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About Hesperian student / (Lincoln [Neb.]) 1872-1885 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 15, 1884)
IMMIiW'WlllMwitwlwrtfbViiiw THE HESPERIAN STUDENT. &nm$u8 gjamrda. "I'm sick!" D.D. Forsyth. That tho Talraago Iccluro cornea so Into iu tlio season as tho twelfth of March is a most fortunate occurrence for the impecunious student. He can then soak his winter clothing with somo degree ot complaconcy. Tho song portion of tho chapel sorvlce could ho greatly improved by doubling tho present number of hymn books. Six students can hardly imbibe enough inspiration from one small book to enable them to warble harmoniously To-day tho University is liftecn years old. She has donned long clothes and high-hceled shoes, and now wants a bustle, an ovcrskirt, and about ten yards of now ribbon. Tho trim little maiden has worked faithfully for Mother Stato, and should bo reworded with these trifles before her next birthday. Tho Sigma Chi recently received a "barbarian" to itt bosom. Two other students who received invitations to trount the sacred white elephant felt it their duty to de cline with thanks. They were afraid that the height of the quadruped would estrange them from their humble fellows who remain on terra firms. The pin of the new Phi Dolta Thota Eating Club con sists of a shield-shaped meat platter on which is placed a delicious spreud consisting of boiled cats eyes surrounded by some Greek viand, name unknown. Over tho platter is suspuidud a huge carving knife. The whole mokes a very pretty and appropriate emblem. One of the happiest marriages of old students this paper haa ever recorded took place, in this city two weeks ago. The parties most deeply interested in tho ceremony were r. John N. Dryden and Miss Helen Holmes, both too well known among our readers to need a word of intro duction. The Student extends its ink-begrimed paw, wishing the younj people all tho felicity ever granted to inhabitants of this sphere. A "Fat" preparatory student who is noted for his social qualities, has extended his circle of acquaintances to tho police force of tho city. One of the brassscoated, bll'e-buitoncd angels of justice called at his room the other day, and alter a pleasant littlo interview bonowed the young gentleman's revolver. Tluu far he has neglec ted to return it, and the injured student thinks of cutting his acquaintance. The weeping economists who lose so much sleep over the unwholesome and scrimped diet of student bachelors, should tnke a meat wilh some of that class. The Stubs NT" or at least this portion of it, made the experiment (the other day. The quality of the food and the cleanliness of its preptration was enough to make un ordinary board ing house heartily ashamed of itself. "Baching" at the University of Nebraska is a success. The date of the Palladiuu oratorical contest is at last fixed with some degree of deflnileness. It will tkc place on Saturday evening, March first, in tho year of our Lord eighteen hundred and eighty-four. The contestants number six, the Senior and Freshman cladscs having two representatives apiece, the Juniors and Sophomores one eacn. This will be the first contest of tho kind in tho history of the institution unci cannot fail to draw a good house. Tho roaders of tho Student will please notico that tho now hnnd nt tho crank of thta department is.nota humor-, ist. He cannot bo funny, and sinccorly hopes that if lie makes any attempt in that direction outraged public opin. ion will cause his speedy banishment. A. sober and truthful narration of the ovonts of our college life Is all that wc can promise. The young ladies of the Palladian society have organ ized a "suro 'nufT" debating club. Regular meetings nro held Saturday afternoon, at which timo feminluo elo quence fairly fills the hall. Tho offlcors of tho now organ, ization areas follows: President,-Anna Saunders; Vice President, 8. Glen Talbot; Secretary, Mary Jones; Treas., Cora Fisher; Critic, Mary Campbell. When it comes to the question of co-eds, the Pals claim to hold a full hand of queens. "As tho years glldo by," they seem to vie witli each other in giving tho oxtcrinr of our University tho hardest slap. Biting fro&ts and scorching suus have so loosened and faded the red paint on the brick-work, while the gentle rnins from Heaven, or some other locality, liavo washed the coal dust from tho roof and spread it in artis tic linca over the mansards and cornices. Of course wc are not complaining. Students as a class cannot appreci ate architectural beauty and tho slate is to poor to possess it, anyway. T'io prcsenco of tho Cadet Baud iu tho gallery, u dozen or more students on the floor, nnd two University boys among tho contestants at the recent awkward race at the skating rink, evidently justifies a report of the pro ceedings iu these columns. The first initiate in the slip pery art to make six rounds of the rink was entitlad to a pair of expert club skates. Five determined young men, among them Clark and Johnson of the Freshman class, entered the arena and allowed tho treacherous rollers to be attached to their pedals. When tho word was glve.i, Johneon started off bravely, but fearing that a skate was becoming loose got down to fasten it. His haste under the circumstances was quite natural, though we failed to see how he could tighten a skate strap with his head resting on his coat tails and his feel describing parabolas and ellipses in the air. It was soon accomplished, however, and the young man proceeded on his way, sitting down every few yards for rest and reflection. Not caring to win the prize, he spent his time in amusing tho audience. Clark, on thu other hand, wanted the prize. An intense ycaining for that glittering pair of club skates could be read in his countenance as he carefully strapped on the rol. '.era and balanced himself on the chalky floor. At the sound jiof tho bell ho was off like the wind and by main strength and awkwardness took tho front .place in the struggling procession. With arms swinging like an okl.fushioned wind-mill nnd leet describing every kind of a curve known to mathematics, he pushed forward, now and then dexterously brushing up the chalk from tho floor and pi no. ing it conspicuously on tho back of his coat, until on the third lap the nearest competitor was more than a round iu the rear. Then a broken skuto compelled him to re tire and endure the agony ot seeing the prize aw irded to another. The race should have been repented. It was absolutely certain that Mr. Clark would have been vic torious hail it not been for the accident, and the entire audience was fully convinced that thu honor belonged to him. SS3