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THE HESPERIAN STUDENT. - t Tno following are tb delegates from the University and Preparatory deportment who met last week to devise ways and menus for the furlheranci of puns: Juniors, J. H. Holmes; Sophs, the whole class; Freshmen, W. O. Jones, W.T. Mauck; Prep , Paul Clark. Quito a number of new students have entered Miss Smith's class in "prop(p)osltion." They havo already learned the definition of "sub," and intend to finish their "sentence" of labor, alter being "subjecf'ed to both 'verb"al and written inquisition at the hands of the faculty. Much to thy disappointment of all the regents failed to have a quorum on the lOlli. A cold chapel and slim ex ercises therein will be the indubitable result. With re. spect to the chancellorship Dean Hitchcock fills the plncc so well that wo have no cause to grumble that the regents did not meet. The Preps aro wrestling with the following essay sub. jeets: Alchemy, History of the Basilic, Duke Alva, Dante, Liunacus, The Vikings, Who are the Stalwarts? Inllucnco of New England on National nistory, Influence of Vir ginia on our Struggle for Independence, The Fist Mid land Explorers of America. The hcrdic man backed up near the Capitol slcp3 and was making good use of his lungs, enjoining the lawmak ers, aa they came flooding through the door, to "take the herdic." A Soph, yes, it was n Soph this time, yelled out as he slid down the banister knocking down a couple of senators, "Why, are you through with it?" How complete the human structure! What wisdom and skill exhibited by the Divine Architect! The most perfect, uniform, complicated piece of mechanism in ex istence. In substantiation of these facts a "hopeful" in the physiology class informed the profctsor "that the spinal column was situated in the front part of the trunk." A county superintendents' state convention was held in Lincoln, January llih and 12llt. There was a good at tendance, and many important subjects immediately per taining to public schools were discussed. As this is the season for grinding out laws, a few strong suggestions were made, which, it is hoped, will rcceiye the careful consideration of the present law-makers. John Drydcu, the acknowledged humorist of the Uni. vcrsitj', has left tchool for the rest of the year to keep books for a banking house in Central City. John has the best wishes and benign blessings ol the Student coutin ually with him, which cannot fail to bring him fcuccess. The two most serious fevers that threaten the health of the students nre poetry and short-hand. We are pained to stale that both are raging in quite a considerable de gree. The poetry fever is much worse than usual. Few recover from the first attack. The following is a speci men symptom of one in a chronic state: My furtive muse cannot refuse To gush in lyric strain : From it my heart will ne'er depart H or more Jrom it refrain. At last the appointments of officers in the legislature arc over, and the students who have been on the uuxious seat for some live waiting for political lightning, in the shape of clerkships, to strike them, arc cither happy in their positions or settled down to disappointment aud study. On the evening of January Gilt the societies held a joint reception in their halls. Notwithstanding tho cold weath er tilts students were out en masst. Tho halls rang with merry laughter until tho closing time. "Scliachtel, box: hut, hat; hul-schactel, bandbox. Su san B.Anllioiy 1st cin hul-schachtol, consequently, a woman suffrage meeting is a meeting of old bandboxes." It is gnucrally conceded that Miss Susan B. Anthony iscn tirely insensible to ridicule aud derision, but wo havo reason to believe if she had heard the above compliment, bestowed by our German professor, a few days ago, she certainly would have waxed exceedingly wrath. Whit is This funny lliir.g? Is it A dia-mond ? No al Though it is very Hard it is Not a dia-mond. Is it dust? No Although il is very Dry il is pot Dust. Is it a jun ior's Bump of self-es-teem? No although it Is sur-pris ing-ly largo It is not A jun-ior's bump of Sclf-es-tecm. Is il The o-ceau? No it is not The ocean though it is very Deep. What Can il be? It is An es-say sub-jeel Jusl given to the frcsh-ies. Mrs. Dearborno's reading before the Palladiau society, Friday evening, January 12th, was certainly as fine as was ever given in the University. The reading consisted of extracts from Fridlbjof's Snga, as translated by Prof. Sherman, of our University. Tho story has a siriking in terest pervading it throughout, and when rendered by one possessing the elocutionary accomplishments as those possessed by Mrs. Dcarboruc. is capable of exciting a deep feeling aud atlcntiveness in any audience. The following is an extract from the speech delivered by John Johnson, a colored man, whom the Third house saw fit to choose to tho honorable position of United States Senator, last Monday night: "The grand old Re publican party has allowed the fierce American Eaglo to pounce upon tho iron cage of oppression, and with a Yankee Doodle scream unbarred the doors allowing four and one-half millions of black canaries to flee from tho fclters of imprisonment and soar away to the balmly shore of freedom!" Another martyr to science has taken his flight to the stars. Wo arc sorry to announce that our late compositor, in his ignorance of the peculiar "elevating" qualities of the benzine kept in stock in the office, kindled the fire with that great illuminator of darkness aud disseminator of material things, some time ago, and has not "been seen" since. His obituary will appear in a dark corner of this journal, and his many virtues embalmed in hex hyperbolic verse when enough of him can be gathered lo constitute a working majority. One of these slippery mornings within a very near ap proach to truth 18,000,000 people die annually yc local was placidly wending his way lo tho University when the longest muscle of the body is the Snrtorious which extends from the anterior superior spinoris process of the Ileum to the Ybia-hc came to a smooth piece of ice on the sidewalk oppressive breathing may bo relieved by , taking three or four grains of pulo cubebs he surveyed it calmly for a moment of 100 children nursed by their mothers 18.2 die during the first year then advanced his right foot and If you are so unfortunate as to cut au artery arrest the hemmorhage by compression like a general going to battle The human family inhabiting the earth is 1,000,000,000. Set down ! ' " "
