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About Hesperian student / (Lincoln [Neb.]) 1872-1885 | View Entire Issue (May 5, 1884)
(JMHSHK 6 THE HESPERIAN STUDENT. Hfo was a stern reality ml as if tho sternness wns embocl. icd in liio monotonous cry of "three strikes niul out,""fllx balle, Hike your base," and "dead ball." Well, to those Hint like it, bnsc-btill Is no doubt a noble pastime. Tho Drifter does not like it. Therefore by a simple logical influence it d( cs not appear lo him to be so very noble as it might to others. Hence the enthusiasts will please pardon this somewhat dubious notice. "Every one to his taste" and no bruised fingers in ours. The societies arc about to indulge in the luxury of a joint program. Il is the first that has ever been attempt ed in N. S. U.. The faet is that the feeling between the societies has never before been ol the kind that would permit of any such affair being successfully arranged. But now, we regnt to say, everything U running as miootlily as the most pious quaker could desire. The joint progiam has good material on it and will in all cer tainty go off witli eclat. There was a time when such an affair would have caused more fighting llinn could be do scribed in anything save red ink. But, alas! forever pastl Aibor Day this year went off rather lamely. The two frats had bushels of fun, and the great double jointed conundrum going the rounds is "which ought to ret up the cream 1" It has not yet been decided and probably never will be. It makes little differnnce either, for even a judge men l should be voted against one the other rculd mver r fli by it, since it would be ensicr to draw tears from a bi.aid fence than any sucn a frivolous matter as cretin from a Nebraska fraternity man. Next year, it s to b hoped that the ugly cotton woods Unit bedeck the rampuF may betaken up and a general tree-plunting ensue to fill up the vnciiut holes with trees that arc of some beauty and value. 2 v i if i 1 ti- ij en iM n 1 1 i he 3 car in which the hot auists sally forth from their winter haunts and lay in a fresh stock of Antragalun Uaryocarputes and Antennaria JPlantaginifolia. There is almost any amount of 'ina- ('ultunlid mjojnunt lo be deiived fiom this study. If one has, any where in his soul, a lingering, retiiing love for nature, botany is sure to draw it out. Remember tha, to do'any good in any thing one must be an eluhusiasl For a student lo set about collecting the required thirty five botauical specimens for the professor, is absolutely of no value to him if lie does il merely as a task. Any sensi. ble student ought lobe dit-gustcd witli such an insignifi cant si owing as Ihiity-fivc botanical specimens. But many have great diflicully in finding even so many. The fact is that two hundred and fifty different species of flow cring plants can be easily collected about Lincoln before the tenth of June. To ei. com age home industry, the Drificr promises lo sel up the cream, soda, pie, lemonade and Cole's Great Mammoth Coii'lcnsificatiou of Inexpli cable Monstrosities to all who seccced in making a fairly exhaustive collection of our Flora before the end of the term. Hero is a chance to make a fortunn without labor, capital or intelligence. The boys are talking over "Field Day." Last year we did not indulge in this anniversiiry or whatever it should be called. Perhaps enthusiasm died out a little. No wonder, for wc passed through the ordeal three times within as many months the year before. It is a good plan to make arrangements for sorrio games. The Drifter suggests that a bowl-fight, ropc-pull and greased pole as cension comprise a good part of the "exercises." This will be original in style nnd improving in tono. Give it all attention, we beg of you. What right has the festive small-boy to Invade our enmpus on Sunday and raise Cain with his games of ball and other boisterous occupations. It would be a good thing if no one was allowed to turn the uorthcaal block of the University grounds into pandemonium but our own base-ball and football fraternities. Wc advise the spec ial policeman who has charge of the University property ti kill a few boys and make tho world better. The Physiology class gazed with horror on its instrus tor as he vivisected an unhappy dog before its eyes Those who were there report an awful scene. Nino tenths of the girls gave one screech and fainted on the floor It must have been exciting. nwyiis (n!(;trc1s. Chancellor is back. Barnard and Mercer were up to li;o state convention. Turn down collars are triumphant. Even Allen wears one. The preps have been struck witli the UBual spring fe ver botany. Frank Myers, once a member of '85, visited alma mater lust week. Our old and now distinguished friend, Miss Minnie Parker has returned. The physiology class cut up a dog witli considerable disgust and small profit. C.A. Warner of the class of '80 of Hillsdale college called upon us last week. Miss Mary Leonard lias returned from Cincinnati, where t-hc has been studying music. Some fifteen or twenty of our intellects play base daily ou S street when there is no preventing mud. Knight and the devil went on a duck hunt last Saturday, and secured twelve ducks and an appetite for dinner. The official name of our institution is the "University of Nebraska." All others are not genuiuc and should not be used. The society secretaries are sinking under the excess of work that always comes to these officials during tha spring term. Tlic half boiled remains of the stiff have been removed from the baseuipnl. It was quite an appetiser to those that viewed it Two thousand sheets of theme paper have been pur chased by the University Printing company, and it makes our head ache to think of the work it wiKlake to coverall this with the regulation slush. Tli3 themes hereafter piepared by the students will be put on file and kept to inspire awe in those too lazy to read them. 7 S - JMMMP