THE II K S F E II T A K S T V I) 12 N T
The family wouldn't permit dancing in
the University or suffer tile students to
give u publics dance, but tlio students can
go to dm ees down town as much as they
please.
Schuyler Colfax is expected to lecture
here this coining winter, on Lincoln and
Garfield. Of course lie wilt coino up 10
the University and talk to the ehapclites
a little.
Students needing anything in the line
of Jewelry will do well by culling on J.
B. Triekey & Co. These gentlemen have
often befriended students by giving them
clicnp bargains. I
Amos W. Foote, '83, teaches the school
near the the Penitentiary, carrying on
meanwhile, with gieat perseverance, his
University studies. He means to com
plete his course.
There uio some mighty Ninirods in the
college. They sally forth with the unco?
tiral shot gun at early morning and return
with the curfew. But game is mighty
scarce around Lincoln.
Aie i mi reading the Studknt? Did
you borrow this copy of some other man,
or find it somewhere 7 If so, resolve to
.subscribe for it immediately and help us
out in the work of advertising "Nobrns
ka." The Pulliicliiins are original ifnnythiiig.
besides the committee nu arrangements
for Friday night, they have appointed u
"committee on dis-nrrangoinents" who
will see that everything is cleaned up after
the festival is over.
Doc. Livingstone and Myron Wheeler
went hunting last Saturday. They tramp
ed about sixteen miles in nil and came,
home with one prairie chicken which
looked us if they hud run it down. They
said thej saw lots of ducks.
The autograph fevor bus uppeured again.
When cine of tiic dear girls asks for your
signature, why of course you can't refuse,
mid then you take the dainty volume
home and waste the greater part of an
afternoon thinking what to write in it.
A member of the committor on arrange
moiit for the coming sociable calculated
the cobt of plates ns follows: "Why,
boys, we nui hire 'em for five per cent.
Hint is, let' wm llial'8 two.und a hulfmllU
lots than one mill on the original costl"
Prof. Ennison lift Lincoln the morn
ing of Octobei 2Ut for Now York, whither
ho escorts ills wife nnd child and sees
thorn aboard tho steamer for JSurope.
Mra. Emerson will remain all winter in
Munich at the residence of her fatliorin
law, where she will have superior oppor
tuuities for study. She will be accom
panled by Prof Emerson's brother. The
professor returns tills week.
Tho windy cntnpun now Is tftilto donurted,
(iiltoclpeurtucl;
Tliu wuvy gram ingrowing sore and hiown,
Suro nnd brown ;
Tho "tlniiiiiiu'r" and tliu ' l'li-p" who met uud
lllrtud.
Mot nnd lllrtud,
Take oystere In ret!liuirniil down town.
Tlie calcined walls of the college are
being sadly defaced with pencil marks
and scratches. There should be some
method of preventing this. Visitors to
the third floor must be highly entertained
at the silly scrawl at the head of the stairs
done in lampblack.
Lieut. Webster's regiment lias been
ordered to California, and when the 'Lieu
tenant's term at Nebraska expires, June
'82, thither he will go. The military de
purtment will never have u better lender
or superior drill master, and it will be it
marked loss when lie leaves.
The postolllc: bring.- strange articles to
our boys. The last was four yards of lace
cdgingieceivedby n blushing Sophomore
Where did it come from? What did it
come from? It luce on his bunds still.
(0 1 I ! M Funeral of the
printer to-morrow at 2 o'clock.)
Students who wisli to fill up on some
thing good, students who wisli to get ac
quuinted, students who hayo girls to
swing, students who want to help out fel
low students should all come to the oyster
festival of the Pallndiaii society next Fri
day evening at the Academy of Music.
Society was over and they went homo
by the longest way 'round. She wont
through the gato and he lingered 'fondly
on the oilier side, and w..s saying, "I'm
sure we've had a lovely" when lie
leuiiod against tho top pickets which tho
girl's small brother had twisted with
barbed wire. " Holy Moses I " was all ho
said, and lie nursed his arms nil the way
home.
The board of mnnngors of the Stuoknt
intend to put this pnpor into shipshape
order as soon as possible. They have
ordered now rule and two fonts of job
type. The advertising patronage is good
and nearly pays tho paper's expense.
What Is needed now is subscribers.
AgcMits will bo employed immediately to
canvass the school niul it is to e unpen
that our students will respond without
hesitation.
Aunt, (visiting demoralized student,):
"Let mo see your prayer book."
Demomlited Student, (.startled,) "Jim
ininy, where i- UV" (To liU chum, also
demoralized,) "Hub, Where's the prayer
book V "
Chum : "Pray or book? What's thutv
Missing missal at last found behind
books in book.cuse, covered with dust,
and presented to horrified aunt.
It is proposed by the faculty to change
the hours of recitation, between the first
of November and the first of April. In
stead ol reciting from 8 to 12, school wll
not commence until 8:90 a.m., closing at
12 : 80 r.M. This is for the accommodation
of students who live some distance from
University. There arc some who have to
the ride as far as four miles, and in winter
or stormy weather an early start is yery
disagreeable.
Two young ladies in carriage, with
restless horse Gallant Fresh thinks it's
going to run uwuy. (Fresh handsome, by
the way, and curly headed.) In fact, very
suro the horse is just ready to make a
break. So dashes out to the road and
seizes it by the bridle, with wonderful
demonstration of Freslimanlike agility
and strength. Young ladies smile and
politely ask if lie will please let their
horse alone. Fresh retires.
The feeling of mingled regret and ten
derness which characterized the wording
of the following "notice" on Prof. Emer
son's door is significant of the deep re
gard his pupils have for his tender health.
"We, the undersigned, do hereby tender
to Prof. II. E. Emerson our sincere thanks
for recruiting his health in the cast and
hope lie will stay as long us lie wants to."
There were lour distinct signatures,
"Freshmen," "Sophomores," "Juniors."
"Seniors."
The Studhnt is receiving many pleas
ant compliments from state and city pa
pers and the public generally, for which
it returns its best thanks and mukes a
bow of acknowledgment. People are
quick to recognize any improvement in a
journal, though they cannot always point
to the cause. This paper promises to
give its subscribers all the college news
current gossip, and class jokes. Hut we
must have a subscription list, and to get
this you must be one of our subscribers.
Tho hull of lilt; boarding house wus
dreadfully dark. New student entered
precipitately and seeing, us ho supposed,
the form of his chum just in front, be
gave him u torrlfllc slap between the
shoulders nnd yelled, "Column halt!"
The column halted and turning slowly
around, mild, "Do you desire to 'pass niof
Sir?" Then the exuberant voutli discov
ered to bin horror that he had attempted
this familiarity with one ol the most
dignified, if not tho oldest, of the Univer
sity faculty. Imagine the situation, just
imagine itl
The Prup who was so homesick that lie
fled to tliu protecting arms of n father
Senior has had it bad again, and his un
scrupulous companions took advantage
of it. He li uil been expecting a package
from homo, one of those templing eoliee
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