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About Hesperian student / (Lincoln [Neb.]) 1872-1885 | View Entire Issue (March 22, 1884)
6 THE HESPERIAN STUDENT. buck in the misty past, at present writing, that nil of us who enjoy a good quarrel with "brickbats at three-quarters of ii mile" are beginning to feel as if the palmy days of jealousy aim hatred had indeed departed never to return. Now this id wrong. There is no reason why the two societies should not ascend upon the Tory top ol their respective pinacles of self-conceit and revile each oth er across the abyss between. Let's hove war. When there is a SruDENT election, why can't wo have some genuine enthusiasm? Anything is better than stagnation. We thirst for blood and would bo glad of almost any method by which we could inspire a measure ot interest in the Hesperian. Oil I why will the members of the literary societies mix metaphors so fearfully. One can not listen to a pro gramme without having his breath suspouded for a mo ment by some atrocious figure of speach. Tne students seem to give loose rein to the ships of imagination and as the wind curries them gaily over the broad meadows of plain simple Anglo-Saxon, the black flag of mixed metn phor is suddenly displayed on the top-most tower and the audience sinks in n tornado of laughter. The critic then arises and casts a gloom over every one witli the thunderbolts of his sarcasm. Then we depart feeling Unit there is large room for improvement in many would bo "eagle orators." The great lack of this institution is some distinctive college songs. If a little more, interest was taken by the boys in sinking and if a glee club wore formed and kept up we think that one "home industry would bo developed" and that N. 8. U. could boast of as fine a collection of songs as any oilier college in the land. If the interest can be procured the songs will not be long in making their appearance. Let the boys give this matter their attention because it is really worthy of it. v- Spring is at 'hand. I could s-iy a great many very poet, ical things about the returning birds, the trees clad in fresh mantle of emerald, the flowers peeping up from .the loosened soil and all that sort of thing, if I wanted to. It is, however, a little trite and a bit deceptive lo couple these startling phenomena with the nnme of spring. Not that I mean to say that they do not really take place, but simply that they are not the main and obtrusive features of a Nebraska spring. The real circumstances that attend spring in this part of the footstool are mud, more mud and most mud. The latter is on the whole seen more fre quently than either of the other two. All arc not in tiic leas backward in sho.ving themselves to public gaze. When we luink of carrying the books of three girls across the university campus, when the walks are not walks but quicksands, and when a misstep means instant destruc tion well we resolve on the whole not to carry them. We'll let "our Junior gent" monopolize that business Tt'a dangerous. transom before the professor unlocks the door. He hates to have his privacy disturbod and you should cultivate patience anyway. Refrain from all those and flunk with a clean conscience. nmpit8 jfautxrite. A word to the Preps. My dear Preppies; examinations arc upon us. Tl ere don't weep so bard. Some one will hear you. Now don't wear cuffs to your examinations. Thcro are two reasons. First it is wrong, and second, if it ii not really wrong it is suspicious. Don't come into the room and rush wildly for the back scut. That is also suspicious. Above all don't climb up and look over the The Eclectics plucked their, valedictorian. Anna M. Saunders will be absent from her classes dur ing the spring term. The Baud lias been remembered by the Regents to the extent of.flfty dollars. This is a comfortable "boost" and a merited one. J. R. Force will not be seen around this house of cor. rcction for some months. Ho is managing a lumber yard at Castor. Miss Liska Btillman, one of the young ladies who last year enlivened the class meetings of '80, has resumed her University work. The little job office that is at present acting in the capacity of tail to the Student is crowded with business and giving excellent satisfaction. The Palladian class for the June exhibition is as follows: essayist, C. S. Allen; orators, Miss Cora Fisher uud C..6. Polk; debaters, P. F. Clark and J. J. Halligan; for.recitation, Miss Clevo Lamb. Tho Union society has selected the following 'class for the commencement exhibition: essays, Miss Norn Gage and Miss Kathleen Hcarn ; orations Miss Sopha Myers and E. J. Churchill ; debate, A. A. Muuroe and J". H. Holmes; recitation, Miss Liska.Stillman. The Union society will be officered during tho coming term as follows: Pres., G. W. Botsford; VlcePres., Anna Aldrlch ; Secretary, Dell Stratum ; Asst. Secretary. 0. G. McMillan ; Treas., R. S. Mockett; Critic, E. J. Churchill; Seargents-at-arms, Roy Codding and Miss Lulu Miller. A certain Medic who is taking chemistry, occasionally astonishes his classmates bv original experiment!. A short time ago lie dissolved a silver quarter in nitric acid, filtered the solution and throw it awiy, then took the filtering paper to the Prof, with tho complaint that he "couldn't find no silber dar. " The Q street bachelors recently purchased a can of potted ham which did not provo entirely first-class. Afterjin iccfTectual wrestle with bristles mid cartilage they returned this package to the dealer with the remark that they wauted ham properly prepared a hog driven into a can and sealed up wouldn't fill the bill. (Joko.) Some of the students who industriously aided Talmagc in his "big blunders" to tho detriment of their class work console themselves with the reflection that artistic bill, posting requires as much intellect us passing an examin ation in Greek. But Joking aside, tho exporience gained by the young men who managed this lecture io as valua ble as the booklore absorbed by their class-mates. The last issuo of this humblo sheet was deplorably late. No apology will be given, however, for aside from a little unavoidable, delay in tho press room, tho fault was almest wholly that of the manipulator of this depart ment. Work in other fields called him r,;vay and instead of excommunicating him the managing editor kindly held the paper until his return. ggp 4 u.