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College Graduate
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Does a college graduate really and
truly enjoy commencement week?
, Ask the - question of a class of
learned seniors and the majority will
tell you no. And the negative will be
emphatic and pointed in many In
stances. The process of graduating Is
fraught with fatigue, worry and. in
some cases, despair.
The graduate has Just emerged vic
torious from a long mental tussle.
While there is a feeling of buoyancy
and elation, there is also present ap
prehension concerning the future. The
time has come for active work, and no
matter how eagerly the release from
college and student toll may be wel
comed, there Is n feeling that there is
a stretch of unknown experience loom
ing up ahead.
Friends pour In from home. They
most be entertained. In addition there
are peculiar claims made by class
mates and student organizations. All
this wearies and exhausts.
''Wor instance there is the class play,
punctuated with effort, energy and
nervous force. Toasts must be pre
pared. There are people to meet and
banquets to attend.
Orators come and go. Eloquence ap
pears at every corner. Some seniors,
well fixed financially, or provided with
a comfortable Job, listen in content to
the "educated man's duty to the
state." and the claim the world has
upon one whose mental machinery has
been carefully balanced and adjusted
In an elaborate workshop so important
as the college or university. "
But fellows with Indefinite futures
are inclined to chafe and fret. All
during their college years they have
.expected to encounter a nattering offer
from somewhere on commencement
morning or have listened to the siren
song of independence and sure income
"attached to the senior end of the col
3ege course. They do not feel Joyful
when they discover that to get a posi
tion" some one must be displaced or a
beginning must be made at the very
foot of the ladder under men of nar
row mental horizon and contracted
views. To do either shatters several
fond ideals of the commercial world,
carefully fostered in the seclusion ot
class rooms and library alcoves.
Of course many students, especially
in Lincoln, have "hustled" during their
college course for a living and antici
pate the future. For them commence
ment Is something to be alternately en
dured and enjoyed.
Sage advice abounds on all hands,
but for four years the graduate has
'been steeped in counsel, fortified with
the suggestions of others.
- Another factor also contributes to
the gloom of a commencement. Solid
friendships have been formed during
the four years of study. These affec
tions have been eulogized and heralded
about so much that the student rarely
gives much thought to the matter un
til the organization has been disbanded
by "separation after the graduating ex
ercises. Rarely ever does one-flftn of
the class meet again at one time and
place.
. From a select company the student
plunges Into the ranks of the indls-
criminate populace. The process is
one not fraught with deep enjoyment.
Indeed, if, the graduates honestly and
, truly confessed, the occasion would be
recognized as one of deep solemnity,
and not a week of mirth.
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Curfew Eaw
and send the youthful wanderers fly
ing home at 9 o'clock there must be
a decided change In public sentiment
and legislative' action.
Popular opinion Is uncertain and var
iable; legislation may not come for
years. In the meantime youngsters arc
privileged to toddle In the way of
such moral His as spring from late
hours and noctural companions.
Officers of the law favor the curfew
as a general thing. They realize the
value of such a provision. Policemen
and patrolmen easily perceive what
evil follows In the wake of late hour.
Mischief is" but the natural result of
democratic concourse in alleys and by
ways. Ask a fond parent and the said par
ent will agree. Attempt to apply the
rule to his own hopefuls and there is
immediate trouble. Should the Juvenile
be gathered Into the police station foi
failure to scurry promptly when the
whistle sounds, the head of the house
hold promptly hies to some fount of
legal lore and seeks to have the im
prisoned one released. In addition he
Is a Bworn enemy of the police force
forevermore.
And the' minions of the law are tread.
In Lincoln the curfew is a failure
and a dead letter. The cause of this
state of affairs is two-fold weak stat
utes governing the actions of Juvenile
offenders and obdurate parents who
grow indignant when their offspring
lands in the police station.
So to renovate the curfew measure
ing on slippery sand when they at
tempt arrests. Under the laws of the
state offenders under sixteen years ol
age can be punished only by Incar
ceration In the reform school. Such n
course Is Impracticable except for sea
soned criminals as they are taken from
the very homes where they are sup
posed to be kept.
City Attorney Webster, years ngo
pronounced the curfew legally dead
and advised the police to overlook vio
lations of the measure. And so far
they have done so.
Now a movement Is under way tc
make the curfew a potent force In pre
venting crime. It Is desired to go be
fore the legislature and Interest tin
members In the plan. Such amend
ments will be suggested as will allow
the officers of the law potent leeway ir
the matter. Short periods of solitarj
confinement Is one of the remedle:
which, it Is alleged, will be a powerfu
cure for the late hour habit. An ef
fort will be made to Insert some such
provision In the statutes.
In Lincoln Chief Hoagland has al
ways Been a friend of the curfew nnC
Is actively engaged In trying W bring
about its enforcement. t
Mr. Youngpa (2 u. m. at the 'phone)
Hello, doctor! can you come down and
see the baby right away?
Doctor Whut seems to be the
trouble?
Mr. Youngpu I I'm not sure, but I
think he has Insomnlii. Chlcugo News.
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lowest prices, when quality is considered.
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grand assortment of styles and colors,
sold elsewhere at 10c. ,
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Extra Special 1000 yards of fine Ox
fords, French Ginghams, fine Batistes,
Auto Batistes, etc., in the popular
whites and blacks, linen colors, grays,
blues and pinks, worth to 35c a yard.
All in one great lot,
yard
St. Gall Novelty Swisses, in fancy and
plain colors, white and black, black
and white, pink, light blue, green, tan
and gray.
Worth 15c regu'ar, yard
Handsome woven striped, colored and printed
fine Batiste, a material made to sell at 20c
a yard; also a line of satin striped fine
Dimities, all the new styles and designs.
Priced in one big lot, ,
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new color and combination in the wash
goods category, including many exclusive
styles, fine Dimities, plain colored woven
Batistes, side band Waistings, an
excellent assortment, yard
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Satin Band Mulls, in the while grounds,
with stripes of black, pink, light blue
and navy, including all the fancy
French Lappets, worth to 25c a,
yard. June Sab , yard UC
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known materials, absolutely fast
colors and noted for exqui-ite
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Fancy Tissues, in
handsome styles for
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all colors, ?
yard 35C
Fancy Silk Tissues, in all the fancy weaves
and a full line of plain c ilors.
Per yard, 50c, 45c and J5C
Linen Grenadines, the swell street wash goods
costume. Colors navy, gray, tan, pink
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Black India Linons, in all qualities, guaran
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