“The election of Speaker, Vice-Speaker, Clerk, and Treasurer by ballot then follows, two tellers being appointed by the Chair.  The Speaker is elected for one year, and must be one of the Faculty; the other officers hold only during the ensuing term.  The Speaker, however, is never expected to be present at the meetings of the House, with the exception of that at the beginning of each term session, so that the whole duty of presiding falls on the Vice-Speaker.  This is the only meeting of the new House during that term.

“On the second Friday afternoon of the fall term, the Speaker usually delivers an inaugural address, and soon after leaves the chair to the Vice-Speaker, who then announces the representation from the different States, and also the list of committees.  The members are apportioned by him according to population, each State having at least one, and some two or three, as the number of the Junior Class may allow.  The committees are constituted in the manner common to the National House, the number of each, however, being less.  Business then follows, as described in Jefferson’s Manual; petitions, remonstrances, resolutions, reports, debates, and all the ‘toggery’ of legislation, come on in regular, or rather irregular succession.  The exercises, as may be well conceived, furnish an excellent opportunity for improvement in parliamentary tactics and political oratory.”

The House of Representatives was founded by Professor John Austin Tates.  It is not constituted by every Junior Class, and may be regarded as intermittent in its character.

See SENATE.

HUMANIST. One who pursues the study of the humanities (literae humaniores), or polite literature; a term used in various European universities, especially the Scotch.—­Brandt.

HUMANITY, pl. HUMANITIES.  In the plural signifying grammar, rhetoric, the Latin and Greek languages, and poetry; for teaching which there are professors in the English and Scotch universities. —­Encyc.

HUMMEL.  At the University of Vermont, a foot, especially a large one.

HYPHENUTE.  At Princeton College, the aristocratic or would-be aristocratic in dress, manners, &c., are called Hyphenutes.  Used both as a noun and adjective.  Same as [Greek:  Oi Aristoi] q.v.

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ILLUMINATE.  To interline with a translation.  Students illuminate a book when they write between the printed lines a translation of the text. Illuminated books are preferred by good judges to ponies or hobbies, as the text and translation in them are brought nearer to one another.  The idea of calling books thus prepared illuminated, is taken partly from the meaning of the word illuminate, to adorn with ornamental letters, substituting, however, in this case, useful for ornamental, and partly from one of its other meanings, to throw light on, as on obscure subjects.