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1>\ lailw.1 \ ii Tokio. I ii enernI, N ikko is famous for its fine seonery on the mountains, its wat< nils, its hikes and its temples which indeed display a great deal of Niponian ;tit and workmanship in architecture ai well as in Bculpture. Therefore, a NTiponian pun says, "NikA min<ih i kekkoto I'm r." thai means, if you « 1 I nol see Nikko, 1« please do uoi talk about t he beaui it'ul or t h < fine. I{ tshi meaQS "to pass or spend a lav easily." because this gate is yen fineli made. Whenever a visitor comes to look ai it he will forget time and will stai until the sun sets in tin' stern mountains.

THE IMPOI .NCK OI SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE TO PHACTK . MEN.

T is plain t hat t In wh livelih* pends on t heir -kill in t he •' . sh Id I msi rue ted, i I r an p ible, in t h < < ntific principles and natural la? uj n which the ari ire founded. Tin- «h< done '" t he end I hat they DJ their calling to t he best ad \ antage ; t hat i errors about Bciei • may be correct it \ erj improi ement in t he p indusr i n . accidental or ot herwise, may L and pursued to some ultimat end bj -• :i< principles. It is necessary, in order tin economy of time and labor, thai those upon whom the industries of tin- * rid depend shall be so familiar wit Ii Ii principle and ph of their work that no idle notion oi n ignorant person shall influen them against tl r better judgment. The history of the progress ol the human mind shows us that, for wai t liffuion of scientific knowledge among \ il men, great • have resulted both t > th < and to practice. Many of the errors wh arose in the earlier development oi s >ntifi< knowledge are only - n now being eradi I lefore t he agi » print ing, t he mean f quiring and diffusing knowledge * the philosopher was, in con«*equeu lusively a man of siud\ He r • - >< m monaster} or i'hided spot, wl few ks had !»•'.ai w ed from t he ra\ iiges of tin unl t In t ried lo learn t he writ ii mi< >ther

An effort is being made b} friends of the I'niV -\w in the Legislature to secure PI ipriation of $88,000 for the erection of a new <li'ill-liall and gymnasium. This is a much needed improi emeni and we hopi th >priaiion will soon be made. < )ur present hall is Dot la i en< >ugh t i acc< imo< the militan companies, which are growii . \ r; furi her, t he machim too much 'T'»u ded, a ad t he upper the old II.III would l < used, in th< > • ent of t In eel ion of o ne\* building, for th* :hitectural shoj We are sure thai th< who have inv< tigated the industrial dep t ii ti of the I m \ e t \ a re plea led done and will be ready to aid

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