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10 THE HESPERIAN onco (admission being freo) which grcoted those initiatory ceremonies of the celebration, laughed and yelled in gleo. As the curtains came together upon the sedate members of the mock faculty practicing the polka for the Junior promenade, tears came to many eyes. It has been noticed that the plaster on the chapel walls has loosoned and cracked since that memorable night. As it would never do to neglect the weather on such occasions, it may bo stated that it was warm both be fore and behind the scones. Many remarked that it was a warm program. This program put the students in fine con dition to enjoy the next two days. They led, and rested on their oars to see their superiors follow. It was glorious. To have olh'cial license to bum one's self out happens but once in a lifetime. It is needless to re mark that the privilege was used. No one stopped to ask the professor of. history whether it was a right or a privilege. All took it as both and wont in for sport. The official exorcises wore opened at tho Lansing thoatro next morning. Chancellor Canfiold, Governor Orounse and Mayor Wier made addresses of welcome to. tho vis itors from abroad. Then about forty or fifty old time friends of education and Nebraska made five and ten minuto speeches. It was most enjoyable to a person who had a late broakfast to see tho men with prepared speeches try to respond to tho admonition of tho governor, who was chairman, that they make their remarks brief. Tho struggle was short. Each spoakor started with tho intention of brevity, no doubt, but gradually x got into his prepared remarks, and with the knowledge that he had tho audience aud chairman foul, wont on to tho bitter end. Thoso exorcises wore to marshall the hosts. They taught many a young student the ad vantage of being born late. In tho afternoon, which time it was before tho exorcises in tho thoatro closed, tho crowd began to surge through the University grounds. It was muddy, but mud was no obstacle Fortunately tho authorities had prevented children under fourteon from entering tho grounds unless attended by some ono. This doubtless kept many volts of electric fluid from tho bodies of young America. Tea was served in tho Chancellor's office by tho charming Senior girls, as was also, talk. A punch bowl across tho hall was another attraction though not nearly so groat an ono as tho ladies who received be hind it. In tho music room ono could got ice cream, but it was a venture in tho dark for it. Everywhere else on tho campus everybody recoivod everybody and none were strangers. In tho armory, well, thero was tho governor, and his staff in gilt be decked uniforms. Tho exorcises of tho evening were tho ex orcises of tho celebration. Everybody who could get into tho opera house went to hear our Professor Howard and to seo him made Dr. Howard before their very oyos. In days of old tho students printed medical signs on tho buildings. Tho silver celebra tion has reminded all that the University is still a doctor factory. Man is an intellectual being. Ho found this out and also why ho should bo proud of the fact, and how ho should act to enable him to keep on having this same fact to bo proud of. There was much philosophy in Professor Howard's ad dross, else how could ho have boon created a doctor of philosophy. Next morning was students morning. How they did pour into tho Lansing, and how they did yoll after thoy onco got in. The devotees of tho new veil rahod thorn solves hoarse in tho vain endeavor to drown out tho old stand by. Tho devotees of sev eral hundred othor yells yelled also. Bed lam wasn't in it with that crowd of students. Tho "student body" had a voice in affairs with some to rent, so did tho gloo club, only they will rent thoir's at so much per sing in the several cities of this "groat common wealth." Thoy made the hit of tho cele bration. Tho vast audience wanted them to sing "Romeo & Co." j1 Tho glee club desired not to, and didn't, bu', tho program was de layed at least five minVites by their modesty. Since that timo tho cluo has sung "Romeo." "-aWl