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1 HESPERIAN STUDENT K UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA. Vol. XII. LINCOLN, NEB., MARCH 3, 1884. No. X. li y On MITER DAY POEM. 11Y AWANNNA II. K. 1'AINTEK. Westward tho course of cmplru takOB hor way, Tho four first acts already past: A illfth shall close the drama of the day, Tlmo's noblest offspring Is hor last. 'Jlerktltv . That was a grand and glorious day Whon Progress, tired of eastern pedant's sway, Scanned tho horizon, seeking for a spot Whore sho might found an empire of her own, Where sho herself should wear tho regal crown. Untrammelled Science then might cast her lot, And flourish side by side with classic lore; Opprossed Religion thoro should tlry her tears. Sho found a homo on wild Now England's shore, And flourished thcro for many, many years. Then temples grew like magic 'neath her hand. And many halls of learning vast and grand Shcbulldcd. Ilut tho spirit tliut had wrought Tho changes of all nations over sought Her empire to oxtend, and toward the west Again she turned her eyes sho know no rost, She marched her army onward toward the west. But meanwhllo, In tho oastorn homo sho loved, The homo sho had chosen and approved Conservatism rose and sought to hind With canons, codes and rules, tho maidens mind. Long was the strife, each step was hardly won That either gained. Still toward tho sotting suu Progression turned her saddened, longing eyos. Before her in a vision seemed to rise The eternal hills wcro Freedom holds her court. And then with a decision firm and short, Sho flung the iron fetters that had bound Her cruelly so long upon tho ground: And stdpplng forth announced defiantly, "In spite of all your dogma I am free! I'll biilld an institution now" she said, "Of which I shall bo tho acknowledged head, And In Its hall6 I will erect u shrtne. And all who enter it shall worship there Truth, Fredom, Learning shall by right dlvino Up patron saints and lead their fostorlng care." At last upon Nebraska's plain Sho found her sought for refuge, and again Sho saw beneath America's blue ekios Tho towers of her citadels arise. Behold the work she wrought 1 Bohold n home of thought Upon that desert plain ! What was two decades ago an arid wasto Is now tho home of culture and of taste, Two decades since this was tho red man's home And even now, with sorrow's downcast mien, Aged and dusky figures have been seen, Still lingering where tholr trlbos were wont to roam Perchance thcro Ho tho graves of Indian dead, Wboro now this thriving city rearc Its head, And as a roproaentatlvc of thought Ofcnltn.o and of power this schooi shall stand, Guarded by Froodom ad Learning hand in hand, With Truth, there Progress found the horns sho son'glit', Whon Orcoco was young Her swoctcKt songs wcro sung. Those mon who gave more lustro to hor name. And for thomsolves have galnod undying fame, Llvod In tho morning of her years . So may't bo hero, while still in youth, Theso halls tho citadels of Truth, And you hor champions, with sword and shield, Go-promptly bring tho honors from tho flold. Dut yestero'on a vision came to mo That promised you a brilliant destiny. Lo, down tho valley where the shadows meet Tho sun went down upon this century, I saw Its last beams lingering lovingly Upon thoso spires, then flod tho crimson streak, And from those doors went forth a noblo band Of poote, statesman and phl.osophors, To catch tho light then streaming o'er tho land From twenty centuries, Boalnd them all Darao Progress stood and smiled To soo tho glory of her child. February lGth, '84. M. do Losseps predicts tli&t I ho Panama canal will ready for uao before 1888. bo -"William Black's new novel, "Judith Shakespeare," Is attracting considerable attention. It pays to lo a royal author. Ten thousand copies of Queen Victoria's new book wore sold the first day. Tho first tragedy overwritten in America was from tho pen of a Hurvard student and was first played by tho stu. dents of that university. An effort is being inado to h ivo congress insert a clause in tbe copy-right laws, which will give thoso who pay lor Associated Press dispatches absolute ownership in them for twenly-four hours after publication. Tho porfuct man, according to Prof. Huxley, is one whoso intellect is a clear, cold logic-onglno, with nil its parts of equal strength' and' In smooth workingorder ready, like a steam-engine, to be turned to all kinds or work." Wendell Phil'.pps graduated 'from Harvard in 1880 at tho ago of nineteen The probable reason that so many graduated at so early an age in those days is to be found in ihofticl that the requirements of admission were not so great nor tho courses of study so dilllcult nb at present. Longfellow, Emerson, Lowell, Whittier and Hawthorne all graduated while in their teens.
