14
THE HESPERIAN
and dropped the shawl, blushing very red. A
woman approached and took up the shawl thnt
was still "saturated" with the Browning he had
quoted over it; and drawing its folds about her
sylph-like shoulders, the Registrar went home to
dinner.
LOCALS.
And the wind blew th
"My heart is as Flynn(t)" Reedy.
Mr. Ames is nursing a sprained ankle.
Mr. Helvie '92 is back for the summer.
The library building (?) is being roofed.
There will be no summer school this year.
Miss McClurkin, after a short illness, is at work
again.
N. K. Griggs of Beatrice, has moved his
family to Lincoln.
On account of rheumatism F. A. Wynegar has
gone home for a few days.
The fence on the tower of University Hall has
been taken down for repairs.
F. Mullen last week enjoyed a three days' visit
from M. M. Kelly of New York.
Messrs. Lord hnd Wynegar recently took a
little spin to their home in Ulysses.
H. G. Whitmore will be the next manager of
our foot-ball team. Success to the team.
The Delian oratorical contest will be held in
University chapel on the evening of May 6th.
Prof. Fossler has been elected a member of the
school board. Merit is bound to be recognized.
One of the large panes of glass in Prof. Bar
bour's private office was blown in by the late
gentle zephyrs.
Prof, and Mrs. Menzendorf entertained the
members of the university orchestra on the even
ing of the nth. A very pleasant time is reported.
L. R. Alderman has left school to delve a few
months "down on the farm." He will return in
September.
Hold an election in your association, society,
club or whatever it may be and fill up your
treasury.
Elliott left for Chicago last Tuesday where he
will' officiate as one of the guides at the World's
Fair grounds.
J. W. Morrow, '95, has given up his school
work for the present period. He is with the
Columbia National bank.
The Abbott brothers were called away to the
funeral of their sister at their home, in Fremont,
Wednesday afternoon, April 26th
Considerable excitement was afloat last week
over the choice of manager .of next fall's loot-ball
team. Enthusiasm is not injurious.
R. C. Bentley who received a general shaking
up, or rather down, by the heels of a frisky horse
last Monday evening, is again in school.
It is hard to make a factional fight in election
matters when there are no factions, despite the
opinions of some. Merit needs but little advo
cacy. Tallmadge and Weaver held parquet seats at
the Paderewski entertainment in Omaha last
week. Opera glasses were in great demand that
evening.
The Profs, have been disappointed in getting
their regular quarterly allowances and will prob
ably be compelled to wait till August 1 for the
balance of their salaries.
The editorial staff of The Hesperian had its
picture taken Thursday afternoon. An aggre
gation of intellectual beauty such as posed on
that occasion is rarely seen in public.
There is some talk among the law students of
organizing a banjo club to take a place as it
naturally will' with the glee club. It would be a
fine thing for the University. Talk it up.
The Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. associations
are to have an annual address by some prominent
man. The address will probably be given this
year on Sunday afternoon of commencement
week. The lecturer has not yet been selected.
The Sem. Bot. were entertained at the home of
Judge Pound, Saturday evening, the 15th. The
meeting was a very enthusiastic one. Several
papers were read, followed by election of new
members, etc. The affair was under the direc
tion of Mr. Roscoe Pound.
Several attempts have been made to photo
graph the batallion and band. It has been said
by some unkind ones that the latter has spoiled
every camera and frustrated every attempt, ow
ing to the persistency of the distinguished musical
body to insert in the photo that bearskin. Other
attempts will be made, with and without.
The class of '94 has decided to give a grand
banquet sometime during commencement week or
earlier, to the senior class. The class of '93 has
accepted this honor shown them by the juniors
with a great deal of pleasure both on account of
their appetites and the social benefits they will
derive from the event. The juniors are to be
congratulated for having inaugurated such a
commendable enterprise.
Did you ever notice that the shoulders of
many students are not of equal height ? There
. is a tendency, caused probably by the form of
our recitation chairs, to lean in such a position
that the right shoulder is almost constantly lower