THE HESPERIAN
than the left. As it is improbable that we will
ever get more comfortable chairs for recitation
rooms it behooves students to sit straight or they
will leave the university with an annoying dis
figurement. The glee club is getting right to the front.
About fifteen members are working up some fine
selections for the band concert to be given in the
near future. Prof. D. F. Easterday has charge of
the club ; this fact alone gives assurance that the
new organization will be of no mediochrc calibre.
A permanent organization will soon be effected.
If you are musically inclined do not fail to attend
their next meeting, Tuesday night, May 2nd, in
the chapel.
Did you ever see the chancellor's cat? It is a
beautiful maltese, rather larger than the ordinary
pussy, and never makes bad sounds at night. It
is not an office cat nor a house cat. It cats
nothing, sleeps constantly, never barks nor
scratches but being ever on the alert will not tol
erate petting or caressing. If you never saw this
wonderful cat just take a stroll out S street to
Sixteenth ; if you can't see the cat come and tell
us about it and we will point it out to you in our
next issue.
A VISION.
(Dedicated to H. C. P.)
Oh I flunked them one by one,
When they laughed at "let us read"
And their names I scratched off neatly from my
list,
Then I wiped my brow and said,
"It is good I've flunked them dead,
For I know my way is right and their's is
wrong."
But Prof. Sherman saw the shame
From his study room he came
And he told me as a vision of the night:
"There are nine and sixty ways
Of understanding Shakespeare's plays,
And they every single one of them are right."
Miss Veda Sheppard has been ill for the past
week.
Miss Maggie Jones is visiting her sister, our
cordial librarian.
Miss Edna Heyatt and Miss Cora Smith go to
Chicago Friday to see the great circus. They
will be gone several weeks.
Miss Wilder, superintendent of the Latin de
partment of the Topeka high schools, visited her
sister, Miss Kate Wilder, last week.
Miss Barbour has sent a hand carved table to
be exhibited at the Worlds Fair. Miss Barbour
deserves much credit for her work along this line.
She gave orders that the table should not be
varnished.
The music department will give a recital in
chapel, Wednesday, May 3, at 8 o'clock p. 111 .
All students and friends are cordially invited. It
is needless to say that the recital will be a pleasant
one, for Prof, and Mrs. Menzendorf always make
their recitals successes.
We wish to state for the business manager of
this paper that it is necessary for all delinquent
subscribers to pay up their subscriptions as soon
as possible. We have Jsome bills to pay and
must have money to pay them. We wish to pay
all bilk before the end of the year, so please at
tend to this matter at once.
It seems that the artistic eye of the ,West still
needs a little cultivation. The latest evidence of
this is that the ladies of Seward on inspecting the
handsome hat tree made by Miss Barbour, de
cided that it looked incomplete and treated it to
a coat of varnish. 1 1 is needless to say such a
proceeding did not help the looks of the hat rack.
The entertainment given by the Michigan
University Glee and Banjo Clubs was greatly en
joyed by all who heard it. Harry Reese, for
merly captain of Company D here, commanded
the glee club in a captivating hat drill. It seemed
like old times to hear Mr. Reese's familiar voice
cry out, "forward, march." The reception given
the clubs by the Chancellor was well we weren't
there, so we do not know how it was.
Misses Mary and Ada Myers amended the
performance of Othello at the Lansing April 17.
April 18, they visited the University and attended
chapel as they were wont to do in days gone by.
At noon they left for their home at Beatrice.
The Scm. Bot. and several of their bugologist
friends made an excursion to South Bend April
22 after botanical and bug specimens. The Sem.
Bots. met a toll bridge, by the way, but not the
toll-keeper. Coming back, these pedestrians
escaped the bridge altogether, as they desired to
walk to Ashland, for the specimens along the
way were greener and better. All parties report
a splendid time and several specimens.
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