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n r J&iCSJ ' vtr z " " V ' j r'i och r 1 'C - ? ' V . ' -cri.. . , -t : ttb ail TleDraidan IH ' tbt Daily Debraskaa. ? JCoofeMUJUtkmof Yd. 81. The X bnufcaa. TL I. 0erWt a6 Ora, TL A. ;Wr-OkH JTohaD. Mmaagw d. A. awysr ASSOCIATH EDITORS Wrw - - - P. A.Bwtftjt Athlttlc ' - - J. D. CUrk Lltmry - Dorothy Grtn Rtportcit D. r. D Young nd MM Fooler And Raymttut H. McCw. pWrttn Frio, H ye y . U b4tm I ft tli sNteflw UumIil Wdirute M MOBfl-lM Mil BSfttUr. Editorial Remarks Plagiarism has occupied quite a prominont placo in connection with oratorical contest In different parts of the country this year. In fact this ele ment has boon more In evidence this year than for some -time past. At bov oral schools ovon lately have trials been held as a result of tho tendencies of orators who prefor to borrow the master thoughts than attempt to cre ate some for themselves. Such revela tions of untoward conduct in oratorical contests seem to be bobbing up at reg ular intervals in Bplte of the examples frequently made. Such experiences at Brown and at an Iowa Institution are still fresh in the memory Sof many of us, and now a flagrant case at Minne sota is producing considerable excite ment. This plagiarism If one is to judge from appearances, is growing to be an epidemic, scattering infectious germs that develop Into bad results. The humiliation attendant upon exposure ought to be sufficient to dotor any stu dent from running the risck, oven if the proper morals are lacking. A man practicing it puts himself into a posi tion where the chances are against him, risking all on not being found out. If ho succeeds in evading suspicion, then his feelings of triumph over whatever he may achieve must be mingled with some misgivings, and he can not feel tho pleasure that ho would have felt had he buckled down and won out by his own hand work. Anyone struggling to achieve success In oratory should be prompted by no stronger motive than to work hard and do his best to win out. If he loses he has oxperionco and can try again Each time he goes through a course of preparation and tries again, he strengthens himself that much. But he never will I lcreaso his mental capa city or moral worth by purloining tho thoughts of another and disguising them as Ins own. He risks all for tri umph that is a disgrace to himself, even if his wrong doing Is never known by others, rte runs the same risk as does a breaker of the laws, and when detected he Is not regarded in a much better light. In his case indeed the way of tho transgressor is hard, if he is found out; for ere he has travelled his course ho will And himself In a situa tion" that Is troublesome to say tho least. O The debate with Iowa Is off. Tho conditions relating to time and placo were of such a character, that we could not thlnK of closing negotiations for ft contest. Tho debates with Washing ton and Kansas como close together, and each of them will require a tre mendous concentration of effort. A third contest entering In would great- ly Increoso tho burden of our debaters in fact to such a degree as to render It altogether Impracticable. Wo would like to have met Iowa', as she Is a likely opponent In debate, but our debaters can not well do so much in so short a time as the Increased burden en tailed by a meeting with her would nec essitate O The Junior Prom, committee at Cornell has an excellent system of managing things, which Is Indeed com mendable in an Institution where it can bo put In operation. They report ed $3.74 on hand and ti3 coming In on programs. Fifty dollars was also glvon to the Foncing association, and $50 to aid tho Junior Smoker committee. Each of the sixteen men of the Hop commit tee will receive a watch fob costing $11). The question of the Easter vaca tion Is still puzzling many institutions. The students at many places are desir ous for a longer rest than has been granted them In the past, and have adopted the cuBtom of making their wishes known by means of petitions. In Bomo places considerable oxclto ment has been caused by the refusal of the faculty to grant these petitions. California has received a gift of a $700,000, and yet we have heard of no complaints from anyone regarding Its acceptance. California is a richer state than Nebraska, and yet the peo ple there have realized that endow ments and contributions by wealthy partleB are necessary to the fullest de velopment of a state Institution. It has been pointed out that because the people of other commonwealths see ii to acept the contributions of wealthy men, It does not follow that we do so. And yet Is It not likely that people in other states are guided by reason as well as oursolvos, and that If their In stitutions that have received gifts are willing to accept more, their experience disproves the allegation that disastrous results Inevitably attend the acceptance of such gifts? Will anyone think of as sailing tho moral character of tho stu dents of Yale, Harvard and other In stitutions that have received gifts from wealthy parties? Our great east ern schools have been in tho habit of leceiving such gifts for years, and does anyone assert that their moral atmo sphere Is vitiated thereby, as Is al leged will be tho case at Nebraska when the Temple Building is construct ed? Wo must be practical. It Is use less to theorize in discussing such a thing as the Temple Bullying. We must look around us for statistics and pre cedents, considering tho experience of institutions where gifts and contribu tions have been accepted, before wo draw conclusions too readily. Theoriz ing on moral matters Is apt to lead one into error and one must not be led to conviction until ho sees tho practical workings of his theory put Into opera tion. If there" is a taint on such gifts how does It manifest itself? What sta tistics have ever been cited to show that there Is one? If wo don't reason out the thing for, ourselves and find substantial proofs for our convictions, we are apt to fall Into error. Pioneer barber Bhop, open till S. 11th and-O. Don Caraeron'a lunch counter foi good service. Box of cigars given away every day at Powell's Oliver theatre hulldlng. The Whltobreast Co., at 1106 O St., Is the, place to buy coal. 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