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1 J The Hesperian. UNIVERSITY of NEBRASKA. Vol. -XXIII. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, APRIL 2, 1894. No. 24 THE HESPERIAN Issued semi-monthly by the HKsrKRiAN Association of the Univer sity of Nebraska. BOARD OF EDITORS. W. CATHER Managing Editor ASSOCIATES. G. F. FISHER Editorial F.BULLOCK Literary AMY C. BRUNER Literary A. C PANCOST Athletic W. E. KIRK Alumni NED:C. ABBOTT Exchange W. H. FORSYTH LoCAL A. B. LYONS .. Local W. R. HARDY, Business Manager. terms of subscription One copy, per college year (in advance) $1 One copy, one semester. , " Advertising Rates on Application. alumni and ex-students. Special endeavor will be made to make The Hesper ian interesting to former students Please send us j our subscriptions. "Subscriptions on our books will be continued until ordered stopped. Address all communications to The Hesperian, Uni versity of Nebraska, Lincoln, Neb. EDITORIAL. TnB Seniors decided, at their last meet ing, to have Class Day exercises during commencement week. We hope the class of '94: will render themselves famous by their work on this occasion. Generally, it has been difficult to make '94 respond to any appeal whatever, save that of the registrar. If the Seniors do not show up well in these ceremonies, they should not be allowed to receive their diplomas. Forgive this department for "slaming" the Senior class, but it must be remembered that strict disciplinarians often achieve great results by the slaming process. Pkofkssuk Sherman's lectures on Shake speare's plays, given as University exten sion work, have proved very popular in the city, Students who have attended may by taking the examination receive one-fifth of a course credit for them. While the aim has been to make the work of such a nature as to appeal to the interest of the common reader, it has been sufficiently deep and thorough to admit it among the regular studies of the department. If more of the professors would follow the example of Professor Sherman, the work of the Uni versity would become much better appre ciated in the city. The departments of political science, literature, history and art, offer the best fields for University extension. Nehuaska University is again on top, which fact is cause for congratulation. The contest was not a close one and nearly every one present conceded that McMullen had a walkaway. The Cotner people are howling because Finch did not get second, some of the wildest even thinking Finch deserved first place. Wesleyan it seems, placed infinite confidence on Shank, which con fidence was shared to even a greater degree by Shank himself. The orations of Finch and Shank shou'.d go down to posterity as monuments of what orations should not be. They touched every great man and every great deed in history, and then, apparently 1
