rtuhi
THE HESPERIAN.
O
The junioi civil engineering class spent the vacation in
Lincoln surveying,
Mr. Matthews, '95, will not attend school this sping hut
will return in the fall.
Professor Barbour recently spent a day at Beatrice, gath
ering limestone specimens,
Mr. Searson was unable to return to school during the first
week on account of sickness.
Mr Kcim will help on the farm this spring. He intends
to return to school next fall.
Francis Tucker has been acting as principle of the Exeter
High school for a short time.
Mr. Farmer, who spent the winter in teaching the untu
tored youth, Is again in school.
Messrs White and Dinges are contemplating a collecting
tour in the Pine Ridge country.
Mr. Morrow was unable to attend school last week on
account of an attack of the grip.
An attack of the grip prevented Miss Dempster from
attending the first week of school.
A larger number of the freshmen class than ever before
have elected analytical geometry.
Hereafter the stars and stripes will float in the gentle
breezes while the cadets are drilling.
Miss Fannie Bycrly, '95, has left school and will teach
during the sprjng term near Woodlawn.
Sktles has at last hit upon a lucky scheme. Now he
always takes a cigar along for the old man.
The chancellor completely captured the class in freshmen
oratory by his lecture on Henry Ward Becchcr.
Mr. McFarland has left school. He intends to accompany
a surveying expedition party to the Black Hills.
Professor Sherman has recently published a pamphlet of
questions on Hamlet for use in the High school.
Some cupboards have been put in the western end of the
second story hall for the use of the art department.
Some of the civil engineering students were at work during
vacation making drawings of the new library building.
It is rumored that the faculty have organized a male quar
tette, but no amount of search can find out who are the mem
bers. Mr. Woods, the assistant professor in botany, recenty
wrote quite an extended article for one of the leading maga
zines. Mr. Farnsworth, who was suffering during the greater
part of last term from an attack of typhoid fever, is again in
school.
Professor Bruner secured ncaily one hundred gay col
ored birds while in Mexico. They may now be seen at the
museum.
Chancellor Canfield delivered a lecture before the stud
ents of the university of Minnesota at Minneapolis on the
afternoon of the 10th.
Mr. Martin, '95, has accomplished the unprecedented feat
of completing all of solid geometry tn four days, and getting
a mark of 99 per cent.
Professor E. M. Hopkins of the Kansas state university
recently visited Chancellor Canfield, Mr. Chandler and other
acquaintances in this city.
During the vacation about half a dozen school teachers
who expect to teach botany this spring spent their leisure
hours posting at the university.
Rev. R. W. Oliver, D.D., of Kearney, the first chancellor
of Kansas state university and a personal friend of Chancel
lor Canfield, recently visited this institution.
The janitors and a number of the students were busy
during vacation cleaning up the buildings and the grounds.
Much improvement was made in appearances.
The seniors after many years of patient waiting have
adopted a class ring. It is a thing of beauty and will be a joy
forever if not forever until the pawn broker it doth sever.
The Chancellor recently spoke in Omaha belorc the
united Bohemian societies, the occasion being the anniversary
of the birthday of Commcnius, the great Bohemian educator.
By mistake Professor Fulmcr's name was omitted from the
list of faculty Sabbath school superintendents. He has super
intended the Grace M. E. Sabbath school for the last two
years.
Marlay is absent minded. After helping her hunt a new
place of residence, he was found the next Sunday ringing the
same old door-bell which he had rung so often for Sunday
afternoon services in times past.
Miss Maud Bcrkcy entertained a small party of friends
very pleasantly on the evening of April 1. April fool sur
prises were the characteristic features of the evening, For
further particulars inquire of Barkley.
The following are the Y. M. C. A. officers for the ensuing
year: President, John L. Marshall., Jr; vice-president, Geo.
R. Boomer; recording secretary, H:A. Scntcr; corresponding
secretary, N. B. Barr; and treasurer, L. G. Thayer.
The gentleman about four feet high, inclined to baldness,
and extremely susceptible to the charms of the fair sex, who
mysteriously disappeared during the latter part of the vaca
tion, has returned and has relieved very many anxious
friends.
Professor Caldwell has offered an elective of three hours
this term onthe tariff and the debates that takes place in
the halls at times arc sufficient to remind all those within two
blocks of the building, that the members of the class are
already much interested.
One of our co-eds was recently making the lower ha
resound with confessions of love to a young man when the
chancellor entered upon the scene and inquired where he
came in. Thereupon there was a profound silence after
which the meeting was adjourned.
The horticultural department through, Professor Taylor
and Gardner Hadkinson have, bedded 7000 plants in the
green house which will be used to decorate the lawn. These
together with the shrubbery from Scotland will reatly
improve the appearance of the campus.
During vacation some badly nc cded inprovements were
made in the chapel. The platform has been enlarged so that
hereafter when some special program is held there, it will not
be necessary to pick up every old board on the campus in
order to make the platform large enough.
The republicans of the university met on the 5th to
organize a republican club. Mr. Sheldon was elected tern
porary chairman and Mr. Stroman temporary secretary.
Messers Sheldon, Pollard, Johnson, Woods, and Strode were
appointed as a committee to draw up a constitution.
The freshmen elected the following set of officers for the
spring term, at a meeting held March 18. President, Mis;
Etta Gray; vice president, Jas. W. Searson; secretary, C. R.
Weldon; treasurer, Powers; sergeant-at arms J. P. Knott.
The freshmen may congratulate themselves ipon the election
of so admirable a set of officers.
Pi