The Hesperian / (Lincoln, Neb.) 1885-1899, November 01, 1890, Page 9, Image 9
0 THE II E S P E R TA N . 0 $ EXCHANGE. Again wc have to record that up to this time no sheet has reached us from Neb. W. U. Can It possibly be that the. profits derived fom the Eccritean were not sufheient to sat isfy the desires of the real estntic genius of its business manager? The Reveille for October looks more like a roll-call or an adjutant's book than anything else. To say the least it is uninteresting reading to an outsider whatever it may be to the studonts of Norwich University. The Reveille, as a rule though, is not after this fashion. Thusly, from the Haverfordian; To all, and especially to the new men, the advice is to join the societies. The work done in these societies is cf n very interesting nature and one which cannot fail to be of great benefit to every man who takes hold earnestly." That is good. Keep it up. The editor of the Coup d'Elot is like Kate Field's Wash ington: he uses the big ,4I." This sounds strange but per haps it is not the custom. At any rate the personality of the editor stands out so prominciillyv'al it is almost offen sive, r.oi when "I" talks docs the paper seem to be repres ented. A rather bclc'.cd issue ot the Fre'i Lance has come to our tabic. Instead 01 appearing in June it came out in Septem ber. And soil -i-.tims that even in thi cast editors long for vacation and don't fustic copy. Leaving off the casual "cf " one might almost say that those editors were too much "fete." ' Thc-cdUoMrthc Penu Chronicle of course uses the editor ial ."wc." T!u.V? all right. And thus saitlvh".: "As one advances in the college course, he assumes more and more an air of dignity. '(When I say "he" I speak geucrically). We believe this is rif.ht." Which is right, wc" or "I"? Who shall say? II ?o far this yrar wc have received but one exchange from the Lone Stale. It is the Argus from Fort Woith University. and is of course u. paper of large piorortions, mentally and materially; for must not every university have such a sheet? How could it b? J university, any moc than a man a D. D. or a I, I.. D., unless it had the name and a sheet to boom it? The red faced J'egatus is before us again. To say the least the paper is rather sliir. in everything that gous to make a college paper worth anything. Wc notice one article in particular l;ic; the editor praises highly. It is almost enough to sr.y that its title is "The Armada" to have set down ns a gyaniinar school boy's composition. It certainly reads as sucm The JicWuonicn for October prints shoit biographies of the new profsson scoured during the summer. One might almost infer (torn rzuding these sketches that the new men were the people and that wisdom vould not only die with them but that outs'de of them there wi ; j'iic, so highly and lavishly does the Witcr praise them. Dickinson College is fortunate if thcaVc all they nrc "cracyced up" to be. From the Aawifdiatn "Wc like the icply ol Dr. Goo.l win to the soii$tr.tions of in cm be is of t college fialernity who were promising to lend him thcil mathematical kcys.do his 'ponying11 fv him, help him write his essays, put luni through in everything and make him an honor man. "You conic to me," said he, "not because there is any good fellow ship about ne, v.oK because you have any respect for my man hpu'fl, not because you think thcrtfjis anything good in mc, b.U bccau3c'tybu think I can be rf Some value l youj that through you I may be able to secure some college honor; bccnc Phi Beta Kappa man the college honor society n and so reflect credit on you. I despise that sort of thing! A A man is a man no matter what may be his lack of accomp lishments and I will have r.othiui; to do with your society:" It is a pleasant thing to western people to know that the East copies after them. An illustration in point is the com mencement system that is being adopted all over.- Western colleges saw that something better was passible at Com mencement than student oratory. They acted on the idea and began to secure men of fame o deliver the address of 't the occasion. Now eastern colleges arc waking up and are beginning to think of doing likewise. Thus they follow in the procession and as time cs on they will do so more and more, for the great West is gradually assuming sway over these United States in politics, thought, religion and progress. Princeton attributes the greatly increased number of stud ents in attciidancc there to her great victories in athletics. Verily that it a new wny to build up a college. Undoubtedly Princeton intends to become a university by means of her athletics. Eastern colleges have at last found out how to work people. They do as a "frat" here who vas working a new man. Finding that the u. m. wss a base ball enthusi ast he read up on that subject and talked such matters so learnedly that the heart of the u. in. wab completely won. Grave Senior, this loaiou thou tuunt learn, With nil thy great prococity: ' To guard against, at every tcs Umluo connulcuosUy. -Vldotto. The Delphic labors under somewhat of a misapprehension when it says that the class of '92 in a certain state university, meaning U. of N., adopted one of the most sacred passages in all scripture for its motto'.'1 This was not done. The facts arc that this was rushed into the locals by som: wh-jsc sens: of fun had entile' y am away from them. Ccuain it in that the majority of the students uphoid no si'cli mocker and this editor knows that he is not alorc in the belief that the local was one of the most outrageous pieces of ridicule that ever appeared in this paper. Even granting it the excuse that 110 ham was meant still it was without foundation in sense, decency or icvcrcnce. This, we believe t j lie the sent iment of the students outside of the few who were directly implicated. We, moreover, believe in all cha-ity that they themselves did not realize what they were doing. new The .awreiJinn has, wc think, sonic .seise. The editor thus speaks concerning the conduct of1 the paper. "As to our plans they are mainly negative. There shall be no theological dissertations or metaphysical disquisitions to amaze you; neither shall there bcNany logical jugglings or ethical speculations to rack yoursoiAs. The tariff, that fruit ful source of logomachy, that parent cf quibbliugs, haggliugs and garblings, is refused admittance unless it piomises to come before us in some novel manner and free from politics. If you desire such readings, there arc numerous articles on any of these subjects to which wc can refer you, articles as good as any wc could write."- That sounds refreshing, .is refreshing as the balmy breezes of a Nebraska autumn after a Nebraska summer. 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