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, W' it THE HESPERIAN. SUPPLEMENT. UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA. Vol. XIX. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, NOVEMBER 15 1889. No. IV. '92 IS DEAD. THE SOUP AGAIN SURROUNDS THEM AND THEY CEASE TO BREATHE. Excessive Waste of Brain .Power the Cause of Death. The Funeral will be Preached in the Police Court Monday Morning. '93 AGAIN SUCCESSFUL. An invitation having been received from the Or pheliun Literary Society at the Wesleyan Univer sity, tho class of '93 decided to accept. The night of Nov. 15th was decided upon for tho visit. It soon became noised abroad and at all times of tho day squads of festive Sophs and Preps were laying diabolical schemes designed to frustrate the contem plated trip. The class of '93 was so very frank to to that aggregation of " brains," known as tho class of '92, that they made them acquainted in detail with all their arrangements. Not only did the Freshmen have to contend with tho opposing classes of tho State University but also with tho rival societies of tho Orphelians at tho Wes loyan. As tho unmixed and mixed societies are at swords point at that place, tho unmixed societies did all in their powor to prevont tho Orphelians from entertaining tho class of '93. They oven chartered all tho cars at that end of tho line ; but '93 was equal to tho occasion and a car was obtained from another lino. This scheme having failed thoy next sent a tolophono message to tho effect that there would bo no program at tho Orpholian that night. Of course tho Freshman readily understood that this was but anothor freak of tho superior intellect of thoir adver saries. Tho rido of about 40 Freshmen was without any incident of oxoitomont. Tho Univorsity yell was freely indulged in, but not an onomy was in sight. After a program exhibiting much litorary and musical talent, '93 proceeded to find thoir car for tho return trip. Hero at loasfwas tho result of a week's severe mental labor on tho part of '92 and '94. Tho would bo " bad men " had taken an evening walk of four miles, carrying several coils of ropo with them for the purpose of tying straggling Freshmen and street cars. Havinc reached tho cars and notic ing that thoy were entirely unprotected save by tho driver they began to disable the cars, but had not pro ceeded far before they found- that a stool in tho hands of the driver was more than a match for " Sophmo rian brains." Having failed at this point, their next brilliantly conceived campaign was to throw-up- embankments across the track at intervals. Thoy further proceeded to entrench themselves and lie in wait for '93 at Dead Man's Run. When the car ap peared at this obstruction it was stopped, and '93 with tho assistance of the marshal of University Place succeeded in capturing two of tho would-bo wreckers, one of whom was retained for '93's enter tainment. After ho had been thoroughly tortured he bought his release by giving the names of his as sociate villians to the marshal ; and tho last heard of him was tho patter of his feet as thoy hit the sido walk. The marshal now having the names of the conspi rators, announced that they would bo compelled to make reparation for all damage done to property. In consequence of this '93 will have tho extreme pleasure of witnessing the appearance of '92 in tho police court, where they will certainly need all of their " superior intellect " and surplus change. Tho ono redeeming feature of the class of '92 is the vacuum which holds its head above the tureen. Class of '93. SUBSCRIBE FOE THE HESPERIAN. ONLY $1.00 FOIt THE YEAR. VI 4,vilk 4iVP'-''' iii.(JL ;-..:..ir. , .i'sW ... -11 1 rtlitti gB BSTflt U" v KrBaHMCSZSmL1 1