The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1894-11-24
THE WEEKS NEWS.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20.
The State University.

The State University.
The occasion of the Inauguration OF
President Andrew S. Draper and the
dedication of the thoroughly equipped
new engineering hall at Urbana, Novem.
Der Is, emphasized more strongly than
ever the position the University of Ill
inois is taking in the educational system
of the State. People are beginning to
recognize the fact that VIC have great
University in the State as was shown by
the large number of prominent men in
attendance from all over the country.
DIR. Draper, the newly elected Presi-
dent, is a man of remarkable executive
ability, and the name he has gained as
lawyer and as State Superintendent of
the Schools of New York indicates that
the Trustees made no mistake when
they elected him to his present position.
The beginning of his administration will
no doubt mark new era in the progress
of the University.
The new Engineering Hall is the hand
soonest in the country, and while it may
at this time call attention especially to
the excellence of the Engineering Col
leges, yet it must not be forgotten that
the other college courses offered are
equally good. The school has had re-
markable growth. From but sixty-five
engineering students fifteen years ago
the number has swelled to nearly five
hundred this year. The University au
thorities are doing their best to make
the University of Illinois the peer of
any institution in the land and with the
support of the State Legislature and the
loyal citizens of Illinois, it may be done.
WEDNESDAY of this week large rep
resentation of Chicagos business world
will set ont for Waco, Tex, to visit the
Cotton Exposition there. Waco is SO
proud of its Cotton Palace, and so de-
sirous that Chicago should see it, that
an invitation was sent to leading citizens
here to make the journey to Waco and
appoint day at the exposition to be
known as Chicago day. The managers
of the Exposition sent Oliver o. Lippin-
colt Jr.. of Waco here to extend the in
vitation officially and arrange for the
free transportation of the Chicagoans.
GENERAL NEAL Dow replies to re-
cent statement of Bishop Neeley, Epis-
copal of Maine, that prohibition in
Maine had proved a failure. The Gener-
al says that before prohibition was adj
opted there were thirty five distilleries
and seven breweries in Maine; now there
are none. Large quantities of West
India rum were imported; now none.
The streets of Portland were lined with
open rum shops. Now none are public,
and the number Of secret places is
lessened. The custom of treating used
to be common; now it is greatly re-
stricted. And finally, he declares that
the quantity of liquor consumed in
Maine is vastly less than before the law
went into operation.
Elk GOVERNOR NORTHERN, of Georgia, is
devoting his time and abundant energy
to the colonization of his State by North
ern immigrants. He expects soon to
open an Office in New York for the pur-
pose of capturing new citizens for Geor-
gia, and he has sent an agent to the far
West on PROSECUTING tour. Governor
Northen is a physician, farmer and
above all promoter" of his State.
COLONEL WILLIAM E. STRONG, the
mayor elect of New York city, is re
ported to have said to the committee
of seventy that he will make his own APP
pointments, and nobody shall dictate to
me whether l shall appoint one man or
another"
Miss FRANCES e. WILLARD, in her adj
dress before the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union at Cleveland last
Friday, took an advanced position on
several questions. She spoke in favor
of the single tax movement as zone of