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THE HESPERIAN
the most thorough gentleman who keeps close
watch over his tongue that it may offend none,
and over his daily life that it may be a constant
and benefieient ministration to all. The best life
is measured by the service rendered and all men
and women are coming to understand this better
and better each day.
" College Fun " is not as brutal as it once was.
Indeed, the brutality which came (as it always
must come) from the stupid policy of herding
large numbers of one sex in huge dormitories has
nearly passed away with the dormitory-stable it
self. A personal outrage would be resented by
every student in this university, and force of pub
lic opinion would compel the immediate with
drawal of the perpetrator. There is scarcely a
phase of our university life more gratifying 01
more noticeable than this.
Hut there still breaks out, once in a while
(rarely as often as twice in a while) a little of the
old spirit though in a modified form. It is gen
erally the result of momentary thoughtlessness, or
of a sheer overllow of animal spirits. More often
than otherwise those who take part in this " fun "
do not find it so very amusing, after all ; and go
about the buildings and campus for a day or so
with rather Hushed faces and with a suspiciouslv
quickened pace. It is against these remaining
traces of an older and ruder age that a kindly but
none the less firm protest is now made.
The best and most desirable characteristic of
modern life, and of modern university li.e, is con
fidence. Not that confidence which is merely
suspicion asleep, but that which is an abiding
trust in the integrity and intelligence and thought
fulness of others. To take advantage of this con
lidence is neither difficult nor dangerous,; nor is
it smart" nor "funny." Students do not
mount guard over their personal property in the
halls or on the campus. It requires neither quick
wit nor courage, therefore, to mix up overshoes
to hide hats, or to put books in out-of-the-way
corners. The Faculty are neither detectives nor
police and give their entire time to instruction
and to constant and generous extra effort in be
half of students needing or asking such personal
assistance. There is nothing " smart," therefore
in hiding a bust just before the hour of its pre
sentation ; rather is there a grave discourtesy, a
thoughtless thanklessness, and a careless disre
gard ot the reputation of the university No
matter what the tradition may be, there is a larne
amount of (unconscious?) churlishness in intener
olLr? !im soci1a!r1li.li:rry entertainments of
others. I hat which brings only annoyance and
irritation can scarcely be called humor. All this
sort of thing simply indicates that sonic few ot
many we may truly and thankfully say) 1 nve
forgotten the requirements of good b rccdi ng, Zt
are indulging , pastimes " "which if ps "
m by many would soon return us to the b ba
ous condition of constant hostility
Let us have an end of all this ; and constantly
prove that without even a chance exception we
are entitled to the well-earned reputation which
the university enjoys that of having in its
student-body the most manly men and the most
womanly women in Nebraska.
ALUMNI.
92 Dan Worth is in California.
'92 L. IS. Troyer visited in Lincoln recently.
'91 J. H. Fogarty is studying law in Omaha.
'92 Miss Lura Stockton is teaching in Ge
neva. Will Ducker, formerly '94, is teaching near his
home at Red Cloud.
'91 Mamie IS. Wedgcwood is teaching in a
Ladies' Seminary in Chicago.
'85 A. G. Warnro, as who hrecently been
giving a course of lectures in Kconomics, visited
in Lincoln recently
'92 T. Hrugger is in Omaha, employed as
assistant electrician by the Omaha Consolidated
lSlectrical Company.
'91 J ames W. McCrasky travels as an expert
for the Wesiinghouse lSlectrical Manufacturing
Company. His headquarters are at Hoston.
T. J. Urcekenridge, the irrepressible Hreck of
last year, visited among the boys last week. He
has been stopping in Omaha and intends going
to Chicago soon.
?92 James Harkley is employed by a Street
Railway Company at lSvansville, Ind. At pres
ent he is in St. Louis, doing lSlectrical work on
the new cars for the lSvansville, system.
Rev. Winthrop Allison, once of the class of '89,
was among us last week renewing old acquaint
ances among his former classmates, now of the
University faculty. He has, until recently, been
located at St. Paul, Minn., but now is doing gen
eral evangelistic work.
Our assistant superintendent, Mr. John II. Sil
vernail, surprised his large ciicle of friends Tlmr
t.ay, v,cpt. 22, h) taking unto himself a wile.
Now, we are not je.dous or anything of the kind,
but we feel hurt that he would not reveal his in
tentions to us before, so that we could have made
arrangements to meet him at the depot and escort
him home triumphantly. Mr. Silvernail has
passed forty-one years in this gay old world, and
undoubtedly he could have written an interesting
article on the " Reveries of a Hachelor," but it is
too late now, and our readers will have to bear
up under the disappointment. Mrs. Silvernail
was formerly a teacher in the schools of Camp
bell, Kearney county. Nebraska, and is a bright,