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THE HESPERIAN.
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"French is no more, until you can learn to behave your
selves," and the French class adjourns sine die.
Why can't vc get up an annual this year? There ought to
be enough talent here, and there is certainly enough material
This issue is unavoidably late. Qur typos were suddenly
called home by a very sad occurence the death of a
turkey.
Newcomer visited some cousins at Greenwood and was of
service to his grandfather in translating the family record in
the old German Bible.
We were shocked at hearing that a very dignified lady o(
the senior class attended a dance Thanksgiving night, and
actually took part in the abomination.
We never prophesy, but if all signs don't fail, somebody
will flunk in French. It would be gratifying if we could sec
a sign or two that somebody will pass.
Anslcy staid in town business that had to be attended to
but he received a box from home and permitted us to par
take of the contents. Thanks. No, the box is empty now.
We understand that Gillespie has gone into the evangelistic
field. He is commencing on the girls. It is reported that
he converted five girls at a Methodist social a short time ago.
Three men have worked on one of the new buildings this
week. This item is mentioned not because the fact in itself
s strange but because it is not likely to happen again very
soon.
Wanted The name of the fiend who made a pile of all
the overshoes he could find in the hall. There is a hole
through the wall of The Hespesian office that needs plas
tering up.
It must be pretty hard on a fellow to fall down stairs just
as he is asking a young iady if he may escort her home.
That is, we think it must be pretty tough. Fifcr will tell you
all about it, if you just ask him.
The first colored student to enter the U. of N. is Mr. J. H.
Cohron, from Pleasant Hill, Mo., who registered last week.
We welcome him among us and trust he will receive the re
spec t which we feel sure he merits.
The members of the Union Society enjoyed themselves at
the home of Miss May Tower on East R street last Thursday
evening. Besides a very pleasant social time with conversa
tion and games, they indulged in a good old fashioned oyster
supper.
The Palladians who remained in town spent Thanksgiving
evening in their hall. A programme in which many of the
affairs of university life were successfully burlesqued formed
the first part of the evening's amusement. A very nice joke
labeled with compliments of the boys to the girls was also
mixed in. But Pal. girls only occasionally get left. Refresh
ments too numerous to mention and conversation thatrcmind
ed one of a blackbird convention formed the concluding end
of the programme.
E. R. Holmes, our editor-in-chief received a message from
Kearney last week, calling him to the death-bed of his
brother. Before he reached home his brother was dead.
The Hesperian extends its sincere sympathy to the bereaved
family as do the entire student body. Mr. Holmes will be
unable to return to school before the beginning of next term.
The Hesperian will feel the loss of its editorial chief.
There being but three more issues before the election of a
new boird of editors, it is possible that no one will bo elected
to fill the vacancy, and the entire editorial work will be
done by the associates.
Our evangelist has fallen from grace, or into the sewer,
which is just the same.
Miss Martha Drydcn will be in town after Thanksgiving
studying shorthand at the business college.
Guy Thurbcr has dropped u'nivcrsity work and is imparting
wisdom to a lot of kids in a country school near town.
We would like to know why wc had to pay full fare on the
railroads Thanksgiving? Will it be so Christmas vacation?
Codding declares there were spooks in town during recess.
They played havoc in his room. We have often heard of
such things, but they generally look like snakes.
It must be a hard hearted villian that will beat the Univer
sity or any of the appendages of the U. of N. Ask Pace,
last year of '90, how much fine he paid for keeping books out
of the library six months.
Stout has moved his family to Lincoln and boards at home
now. Wc feel sorry for Stout. We arc afraid he will have
to give up his pet scheme of "doing up" the Juniors now.
But never mind; cheer up, old boy. "Its always darkest,"
etc.
Mr. Rogers knows too much about physics to suit the pro
fessor. After he had written seventeen pages on the first
question : Prof "Why in the name of sense don't you cut it
down?" Mr. R. "I can't get it all in then." And at last
accounts he was still writing at the rate of one hundred words
per minute.
Abe is a great masher; even the profs, are jealous of him.
The other day as he was talking with some of the girls in the
zoological laboratory, Professor II came in and remarked,
"Mr. Wag--, did you come in here to work?" "Yes, sir,"
replied Wag. with as much composure as he could command.
"Well, I wish you wouldn't talk to the girls so much."
The recent snow has prevented drill much to the disap
pointment of the cadets. Unless the snow melts and the mud
dries very rapidly, it will be impossible to drill again before
spring and the brave soldier boys will have to adopt some
other means of breaking the hearts of the mob of girls that
congregate in the halls and on the steps during dress
parade.
The next Hesperian will be issued without the aid of the
valuable appendage, known as the editor-in-chief. The re
maining members of the board don't feel at all incompetent to
grind out the necessary amount of copy, but if any body is
overflowing with ideas which he wants to sec in print he
can be accommodated if he will send 'em in. Write plainly;
we emphasize this because our compositors can't read chicken
tracks in the mud. Write on one side of the paper, and,
Franklin-like, steal up after dark and deposit your copy under
the door step. We'll get it.
There is a fact which, for fear no student might ever have
suspected its existence, we are led to mention. It may occa
sion some body a thrill of joy to know that the profs could
bear down a little harder if they ouly would. But what we
wanted to say is that the course of study has been made
shorter than it has been for the past two years. All courses
but the literary have now been reduced so that fifteen hours
a term for four years will graduate the struggling student. In
the literary course the freshmen and sophomores have six
teen hours apiece and the Juniors and Seniors the same num
ber as before.
Colonal Hall, Inspector General, Division of the Platte,
was here the 16th ult. and gave the battalion a thorough in-
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