THE HESPERrA Ar.
y
F. W. Russell is enjoying a visit to New York.
A brother of Miss Fannie Baker is visiting with her and has
many acquaintances.
Is it not remarkable how many games of football there has
been since the recent purchase?
C. T. Jenkins now hangs out his shingle at Bennett and in
vciglcs honest farmers into lightening their pocket books.
They say that we arc to have a hydrant placed somewhere
upon' the campus to take the place of the old pump. A good
idea.
Our efficient janitor, Mr. Harry, has left us. We arc sor
ry to lose him. It will be almost impossible to have society
meetings now.
The band is disgusted with their trade of rooms made dur
ing the winter and take advantage of the absence ol the Mcds
to trade back.
Wc are pained to record the death of one of the old Uni
versity students, Miss Etta Henderson, which occurred at
York, April 3rd .
Miis Ida Bonncll, formerly of '90, is back at school again,
her parents having decided that Lincoln is the lccl place
to live in after all.
Miss Myra Clark is delayed in coming back by a severe at
tack of scarlet fever. She is,howcvcr, convalescent and will
lie here in a few days.
Our amateur novelists of last issue fame have retired to
live upon thcintcrcstof their income, while our poets still make
us suffer, with no prospect of their ever retiring.
I.ou Tillson and G. A. Bccchcr will not be with us this
term, but Bccchcr's smile will lc seen around here next fall,
while Lou has turned miller and bids us a final adieu.
Miss Nellie M. Scott will not be with us again until next
fall. This will be a great suqmse to her many friends, who
said goodbye expecting to sec her at the beginning of this
term.
As. the number of students of several ol our sectarian col
leges seems to grow small, several members of the different
faculties have taken advantage of our facilities and matricu
lated. On last Sunday evening two of our 'varsity boys preached
at Grace M. E. church StufT and Mar&l.. The discourses
they gave would be a credit to older and more experienced
divines.
Hugh Conley our Hugh dropped into our sanctum to
shake hands and then say good-bye, iast week, He is back
again, rumor has it for a. purpose. Ask him for the treats be
forehand.
The State Teachers' Association has met and gone. They
saw our school, met our students and concluded to meet at
Fremont next year. Many students availed themselves of the
addressc j, which were of unusual interest.
From what we hear.we judge Arbor Day will be celebrated
with considerable pomp and show this year. It is even ru
mored that the Fresh ies are to have a poem and a spread ea
gle oration, while the Seniors will fish at Crabbc's Mill.
We are very sorry to learn that C. S. Polk is confined to
his room with scarlet fever.
Later. The half hourly bulletins indicate just as we go
to press, an alarming change for the better, even intimating
that the gentleman will be with us again in a day or two.
EXCHANGE.
All papers in the pile before us arc as welcome as the No
Ire Dame Scholastic. Its articles ate always refreshing. It
should be read by every student.
The De Pamo Monthly, red hot fraternity paper, holds out
comfort to ye editors andflunkcrs in general bysaying that Hen
ry Ward Bccchcr's average standing at Amherst college was
only 57 on the seals of 100. Who would not be a Bccchcr?
Hurrah for the Signal f This neat journal comes to the
front this month with a 12 page supplement containing the
address delivered by Mr. Edwird T. Grim before the Normal
and Model school on Washington's birthday. Call in and sec
it.
The Association Notes has just found its way to our tabic. It
abounds with interesting and valuable information concern
ing the Y. M. C. A, of New York city and the institution un
der its management. It should be read by every student in
terested in Christian work.
The Niagara Index is one of the best papers that come to
our table. The excellence and instructiveness of its articles
should commend it to all. In a friendly manner wc would
suggest a neat new cover. A little harshness in its exchange
department also detracts from its merits.
Far from the west comes the news that one of our bright
est exchanges is dead. The faculty in the University of the
Pacific has risen in its dignity and declared that its students
should not express their opinion! The Pkaros as a result
docs not help to swell our pile this week.
The exchange editor of the IfolcaJ retires from that depart
ment. He sends his good bye with a few words of advice to
his contemporaries. Wc arc sorry to lose him but hope it is
only the march of progress that has made hc change and
wish him a better at least a more appreciative field of la
bor.
The Varsity, a weekly paper, comes to us with its usual va
riety of reading matter. Monotony is one of the- crying evils
of college papers and when such a luscious morsel as the
above comes to us wc feel like asking for more just like it-Thc
literary department is the main feature of the paper, but
where, O where is the exchange?
The Weekly lniv. Courier is again before us. As usual it
indulges in its customary mud throwing. The slam on the
students and editorial staff ol our University is certainly un
called for. Worthy Courier, it is not the desire of the Hks
terian to continue such a contemptible squabble. Wc are
not running a fighting cock establishment.
The Crank, a new exchange, comes to our table this week.
Wc are very willing to grasp the crank and give it a turn of
welcome. The style of binding might be improved. The
reading matter is quite instructive, but the style of composi
tion, is affected, we think. Turn on then, infant crank, into
the great field of journalism. Wc bid yoa welcome.
Among the editorials of the Coup d'Etat we notice an ex
cellent article on debate. When it said "It is the prevailing
custom among debaters to jealously keep their arguments se
cret until the night of the debate and then seek to win by sur
prising the opponent with new and far-drawn constructions
rather than by fair means," it struck the secret of failure in
society debates. A complete understanding of each other's
argument would add much to the value and interest of the
debate. It would, we think, do away with the desire on the
part of so many to leave as soon as debate is announced.
