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msmm c I) i - . ,izr . It li l It li I ) Wfy ljESPERJAN STUDENT i i lMCOI.tf, NKBHASKA. Almom Home. 1 am nlniom homo, ald bright Utile .nj. As alio hurried nlong nt close of tiny. A very good time I have fond nt school, 1 haw lenrnoti A, II, C, ami kepi onrh rule; But tilt 1'w Ijooii thinking all tho while, Of llttlo hnb's kUs, Mini mama's milti; Aud I inn mi "lad Hint night has ntivv come, I am nlmost homo; I am alnioxt homo. I'm nlmost homo; sntd the ntiulon: In.liino, Ho seen his vnontlou coming fo noon. Ton mouth away; it soonis a long time gone JsliH-o I have met all tho loved one at homo. Jlut tho tlinii In puod; I will soon ho there. Amlnwm with all hook, study, nnd onto. Thoy all will ho glnd to see Johnny come; Utwil.fo.vc- ii'hool. maio, lonelier.' Cm almost homo. 1 am almost homo; says an aged -taint. An lie. count" lili- puNo Hint Ih now ho faint. J soon chall foo whore the weary rol, I will 11 nil repose on my Sn tour's forcni; Oh, so dear to me N'my homo on high: I long to go homo, some call It to die. II Ih only a atop from earth tti heaven; .overt ones wllj greet me, mv crown will he Klven. Almost homo: Mossed words! iiuiHt su-ot, Ah wo think of loved ones ngajirili t ) gioot. Milt aio the not dourer tofSftnt) lone, Thinking of noarlug tholr AjfynPhomor And yet may thee words iffiVconio to us nil: We know not how soon death's messtigc may u 4 cn"; And life may ho swuot, lull of Joj and love; Lot us never lorgot our home aho e. I.. Sanitnry science is, niter all, a very in. definite kind oi' knowledge. AYhat we nre warned to seek utter and cherish one year, we are warned against the next; at least this is so with regnrd lo many of its dletu. A. few years since boat-rowing as n popular exorcist' both iu this conn- and in England. .Ministers of the gospel look to ll in many parts of the country, and joined Hie corps of " museii. lar saints;" but now we have- it from so high nuthorily as tho London Lancet that boat.raoing. an practiced by tho students of English and American colleges, is disadvantageous and sometimes fatal to health, and Hint such violent muscular oxerctse Is productive of consumption and honrl diseiiw. Still the criticism probably appertains to tho excessive and injudicious practice of this exercise. jTfl) th (jcatmi Adcocato. Tho following anecdote has outlived lt3 early youth, but it still reads well; John PhaMiix tell the slory that he was one day leaving San Francisco by tho itcnmor. Everybody else was taking have of friends but lie did not know a soul in (he crowd. Ashamed of his loneliness, as the bonl sheered off he cull, etl out In a loud voice " Good by, Colonel I" and to bit. great delight every man on the whaif took oil" hit hat and shouted, "Colonel, good hyV'Xorttnmtmi. Always avoid the company in which you are willing lo toll a coarse jest, be. cause gfosbiiens is never humorous; pro. faulty is never admirable; and if your mnuuer and speech once begin to ravel out upon that edge, all their manliness and charm are in danger. Ei.. It rather hit the null on the head, when a lady, on being asked what she thought was the meaning of the words "Tho pestilenco that walkelli in durkiicsq," an. wered that, in her opinion, it wne bed-"buga.- Jx. ZUMMMHHI WIIHI1IH1PII . j mK heperi: Local. ( Tho clnocof '7C, nt present, numbers 17. I ThO RTItDVVr l liipunlnnl It .1 J,.,. f ,. ). n.,t ! No :i',4 0 street. ! Many of the students hnvc gone to tholr homes l to spend tho summer vacation. Why lo u profe-or like a locomotive! Because you have to loo!: out Tor him when tho bull rings. tlndor tho hands or tho .lanltor, Mr. MeLrnn, the Untorall campus presents quite an lmpro ed appearance. Several of the professors lakn irlpsof pleasure through different parti of the Union, for retroa Hon, this vacation. The University repair nro being rapidly push ed to completion, and the chnpol wlllho ready for oconpnnc) next lull. " We have doforud Issuing Ihe .Studkkt .it tho uoiinl time in order to give nn sccotint of coin mencoment oxorcbes. Ono of our aonloia has taken n tour through tho Knst, tho other gone on h farm propauitory to rentllug law in the fall. President Steelo of I.uwrenco University has been appointed one of the Commissioners tiom Wisconsin to the Vienna Exposition. vVuarosorrj to state, that the Vacuity huo cuused the students great nnxlcty of mind by thoir nouattundauco at prajers, but weaie strong in the hope of reformation. Wo are not given lo oxtollug the character our students, but when two year passes by wlti out a scrape, except hiding the iVont door-knl) wo think It worthy of note. Intense oxcltuuiont was created in a class the other daj, by tho professor stutlng that Trot". Katun had made tho astounding discovery, that this globe will not support lllo but twenty-six million years longer. Tho Hoard of Hogonte, at their lust session, ap propriated $000.00, for tho purboso of providing an abslstaut, utter the nrst of January, In the chemical department. Prof. AuglH'y Is permitted to make the selection. The little "Messenger," which was published in tho Studunt office, has gone "wheio tho wood blue twiucth,"( up the spout), and the press with It; hence we are obliged again to carry our forms to one of the city unices for print. A young ladyTJclrig called upon to read Latin found difficulty and fallod to comply. Prof, naked Why hhe-couldTJOt BhupUcd: "I)o'nol It Is very easy and dimple." Prof, asked "How do you know!" "I heard that you read It to tho cluss josterday." The following took place iu tin) history class the other day : Prom. "With-what was Neb uchadneznrstruckt" Student K. af tor medita tion, and thinking himself struck with the cor rectanswor.frankly replied "With the pltuiisy." Prof. "That's sufficient." Tho members of tho Ad)lphlaii Literary extend their thanks to the ."Hist-on, Carrie Sessions, Mury Mesdone, Molllo llnlrd, Ada Hurlbut, Hnd Surnh Vunko, who have so kindly favored them with choice muslo at different times this term, thus adding gretitly to the interest aud pleasure of their meetings. Y, A. lturdick, & student of the University, re cloved a telegram, tho 27th of this month, Inform. Ing him of his father's death and requesting his presoncc nt homo, Iu accordance with which ho depnilod for Jlopubllcaii city the next morning. Mr. Muidlok haa the sympathies of tho students In his sad bereavement. u glancing over our new Catalogue we llnd, that while mention is made of the Palladium and Adolphlnu tocletlns, thcro is nouo whatocr of the Pierian. Wo do uot know tho reason of this, liui presume It can bo satlsloctornlly explained. The Indies indignantly assert, that thoy will publish ft Catalogue of their own. Friday evening, the Wli, tho high school of this city gao au exhibition which was conducted In a manner creditable to tho youug indies and yen. tlemunwho participated, although tho articles composed by tho pupils contaluod more love aud slaug, both of whleb might bo tolerotcd Iu a drama, thnu was appropriate foi au exhibition of such u character. We hac had a dramatist In ouv University for sometime and of this we have becu proud, but when said drumatist takes upon himself the en tertulununtof an cudUnco with a dramatical (!) performance, to the auuoyuuco ol a lttemry so ciety whl'ih is, at the satuo time, conducting a llteiary cutcrtalumeut "11V cairyiu' tbirjoa tooi Air," aud shows the rough In &U chat actor rather j IH..B inn (sutiwu. TlbjfrEST. Ti: T A sophomore, who, probably, has been courting the miiKo, ha'iulejlufl.thc following llnot, which he dcelnros nre founded on fact: I snw Xosle Kissing Ko-tlo, Over tho Doctor's gstc Vow Joslo tnko care, And Rosle hownrc, When you kiss o'er the (We. Tho following ontccra have been elected by tha Pallndlan society lor tho coming tall teim: Piesldcnt, A. W. Field. V'lco Prosldont, C. H. llohmann. Itec. Secrelary, G, K. Dovoy. Oor. Socrotnry, II. A. Walker. Trcnsurcr, W. A. McAUItter. Critic, Y. W. Street. Usher, J. C. Miller. Chorister, .T. V. Ifobbs-, At a special meeting of the Adolphlnu ocltt, Wednesday .Tunc ihu 18th, the follo'trlntf offlcorB woro elected for tho fall torm or the next college year: President, P. P. Html. Vice President, L. Kuhlmau. Itcc. Secretary, C. M. Cropiey. Cor. Secretary, F. A. Burdlck. Troasurer, h. It. Eckhart. Critic, V,'. M. Stovonson. Chorister, C. W. Honds. Arnraltnl fZ V irwnvil I OurHrst senior class ha departed from tho fostering qaro of its Alma Mater to maxo Its mark, tho length of which remains to he secu, In tho world. The class is Hbont olevon feet one Inch la height, and woigha nearly two hundred and sixty pounds. Tho smaller member of tho class is dark com plcxlonod and woars small side whiskers; la a lover of fun und full of laughter. Tin other has black hair and chin whiskers; is somewhat more dignliled, but has withal u pleasing address. Both Intend to read law. Tholr course through life will bo watched with Interest by the many friends thoy leave behind them. Oolleue Itmit. A recent way of parsing love. " It govvrni boys and agrees with girls." Kx. What Is the difference botwecn n student aud a. day laborer J Ono works for lore, the other lor hlre.-Ex. An .abbey In Ireland exhibits two ftkulln of Shakespeare: one of him when he w&h a little bbyvntid the-tithc ryd ho a a man. Ex. Cno of our Proeuman lately, In giving tho di visions of an oration, called tho last Perfora tion." "Thai Is right," said tho professor, "If you Intend your oratiou to be a bore." Ex. The University of Zurich has one huudrcd and tou lady students tho present semester, nearly three fourths of whom study medicine, oulj one law, tho rest general sclonco and HtcraUue. Ex. A '74cr who oats tobacco, was somewhat reliev ed, when his lady friend told him that the Scrip tures licensed him lu it. He asked her to repeat tho passage, und eho said: "Let him that Is ill thy foo tlllhy still." He is no longer lllthy. Ex. Fresh. "Can I go to New York, sir." Prof. "Whyt" Fresh. "I want to aco my mother." Prof.'"That's very natural." Fresh. "My moth er wunts to sec mo too." Prof. "lathatsof Well that's very natural also." Fresh. "May I got Prof. "No."-Ex. Tho Washington and Leo Unhvrslty seeiui to bo In luck. It has received Irom Kentucky JiJ, 000 for tho endowment of a. chair of history and political economy. Missouri has subscribed nco-ly JBO.OOO for i. cbalr of uppliutl chemistry; Louisiana, JSIVIOO for the chair of modem Iftn gunge ; and Toxas, $23,000 for oue of plled mathoViHllcd. Each professorship heart the name of tho iitato eudowlng it. Last year the university received ucorl) $100,000 iu bequests and douutious. Ex. One nf our latin students, who Is couitwtmt at a wit, and tiultu n sport, was recently lu attend ance uc a sociul gathering; und whllo there, bciug Invited by bis " dulcluca" to partake of the stu dent's luxury" Ice-cieam," with becomluj; dig nity ho got oil' thu followiug: "I have ofteu, whhlle lufooriug uoder tho hallucination, produc ed by severe uostlouiug of u proleVsor at recita tion, declined a uouu; but dearest, uer.. noucv- er, have I becu able uuder any circumjWi decllno Tcc-crcam." Ex. ' .ices to HU XSC HI 21 IS von TUE II 3? S P U I A N . Ji.T IJ EiT, - &T2WW STYLES! t Irk U9dUf At 31ns. O. M. Metc1i.f'. Uth St., One Door South of DoajtVM Rtxw. -- i . i Oesler lu , 0AP.PJKT6 AND OaLOfUS , , STAPLE AND FANCY DRY QOOpS .7 SPKCIAt INDUCEMENTS TC SyfJDitSSS. O Stieet, itcft, JPekrme&a. A. M. DAYIfS, Wholesale aud fip.tall Dealer Ib rpeto, OH Cltliif M, jtti, Wri Muni; M.m (iwrtoim . No.2?,-E, O Btbbst, lAXCMJS. 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