THE HESPEKIAN
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"doe cop" than a fish haa of a world with
out water. Spaco forbids mo to ovon hint
all the characteristics of Now York. But
you are all familiar with them. Who does
not know tho Bowery confidence man, tho
Fifth Avenue dude udonchor know" who
rolls up his trousers because it rains in -Lon
don, tho New York "cop" with his udoh
THREE DAYS OFF.
On tho evening before St. Valentine's day
at six o'clock, all tho rules and regulations
governing tho sludonts of Nebraska Univer
sity wore sot aside, tho synchronized time
piece undortho glaBS case in tho Chancellor's
office was stopped, and the cerebral wheels
carrier" face who waits until you are robbed tlmt "y visitor to tho bmldings on common
then hammers you over tho hoad for it, with dy8i hoiu'8 in motion long before ho enters
tho comfortable remark, "whatB tho matter tho campus gates, wore allowed to cease
wid yez," the irrepressible and ubiquitous their grinding in order to give both opprcs-
street ami), tho Tammany "healer" who 80I'S nnd the oppressed time to celebrate,
wears glass diamonds and spring bottom Tho University of Nebraska was preparing
trousers, the priest "fat and well liking," to got triplo-platod with the vory best kind
tho larger number of polished looking of 8UvGl' m t market free silver. The
clergy, the immense number of beautiful aggregation of Sole is in tho last legislature
churches, and block after block of substan- would not Sivo her onouSh of tho otllG1,
tial business blocks and palatial residences? kind 80 sllG determined to make use of the
All these, combined with a continual rush material on hand, scarlet and cream silver,
and noinG of hoavv dravs over cobble stones. humlh silv9r anniversary silver and orator-
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elevated trains, and carriages from one's
conception of New York. Those characters
and characteristics are familiar to us all and
we are apt to think of them as overdrawn or
ical silver. In this attempt she was suc
cessful as tho world has declared.
February 15 was Charter Day, but Feb
ruary 1G was officially a holiday, since the
fictitious but they are real and Now York authorities regarded it impossible tp get
without them is like Hamlet without Ham- satiated in one day. For once, they wished
let. to lot tho students have their fill of excite-
I will toll you a few words about my mont, and for once, they did all in their
Seminary and then close after asking par- power to provide sufficient moans to accom-
don for so lengthy a letter. This 'is called plish that end; for all of which the "student
tho General Theological Seminary of tho
Protestant Episcopal church founded in
1817 for tho purpose of educating candi
dates for orders. It is well endowed and
has comfortable quarters for about 150
students. Of all tho many Seminaries
of the P. E. Church botli oast and west
there . is not ono more fitted to proparw a
body" would fool grateful, if it were not a
fact that tho celebration was prepared for
tho fathers and mothers of present and pros
pective students. This fact kept gnawing at
several hearts until they hatched a plot of
rovengo, which was perpetrated on Wednes
day evening, February 14.
On the evening of St. Valentine's day,
man for the high office and calling of priest, tho members of tho throe literary societies
Our students hero are all degree men, most gave a "hot tomolly" program in the chapel,
of them from eastern univorpities. I will It was indeed fitting for tho students to open
say for tho honor of the old U. of N. that I tho celebration. They rendered scones from
have never found myself at a disadvantage "real and unreal" University life, which
among them. I would not today exchange wore given mostly in pantomino. They
my degree for that of any eastern University, offered tho faculty up as a sorry sacrifice in
I would bo glad to wolcomo any old Uni- tho chapel platform, which place, bo it said
versity student at 157 Ninth Avenuo. to the unorganized public, is little frequented
Will T. Buown, '91. by those wise mon. The magnificent audi-