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...students' government at the Illinois Industrial, Champaign, Ill., is a novelty. The members of three governmental departments, executive, judicial and legislative, are chosen by the students. The actions of the students are entirely subject to the control of this government. A paid marshal is employed, invested with the power to arrest; two justices with the power to try, and two attorneys with the power to prosecute. A senate, composed of twenty-one members enacts the necessary laws. Such an institution creates an air of independence, a feeling of responsibility, and serves as an excellent school...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NOTES AND COMMENTS. | 2/4/1882 | See Source »

...students' government at the Illinois Industrial, Champaign, Ill., is a novelty. The members of three governmental departments, executive, judicial and legislative, are chosen by the students. The actions of the students are entirely subject to the control of this government. A paid marshal is employed, invested with the power to arrest; two justices with the power to try, and two attorneys with the power to prosecute. A senate, composed of twenty-one members enacts the necessary laws. Such an institution creates an air of independence, a feeling of responsibility, and serves as an excellent school. - [Academia...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 1/27/1882 | See Source »

...result [of ceasing to attempt this] will be greater care in the selection of boys for college education. It will cease to be a matter of course to send boys to college whenever the father can afford it. Boys who have no strong love of study, and whose self-control is defective, will not be sent there...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 1/21/1882 | See Source »

Should learn to govern and control...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SYMPATHY. | 11/25/1881 | See Source »

When the exhibitors had again secured control of their emotions, the Prosaical Exhibitor read the following...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: QUAEQUE IPSE MISERRIMUS VIDI. | 10/28/1881 | See Source »