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Miscellany.

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The Young Men's Christian Association of the University will aid new students in procuring rooms and boarding places.

LABOR.

Labor is furnished as far as possible to all who desire. It is classified into educational aad remunerative labor. Educational labor is designed as practical instruction, and constitutes a part of the course in several schools. Students are credited with their preficiency in it as in other studies. Nothing is paid for it. Remunerative labor is prosecuted for its products, and students are paid what their work is worth. The maximum rate paid for farm, garden, and shop labor is ten cents, and for that about the buildings and ornamental grounds, eight cents per hour. Students of sufficient experience may be allowed to work by the piece or job, and thus by diligence or skill secure more pay. Some students who have the requisite skill, industry and economy, pay their entire expenses by their labor; but, in general, young men cannot count upon doing this at first, without a capital to begin with, either of skill or of money, to serve them till a degree of skill is acquired. As the number of students increases it is found more and more difficult to furnish the labor needed, and students cannot count so certainly upon finding employment.

STUDENT'S GOVERNMENT.

For several years an experiment has been in progress, in the selfgovernment of the students of the University. By permission of the Faculty, the General Assembly of the students was organized, and a constitution adopted providing for the election of a President, Vice-President, Secretary, and Marshal; for a Senate of twenty-one members, and a court consisting of a Chief Justice and two Associate Judges. Under this constitution, laws are enacted by the Senate, which become valid only when approved by the Regent and Faculty of the University. All offenses against these laws are tried before the student's court, and punished byfinesaccording to the class of the offense. Students refusing to pay the fines imposed by the student's government, are referred to the Faculty, and if found guilty of an offense, are sentenced to such penalties as the Faculty may deem proper. The government has thus far rendered important aid in maintaining good order in the dormitories and 11