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About The Hesperian / (Lincoln, Neb.) 1885-1899 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 7, 1898)
; THE : HESPERIAN Again, at an evening entertainment not long ago, I saw two ordinary looking boys seated 1 ; Hie door of tbe crowded hull listening with much interest to a paper that was being read. Two ladies come in. The boys slink out of their seats. The ladies take them as their rightful possession. The boys bring chairs and sit down again to listen. Two more ladies come and fairly drive the boj's away. It is no use. The boys give a hopeless sigh and escape. Out at Leland Stanford Jr. University the faculty has taken hold of the animal bjr both horns. Forty-one names have been dropped from the roll, chiefly on account of poor work. But a number of students were sent homo to their mammas because they were in necv.1 of the parental rod or something of the sort. Four were dropped because of too hilarious onduct after the Thanksgiving football game to put it mildly. If the star of progress rises in the west and keeps on singing on its way, perhaps it may shed a sort of moonlight radiance on the University of Nebraska some day and encourage brave hearts to action. And what a lurid sunset it will have if it reaches ancient Yale! The Stanford people seem to realize that even an endowed institution cannot stand the disgrace put upon it by students who disgrace themselves while Haunting the 'varsity colors. "Hello John." "Good morning, Miss " and he tipped his hat politely. She blushed a trifle and the next time she said "Good morning, Mr. " Boys can occasionally teach ladies some thing. The Cook. Qtaito ToacherH' A.HHocIutfon Mooting?. The one thing to remove the monotony of an uneventful vacation, to the student who remained in Lincoln, was the thirty-second annual meeting of the Nebraska Btato teach er's association. This gathering brought to Lincoln everyone from the "tiddlo de wink" young country school ma'm to the stern and soriouB.maid of more than twice "sweet six teen" every one from the fresh and purpose less youth of "decstriok thirty four" to the dignified, learned and care-worn city superin tendant. Many teachers arrived hero Monday, more Tuesday, and by Wednesday evening the re gistration had passed the one thousand mark being the largest meeting in the history of the association. No littlo credit is duo Pre sident Crabtree for the largo attendance. He was the moving spirit in arranging the excel lent program, in advertising the meeting and in seeing to it that every one did his part. On Monday evening the state educational council held its annual meeting. On this evening also occurred the inter-high school debate. Lincolu and Hastings representa tives upheld the affirmative of the 'Hawaiian annexation' question while Beatrice and Crete espoused the negative. The high school audi torium was well filled and the debate is uni versally declared to have been the best high school contest ever held in the state. Auxiliary associations took up the greater part of Tuesday. The Library association, the Association of Teachers of History, Society for Child Study, Association of Teachers of Literature, County Superintendants and the Association of School Boards all had programs during the day. The first regular asssciation meeting occur red Tuesday evening. After two musical se lections and the invocation, United States Commissioner of Education Wm. T. Harris addressed the teachers. It was an admirable address to a splondid audience. He said that, it was a day of specialists. "What should tho child study?" said the Commissioner is the great question tho teacher must answer. On Wednesday forenoon Judge M. B. Reese read a practical paper on the "Right Emp hasis in Education." Tho afternoon was taken up by committee reports and other as sociation business. Tho County Superinten dants', tho nigh School and other sections had interesting programs during tho after noon. At tho evening program Chancellor MacLean gave a forceful and practical talk on "Tho Next Stage in the Educational De velopment of Nebraska." Following tho ad dress of Chancellor MaoLean came a most ex collant program called a "Musical Carnival." Thursday forenoon Dr. Butler of Omaha