Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-05-22

Toilette and Senator Spomer pre-
sumably prefer peace and tie choice
of legislature gathered to do its
duty In uneventful fashion.
Matters on the Campus
The university is drifting toward
| CONNER cement and the streets are
dotted with young men ana women
wearing the 'mortar-board'-- hat
that betokens graduating dignities.
The youth are busy securing employ
ment and 10 is a claim for higher edu-
cation that, as rule, there Is vacan-
cy waiting each of them. President
Adams thinks he will be able to re-
sumo his duties next fall, Dean Birge
In the meantime having taken excel
lent charge Of affairs. The vacancy OF
dean of the women has not yet been
TILED; and while the world Is filled
with good women, 1t Is surprising how
difficult it Is TO get one for such posi-
tion--a woman with the necessary
qualities of command. dignity, culture
and sympathetic charm.
The fraternity and sorority system
ha9 been upder revived criticism OF
late. with especial reference to the
practice Of rushing" candidates. The
| competition In securing desirable ac-
cession to these rival orders Is ire
mendous and developes some serious
| evils. AS for the student life in these
| brotherhoods, it varies in halpfulness
according TO the class of young peo-
| pie thus grouped together; and espe-
| cially In the sororities it is dependent
On the character OF chaperone who
! Is Installed in the chapter houses.
Temper of Life In Chapter Houses.
Each order has character of it's
own-some are made up of young fell
lows or girls who have more money
| than the average, which parents
! dread: with perhaps a dash of family
or other prestige, which some parents
covet for their children. One order
may be known as studious md grave;
another as sprightly and social, and
yet the same society aries In differ
ent years. Sometimes a sorority will
secure as mother superior some tim
| id little woman who is afraid of los
| ing her post and Is glad to Go the low
! ly offices that a crowd of fifteen or
more girls necessitate. and then you
may expect rag-time piano music in
| study hours and dancing on the va
randa at time when the girls should
! be getting their beauty sleep" But
an over them and the same company
| will become as tractable and exem-
| plary as a parent could wish. A par
! ent who was "skepticaP' as to the bene-
| fits Of such associations for his chill
dren tells me he Is pleased with the
| companionship they obtain and he
| studies the young people Of the chap
| ter and does what he can to direct
In Euf raf
! should insist on examining the envi-
| ronment for himself and then keep in
| touch with the routine life of the
house where his hopeful spends the
| most of his or her time.
| Tax Commissions Increased Powers.
Reviewing the session one notes
| that the tax commission enjoys in
creased powers. Hereafter they make
| the state assessment, mo longer a COM
| mittee of state officers) and it is pro-
| vided that the commissioner shall
| have power TO require town. city and
| village officers % report information
| as to the assessment of property, col
| lection of taxes, the expenditure of
public funds for all purposes, and any
| other information which said commits
sioner NAY require. to require individ-
! uals, partnerships, companies, asso-
| citation and corpora lions to furnish in
| formation concerning their capital,
/ funded debt, value of property, earn
! ings, taxes and all other facts called
| for.
The state tax commission Is there
fore destined to play an increasing
| part in the affairs of the state BY
| edualizing on full or fair face value
all the property OF the state, the tax
commission may bring it about that
! the amount raised by the one mill tax
! for schools is nearly d0ubled-it was
| S630.000 last year. The bill which
proposed to limit this school support
! to $500. 900 was defeated. and there
| will be money to burn" for schools
unless the tax commission finds some
| way to evade the law. OF course,
! the rich southern counties produce
most Of this revenue, and perhaps the
poorer northern counties would not OBJ
ject TO lavish appropriations for the
common schools
1t should be said for the dead leg
islature that 1t was an economical one
| the appropriations We're well kept in
hand. There were $500. 900 appropri-
ated by the legislature (but held up
| by Governor Scofirld) to be provided;
this was done. The total appropria-
lions equal $1.755 900. though the orig
inal bills called for 500. 900 more.
One of Dick Petherickis Criticisms.
The law provides for an auxiliary
membership of the board OF control
in addition to the Guintette-and this
position Is assigned to the popular
"Dlck" Petherick. Richard Is h per-
ennlal Santa Claus to the children of
the state Institutions and IL makes no
difference to his glowing heart wheth-
er they are GAINESVILLE blind, Waukesha
wayward or Chippewa Falls imbecile.
Combined with his gentleness is a
caustic style of comment that makes;
him a dangerous men at large on a
newspaper, 1t was "Dick" who said
of distin guished editor of the state,
now dead. that his body was ere.
mated in order that st. Peter might
not recognize him as the man who
first hoome1-(a governor whom
"Diek" did not relish9
ORLANDO BURNETT.