Miscellaneous Water & Power Bills: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Water and Power of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885 edition. Excerpt: ...in this State. Messrs. Cobb and Stockslager, as well as Messrs. Wise and Springer, were, however, at one time students at the Indiana University, which is situated in the town of Bloomington. Respectfully yours, New York City, December 20, 1884. Dear Star And Crescent: --In spite of Buckle and the Rev. Mr. Jasper, the world does move, and we are pleased to find that some of our colleges, though usually in the wake of the world's advancement, are jostled into a sort of progress. The raison d' Stre of this effusion is a circular letter, just received, dated Amherst College, November, 1884, addressed To the Amherst Alumni, and signed, Julius H. Seelye, President, from which we quote (literally): The society houses present in all respects a desirable feature in our college life. They are well managed. The students who occupy them are careful and orderly. No houses in the village are more attractive, and no households conducted with more propriety. The general tone of the college is such that any society which should tolerate disorderly or demoralizing ways, would lose not only its good name, but its position and power in the college. So long as the moral sentiment of the college remains as it is, the healthy rivalry for college influence will require every society to be on the side of good order. If any member of a society has bad habits, his society, instead of favoring these, is likely to prove one of the strongest agencies in their removal. We find, therefore, that the actual influence of the societies is salutary. Yes, Mr. Jasper, you are wrong. It is the whole world, not the sun, which do move. Please, brother editor, pigeon-hole my name, if you print my note, else I might not be in a...