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12 THE HESPERIAN Professor Frod Morrow Fling road a scholarly historical thosis entitled: "Mirabouu a Victim of tho Lottros doOnchot." Tho professor was at his best, and as ho road with characteristic eloquence, his scholar audionco sat almost spell bound. Those present wore impressed profoundly with tho scholarly analysis and careful original re search. Profuso compliments wore received from ovory side. Tho Univorsity should indeed feol proud of tho places hor scholars are oarning in tho fiold of original thought and rosoarch. It is at just such gatherings as those that our professors can lot tho thinking world know tho standard attained in our "far west" Univorsity. Saturday J. II. McGuifoy wont to Oroto in bohalf of tho U. B. D. C. and arranged two dobates with Doane. Tho first will bo hold in tho Uni. chapel February 22. Dental parlors of Dr. Hodgman ovor Ilar loy's. Roducod prico to students. Fred Lyons '95, the irrepressible, is edit ing a republican papor in Georgia. Frod, in a letter to Prof. Caldwell, was very enthu siastic concerning his prospects, and delight ed with tho climato and country. Ho is located in a boom town a nothcrn soldiers' colony. It is fitting that Horace Greoly Whitmoro should strivo to gain namo and fame in tho newspaper field. Whothor ho will do so with a gold bug sheet all tho pops and silver democrats in school aro inclined to doubt. Wo may bo sure, however, so long as Horace Greeley controls tho Lincoln Herald it will bo a newsy, well written papor. A more onorgotic and competent editor could not have been found for tho administration organ. LAW SCHOOL LOCALS. Harry Bailey was olocted presidont of the junior class at its last meeting. W. L. Williams is to bo ono of tho con testants for tho Chase and Whoolor oratorical prizo next Saturday night. Party lines aro as firmly drawn as ovor in tho junior claos. Tho faculty decided that the first two organizations wero irrogular. At tho third and last meeting of tho class a president was finally olocted after three hours of wrangling. With tho filling of this office tho mooting adjourned. Blxby's Retreat. I take my Sanskrit lexicon My hieroglyphic key My Greek and French and Latin "Dicks" With grave alacrity. I put my glasses on my nose I'm rattled, hot and huffy, Before next year I have to read This note from John McGuffey. I blew my dollars six for pants to do for Sunday wear ' And so I didn't go homo to sit in ma's new rattan chair. As here I stiy and study hard, sweet visions flood my brain, My homesick heart turns somersaults, I long for homo again, I sce.cranberrles disappear in brother's hungry maw, I see the gobbler hide his face by getting into pa, All helpless here, and worse than that, as if by demons called, I study, dig, and delve, and work until my head grows bald. So let the home turkey disappear, my head be cleared of hair, One day a scholar bald will sit in ma's old rattan chair; And as he sits, he'll meditate full wrinkled then his brow The ratan used to be on him; he's on the rattan now, I have a plan liy which I can Save one-hair hour each day. During chapel I'll go. To the study below In the rooms of the Y. M. C. A. When Gabriel blows his trumpet, As he will I've heard it said I'll stand near by when Science Hall Gives up its silent dead. And tho I cannot pay back debts In time allotted then, I want to shoot that dried buffalo To have him stuffed again. For if I do not bank him up And patch his broken bark, They'll not know he's the same old stock That rode in Noah's Ark. If I were 'funny' Dixby, and pushed his laughing pen, I'd dip it in some 'funnier ink, and try my hand again. Then would I scribe a hugest joke do my most . veriest best, " ' Till every button-hole would broke from every coat and vest. I'd have myself arrested then to save you all from death And in the mostest funniest Jen I'd draw one sober breath, ' -
