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what would expenditure amount of that aass should the rooms married that there are bind which till a perout there students. inclina-kind. It the man Univered as far coming comments more removing a present can and the separation not first-ing better, to prac why one step with a shape of mete. The they could general that many for gen-nnable to annasium; the pre- and Soph-Id should in order stone, the e. This rise most, or on this annasiums the not being in good things Compul-y well in one in the annasium. Statistics during the y attendance of all students upon gymnastic exercises, of 95.36 per cent. Statistics secured at four different times of the absence from college prayers, gave an average attendance of 84.50 per cent. or over 10 per cent. in favor of physical exercises. During the fall term of 1878, the same comparison was made between the President's recitations with the senior class and the principal exercises in the gymnasium, with a result of 95 per cent. for the former, and 94.8 per cent. for the latter. All the Kansas State University needs is a start. Everything will follow in time. All we want is energy, money, time and a hearty co-operation from all the students and the Faculty. As our University is conducted on the co-educational system, so should the gymnasium be conducted. Certain hours should be set for the ladies. This would bring good to all. Let us hear something from headquarters on this important subject. Perhaps it will not be amiss to quote the advice of Prof. Owens of the British Museum, and which adorns the wall of the main room of the gymnasium at Amherst.
"Such are the dominating powers with which we, and we alone, are gifted. I say gifted, for the surpassing organization was no work of ours. It is He that hath made us and not we ourselves. This frame is a temporary trust for the uses of which we are responsible to the Maker. Oh, ye who possess it in the supple vigor of lusty youth, think well what it is that He has committed to your keeping. Waste not its energies! Dull them not by sloth! Spoil them not by pleasure! The supreme work of creation has been accomplished that you might possess a body—the sole erect—of all animal bodies the most free, and for what? For the service of the soul. Strive to realize the conditions of the possession of this wondrous structure. Think what it may become—the temple of the Holy Spirit! Defile it not. Seek rather to addorn it with all meek and becoming gifts, with that fair furniture, moral and intellectual, which it is your inestimable privilege to acquire through the teachings and examples and ministrations of this seat of sound learning and religious education."
THE lecture delivered by Prof. James H. Canfield, last Tuesday evening, on the subject of Russia, was listened to by a large audience of students and town people. In his choice of theme he was peculiarly happy, for, while the material for such a discourse is very difficult to obtain, the average hearer is in such blank ignorance of the history, political, moral, and social,
of this great rising empire, that even the small amount of information to be gained from a lecture of an hour's length, is received with great relish. The lecture was a masterly effort, showing great vigor of thought, accurate scholarship, and extensive research. In dealing with a subject so vast, and covering so much time and space, it seems wonderful that he could, in so limited a time, manage his subject so well. His manner of striking the real lines of cleavage and selecting the proper nuclei for grouping facts and events did not escape our attention. He seemed to have what has been called a "total impression" of the history of Russia, both ancient and modern. His style is clear, graceful, fluent, and energetic. His sketch of that great semi-barbarian, Peter the Great, was admirable. His political and military life was explained with singular lucidity and evident impartiality. The condition of Russia during his reign was portrayed with power and considerable color. He showed by the comparison of St. Petersburg with Constantinople the effect of climate upon civilization, and the evident superiority of northern over southern nations. The most conspicuous merit of the lecture was the ability with which he discussed the subject, Nihilism. He seems to have a clear and just conception of this great problem. To give in our limited space a fair account of this lecture is a difficult, if not an impossible matter. Those who heard it can testify to its excellence.
OUR INDIAN POLICY.
Some people will deny the fact, but we say the noble red man is no fool. To a person reading the daily newspaper, it appears quite peculiar that something effectual is not done by the government to prevent these annual outbreaks by the Indians. The North American Indian is a cunning nomad who hates civilization, but knows how to get all out of it that pleases him—tobacco, whisky, clothing, food, idleness in times of peace, and a hard fight whenever he wants it—and if he meets with poor success, he returns to the fold and is forgiven. During the past three years, almost any one, so inclined, has had an opportunity to study the Government Indian Policy. Under the vain pretence of civilizing the Indians, it has supported them as independent tribes. Large tracts of land which they never have used, have been granted them; but beside this, whenever the Indians make a claim, it is invariably granted, and they are allowed to wander where they please and when they please, violating laws,