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LOCATi NEWS.
VOL. VII.
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Altliougli tin stairs nre notup ycijnor
the floors down in the Indies' lin'.l, yet
the workmen say it is pcrlcctly legitimate
Tor all young ludy students to vit.it nnd
pcinmliulatu nil over the, building il they
so desire.
Wo understand tliat Clcmmcnts has
i educed the price of photographs. Now
is the time for students and every body
to secure picluic of the very best quality
for the least money. He has moved his
car to the corner of P and 9lh, streets.
A CAM) to students. The Brilliant
Oil Stove for cooking, or with Pome at
tachmenl for heating rooms, are especial
ly recommended to students, who wish to
board ihemsilves. Wholesale Jc Retail
Store 23. 1 1th, Street. Lincoln, Nebraska.
Tins following Soph(l) efl'usion was
found on the tly leal of a singing book in
chapel not long since.
"I look in vain, he coinoth not.
Oh dear! wlmt lioll 1 (lor
1 cannot ll-len rs I ought.
I'nloSs tie Metros loo.
One of the professor walked home
from lliu II tihiuson' ciitcitainmout be.
hind a couple of Uni..sity students, and
what he saw caused him to temark the
next day, to the young lady, that "You
must have been either very tired or very
cold last evening."
Prof Howard assigns subjects for es
ays to the membeis of his class in Eng
lish Literature. This h an excellent
plan, since by consulting other nuthoii
ties than the text-book, it leads to a better
understanding of the chief facts in Eng.
lish Literal inc. The class exhibits com
mendable zeal in preparing these essays.
Why cannot the libraiy be opened
more regularly V We cannot speak as to
the feelings of the other students, but it
is rather provoking to a student of Eng
lish Literature, afier a subject lor essay
lias been assigned him, necessitating
thereby the perusing of a dozen volumes,
to wait in vain until 3 o'clock for the li.
brary to open
The students of the Latin School,
gave their second public exercise, Friday
afternoon before a model ate sized audi
ence in the chapel. The exercises
throughout were very interesting and
much above the ordinnry literary merit
of such performances. The programme
wis too long to particularize but consist
e.l of essays by Misses Hardy and 01 m.
stead, Messers. Walbridge, Hackney and
Warner; declamations by Messrs Snell,
Hairison, Reynolds, Wimberly, and Miss
es Macdull and White.
One of the ciiy drcss-makers tackled
a copy of Loomis' Trigonometry, that one
of the young lady students left in her
shop, and thought it was a book of dress
patterns. She struck Prop. V., in Spheri
cal Trigonometry, and gazing on it said:
"1 know what fichu basting on a purple
polonaise is, and I've met with baiege
cretonnes cut bias, but when it comes to
making di esses for humpbacked women
and trimming them with isosceles and
and perpendiculars to the plain A, E, G
I'm going to quit the business."
" On Friiluj afternoon last, a meeting
of the Student Association was called
for the'purpose of considering a proposed
amendment to the constitution. The de
sign of the amendment was that all should
be voters, who have been in attendance
at the University during the college year,
and who are also actual subscribers.
This would materially modify the rule
adopted by the Regents thiee years ago,
limiting the voting members to college
students whether actual subscribers or
not. After a stirring debate on the con
stitutiouality of the measure, the amend
ment was lost.
A. I). Williams in his paper the Cm
tral Xebratkiun has a verysenfc.'ble article
on the advantages to the State of Agricul
tural Colleges, and urges that immedi
ate steps be taken to make our's more ef
fective. We are glad to have so able i
knight of the quill to champion our iute
ests, and hope his efforts may not prove fu
