THE HESPERIAN
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A weok ago Inst Sunday, Prof. Sherman
delivered a scholarly address before the Y.
W. and Y. M. 0. A. The chapel was crowd
ed to the doors.
You can buy a good fountain pon at Hcr
polshcimers & Co's book department for
$1.00. Pencils, note books, dictionaries
and translations, as well as college supplies
in general are lower in price than anywhere
else in Lincoln.
The December business meeting of the Y.
W. C. A., held in room five Uni. hall last
Monday evening, was well attended. The
reports of the various committees show that
the work has been unusually successful so
far this year. Much interest is being taken
in college settlement work.
Bank trouble is hard on some of the stu
dents. If relief does not come soon, some
may be compelled to quit school. R. S.
Baker says he has but 35 ceuts left, Jerry
Rebmond is in a worse predicament. "Big"
Turner and "Shorty" Lehuhoff had their
money stored way in the pillow case.
The Hksi'kkian hates to correct its worthy
contemporary, but if we remember correctly
the local oratorical winners for the past
three years were as follows: 1893, T. E.
Wing, Phi Delta Theta; 1894, A. F. Mont
morency, Phi Delta Theta; and 1895, E. B.
Sherman, Delta Tan Delta. Are we not
correct ?
Transparent spirits by me glide,
Celestial music greets my ear,
About me swarm on every side
The hosts of friends so dear.
My soul is charmed with music sweet,
I can't express the joy I feel,
The dance goes on 1 hear the feet
Of Editor McNeal.
The Union society at its business meeting
Tuesday, elected the following officers for
the winter term: Wultor H. Rhodes, presi
dent; John Almy, vice-president; Mablu
Dempster, recording secretary; Evclena
Roloffson, corresponding secretary; Annie
Prey, critic; C. M. Barr, treasurer, and John
H. McQuffey, sergeant-at-arms.
Prof. Wolfe unto his Psych, class said,
"Let's try one more exam;''
That night the class ne'er went to bed
. But their heads began to cram.
The class in Psychology settled the brain
weight question and the woman question
some two weeks ago, and now Dr. Wolfe is
happy.
Hon. L. D. Richards of Fremont, read a
very able paper before the Political Economy
club, a week ago yesterday. His subject
was Socialism, taking the economic phase of
the question. The discussion following the
paper, carried on principally by the gentle
men from down town, wao heated and inter
esting. Some of the more radical socialists
present did not entirely agree with Mr.
Richards ideas.
The following officers were elected for the
winter term at the Palladian business meet
ing Monday evening: President, Miss
Morton; vice-president, I. J. Hunt; record
ing secretary, Miss Redford; music secre
tary, Miss Davison; corresponding secretary,
H. R. Tucker; critic, A. S. Johnson; histor
ian, Miss Bullock; treasurer, C. A. Fisher;
sergeant-at-arms, Wm. Boose; assisting sec
retary, S. J. Corey.
A fair sized audience greeted the Glee and
Banjo clubs Wednesday evening. Everyone
was highly satisfied. Each year these clubs
become more popular and thus help make
the real progress of our schools.
The Phi. Kappa Psi fraternity will shortly in
augurate a series of Sunday aitcrnoon talks by
professors of the University on literary and edu
cational subjects.
The Dclians held an election of officers on
Wednesday. An able corps of officers were
chosen and from present indications the society
has a bright future before it. The following
officers were elected : W. T. Elmore, president;
Maud Atkinson, vice-president; P. H. Thomson,
recording secretary; A. W. Saville, critic; Helen
Sanger, music secretary.
The third annual Senter-Lehmer-Quaintance
oratorical contest of the Union literary society
was held in the chapel Decen.ber 14th. The
lower floor of the chapel was well filled with a
representative University audience, and the