Til E HESPERIAN
of the legislature. Unfortunately there is a feeling
in some parts of the state that the University is too
expensive and it is for the students to overcome this
feeling. If the University isjto thrive in the future as
it has during the past few years it must not be hamper
ed by any such teeling as this. If it pays to support an
educational institution at till, it pays to support it lib
erally. Good university professors cannot be se
cured at the same salary that is given to high school
professors. When the legislature is making appropri
ations for the University next winter we hope that they
will bear this fact in mind.
TiljITH every prospect of success thejithletic asso
rt 3 ciation has reorganized and starts out this year
fu 1 of life and vigor. The officers elected aie men
of experience who will lubor for the advancemeel of
athletic sports. But without the earnest and loyal
support of the whole body of students, the efforts of
the officers will be in vain. We hope, therefore, to
see every man in the University become a member of
the association and lend financial support to the or
ganization. It is impossible that the desire of all
aspirants ior positions in the base-ball nine and the
foot-ball team should be gratified. Only the best
men will be chosen for these positions. But no one
should take offense at this for it is only fair. The
members of the association will be permitted to use
the association property and this priviligc is surely
worth much more than the price of membership.
VING to the damp weather Fridoy eveninj
ire of the Freshmen and Sophomores was
pletely cooled down. The rush has been postpo
Meanwhile the two classes will keep their muscl
trim even thouch their studies suffer. Cane
are alright, but when they hang fire too long a
amount of nervous cnercv is necessarily wasted.
the rush will occur next Saturday unless Nature again
interposes and prevents.
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HE Hrsperian would like to know whethear the
base ball team or the classical club or the -aion-partisan
prohibition club is to be revived first. All
three of those organizations are evidently in need of
some kind of a stimulus, but from the nature ot tkmeor
ganization we would not ad visa such a remedy for the
prohibition club; yet it is to.behoped that themeraobers
of that organization may soon discern some sort of a
tonic that will put it upon its feet without delays
Jf N the iosf number of Tub Hesperian there was
t some advice intended primarily for new stu
dents. Now there are with us again this year certain
young folks, who acted in a very foolish manner last
year and we hope that they may be able to realize by
this time, how exceedingly rediculous they must have
appeared to outsiders. We refer to the "sleek"young
man who parts his hair in the middle and wears his
hat on the back of his head, shaves two or three
times a week, stands around the halls and tries to
look dudish, and for what? He is just simply work
ing all the members of some fraternity and trying to
induce them to join him. Young man, you had bet
ter reform, The frats know well what vou are nfrr
and esteem you accordingly. You can never attain
the goal of your desires by such performance. You
are hooted at equally by barb and frat. But such
desires are not confined to the sterner part of
our students. Some of fair ones too, have been
known to be similerly affected' it is to be
hoped that they will all succeed some day for if there
is anything more disgusting than such a person we
have so far failed to discover it.
jHE frats are congratulating themselves because a
11 man who read The Hesperian last yeaTwas
so favorably impressed with the beauties of frater
nity life that he resolved to become a Greek wr.en he
came to the University. We can congratulate our
selves also, for there are a few new students here
this year whom we think would make excellen - frats
and who would miss their calling if they did nct suc
ceed in becoming allied to some such organizat Son of
dudes and snobs. Moreover a man who wou Id de
velop into a good, typical frat would be a most com
plete failure in a liteiary buciety and it woul-cl be a
misfortune for any literary society to secure such a
member. For this reason we are glad that The: Hes
perian has succeeded in showing some peoples what
kind of a society they should join and it shall 3be our
policy to endeavor to confer a like benefit upon some
more.
tfjjf T the last field day an athlete of the University
V was not allowed participate in the contests be
cause he was not a regular student here and localise
he was supposed to be somewhat of a "professional."
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.t ... ywjcuuy uuuwnoie to ooject to a rcnan on
either of these grounds and we desire to see thae same
principle applied to oratorical contests. It is just as
fair for such a man as the one referred to, enter
an athletic contest as it is for real estate ae- is and
preachers to be allowed to enter oratoricitel C(ii
twts. If preachers are not "professional" speakers,
then we may be pardoned for asking who are c 'profes
sional' speakers. And from observotions caude of
mic u is not aimcuit to see that some preachers are
