THE HESPERIAN STUDENT.
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they will deliberately Ho. Oflon do we hear it exclaimed
Miow I adoro Bliukcspero and Mllloa" whon the speaker
never in reality had seen, either, of those poets. Not tho
faintest knowledge or appreciation hid ho ofthom. To
be sure lie may have pursued the printed page which is
the visible manifestation to the physical eye of their
thought, but more than this ho did not comprehend.
This simulation in letters is not one whit bolter
than In fashion: the motive is tho same. The man
who affects indifference as to personal appoarnnco and
dresses slovenly need uol look so contemptuously upon the
idudo", lie may he just as egotistical, as selfish, as littlo
as narrow-spirited only in another direction. To bo auro
tho former consoles himself that ho does r.ot bestow li is
precious time upon such trifles as dross' ho heartily despi
ses those that do, he cares for higher tilings. It does not
occur to him that ho and the "dude" are ono in spirit. Ho
does not aco that lie is equally a victim of "vanitas vanita.
turn." Men fail to perceive this general principle Hint
"tho sentiment from which It sprang determines the
dignity of any deed, and tho question ever is not what
you have done or frbonie, hut at whoso command you
have done or forborne it."
DRIFT.
"That giddy Sophomore" lias baen at it again. He
was seen on the corner of 0 and 13lh late one night and
was watched. Pretty soon ho ambled in an uncertain way
over to where tho painted hydrant adorned the landscape.
Then bracing up with a herculean effort ho apostrophized
tho inoffenstve water- works appendago . "Wha' yor
ut f'r thish time o' night, Izhd like to know? Yer inizh'
ble, green Freahm'n yor ought t'be 'nine in bed. Wha1
d'ger moan 'bstruct'n zholpubllc Mghw'y? Whasaor uiassor
wizh yer? Don't talk t'mo zlui'wny. I won't bo 'nshult
ed by a Fresh m'n. Cm on 'f yer wanter zhlug." Then
ho fell over on the stolid aid impassivo object of his
wrath. When ho arose he folt of ills wouuded head,
made an incoherent remark about the villanous state of
society when a Freshman was allowed to wear brass
knuckles and then silently faded away into the enoir
oling darkness.-
How do some people live? There aro poor, brainless
unfortunates in Lincoln that, by all rules of common
sense, ought to perish from more inanity, or hate them
selves to death. They manage to survivo someway by
means of various time-killing inventions. The latest of
these is known as "progrcsslvo euchre." Tho Diuftr
does not object to euchro. He is a "eucharist" himself.
But there is bucIi a thing as carrying a good institution
much too far. When a lot of elderly gentlemen and
ladies get together and play a shrieking, howling game
called "progressive euchre" there is room for the oynlo
to ply his unpleasant vocation. In the first placo there
is or ought to bo, a better way for men and women to spend
their time. If there is not, where are wo anyway? Again
supposing there is no better enjoyment for tho dudes and
dudienas of Lincoln, why should thoy not have a day ap.
pointed for a general suicide all around? It wouldn't
hurl the city very much and it is impossible to imagine
tho euchre players in a sadder condition than at present.
Speaking of euchre reminds us of a little joke. There
are two unsophisticated boys in N. 8. U. who are. dqenly
interested in Palaeontology. One day tho professor of
that branch of science invited them to accompany him
nto the country for a two days jaunt among tho "fossllo
furious" rocks of the Cretaceous Epoch. Thoy went. At
the farm house, where the party spent tho night, there was
want of room. Ono bed was was all that could bo utiliz
ed. The professor suggested that the three candidates
for the bed should play a game of cut-tbrout ouchro
nnd thai tho ono who was froze out should do his snoozing
on tho floor. A well-worn deck was at once produced by
tho senior goologisl and a lnnd was dealt out, Tho boys
were about to ralso a howl about the deck being stacked
when tho lady of tho house stalked in. "Gentlemen I
don't allow any ono to play cards boforo my children 11"
A professor and two students, all church members.
What a reputation they must have made in that farm
house! These society sociables aro not monotonous at ail. The
novelty of going into ore of tho halls and standing
nro'ind in an awkward, bashful way for three long hours,
will probably never wear off. Tho Prp. takes his dose
of soniable in a frightened, wish I hadn't some sort
of a stylo. Tho Freshio in a subdued, gloom v a .d tired
of Hie state of mind. The Sophomore is boisterous and
attempts to bo jolly. Ho tells horse stories and unswal
lowablo lies about his own muscular ability. The Junior
parts liis hair in '.lie middle, flirts dosporately with the'
girls, prances up and down the halls in what he imagines
is a very vivacious manner and pretends to enjoy him
self, The Senior goes to observe tho frivolity of man.
kind. Ho reflects that all is vanity and sheds big tears
into his plug-hat when he thinks of the awful gulf betwoon
himself and the mass of mankind. His philanthropic
soul swells up in sorrow for the light-headed, gum-chew,
ing crowd about him. Take it all in all, the society re
ceptions aro as sad as the widow whose husband died two
days before ho renewed his life-insurance. Is thero no
way to reform these consolidated periods of depression
that, by courtesy, wo call sociables?
The Slate Teachers Association lias boon giving a series
of entertainments in tlio college chapel for the past few
days. Many of the students have attended because there
is a tradition going the rounds that Nebraska school
ma'mo arc handsome. Some of the boys have already lost
their hearts on the fair instructors of youth that lately as
sembled in tho Capitol City. It must bo admitted that
tho dear girls aro somewhat cheeky. Tno Darprca turn,
cd a corner and brought up against n little knot of femi
nine pedagogues perhaps there was dozen of them and
boforo lie had an opportunity to rotroat, he becuno the
conlro of attraction. Each individual schoolina'm placed
a pair of "Bostons", vulgarly known as noso-plnchors
astride her nasal organ, aiufsimultuneously thoy bestowed
aeold aud clammy stare upon tho unfortunate who had
come upon thorn so unintentionally. Ho got away, but
has scarcely recovered from tho shock of brain.fever
brought on by tho opisodo. It may bo true that the Uni
versity boys aro inclined to flirt with thi visitors but
that does not justify the excessive gall displayed by tho
ones who are rightfully not flirters, but ftirtoes. A school,
raa'm is a vain thing for sal'oty aspeclally a Nebraska
school ma'm
In college life wo encounter almost ovary typs of
man and womau. To some wo can offer nothing but