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Local News. 147 ings or the kind. Cnku, confectionery, and fruit were served U the company dur ing the evening. A little drama was played, which caused no little amusement. Tlio principal actors of the drama, Messrs Hancock and Slurdovaiit and Misses Mor and Treoinan acted their respective parts well. Hase-uall. Anumher of students met at tho Reading-room of the University, Saturday, May lHth, at :5 P. M., and or gani.cd a base-hall association. The fol lowing ollioort, were elected: Pros. Geo. McLean, Vice Pros. F. McCartney, See. Albert Fitch, Troas. A. M. Applegct, Capt, first nine, I). II. Mercer. The necessary committees wore appointed to perfect the organization, and other business was trans acted. This is a move in the right direc tion. Wo hope tho boys will enter into (ho work with spirit, and acquit them selves so creditably as to become re nowned for skill in tho athletic game. Vo acknowledge tho following new subscriptions received since our last is sue: F. McCartney, Lincoln, Neb. L. Fosler, Wayland Bailey, D. II. Mercer, Geo. Gcrrans, F. 0. Morton, Ed. Gorrans, Edward Dunloy, Hoy nl Queen, Jiimos R. Behind, W. E. Coi)oland, Wm. J. Tuttlo, Lewis A. IIoopos, A. J. Colo, Hook Grove, 111. Louis Muck, Stanton, Nob. Wo arc sorry that wo could not quite Bupply tho demand for extra copies of tho last number of tho Student. Tho special montion which an interested reader gavo us through tho medium of one of our city papers recently created quito a do maud for extra copies. It makes us feel elated to receive praiso from an interested reader, and then it's such good practice for an interested render to write a compli mentary article in a newspaper. That in terested reader who favored us with a spontaneous olfort from his pen, in the State Journal, recently, may yet succeed in learning to write. There were only two or three grammatical mistakes in his little piece; but lie did well for tho first lime. Try again. Scene on street crossing. Student, with borrowed umbrella, and new hat, pompously wending his way to a certain place, (as students are wont to do on tho eve of a sociable), suddenly loses his perpendicularity, and reclines for a mo ment in the moistened earth. Not n count! was hoard, Not a word was said, As slowly lio raised his bare, rod head. Ho roco from tho mad, With a solemn air, Hut now his hat was stuck right there. With troubled look, And burdened bruin, lie left his hat In mud and ruin. " Lives of great men nil remind us Wo can make our lives BUbHm" And departing leavo behind ns" Urand now hats "on sands of tlmo.1' Scene, in Moral Philosophy class Student of extreme diifusiveness of veri bosity: "Chancellor, do you not think that the sine qua non of the nuptial incor poration is so concatenated and miscon cogenated with the indigenous homogene ousuess and lithesome pliableness of tho one to whom tho hymeneal overture is made, that, without proper interrogation touching tho presumable consonance, an extensive scrutiuization of tho parts about to mat'U'iully affect tho consequence result ing from aforesaid relation and combina tion, his or hor (as tho case may be) beati tudo would in all likohhood bo so much jeopardized as if the woer were to strive to adjust tho intended connubial consanguinity by selecting, from a copi. ous accumulation, a coir.formablo partici pator in a photogriphical gallery t" Chan. " You may bo seated."
