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Ailor.'M nil CninmiinleiitluiiK to Tin) Nuiiihhkan
Itnlvi'rxlty til Nlrnli,
Kvcry studont who hns hnl any
work ttmlor Profossor Dates will rogrot
his doimnturo. ProfoHsor Htxtos h
rtroni! In tho light, story-toll lag stylo
and has woriwd hard to knock out tho
liMiAlnosa that iiorvndod tho lOngllah
tlopaplmont at his coming. Professor
Hntoa has boon tho Hfo of tho English
dub and will bo missed thoro, no doubt,
moit than by his classos, Yot wo can
not blame him for going. Ills work
horo has been of the most laborious
kind, with vory little tlmo for original
work. In his now Hold ho will Jiavo tut
opportunity 'to dovelop those powers of
criticism and originality which oven
his little work Jtoro has rovcaled.
Thoro is too much loud talking, too
much visiting, too many tote-a-totes In
the library. It should bo stopped, and
tho persons to stop it are tho students
thomsolvcs. Tho librarian and iter as
sistants aro holplcss. It would take a
well -organized polico force to keep or
dor among two or three hundred stu
donts when each student has little re
gard or no regard for tho amount of
noise ihc can and doos make. If you
liavon'it anything olso to do, read tho
papors, or sit still and watch others
study, or itake a bench. You can tlo
anything you want to, but do it alone.
Tho nttitudo of somo of our profes
sors toward Phi Beta Kappa Is hardly
just from a student standpoint The
'data tx mako .the selections Js scanty
enough, and when one department re
fuses 'to make recommendations tills
diillculty is increased. Besides, somo
dosorving student may lose iui honor
ho has earned from such a refusal. Of
courso somo of our professors do not
wnnt to admit 'that thoy need to offer
a reword to got good work from tholr
students. Thoy do not. But this is
not the cuiosfJon. It is simply ono of
justice to tho students. Phi Bota Kap
pa is horo and wo must make tho best
of it. Our profossors should sot tho
example and lay aside their prejudices.
If blographors keop on at tholr pres
ent rate, it will not bo more than a con
tury before thoy will have drawn
around the form of Houost Abe Lincoln
the ridiculous circle of unapproachable
otherealism. They already have him
much beyond our own Held of possible
realization, and are still moving. Tho
name of Lincoln should be honored, re
spected, oven rovored, but surely not
worshipped not idolized. He was only
a nmu a strong man in overy souse
but still only a man of whoso kind
thoro wore and aro today many an
other. Unless this tendency to exalt
tho great liborator finds a limit, those
wrltors will have his memory so fur
above tho common level that no youth
will even dare to think that he could
bo a Lincoln, any more than a Wash
ington; and who over know a young
man that even dreamed ho could be a
Washington? Good examples should
bo kept within roach.
Intorcolloglato athletic contests, a
subject so all-absorbing in tho eastern
colleges, aro too little noticed in our
own colloge. Wo have grown to look
on athletics .to mean tlio same as foot
ball. Baseball has been a wide issue
and field day almost a farce, and coliego
students have grown to look upon the
two months of Ootobor and November
as tho only two, so far as athiotlcs are
concorned. Tills Is cortninly a great
mistake. We know that among the
great universities n (the oast the excite
ment and dnterest displayed at the
spring athletic contests rivals that in
tho big football games. It is moroly on
account of a lack of Interest that wo
cannot see that in our college. Whotli
or Interest is lacking on account of tho
falluro do got good watorial for a Hold
day cotiitoat, or whothor our rising
young ivthlobos refuse to como out bo
causoof tlio Hinnll supply of collcgo en
thusiasm, niakoa llttlo dlfforonco. Wo
simply know that tho two faots always
como together, and ilf olthor fault wore
romod led tho other would not bo hard
to overcome. It may bo partially duo
to Injudicious nianngomont, but what
ovor tho cniiso, wo whould pride our
solves on being ablo to look at nthlotlos
in somo way bosldos tho point of view
of footlmll.
In view of past circumstances tho ap
pointment of Victor ltosowtitor to tho
vacancy In tlio board of regents caused
by Uonry lOstnibrook's resignation
makes a ltecullnr combination. Tho
appointment, coming, as It does, from
(Jovornor Ilolcomb, who owes his elec
tion to Mr. Uosowator's Inlluonco, lends
a political aspect to the affair. The
Bee's persistent opposition toward the
npproprntlon bill during tho last ses
sion of the legislature Is still fresh in
tho minds of many. It has inudo a
strong prejudice, which will have to bo
overcome before tho now rogont gains
the hearty good will of the studont
body which his predecessor possessed.
But thoro Is no reason why Mr. Itoso
wator should not mako the best regent
wo over had. He Is a college man,
with a thorough knowledge of the
workings of eastern Institutions, and
no doubt ho will attempt to place tho
university upon a much higher level.
From an "Omaha" standpoint his dis
favor with the preparatory department
Is well grounded. All tlio largo cities
of tho state iay taxes to maintain high
schools. He arguos, with justness,
that these citlos should not bo taxed
again to maintain a state high school.
Tills practically was his position in op
posing tho appropriation bill, and was
tlio source of all the ridiculous state
ments which appeared In tlio Bee a
year ago.
Ho lias vory strong recommendations
from the presidents of. Johns Hopkins,
Columbia and Cornell colleges.
The State Journal says editorially:
"College profossors aro still ondcaor
lng to muddle the minds of the people
about he Monroe dootrlue." What a
mythical notion of tlio scholar suid his
function in society! That he has opin
ions on the subject to which ho has de
voted a lifetime of thought is certain;
for lie sometimes Jias tho temerity to
express tliom publicly. It Is certainly
untimely tx avert the discussion of
those delicate problems of government
which so need the serious thought and
sober Judgment of tho trained special
ist. And wo say with all candor, the
greatest fault of democracy .Is that It
often presumes to decide upon ques
tions which in their vory nature bolong
to the well-disciplined. Why arouso
an antagonism between tlio masses and
the man of scholarship' His views
aro more than thooretical. They sure
ly are in some degree practical.
Many of the eminent professors of
tlio country took Issue with the trond
of public opinion over the Venezuelan
controversy. The two questons in
volved, one of international law and
ono of statesmanship, bolong pre-eminently
to tho domain of tho scholar.
True, his judgment may run counter to
a widespread sentiment based mainly
upon prejudices and the pornlcious zo:il
of politicians and journalists. What
should be the attitude of the fair-minded
toward such opinion? Historical
scholarship and scientific merit sire
worthy of some merit. Tho majority
aro often wrong, especially on such
complicated questions. Do not distrust
tlio pedantry of tho university profes
sor. It is posslblo ho may give somo
valuable Information upon tho intri
cate problems of government.
UNION SOCIETY AND PIU BETA
KAPPA.
"When new business -was called for by
President Rhodes of the Union literary
Bocioty last Friday night, Ned C. Abbott
moved the adoption of tho following
resolutions, asking beforehand that
they might remain without action, being
taken until tho noxt Friday, because H.
13. Nowbranch was anxious to speak on
tho resolutions but was detained at
home through sickness. Unanimous
conosnt was granted the request.
RESOLUTIONS.
Whereas, There has recently boon
established In the university of Ne
braska a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa;
and
WhurenM, The university Union liter
ary sooloty hnfl always stood for donioo
nioy against aristocracy; be dt hereby
IlcHolvwl, That for the future our
society Instruct Its members that thoy
cannot remain on ll roll and also bo
members or Phi Potu Kappa; nmd bo It
further
Resolved, That these resolutions have
no force In regard to tho moinbors who
tiro already Initiates or the now chapter.
Mr. Abbott xke very briefly on the
biNt pant of the resolutions, saying that
he believed the hIx best students In the
senior cIohh had boon chosen, that no
one could object to the oholce, that ho
was Hht) espeelai friend of the members
chosen from Union society. "But l do
believe that we Qui ve nrrlvt'd at a crisis
In our society only less lmKPtant than
the one when thoantl-riwtornlty amend
ment wus adopted. Can we not got
above the men and IIecwh the principle'
All that we link for Js a hearing. As fair
minded students, you must vote with uh,
If we are right. We'll expect It. If
wrong, you must vote against these
resolutions. We expect to abide by the
decision of a majority."
It seems that it he coiisoiihus of opin
ion in tlie society Is decidedly against
tho resolutions. There wus no action
taken except to allow Mr. Abbott the
privilege of coIHum; them up for a llhnl
wte any time he noes lit. I J. Abbott
seconded his brother's resolutions and
different members wiy that this shows
the Impelless minority of their supinators.
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