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THE HESPERIAN STUDENT. 6 KOTIOK.-As wo woro carrying tho forms to proas last Monday an accident occurred which caused tho "plelng" of a largo portion or tho type. Owing to this mishap wo aro compellud to skip tho Issuo that should hiu o been out on tho flrst of February. BUSINESS MANAOKK. " Severn of the co-eds are almost Ma(r)shcd, All paid up and no fun, either. Too bud! Our "devil" has loft us. A. nil bo the divil lie's gone. The phj siology class etui b ist of one Gliristian. Isn't that Gay. A problem for the "prodigy," Have tho Pals got a stove yet? Of all sad words of tongue or pen, Mio saddest are these "loft again !" R. L. Marsh left school last Monday and for awhile will sprout, the young idea. Buy your Boots and Shoes of 0. W. Webster, 0 St., Acadamy of Music. A. A. Monroe has taken tho "principality" of the Pal myra school for the winter. Students, it will pay you to get your Photos made at Kelley & Co's. University panel gratis. Prof. Thomson is at present lecturing the noviciate teachers concerning the grading of schools. Now the anxious Juniors and Sophs are slyly inquiring for Valentines. W wonder who got them. Hie, ha:c, hoc, hug-us, hug us, hug us. is the way a few of the feminine Latin tyros persist iu declining it. Now that the Senatorial contest is over what will the students do when they want to jump a recitation ? Since the convening of the Legislature Myron "Wheeler has been spending a portion of his time at the reporters' desk. We are grcatful to the Ri prcsen tali ves for their kind ness in recognizing the Student in makiuS out their lists. The boys at the Hesfeiuan Oflice had a largo "pie" given them last Monday. This accounts for the delay of this issue. Paul C ark is th? most outrageous punster in the Uni versity. If you want any puns, real, first-class ones, call on Olark. Miss Edith Doolittle has been very ill with scarlet fever. She is now rapidly recovering and will soon be iu her classes again. E. P. Unangst ('81) now in Ogden, Utah, sends a dollar to renew his subscription. We would bo glad to see others of the alumni do likewise. The roue.h students of the University ought to have a sitting down on at present. It would do them no harm to behave themselves a little Our old business manager, B. F. Jrshall, contemplates starting a Sunday morning paper in Lincoln. We wish him and his partner abundant success. What unfeeling clods rf Immunity some of our students are! The other evening a sleigh load of them drove up to the house of one of our jouug lady students and sang "Come to the wiiuh.u," etc. Shu began to tell them to wait a minute and t,ho would lie there, when off they drove! J Gen. Manilerson was elected U. S. Senator on tho 31st ult. Tlfo applause on tho auuounccmont of his clcctlou was deafening. And thus ends tho senatorial dead loek. The University is getting a musical reputation. Besides tho Minstrels wo aro informed of two permanent clubs. We heard a rehearsal of the younger of tho two; in our opinion, they do finely. During tho ballotting for United States Senator iu Col orndo one Representative voted lor the devil. Perhaps it was with a view to having their mining interests better protected and looked after. "It may not be generally known, but it is nevertheless true" that tho co-eds have had a secret society all this year. A Junior who tried to fathom its depths found the'r mono to bo; "No gents need apply." It is a remarkable fact that since the senatorial contest began there has been an unusual demand for lead pencils iu Lincoln. The University students alone have used several bushels. There was bound to be a fair count. Sonic of the Johnson county solons want the University to be closed. Before that happens we would like to see some of their sons ami daughters coming to our college so that they might inform their parents belter with respect to to it. The Cadets may obtain quite a little information from the ''Ordinance Notes," just received iu the Library. The "prodigy" of the Junior class would do well to look at the mathematical problems to be found therein. On tho 34th ult. Rev. Mc Kaig, of the M. E. Church, lectured on his prison and fugitive life. The audience almost felt themselves goiujr through the vicissitudes which he described. It was pronounced by many as one of the best lectures of the season. The following ofiiccrs were elected at the lost meetiug of the Athletic association: President, Ed. J. Churchill; Vice President, J. II. Holmes; Secretary, Ed. Mockttt; Treasurer, J. EI. Easterday ; Custodian, J. O. Breach. N. B. Members will please call upon the treasurer and pay up their dues. One hundred copies of tho Student are distributed at the Capitol each issue. This shows that a few of our legislators at least have a spark of college spirit. We return thanks for their liberal patronage, and trust they will continue to read the Student, thereby growiDg wiser. A few weeks ago wheu the mercury was trying to find the backdoor of the thermometer and had got down to 25 o below, aFre3hmau dreamed that ho was the North Pole and that James Gordon Bennett was trying to cut him down. When he awoke he found that his room mate had kicked him out of bed. He comes to school on crutches now. The other day one of the brightest of our college lumin naries went out walking and (wonderful to relate!) grayi tated at the house of one or the co-eds. He got to talk ing, and becoming quite enraptured iu his conversation, forgot to take his leave. The co-ed became tired, and when 12:30 arrived, she started up and said In tones of affright: "E , didn't you hear the fire bell!" He took the hint and left at a 2:40 rate. N. B. Ho hao not been heard of since.