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EDITORIAL.
Under the caption of "The History of
a Crime," this week's Hesperian works
offn great deal of bile over the late Ora
torical convention. 1 f the writer of that
article had ever taken any interest in
University affairs outside of the barb
frat. fight, if she had ever been a mem
ber of the Oratorical association she
might have known something about a
subject of which she appears most
densely ignorant. But she and nine
tenths of her co-vorkcro have never
belonged to that or any other college
Association. They have never been wil
ling to spend their time or money to
aid any college affair, but they are ul
ways ready to find fault with what the
few enthusiasts wt have, may do. They
were defeated, when they confidently ex
pected to be victorious, and they are
unable to conceal their chagrin. We
may safely say that we have more "sore
heads" in the University today than
ever before. They are "still in the base
ment of politics" and one of the first
things they should learn is how to bear
defeat.
One would judge from the Hesperian
that this is this is the only fight that has
ever been waged in the University, but
we remember several others much more
bitter. Never before has the defeated
party seen fit to give vent to its disap
pointment in the college papers. We
thought it best to throw the mantle of
silence over Graham's baseness in the
late fight, and for that reason preferred
to say nothing about the matter. But
the Hesperian is badly mistaken if it
thinks the "Johnston gang" is afraid or
ashamed of anything it has ever done in
college politics.
The annual meeting of the local associ
ation was held just before the Christmas
holidays, as the constitution provides.
At least three-fourths of those present
favored Johnston for delegate. The
men who howled loudest in the late fight
were not there, they are not and never
have been members of the local associa
tion. It would be useless to follow the article
in detail. The writer has always been
the rankest of the radical Barbs, and
ever since the Johnston boys left the
Palladiau society, she has been aching
for an opportunity to inflict her views
on the student body. We have too much
respect for the literary societies to think
that she expressed the opinion of even a
majority of those societies. The barb
frat fight hus practically died out in the
University, and all that she and kindred
"soreheads" can do will not revive it.
Last year Johnston was made the can
didate of the University for this same
position by the unanimous vote of our
delegation in opposition to his own
wishes.
What has been done since then to in
cur the ilhvill of the students? Resigned
his membership in the Palladiau so
ciety! That constituted his sole offense.
A mere haudfull of the most pronounced
barbs and a few "soreheads" whom the
students have never seen fit to intrust
with any power, made up the active op
position to him.
Johnston was not a candidate until a
majority of the delegation had an
nounced themselves for him. Graham
had promised to vote for him at least
two weeks befor anything was said about
the vice-presidency. He had pledged
himself as a Johnston man before the
Wesleyau and Cotner delegations, and
these delegations are loud in their de
nunciation of him, not because he voted
with the other side, but because they
consider him a traitor.
Why was it, also, that Graham after
going to Wesleyau, told the Johnston
faction that he thought he had
made a mistake by going out to Wesle
yau, for he thought the Wesleyau dele
gation "had it in for him?" Why was it
that he told the Doaue delegation that
he went out to "Wesleyau on that night
for the purpose of seeing a girl?
"Why was it that when upon his return
from Crete he left the car going to
University Place (notwithstanding the
protests of the Pisher faction) when he
saw Johnston and Weaver on the same
car, and on the same political mission?
Perhaps it was because he did not wish
to confront the Wesleyau delegation in
the presence of Johnston and Weaver,
who were with him when the pledge was
made, Perhaps it was because he didn't
want the Johnston faction to find out
who his girl was.
We will leave these questions to the
student body. It was only after he
had asked to join the new frnternity
and had been refused that his
"conscience" began to trouble him. He
may have pledged himself to vote for
Pisher on Wednesday, but like the
"honest man" he is, pretended all day
Thursday to still favor lohnston. Had
he been the couscicucious man that he
pretends, he would have resigned on
Wednesday and allowed the University
to say whom it prcfercd.
In regard to the petitions, we would
like to remind our friends that the sen
timent against Johnston had been work
ed up for at least three weeks, and with
all their persistent working they were
only able to secure about the suuie num
ber of simicrs that Johnston's friends se
cured on Monday forenoon. In regard
to the girlj who signed his petition, we
beg leave to submit that they knew full
as well what they were doing as the im
maculate author of "The History of a
Crime." If the firm of Pisher, Taltuadge,
Graham, Montmerency and Bullock
knew they had such an overwhelming
majority of the students behind them,
why did they not call a meeting of the
local association and instruct the dele
gation as the other colleges advised them
to do? All these colleges wanted to know
was which man the University preferred.
But the last thing these purifiers of poli
tics wanted was an open fight. They
prefered to go to the denominational
colleges and to try to work them with
the Y. M. C. A. racket and the barb.-frat.
dodge. They discovered, when too late,
that a membership in the Y. M. C. A.
was not the only qualification necessury
to good standing in the State Oratorical
Association. The fact that Talmadge
and students of his ilk were supporting
Fisher gave the lie to his statement that
he (Fisher) represented the better ele
ment of our students. To use John Ran
dolph's favorite expression, it was a "co-
hllitiou of the Puritan and Blackleg."
The divines that engineered the other
dide have not been adverse to a bargain
when it would aid them. They howl
about deals, only when their own deals
have failed. We ask these "purifiers of
politics" about their deals in the orator
ical affairs of last year Have they for
gotten the document, signed, then rela
tive to the "Essert faction"? If they
have, we would remind them of it. We
also ask the "Phi" partof the opposition
about their deals in connection with the
foot ball manager, a year ago. Let the
opposition remember, when they accuse
us of being the only ones guilty of
"deals," that we know pretty well the
song of University political deals and
when compelled can sing it.
As to their "deal" of the vice presi
dency, Graham was offered that office if
he would support Fisher. This state
ment ha3 been denied by the opposition,
but we have the proof in our possrssion.
They only threw Graham overboard
when they knew he could get no support
from the other colleges.
The delegations are fully able to answer
for themselves the slurs of the Hesperian',
but we wish to say that throughout the
whole fight they acted the part of chris
tian gentlemen. Their only wish was to
do what was right. They knew that
Graham's "flop" in noway changed the
sentiment of our University. They knew
that Johnston had had a majority of the
meeting that elected our delegates, and
after careful and impartial investigation
believed that he had a majority of the
students on his side. They had seen
Fisher as a delegate from the state sit
through that five hours fight of last year
without saying a word, and they con
cluded that a man who could do nothing
in a state convention would do less than
nothing in an inter-state.
We do not believe that they broke a
single pledge made. Every time a del
egate smiled on one of our "embryonic
politicians," he undoubtedly took that
as a pledge.
That a girl was chosen to write the
"history" shows one of two things,
Either the leaders of the opposition could
not write a suitable article or they were
ashamed to sign their names to such a
senseless tirade.
We are still of the opinion that the
least said about these fights the better.
We know of no one of the "gang" who
wishes the details of ihe fight to remain
unknown. From the long faces worn by
our oppouents since the election, we
would imagine that they are the ones
"pining for forgetness." They arc much
crestfallen and we extend to them our
sympathy, but we cannot helpbtit smile
when we rcmenibcr their confident and
insolent bearing in the halls of the Wes
leyau University as they boasted of "the
fine piece of diplomacy that had been
enacted in Essert's house."
Tint NitiiKASKAN at the opening of
this college year, emphatically declared
itself a supporter of those measures
which would promote the interests and
welfare, and inure to the substantial
benefit of the University, The position
Tick Nkiikaskan has taken on questions
that have come up thus far, is evidence
of the fact that its principles are broad
enough and its judgment liberal enough
to enable it to overlook minor differences
and minor considerations for the pur
pose of securing to the University the
greatest goon. And it has not yet found
it necessary to change this line of policy.
It has not yet found it necessary when
the iutcJcsts of the UniWrsity were in
the baluuce, being weighed against the
interest of any other institution, to cast
its influence against the University.
The Neuraskan, however, does not
feel that there is credit due to it for this,
for such was its plain and simple duty.
Nor does Tint Nhukaskan feel that the
time has come for it to retrace its steps
to change its policy. It is satisfied with
the victories that have already been won,
but it is not content with them alone.
When Adam McCullen won the State
Oratorical contest, the students, as a
body, lejoiced over his victory, and The
Nehuaskan rejoiced with them. And
now Adam McMullen needs more than
ever before the loyal support and en
courgement of his friends. In May in
the Inter-stute OratOricel Contest at In
dianapolis, the "mettle of his pasture"
will be put to a severer test. And if he
wins laurels in that contest for himself,
he likewise will winOaurels for the Uni
versity. Victory for him will be victory
for it. But the "representative paper,"
so called by lseU,The HespeiHan, which
has only a single eye to the interests of
the University, at this time when if it
had a grain of loyalty in its composition
or a spark of patriotism in its being, it
would be found supporting McMullen,
Nebraska's representative in the Inter
State Contest. It would lend what little
strength it has, and what little encour
agement it can to aid him, and to add to
his chances for victory. But this jeal
ous mistress of the interests of the Uni
versity, this self-styled 'representative
paper," is found openly fighting him.
It is found criticising him unsparingly
and unfairly, too. Indulging its spleen
and hatred and malice toward him in a
manner almost unworthy of respectable
comment. Such conduct should be as un
sparingly condemned.
The Nehkaskan is not surprised,
however, for it has known the poor old
Hesperian so long and it is so well ac
quainted with its conduct in the past,
that it feels no occasion for surprise.
The poor old paper doubtless feels badly
since its chosen orator was defeated by
McMullen in the local contest, and the
poor old thing can't brook defeat. It
must give expression to its dis
satisfaction and disappointment, and
by its methods has made itself con
temptible in the eyes of every fuir
minded student. Who witnessed the
State Oratorical contest that will not say
that McMullen was an easy winner?
Who will say that he did not well de
serve the victory that was awarded to
him? His manuscript was the product
of his own mind, and it reflects credit
upon its author. His delivery was pe
culiar to himself, and his great strength
was in his delivery. A glance at the
names of the judges assure us that only
merit could win, and it did win. And
the poor old Hesperian is heart broken
over the victory,
Those who are best acquainted with
the history of the local oratorical asso
ciation know, that it was seriously con
sidered whether it would not be better,
in the interests of the University, to
withdraw from the State Oratorical
Association. Our orators had met so re
peatedly with defeat that there seemed
no hope for victory. Onr standards had
gone down so repeatedly in these con
tests that it seemed that we could not
win. And if Tom Wing had not added
victory to our score last year, the first
victory, the State University would have
withdrawn before this year from that
association, And now this year McMul
len has added another victory to our
score. He will represent the colleges of
the State, and especially the University
of Nebraska, in the contest at Indianap
olis, and he goes into that contest with
brighter prospects for success and ictory
than any orator the state has ever scut
to represent it.
But the poor old Hrsptrlan is first to
maki war against him, and if The Ne
nriASKAN did not know that it was en
tcrlhg upon its second childhood, dis
gruntled and defeated, it woiild say that
it's nothing but n blubbering baby,
We are glad to note the hearty sup
port given the Glee Club by the members
of the faculty. Every attempt to organ
ize a glee club in the past has met with
a failure. It was not until Mr. II. A.
Reese threw his energies '.nto the work
that anything was accomplished. By his
constant and untiring efforts we have a
club that the University may well be
proud of. A club that compares favor
ably with any similar organiza.ion in the
West. It is a source of much gratifica
tion to Mr. Reese to know that his labors
have been appreciated by the University.
As many as eight or nine of the faculty
purchased tickets to the recent concert.
No doubt the boys will be delighted to
again participate in Charter Day celebra
brations or any other "day" celebrations
as a labor of love.
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