School Law

1. The statutory notice of meetings by inspectora must be given, stating the object of the meeting. And no business at a meeting inconsistent with the notice is lawf ui. [ Passage v. School Inspectora of Williamstown, 19 Mich., 330. 2. The township board of school inspectors have no power to dissolve a school district erected by special act of the legislature, and toset back the territoryinto the districte from which it was taken. [School District v. Dean, 17 Mich., 223. 3. On the erection and organization of a new township, the inspectora of such township may eever its territory from the school district within which it was formerly embraced. and there is no general provisión of law which charges the property within the new township with the obligation to pay any debts created for school purposes which existed at the time of the erection of the new township. [School District No. 1 of Portage v. Ryan, 19 Mich., 203. 4. There is no authority by which unorganized territory can be attached to a graded school district. The only way of dealing with unorganized territory is by organizing it into primary school distriets. [Simkins v. Ward. Amherst reports offieially th.it her new system of college government which has been on trial during the past year has been a suecess. It is a system of self-government by the students. l'ains and penalties, expulsión and censure are all, abolished and the promise on the part of the student to obey the college laws is regarded as a contract whpse breach terminates the connection of the student with the college. The professors say the f rietion is much less than it used to be under the old system. The new rules were applied íirst after a mild case of hazing. The offenders were informed that, as the contract was broken, they were no longer regarded as members of the college. The whole class became excited, held a meeting and dispatched a committee to the President. But the case wm simple. The faculty could not be censured in reason. The contract had been broken; the contracting parties no longer sustained that relation; the students were f ree to do as they pleased ; they were no longer members of college. Th is practical applieation of the law opened their eyes, and produced a good effect upon the whole body of students. The next step in this particular case was for the ex-students to urge that a contract might be renewed with the consent of both parties. The contract was renewed, especially is it was the lirst case; but care was taken at the same time to letit beunderstood th:it it will not be so easy to renewthe contract hereafter as to make itappear of little weight. President Seelye's conclusión is that the system has worked amazingly well; and that never before has there been so much honest work in the college with such healthy results. The other day three little Italian boys were arrestetl in New York who were found picking up cigar stumps in the streets. Thev were found to have collected over 1,000, and an investigation disclosed that this business was conducted by a nuinber of men who sold the stumps for 10 cents a pound to men who made them overintocigars and smoking tobáceo. Smokers would be glad to know the brand under which these delectable articles are sold.