Hesperian student / (Lincoln [Neb.]) 1872-1885, December 01, 1877, Page 257, Image 26

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you; I've just onion two nice uniforms
and brass bullous wliVi Mr. Magoon
bail a caucus to da and, don't you
think if it isn't true 1 hope to be trim
med in black with an ostrich leather
the Paliadians went out on a geological
expedition, and made three straight
bull's eyes now, do tell me you are so
provoking are you coining back next
term? good evening." And thus they
talked and talked, until it was time to go
home.
At a meeting of the Palladian society
on the evening of the 10th, the following
olllcers were elected for the ensuing term :
J. II. Worley, President;
Miss Clara Parks, Vice President;
Miss A. Shuckman, lice. Sec;
J. C. P. McKesson, Cor. Sec;
E. Montgomery, Treasurer;
Geo. E. McLean, Critic;
Miss Emma llunyan, Chorister;
Miss Maud Mullen, Historian;
John Silvernail, Sergeant-at-Arms.
At a recent meeting of the University
Union the following olllcers were chosen
for next term ;
C. E. Stratton, President ;
Miss Anna Judkins, Vice President ;
Miss Anna Holbrook, Rec Sec;
Miss Mollic Carter, Cor. Sec;
F.P.Hull, Treasurer;
A.C.Piatt, Critic;
Miss Eva Hansom, Chorister;
Miss Cora Thomas, Historian ;
II. JI. Wilson, Sergeant-at-Arms.
There is nothing like being prepared
for an emergency. During a recitation,
not many days since, the Prof, corrected
a young man in regard to the pronuncia
tion of a word. The ever ready student
immediately went down into his pocket
and brought forth a small dictionary, and
proved himself to be correct. Had the dis
pute been in regard to a scriptural quota
tion, we doubt very much whether the
young man could have carried his point
by producing a pocket Bible as hia au
thority.
A prominent member of the faculty
recently had a very narrow escape from u
serious accident. "While hearing a class
he was leisurely leaning back in his chair
when, for some unknown reason, it broke
and Prof, was let down upon the llooi
rather suddenly. After a little acrobatic
performance, in which his heels were very
active, he got upon his feet, lookingslight.
ly confused, and stood up during the re
mainder of the recitation- If people will
persist in these American "customs", such
as tilting back in their chairs, they must
suffer the consequences.
This University contains an aspiring
artist who is yet unknown to fame, but
who is some day destined to astonish the
natives. Not long ago, he posted a line
sample of his woik upon the crossing
near the front gate of the University.
The picture represented two persons a
very small man and a very large man.
The latter gentleman, we take it from the
cut of his clothing, was intended to rep
resent the Pope, but in reality looked
more like the jack of clubs. We don't
precisely catch the idea the artist in
tended to convey, but it looked to us as
though the small man was trying to bor
row a half a dollar of the big one and
couldn't get it. The artist will please
rise and explain.
It was a model Thanksgiving day
cold, raw and blustering, an indoor day,
such as one loves to spend at the fireside,
with home and people- about him. Many
of the stores were closed, business was
partially suspended, and throughout jhc
day the streets wore a dcoidcdly quiet,
not to say solemn aspect Everybody
who were fortunate enough to have a
turkey lor dinner stayed at home and ate
it, and those who didn't stayed at home,
too, perhaps. Services were held at some
of the churches, and we hope they were
well attended. The post ofllce closed at
'. p.m, and those who tarried at the dinner
table didn't get any mail that afternoon.
The market presented a still and death-