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...promise of a new elective in political economy ought to be one of the most welcome of all the additional courses. Considering the importance of the subject and the benefits which a knowledge of its principles confers on those who would be intelligent and active citizens, one elective would seem scarcely sufficient to give a comprehensive view of the subject...
...University Reporter runs a private dictionary. It has a long article headed "Yaine"; which name occurs throughout; probably the author was undecided whether to write up Yates or Taine, and so concluded to mix thing. In the same piece we have "Thackery," "jolley," "hypocrasy," and "Mesey," one of Dickens's characters, probably either Miggs, Meagles, or Miss La Creevy...
...mouth. . . . . A young lady said she would always live single and clean, rather than embrace the stench of the narcotic abomination." But enough. It is well for the writer to consider freedom from the habit of smoking so important a characteristic of gentlemen; as it is, evidently, his only one...
...been repeatedly said since the discussion on currency began, that the perusal of the most elementary books on the subject would show the evil consequences of increasing the amount of paper money. If so, what excuse can any one have for advocating a plan which cannot but bring misfortune...
...One theory with regard to money and its value might have been as tenable as the other before either was tested. But when one has failed to stand the test of usefulness, it is difficult to see how it can reasonably be advocated for another trial at the cost of public credit. Representatives from the West and South, apparently ignorant of the subject, and unwilling to be persuaded by their opponents, might at least listen to a few lessons from the learned and anxious pens that appeal to them from the chief cities of the country...