Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-01

.ER IN HIS CAMP ON THE LATTE
laureate address; the term being suppos-
Cdly applicable only in such events as carry
with them the comforting of at least the
degree of bachelor, an academic function
which the high school has net as yet as
sumed. II may also I've questioned if the
exercises gain anything in impressiveness or
utility through the donninE for the nonce
of the scholars cap and gown. These in
sigma have always pertained solely to thu
institutions Ct higher learning, and carry
with them the impression of advance in
scholarship. While there is no manifest
Improperly in this adoption by a high
school for the single occasion of the grad
uation Of the outgoing class, it is still a
departure from the college traditions and
oven trenches in a measure en- the demo-
cratic notion of the public school. In a
great state like Nebraska, where the people
so generously equip, support and patronize
the public schools, it is not at all aston
ishing that new ideas are quickly adopted
and the action of the Grand Island Board
of Education in providing the high school
senior class with mortarboardH and gowns
for the occasion Of graduation may be fol-
lowed by o%ratiOns in Latin and the presen-
tation of diplomas couched in the classic
language of Cicero and Caesar, neatly done
in old English letter on vellum or parCh-
mcnt. This is the enc time at least when
nothing is too good for the sweet girl grad
uate and her boy companion. They will
matriculate in the university Of hard knocks
soon enough.
Four young men of West Point have
started afoot to go around the world. The
singular feature of their undertaking is that
they have bound themselves with no ride
ulous conditions, do net expect to earn any
certain sum of money, nor does a wager
of any sort depend on their return within
a specified time. They are merely desirCus
Ct seeing the world and what it contains
and have adopted their course as the one
most certain to result in the qualification
of their love of adventure. Two OF them,
George Meier and William Gefeke, served
during the Spanish war with the Third Ne
hraska, and the other two are athletic young
men of such habits as lead their friends to
believe that they WI succeed in their un-
dertaking.
The city man in the country has long
been a topic for satire, derision and even
contumelies but still the city man will
go to the country. He knows the comforts
and convenienCes of life in a city; he also
knows its complexities and he strain OF
existence in a modern community, and he
therefore appreciates the delights of rural
freedom more than those whose lot is cast
with nature not curbed by walls of brick,
and filtered with streets of asphalt. 1t .
not given to all city men to enjoy the free
dom Of the country even for a short time"
each year, but those who can undoubtedly
do make much of their opportunities in
this way. One of the illustrations this week
shows a well known local jurist as he ap-
peared in his hunting camp during the re-
cent shooting season for water fowl. His
judicial dignity has gone with his coat,
and the pride he has in holding aloft a
goose which fell before his gun is as great
as though his name were associated with
wisdom akin to that OF Solomon.