THE HESPERIAN
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I"t is needless to say they received the most
extravagant applause.
Besides, there were the Greek, and Latin
plays and the orations. One thing is estab
lished. Latin would make excellent love
songs, and a Mother Goose rhyme translated
into Greek would calm the most obstroporous
infant that over heard lullaby. This pro
gressive west must make use of the wealth
of novelty thus made attainable, if it wishes
to bo prosperous. The orations wore not in
Greek or Latin, but in English. Wo thank
Zous that, like the co-eds, English has como
to stay.
Nobody got to sleep early on Friday
night. The Alumni banquet, the Junior
Promenade and the society receptions amused
people who sought amusement. On account
of the slushy condition of the streets it is
said that hackmen have never had. such a
harvest since the year one. This romark,
though incidental, has a monetary value.
The Alumni banquet was mostly a feast of
reason. In this respect it was perfect.
Quito a number of the feasters loft rather
early to attend the promenade at tho state
capitol, where everything whirled. At
about two o'clock Saturday morning tho
promenade ended, closing the celebration.
The students began it on Wednesday and
had a perfect right to close it on Saturday
morning. Was anybody tired ? Was a
single person tilted a little bit on edge next
day? Did any student study for a week?
Was the anniversary successful? Did the
profs, indulge? Arc we the people? Come
to tho half centennial celebration and the
little birds will still be whispering about the
time the people had in '94,
A new and popular course has been offered
in Church History. Tho class is under the
direction of Yrof. Fling, of the department
of European History. The professor lec
tures twice a week, taking up the history of
tho church from its earliest beginnings.
Quito a number have registered for it and
report the study very profitable.
WASTE BASKET WAIFS.
I suppose that over since the beginning of
tho world there have been people who posed
upon the nunibor of hours they study a day.
But there is a new order of things in this
University, there are a largo number of
people who pose upon tho number of hours
thoy don't study. They have made up
their minds that they ought to know every
thing intuitively. They stroll into tho lib
rary, pick up a Latin dictionary, look up
several words in Plautus, then shrug their
shoulders and say they won't fool with that
stuff any longer, it is so pitifully easy they
can road it at sight. Thoy daily assure all
their fellow class-mates that they never look
at their lessons till they come to class, and
smile with sweet superiority at tho envious
sighs of the people who confess they have to
study. Thoy read magazines in the library,
holding them high so everyone can see thoy
are not text books, and in the afternoon they
loaf around the tennis grounds so everyone
can see they don't study then. At night
thoy go to tho theatre or a party so everyone
will be convinced that they don't study at
night. But from midnight till morning they
bolt their doors and dig till the dirt flies.
They are always consumed by two fears, the
fear tho people may think they have to study
and the fear that people will think they
don't have their lessons because they don't
study. Now, really, it is not worth the
energy it costs them. Wo don't care very
much whether thoy study or not. But if
thoy will live thus it is very cruel of them4to
bo always tolling us of their greatness. We
can't help it if they were born luminous, and
they might work some neat little Mosaic
device and coyer up the shining of their
countenance with an accordian veil or two,
just so overyone else in the class won't have
to wear blue goggles.
This clepartment is not a pulpit, still less
is it a fashion book, but it wishes on this
occasion to preach a short sermon upon
wearing apparel. Wo are a full grown Uni