THE HESPERIAN
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dnuglitors. Tho Inst note of tho polka diotl
away and tho orchestra began wiping their
foreheads. His time had come. Ho went
to his fate boldly, but his face was white
and set, like tho face of Louis when ho
ascended the guillotine. Tho music started
up and the struggle began. To begin with,
he had not the slightest conception of time.
Ho had to begin counting with tho first note
of the orchestra and count every note which
followed or he never know which was one
and which was three. It was a difficult and
exacting mathematical calculation. Then he
was not prepared for the bumping. He had
never danced in a crowd, and he ran into
every man's elbow, and ran his own into
every lady. "Wherever he went exclamations
of anger and woe followed him. As to his
partner, he pushed her, pulled her, jerked
her, jammed her, lost and found her, and
literally sandwiched her between couples.
Occasionally he politely asked her if he had
stepped on her feet, but otherwise he said
very little, he was afraid of losing his count.
He was conscious of very little that went on
around him. Ho could not recognize any
one. He had read of people fioatmg by
each other in a dance, but there people did
not iioat, they knocked each other about like
nine-pin balls. He never had the slightest
notion what part of the hall he was in or in
what direction he was going. He simply
went one way till someone knocked him
another. The palms troubled him a good
deal, they kept dancing about so. Beside
this there was only the throb of the music,
an awful headache, lights and bumping.
Occasionally he found it necessary to swing
his partner around. The sweat would break
out on his forehead, his palor would grow
ghostlier than ever, he would tighten hie
grip on her hand and arm, throw himself
and her violently and leave the rest to
heaven.
Tho class in journalism under iProfessor
Adams and Will Owen Jones now numbers
about twenty students.
A HESPERIAN FIGHT.
During tho career of this tho oldest of tho
papers of tho University, it has soon many
struggles for supremacy between rival fac
tions within tho Association. Tho bitterost
of these seems to have culminated about tho
year 1SS0. For a long time before this, tho
disputes over the place of editor in chief had
been growing more violent. In 1878, for
tho first time, two editors in chief wore
elected. Since the student body was pretty
generally divided in interest botweon the
two literary societies, it was natural that
they should divide between them tho prime
editorial office. The greatest difference of
opinion arose, therefore, not over which
should havo an editor in chief, but over what
member should bo elected to represent a
society. The members claimed, as a natural
and original right, that they should be
allowed to nominate any one of their mem
bers to represent their society on the board
of editors. This did not always suit the
members of the other society, and a more
or less bitter contest arose. Such a case was
begun in 1879, when D. H. Mercer, a
senior, was the choice of tho Palladian
Society for the chief position on the paper.
He had at one time been a member, of the
Union Society, but had withdrawn and
joined the rival organization. The members
of the Union Society were conscientiously
and irrevocably opposed to lib being on tho
board of editors, whether he represented the
Palladian Society or not. Thoy selected
Frank Parks, another member of tho Palla
dian Society, and supported him. There
was also in the Union Society another ele
ment, some half dozen, perhaps, who did
not wish to support Mr. Parks. At the head
of these was Lucius Church. The two laigor
factions were so nearly equal in voting power
that these few held tho "balance of power."
Seeing that thoy could not elect their man,
the Palladians at once put up a now candi
date,yH. K. "Wolfe, with tho understanding
that he should resign at an opportune time.
This new candidate was elected by a great
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