VOL XI. IOWA CITY, IOWA, JANUARY, 1879. No. 4

[Translation from the Ajax of ophocles. Failing in his contest with Ulysses for the armor of Achilles, Ajax commits suicide by falling upon his sword.]

Passest, look on me. Soon shall I hali thee As companion. 0 I blessed light of Heaven A.nd thou proud Charioteer, the un, receive My last, my dying words. 0 I Day-o I acred Soil of Salamis-land of my birth, shrine PRESIDENT J. L. PIOKARD.

SOLILOQUY.

There stands my sword with keenest edge prepared As best it may perform its duty. 'Twas By the hand of Hector given, my worst of foes And one whom I dete:lted ever. Firm Fixed in hostile Trojan soil--in ltindness It awaits its victim, nor waits it long. 'I.'hus far 'tis well. But ere the fatal deed I dare, to the Clreat Gods I look.

o I Jove, Father of all, thpe first I supplicate. No signal favor do J ask of thee, But that thou'lt send some passing stranger by, ThaL'lJ bear the news of my unhappy fate

• To Teucer's ear, that in mercy he JUay }'irst behold, then take this transpierced body Far from sight of those who seek my Ufe-lest Discovered, I be cast by them a prey To ravenous vultures and to greedy dogs Grant but this alone, and I am satisfied. Tbou too-Jove's winged messenger to man, Be present to conduct with light [lnd speedy Tread this soul to its eternal home, soon As shall reach my heart t!lis penetrating steel.

Ye virgin daughters of the earth, who Know [Ill ills that fall to man, ready to do Your Master's pleasure-I~ttend-and behold Me here lL wretched victim to the power Of cruel Agamemnon-then, swift asJ . Lightning, eize,O I eize the murderers. As I shall pei'lRh by my own sad hand, So grant that those who've forced me to this last Resort, may fall by the hand of those whom Best they lovo. .

Ply I quick I ye vongefull

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rrum. He must develop in himself the distinctively hu- and begging the principal question in a manner some-man traits, or he will sink to the level of the beast. times positively ludicrous. Of what use is a logical ar-The 'genesis of every human being is that he gradually gumeet, if the foundation for the argument is imagina-developed from an all but invisible cell, passing through ry, the product of superstition, prejudice or common conditions in all respet!ts like those of an animal, even credulity? With a little leaven of keen and incisive retaining the animal character in the first stage of his scepticism very different results might have been ob· human existene, but gradually and surely rising higher tained, and the student, instead of learning what, it he and higher until, thanks to the benign influences of be worth anything mentally considered, he must surely civilization, he attains the full stature of manhood. throw aside afterwards as a mere tissue of irrelevant Whether or not the remotest history of the human race matter and pointless rhetoric, might have made some was analogous with the known history of every indivi- real advance in accurate thought Clnd careful methods dual, whether. in fact, the genus, man, is the result of of investigation. evolution, as the individual man certainly is, callnot I All higher education should have for its most prom i-change the great fact, that man must be mrm, that he nent object the education of men that shall take a lead-mltst develop his lmman nature, if he would be true to ling part in advancing the cause of thought, taste, art, himself, to his history, to the forces that advanced him science and the finest quality of morality among the to his actual condition. The more clearly this truth is people at large. Reforms must proceed from above apprehended, the less will man persist in merely doubt- : downwards. The higher institutions of learning should ing. There is so much to be done to raise humanity I be mainly devoted to the training of men that will take to higher and higher stages of progress, there is so an active part in carrying on the work of culture, of re-much to study, to investigate, to think over and fashion I form, of civilization. 'l'herefore they should not look into (orms that will satisfy his craving for proportion, ; with aversion on scepticism in watever form it may ap-usefulness, symmetry and beauty, that scepticism can I pear, but rather encourage those who doubt, that they claim no other right than that of clearing the road of l may advance beyond the pseudo truth to the real truth, progl'ess of the obstacles that past error has left upon thereby showing their practical faith in the old adage: it. In doing this it fulfills a most important function. "Magna est veritas et prevalebit." There need be no fear that scepticism will destroy the real truths of christianity, however much it may injure OUR LATE PRESIDENT. . the superstitious belief in its traditional by - work. v Christianity, the religion of the purest humanity, will, ' At the" Memorial Service" Pres. Pickard gave a in one form or another, become the faith of all nations very graphic outline of the life of Dr. Thacher, as fol-and all races, precisely because it is distinctively hu- lows: . man, the religion of Him who called himself the Son of "July 25th, 1817; Dec. 17th, 1878, mark the .limit of MatI! a life. How full that life was is well known to those

Scepticism, to be really useful, !lhould be mainly de- who knew Dr. Thacher

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of more than one when it says of him, "He was really a too sensitive to take kindly to blunt honesty if it was great man. When stirred to action he had the body, personal. and brain, and power under the stimulus of conflict, Human nature is complex, and some even of its .no-that make men great and admired leaders in the Senate bIer elements may appear in unpleasant relations, just or at the bar. We would not detract a word from the as the ruggedness of Clearchus was unwelcome to the high uselulness 01 the minister or the teacher, but every Greeks in peace though it was their tower of strength man to his work, aad this wasn't Dr. Thacher's work. in war. The shadows, too, of that fatal disease may His life had been thrust upon wrong lines. Had he have been projected into the presidency, (as physicians been in the Senate in the old days of the fight between intimate,) and may have occasioned or inten ified some abolition and slavery ideas, he would have grappled of that which was not quite attractive. Be that as it with perfect self-containment with Douglas and Toombs may, we too, would lay an immortelle upon his tomb in the struggles of the forum, and been as great as Ben in memory of an intellect we ~hall ever honor, and a Wade or Giddings." nobility of aim we would ever cherish.

The duties of a President here are numerous, ardu- X ous and exceedingly diverse. The officer desires to move the myriad-minded public and a cautious legisla-ture, to win the confidence of the professors, even when declining to second their favorite plans, and to secure ============ ======= the esteem of students in the face of needful reproofs IOWA CITY, IOWA, JANUARY, 1879· and refusals. He needs to be fairly versed in the work EDITORS-IN·CHIEF. of every department and to be appreciative of the duties enARLE A. DICKEY, and EMER ON flouGn. f h ' b bl II h h ' ASSOCIATE EDITORS, o every c aIr, to e a e to manage we t e eavler W. F. SKINNER, '81, R. F. PARMENTER,' 2,

artillery of the lecture platform and to direct the service STEPHEN B. HOWARD, '83. of daily r/)utine. In his ~elations to the students he RAY BILLINGSLEY~ Law Dept, 0.111. BELL, Medical Dept. should be gentle without weakness and firm without _ HomreOP~p~true~AN'rIIE DENSMORE. harshness; right in his decisions so generally that he TERMS INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE,

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d . r: \' h h b r: d Published montbly during the colleglat year. Communications on mat an so young In lee 109 t at e may ecome a sa,e an ters ot Interest are earnestly solicited trom students, teacbers almunJ. and d 'd .. d d I ' friends of the University everywbere. truste gUI e, never carrytng praIse own to a u atlon Anno.vmousl\rtlclcs I\re Invarl l\bly rejected .

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nor censure to vengeance. n ee a perJ ect res I ent ed agent to solicit subscriptions tor tbls P3per; but we are respon Ible OIly , . I d f h . for funds actually received by om Ilnancla agent , must needs be the Imposslb e compoun 0 t e patIent Address all ordp(s and communications to \be Unlvprslty Heporter. Iowa

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Sc 0 ar an t le active man 0 a aIrs, t le prtnce 10 e- ==================== tails and the master in comhinations, of the giant in MISS CLARA J. KELLY, having done good and faith-convictions and the child in adaptability, of the tender ful work while on the corps, now retires from service, father and of the strict judge. at the expiration of a three-term sojourn. Miss Kelly

Into the midst of duties so multiform, so delicate and was first elected to fill a vacancy, and was afterward almost conflicting, Dr. Thacher brought a very strong continued in office. and imperative nature, MR. ARTHUR J. CRAVEN, having been elected her

The drudgery of plodding acquisition was irksome successor, was forced to resign his position on account to him, but the processes of deduction were eminently of a sickness which compelled him to leave school. congenial, and here he was at his best. Had his Inau- And now Mr. R, F. PARMENTER, having been elec-gural been his only address it would have been an am- , ted to fill Mr. Craven's place, steps before an admir-p)e foundation for his reputation as a thinker and a ing public, with the present issue. speaker, nerertheless every baccalaureate fortified and We are glad we've got him, . enlarged it. His thoughts were massive, his sentences terse amI p,acked, his delivery impressive. He d,isdair:- RETURNING to engage in the work of another term, ed all prelttnesses, he sought and showed a thlOker S meeting everywhere happiness and health, we were power. deeply pained by hearing of the death of our late Presi-

" Born to command," it was easier to order than to I dent, Dr. George Thacher, whose lingering illness had ask, and his manner was otten mandatory even when previously occallioned anxiou'l solicitude, but no imme-his words were not. The shock to the student's incipi- diate fear. ent manliness may have been, at times, unnecessarily Appropriate memorial services, conducted by friends severe, and may have aroused nn easily avoided antag- and associates of the deceased, were held in the chapel, onism. This, doubtless, obscured the gentler elements on the first day of the present term j tht! only tribute to of his nature, but it is certain that there was a growing the noble life which now is done. respect for his fidelity to duty and his benevolence of President Pickard, in a few feeling words, gave a short heart. lIe scorned the diplomatic trickster, but was sketch of the life and work of Dr. Thacher. Hon. Aus-

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tin Adams followed, speaking in behalf of the Regents; We do our best; we have tried not to make our pa-then Rev. W. B. Craig represented the alumni: Chan- per a repository for sermons, essays, long editorials, or cellar Hammond the different Faculties of the Unh'er- long articles of any sort; and we have tried to obtain ~ity, Rev. Dr. Osmond the clergy of the city, Mr. C. original matter, largely avoiding republi hment. But L. Mozier tlie bu iness men, and Mr. N. H. Brainerd there are other things desirable. the Congregational Church. For instance, we should be ~lad to establish a regu-

No voiCe:! wa' heard from the present students of the lar column for gentral College news, items of interest, University on that occasion; and properly, too: yet it and clippings of good things from other papers; this would not be proper that the Reporter should now be would be of interest,!o many who are not obliged, as is silent. the weary Exchange Editor, to see the same joke tra-

In another column will be found a short presentation vel across the continent by medium of a score of papers. of Dr. Thacher's work while with us. Ilis true record But here, as often elsewhere, we have been disappoin-is written in the hearts of those who knew him. ted; for in the si; or eight pages which remain when

the clepartmental work is done, it is expected that there . shaW be found a poem, a good prose article, half-a-

W HgN Mr. A. C. Troup, 01 the Law Dept., first be- dozen "spirited editorials" on "topics of interest," came a member of our corps, he, and we all, th~ught two or three pages of" choice locals," a complt!le direc-that he wa" elected for two terms, the Fall and WlOler; tor' of ersonal and a J' udicious assortment of

. . I I' I' I ~ h ,) P , b,ut now It tra,nsplre~ t 1at liS t e.ctlOn was .on y lor t e exchange notes. Ii all term. 1 he mlsunderstandll1g arose 111 the confu- Now we are exceedingly anxious to please and sian and hustle attendant upon the begin~ing of the would be glad to furnish even more than that; but school year, when the La w Class was but Imperfectly often when we wish to publish a nice little poem Which organized, and its members only slightly acquainted we f~und somewhere or when we have pasted a long with each other and with the custom~ pertinent to the string of superior jOke!- on a strip of copy paper, there Class. ., . . is something more important, and we are" unavoidably

OWll1g to thIS mIstake, Mr. Troup rellres WIthout ddt'" t t '1. t' h' h . ... crow e oU; JUs as many con nuu Ions are, w IC saylllg good bye; a~d we, WIthout asking hIS consent, we would be glad to publi h. are \'ery glad (that I~, we are very sorry,) to say a few . Do not think, gentle reader, that we want to be farewell words fO.r hIm. pitied: we arc too dignified to ask for charity; if you

llo\: w~ll the Interests of the Law class have pros- do not want to read us us we are, you needn't, and we pered In hIS hands, all reader.> or the paper know. And will let you s~verely alone, as a person of vcry poor besides recommending himself to the readers of the pa- taste.

per, he gained the good will of the corps, by his con- We think we're a pretty nice paper (though nothing stant good nature, cheerfulness, and promptness on du~ to what we would bo if we had half a chanco, you ty; qualities of the greatest value in the successful car- know); but we simply present a few collateral incen-rying on of the paper. We are sorry to lose him. tives to encourage you to observe the extenuating cir-

Mr. Troup is succeeded by Mr. Ray Billing ley, who cnmstances, as it were. makes his bew in another column; and under whose Really, do you know ho\'; hard it is to write a "spir-management the Law Dept. will not svfter. ited editorial," when you haven't got your Ie ons, and

know you'll be called straight to-morro IV ? Are you aware c.f the difficulties of concocting a" hoicl:: local,"

IF the REPORTER were out of debt, and rich, it would subsequent to midnight's holy hour (_ " 011 I" you say, prO'per, and grow larger, and portlier, and fuller of "why don't you write them in tho morning?" To be great store of good things, and would havt several sure; we never thought of that. kinds of type, and good covers on its back, and a nice picture of the University on its front. But the REPOR-TER is poor, and can't afford good "clothe ," and is WE do not devote very much space to athletics: we quite as large a il ought to be, under the circumstan~ haven't very much athletics to de\'ote it to. Whell we ces. read in other papers, of the gymna ium ,the boat c1ubll,

TIl!' best financial scheme for a paper, is to have a thl:! athletic associations, the games find onlcsts of other lal ge ubscription list; and the best way to obtain a I colleges, we feel ashamed that we can give such things large subscription list, is to furnish an interesting paper. no better showing in our columns. We recently re-And what i an interesting paper? We dOIl't offer the ceived a communication from the National A ocilltion REPORTER as a model; for the REPORTER is not all 01 Amateur Oarsmen (Albany, N. Y.), inviting our that we desire to make it. There are· many things attention to the three beautiful challenge cups, placed which prevenl us from making it the finest paperin the in the possession of the A ocialion through the liber-Western Hemisphere, as we doubtless should, if our ality of the Etlreka, Passaio, and T1'itlJ/l Boat Clubs, of energies were allowed free scope. Newark, New Jersey.

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Accurate cuts of these beautiful prizes may have -Only one lady in the University of Pennsylvania. been seen lately, in Harper's Weekly; they are to be Lonesome? Hardly. perpetual challenge prizes for college oarsmen only, -We wish we had'nt traded OUI' skates o/r (or a se-and are to be contended for in an annual race. The cond hand dictionary. style of races,- single scull, shell, pair-oared shell, six- -Joseph Cook has been engaged to deliver a course oared shell, etc., which our college prefers, is desired; of lectures at Oberlin. also, the most con venient date for the regatta. -The south end of the Cha pel looks like a two-story

What say ye, doughty athletes of the S. U. 1., who stable with a board window. can't jump as hi~h as your own knees? Shall we row -Coasting and skating are pleasures much indulged them a tub race In 1900? in at present by the students.

No, no! we will none of boat racing. We are not '''1'1 . ' h' . k' h II d J' . . . - Jere IS muc vIrtue 10 a ' ISS w en we e lver-here to gain SIlver cups; we are after Fame's l:nmortal d" Th' .

. e . em s our sentIments too. laurel. Let our river flow gently on, unvexed by oar- , "" . ' . ." blades' the Lord made it to put specimens in. The -Prof. In logIc. What IS the uOl:elsal negahve? true st~dent's shoulders should be round like an orange Student. "Not prepared."-E.\'. or a ball; if he could touch his hands together behind -It is rumored that we have one Prof. who is a vio-his back, he would be unable to tell where Xenophon linist, and another who is a fiddler. was born. And then consider, how undignified to -A son of Brigham Young was one of the '80 men jump! how fatiguing to run! how uninteresting to who entered WestPoint Jast year.

walk I -A German apothecary advertises a lotion whereby Away, ye tempters, who would sow pernicious ideas red noses may be restored to their pristine palenes .

in our minds! Away, ye, who would have us imitate -A Harvard instructor in German has been dismis-Easte~n colleges! We are poor, but we .are good. sed from the Faculty for selling examination papers. We WIll not row, nor run, nor walk; such thlOgs are of S"fi f8 h (P . I PI . h G '1 - Clentl cs 0 2 ave a course 0 ractlca lYSICS. t e entl es . .

W r, lId" h They'll be young "Gahleos already," If they don't look e are alter menta cu ture; an we re gOlOg to ave it, so help us shades of ancient Athens! out.

-And here comes a Senior, who says he is'nt going

LOCAL.

- Livy can't spell.

- "A strange coincidence."

- It is safe to go on the ice.

- Work has begun in earnest.

- What is a Tilesis, any how? - Have you spen our mustache?

-The societies appear flourishing.

- Foot-ball is no more, at present.

to get a wife till he has enough money to get a good . one. Prudent youth!

-The Philomathian and Symphonian Societies have united to form one society. The name of the new soci-ety is not yet known.

-The wise man placeth the stock of his gun to his shoulder before !le fireth, but the foollooketh down the barrel to see the ball start.

-The Zets have put several dozen new chair in their hall and will nnw be able to furni h all their vi i-tors with comfortable seats.

-We notice several new students. I -An athletic Freshman wants to know when that Anglo Saxon race that he hears fO much about, is go-

- TIl is is 1879 : and don't you forget it.

ling to come oR; anyway! £;'(.

- Look out, the Hog Cholera is raging! . .. - We can, by a christianizing influence, be brought

- Ask the. Semors how .they ltke CO~stlOg. j' to forgive almost any wrong ooer; but the nHln who - What dId your Ma gIve you, Chnstmas ? peddles our jokes as his own-never! - Engli h Literature is Yale's most popular optional. --.Mission teacher attempting to draw out from her - Hare nnd Hounds have been introduced at Colum- I class the fact that Adam and Eve were expellt!d from

bia. . ~ the Garden 01 Eden on account of their sins. - Total number of tudents in Michigan University I -The Senior, who slip on the icy pavement nnd 1347· tumbles upon his back, seem to ay about the same - Where is our silk scarf? Lost in the ,I woods." , thing a Fn:shman would under similar circum~tnnce .

Poor, ophs ! . . I -The officere of the Freshma~ das for this term - There are about 20C' Coli ge papers pubhshed 10 are: Pres. Seerly, Vice Pres. MISS Maggie Holmes,

the United tates. i See'y, Miss Emma Waldren, 'frea . Westover, Editor - A Freshman asks: "How does a Bohemian earn I R. F. Parmenter.

his living?" and astonishes everyone by answering, ' ·-We are asked if Hercules was a Mu sulman. Any "By the sweat of his Fran." person of ordinary education ought to know that. Ma-

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hommed was born several years aiter llercule had -This cold weather is rather hard on poesy' but died; making this an impossibilty. nevertheless, our bard has produced the following:

- The Profs. make a great how of coming to morn- .• ing , sing. ye gentle breezes, . . .. All among the sticks and treeses I 109 exer\l~es, Just now; but don't let that hoi you, my Waft, waft, ye litLle blowses, young fri~nd; in about four weeks they'll begin to skip Coolness to our ears and noses"l Chapel a regularly as any Seoior. --Pru/. S. Goodrell, jr. of Des Moine, i the author

-Trinity College has a mao who has jumped 20 ft. of Valuminour NateI' on Zoology and Variour and Ex-II in. straight : but we've got men right here at home haustive Motel' on Chemistry. These are said to be who have iumped more than a dozen recitntions thorough, limpad and exceedingly simple. tudents straight, to say nothing of the Chapel. desiring either of the above works, will do well to con-

-The magnetic attraction between any two bodies suit the Prof. i.' determined by means of a couple, its intensity being -The fine public school building at ana \Va, in Mo-jointly dependent upon the strength of the couple aDd nona county, sustained $1,000 damage by nre a few the length of the arm joining them.-Ex. days ago. Mr. Frank Lyon, a graouate of the Univer-

-The telegram which the student sent is said to have sity ann husband of her who u ed to be Miss IIughe , read thus: " Dear Chancellor; Shall not be able to be formerly primary teacher in the Second ward, is princi-with you on first day of term; train of}' track. Don't pal of the schools in that place. sl1~pend opening exercises on my account. Yours tru- -The Oxfor~ U niver it)' has informed IIarvard of ly, W." the in ability to row llS late as August first. As the . -The" careless Zets" who left the peanuts in the Harvard will not row earlier, it is likely there will be outer haJJ supposed their cousins acro·s the way had no race. Since the Oxford's letter was received eight been broubht up "in the way they should go ." But members of the Ilarvards have withdrawn and a new alas! they were disappointed. Bonest Zets! unworthy crew will train for the race wit h Yale in the ummer. Irvings! -" Does my stove draw, now? Well, it docs!" sars

-lIow sweet to be under the teach ings of Science. Clinker, whose imagination is stronger than his rever-Now we know that the instrument so beautifully depic- ence for truth. "Draw? why, I have to pile bricks on ted in the new chapel windol'/, strongly re embling :t the chunks to keep them from going up the chimney; double-barreled butter-paddle, i nothing in the world it was only last term one did get loose, anel its friction but a simple Chryoplloms. against the air so charred it that a professor garnered

We are sorry to learn that Miss Loughridge is to it into the museum, and labeled it "A Meteor." Draw? leave the University. She will be remembered with well, rather!" feelings of gratitude hy tho e who were accustomed to "The besL of friends must part." recite to her: and the best wishes of the Sub Freshman The little truggling colony of hairs that prc·empted Class will follow her wherever she may go. our junior Editor's chin is but a reminiscence. AI-

-A former student of the S. U. I. says it has been so though it probaoly causeo him much sorrow to part cold at his home, that upon going out one morning to with this unpromi ing settlement, yet the antidote will inve tigate the thermometer, which wa nailed to a tree, be found in the unbounded congratulation of hi friends, he tound Mercury sitting on a twig ten inches below it. who may now conscientiously regard him as an Amer-Wonder what Prof. he wa under. ican citizen, in tead of a bristled relic of barbarism.

-Every student should consult with Prof. Currier - The law das boasts 01 hnving the Oeetest man in as to his course of reading. Most students get very the institution, while the Sophomores boast the chel!ki· little time to read, consequently the little that they cia ~t est. A few nights ago, while these two soarcher alter should be spent in the most profitable way; ' and every fame were calmly wendit1g their way out to the rural one must admit that the Prof. is better able to make eminence of the former, they were suddenly startled by a choice of books for him than he is himsdf. • .a runaway horse, the law took cha e and ran it clown

-MR. Alfred' Te(lOyson is said to have reserved the in less than a block, while the soph. kilfully ccured, noble!'!t poem he has ever written to be published after from the owner, a dollar for service rendered. his death. It is added that the poem is long, is of a tra- Teacher-u Who was Adam?" gic nature, and i in every way remarkable and beauti- Class-(with some hesitation); "The first man." ful-in short, worthy of the poet.- Tmllscrtpt. T.-"And who was Eve?"

- And now Class '80 is awakening to the fact that it C.-(with more assurance); "The III' t woman." has a Latin Preamble to its constitution, which was T.-"Where did they live?" written ages ago, when '80 was Sophomore. The com- C.-(with dOUbt); "Tn the Garden of Eden."

• miltee who framed the aforesaid Preamble were oblig- T.-{with expectancy); "And why ar> they not there ed to parse, construe, and givr. the derivation of each yet?" word, before the critical hearerq would adopt it. C.-( with universal shout); "Why, they nrc dcad."

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-There is a suit pending in the court of this district in which the parties concerned are old" Bony's" small-e t donkey and" Der immer cute" Junior. It seems that while the aforesaid Junior was enjoying- the sport of coasting on "Loyd's IIi1I," he ran into the turnout of his colored fellow citizen. The cheek of the collegian and tbe hoof of the donkey came into violent collision, and- the donkey's leg snapped like a pipe-stem. And now" Bony" sues for damages.

- A certain Club, on -- street, has the following rules, printed in large letters, hanging about the tables:

Christopher Wellington McCracken is missed from the University this year.

Benjamin Kennedy, formerly of the Academic Dept. has entered the Law Dept.

'80, Mr. Stewart Goodrell desires us to announce that he is in school this term.

J. E. Richardson is assisting his brother in lhe Coun-ty Clerk's office, in Sigourney.

Misses Abbie and Lena Ellis are temporarily ab ent, by reason of the illness of their sister.

H. 1. Harrison is in town. IIns been confined to his "Gentlemen are requested not to whistle or sing at the table, nor to throw bones under the table, nor to wipe l'Oom for two weeks. Is cutting teeth. their fingers on the tablecloths; not more than three Ella Patterson, a fornler student of th e Univt:rsity, i gentlemen can ht;lp themselves to butler at ' tht' same teaching in Nashua, Chickasaw counly,1 '\Va. time; drinking from the end of the . poon not allowed F. C. Suiter is in New Bos:on r.nd will nol be in on Sundays; no eating with the knife, unless in case of school this year. The Sophomore Class lost one of it great hunger and very large mouth; all fighting in the best members. dining room is positively forbidden; gentlenlt'n bringing Wright and Tuttle have been engaged to pave the vi itors are expected to pay in advance." streets of Drs Moint's, will, therefore be unable to pur-

- A TOURIST'S DIARY. - Milan -Arrived in the sue their studies this term. morning; they tell me there is a magnificent Cathedral Hallie A. Clapp is obliged to discontinue her studie in the place; but unfortunately, other engagements pre- on account of ill-health. The, ophomores regret the vented me from going to admire it. Verona- I see 10 s of so valuable a member. now that I have missed the Lake of Como, which I Dr. C. 'w. Eaton, of Newton, Iowa, has recently been have heard people speak so much aboui. It is too late selected as assistant lecturer on Theorv and Placti e, to go back. Am ved here at midnight; left in the in the Homreopathic Dept.; he is already popular with mOrtlin g. Florence- l had important researches to the students. make in the library; unfortunately it was closed. Left Our Freshman editor, Arthur J. Craven, is compelled the city disgusted. Rome-A telegram from Paris to leave school on account of ill-health. He will be called me thither. '1 shall never forget this charming much missed from his class and society; and hi many lour in spite of s\'crfll little disappointments. friends hope to see him return soon with reco\'cred

health.

PERSONAL. OUR EXCHANGES.

'So, John II. andel'S is teaching. We wele sitting in ollr room, with our feet resting

. C. Clark, of Buffalo, is in school again. gracefulIy upon the top of the to\'C, and our hands re , I, J. W. Howe is teaching at River ide. posing in our pockets. We were dreaming of home in '82, W. 11. Mahannah is not in chool this year. the holidays; wt' had completely ruined fifteen cent' '7, . T. W. Patrick is teaching in Cedar Falls. worth of good penholder, in u'ying to chew an idea out E. C. Woo1cott is teaching in the Missouri valIey. of it. Being in this condition, we heard a decided rap Frank B. West willnol retnrn to school this term. on the door; and on opening, we beheld the Ancient,

. .. " his fare aglow with pleasure, his . pectacle sit l i'1g on MISS MamIe Loring resumes her stuciH:!s, thiS term. h t . fl' bl d l' I r; b . t C op 0 )IS Venera e no~c, an 11 ell arm em rac-'82, Miss Will Thompson i at her home, In lIamp- ing an enormou volume on the" Art and Rule of

ton. Critici Ill." Without further invitation he deposited '82, Miss Carrie mith, ha lell school on account of himself in our best ea y chair, and immediately pro-

sicknes . ... ceeded to amu e himself by whistling Old Hund red, :1 . '80, A. C. I clly i holdlllg reVival meel1ngs near Da- he turned the It!ave of the Asbury MOllthly. • fter

venport. pal1sinq a space, he remarked: "This of a truth remind-W. raoe, of Mason City, has returne~llo school eth me 01 II paper \vhi h my father once prizeci highly;

this term. it was entitled the Missiol/ary h emld. Amo W. lIon; 0 well known to the Subs, is not in "I not thi five-pflge article on Edmund Burke about

school thi , year. what you editors designall.! a" grind?" he asked, after Win LobI' win not return to the University thi yenr an hour and a half of the deepest application, great

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ly tranquil hrow. We referred him to the dictionary, Iy little paper, with an adtnirabTe local department." and tc1d him to cast his eye upon the article on "Orig- "And now, old nuisance," we added, "it's bed time, inal Thought," and to contemplate " Goldsmith at Col- and you'll have to excuse us; and if you ever come up lege," as given by the Muntltly. here again, we'll break your head, in all probability!"

" 1 do not think that students can take much interest We threw his big folio on the" Art and Rules of in this kind of a paper," said he; " I should incline to be- Criticism" down stairs after him; ..ye were quite confi-lieve that they would willingly pay something to escape dent we did not need it.

t he read ing thereof.'" ======================================= "And here is another of the same character," he re-

marked. "The /{CIIY011 Advance; a small twelve-page paper; takes up ten pagc:s in printing four long homi-lies, and devotes two to local news and exchanges. ALLOPATHIC DEPARTMENT. Psha \V! I will none of it." And he cast it into the wood box. WESTERN YS. EASTERN MEDICAL COLLEGES.

Our worthy friend now being up to his elbows in the ' various exchanges which decorated the floor, and a It is largely due to the self-sacrificing, untiring ener-beaming smile wreathing his intelligent countenance, gy of a few noble practitioners of medicine, true lovers we ~oncluded to just step out for a walk, but were re: of their art, who were willing to spend time and money called by hearing so wild a peal of laughter that we that its progress might continue with increased vigor, supposed he had read some joke in the Dartmoutll, and that the growth and development of our western medi-become insane. "Look! behold !" he cried; "the [J1lt.'- cal schools has continued with so great an amount of versity ~tarterly Clips this from the Colby EcllO: 'The success, Innumerable adverse il1fluences have opera-Freshman class was unusually large, and when they as- ted and are still operating to retard their onward pro-sembled for the first time at prayers, the doctor opened gress. We might enumerate among the first, and we t~ the third Psalm and read: " Lord, how ar,e they in- may say, the most prominent di advantage under creased that trouble me! ,,, which our western medical schools labor, is the ab-

" Why, you old simpleton 1" we observed, refraining sence of clinical material. To ea tern instit,utions are from slaying him, "that's the fiftieth paper that has made available all those advantages in the way of prac-copied yonder joke; one more time, and we shall surely tical clinical demonstration, which a large and closely die." Chagrin sat high upon his visage, and he fum- populated dist,'ict w~ulrl ine vitably furnish, bled in his waistcoat for his spectacles, as he took up To this feature i largely due the incrcaRed populari-the Kno'JJ Stude/It. ty of those schools of medicine.

"Now," said we, "you needn't say anything savage Our schools have suflered in this direction. The on-about that paper; for, although it is a young one, it is Iy reason was, that people living in the vicinity of med-large for its age, and decidedly well gotten up. And icalschools, wt.ether or not they were able to employ me-besides, it thinks the REPORTER is good, and even cop- dical or surgical services, could nor be induced to furnish ies one of our jokes." the needed material for clinical in truction. The con-

" Well," said the Ancient, ~, that joke will never go tinually increasing patronage of our linic, by those very far." who seek to avail them elves of the be t profe sional

Displeased at this piece of maliciousness on his part, services, has of late years made them far more insruc-we savagely picked up the Hcsperiall Student. tive and profitable. Even in the paucity of their num-

CI What kind of a red-backed seed catalogue is that?" bel'S we may be said to have some advantuue; for up-queried our friend. portunity ill often given for (ull di cu ion o( each and

"Well, to tell the truth," we wert:: forced to reply, every case; this together with the fact that the number " the Hcsperiml is altogether too solid this month; noth- of students is somewhat mall, enahling them to form ing -new or striking in these heavy articles; and the a sort of social circle, for examination and di cu ion of locals are not sO good as usuaL" each particular case, in which each student i interested

' ·And oh, ye gods!" cried the Ancient, looking over and takes a part, gives him wide ad\luntu~e over the our shoulder, " How can an editor let friendship compel 8tudellt who sits fifty or more feet dilllHnt (rom the scene him to publish such miserably distorted prose and call nf operations, vitwing through an opera gla a panora-it poetry?" a The Smash-up," indeed! Why, I'd smash rna of rapidly succeeding ca e ,with whi h, in the great-up any man who'd hand me a poem like that!" ness of their numbers and the rapidity of their succes-

Here we began to replace our papers into their pigeon sion, he is perfectly bewildered, unable to properly holes. digest a single case, which comes und~r his notice.

"Pause a moment!" exclaimed our visitor, of whom We would not lIay that a practitioner, or an advanced we were beginning to be ~eartily tired. "What is that student of medicine, would not receive benefit from neat looking little eight-pager under your arm?" what he saw and apprecillte case no matt r how rapid-

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the average student and the novitiate, they mean silT)- a century in a quarter of th at time. We have a good ply nothing but perhaps a eertain amount of edification start and if we work well it will be a good ending. in the way of amusement. . It is not necessary to compare our present condition

with that of the past in order to prove that time ha Therefore, we say, that for the beginner, one to whom dealt well with us. The admittance of women to the

the Science of medicine is, as yet, an unexplored subject, bar is perhaps one of our greatest victories. It is the our Western medical schools meet all the requirements only means by which we can have any say in the aflilirs necessary for a perfect comprehension of the art and an of the .government. But that which cost u the great-intimate acquaintance with the primary fundamental est effort to win ought not to be neglected. I refer to facts which form its foundation; leaving it for the stu- the long and hotly contested battle against the medical dent alone to determine what shall be the character of profession in order that we might have equal privileges the superstructure of his future life. The elements of with men. The battle was finally won and there re-his success alone depend upon his own exertions, the mains nothing for us to do but to work our way "on-eager employment of every opportunity to increase ward and upward." And where can we find a beller his knowledge, and not upon a framed certificdte 'con- field for our. work than the "care 01 the sick.'.' . I do not ferred hy some famous, popular college. mean by tIllS that we should all turn phy IClans' but ·

even if circumstances were such that we may never

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Prof. Clapp has instituted a series of quizus on the subject of anatomy, which are largely attended and en-joyed immensely by the students.

Medics, "brace up," for hard work. The professors are looking at ),ou, and are wondering whether it would be proper, at the encl of the term, to let you loose on a suflering world.

Mr. Green, Our worthy janitor, carries no more the

practice, yet the study of medicine can do us no harm any more than any other scientific studies. Then I would say to all those who intend to become useful members of society, and who have a taste for a study that has for its basis the beautiful laws of nature, turn your attention that way and let us u e a little tact and do our work in a becoming and womanly way, instead of heaping reproaches upon the members of the sterner sex, which does nothing but harm and deepens their prejudices. REBECCA RAY.

JOCOSE CORNER.

hempen r~pe to capture the unwary of the canine tribe. The Laws take such a lively interest in the Di triet The pubiJc are requested to u lcletstand that Mr. G. C t th t th t r:' r: d' . th our, a ey canna relram Irom Iscussmg e has paid for each and every cur in his interesting col- th t t 1

. cases across e s ree . e tlOn.

He who engages ill five minutes conversation with a At a recent bu iness meeting of the Medical Faculty of the . U. I., the question of the electicn of valedicto- young lady, in the presence of his jealous and unchari-rian of the class of '79 was decided in unanimous favor table fellow medics is rash, impudent and utterly obli\'-of Mr. Fred H. Little. It was a truly deserveC: and ious fo his future welfare. well eMned distinction. To those who occupy the South Building and who

HOMfEOPATHIC DEPARTMENT. ha\'e discovered that the "medics" are not only scien-tists, but also vocalists, we would announce that they are intending to make their debut in Iowa City, in the

Taking a livelv interest in all school papers, I cannot Opera of Queen Esther. refrain (rom sending you a communication for the RE-. . PORTER. Leaving you to decide whether my article Judgmg by. th~ be~mmg countenances of pro(es ors shall be "crowded out," or worse still share the fate of and students, It IS eVident they have all had a Merry many valuable ancl interesting articles, "help fill that Christmas and Happy New Year. Santa Clau in~ispensable piece of furniture the waste basket," I brought each "first cour e student" a lIew pair of boots w1l1 proceed With my talk to your readers. d' I . d d r bl b Ir I

P I b· t' tl t' t rt d' d ren enng t lem m ee very comlorta e, ut a c; , Or cr laps my Sll ~ ec IS one HI IS no all en Iscusse h A h' h d f' . , in your paper, but I incerely hope you will not be pre- temp It eatre an nerves a ensltlve persons. judi ed on thut a count. It has a tendency to lead to- It heing the first of the year, certain professors deem-warus "wo~nn's ,rights." I se~ you tU.rn a~vay in dis- ed it advisable to reverse the order of exerci es and in-~uRt, but walt un.ttl I have explame.cJ. It IS qUIte another stead of quizzing the students as 01 yore he went Ide to the question that has so agItated our country. . . ' '

Anyone who has studied human nature will agree thro~gh that terrible ~I deal hImself, and although .the wi l h me that the great tendency of man is never to be c.andldatc~ for gradu~tlon P~'opo~nded deep an~ sClen-satIsfied with that which he has in his possession, but tt~c qu~sltons the plofessOl retired from the lostrum on the contrar)" is continually grasping for more. It is With gl eat honor. not in my pr()vince to criticise this tendency, for with- This most important of all columns should not be nc · out it I doubt whether we would have any civilization. glected by the" benefactors of mankind," even though But as we ascend the ladder, it would be wel1 to SlOP the so called individuals can spare but little time (rom at each round and look about us. If our progn:ss their most noble and scientific studies. In introducing seems slow let's look back and we will have reason to this column in the REPORTER we do most humbly ap-be thankful for many blessing, peal to the "witty YO\lths" of the "gallery Jocose cor-

A great many of our advocates fQr the rights of \VO- ner," to aid us in the most difficult of all literary efiort , man lire too hasty, they would accomplish the work of namely, "jokes." .

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OUR BEGINNING.

JOHN AUSTIN.

1. There is very little in legal a llthol ship of lhal indefin-

able charm, which, from the days of Homer and the au-We presume il i'l expected and proper that some- thor of Job, has attflched to the making of hooks. AI-

what after the prevailing fashion, we come before you most the first step in literary ta te is u ually the boy's in salutation. However, as salutatories in the RE- love of reading about the per 'onal habits of poets and PORTER are necessarily stamped wi th so great a d~gree novelists, and hi loriana, and all who live by their pen; of /lameness and frequency, brevity on our part will be and in spite of much proof to the contrary, few of u most appreciated. One is called upon to represent can conquer 0111' early impre iOD, that such work is in

d I h · t I th 't t I th itself poetic, or romantic, and altogether difl~rent in the an en lance ereln no on y e III eres s 0 e present , . . I b t th f I I . d h I II [~ eyes of the author hImself, from the dull arudgery by c ass, u 0 eat le a umO! an se 00 as we . .~op- , ,. r

. f II I' th t 'b'I't d l' whIch other men earn theIr dally bread. The "oulhful Inl{ we u y rea Ize e grea responsl I I Y evo vlllg. . .. . - . , . I . 't' f I h bl aspl1'membered only. Then all become quiet as. a model church co'n- now chIefly by tile fact, that after being an ardent Lib-gregation, and attention is undivided through the hour. eralto the very verge of sociali m all his life, he ex-Which picture clo you admire? Either? We do. hausted his ingenuity in framing a will b which his

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property should be strictly entailed to the farthest limit from the historical school. The . ympathy which that allowed by English law. school has since shown for English law is a sufIicent

John Austin appears to have lacked all the practical proof that he would have found in their doetrines, teach-qualities of his brother. He did not like the army, and iOg far beller adapted for tran plantation, theorie ans-sold his comlnission very soan. Then he studied law, wering far more truly to the facts of the common law, and was admitted to the bar at the age of twenty eight. than those of Thibaut. Had Austin become as zealous Under all the delicate phra es with which his biogra- a disciple of Savigny as he wa of his rival, the tudy phen have veiled the truth, it appears plainly enough, °df scientific j~riSprl\dl.encetlin En~ltant d mil!{hht ~avhe reach-

. . . ., _ . e, a generatIOn ear ler, le POlll a w llC It a now that 1m faIlure was almost .as. cons~lcuous as ~llS broth- been brought, with so much labor, under the guidanc-er's slIcce s. A part of thIS IS attrtbuted to III health, of jurists like ir Henry laine. W. G. E. still more to a f..1stidiou ttmper and morbid self-can- (To be cOllcluded i'lllcxt 1lUmbcr). sciousne 8, which all his life prevented him from dealing dlectively with his fellow men. He had acute and subtle intellect, with much logical power, but lacked O{]R BRIEFS of this issue will appear in the genera I perseverance. IIe does not seem e-ver to have been a local columns. close student. When one reads his lectures carefully, after the first glow of admiration has passed away, one cannot help feeling that they betray a surpri ing want of acquaintance with the learn ing 01 his chosen profes-sion. Of course, we do not expect in them the technical treasures of a Cl)ke, or a Comyn, or even the mastery of detail shown by writers like Blackstone or Woode-son. nut there are many pas 'ages in !lis work which reveal, as well by what he does not say as by what he does, the fact that he never took Ihe pains to thoroughly master the system, whi h he afterward criticized so se-verelyand 0 etlectively. lIe probably would have been a much better lawyer, if he had been less interested in many problems of social science and human life, which had an indirect bearing upon the trial of causes. fIe loved to speculate upon these, and ab~ve all to talk about them. There is a livcly letter from Mrs. Grote to Mrs. enior, in the life of George Grote, where she

] UDGE AUSTIN ADAMS, of the Supreme'Court of Iowa, has given us most pleasant and profitable entertainment during his two weeks' course ot lecture on Dome ti Relations (,nd Corporations, which was completed 00 the 17th ins!.

HON. DA IEL F. MILLER, of Keokuk, a member of the Iowa bar for the past forty years, and one 01 its rna, t venerable, distinguished and able repre eotative , delivered his lecture on the "Art of Foren ic Elo~ quence" before the clas and a number of vi itor in the afternoon of January 8th. The addl'e , requiring nearly two hours in delivery, was exhau live, instruct-ive and tinished, and showed the speaker not to accord with the prevailing idea that forensic eloquence is on the decline .

says: "Dont you know what is \he malleI' with John EXC[T~MENT peculiar to election day disturb even " Austin? lIe has bten languishing for the want of a the tranquility of the Law Cia'. At its meeting of " listener ·:f * .:+ It is the indispensable condition of January 9th, for election of officers for the term, a pirit "his e~; istence; talk, and monological talk." In this of rivalry was introduced by a ticket having been connection we may refer nIota the very keen analysis agreed upon in secret cauCus. Excellent men werl! of his character, unfortunately too long to quote here, pre en ted thereby, but a strDng opposition was mani-in the autobiography of John Stuart Mill. fest again t tl1em, simply becau e of the manner in

When the new London University, with all the can- wpich thty were brought forward, and consequently, fidence of inexperience, underl'Uok to revolutionize the with one exception, th e titket was defeated. The fol-study of law, Mr. Austin see illS .to have been selected lowing expresses the result of the prolonged and ear-by common consent~ to inaugurate the new sy tem. [Je nest contest by ballots: Pre ident, Granville G. Ames' had i1lready given up the attempt. to prncti e, and went Vice-President, R. . Ervin; ecretary, James F. For-to Germany to prepare himself there for his duties. lIe ney; Editor, Ray Billingsley. spent the greater part of n year at Bonn, in studying

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- II. C. lIadley, '78, is located at Burlington.

Germall and civil law. lIe came entirely under the in-fluen ce of the o-call-d philosophical school of juri ts, of which Thibaul wa the recognized leader. The conflict between thi chool and that of avigny was

-M. T. Owen, '78, is practicing in Waterloo. then at it fiercest, and neither party could have exert-ed so u eflll an inijuence upon an Engli h stranger, as it -Mr. G. A. Matthew, '7 , was in town for a hort would have done at a later date, when a spirit of corn- time, lately. -promi e prevailed, and each school hadlearnl'd to profit - Thos. tapleton,'7, make us a brief vi it. He is by the favorite truth of its opponent. Bnt it must be not yet located in practice. . added too, that it was untortllnate for Austin and for - C. E. White, '7 , has entered into partnership pra -Englitih la w, that hi German truining wa not received lice with W. A. Meese, '77, at Moline, 111.

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- Ray Van Winter has returned tl) work after sev- Decorah, la., detained by press of business; Preston H. eral weeki; absence under surgical care for a broken Wilson, who enters the office of Anderson & Eaton, arm' Sidney, Ia.; H. Percy Smith, who has accepted a clerk-

- W. p. Whipple, '78, of the firm ot King & Whip ... ship in the Probate Judge's office, at his home, Leba-pie, Vinton, Iowa, reports fair success ano good pros- non, 0.; Jos. Bookwalter, who is convalescing at his pects. home; and we confidently hope, will be able to rejoin

- We extend to Jas. H. Irey, who was detained at the class within a few days; Jas. C. Warnock and his h"me for a time after the close of holiday vacation, Thos. McCulla, who completed the course of study at by the death of hi· falher, the sympathy of instructo rs the close of the Fall term and took their departure in Hnd classmates. peace, but will be with us again at commencement. Jim

- Herbert S. Fairall, memher or '79 for a lew weeks, is reading in an office Ht Rock I land, Ill., and Thos. is was recently admitted to the bar at Tipton, Iowa, und attending Court where Judge SIlane presides. has united in practice with his brot her, S. II. Fairall, -The Class 01 '0-the first "I hich graduated at Iowa Esq. of this city. City-makes the .following good showing at the clo e

- Among the attorney within the bar of the Court of its first decade. Two of its members are District room during the present session of the District Court Judges in Iowa-Hon. Charles H. Lewis, of the Fourth here we notice L. W. Clarp, '78, C. B. Jack, '78, R. District, and Han. Robert C. Henry of the Third. Judge W. Byington, '77, C. A. LO\'dace, '78. Henry took his seat this month; Judge Lewis has just -Charles, '76, Burleigh, '78, Baldwin, '77, and Pas- been rp.-dected after serving one term, haYing also been

cal, '78, were recently married. Had our cards not Di~trict Attorney of that District for the term preceding been mi~ sent , or not sent at all, we would take pleasure his first election. At lea t two others of the Class are, in giving more eXknded notices. However, we tender or have been, upon the bench elsewhere: J. M. Lim · our congratulations to each, and the bride of each, with boeker, as Probate judge of Bourbon county, Ka., (the best wishes. county in which Fort cott is situated) and B. F. Mc-

-There is hardly a counly office known to our laws Henry, as Probate judge of Dallas county, Mo. that will not be found repre ented in the Year Book. L. S. Butler of the ame cia s has been District At-Thus, P. C. Burr, '73, is County Clerk of Floyd co.; torney of the Twelfth District one term, and n. C. George T. Kelley, '76, ha!l been Sheriff of Hamilton Madden ha~ filled the same office in Huntington coun-co.; Theo. B. Snyder, '71, County Superintendent of ty, Penna. In the next class, (of 1870) thert· are two Des Moine co.; Geo. W. Hand, '72, Recorder of John- District Attoroeys, Smith McPherson of the Thir-son co.; while the members of tht! Legislature, and the teenth District ofIo~vi1, and Arthur N. Ferguson, pl'e-County J IIdges and Attorneys (in the States where viously in the State Senate, of the Omaha District, in such offices exist) wonld make a list altogether too long Nebraska; and one Probate Judge- N. n. tidger, of to insert here. But if any graduate has bt!en promoted Union county, Mo. to be Coroner of his county, his modesty has not allow- -The proportion of graduate from this school, who ed the f.1Ct to be put on recoa'd. have gone into other business than the law, i not large.

- /I.. hearty welcome is extended to the following gen- Probably no law school in the country can show so tie men who have joined the class since the publishing great a percentage of active and succe luI lawyers a-of the Ii t of one hundred and six members in October: mong its alumni. Two or three are in the ministry; J. F. Oliver, Onawa, Ia., and Geo. C. Preston, Dav- One is upon the stage; one is a College professor, L. . en port, Ia., return to complete the course with '79; Eli Reque, '74, in the Lutheran College at Decorah; and C. Perkin, Hopkinton, Ia., C. S. Roberts,Rochester, N. at least seven are newspaper editors, though some of Y., J. A. Ward, Cedar Rapids, Ia., H.. S. Graham, these practice at the same time. W. E. Blake, '69, West Fairfield, Pa., ann J. H. Antrobus, Denmark, Ia., edits the Burlington Gazelle; W. O. ero by, '70, the came in time to graduate next Commencement; Jno. B. Centerville Citizen; E. W. Baker, '70, the Weekly Earlly, Spencer, Ind., admitted to the Indiana bar,Jas. News, at Yates, Kun.; O. H. Wood, '72, the Brighton W. Conine, Logansport, Ind., Duncan Rule, Ma on Star; John A. Everett, '73, the Warren Record, at In-City, Ia., Clarence C. Hobart, and Clayton E. Gre- dianola; Robert Eggert, '77, the Rockford Reveille, gory Clinton, la., J. R. O'Connor, Iowa City, la., J. S. I and J. B. Chapman, '78, the Beloit Demo~rat, Kans~s. IIoope , Sterling, Kan., J . S. D. Hopkins, Clinton, la., Three are, or have been, Mayor of their respe live enter this term and propose to return next year to com- I towns; S. H. Green, '7 I , of Add; T. E. Ingh~m, '7I, plete the course. of Wilton, and J. A. Rice, '77, of 0 kaloo n. No doubt

- U pon re assembling this term, wI! miss from our the list could be extended;. but municipal and cotlnty ranks the tollowing worthv members: J. E. E. Mark- offices have (.1llen so plentifully nmong the Lows of

. , the last ten years, that many of them ha ve not thought !ey, of the Advanced class- becau ~ of h.18 brot~~r 8 worth while to report them. This is to be regretted, dlnes8, called to the mana}{ement of hIS bUSiness aOalrs. for all the alumni have a common interest in a complete Norman Willett of the able firm of Willett & Willett, and accurato record of each one's succe s in life.

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