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THE: HESPERIAN
rear end for but that's another story. These
two boys rootned together. It appeared after
a time that they had made a covenant with
each other that they should gain the reputa
tion of being colossal liars. And they did.
It would be hard to tell which was the more
colossal liar of the two. The game had a
fascination for them. It grow upon them.
When they were seniors, ah, but perhaps they
didn't get to be seniors! Little libs, little
white lies, little hypocrisies, little society
sweetnesses which the dear girls make up, in
sincerity, indifference to others, and that de
spicable way some people have of talking
nothing, meaning nothing, seeing how many
smart lies the3T can tell it is an easy down
grade, but at the end there ss a big hollow
place.
"We always liked to have the Old Prof, lead
chapel. I am not sure but that he always
read the same psalm every time, ''Praise the
Lord, O my soul!" But that didn't matter,
fur ne real it with the spirit aud the under
standing, aj intensely in earnest that we grew
hushed, realizing that a soul, not a man
merely, was there. We knew, too, that the
Old Prof, didn't stop with psalm reading and
prayers. His prayers were solemn things,
just a few short sentences, broken often, in
tense and worshipful, and there was always
something sharp in ray throat for a minute.
Not a vord of explanation to the All-knowing,
not a shop phrase for his religion was larger
to him than his mathematics. He was a soul
first, a man second, an intellect third.
Tub Cooic
The Ssnter, QuaintanceandLehtnar orator
ical contest will be held in Union liall Satur
day evening at 8 o'clock. Mr. O. W. 31uier
will deliver an oration on "The Involution"
aud W. J. Bovee will speak on "Tiie Fate of
An Empire."
The judges of the local oratorical contest
have been selected by the local oilicers. The
judges on manuscript are : Hon. G. M Lam
lcrisori, Mr. 1L W Brown and Rev. Long of
York ; on delivery, A. G. Wolfonbarger,
Lawyer Kilpatrick and Rev. Hindman. The
contest occurs Friday evening, March 11th.
Vlimiui unci Foriaer Students.
Guy Thurbur '90 arrived from Pittsburg
last Thursday aud remained in the city until
Sunday visiting relatives and friends.
Miss Amy Shively, formerly '9S, but who
is now teaching in the Elmwood schools,
spent Sunday at home in Lincoln.
Miss June Sinails '90, who is teaching in
the Syracuse schools, will read a paper at the
Otoe Co. Teachers' Assn. meeting at Palmyra
March 11.
Ghas. Schwartz '90, visited his friend T.
F. McGarty, superintendent of Hamilton Co.
last week.
W. II. Miller Law '97, has located at Hil
dreth this suite with every indication of
success.
C. L. Wilson Law '97, is one of the pub
lishers of the Johnson Citizen. Johnson peo
ple are certain to have a newsy, well written
paper.
Guy W. Green '97. who recentty formed a
law partnership, in this city, with J. I).
Smith '97, has been seriouslj' ill for the past
two weeks with the typhoid fever.
Class of '01 will meet this afternoon.
The Newman circle will meet tomorrow
evening.
Representative Baall of Custer Co. has en
tered the College of Law.
The regiment lias been drilling by compa
nies in extended order, during the past week.
The Sophomores meet this afternoon to
electa board of editors for tire '00 Junior
Annual.
The Y. W. and Y. M. C. A. delegates to
the Cleveland convention returned Monday.
They will give their reports in the chapel
next Sunday at four o'clock.
Lieut. Stotsanberg has been giving the dif
ferent o-npinlj ao.ai practical talks during
the past week on the duties and equipage oF
the soldier in active service.
The P. B. D. C. had a lively meeting last
Saturday night- The boys are sliill scrapping
over the assignment of delegates to states for
tfhat national canvAntion. The scrap will
be continued tomorrow evening.