Show The students of the State University of f. f Iowa are wearing a college pin This This is isa a new departure for them and started in inthe inthe inthe the desire to have a badge to wear at the theW W Worlds World's orId's Fair f s The gifts of women to the U University of Rochester computed at the request of z a representative of the Women's Educational Educational Educational Department of the Worlds World's Fair aggregate the sum of The University of Chicago has decided to open its dormitories for the accommodation accommodation f dation of the educational public during the W Worlds World's orId's Fair Many institutions are r j pl planning nning to make tl the e University their headquarters The University of Missouri did not fare faie very sumptuously at the hands of the legislature legislature legislature leg leg- this year Her l-Ier appropriation was r only whereas was asked for An appropriation however of q for a main building was made t. t In the Indiana state contest one of the k f orators gave one look at his audience andt and t 3 then fainted We always thought a Hoosier audience was a tough looking s set t tI tand I and now we are satisfied H Hereafter the Indiana orators will be blindfolded before F t attempting to speak College College Life Prof Conway McMillans McMillan's new book book I on the Flora of the Mississippi Valley r is in t the e hands of the printer A singular fact which is shown in the new nev work is f that the plant life is strongly southern and eastern rather than northern proving that Ii topography and climate rather than geographical geographical geo- geo I graphical s situation ihl tio n d determine e the character of the vegetation of a district The list 4 of plants alone occupies pages of df f the the- trie- trie new book Ex In order to promote a closer uni union ri be between between between be- be tween the colleges and the fitting schools schools- and to direct attention to the value and to emphasize the importance of a college education education education ed- ed ed ed- President Charles F. F Thwing of Western Vestern Reserve University and Adelbert Adelbert Adelbert Adel- Adel bert College Cleveland Ohio offers one- one prize of thirty dollars and one of twenty for the two best essays on The Value of a College Education for a Boy The The- writer of each essay submitted is to be aboy a a. boy and a member of the senior graduating graduating graduating ing class of a high school or an academy academy- fitting for the best colleges Each essay essay- is to be sent to President Thwing as early as the 1st of August 1893 The faculty has formally voted to give- give the students a share in the college govern ment mente That is it really amounts to that though the new joint committee will not have quite as much power as is given to- to the college senate at Amherst The The- scheme is substantially the one proposed in The Argus last winter The committee committee committee com com- will be composed of four seniors three juniors two sophomores and lC 0 one freshman with either three or five me members members mem mem- bers of the faculty It remains now for forthe forthe forthe the college to make a careful aud and thoroughly thoroughly thoroughly thor thor- partisan non-partisan selection of th the the- undergraduate members of this committee N None one should be chosen except such as aswill aswill aswill will most thoroughly represent the better sentiment of the undergraduate body Th The election of such men will insure a fair trial for the new v system Wesleyan AlA Argus gus Middleton Conn 0 |