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TJHE HESPERIAN STUDENT.
lawyers even, is the great body of intelligent men and
yomcn, now nmibo'rlngmnny hundreds, scattered through
nearly every state of the Union, who received the final years
of their education hero and who now help to mako the
United 8tntcs the moat'lntolllgent nation, and Nebraska
ono ol tlio most intelligent states in the world.
Our st "Jto Btands alono in some of the advantages of
fered. She is almost alono among the states in giving to
her citizens the higher education without cost. 8omo
of our departments aio hardly equelad In the United
States for completeness and thoroughness, and in no place
ar all possible advantages placed so freely and easily in
the bauds of tho students, trusting so much to tholr
honesty and truthi'illncas and refusing to allow tho pos
sible few who will mako unfair use of their prlvelcges to
subtract anything from those or the rest. I may add also that
no institution has ever taken a more advanced stand in al
lowing to women their right as citizens to all benefit
paid for at public expense.
And now it is my pleasant duty jto express publicly,
to Chanccl;or Manatt the hearty welcome of the st- dentt
of this University a welcome which he has seen on
every face and heard from every tongue, since his arri
val. Wo hope and expect that the relations just entered
upon will be pleasmt and long continued. With a
united facultv working in unison with united body of
students we may expect great things from the Univer
sity of Nebraska. With a far-sighted policy, includ
ing the public schools of the state and tho higher educa
tional machinery in one symmetrical whole, with a
hearty and interested apprecation of the system by the
people of the state, which we may expect as students
continue to form a greater and greater per cent of our
population, this institution cannot but become a mighty
power for good, whose effects will increase and multi
ply as the yearn go on.
We have a pleasant duty to perform. (Devi), take the
ink-bottle round to the grocers and have him fill it with
liquid honey.) That is, to express our unqualified ap
proval of the remarks recently made concerning fraterni
ties in one of the college paper a paper which for good
and sufficient reasons docs not exchange with the Stu
dent and which various causes prevent us from men
tioning in u more specific manner. But auyway the
erudite author of the remarks referred to, placidly inserted
a hard-baked brick into each of his coat-tail pockets and
firmly yet politely sat upon the whole secret society sys
tem. And not in a blind, hap-hazard way either. Far
from it. Judging from the candor and dogma of his in
teresting statements, ho must have given hard and contin.
uous Btudy to his subect from his earlirst youth to the
present time. And with remarkable success too. All
the theories that he advanced were original, highly orig
inal. We do not suppose that there is a man in the
United States who would be so base as to deny this, or so
hardened as to claim them for his own. After we had
read over the aforesaid remarks some Jialf dozen times,
we thought we grasped what tho eminent gentleman was
aiming at, and then we gave one prolonged shriek of de
light, rushed into the embrace of our overcoat abd tore up
to thr. University to pay our devotions at the shrine ol
genius. In our delight wo offered Ihu guiilluiuuu u threo
pint flask of fuming nitric acid, with tho assurance that
ho mljlit drink it all and we would pay tho ncpui'sus.
Ho courteously declined, Then wo grasped his hand aud
with eyes streaming with tours or joy, oxprossed to him
our deepcat thanks, in a voice trembling with suppressed
emotion, for tho immeasurable good ho had done- (lie
whole down-trodden class of students, iu his masterly blow
at a disgraceful aud crying shame. Just think of an
association of young men whose sole object is cuutiuual
practice in climbing a greased polo! It is outrageous.
It is the very depth of abandoned implshness. And it is
generally acknowledged that this is the universal custom
of all college fraternities. Then, fcgain, the conte mptible
wretches will not permit every ono to ascend their polo!
If they would set it up in tho campus and sendnoatly en.
graved invitations to tho faculty and students to indulge
whenever tho spirit should move, why tlien, tho whole
business would not appear to righteous citizens as
such unhallowed dishonor and such inky-hued villiauy.
Oh! for a pen tipped with molten steel and boiling tar
with which to scourge these fiendish fraternities as they
deserve! Cur-r-r-ss-cd be all things that they won't tell us
all about! Whoop!! Now turn u bucket of ico-wnter
down our back aud we will write on a subject that docs
not excite our wrath so Intensely.
They say Chemistry is a fascinating science. Well itis,
and the Drifter will always recommend it as interesting
and profitable. That reminds us of an interesting item.
You see the Prof, gave as work for the Sophomore class
the analization of the salt-water that comes from our arte
si an well. The class labored long and diligently and was
engaged several days. Finally one handed in his results
to the Professor. They were as follows: Water, salt, salt
water, HjO, more water, NaCl, more a&lt, brine, Hydro
gen, more water, Oxygen, Chlorine, mote water. Sodium,
more salt, Chloride of Sodium, Hydrogen Oxide, liquid
ice, more salt aud salt and water. It will bo percieved
that this analysis is exhaustive. It was also exhausting
to the unhappy Professor.
The Drifter was conspicuously present at the concert.
Now he does not intend to put himself forward as a great
musical critic, but he can say with truth licit lie was most
pleasantly entertained. Miss Thuroby sung well. She
did not bring in any Italian though ; aud thus caused
many of the audience to feel insulted. Even if there it
no one in Lincoln who can understand Italian, it is not
comfortable to be slighted by a great singer iu so pointed
a manner. But De Kntski was the slar. His last piece,
The Awakening of the Lion, was simply grand. You
see, the theme (that's what they call it I guess) was as
follows. Enter the Chevalier iu a state of elevation. The
music staggers in an uncertain manner up and down the
key-board and now and then reels up against a triple-base
chord to shiver and swenr at the Lincoln mud aud the
evening papers and other obnoxious things. "Whash
zliat onisidewalk (hie) Izhd like to know?" music trips
up into the seventh octave with a gently questioning air,
"It izli a lion, I will wnkimup." The Chevalier then
tickles the monarch of the jungle with his gold-headed
cane. Music soft aud gentle with occasional excited
jumps. Crash!! Bang!!! Agthgdtbpthoooooo!!!! Tht