THE HESPERIAN STUDENT.
shown a few duvs ago a passage in Horace
llmt is classical Latin for our "over Hie
lcli." Then take our "slang" phrases
ptr sc ami sec if they do nut express the
idea belter tliau the conventional words.
' Snoulil smile to murmur" is in my opin
ion a very pootio assent; "to give one n
breeze" is at once more expressive and
more pleasing than its hncknicd equiv
nlent, and even "boss racket "and "grand
layout" in terse meaning and force arc
far ahead of their commonplace syno
nyr s
R-rast some"' slang" phrases and note
how "evaporalVe" jlho processes. 'Let
orii innliiy and variety of expression have
crei il whatever its souicc.
'For liuninn bodies nro sic' foots.
For n' their colleges nn schools."
A Sheldon, in Doane Owl.
And allow us to add to Mr. Sheldon's
iquntaiions the line from the Andria of
Terence,
"QnemcRO credo mnnibus peblbusquo obnlxo
omnia
Fnctornm,"
Iwhich a Harvard professor, well up in
jan slang, translates "with teeth and toe-
nails"
the many cases of kid-napping you may
have read ahout.
For many years the goat was the only
butter known.
Goats lovo to ye I on a high rock and
sun themselves. Give them a chance and
they will always seek a sunny climb.
THE HESPERIAN STUDENT.
Published somhinonthly by the students of the
Nebraska Stnto University.
TUESDAY, NOVEMUKIl 1J, 1881.
THE GOAT.
T.e gout is n. native of vacant lots
ibout the city, and ihero arc lots of them.
The goal is omuiwrfti.s. JIc will-goat
nn) thing that he sees, and will seize any.
Hi i ,; he may goat.
His principal food, however, is play
hill, lie is very fond of IoIIcm.
Let us honor him for his love of bill let
ters. The gentleman goat is called Hiliy, but
he is a Billy that ho policeman can han
dle. The lady goats are culled Nanny. This
i thiii ewe.Nanuy.moiiR name.
The young goat is called a kid. Kids
are on hand the year round.
the goat is generous to a fault. Hopre-
Miiis a couple of horns to everybody he
Ice
In the matter of more cash, the Cash-
"ire goat is the most famous.
Goals are fond of the outskirts of large
"'lies, also hoop skirts.
The goat wears a beard. It is called a
goiiiec though not confinod to the goat.
I lie gout is noted for its bunting, but
ne never Hags.
The goat is one of the signs of tho zo-
fline, signifying that he has a propensity
o knock things sky-high.
He never gets high himself. That is to
uj. he never gets over ihe ba-a-a.
oh ikesneare understood tho snontauicty
M the gout when he said, "Stand not upon
i' rdcr o your going, but goat once."
T a wide awake animal. He
Piht i ruucht nannine. notwithstanding
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jgditoml.
Examinations are to test a student's
knowledge of a subject. This knowledge,
it is supposed, is in his head, and not in
his note hook. In all classes there are
students who work, and as a result, a
written review or a final examination
does not fill llicin with all kinds of desires
to "beat" the professor. Does the Uni
versity contain such students only? Do
rogatory an it is to the honesty and man
hood of the students in general, no one
can with any degree of truth say it docs.
Tho amount of systematic cheating that
is carried on by (hose who hold them
selves worthy of a professor's respect and
confidence, but by this practice degrading
themselves to tho level of common pil
ferers, were it known, might cause the
Faculty to take means for its suppression.
No good student particularly cares about
his mark knowledge of the subject is
what interests him. Ho knows that if ho
does work which is witlsfuotory m him
self, the teacher can find no grounds 10
complain. But, when in classroom and
during examinations he sees students on
either hand, with nolo or text-book open
he is convinced that injustice is done him
as well as the cheater. Tho Student, in
the namo of those who fuilhfully die
charge their duty, for tho benefit of in
dustrious, honest-plodding students, re
spectfully asks that tho proper authorities,
at least, give this matter their consideration.
Tnis city papers have begun a crusade
on the University societies, and, it might
be ndded, a just one. As has been before
staled In theso columns, tho purpose of
a literary society is tho intellectual ad
vancement of the student rather than tho
pleasure of on audience. It seems at
present that the object of the society is
biniply to draw a crowd. Now this is all
wrong. What the student wants is the
training acquired in the production of an
article. The result would be tho same
whether or not the article was read. So
cieties composed of a few, and working
with closed doors, accomplish the most
good. This habit of introducing novel
tics to draw a crowd will weaken the
society. If people do not wish to como
to society unless the regular programmo
be varied by something foreign, then let
them stay away. Such are not the proper
associates of true students. Let tho
societies try the plan, for a lime at least,
of admitting none but members. This
forms a body, all interested in a common
subject. In such a company tho per
former is under less restraint, and henco
able to accomplish more. This is cspec:
hilly true in debate, tho most'iniportaut
part of the society programme. If any
one tiling detracts lrom the interest in n
programme, it is to hare students greet
the listeners with partially prepared pro
ductions. It is an annoyance to tho
audience, and an absolute harm to tho
student.
ROOKS.
Hooks ure to the intellcst what food is
to the body. By digesting the matter con
tained in them the mind is nourished.
To the eflect produced by ideas in this
torm, has been ascribed Ihe Reformation
lind the French Revolution. By reading,
men learned the condition of tho people
under forni3 of government unlike their
own, and hence reasoned concerning tho
relation of their condition to their form
of government. Much is said about tho
value of conversation with intellectual
men, but how much more valuable to tho
s'udent, are their id ens clearly oxpressed
in print. The conversation cannot of ne
cessity bo so clear and concise, as are the
same ideas arranged for the printer. Tho
envernll n 111113' bo forgotten, the book
is ever at hand for refeienco. Ii. conver
sation Ihe thoughts follow too rapidly to
be pondered; in the boon each idea is
studied and thus rejected or retained.
There are good books and worthless
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