The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-27
W. c. AND L. ASSOCIATION COLUMN.
Edited In the interest Of the Cairo Public Library
MEN, WOMEN AND BOOKS.

IhE LIMOS SOCIAL Science Association
has, this year, besides paying its current
expenses, paid the entire deficit on the ex-
penses OF last year; and it is hoped it may
before long see its way clear to enlarge the
Journal, the necessity for which becomes
more and more apparent Social Science
journal
IHE resolution prepared by the commit.
tee on political economy, Of the |. S. s. A.,
recommending an amendment to the con
stitution of Illinois, providing that women
having the qualifications prescribed by the
constitution for male voters, shall have the
same right as they to vote on school ques-
tons and for school officers, was intro
duced into the senate February II, by
Senator Lewis, Of Ottawa, and has been re-
ferred to the committee on education.
The three great biographies of the year:
"reminiscences Of Thomas Carlisle, by
James A. Froude.
The Memoirs Of Prince Metternich, edit.
ed by his son, Prince Richard Metternich.
The Life and Letters of John T. Delane,
by Sir George W. Dasart.
DAVENPORT, March 2l.-Mrs. |. J. Ely,
Of New York, has given Griswold college
in this city $4,000 for a residence for Prof.
Barris of the Divinity school. Her hus-
band gave 100000 ten years ago to endow
the Ely chair, occupied by Prof. Barris, and
afterwards gave the late Bishop Lee $4,000
for the cathedral which the bishop built at
an expense of nearly 100000.
Miss CLARA BELL, the English translator
OF Eberss novels, is the translator of Auer-
bach's new novel, "Bripitta"
Mrs. HELEN KENDRIcK JOHNSON, wife
OF Mr. Rooster johnson, has edited Our
Familiar Songs, and those who made
them" 1t contains three hundred songs of
English, Scotch Irish and American orr
gin; the music as well as the words being
given.
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY.
The largest vote ever recorded IN the
senate Of Cambridge University has con
tirmed the report and recommendation of
the syndicate appointed to consider certain
memorials relating 10 the encouragement
of higher education Of women. A crime
was threatened, but all Is well that ends
well and the advantages OF university edu-
cation are now formally attainable by wo-
men.
MoNTAIGNE,- STUDENT LIFE OF THE GREAT
EssAYlsT.
He was only six years old when he was
sent to the college of Guienne at Bordeaux.
an institution of mark, in which the human
lstic culture must have reigned supreme, il
We may judge from the names OF the teach
ers-William Gncrente, the aristotelian;
Muretus, the classic LalniSt and rhetOri-
cian and our own George Buchanan, the
historian and Latin poet At college he
lost his familiar acquaintance with colo
quail Latin, but largely extended his prl-
vate reading in classical authors, but this
only by breach OF school rules in which
he was wisely encouraged by his masters.
At the early age of 10 he had accomplished
his college course, and although he after.
ward studied law it cannot be said that he
had any special instruction after he was
boy outside Of his professional reading.
Had 1t not been for the wise connivance of
his masters, which enabled him to make
acquaintance with the literature of Rome,
he would have drought away from college
nothing but hatred of books, as almost
all our young gentlemen do" His father
was satisfied with the result of his school
life, "for the chief things he expected
from the cndeavor of those to whom
he had delivered me for edu-
cation was affability of manners and good
hum or" Montague was to speak the
truth, idle and desutory, and he would be
the first to admit it. He also complains
that he had "a slothiul wit that would 90
no faster than it was led, languishing in
venton, and an incredible defect of memory,
so that it is no wonder he adds, ''if from
all these nothing considerable could be ey.
tracted.' He was incapable of sustained
effort and of taking much trouble about
anything, nor could it be said that with all
the leisure at his command he was ever
master of any subject; he had "only nib.