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THE HESPERIAN. 9 For the last three weeks, Prolcssor Bcsscy has hail time to do little more than to attend to his duties as acting chan cellor with the legislature and with the board of regents. Arrangements arc being made to provide instruction in dairying next winter term. Such instruction is given with good results in Wisconsin, and is strongly demanded in this state. The officers of the second prep class lor the spring term are: president, J. L. Wallace; vice president, G. L. Town; secretary, R. Reed; treasurer, Miss Cathcr; scrgeant-at-arms. F. Brown. Although duties at the bank had kept Mr. T. I.. Hall away from the halls of the university, he managed to be around before election. There arc a few bo)S in the university that vote, you know Mr. Tollard went home sick the first week of school. He returned on the 9th. feeling belter. Perhaps a little work at home, as is oflen the case, made him think that he was not very sick alter all. The college of law, that in all probability will open next fall, will accommodate a large number of the students already here, and will bring a' large number of special law students to the university. Professors Little, Sherman, and Howard the committee from the faculty to cooperate with a like committee from the board of regents, will report on library plans at the June meeting of the board. The bulletins of the Nebraska experiment station arc in great demand, especially the beet sugar bulletins. Recently requests for copies have been received from the state of Washington and from Cuba. The students of the Latin school were not required to reg ister for this term. As the winter and spring terms arc con sidcrcd one term, wc think it would be well to follow the same rule in regard to the college classes. Professor Hoi ton has designed a new machine for sowing beet seed. It will be made by the Moline Plow company of Illinois, which has made arrangements to send to the exper iment station all of its new machines for trial and as samples. Since the experiment station of Nebraska begun experi ments in the sugar beet three years ago, the stations of Kan sas, Colorado, both Dakotas, Wisconsin, and Illinois, have made experiments, none of which show as favorable results as the experiments made in Nebraska. At an early date Professor Barber, at the request of 'he principal of the high school of Beatrice, will give a lecture, illustrated with stereoptican views, to the people of Beatrice. The lecture will be under the auspices of the high school stud ents, to raise money to purchase apparatus. For a number of years Mr. Cupid has felt that continued hard labor has been making him nervous. Last year, in this institution, nearly all of his arrows went astray. So, early last fall, he went south for his health. We arc informed that Mr. McCmky and Miss C have met him since he returned. They were visiting a certain jewelry store together recently. Lieutenant Griffith has received a letter from an officer of Fort Niobrara, who has accepted the position of professor of military science at the Washington university at St. Louis, asking for information concerning the management of the military department of the university. He has received very flattering reports concerning the efficient management of the military department of this university from an ex-senator, a gentleman that served in the legislature two years ago, who has several times visited the department. . To day the professor of military science will commence a ' scries of lectures on military subjects. It will embrace Sev ern lectures delivered last year and two new ones on recent iuvculious in magazine rifles, on light and heavy artillery, on the new Hotchkiss rifle, which proved so successful at the battle at Wounded Knee, and the new smokeless powder. He had been out late the night before, far towards the break of dawn; he was sleepy, very sleepy; he couldn't help but yawn. She stepped to reach her English lit., 'twas just behind his chair; just then he stretched his weary arms, and embraced her fair and square. Surprise was pictured on her face; in truth, quite shocked was she, but the boy was just as innocent as any Brook could be. As the cadets choose the place for the annual encamp ment, they should endeavor to secure invitations from as many towns as possible. A great many towns of this state do not know that there is an annual encampment of the cadets. This matter should he worked up during the spring vacation. It is just a month until the encampment and if anything is done it must be done quickly. So far wc have only two invitations for camp. Last Friday evening the Dclian society held its first oratorical contest. The chapel was well filled pud the audi ence enjoyed a splendid program. Besides several musical selections, the program was as follows: "A Plea for the Sons of the Forests and of the Plains," John L. Marshall, jr.; "The Centralization of Wealth," Arthur C. Pancoast; The Cause of the Gracchi," Paul Pizcy. Mr. Marshall won first place, and Mr. Pizey second. The first prize was $25, given by .the alumni of the socjety; the second prize was $15, given by the society. The "Dclians arc to be congratulated upon the success of their first contest. 0 The 1C. C. P's., otherwise known as the knights of the clothes pin, though an order of long standing and having members noted for bravery and nerve, is probably not very well known in university circles. This aggregation of worthy and illustrious lights conceived the brilliant scheme of catch ing an innocent sophomore and scaring his trembling timorous soul into a nervous chill, by dragging him into a dark office on N street, one night last week. The sophomore d"id not cave in, but simply smiled and said he would be pleased to afford them any amusement. They could not think of any thing more brilliant to do than to turn him loose, and did so. Soon after this a policeman came by and dispersed the aggre gation of knights. They have since dissolved. It was very evident, Sunday evening, March 29, that there was something on Mr. Hyde's mind that refused to slip off. At the supper table he persistently refused to touch the fresh onions of which he is very fond; and every once in a while he would stop, on its way to his open mouth, the richly laden fork. Starting at the corners of his mouth, a smile would gradually grow until he looked a picture of perfect happiness. Although he had eaten not more than he docs when company is present, he arose from the table with the others, and went dreamily to his room. Although he was very neatly dressed, he got out a choice piece of neckwear bought just the night before. Standing before the mirror, he saw how happy he was, and the smiles playing "pull away" with his chin and ears for bases, grew so broad that he could scarcely see to arrange the new cravat; but by standing side ways to the mirror, and by looking out of the corner of one eye, he managed to complete his toilet. Soon he was on his way to the depot. Walking up to the train bulletin board, he gazed at the words: "Train from Omaha due at p. in.," so long, and with a smile on his face so full of meaning, that a
