Bays Frank Carrie af
Gardaa.
All worry over the condition of the cat
tle on the rangea waa dispelled Saturday
evening when Frank Currie, banker nnd
ranchman of Gordon, arrived In Omah.t.
Ha declared that there had not been a
flake of anow along with the wind on the
rar.gea and for this resson the stock had
not suffered a particle. Mr. Currie came
down on the Northwestern and aald that
the first indication of tough weather he
saw along the route waa when the train
reochad Norfolk. Up to that point there
was n-j Indication of the hard blow wnich
had swept the eastern half of the state
and buried most of It under a blanket ot
snoa. Mr. Currie aald that In Gordon
they were able to roam around without
their overcoats on Friday
SCHOOL AND COLlEGli WORK
Coaptratira Enrollment ef Twenty
riYt Lcftdlnf Unlrenitlei.
lULinr IrT3iU8jTAK3 AT HAEVAED
Proareeelve Activities of Various
Universities, Celleces aad Aead
enalss'F durational Notes
af Interest.
University satsnslon work by ths Uni
versity of Nebraska authorities Is fairly
undsr wsy by direction of former State
Buperlntedcnt J. L McBrlen. The ex-stats
official has taken up the tssk of spread
ing the gospel of popular education and
will soon have a system arranged whereby
all Nebraska people who desire may begin
university extension studies. The new de
partment waa favored by the State uni
versity senate on an exhaustive report
of the work made by Prof. H. W. Cald
well of the Department of American His
tory, who has devoted much time to a
study of the Wisconsin plan.
For several years It has been noticed
that a great deal, of attention has been
paid In tho state to correspondence schools
by Its citizens. The demand for higher
education along certAln lines by people
unable to bear the expense of attending a
school for the specific purpose of Instruc
tion brought Into prominence In other coun
tries and states long ago the possibility
of successfully carrying on extensive work.
Now the Nebraska university authorities
have the plan well In hand and much bene
fit Is expected from It In s short time.
Mr. McBrien haa not as yet prepared
full plans for the work, but he has formu
lated a system In the rough which he in
tends to put In effect at once. The corro
Bpondence instruction, he believes, will give
every student the opportunity to come in
contact with the instructor, not aa a mem
ber of a class, but as an Individual. It
will enable him to employ his spare time
and the work can be done at home and
when he is best enabled to do It. It throws
the student upon his own reeourees and
Is calculated to make him self-reliant snd
self-determined. A rpeclsl course will bs
given for teachers. Many In the state
have hsd enough work for the certificate
they hold and enough more partly to
qualify them for a grade higher.
Where a person Is working for a degree
in extension work, the plan specifies that
half of the work must be done at the uni
versity. But the restrictions thrown
around this provision ars a generous that
the time for the work may be chosen to
suit the convenience of the student and
especially the teacher who is rtrlvlng for
advancement. WWh the courses offered
for the State university summer school
this year the school will be essentially a
teachers' college. A special course to be
offered this year will be a study of the
life of Abraham I,lncoln. Prof. McBrlen
will have personal charge of this line of
work.
The first lessons of the new department
will be Bent out about February 16 accord
InC to present plans. 80 many Inquiries
have come In and from so many different
sections of Nebraska that it may be Im
possible for him to attend to them all In
person.
Watch Inst Yeans; Lawyers.
Whether from a knowledge of the men of
the law or with a desire to make the young
Blackstones start right, 'the faculty of the
College of Law of the University of Ne
braska conducted the final examination of
the first sem-ster last week under rigorous
rules. To provide sgalnst any possibility
of cheating, the' aludenTs were given bound
blank books for writing their answers, sa
that no Individual sheets might be passed
fro.n one to snother. Members of two
clssses were put in the same room and
seated In alternate rows to prevent their
conferring with esch other, and spotters
were put on guard to prevent any further
possibility ot their evading the regulations
of the examination and transferring in
formation. If a student for any purpose
wished to leave the room, he was followed
by a spotter, snd there was one Instance
where a student was forced to remove his
coat when he left the room for a few mo.
menta.
F. B R A 9 K A N ATHAHVARIl.
Antelope State Well Represented la
Different Deparlmeali.
Nebraska Is represented at Harvard this
year by eleven students In the law and
medical schools and the undergraduate de
partment. The official enrollment of the
university shows three students from
Omaha, two from Lincoln and six from
other psrts of the state, as follows:
Undergraduate Department -Risley Gardi
ner Haines. '09. Omaha; George Nelson
Lyon, '(. Nelson; William Francis Wil
liams, '12. Omaha.
Law School John Levi Clark (A. B. Uni
versity of Nebrasks. '06), third year, Lin
coln; Charlea Abbott Sawyer (A. B. Univer
sity of Nebraska, "0), third year. Lincoln;
Edward Raymond Burke (A. B. Belolt col
lege, '06, first year, C'hadron; William Ross
King (A. B. University of Nebraska, 'VS,
first year, Osceola; Thomas Harold Matters,
Jr., (A. B. University of Nebraska, 'OS),
first year, Omaha.
Medical School Carl Arthur Hedblom (A.
M. Colorado college, '08), second year,
Aurora; Earle Edwin Farnsworth (A. B.
Cornell university, '03), first year, Grand
Island.
A I.l.tOI." UNIVERSITY FUXD.
Centennial Endowment Committee
Hosn to Raise $500,000.
A number of patriotic citisens in New
Tork hsve formed a centennial endowment
committee, with auxiliary committees In
Boston, Philadelphia, Pittsburg and other
cities, for the purpose of celebrating the
centenary of Abraham Lincoln by raising
an endowment fund of taOO.OOO for the
Lincoln Memorial university at Cumberland
Gap.
General O. O. Howard, who ia at the head
of the movement, said the other day:
"Our group of achoola, which we call
Lincoln, Memorial university. Is a veritable
monument to Abraham Lincoln, for it min
isters to the wants of ths people of whom
he talked so long to me In my Isat Inter
view with him. It pieces the plane of help
under ffieir necessities. It furnishes teach
ers for the needy districts, which are now
having more and more aid from the state
educational authorities. Its Industrial de
partment has thus far given work to all
the youth who have sought its means as
a supplement to their education. Its med
ical division tralna young men ot the
mountains, and the young women, who are
so well fitted, both by nature and by con
stitution, for trained nurses.
"It may be a new hlea to our American
people, but certainly the upbuilding of
these dwellings In the mountain regions In
a practical educational way Is something
thst belongs to ths name and fame of
Abraham Lincoln. Thla centennial year of
his birth cannot better be celebrated than
by endowing a work like that done by the
teachera at Lincoln Memorial unive.sity.
Mr. IJncoln, through me, practically asked
this boon of the Americsn people, for his
own people that is. for those to whom
he was specially attached, on account of
his birth and early youth among them.
Lincoln's great anxiety about his fcllow-
tsountalneers manifested Itself part:cu:ar!y
during; the civil war.
"As early cs 1?3 I founded two schools
In Lockout valley, a a direct result of
his ideas and words to me on the subject;
and Immediately after the war another on
the top of Lookout mountain. Since then
many e ther small schools have been located
la the mountain regions, until at last we
hive succeeded In planting a university,
which draws Us student life from the small
schoola round about far and near."
MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY.
Rapid Increase ef Stadeata Crowds
Ita Capacity.
There are mote students at the Unlver
sity of Michigan than can be taken care ot
under present conditions. The necessity
for increased accommodations is obvious
to one who observes the constant and
rapid increase In the number of students.
The total attendance In 1906-07, exclusive
of the summer session ot 1906, wss 4.282;
Inclusive of It. 4.74. The attendance In
1907-0S. exclusive of the summer session
of 1907, was 4,654; Inclusive of It, 6.013.
the highest figures ever reached In the his
tory of the institution. The attendance for
l8-09 will undoubtedly Increase propor
tionately, as according to the early (Novem
ber) registration figures there were, ex
clusive, snd with the ltOS summer session
5.18S students.
Nearly M per rent of Michigan students
are from the ststc. The sttendsncc from
ether states continues noteworthy, aa for
example, from Ohio, 41; New Tork, US;
Illinois, 317; Indians, 304: Pennsyvanla, 1T7;
Missouri, 74; Iowa, 74; Wisconsin, C4;
Colorado, U; Kentucky, 44; Kansas, 39,
Montana, 34; California, 31; New England,
66. Forty-five atates. all our territories
(except Alaska), all our Insular possessions,
and twenty-one foreign statee and provinces
send representatives to Michigan.
During a period of ten years, the total
number of organisations on the campus of
the University of Michigan, excluding class
organizations, athletic teams, church organ
izations and guilds, but Including fraterni
ties and other organisations, rose from 86
In U37 to 117 in 1907. The number of
fraternities and sororities rose from 31 to
44; other organizations from 65 to 73.
Counting the church organisations, stu
dent guilds, class organisations, athletic
and debating teams, the grand total of or
ganisations at the university In the spring
of XV was 176.
ENROLLMENT OF UNIVERSITIES
Flaeres from the Records of Twenty
Fire Institutions.
The News Letter of the University of
Michigan printa a comparative record of
enrollment of students In twenty-five lead
ing American universities, rolls for the
school years of 1906 and 1907. The figures
in the first two columns include summer
session students. In the Isst two columns
the summer students are omitted, thus
changing the relative stsndlng of the
universities In the enrollment. In both
double columns Nebraska university ranks
fourteenth in enrollment.
The figures follow:
Including Excluding
summer 1 summer
students. student.
1908. 1907. 19f. 19)7.
1 Columbia
2 Harvard
3 Michigan
4 Chicago
5 Cornell
6 Minnesota ...
7 Pennsylvania
8 Illinois
N. Y. Unl
10 Wisconsin ....
U California ....
12- Yale ,
13 Syracuse
.5.;6 6.197 4.M0 4.141
b.iVZ fi.344 4.3M 4.37.1
6.197
6.346
4.953
4.594
4.2ft!
4.207
4.134
4.172
3.648
3.4D1
.1.3)6
8. 416
3.16:
2.714 '
2.344
2.274
2,1x6
1,17
1.9S2
1.594
1,311
914
757
651
.o,l8
.6.114
.4,700
.4,687
.4,553
.4.
4.M7
4.489
2.421
3.H78
2.6HS
4.246
4.3f
4.223
4.05J
3.457
3.237
3.199
3.44M
3.4 .
2.921
2.992
2.442
2.220
2.122
1.37
1.966
1.632
1,814
1.016
757
8.957
3.896
36
3.233
8.138
2.978
3,299
3.043
2.651
2.624
2,125
1.955
1.964
1.175
L7M
1.563
1.31 1
914
75?
661
..3.951
..3.876
..S.7R1
..3.44M
..i.H
14 Nebraska
..3,154
15 Northwestern .3.113
1 Ohio 2.70i)
17 Missouri 2.66K
13 Iowa 2,3T6
19 Indiana 2.113
20 K annas 3.0M
id Stanford 1.541
22 Princeton 1.314
23 West. Reairve.1.016
24 Virginia ....... 77
26 J. Hopkins 698
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME.
Growth aad Activities a( the Kaaioaa
Institution.
The enrollment for the first term numbers
971. The Increase this year, in spite of the
financial atrlngency, is unprecedented In the
history of Notre Dame. Tho growth and
expansion of the university is marvellous
when the fact is taken Into consideration
that Notre Dame la absolutely without en
dowment. A body of men who have dedi
cated their Uvea to education and have con
sented to work without salary makes this
condition possible. This interesting phsse
of education has been brought to the at
tention of the Carnegie Foundation for
study.
The public lecture course last week was
varied and Interoating. Frederick Warde,
the tragedian, lectured on "Julius Caesar;"
Dr. Jamea Monaghan, late head of the con
sular bureau, on "The Preservation of Our
Natural Resources;' Norman Hackett, the
actor, gave readings from Shakespeare, and
the Schllkdret'a Hungarian orchestra ren
dered a program of clasaical music.
An Important work on botany by Dr.
Julius Nieuwlsnd, head of the department,
Is In prspsratlon and will soon Issue from
the university press. It Is a classified list
and full description of the flora of northern
Indiana and southern Michigan, the region
known ss the St. Joseph valley.
The students of electrical engineering
went to Chicago to make a study of the
exhibits at the big Electrical show in the
Coliseum. A stop of a few hours was made
for the Inspection of the new steel plant at
Gary, Ind.
MERCER 8 BURG ACADEMY.
Preparations for Building; aad Equip
In a; a Gynsaaalana.
The Mercersburg academy, aituated at
Mercersburg, Pa., la preparing to build one
of the finest school gymnasiums In tho
country. The building will be about 200
feet long and 100 feet wide, and together
with the power plant which will be built
at the aame time, will cost about $100,000.
A canvass for funds is being pushed by
the head-maater. Dr. W. M. Irvine. Twenty
five thousand dollars have been subscribed
b'y the alumni and it la expected that this
amount will be more than doubled in the
near future. A few days ago Mr. Henry
B. Swoops of Madera. Pa., of the class of
1900, sent a subscription of tl.OOO. On the
same day Dr. Irvine received a check for
$2,000 from J. M. Hood of Frederick, Md.,
to be uaed for any purpose he wishes in
connection with the academy work.
Mercersburg lias an enrollment of 450
boys this year and Its graduating class will
number more than eighty. Its foot ball
team, which waa coached last fsll by Mr.
Gus Zelgler, the All-Amerlcan guard, has
been conceded the academlo championship
of the east. The track and base ball
squads at Mercersburg will be called out
early In February and the prospects In
these two branches of sport are bright.
COLUMBIA'S ALUMNI DAY.
Graduatre Invited a Attead aad
Celebrate.
The faculty of Columbia university has
issued Invitations to the alumni to part Id
pate lu the celebration of Alumni day. Feb
ruary 12. The date Is also ths Lincoln cen
tennial, and the observance of both events
will make the occasion unusually Impres
sive. It will be the only bus1 Bess holiday
In ths year when tbs alumni can visit their
Alrra Mtr snd find the work ef th uni
versity In full operation.
The principal event of the day will be the
Lincoln memorial addresa by Hon. John C.
Spooaer. formerry United Statea senator
frcm Wisconsin. Vsrlous athletic games
and exhibition are on the program of the
day, the festivities ending with a beefstesk
dinner and a dance.
Edaratlanal Notre,
The living graduates of Bryn Mar col
lets for women number only ?). but they
have undertnken to raise a ll.noo.ono endow
ment fund for their alma mater.
President Benjamin ldi Wheel of the
University of California haa announced
that he cannot accept the Invitation to be
come the head of the University of Michi
gan. The Annie E. Purlngton scholarship 1in
been established st Bowdoln callegre, for
which Mrs. A. Webster King gave to.OTO In
memory of her sister, the ohject being to
assist some deserving student throtieh col
lege. A fund nf .l.nno has been established
by Mrs. James Drummond and Mrs. Charles
F. Dole and daughter In memory of the
husband and father, James Drummond.
The high school fraternities of Denver
have engaged counsel to fight the school
board In Its effort to prohibit these or
ganisations that. In so many Instances, per
vert the Ufa of our Intermediary schools
This la not surprising. It is entirely logu-ol,
and In consonance with much otlirr license,
shown by "Young America." Some dav
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children In their teens will have their legs!
counsel to preent parental discipline In
the few homes where It still llngrre.
Vocational schools sre springing up In
New York state, according tn the nnn ia;
report of Commissioner Andrew 8. Draper
One such school has been already openeil
In Rochester, and another will be ppenert
Fehruarv 1; in Albanv still snother will be
opened March 1. Several more will be ready
for pupils next Peptember. In all. twentv.
four cities In New Tork state have she. :i
an Interest In achoola of this chsrscter. ant
the indication are that they will multiply
rapidly within five ears.
The University of Brrslsu. Hermanc, lm .
made a contract with nn accident insutame
company to Insure Its students. All stu
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chemistry or pharmacy, botany, a.ioloay,
mineralogy and geoloay must pay a fee i.f
3 cents each semester and be Insure 1
nsnlnst accident occurring in the line of
duty, firemen and machinists snd em
ployes of the clinic are also Included. The
policy lapses as soon ss the holder's con
nection with the university Is severed.
Boston's teneners sre making a loud o. t
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