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About Hesperian student / (Lincoln [Neb.]) 1872-1885 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 15, 1886)
THE HESPEAIAlK I HEARD m THE HALLS. Miss Passmen is visiting her University friends in this city. The Messiah was attended by alargc number of thesrudems. Final examinations will soon "be here again . Will we pass or flunk? They say Allison is trying to "usurp the place of the Prof, in History. Ed. Yates has started a boot and shoe store opposite the Government Square The class in Spanish referred to in the last issue has been rormed with five members. The Commencement exercises of the Medical Department occur on the iSth of March. Prof. Nicholson was in attendance at court last week at Be atrice, as an expert in a poison case. Before Fletcher goes on another excursion we would like to have a private conversation with hira. Ts not the The Herperian a daisy? That seems to be the general impression around the University. A. E. Wagner is still among the missing, and will probably be out of school during the present year. Miss "Dell Stratton left last Wednesday for her home in Ash land,' where she willlinger for a week or two. The HEsrERlXX was delighted the other day by a call from Mr. R. B. Wallace who represents the Otttaha Excelsior. Prof. White has ordered instruments for a signal service sta tion and will begin taking observations as soon as they arrive. "Mr. Eddy, mother wants that dollar you owe her for wash ing, 'cause we haven't got any meat in the house for Sunday." The chapel choir have received an addition to their num- berin the person of Miss Lillibridge, who will assist the soprano parts. 0 Our old. friend Spclde was in town a few days last week. He only came back to take away his goods, and has bow left us for the remainder of the year. , The apparatus for the new laboratory is now stored in the boiler Toom. The most of it will not be unpacked nntil the building is ready for occupancy. 1 The funeral of the Sophomore Greek class which was adver tised for a particular time not long since, did not come off foT the-Teason that the class did not die. There arc many things that occur in a college life which are very efficient in relieving the monotony. One of these things T"for instance" is an examination every two weeks in French. ., The HEsrERT an joins the many friehds of Mr. Ed. Yates jn welcoming him to Lincoln. Mr. Yatcswas formerly a prom inent student of the U. ofN. and we wish him abundant suc cess. -Arrangements are being made for the formal transfer of the bakery to the Prep who asked the Prof, in the General Hist ory class, if Phillip n of France was a grandson of Phillip of Macedon. The firm of Cowing & Go., plumbers and gas fitters, of- umana, went to smash on the hrst oi the month. Liabilities $25iOOo, with assets $20,ooo. The firm had some connection with putting in our heating apparatus, but the University Hoses nothing by the failure. The report that the difficulty caine from 'the fact that the boys had stolen two grate-bars from the Pollers here, seems to lack substantial foundation. A member of the meteorology class has been voted the belt by his admiring classmates. He told of a spring in Wyo ming that poured out ice instead of water. He belongs to the Y. M. G. A. too. The class .n Meteorology will take charge of Nebraska weather after the first of March. By that time they will have perfect control of the elements, and they promise thatnablii zards shall occur after that date. The members of the Political Economy class are now try ing to settle the Silver Question. They will without doubt succeed, for it is an acknowledged fact that our Seniors never fail in anything they undertake. We are pleased to note that more pupils are enrolled in the Art Department, than have been for some time past. Miss Cochran's ability as an instructor in music is evidently being appreciated as well as is the artistic talent of Miss Moore.. One of the latest attachments to the boiler is a steam whistle with a very "argent voice. It is intended to "Call John," and can do so with a vim second only to that possessed by the scrcecher owned by the Lincoln Tanning Company. Miss Boyd left her studies for one week in order to teach in the Capitol school one of the Tegular tcacherslusing absent. Our information may not be very authentic, but we are told that she awed the pupils into submission by means of a Fresh man cane. The oratorio of the Messiah was very acceptably performed at the Opera House on the evening of the second oi the pres ent month. A number of students took part in the chorus. Geo. Frankforter, Will O'Shea and Hirzoner, our chief, assisted in the grand orchestra. The Palladians are hereafter to be governed by strict par liamentary law. Their president, W. C Knight, lias Tccently ordered a copy of a diagram of parliamentary rules and will follow it in all cases. He (Knight) intends to compete with Force on law and order. This is the time of the year when students lament the fact that the State is too poor to furnish sidewalks for the campus. A small amount of mud is tolerable, but when it gets ankle deep, someone is sure to complain. A single row of planks would be better than nothing. In a house on the corner of 13th and S Sts. arc rooming five boys, They arc schemers, and recently they took the key belonging to the other boys in the adjacent Toom, and quietly locked them in their Toom. TheTcsultwas disastrous. Chapin can give full particulars. Something was evidently turned loose in the medical room one night not long ago. Broken windows and chairs testify to the fact. We were unable to ascertain just what it was, but suppose that it was rats. Dr. Voos will explain the matter to anybody who desires to investigate. All the efforts that have been put forth to arrange a joint programme of the three societies during Commencement week have failed. There now seems to be no escape from the custom of attending the exhibitions from a sense of duty or courtesy. Conservatism is sometimes a good thing, but we believe this is not one of those times. Several of the boys were seen not long since with huge placards on their backs. They were Freshmen and the placards bore the inscription "Fox Sale." The hour was 12,30 P. M. When they enter the building at 8.30 A. M., they arc bigwith intellect, and big with conceit. But four hours of Tccitations materially changes their feelings, and every day at 12.30, they may be bought in unlimited qualities, for only a nominal sum. We understand that a few nave been solci'for'a very fair price.