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THE HESPERIAN.
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Vol. XXVIII.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, JANUARY 13, 1899.
No. 15.
RENUNCIATION.
Beneath the shelter I love best,
You wander waiting for my sake;
I know the tenderness, the rest,
Your touch would bring to throb and ache.
They deem me maddened when I spurn
The silence for the weary road;
Ah God! if they knew why 1 turn
To bear again the staff and loadl
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LITERARY SOCIETIES
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At Chickamauga.
The canvas of the now hospital tent seemed dazzling
white in the broiling afternoon sun. Before the door, a white
flag with a red cross in the center, floated from the top of a
high pole. A sentinel slowly walked his boat a short distance
from the tent, carrying his gun at "right shoulder."
A tall soldier, his face sunburned, dressed in a now uni
form with a narrow band of white cloth pinned about his left
arm, approached the hospital, fastened the loose "end flag" to
the top of the tent and entered.
A large pile of straw, upon which a number of blankets
had been piled, completely filled one corner. Near the wall
on one side of the tent, lay the figure of a man on a straw
pallet wrapped in a gray blanket, with a faded bluo blouse
tucked under his head for a pillow.
"Other nurse must bo playin' seven up again," muttered
the new comer as ho walked to the rear of the tent.
A feeble groan from the figure on the floor attracted his
attention.
"Wonder how long the poor fellow has been alone," ho
TAuSoQ ss no uSub over ttio siCtC soldier.
The invalid's face was pale, his eyes bright; his cheeks
wore pinched and drawn; his swollen lips moved convulsively.
The nurse gazed at the figuro for a moment and then
started to find the regimental surgeon.
He was unsuccessful for that worthy official was at that
moment partaking of a sumptuous repast in a fashionable
down-town restaurant. The surgeon of the neighboring regi
ment bluntly stated that ho was paid to look after the health
of the Twenty fifth Illinois infantry, not that of the Second
Nebraska.
Meanwhile the figuro of a soldier, wrapped in a gay
junket, lay on a pallet of straw under the hot roof of the hos
pital tent, his bluo eyes gazing steadily at the white canvas
above him, hio skinny fingers feebly picking at the sleeve of
a faded blue blouse which had rolled from under his head.
G. W. Kline.
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The officers of the literary societies and debating clubs for
the coming term are as follows:
Delian Madge Wiggins, president; Chas, Root, vice presi
dent; May Buckmaster, secretary; H. J. Theobold, treasurer;
Nora Davis, music secretary; T. F. Gould, slate bearer; J. F.
Boomer, sergeant-at arms.
D. B. D. 0. R. D. Androson, president; 0. J. Warner,
vice president; Win. Morrow, secretary; R. W. McCallum and
0. W. Jones, attorneys; F. E. Edgerton, sergeant at-arms.
P. B. D. 0. R. L. Waterman, president; B. R. Gordon,
vice president; J. A. Johnson, secretary; W. 0. Greon, ser-goant-at-arms.
Union Perse A. Morse, president; Amy Shively, vice
president; Minnie Wilkinson, seciotary; F. BL. Alexander,
treasurer; R. E. Hewlett, sergeant-at arms.
Palladian Bertha Jonnston, president; Carl Meier, vice
president; Minnie Smith, recording secretary; Maude Reed,
corresponding secretary; J. S. Smoyer, music secretary; 0. M.
Funk, treasurer; R. S. Hunt, critic; J. D. Roid, sergeant-at-arms.
U. B. D. 0. J. J. Plowhead, president; Fleming, vice
president; Swanson, secretary; Weaver and W. F. Meier,
attorneys; H. A. Meier, sergeant at-arms.
Friday evening the Palladians came together in their hall as
usual. The first thing in order was the installation of officers.
Retiring President Reed formally turned over his office to
Miss Bertha Johnson. Immediately Miss Minnie Smith was
escorted to the secretary's chair and the class for the evening
called to the platform. Mr. Lowrio road some sketches of
western life that had merit about them. A boat scone, he
portrayed with vigor and skill, and one could almost see a side
steamer on Columbia river. Mr. Boyle followed with a sketch
of Freshman life in ono of our minor colleges which ended in
an appointment to the Annapolis Naval School. Mr. Sams
read specimens of doggeral verso. Verse which was very
ludicrous but which in ono or two places showed thought and a
philosophy below the surface. In accepting her office Miss
Johnson emphasized the fact that the Palladians were standing
for the same principles they had ever stood for. They had, as
a society, gained victories in the past; the membership is now
strong and they expect a measurefull of success in the future.
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