THE HESPEKIAN
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he was the most ordinary and common
place of mortals, suddenly begin idealizing
him, and bestow you him all the attributes
of the heroes of their favorite Ouida,
Bertha JM. Olay and Mary J. Holmes.
They dub him martyr at once, and build
an altar to him before which they pass up
and down ministering continually. Young
ladies who would never have thought of
receiving him before, throw open their
homes to him. It is not that they have any
particular liking for him personally, it is his
fault that makes attractive. A respectable
student can go through school and never
win half the sympathy and kindness that a
rascal can by a little audacious meanness.
A man may bo a valedictorian and bo hated,
but if ho is a villain ho is sure to be beloved
by the ladies. Of course there is such a
thing as boing a true friend in trouble. I
am the last person on earth to sneer at a
friendship that can outlast disgrace or a
faith that can defy doubt, but such feelings
must bo based upon warm personal regard,
and are not the musheroon growth of a
night. I admire the friends who for friend
ship's sake have stood shoulder to shoulder
by Mr. McMulen, I do not mean the great
triumvirate who own him, but the few men
who uphold him though they cannot say
why. Most of us would be almost willing
to face disgrace to have the assurance of
such friendship. But the faint femenino in
sense that has been offered before him is
not much to be proud oi!. It is a romantic
sympathy that women easily transfer from a
college renegade to an escaped convict or
vica versa. The most redeeming feature
about a woman ie her sympathetic quality,
a woman without it is abnormal, clammy,
a monstrosity, but it is strange that that
precious quality is played upon so often,
and so often wasted where it brings so little
honov to any one, and is very far from
blessing either him that gives or him that
takes.
JUNIOR ANNUAL.
These is no doubt about it, that Junior
Annual is a thing of beauty and promises in
every way to fullfill that popular quotation
from Keats. The book contains about 300
pages and many elegant engravings. The
quarto-centennial features is new and very
interesting. It is made up of sketches by
the leading men of the'faculty and Alumni
of the institution. The editors of the
annual and particularly the managing
editors, Messrs. Searson and Weldon,
deserve the hearty congratulations of the
faculty and students for the success of the
undertaking. Such a book is more credit
to the University and speaks more for its
scholarship than all the marks which will go
in to Miss Smith this Juuo. The hard
shells may preach as they ploaso, but it is
the ability to make and to do that counts in
this world. That Annual is a greater honor
to the managing editor than the little pieco
of sheepskins they will got uoxt year. No
other class has over gone out of the Uni
versity that ,has left such a proof of its
strength and energy behind.
"We wish to especially comment upon the
work of North & Co. Fine printing is an
art. It requires as much artistic sense to use
different kinds of typo harmoniously as it
does to lay colors harmoniously. Lincoln
in very fortunate to possess such a printer
as Mr. North, and the 'Juniors were very
sensible to employ him. Ho had arranged
the whole volume with exquisite taste and
down to the smallest details the book is
neat and elegant.
The Annual is dedicated to Miss Ellen
Smith, as a token of the deep respect and
loyalty of this class and all classes, , past
to be. The students of the University do
not often make public acknowledgements;
and when they do they moan something.
The class ot '95 meant very much when by
unanimous vote they decided to place upon
the dedication page the name of our honored
registrar. It is a recognition that has long
been due to her and the class rejoices that
it has been left for them to make it.
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