THE HESPERIAN
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jfrd then nn oration of the blood nnd thunder style found a
place,. Later on there came the short story, attempting dialect
or bizarre offocts. Those contributions are still to bo seen in a
groat many college papers. But the inevitable tendency to a
news-sheet instead of a literary magazine is everywhere mani
fest. Students will no longer become interested in a monthly
publication of a purely litorary nature. On the other hand lo
cals, items of a personal interest, brief notices of entertainments
aud short write ups of various departments, havo come to bo the
contents of the average college journal. M.S. U. Independent.
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The evening classes are not as well attended as they should
bo. Only ten havo registered thus far for regular work. It
is hoped by the managers of the department that others, in
tending to take the work, will report as soon as possible.
At present there are about thirty of the University's best all
around athletes training for the in door Pentathlon which
takes place on Saturday, March 25, in the armory. Tho prin
cipal events in this contest will bo tho running high jump, the
poll vault, shot put, potato race, and tho running hop step and
jump. In the high jump, tho limit for entranco is 3 feet G
inches, every quarter inch thereafter being considered one
point. In tho poll vault, 5 foot 10 inches is the lowest limit,
and for tho shot put, 18 feet with 12 lb. shot. The potato
race is to bo with 17 potatoes and tho entire distance covered
amounting to a quarter of a mile. Limit of time, two minutes
and fifteen seconds. This will be tho principle indoor event
of tho season.
lie nuisances, so called senior canes, are, and of right ought
to bo free and independent of all Seniors, and for carrying
out this humane and civilizing reformation,
Be it resolved still further, that it is tho sense of this class
that a bounty of ten cents be offered by the class for extermina
ting and abating every said public nuisance, taking tho shape
of a Senior cane,
Provided, that no cane snail be forcibly seized, or extorted
from tho ownor thus incurring possible danger to the physical
welfare of the Seniors.
Carried unanimously.
Base Ball.
"While tho past week haB much inconvenienced the
base ball boys it has by no means discouraged them. The in
door practice has steadily progressed. Tho old pitchers are
showiug marked improvement and will far surpass tho work of
last year. Barnes and Kennedy have the infielders at work in
the cage, where many promising candidates are showing their
ability to handle the ball. Special fatigue work, and body
building exercises are being carried on and are much practicod
and tho men are fast getting into fine physical condition.
Passed by the Junior Class at their Last Meeting.
Whereas, There has been discovered about tho domains of
tho University, to tho detriment of the health and welfare of
the whole community of Lincoln oven to its remote suburbs,
a very obnoxious public nuisance, which is apt to germinate
contagious diseases and violent uprisings of our ambitious
Seniors, and
Whereas, it has always been the stable policy of tho present
respected Junior class to use all possible and honorable means
for the advancement of civilization of society and welfare of
humanity,
Bo it resolved, by tho honorable class of 1900, in mass as
sembled, fully realizing the true and social principles and
ideals of the great brotherhood of man, that it is the true sen
tient of this clasB that tho things called "Senior canes,"
otherwise known as shinny clubs, are nothing more than pub
lic nuisances, sapping tho very vital life of society by their de
generating influence, and
Be it further resolved, by the-class of 1900, that those pub
Resolutions of Sympathy.
Whereas, It has pleased the All Wise God, to call from
this earth the brother-in-law of our fellow Delian, J. F. Boomer,
therefore be it,
Resolved, That wo, tho Delian Society of the University of
Nebraska, extend to him, and to tho family of the deceased,
our heartfelt sympathy in their bereavement; and be it further
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to Mr.
Boomer, one to each of the University papers, and also that a
copy be placed upon the Delian Society records.
Signed, E. Ruth Pyrtle,
E. F. Warner,
Chas. W. Jones.
Committee.
F. II. Woodland, one of the editors-in-chief of tho Junior An
nual, made a business trip to Omaha last Friday and Saturday.
Next Friday night the Union Literary Society will be fa
vored with a visit from tho Orpholian society from Wesleyan.
Tho visitors will furnish the program, consisting of music,
both instrumental and vocal, impersonations, and literary pro
ductions. The sixteen debaters are busily at work seeking ma
terial for their question in the final contest during the first
week in April. The librarian has kindly posted references on
tho question and stands ready to help tho young men in any
way. Now, if these students succeed in preparing as able
arguments as produced in tho finals last year, it will bo worth
any student's time to go out and hear them. These debaters
sacrifice as much energy, patience and midnight oil as any
workers for university organizations. They deserve universal
support of tho student body. Tho association is out of debt.
It asks nothing for financial reasons merely, but it should be
supported by the University just as well as base ball and foot ball
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