The Hesperian / (Lincoln, Neb.) 1885-1899, November 24, 1892, Page 20, Image 20
20 TI1E HESPERIAN ri m lb m Hartley B. Alexander was suddenly called home last week on account of the illness of his mother. gI Dan Shell occasionally appears in the lulls of his alma water. He usually brings his whiskers. Johnny (in his friends room, examining a piece of "cloth, elegantly framed) "What on earth have you got here." Fred. "Easy Jack." "It's only a piece of a girl's dre.-s I picked up aflei the uiiieuieak." Dorame. "I thought you had abolished all classes in your institution." Braski. "Go off." "That was only a trick to get the first Preps to organize." Prof. Fossler's Gothic class is reading Ulphi las' New Testament version, now-a-days. Very likely, the five young ladies composing the class never before studied that part of the Bible as closely. F. Eager has been selected by the Board of Managers of Worthington Military Academy as commandant of cadets. 1 lis work there is so arranged as not to conflict with his studies in the University and at the same time he may give due attention to both. Prof. Barbour deserves much credit for the able manner in which he is taking hold of the museum. Many acquisitions of value arc being made; the chief difficulty now encountered is the want of room. Cases are being rapidly manufactured to accommodate the new collections. Those Peruvian mumnves arc attracting a great deal of attention from visitors. Fully two thousand have visited them since they were set in pluce; as many as fnty in a group have visited the attraction. The mummies were obtained from Minister Egan, who has kindly presented them and the accompanying accoutrements to the University. In digging for the skeletons, five bodies were found, together with samples of clothing and many articles of household use. It is believed that the mummies antidate the Spanish invasion they smell it. '92 Miss Louise Pound now comes and goes mysteriously with red ink upon her hands. We supposed that she was practising for the role of Lady Macbeth, until we heard that she had or dered a bicyle for the purpose of reducing avcrdu poise, it looks as though she were in some wav connected with the Department on Wheels. For Cloaks, Under ware, Dress Goods, Carpets, Millinery, 1 oys, and Presentation Goods of all Kinds see llcrpolfchimer fc Co., cor. uth and N sts. Lincoln. Buying and selling in largest quan tities for cash only, they arc enabled to sell you good goods at the lowest. If you have friends out of town leave their names with th.s house and they will mail their fine new catalogue ex press charges paid, to any part of the west A very successful surprise party was given Lieutenant Pershing on Tuesday evening of last w.eek. Company "A," which the Lieutenant led so valiantly to victory at Omaha last year, has (ns the Chancellor expressed it) had it in for him for some time. So, on the evening above men tioned the company took its chance of getting even with the Lieutenant and presented him with a very fine sabre. The Chancellor look part in the little surprise by enticing the Lieutenant to his room in the artnuiy, where the membcis of the company were seated in the dark. Alter he entered and had recovered somewhat from the first shock Morgan Maghee, in a few well chosen words, in which he spoke very highly of Mr. Sheldon, the former Captain of Company "A," presented Lieutenant Pershing with the sabre. The reply by the recipient was short but im pressive. He likened the company to the foun dation of a pyramid and only through the efforts of the company could the upper portion of the pyramid stand. Mr. Maghee then took charge of the company which, led by the Chancellor and Lieutenant marched to Macfarland's restaurant, where a surprise awaited the company. The Chancellor had had an oyster supper prepared f jr the company, and for an hour or longer the com pany f-asted and jollified to their full satisfaction. The Lieutenant is very proud of his sabre, which is a splendid one. The sabre was made by Hl.uk, Start & Frost, of New York. The inscription on the handle is : The Nebraska University Cadets, Winners of Maiden Prise National Competitive Drill, Omaha, June 13-20, Sp2, To Lieutenant John J. Pershing, Sixth U. S. Cavalry, Commandant Cadet Batallion. On the blade is the name: jfohn J. Pershing. The worse case of absence of mind we cer read of was described in an exchange the other day when a man hurrying lor the train, thou Jit he had forgotten his watch at home, and took it out to see if he had time to go back after it. Regent Morril is adding to the museum a -lection of alligators. He recently procured .m enormous fellow in Florida and is looking al ut for others that will be valuable additions. A l.rge case, fifteen feet long is being fitted up; in i!ns alligators from the egg to the adult will be show 11, likewise the skeletons and tanned hides and 10 ducts manufactured from the alligator. There lias lieen received by the department of Germanic language? a syllabus of the work- f 1-aufct, recently gotten out by the Universit) "f C'hu ago. and similar to the course of lecture gnen b Prof. J-oasler in the University extension course. This sjstem of University extension seems to be growing in popularity. iii