The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1896-06-20
WE AND OUR NEIGHBORS

Orient pale and go out before the
blaze Of gold cord looped richly across
a yard Of swelling chest. Nebraska
was '1n the procession" on Thursday
1t is pleasant to chronicle the fact that
even the best dressed citizens are be-
ginning to take an interest in the uni
versity and Its days Of Jubilee. II the
governor had not consented to remain
locked up in the vault while his guard
conferred distinction on the university
procession, its chiaroscuro would have
been faulty. Self-denial is inseparable
from power and perhaps. too, Govern
or Holcomb's eyes ached. And he was
glad to hear the time lock turn and
the departing footsteps Of his vigilant
chief Of staff.
The class graduated numbered more
than hundred. including the law stu
dents. There were fifty-one men and
twenty-one women that received de-
grees from the academic department.
They went upon the stage in squads
OF twenty-five. When ranged in line
the chancellor lifted q diploma and
the line bowed. The audience, being
unaccustomed to seeing twenty-five
backs receive diplomas knew no better
than to be amused. As the genufiex-
ions increased the amusement deep
ened. But 1t was no laughing matter
to the acolytes who were obliged to
concentrate their minds on the pre-
sentation speech which Chancellor
AacLean made in Latin. The sonorous
Latin was. strange to say, ineligible
to most Of the audience Commission,
degree and confer are so nearly the
same in English and Latin that the
aericulturalists of Lincoln had no
trouble in keeping up with the chan
cellor and at the same time were i'm
mensely fiattered to be able to do 1t.
Mr.. Estabrook's address to the class
was short and the class was justified
in feeling huffy because 1t was not
written for 1t nor especially applicable
to the occasion. except as patriotism
like quinine and whiskey, may be adj
ministered at any time with a stimu-
lating effect. On the other hand. that
class will never be together again. the
occasion is the elimination Of four
years strenuous effort, the faculty, in
dividually and collectively, has been
very gracious to II for this last year
at least. and on the whole the farewell
address should contain direct references
IN fhe addst3op tha ,cxo,,~.x, ,..
the world receives on that day together
with admonitions and announcements
various
The Vengeance of the Flag" has
been delivered before to men sitting
about table. men dulled by eating and
drinking. men quieted by fifty years OF
more Of experience. sure at last that the
future holds nothing happier than the
present, and qualified by their compare
tive experience to appreciate Mr.. Esta-
brooks eulogy of Lincoln. It was the
best grafton ever delivered here and
Wendell Phillips and the undeservedly
Ingersoll, not to mention Mr..
Bryan. have made more or less preten-
tious speeches here. Mr.. Estabrook
made the nag sentient by implication
and circumstance. His method recalled
Hawthorne's power of giving
life to still life by accommodating incident
about an object long familiar to human
eyes and hands. What a presence he
makes us conscious Of in The House
Of Seven Gables"by implication and in
ference. The former householders give
us good-day under his control
By happy combination of sympathy.
presence. voice, and literary ability the
stars and stripes responded to the ven-
Grafton and love Of the people in the