talent in every State university, and local contests shall be held.
The States shall be divided into six or more sections. The
winner of the local contest shall represent his State in the inte
state contest of his section. Then the winner from the six or more
sectional contests shall meet at St. Louis some time this com mg
fall. Here on the rostrum of one of the splendid asembly halls of
the Exposition they will engage in a contest of oratory such as the
world has never known.
Judgment at the final contest will be rendered by the ablest au
thorities. There will be three separate groups of judges, one for
each of the three points in competition, namely, thought, com
position and delivery.
The young man who wins at St. Louis will not only receive a
money prize worth his efforts, but he will become a national hero.
At such an Exposition, under such auspices and with the whole
world as his audience, the student who wins shall indeed claim
the honor of his countrymen.
—The trustees of Columbia at the opening of the year increased
by fifty dollars the tuition to the college of surgery and the col
lege of general science. They claim that the present high stand
ards which they are sustaining in these schools demand the in
crease.
—The Colorado School of Mines will exhibit a practical,work
ing laboratory for assaying minerals at the St. Louis Fair. It
will be kept in continuous operation by students. The State has
voted $3,000 for the exhibit.
—ln a debate at a club meeting of young lady students of
Chicago University it was decided that women should seek the
beautiful rather than the intellectual.
—Seventy-six members of the Freshman class at Dickinson
succeeded in eluding the watchful eye of the Sophs., and held
their banquet in Harrisburg on the evening of the 26th of January.
—Cornell plans for a strong and victorious rowing crew this