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About The Hesperian / (Lincoln, Neb.) 1885-1899 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 20, 1895)
THE HESPERIAN 11 Economy club, is secretary of tlie Theosophy club, a member of die Glass Day committee, Senior class, member of Finance committee Joint Building association and lias been a member of the Union Boys Debating; club for several years. Mr. Newbranch was also a valued member of the English club, but was compelled to resign from it on account of an excess of work. The EvoJmtkm of Chapel. Should a student of fifteen years ago call at the chapel exercises, he would see very little to remind him of the chapel of his day. The rostrum was then at the north end of the room, and the seats which faced it were of the fashion nsed in churches of that period, stiff, high-backed and would seat about six people each, comfortably. Attempts were made to heat it with a hot air furnace at first, and when that was found inadequate huge stoves were provided ;bnt it was never warm in winter, nautili steam heat was introduced. But bare wa13s and Inartistic surronndings had no power to disturb the joihy good fool ing and comradeship which existed among the two or three hundred students who dally assembled there. About ten years ago She sMustrum was anoved to Its present location, the Improved seats were plated In position to gave evert person in tihe audience a fall view of any late comer to an exercise as soon as he enters aJhe room; the wallBs were tinted and frescoed; etchings a Blttfle Baler were hung about the waUls, and ttihe whole effect rais -quite charming In comparison. The changes Sin uzv&rM'jtu! 5ji've been ""Teater tMj m, than an l3ie moom itself. Until alwwtf "S4-, ttbere stood upon a small desk tapoa tike rosfcrma a silver call-bell, wikldk the one w&o led tihe dewolaons sfcneek wfoew he wished the atteaa laon of Ms audience. A diminutive ergan stood upon ttlbe floor In ffmont of tlbe rostrum, winch was played by some volunteer student do Head ttbe singing- Later came ilbe p5ano9 played by a skilled musician, and chorus teaching In the senool which adds very much to the interest of the exercises. It is now many years since a bare majority of the fac ulty were men of Christian standing in the community, and it may seem mythical to the present student body with their Y. M. G. AJs. and Y. W. C. A's. and "Mission Bands," that a strong effort was made for Years to prevent chapel exercises being held at !!, an effort which resulted in great harm; r there are people in the state today who be lieve a student cannot live a Christian life in the University of Nebraska. Chapel exer cises were not suppressed, but the University most spend perhaps another decade educating ministers, missionaries and Christian men and women before she can obliterate the im pression existing in some minds that she is thoroughly infidel at heart. Ellen Smith. THE REGENTS PROMISE. They Do Sot Thtak the Litenuy Societies Dead, Nor Their Vok Useless Wt Wtli Wve m BsjUiac sod a Place K Put Ii. The members of the board of regents met a committee representing the open literary societies Wednesday morning, December 1 1th, and listened to theirpelitaon ior gronnd whereon to erect a srdery bnilding. The regents all expressed themselves as convinced of the benefits of the open literary societies, and welB satisfied with the work the3' were doing. As one of the board said: "The literary societies are a uecessary9 in tegral part -of the University.' T They were posed baildisg and believed also that the University should at 9east faraish the ground whereon to build it. QAs there was some (question as to the ex pediency of granting a place on the campus proper, however, the uegents made this proposition. The attempt would be made to secure a fifty foot lot Immediately adjoining the campus, to be presented to the Umtverslty
