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About The Hesperian / (Lincoln, Neb.) 1885-1899 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 24, 1896)
THE HESPERIAN it 10) one on university publications, (11) another on university extension work, and 12 ) lastly a committee on athletics. Each college has a faculty of its own which passes on matters pertaining to the colleges separately, but all regulations that affect Instructors or students in more than one college must be made by the general faculty. The college faculties arrange the coursesof study, recommend j students for .graduation, and dispose of all cases of discipline involving suspen s5on,dlsmissal or expulsion Yet the most Important factor in the umversiiv organization as iiae stuaem body- It was for the students that the Institution was established, and for them It Is maintained- Each professor or In structor Is required to keep a record of his cbisses, and to report at the close of each semester, the number of students In ea eh class, the standing of each student, and the number of recitations held dur ing the team- No meeting of the stud ent, can be held on the univeisity grounds or In any building on the campus with out the approval of the chancellor, but the right of petition cannot be denied the students by any university authority. The students have a number of organiza tions that meet regularly at the univer sity, such as literary societies, Christian associations, and debating clubs- They have also, oratorical and athletic associ ations, political! and economic clubs, a number of Greek Better draternaties, and each class has an organization- Tihe sfcreniith of this systematic struct ure Is cleanly t-bhown.bytbe entire absence of friction In tthe administration of all university affairs.. So smoothly do the wheels of the governing machinery re volve that seamcely one student In a hun dred as aeqiuaanted mfclh It workings. Orm Wm- Meieil SnbBCjiibe Aor Twos MwivmMM "AsYotiLikelt." One day at the World's Fair while my cousin Ralph and I were doiag the Plai- sance we stopped at one of the Arabian booths and began to look at the trinkets that were on sale there. The attendant, a bright eyed, swarthy cheeked Arab, held up a bracelet made of their coins and said to Ralph, "Buy your girl a bracelet-'" Ralph laughed and answered, "O! I would If she was my girl, but she isn't, she's my wife and as long as I've got her there's no use squandering any more money on her." The Arab looked a lit tle puzzled and .gave a surprised and per plexed 'So." Ralph then spoke to him In German and he replied in the same tongue, an Instant later he asked "Sprceht I hre Fran Deuiseh?" Ralph said "Van." 1 put on an Injured expression at this and said, "No I can t speak German or even undeistand much of It, so he always talks It to the girls when I am around." The little Aiab looked at me sympa thetically and said In a low tone as we started off, ''Come baek again when he's not with you-" A day or two later I was out again, this time with my father and mother. The little Arab's eyes twinkled as we passed his booth and when we came back that way later, he smiled at us veiy blandly. I stopped to chat with him a moment and the first thing he asked was, "Where Is your husband" O!! he Is In the office today" Isaid "so I Ih ought IM come out and talk to you a llftie whale."" Ke gave me a languishing smile and said "Lcady,, thenk you." I talked to him for some time and asked him many questions about has country., tUhe people, their manners and customs, and found him very intelligent. Ho told me be had been in Germany for two years and at was because of has knowledge of Gennau that he had se cured his position at tbs Fair. When I left he clasped a Battle silver bracelet around may waust saying, "That the Lady m;ay mot forget ' Eb'jhek Smotei.