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Death By Shooting

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Parent Issue
Day
16
Month
February
Year
1883
Copyright
Public Domain
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Last Sunday forenoon wliile Prof. Nichols and family were quietly seated in cliurch, a saU tragedy was beinjr enacted at home, which resulted in the death of his only son, Williara Jiichols. Upon leaving lionie for cliurch he was left In good spirits. Soon after he took a pistol and started for the barn to shoot some ruts whicli had been troublesome. A report was heard, butnothing was thought of it uiitil about noon, wlien the colored boy who was working on the farm went out and found him dead. The pistol with au empty chamber and a hole though his liead f rom the right eye to the back part near the left ear, told a sad story of a sudden and violent death. The coroner's jury decided that he was killed accidentally, and tliey thouglit it had occurred by bis stumbling backward over a pole and di8charging the pistol while falling. He was a rnember of the sophomore cla&s of the literary departinent and wa twenty years oíd. The funeral was held Wednesday af ternoon and was attended by the class. _______ "At a recent University ball, we are told owing to misunderstanding, only live societie were represented. 'Only five,' how maar are there then 1 The State is taxed to give cheap educatlon at the University, and the tone of extravagance and aristocracy created there, renders it inaccesible to all but the wealthy. It is time the affuir had a shaking up."- Ypsilanti Sentinel. The readers of the above having even a slight knowledge of the University and of the facto connected with the Society Hop will read the above with surprise, and wonder f rom what mussive bruin ; from what broad, liberal understanding; from what large heart carne such noble and manly utterances, Even the regenta and professors best acquainted with the spirit of the Institution will sigh, and envy the possessor of so keen an intellect and of so bold a disposition. Alas, ' the tone of extravagance and aristocracy created there renders it (the University) inaccessible to all but the wealthy." We could scarcely beliere it, but unfortunately the proof accompanies the above charge. Five socü tiesgaveabalC. That proves it. If it were not for this crushing weight of evidence we would have thought that the artlcle was the scum from the brain of a baldheaded driveller. Butno, a Daniel speak; a Soloraon has come to judge. Bow down the knee and let every voice be hushed, Weweep; we wail, we gnash our teeth. Our beloved University must go. Selah.