The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1895-12-14

ters has reached the students Of the va
rious universities In and about Lincoln.
The fad Is hundreds Of years old, but,
Of course. II wakes and wanes with the
moon and other lunate thingA In
places across the sea gowns steal bar
Der poles. tobacco signs and polished
brass signs from the town and set them
up In their otherwise elegantly fur
nished rooms. There they become the
chief. the only object de virtu In the
room. The police Of a college town are
usually on the alert to prevent such
lawlessness. The students of Harvard
university, a few years ago. had driv-
en- the police of Cambridge wild. The
force had vowed that they would put
any student they might catch into jail
at the first opportunity. Nine or ten stu
dents whom the police had had the most
trouble with went to q barber and
bought his pole. Then one night they
noisily paraded the streets with 1t.
They were at once arrested and taken
to the station in spite Of their protesta-
tons that 1t was their very own. Be
fore they were locked up the barber.
from whom they had bought the pole,
came In and confirmed their tale When
they were released they went to another
part Of the town and were Immediately
arrested only to be turned loose at the
station. Five or six times that night
they were arrested by q stern and tri-
umphant officer whose heroism was only
greeted with derisiOn at the station.
Last Saturday at the family residence
In East Lincoln occurred the obsequies
of Rezin WEIGH. The remains were TAX
en- to Cadiz, Ohio, for interment, Mrs.
WEIGH and her sister. Mrs. ]. H. Bigger,
accompanying. The deceased had not
reached thirty years. In the very prime
Of his youth he was stricken with the
fatal disease and carried of within a
couple Of years Of his marriage to Miss
Gertrude Hill. daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. E. Hill. Mr.. WEIGH was a most
worthy young man, having all Of the
noble qualities that go to make up a
beautiful character. He had lived in
Lincoln a number Of years, and was
greatly esteemed. He had many warm
friends. and his death Is a great loss.
The reception given in the new Ii
brary Of the state university occurred
on Tuesday evening. The building is
a very fine one. The cost Of the COM
pleted building is $4,000. A souvenir
handed to each guest at the entrance
contains the information that the main
portion of the building. 130xS5 feet. fac
ing south, contains the reading. SEM
mar. and recitation rooms. The north
wing is 5OX75 feet. On the first floor
of this are housed the books (about TO-
00O and collections of the Nebraska
Historical society.
With the exception of one room, tenn
porarily used for Rotations, the second
floor of the building Is devoted to the
library. Opening from the hall is the
main reading room. with the seminar,
cataloguing, and librarians rooms be-
yond. In the fire-proof north wing.
opening directly from the reading room,
is the book room, with a capacity Of
900 volumes. At present there is in
place adjustable iron shelving for 35,-
900 volumes. Eventually the entire
wing will be available. giving storage
space for 25O.OO volumes. The vault,
2Ox20 feet. is absolutely fire-proof. In
the reading room and alcoves Of the
library are accommodations for two
hundred and fifty readers. This capac>
ity may be increased as needed by con-
verting recitation rooms into seminar
and departmental library rooms.
On the third floor is the art gallery,
with its apparatus and collections. In
the continued pressure, on account of
the number of students at the univer-
sity. the rooms upon this floor must
be used for all instruction given in
mechanical and free-hand drawing.
Nevertheless more rooms are needed
at once to accommodate the class-work
of the university.
In the large reading room on the Sec
ond floor the librarian Miss Jones re-
ceived the people. For a time the rooms
were crowded but the attractions were
scattered so that the people were kept
from x,aaesixacx In xalasr> In q