THE NEBRASKAN
VOL. II.
One Kind,
There are many different
kinds of students, good, bad and
indifferent. Some are bad, yet
very inoffensive; others are
good, after a fashion, but very
tiresome. Possibly the most
disagreeable variety is the one
who not only knows it all, but
wants to tell it. Even if he does
not think he knows more than
the whole faculty, he wants to
let the world know just how
much he knows. He is as a
rule either an elderly person who
has been out of school for some
time and just returned, or one
of those naturally "fresh" peo
ple. Whatever he is he's a
nuisance. He takes up too
much time with his opinions
and his experiences. The man
who tries to tell all he knows
invariably tells a good deal
more than he knows. Its a good
thing to have a fact or two in
reserve. Of course most of
our Professrs know absolutely
nothing, but you can't expect to
tell them so. If you don't like
their statements don't take their
rc-vrl
you should give them an oppor
tunity to listen. They don't
care a rap what you think. It
may be weak minded in them to
believe what a professor says,
.but it's their privilege and they
wont thank you for correcting
them. So, Mr. Talkative-know-it-all,
do keep your face closed
except on rare occasions.
Heard in the Menagerie.
"Get a hump on you," said
the camel to the giraffe.
"Necksed" responded that
cortical-elongation with a sad
smile.
"Let me measure it," said the
tapir as he dwindled avay.
.Then the Hon roared with rage
at their frivolity. "The lion
manes well enough" said the
boa who spoke with a slight
Hibernian accent, probably be
cause there are no snakes in
Ireland. "Oh what a bore you
are," said the leopard. "Oh I
had you spotted long ago," re
plied the incorrigible serpent.
This was too much for the ele
phant and he threw the snake
out of the tent. "I wish you'd
get that trunk checked," he said,
as he crawled back, "that's just
a little weigh I have on account
of my scales.' "Jus,t listen to
my tale of woe," chimed in thelMilchell fight clings in our
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kangaroo, who was something of
a humorist himself,as he whacked
his snakeship over the head with
his caudal appendage. This
having effectually quieted the
tempter nothing more was heard
but the horn of the rhinoceros
and the drum of the elephant's
ear.
LITERARY. '
What fools Howelb makes of
his women, especially in his
farces. Somebody must ,be made
to appear ridiculous, but why
always the women ? Then they
are absolutely devoid of humor,
and regard all jesting except of
the mildest feminine kind with
half awed disapproval. They
say woman's brain is inferior to
man's, but does it place her on
the intellectual level that Howr
ells gives to her? His heroes'
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aic men, uui mej' ujc uui always
the flesh and blood creatures we
might expect from a realist.
When he sets his commotio
e very-day man on
a pinnae!
e
and makes all the earth revolve
iBi1iI2ireJai2Ji&il,
fer from thVveriest romancer?
it is oniy nero-worsnip 01 another
kind, and we don't know whether
it is so much better than the good
old kind after all.
It jars on one's sense of values
and the eternal fitness of things
to leave the gentler, half of man
kind consigned to an inferior
position intellectually, just for
the purpose of exaggerating a
few natural impulses. It is false
from an artistic standpoint, and
when you touch Howells' art
you are touching part of him
self, and that which he endeavors
to make a part of everything he
does. Again, if it is not true to
lite, surely it loses its literary
value in the eyes of a realist,
and from the jten of a realist is
doubly inconsistent. Many of
nis oinerw.ise excellent produc
tions are thus marred.
EXCHANGES.
Intercollegiate debates are the
correct thing nowadays in col
lege circles. The Harvard-Yale
annual debate has created al
most as much excitement as a
Cotner-Wesleyan football game.
Cornell and the Universitv of
Pennsylvania are making prep
arations for a meeting between
the three best debaters from
each college, the contest to be
governed by Marquis of Queens
bury you see how the Corbett-
minds. The State Universities
of Wisconsin and Minnesota
will meet in deadly debate some
time in March or April. The
subject of the Yale-Harvard
debate was, "Resolved, That
independent action in politics is
preferable to party allegiance."
Yale hii'd the affirmative, Har
vard tfle negative. Harvard
partially retrieved her footoall
defeat by downing her oppon
ent in the debate.
There is a probability that the
Kansas State University will
establish a military department
soon. Which fact has occa
sioned much rejoicing among
our neighbors who used to play
football.
Alas, we are forced to the
conclusion that there is no balm
in Gilead. The Chicago Uni
versity is about to inflict another
monthly literary magazine on
this unoffending world.
The new laboratory of mec
hanic .arts at Purdue University,
the finest and most complete of
anv American college, was
.estroydby. -fire-on-uesday;-
January 23. These shops had
just been dedicated. Much
valuable machinery was lost.
The cost of the shops alone was
$100,000. The accident is
greatly to be deplored.
The department of military
drill and science at Stanford will
probably be discontinued on
account of the small number
who register. They don't rear
soldiers out on the coast, but
they are right in line when it
comes to pugilists.
LAW, NOTES.
The Seniors have completed
the subject of Evidence, and
took the final examination Tues
day. Mr. Wilcox closed the
course wath a very interesting
lecture on expert testimony.
The plan of having the final'
examination on a subject when
the course of lectures on that
subject is finished proves to be a
very satisfactory one. By this
method the week of final exam
inations at the end of the semes
ter, which is such a trial to the
academic student, is avoided.
The Juniors are pleased with
the prospect of finishing Black
stone this week.
After several sessions of vary
ing degrees of harmony, the
No. 10.
committees on joint debate have
arranged for another discussion
between the Maxwell Club and
the Union Boys' Club. There
was considerable difficulty ex
perienced in selecting a subject
upon which both clubs were
equally ignorant, but finally it
was decided to discuss the prin
ciples of the A. P. A. The
meeting will take place Febru
ary 24th.
We understand that the plan
of having the theses of the
graduating members read in
public will not be followed this
year. Instead the papers will
be submitted for criticism to a
committee selected for that pur
pose ; and not be, as it were,
constructively inflicted upon the
public.
Saturday lectures do not seem
fo be popular. The attendance
is usually light, because that day
is not generaliy recognized as a
school day.
The order in which the con
testants will appear in the Ora-
-tsrkal-Gontest- Saturday-mgHt
is as follows: First, Ned C.
Afibott : second, Mr. Cram ;
third, Adam McMullen ; fourth,
A. C. Chapman : fifth, Miss
Florence Smith ; sixth, A. F.
Montmorency ; seventh, Mr.
Shreve ; eighth, L. C. Smith.
Music will be furnished by Miss
Blair and Mr. Wurzburg, mem
bers of the Mandolin Club, and
the Cadet Band. As the pro
gram is a long one it will be
necessary to begin promptly at
eight o'clock. The usual admis
sion fee of twenty-five cents will
be charged. It is needless to
urge the students to turn out in
large numbers.
The following telegrams are
entirely self-commenting and ex
planatory : JT
Cmaha, Jan. 17. Chancellor
James H. Canfield : When does
that oratorical contest come off
in which you and I are judges?
H. D. Estabrook.
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 17. 'Hon.
H. D. Estabrook, Omaha: A
week ago last Saturday. Are1
you coming down?
James H. Canfield.
On last Thursday evening, the
class in American History spent
a very enjoyable evening at the
home of Prof, and Mrs. Cald
well on "Nelson street,
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