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About Hesperian student / (Lincoln [Neb.]) 1872-1885 | View Entire Issue (March 1, 1882)
T HE II E S P E U I A N S T U D E N T. The rush of students to tho library every iiiDinlng nt nine o'clock and aaln Inline illiilely atter eliitpel Is something to bo inarkt d. Their conduct in tho library is qtiiit ami studious and shows bow the privilege of u retreat in the morning hours is appreciated. The next Palladhii preliminary spout occurs two weeks from next Friday eve. niug. Tins question is an extremely bim plo 01. e Free Trade. It is repoited that two nl the prospective debaters are crazy nlruudy, and the remaining ones ilnd it iliillcult to retain their mental equilib. riiiin. Two joung ladies hud been singing to tin co oung gentlemen. As two of the gentlemen aie about leaving, third young gentleman picks up the music and inno cently exclaims, "Why, this is a queer change; live Hats to throe sharps." The two young gentlemen went out and closed the door. One of our editors in-chief, Mr. Snell, is teaching the elementary botany during I'rol. Aughey's protracted absence. "How ilo you like him as n teacher " we asked 11 hnght.eyed coed in that class. "Oh, ever ho much," she replied. "Do you call him ' Prolebsor' ? " "No, wo call him 'Darling.' " Professor Church has commenced an elective course in ancient ttoman law. The class begins, with tho Commentaries of Gains do Instilutionom Juris Civilis, with references to Blaekntono. Gains was one of the very curliest of the ltoniiui com. mentators and to htudy from him is to obtain a vciy line foundation for all law study Prof. Aughey lias of late been engaged In .several geological expeditions to dillor ent parts of the slate. The frequent calls upon him for this work and for analyzing various substances show his services to lie very valuable and appreciated. Student forAnril. 1873. Tho Professor's services nre still very valuable and appreciated. The boya mu&t brush up their uniforms mil' prepare to lake hold of drill as soon us the time arrives with the greatest vigor, for this is the last oppoitunily they will I'uve of learning tho art military under Commandant Webster. Drill will probn uly commence soon after April first. Tho Student hopes to see many new faces in Hie ranks. The genial "Tubby" suddenly made Ms appearance among us lust week. When wo speak of "Tubby" wo must explain to tho outside world that wo moan J- II. Parker, Esq., who hails from Kansas City, but who was formerly a hornlst in the Cadet Band, while employed as oper. ator in the W. U. telegraph olllco in Lin coin. Tubby was very much welcomed. It is really delightlul to hear the now music teacher warble every morning Her silvery notes lloat forth from the first lloor music room and charm the ears of the weary student, who, rejuvinated by their vigor and sweetness, vows anew his love for song and finds dull lessons gilded for an hour. The peculiarly Palliiiliau institution known as " Girl's niuht" comes this year on the 24th the last meeting before tho recess. The young ladies compose the class, furnish the music, and, in short, have exclusive control of tho society for that evening. A fine programme may bo expected as tho girls have taken hold of the matter with great enthusiasm. It is even said that they will arrange a "slate" for the occcaslon. The old debt which has been hanging over tho Student for the past four years is now cleared entirely oil' and we stand on a solid, paying basis. The bill was one of $4!$ 00 to the State Journal com. pany for pi inting, and one winch tho present board was under no obligations to pay save the dictum of newspaper oti quctto. Wo now look forward to a "div idend," a sinking fund and new type. The inner walls of the Univursity are becoming more shocking than ever with tobacco spit and obscene pencillings. In tho third hall, around the hell-rope, are written some most vile verses with indo. cent pictures. Again tho Student asks that the Faculty climb up to that lloor and soo what certain miserable scapegraces in tho preparatory department and Junior class have placed upon tho cnlcomine. At tlto meottng of the Hesperian club of Donne college last Friday evening, the challenge of tho Palladians of the Uni- rsity was accepted and a full ticket of contestants elected. Tho list is as follows : For orator, II. II. Avery; for essayist J. B Show; for doluto, F. B. Stephens; for recitation, Miss Grace Andrews. The Hesperhms asked to have the time for tho contest fixed for May 12th, and it will como off at Crete. Journal. "God bless the ladies! "Without tho dear girls what a cheerless, dreary waste wore life I All I eternal sun, ah 1 ovcrlast ing fairy moon, what wore your enkind ling rays, or mild, soul inspiring beams, without tho soft radiance of woman's smilot Wo have always loved tho girls, alasl wofear too fondly tor our spiritual' welfare. They have made a polythelst of us; for in each 0110 wo seo a divinity en shrined." Wo find this apostrophe to tho tenderer sex in the editorial columns of an old Student, when Geo. E. Howard was editor-in-chief. That's "worsor" than anything wo have in tho Student nowadays. Does tho Professor still fool Hint way That hit on "Oss car Wild,'' in a late number of tho Student, was almost spoiled by an intelligent printer at tho Journal ofilce, who found the cut of tho car upside down, (as wo intended it to be,) and put it in its natural position. Ho probably thought ho was doing us a favor. He wasn't. The car wouldn't have looked wild a bit if tho manager of our office had not taken a hatchet and cut delicate lines across its side, chipping off the driver's right leg and half the roof. Wo put a great deal of thought into that en graving and it would have been a pity to have sacrificed the pun. The co-eds who rattle around In this institution have a groat fondness for poetry. They worship it. Scraps of poems and ingenious rhymjngs may be found copied and pasted in tho text-books of nearly every girl in the University. The following from tho fiy leaf of a Latin Grammar belonging to one of them, shows talent akin to inspiration: ' Mnry hint 11 vncclno nciib Upon lior snow white nrm, She wnrned tier bonu to UiIh effect, For fear he'd ilo It hnrm. Hut when they eiiino to part that night, She gave n mighty grab, Anil whispered "Hug mo nwful tight, Ami never inhul tho Hcab." The best joke of tho semester is on tho local editor of tho Student, and in tho absence of that individual the intelligent compositor feels it his duly to make the mailer public. The local generally goes home on Saturdays. Last week he made all necessary preparations for the journey, packed his grlp-sack and brought it over to the University, and went to a recitation. During tho hour three students who are sadly in need of Y. M. 0. A. influences opened said grip, abstracted tho contents, and filled up with an old pillow and a quantity of rags and paper. The scene at homo when tho young man opened the valise to show his father a new volume of Oscar Wilde's poems is said to have been heart rending. "Professor, did I understand you to say that tho Hcracleuin Umbellillous is a, native of tho Rocky mountains? " "Yes I found and classified 17 varieties of this species. Once when climbing a precipice 2000 feet high in search of Muriatlcus Uristus I camo upon an enormous speci men. Ho was perhaps twenty feet long. Taking a stone I killed tho animal and buried him very carefully and marked tho spot. In tho spring I shall exhume tho skeleton and bring it to tho University, It is one of tho finest specimens of Poly morphus Rhlzomu Africannus Whizzo loric in the country, and bears a close resemblance to the famous Scobiform,, Bofarious Chrysosplouium Ammoblum of tho PycoostachyB epoch. What futher docs tho author say?" k X. 1 ' "ii"''"' r iiinTirir n Tin wiirYTTTiimritllil'Wir