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About The Hesperian / (Lincoln, Neb.) 1885-1899 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 18, 1895)
THE HESPERIAN 11 A committee from the debating associa tion has been appointed to secure credit for work done in the joint debate. Professor C. (In the American history seminar.) "Mr. Montmorency, will you take as your special topic "The Courtship of Lincoln"? Mr. M. (ardently.) "Yes sir, yes sir!" and "Monty" turned a delicate crimson as a ripple of merriment at his enthusiasm on such a subject passed round the class. ENGLISH CLUB MEETS. The English club held their first regular meeting this year with Miss Julia Wort. All had the nicest kind of a time, since eveiy one felt glad to re-inaugurate the series of meetings which brought so much pleasure last year. Professor Bates, Miss Prey and 3Iiss Bruner read excellent poems. After the program the club was interested in a game of abomnible puns, ?uch as the follow ing: "What is more than a sandy shore V The answer of which is, "Beecher." Alumni an4 044 Students. O. T. Reedy, an old Delian, has been visiting in Lincoln. W. F. Wolfe, jr., '93, Union, has now a lucrative law practice in one of the southern states. Ella McCroskcy, '95. Palladian, now marshals the books in the city library at Tecumseh. Miss Clinton is out of school, that is the University proper, this year, but is taking music at the Conservatory A. C. Pancoast, a last year's Delian, is missed by his old friends and acquaintances. He is teaching near Ashland. Miss Maude Hammond has a prospering clas of twelve or fifteen members learning Latin declensions. E. 31. Pollard still has his hand in politics down in Cass county. He will probably be a candidate for the legislature next year. Al Williams, '89, is now at the head o the Botanical department State Agricultural school of South Dakota at Brookings. C M. Skiles' name appears on the Cham berlain Business College circulars as head of the University preparatory department. The democrats in Montana had better keep their eyes peeled. With the Johnson boys having Montana as their headquarters fur will soon fly. C. A. Beach of Schuyler, has been for some days in the city shaking hands with old Uni. friends. He would have gone out with '98 but accepted a position with the B. & M. as mail agent. LAW SOIi 00 1. LOCALS. J. W. Baker, '95, is practicing law at Burwell, Neb. Miss Davisson, the only lady in the class of '96, is back again. Wilson, Gardiner, Wiggins and Haj'ward are absent, having gone with the foot-ball team. Juice Abbott has not yet returned from his trip with Ringling Bros. He was en gaged by them as a coronet soloist. Joe Jones, a former student of the Uni versity, is back this year taking Junior law. He and W. L. Williams are the present custodians of the law library. Judge Wilson, (to Senior class) "What is cumulative evidence V Harry Minor. "It is that evidence which accumulates in the course of a trial." 0. H. Paul, class of '95, was in the city iast week as a delegate to the republican state conventio . He is located at St. Paul, Xeb., where he is gaining a good practice. il. C. Ostien is principal of the Albion high school this year. He and J. N. Stephens are thinking some of forming a partnership and entering upon actual prac tice next year.
