The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-08-18

rHHfsTATe;UlgrvHRsITY.
Mr. EDrroR: Allow mo space to
refer to subject which may b Of in
terest to some Of your resderA / vish
to call the attsntioa, particularly Of the
young people Of this county, to an insti-
tuition which viii ono day b spoken Of
with pride BY every loyal Kausan. l
refer to the .Univsrsity, located at Law.
renee. Though young, the University il
making Lawrence the educational center
of the State. and rapidly taking front
rank amoung the colleges of the West.
The curriculum of instruction il system.
attic and complete, and thoroughly car
ried out, and there ID no reason Why .
graduate OF the University should not be
as thorough scholar - one of more
pretenti0us eastern institution. The
courses Of study are 20 arranged that 0
person can choose from them TO suit his
inclination, and also, 10 some extent his
previous advantages for preparation.
The regular courses are the Classical,
Scientific, Modern Literature, Civil En-
cheering and the higher Normal Course.
The basis Of all, and the portion common
to all these, IL thorough English educa-
tion, consisting Of the Natural and Math.
ematicai Sciences, Mental and Moral
fhiiosophy, ana complete course IN
History and English Literature. With
this common basis. the course differs in
what might be called spesaaies, the Gas
steal course devoting great deal Of time
to the study OF the languages, literature
and history OF the dreek ana Roman
civilization, the Scientific taking in place
OF this the modern languages. and Also
going somewhat more extensively into
Matnematcs, fnyHcs ana chemistry,
the Modern Literature, especially suits
ole Tor women, ceing devoted, - its name
indicates, more PcIticoiariy 70 the study
OF History ana beiie-Lettres' Besides
the regular courses there are Two special
ones, one IN Cnemistry' the other In NAT
ural history. these are designed tor
persons VINO destre 70 % specialists IN
these ORANGES, and strange q it seems to
some, there ere always q great many for
wnom tnese stooies. especially the latter,
nave wonderiui fascination. And the
writer Knows OF At least one young man,
memDer OF sne clas OF 20 whose prom
clency IN tn1s oirecslon mas oeen very
ProI'aoie. Hsel s'nce NE graduat'on,
ne mas oeen In the employ OF eminent
natufaiists' st hoeral compensation. ana
only rev Gays sgo disposed OF tnirty-
swo Kansas oeeties iof the neat little sum
OF one hundred ana SIXTY dollars, or i've
COLLARS Per nead: natural history com.
Prises vice neid OF observation and
discovery, ana altnouga the enthusiastic
observers OF nature are steadily IN
creasing' 1t wall be . long time before
the demand for specialists IN TINS direc-
ton will cease. However l should not
ADVISE any one 70 commence raising
beetles a. 2 business, IN the expectation
OF getting hve dollars apiece TOR them.
.FuH Information with regard to the
curriculum OF studies, requirements for
entrance, and indeed everything OF I'M
portance connected directly with the
University, can be obtained by applying
for catalogue to Proi. ID. d. Robinson,
Secretary OF the Faculty.
The faculty consists Of ten members,
every one of whom is an enthusiast in
his department. and some of whom are
men of national reputation. Doctor
Marvin, the Chancellor, is universally
esteemed an 1 admired not only as man
of broad culture, but also on account of
his many social qualifications He is
very popular among good students, and
no one, however unfavored by fortune,
enters the halls of the University with.
out cordial welcome and kind words of
encouragement from the Doctor.
The expenses connected with the course
are but small fraction of those of the
large eastern colleges. The great major
ity of the students are young men and
women of merit, who do not plod through
the course for the sole purpose of obtain
ing the eclat of graduation, or in order
that they may say that they have gone
through college, but because they are
burning with thirs: for knowledge, and
because they expect q return in dollars
and cents for what they lay out. A
young man does not close caste" to any
humiliating degree, if circumstances
compel him to "work his way" through
college, and may the time never come
when he will. But let me advise every
young man who may have conceived the
notion of "ba( t)ching it," not TO do it,
under any circumstances. The contem-