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About Hesperian student / (Lincoln [Neb.]) 1872-1885 | View Entire Issue (June 2, 1884)
THE HES-PERIAN STUDENT. tlio oidcrs aro very strict Hint no ono slinll Icnvo camp oxcept by permission, nevertheless tho boys imngino Hint tlicy will not stand too mucli discipline. Tiio Mllford folk will do well to convey the chicken-roosts to somo plnco of snfety befon Friday night. Eggs, chickens and milk will bo very thick indeed in tho enmp, but Ihoboys don't menu to pay out a grcnt deal of gold for llioir pur chase A word to tho wise is sufficient to make them wnlch tho old cow and tho henscoop with n jealous cyo. Wo nro getting tired of the orations and essays that aro so numerous about tills time of tho year. Il Is sol down as a general mistake if one by any accident mentions tho name of tho clinrncter ho is writing of, and if ono gives the audience a clear idea of his subject lie i3 branded as a fool not capable of deep thought and tremendous in tellectual gymnastics. The average oration is all depth and no oration. Tho latter seems to bo torn oil'. Tho regulation cssny is entirely introduction. The subject is hidden under a huge cloud of metaphor mid originality striking originality. We give a specimon of a thought ful oration on some biographical subject. Tho effort begins "'Tis now but a few brief hours since tho sombor funeral cortege Hint bore to their last resting place the ashes of a hero, wound down tho vista of poplars to our fair Wyuka. And.ns wo gazed on the pi icid coitnti nance of tho noble dead our hearts weie filled with an Angelic Symphony. Tho Mnssivc Unuitcrablcncss of Colosnl Eternity, with all its vastness, carried us away from de grading Earth and our untrammeled spirits soared far out Into tho great Beyond.' And so on for nineteen 'minutes. No mention, however, is made of John Jones who is tho supposed subject of the eulogy. Curious, isn't it? jnnij!U8 $ntnril8. Tomorrow at 8: SO the slaughter of the Hunkers begins. Miss Alice Tu'llo will spend the remainder of the year in Massachusetts. The class in the History oT the Middle Ages held lis last iccitallouou Tuesday. The Orchestra has been engaged to furnish music (?) for the Commencement program and the society exer cises. A. A. Munro will put in the vacation showing up tho merits of Cram's Unrivalled FnmilyJAtlas to the iuhab Itr.nls of Richnrdcon county 'lho staudaid of tho Kappa Kappa G imma has atlas1 been planted in the University. Tho charter members are Misses Doll Stratum, Sopha Myeiv, Cora Fisher, Mary Jones, Edith Doolitlle and Allie Luntz. The orchestra ambled-off to south Lincoln last Tues lay evening, and spent a lew hours in practice at lite resi dence of Regent Gere. Tho neighbors threatuu o rovolt if the offense is repeated. Tho Palladianpliavo chosen tho following members to servo as officers during tho coming term. President, Miss Mary Jones; vice, W. S. Perrinj Secretary, C. S. Polk; Corresponding Secretary, Miss S. Glen Telbot; Treasurer, W. E. Ilardv; Historian, D.'D. Forsyth; Critic, Will 0. Jones. COMMENCEMENT PROGRAMME. Saturday, June 7,8:80 P.M., Pallndian Exhibition in Representative Hall. Sunday, 8:00 P.M , Baecalaurcato Address, University Chapel, by tho Chancellor. Monday, 8: 80 P.M., Union Society Exhibition. Tuesday, 8 P. M , Inauguration of the Chancellor. Tuesday, 8:80 P.M., University Address, by Professor E. B. Andiows, of Brown University. Commencement Day, Wednesday, 0 A.M., exorcises of tho Graduating Class and Conferring of Degress. Wednesday. 8:80 1 .M., Chancellor's Reception nt the Scnnto Chamber. A horso mower Is to bn tho next acquisition of this mental gymanasium. It will bo used to shavo grass and picnickers off the campus. Joint programmes have had a tromendous run tit term. If the lion and tho lamb llo down together th way much longer the time is not far distant when they will sleep together regularly. Mrs. Dryden, nee Miss Helen Holmes, formerly of the clnss of '84, came down last Thursday to stay till after commencement. "John is coming next Friday." Everybody is glad to see 'em. Tho records of tho groat S. of G. II. society are smeared wi'h goro Further particulars cannot bo given at press out, but a member of that peculiar organization informs us that there is blood in the air. The Annual will be on sale at the society exhibitions and on Commencement Day. The work is now in the bindery and it is hoped that copies can be delivered to subscribers on Friday of tills week. The Palladian exhibition which was announced t'tr next Friday has been postponed till Saturday evening. This was ilone to accommodate the High School, tho Com mencement of which takes place on the date first men tioned For tho first time within tho memory of the present gen. eration of student, our Alumni Association proposes to do something. A grand feed and reception at the Commer cial Hotel on Tuesday evening of next week Is olllclally announced. Memorial Day was observed by ti e University in an appropriate manner, the only exception to the rule being the Freshman class in Lutin which voted to hold a rec itation. Such a display of industry, were il the genuine article, would win the admiration of the whole college. At this writing (Friday) the cadets aro on their way to the Mllford enenmpmant, where thoy will live in tents and eat red ants until Monday. Elaborate prepaiations have been made for this excursion in accordance with gen eral order No. 12, whioli we would publish had wo space. A second "Girls Night" was authorized by the socie ties for tho last society night of the term, and a intesestlng joint programme in Palladian Hall was the consequence. The presence of the hoys at the Mllford encampment, twenty miles away, had no visible effect on the quality of the oxcictbcs. BBSEM ISPB