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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (April 26, 1912)
lf &i THE DAILY NEBRASKAN 41 1 2 r? H)ail Bcbrashan IMilillHhcd ly tho Student Publica tion Mould of tho University of No-bniHkii EDITORIAL 8TAFF Kdltor KKARUC K. HOLMES MnmiKiiiK Kdltor I0ARLK II TAYLOIl AhhocIiiH" Kdltor . K (' MVONNKUi AHHocluto Kdltor... BURTON S. MILK BUSINE8S 8TAFF MamiKer ('. C. MUCHANAN Ahh'I Miiiuikt I V MORRISON Circulation Manager MOO MREKN 8UDSCRIPTION PRICE, $2.00 PER YEAR Payable In Advance. Single Coplei, 6 Centi Each. Telephone: Auto 1888. Night Phonei Auto 1888; Editor, Auto 1035; Manager, Auto 1821. lOiili-icd at the jioHtoflleo at Lincoln, Ni'liiiiHk.i, an hci'imkI cI.ih-i mull mutti-r. iiiuli i llm Act of CoiiKM'83 of Muicli 3. UiTii FRIDAY. AI'RIIi "Jli. 1 il 2 THE LAST OFFENSE. Although tin- Ubiaiy Htcpn arc m-arlj ttiiin out. both In wilting and in tact take the liberty of print ing this final crnion of their h1 mill ance It HjicaUH for itnelf . Till': IJMRARY STKI'S, A SKQUKh II appeals liom certain pnnted documents which have been offered to the public lateh that to the Hiiscepti ble. ple.iHUi e lo iiik romantic oiilh thele luikrt in the l-lbiaiy Hteps a peculiar lascination 1'ohhi11 it would bo nioie accuiate to nn that the l.isci nation unuulh links or loafs on the KtepH. rather than in them At an rate we aie told Home tliinRH concern inn tho poHHlbilitieH of the place lor 'date making ' for seeing a diHplay of tho latent inilliner, or for hearing the latent bit of gossip about tho hand Home Hpociinenn of manhood iccentlj admitted to th( Sly DeltH, the M (tuniH or tho Tiy AyaliiH They Ha that Home of the more bashful jouiik Htois aie thiown into consternation whenever necosHit compels their climbing those steps, and that some, of the moi e hi aen HophiHticatos even go bo far ub to strike up chanco ac (liiaintancostiips theie without lntio duct ion Mut it is my purpose to poi tray the Library uteps as they ie.ill aie, viewed by practical, common House ees "Keione knows of com so that the steps aie too stoop The incline is so abrupt that, should one chance to make a false step in mounting to the summit, goodness onlj knows when he would stop falling If oei they aie reconstructed, I eeitainh hope a long, gradual, safe approach will be piovided so that a poison of only moderate stiongth will be able to take two Hteps in lapid succession without stopping for breath And then, too, the Htepn aie worn slippery which renders the danger of preclplta tioti all the gieator How in the world anjone can see beaut) in him h old, scalloped out slabs of ugly, tawii) giuy HandHtono Is more than I can mi doi stand The ledges at the side of the stops are split and seaired hor libl). piobabl) by the gills tr)ing to cai( thoii initials thereon The lamps are tainishod and unsightly, the bicycle nick Ih graduall) tumbling into decay, the whole place has, to me, a desolate, dilapidated look "As for the coeds who inhabit the steps, I only pity him who hasn't leached tho Valley of I Hsenchuntinont They are not all mercenary and prob I ably not more than nine tenths are ! aln, but they are all hard hearted Some aie prett), which is their own. affair The onl) i canon they lurk out in the open rather than within the tastnesses of tilt' Library itself is be ! cause their piey might not stra. iniu the Library, though he must always go down a walk within sight of the Library stops The) hunt in herds and Hocks and gioups because that gnes tho illusion of elusion or flight, and awakens within the lord of crea tion in the case the instinct of purnuit This has eonsideiable advantage over leal flight, because it enables them to Htay in tho name place all the tune Once tho date is made and the victim caught, the J.otelei gives wa to an other boi cot ess with her wiles and guiles "Tune was. I lemember when I did not see this so deai ly, and when the Libiai) steps seemed to me the oi ig inal paniuet of I'aiadise Mut sunt the bids have oine out, and 1 le.ilie how utteil) lacking in disci iminatioii some of the soroiities in this school aie, I have determined that the public shall know tlw ti nth " ( ' 1 Thoi nhuig's Orcliestia Auto It 2'7A) tf CALENDAR. Friday, April 26. Maseball, I! ,!o Kearney vs. Ne i braBka. Union Literary Society. Palladian. Motanical Seminar. I'll I CSamma Delta foi inal party Alpha Chi Omega dance. Templo Kappa Sigma dnnco. Walsh hall. Kiostiinan Hop Fraternity hall. Saturday, April 27. Agricultural Club Students' Debating Club. Medical Society C L'ld I'hi Gamma Delta convention ban quel Alpha Chi Omega annual banquet Kappa Alpha Theta annual part) Ames Nebraska track meet Delta Gamma reception for Giand Coundlut Sunl'oid Home. Gertrude hall party Achoth paity Music hall Cnion Debating Society banquet All Btudents should tIbR thes "Col lego Inn Barber Shop At 127 North 12th S I. Chaplin, Prop. BUDD SHOES 1415 U Street $2.50 and $3.50 MAKE IT THE HABIT M EMORY BOOKS Regular $1 Memory Books 75c This Week Only See Our South Window The University Book Store 340 North 11th Street Get Ready for Camp! Khaki Regulation Drill Shirts 2 Flap Pockets Best Make Double Stitched Elegant Fitters Saturday 45c Palace Clothing 1419 Company o st. All Souf s Church , A Free Religious Society Corner H and 1 2th Services 10:45 An organization which seeks to develop the reverent truth-seeking attitude toward life, and the j i r i t of service among jnen A new series on the relation of sympathy to political and industrial prohlems April 2S: "The Co-operative Commonwealth" Students' Liberal Religious Union Meeting 12 to 12:30, Every Sunday The Popular College Hit "Cupid at Vassar" Temple Theater, Sat. April 27 New Music and '.Specialties Presented by Senior Glass of Temple High Prices 35c and 25c V. "Wteifw;3g.trr -$a,T