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THE HESPERIAN STUDENT. 9 TJTE REGENTS. Since llio Stodknt Inst nppcared two meetings of the Board of Regents linvu boon held. At the first, Juno 14, the usunl routine of business wns gono through nnd the following important resolution passed: Resolved, That the best Interests of the University of Nebraska will be best served by discontinuing the con ncctlou of Chancellor . B. Fairfield therewith, nnd his services will bo dispensed with from nnd nftcr September 80, 1882. The report of the meeting of July 37 we tnko from the Daily Stale Journal. The board of regents of the State University met at the collego yesterday afternoon. Present, President Holmes, regents Fifleld, Gannett, Perslnger, Powers. Communication from Miss Smith in regard to the Latin school was referred. Communication from Prof. Howard, for the faculty, asking additional tutorial aid and more thorough exam inatlons for preparatory department, was referred. Communication from Prof. Howurd, concerning amend ments to bylaws, suggested by faculty, and forbidding loan of library books to strangers, filed. Resignation of Geo. McLean us janitor received. Resignation of Prof. Alonzo Collin from the chair of Chemistry and Physics was received and accepted. He lias been elected to the same oliair nt his former college Cornell, Iowa. After rending of testimonials supporting Prof. II. H. Nicholson of the State Normal School, Peru, nnd Prof. A. A. Kernel ly, of Iowa Wesley an University, ML Pleasant, the first was elected to the chair of Chemistry nnd Physics by a vote of five to one. After canvassing tin applications for the chair of Modern Languages, a vote was taken. The first ballot was, Emerson 2, Wood 1, Grubc 2. Second ballot, Einenon 1, Grubc 5. G. E. Barber, of Hiram College, Ohio, was elected on the first ballot to the ciiair of Latin. He sent, among other recommendations, a letter from James A. Garfield. On taking up the chair of English Literature there was considerable discussion. Prof. Peck was presented as (he preferred candidate of the Methodist church, but finally the excellent credentials of Prof. Sherman, of Yale, letters from Bayard Toylor and Longfellow and scholars of that rank prevailed, and he wns elected by a vote ot 4 to 2. The salaries of all the nowly-elccled professors, including Prof. Howard, were placed at $ 1,000. Board adjourned. 6ECCWD DAY. The full board of Regents mot In the Commercial parlorsjit 10 o'clock, July 28. Rugccnt Pffleld moved that a fee of $1.00 per year be charged pupils in vooal music of the conservatory, the money obtained to bo expended for musical publications. Adopted. Miss Madge Hitchcock and Mr. Lawrence Fosaler wore appointed tutors in iho Latin school. Will Jones was appointed janitor from July 1st to Sep. iembcr 1st at $50 a mouth. J. O. Breech was mado janitor for the year at a salary of $000. The president was instructed to write the Nebraska Congressional delegation at Washington that the nomino. lion of Liout. Ducal, of the third cavalry, would bo acceptable to tiie board. Miss Adclc Seaman was granted tlio use of the studio H6 teacher of painting during one year, and Miss Rich ardson was given leave of absence for one year. One hundred and fifty dollars was granted to the board of mnnagtis of the Hesperian Student, to lit up a printing ofllco in the basement. Sovcnty.flve dollars was appropriated to build a case for anatomical nparatua loaned by Prof. Thompson. The faculty was instructed to prepare a catalogue for the academic years of 1881 1, to bo ready lor delivery before Octobet 1st, and that hereafter tho catalogue be published at tho close of tho academic year. Board adjourned to December meeting. LUNACIES. A WAIL PROM TIIE SANCTUM. ADSTUDENTES, Voa snlutant typos lamontcs, Qui "Pocunlam gratam" semper dlccntcs; Vobls slnt Jucnndao horac, St nobis lion causa inorao. Gratam nobis ct argentom, Durum est si loafer ventum; Turn sit lingua semper brovls Tunc est labor nostra levis. COLLEGE POETRY. Of all tho curious things of time, Cranky metro and cranky rhyme, Aimless reaching lor tho sublime, Tho worst is college poetry. Vapid gush of a gushy Mies, Sentiments on a fan and klBS, . Vcaly co-ed effusion; this Ih college paper poetry. Pointless doggerel, misused slang, Odes to Bacchus with beery tang; Ohl for a club with which to bang The author ol collego poetry. AT THE CO. PAIR: Sho was delicate, dainty and sweet, Ho, wns jocular, jaunty and neat; As they ntrayed hand fu hand Past tho crowd by tho stand, Said ho but I daro not repeat. A youug man from a rural precinct Uoiight "A history, full and succinct, Of the tribes of tho earth Since tho day of Its birth!" Hln remarks wcro quite strong and dlstlnct.t (It as nn alumnae.) Wo know not where wo go, or what sweet dream May pilot ut through caverns strange aud fair Of far and pathless passion, while tho stream Of life our bark doth on Its whirlpools bear, Spreading swift wings as calls to tho dim air; Nor should wo seek to know, so tho devotion Of lovo and gentle thoughts be heard still there, Louder aud louder from the turnout ocean Of universal life, attuning Its commotion. Shtlliy. Throughout the President's reception a sorrowful crowd of Sophomores remained sadly outside. To raiso their drooping spirits two of them put up a fiendish joke on tho waiting hackmen. They camo as those haviug au thority nnd kindly invited their victims to follow them in to the kitchen aud refresh. Sliding behind a convenient partition, they watched the unsuspicious charioteers go Innocently in and n moment later tho cook held an im promptu Faculty meeting and unauimously fired the in. truders. Then tho Sophomores felt hoilci'.-Berkleyan.
