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What Students and Others think of authority's Ijabits
Mr. Editor: Slinll v "knock," or
filial! wo knock tho "knockorH"? If
to knock meant merely to oppone and
find fault with everything going, then
I Hay unhesitatingly, knock the knock
er galley-went, and do not stop to Hee
jiiHt how ho InndH. On tho other hand,
If you hoo cuHtoniH creeping In that aro
hound to undo tho good and simple
thlngH of tho paHt, and to Hot up Htand
ardH that your bout Judgment tells you
are objectionable, knock, oven If It
costs you Home bcoITh and more or Iohh
peace of mind. When you object to
HtudontH' smoking and drinking as
harmful, at least to them In their
youthful Immaturity of body and will,
why not knock the college professor
who has not strength of will enough
to resist tho same temptation, or who
has not altruism enough to bo willing
to set an example? Why knock tho
boy, when ho is only following papa's
beautiful example?
Knock at selfishness In Its open
manifestations In hiding library books,
and In keeping up a constant giggle
and chatter at a library table when
pomeono else has to sit and thus Ioho
one, two or throe hours of his time
because of the thoughtless self-indulgence
of others. Keep on knocking
till tho students take tne matter In
their own hands, and make It so un
pleasant for any violator of a good
public sentiment on library order that
to knock will be as unnecessary as to
"carry coal to Newcastle."
Knock, too, at a political sentiment
that permits Unl young men to tnko
pay for working at the polls for any
faction or party. To think that col
lego students will work for A or M
at primary elections, or at the polls,
without regard to the character of A
or ll! How can the nation over ex
pect to have true loaders, when Its
best youth are unconsciously thus pur
chasable? Do not cease to knock false stand
ards yes, corrupt standards of busi
ness life because one of the men whoso
methods are most dangerously corrupt
offers to endow a home for your re
ligious organizations. Accept the gift.
If you wish, but be not blinded by It to
the system by which the wealth was
gained.
In general, knock when something
can be gained by it, but except in cases
when you think you should be the
martyr in the cause, do not knock your
luad against a stone wall.
His
For tho X Truth
Mark
- It is becoming tho custom of tho
young professors to stand around tho
corridors and corners, and even some
times In the poKtofllce, and talk to any
and every girl who will speak to them.
On one or two occasions those profes
sors have been so bold as to walk
across the campus with a girl, or go
to a ball game. Hut usually they may
bo seen only in little clusters, showing
off their spoiling Instincts and con
ducting themselves after the manner
of a chanticleer. When this conduct
is engaged In not only by the younger
professors, but even by the old and
bald-headed. It is high time that some
protective measures were being taken.
A' Btate half free and half slave can
not exist. For my own part, I favor
the abolition of all unmarried men
in the faculty. A.
Time was when the world's great
teachers taught and practiced moral
ity. It was Godly to live pure and be
temperate. Preachers first sought con
version, and teachers first taught them
selves, and beofimo men. Now every
professor rides his own hobby, smokes
the vile weed, vents Ills spleen and
dissipates at his own pleasure but at
the peril of his offspring and his fel
lows. I1-
The inconsistency of Borne of the
profesBors of the University Is quite
provoking. A professor in English lit
erature, for instance, tells his class
that if the work Is a drudgery they
shouldn't do it, because unless they
get pleasure from the work it will not
benefit them. This is all true, we sup
pose; but ut the end of the hour he
assigns enough references to keep the
student busy for three hours, besides
a whole sheet of questions on the au
thor under study, all to be answered
fully, and finished in two hours with
out drudgery! H.
Our University professors ought to
bo careful of their actions. Homo of
them smoke, and I don't like It. There
may bo nothing wrong in smoking, but
the average student an't afford It. He
sides this, It Is not at all conducive to
the best of health. It Is anything but
dignified for a University professor to
Indulge In such practices. Horace
Oreeley used to say that a cigar re
minded him of a weed with a fire at
one end and a fool at the other.
"Them's my sentiments, too." H.
This knock Is on a University pro
fessor whose views of his own exalted
position would not permit him to an
swer a knock at the door of his class
room. Even though he was engaged In
lecturing upon one occasion, ho would
not have suffered any In the estima
tion of his class if he had acknowl
edged the knock at the door, liiBtead
of ungraciously proceeding with IiIb
discourse. There aro many ways for
our Instructor to impress the class
with his own dignity, and command
their respect, but this Is not one of
them. V.
There was once a profosBor who had
the reputation of dealing harshly with
members of his class who wore back
ward in their work or failed to make
good on examinations. And ho al
ways lived up to his reputation. He
would feel himself guilty of an unpar
donable sin If he should allow more
than a third of bis class to slip
through on an examination, and so he
gauged his lists of questions accord
ingly. He took a ghastly delight in
turning down the petitions' and plead
ings of the heart-broken ones who had
fallen below par, and the mercy he
exercised had neither volume nor
linear dimensions One night this prof
had a dream He was asleep at tho
time. Time had retraced his course
Home two score of years, and brought
back forgotten scenes of long ago.
He had flunked In an examination and
was pleading for mercy, but In vain.
The prof could not see things in the
same light as himself. There was no
appeal, and he was Irretreviably
flunked. He wandered outside. The
world had grown dismal and dreary to
him. What excuse could he give the
folks? Wouldn't they make it hot for
him especially after his mother had
gone to tho trouble to keep the other
ladles of the town posted as to his fine
work! Those fearful cogitations
haunted him continually. At times
they would come upon him with crush
ing force and overturn his psycholog
hal status. He lived in misery wlili li
Increased in a geometrical progression
as the time drew nigh for his exodus
to his native land. Then came the
climax. Life was unbearable. He
would end It all. He was hunting for
the rope, when he awoke. What a
frightful dream! He sat bolt upright,
his tongue clove to the roof of his
mouth, and his hair stood straight up
(as an inscription on the most ancient
of the pyramids expresses it). When
he realized that it was only a dream,
a spirit of thankfulness came over him
and he spoke thusly: "Only a dream,
but what a dream! Never again will I
cauae such sufferings to others. What's
done cannot be undone, but In the fu
ture I" will be the merciful judge."
Thus speaking, he rolled over and went
to sleep. Hut when he woke up In
the morning he had forgotten hiB
dream and his good resolution, and in
the examination next day he Baited
his class worse than ever.
Vive la Military
Recognizing full well that the
"Knockers' Edition" will be "jammed
full" of epithets and philosophical dis
cussions concerning "Fort Nebraska,"
It is almost with regret that I. too,
place myself in this category of dis
satisfied beings pick up my pen to
"roast" the department of the Mis
souri, when I ought to love and cherish
it nay, even fall upon my knees and
worship it, as tho savior of my coun-'
try! And yet, were I to withhold my
honest sentiments concerning it and
not express them now, when oppor
tunity affords, the future would ever
be a misery nnd the grave a thing to
be abhorred.
Knowing the stolid worth of the
commanding officer of Nebraska cadets.
It has been and is still a mystery to
me. however, that he has ignored or
failed to discover the fact that some
of us come to this University with
other ideals and aspirations than to
spend our whole time at military drill
No doubt this phase of a uTtin's college
training should be cherished as some
thing worthy of our consideration, for
Indeed it haB many good points. Hut
will the man with a single grain of
common sense please toll mo what ad
vancement can be derived from mili
tary drill when it Is so regulated that
85 to 90 per cent of tho cadets would
as soon go to the penitentiary as to
buckle on their "U. S." belts? Even
one aBleep can see that this state of
affairs exists hero, and we do not have
to go far to find the cause. First, we
feel too much time Is lost wasted:
wo are prohibited from taking part
In athletic and recreative enjoyments
Second, it has become a terrible grind,
and Is working hardships upon many.
The five hours per week. If that were
all, could be endured, but unfortun
ately this Is not the case. There is the
getting ready, the cleaning of your
piece, which at best takes at least one
half a day at every Inspection, and
then the mortification, besides, of not
being able to make your old rusty mus
ket a new Krag-.Iorgonson. and having
a "f" or "10" demerit slapped down
to your discredit. I deslde to state
right here, that many a good
Christian boy has gone astray from
tho path of righteousness on this n -ount
And then Hint Friday lesson In
Drill Regulations- from :i() to 10 pages,
and all to be committed word for word!
It is a fright! y.
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