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14 THE HESPERIAN ever, and hope that by next fall the rooms will be ever, they got even with the powers that be by in somewhat better condition. sending only 350 of their number to the address. The mesmerist, Prof. Reynolds, is finding a The Sem. Bot. held a public meeting and pro large number of subjects among the students, gram in Nebraska hall, Saturday, February 18, at We don't know whether we are flattered by this 3 p. m. The meeting was dispersed by the old fact or not, but suppose we are. We are an im- familiar yell of "Pie Canis Pie" rendered from the aginative lot, anyway. south steps of Nebraska hall. The program pre miere's nothing like it," -en the gate to the sented was as follows: sacred precinct within the ra. .iig on the floor of programme. the lower house of our legislature swings open to Early Collections in Nebraska . Fred Clements j . . T c ., . ,, 11 1 he Classification of Fungi Suggested by Von Tavels admit Amasa J, of the L. C, when he ap- VergUithenJe Ahrphohgie. .Roscoe Pound proaches under his new silk plug. Botryclnum boreale Milde A. F. Woods A bill is now pending before the state legis- Ma?"'": lature to appropriate $7,500 for the encampment The Digestion of 'Albumen by the Leaves of Carnivorous of the university cadets at Chicago this summer. Tlants, Communicated j g. Smiih Representative Watson is pushing the bill, and The next Publ,c meeting will be held April 22. feels assured that it will pass without great diffi- The treasurer of the Oratorical Association just cu,tv ' received a letter from Geo. L. Sheldon '92, who The is now at Harvard, with enclosed check for five State dollars to be placed in oratorical fund and applied Contest towards the training of our orator. While we are In Oratory not in need of pecuniary assistance this year, we Will be held will, however, reserve the currency with thanks, On the evening and stow it away for any emergency that might Of March 18. Come. come hereafter. George has a heart in him as "What a beautiful audience," was the way big as he is long, and these frequent contributions Chancellor Canfield described President Low's f h,s to the 1d,freren1t Societies, Clubs, Assoc. hearers on the evening of the charter day lecture. .Uo"S' eC;' -are l.he result of a.hablt acquired while With every seat in the Lansing Theatre taken and in . he. U niVeiSlty "Si Practlscd a" thu8l h,sr the holders thereof drawn from the best educa- colleS,ate course. Sheldon was the friend of tional circles of Lincoln, one can see with what every worthr cause fitness the above remark is applicable. It has often been noticed that when visitors go Extracts from a first prep essay: A good time xn l.ne Baer)' of the gymnasium and take seats skating. Saturday Afternoon i thought i would which are arranged a few paces back from the like a good Time skating. I had heard that the ramng and settle themselves preparatory to watch ice was very slick at , so I walked out mJ5 tne drill, students of the University who have to see if it was So. A good skater witnessed the different exercises any number of seldom falls Down but a poor one is always fall- tinies, and even some who have been in the ranks, ing Down as I am a poor skater 1 was con- w' crowd up against the railing and entirely in stantly falling Down, and as a result of it (the tercept the view of those in the rear from the Downs?) I am lame. work on the floor. There is plenty of room in the ti r r c j , gallery and the most of it lies behind the seating ine Delian Society conducted a moot court on portion. We know that such a discourteous act the evening of Feburary 17 in the place of a is not done intentionally, and we hope that here- Fn?gra7' i- C -apd Platfrm WaS trans" after strangers who take a half day off to visit the ?WH ?ta. u fcourt.romand for University and to watch the drill, will not be . St- wT fh0UrV,he frenS elT0Cluence of forced to stand up on their seats or sit down and our future Websters. Choates and Lockwoods look at the ceiling, soared far above the jurisdiction of the helpless court, and passing three times around the chan- aener, ien with great eflect on the awe-stricken multitudes below. It was a success. The class of '98 resolved at a recent meeting upon the following class yell: Ra, ra, ra, ra-iay Who's that ? Non-i-ginta-octo, Un-i-ver-si-tay ! It was further decided to denounce the entire ruling power of the university for sending them to the gallery for the charter day address. How- WASTE-BASKET WAIFS. The scene was in the library which was, as ever, silent. There was nothing to dis turb the sable pall of night, save the few flickering luminaries that gave out faint rays of light, which seemed to have more influ ence in rendering the drowsy students drowsier, than in throwing light upon the well thumbed, mouldy leaves of history. t ,iivir,iMiniiiiiiii.
