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THE NEBRASKAN
VOL. II.
HL NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY i67894.
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NO. .12.
Joint Program.
Chapel was jammed to the
windows and door-sills Wednes
day evening to hear the joint
program of the literary societies.
In spite oi the chilly weather
everybody turned out, the' were
well paid for their trouble. The
main part of the program con
sisted of representation of Uni
versity life, "real and unreal,"
as the announcement stated.
The best scene was the 1 acuity
meeting which gave very well
the foibles and hobbies of the
various professors. Mr. Fisher
as ihe Chancellor was pretty
nearly perfect. If the regents
aren't careful Fisher will call
around some fine day and col
lect the Chancellor's salary.
Mr. Holmes as the Heir Pro
fessor Bates was good, as were
Benedict as Caldwell, and Mat
thews as Taylor. "Disciples of'
Hercules" which represented
the athletic exercises of students
before entering the Uni., while
here, and in after years, was one
of the best scenes. At first the
students were shown tilling the
.soil. ne.vL.the irvmnasium oxer-
ciscs'of the Uni. were shown as
they are not performed in the
gymnasium. The third part
showed the men in after years
reading the papers while the
women washed clothes. The
pantomime of the last part was
excellent.
The kntrkks, so to speak,
were musical numbers b' the
Friday night glee club, the or
chestra, the band and a piano
solo by Miss Maude Hammond.
The glee club was weak. The
orchestra was as usual and like
wise the band. Each student
can apply his own opinion here.
Miss Hammond's playing was
the most acceptable part of the
music. In fact it was an oasis
in what was otherwise a rather
Sahara-like expanse of sound.
The glee club, which, be it
thoroughly understood, is not
the University glee club, were
passable in their last number, a
local song to the tune of Auld
Lung Syne. Altogether the
program was very good and
worthy of the quarter centennial
celebration. The following is
the complete program :
Overture University Cadet Band
'Varsity Song. . .Friday Night Glee Club
(In lull drew)
Scene x The Typical Student.
To dig of yore an arduons task;
Hut now no greater joy we ask."
Scene II. Disciples of Hercules.
Part T. As they were.
Part II. As they are.
Part III. As they will be.
Song, "Hurrah for the Uni."
1'Vidny Night Glee Club
e ttt ... , (In lull dress)
Scene III. -We do move.
Part I. Demosthenes Unbound.
Part II Demosthenes Bound.
Scene IV. Something to Soothe, etc.
Part I. The Welkin Wrung.
Part II. The Welkin Ringing.
Extracts from Ofliciul Archives.
Scene V. -Our Dear Professors.
Piano Solo Maude Hammond
Scene VI. Going through the Mill.
Pari I. Ground fine.
Part II. Ground finer.
Auld Lang Syne, with variations....
Friday Night Glee Club
(In full dress.)
GRKIJK AND LATIN PLAYS.
The Greek play given Friday
morning is a part of Sopholcs.
Antigone. Selected portions give
the story of the play. The parts
are taken as follows : Ismene,
Miss Maude Hammond ; Anti
gone, Miss Grace Morgan :
Creon, Mr. A. C. Fling ; Phelax,
Mr. J. A. Canfield ; Koryphaios,
Mr. W. L. Westermann. At
tendants: L. W. Sherman and
II. G. Whitmore. The chorus
of Theban Elders are as follows :
W. L. Wester man, Kory-phaois ;
J. V. Cortelyou, G. E. Hager,
W. Hildreth, T. M. Hodgman,
J. C. Jones, W. E. Kirk, R. H.
Mauley, S. II. Martin, L. C.
books, but literary works in the
broader and more generally
accepted meaning of the term.
Perhaps nothing more conclu
sively shows the quality and
probable quantity of practical,
earnest, purposeful work done in
a college than the more or less
compulsory treatises on special
topics and technical subjects.
Certainly nothing
atcly gauges the
quality or creative ability of its
students as the fiction they may
produce. It is not often that
work of the latter class is carried
on very extensively or very sei
so accu r-
imaginative
for Lippincott's Magazine, and
at one time wrote weekly re
views for the Nation. Me has
also made contributions to scien
tific and other periodicals. H.
M. Wilson contributed an article
on the jur system to the
Political Science Monthly. Mr.
Frank Parks was at one tjpie
engaged in writing book reviews
for the Nation, and also contrib
uted a story, "Wentworth's
Crime," to the Atlantic Monthly.
Miss Rachel Manley and Mrs.
John Dorr have written exten
sively for the New York papers,
and the latter also for Bclford's
iously, as regard.-, the outside ! Magazine. Mr. W. O. Jones,
world within college walls.
Comparatively few of our great
writers have attempted or
accomplished anything of note
while students. It is
be expectea. The time spent in
a college course is too much
taken up by a variety of inter
ests, is too much a period of
growth and development, of
preparation for more serious
practical work, rather than.Ue
managing
Oberlies, H. C. Parmalee, H. T. 1 accomplishment of the work
IfrfttansTrMr-Troyer,- c.-Rrfa--'' - ' ' '
Weldcn, L. A. Westermann. But is it not true that the
A chorus from the Elcktia is foundations for future greatness
to be given by the young women in literary, as well as in all other
of the Greek department. It fields, may be laid in the Uni-
consists of Martha Burks, Cory- versity? It would be useless to
piuois: Mary R. Campbell, Ma- attempt anything like a critical
bel Cushman, Ella Fitch. Allie analysis of the literary work
Ginger', Maude Hammond, that has been done in the Uni-
Alice C. Hunter, Grace Morgan, versity of Nebraska, or by its
E. Anita Muir, Olivia Pound, alumni or students after leaving
Winifred Stephens, Maude Trip- its halls. Indeed it would be
lett, Dora Zediker, Martha well nigh impossible to enumer-
Ilutchinson Priestess, L'dia A. ate everything of merit.) Suffice
Million Priestess, Nellie Griggs, , it to say that we have had
Florence Smith.
The Latin department pre
sents scenes from Plauteurs' Cap
tivi. The characters will be :
worthy representatires in the
field of general literature, and
the libraries of the scientific
departments contain papers,
Hegio, C. J. Elmore; Ergasi-' theses and text books that would
lus, C. F. Tucker ; Philocrates, do justice to any institution.
J. W. Dixon ; Tyndarus, N. C. They spy we are especially
Abbott; Aristophontes, A. J. strong in science, but it is not
Weaver ; Philopolcmus, W. W. at the expense of other depart
Woods ; Stalagmus,J.P. Beards-1 ments.
ley ; Lorarius, R. A. Jones.
LITERARY.
It would be strange if an in
stitution such as the University
of Nebraska, should pass its
quarter centennial without bring
ing forth men and women to
represent it in the field of litera
ture ; without producing not only
theses, scientific papers and text
We have at least one novelist,
Mr. Anson Uriel Hancock. His
published works comprise "John
Auburntop, Novelist," a story of
"earl' days" in the University
of Nebraska ; "Old Abraham
Jackson ; "The Genius of Gal
ilee ;" "Coitlan," a Mexican
story ; "Silhouettes from Life,"
a series of sketches, and "A
History of Chile." Prof. C. G.
McMillan, now of the UnivTersity
of Minnesota, wrote a serial
in his capacity as
editor of the State Journal, has
of course written much. Mr. S.
D. Cox is editor of the Daily
hardlv to Call in this city. Mr. U. b.
Chase edits the Omaha Excel
sior. It is not our purpose to
mention here the work of any
except those who have been con
nected with the University as
under graduate students. Many
present, and former members of
the faculty have written books
the alumni, Prof. G. E. Howard,
has written a "Local Constitu
tional History of the United
States," which is perhaps his
best known work. "The King's
Peace," "The American Uni
versity and the American Man,"
and "The Evolution of the Uni
versity" are among his other
compositions. Prof. A. G. War
ner, besides several articles on
charities, wrote on "Three
Phases of Co-operation in the
West." Prof. J. E. Little is the
author of a book containing a
series of mathematical problems
under the title of "Knots," and
several treatises. Prof. H. W.
Caldwell wrote a "History of
Higher Education in Nebraska"
for the United Slates Educational
Reports. Mr. J. A. Barrett
wrote the "History and Govern
ment of Nebraka." Prof. C. G.
McMillan has compiled a very
complete and extensive account
of the "Metospermel of the
Minnesota Valley." Prof. G. B.
Frankforter, for his Ph. D. lit
Berlin, wrote a thesis on Narcein
entitled, "Beitiag zur Kenntniss
des Narceins." He also wrote
for the American Chemical
Society two papers on the "Pre
paration of Pure Narcein." .Mr.
G. W. Botsford submitted to
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