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About Hesperian student / (Lincoln [Neb.]) 1872-1885 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 15, 1883)
THE HESPERIAN STUDENT. T A hoy cnuulit hold the hindmost enr, And wns quickly Jerko up through tho air, nnd stood upou his head. Ills nock wns broke, Ills chilli wns crushed, Ills foot wns 'twlxt hla JftWB. Tlio coronorsjury snt nnd snld Ilo died from an unknown cnuso. Onoof our Y. M. 0. A. boys was sadly shocked tho other day. Ilo hud gently asked ono of our freshest "Kid" to join tho Association nnd wns somewhat stnrtlcd nt the fresh kid remarking ''Well I've n g d d good notion to. A gentleman nnd lndy of our Inst yenr's school mot with a misfortune this Summer. Tho gcntlemnn acci. dently sent n letter to tho fair feminine which should have gone to a"pnrd" of his, Thoy do not correspond any more. Wouldn't it look more symmclrical, so to speak, if wo could see the platform ns well filled ns tho sents during chnpel exercises? It is said, that example is a very good teacher. Tho students would like a wee bit of example in this direction. A fisticuff of no mean order took place on the collego farm the other day nnd it didn't turn out to bo a running mntch either. Tho combats fought a good squnrc round and did some vigorous poking, otherwise doing no dam- ago except tramping up llowcr-beds. Maud boys, when practicing, will please bo careful and not try to play mocking bird, and imitate all tilings ani mate and inanimate, fire-bells included. It is hard on the nerves to bo awakened from a deep slumber by dul cet notes of a horn and to, imagine such to bo tho fire boll. Miss Smith's duties ns Registrar are such as to prevent her from taking the first year Greek class, this year, which is usually under her charge, and Prof. McMillan is struggling at present to insert Greek roots under Prep hair. It is hoped Unit a surgical operation will not bo necessary. Miss Smith requires all Jsludents to register their full names this year. That sounds nice and large, but when a student registers a name of three or four sections that covers the whole lower half of tho pago and runs down on (lie floor in an ink puddle it is altogether too largo and becomes a perfect nuisance. Last Summer one of our Seniors, who intends to bo a light in tho legal line, acted as an attorney in a' case way out west. The judge inquired who represented the caso, when our 'bud of promise" declaimed: "If it please tho court, your honor, I appear as plaintiirfor tho altornoy." lie how intends to take the medical course. One of our cntcrpiijing Sophs in order to keep pace with this nrotrressivc ace. is tnklne lessons in tho art of smoking, and made his first ellorl last week in our ofilcc. Ilo met,with satisfactory success for atimo and great vol umes of blue clouds rolled fiwin his capacious mouth till the sanctum was too ltili to admit daylight. Tho scene changes, however, and Mr. 0. is floundering in tho ex cruciating agonies of sen sickness; great wads of upheav ing groan echo up nnd down tho central ball of the basement, till tho aged Mceloton in tho lecture room above raised up on his elbow to scratch his head. Our friend now declares that tobacco is a nuisance, and ho is going back unto the wny of his fathers. Order this year Is inr excellence. But onco or twico has thoro boon oven "Indications of disorder in the rear of tho chapel." In short wo aro fast becoming a school of men and women, and not of babies and children. For a few days last week our University woro a de cidedly unusual appearance. The regular routine of class work received an extraordinary injection ofexcito ment; tho largest Freshman class tho University has over seen concluded tlias it would enhanco their dignity and create more of a fellow foiling to adopt n class badge, and a neat little cane was decided upon as the most ap propriate. Accordingly on Tuesday morning of last week the whole class, twenty strong, moved from tho lihraty to the cliapol in a body. Tho Soplis. and Juniors unwilling to have their preeminence upset with an insig nificant Frcslnnnn stick, rallied the! e forces and met tho Fresh, advance column in tho hall ; a preliminary skirmish took place in which there wns a chaos of broken sticks, sore heads and commands from the Faculty. After chapel a similar all'air occurred. This elated the higher classes nnd aroused the energies of the Freshman who posted a challenge on tho bulletin board for the Soph omores and Juniors to meet thorn on tho campus, at 3 o'clock "Wednesday afternoon, in a grand cane rush, which was accepted; meetings were held by tho oppos ing parties for arrangements, and among the conditions no striking was nllowable under penally of the forfeiture of the cane. Tho opposing forces met at tho appointed time nnd, after nntch squibbling over technicalities, and lour stalwart Freshmen had been excluded b the judges from tho sport, the contest began; 21 Freshmen rallied around the cane, four of their number having boon espec ially detailed to guard it, and 14 Sophomores and Juniors took their stund about two rods distant. W. II. Liclity acted ns judge and time-keeper; J. II. Moekelt and E. O. Lewis referees. If the Freshmen held tho cane 15 minutes they'werc to bo allowed the priviledgo of swing ing the disputed adjunct the whole year, otherwiso they were to relinquish their claims to it. Time was called and tlte higher classes rapidly turned their slops cane ward, making a despcrato plunge for the coveted stick. Tho air for a time was full of orders from tho leaders, struggling forms and old clothes. The Sophs and Jun iors soon found themselves grappled about with strong Fresh arms, and tho four parties set apart for tho purpose wore hanging to tiio Btick for dear Hfo when all their op ponents were loaded down with Freshman. When about half of tho time had expired a firey Sopii. thought his constitutional rights were interfered with, and forthwith directed a blow.it his opponent's oplics. A strike was called and according to tho rules the game was decided in favor of tho Freshman. Three cheers were proposed for Ihe Freshmen, the Sophs and Juniors and tho Univer sity, All then npairoJ to the Studknt oillco, where speeches woro made by the leaders, Paul F. Clark and A. G.Warner and also by judge Liclity, Tho boys gar. motifs woniisndly mussed and some were even In a worso condition than Unit, and reminded one of a Greek slavo only tho slave had handcuffs on and the boys didn't. Taking every tiling into consideration, wo think it was a very pleasant affair. It has created a good feeling among tho classes and a better spirit of rivalry, and wo hope such friendly meetings among' the classes will al ways result as woll as this.
