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1 THE HESPERIAN. 1) Piofcssor Hunt is nnxious to learn who is the oiigihal author of the following paragraph. He says he always liked it, l-ul has hail a special admiration (or it since reading it in several of the sophomore essays of the present term. It is, of course, only just to the writers of the several essays m;n t oncd, to say that the passage was not stolen by the writers. In the hurry of copying, they forgot the quotation marks; lhtis all. Any member of the clas, in whos; essay the passage appears, will be glad to give the professor the desired information. For the benefit of envious rivals, it may be well to say that no person of average intelligence would attempt to palm off on the professor any plagiarized passage as original. Every member of the class has to write on the same subject. What one finds worth stealing, another will find worth stealing. It is somcwlnt embarrassing to find the same htillianl passage in several successive essays; but more cmbarrasdng Mill, Jo learn that each writer has lor. gotten the quotat'on mark"!. The profess ir docs not like too extensive quotations in any essay,; but it makes him sad to sec Mich lapses in memory on the pari of students who are brilliant in all other rcp;c!. The following is the para graph which, with Decisional verbal changes, occurs in several essays without quotation maiks: "The reader, when he closes the book, has on his mind a strong conviction, the strongest possible conviction, that among men, George is as weak, and Dobbin as noble as any he has met in literature, and (hat among women Amelia is as true, and Hccky as vile as any he has. encountered. 01 so much he will be conscious. In addition to this he will unconsciously have found that every page he has read will have been of interest to him. There has been no padding; every bit will leave its weight with him. He will find, too, at the end, if he will think of it. th.-t tin- Wsnn taught in every page has been good. There may be details of evil painted so as to disgust, painted almost too plainly, but none painted so as to allure." There aie numerous other less important and less lengthy passages of striking similarity in different essays also without quotation marks; but as they arc not massed in a single paragraph, the name of the author is not regarded by the professor as so desirable. To all whom it may concern: Be it known that the' local editors will consider the service worthy of undying love if you will kindly furnish us with such matter as shall, in your judgment, seem fitting. The suggestion of the exchange editor that a box be provided for receiving such contributions is a good one. Itut the University postoflice is box enough provided no one lets his curiosity lead him to finger the mail in the boxes of the local editors. We will try it awhile. One day last week there was great commotion in the cloak room. In fact there was something else there. It wasn't a mouse. Oh no! Coeds are not afraid of mice. Hut - it was a man, and a young man at that. The young man went in to find some one. He had become tired waiting in the hall, lie's tired now, but he will not enter the cloak room again for he is Richer l now in more than name. Evidently the high school girls know not the metal of which the university girls are made else they would not have challenged them to a match game of foot ball. The co eds accepted but much to their dissappoiutnient the high schoo1 girls "craw fished." We are informed that the university . girls are well organized and ready to play any team of girls in the state. For the information of ouUfiders we will s'ate that the combined weight of the members of the team is II23 pounds; their combined age 198 years, 1 1 months. .Slugging is strictly prohibited to all members except thiee heavy weight in the rush line. Kicking an umpire, a mem ber of, the home team, the air or anything else except the ball or an opponent disqualifies a player for thirteen days. The following code of signals have been adopted: A wink of (he light ce by the captain, half back will tush around the left end of the rush line. Wink of the left eye, half back will go around right end. A wink of both eyes simultan eously, go through the center of the rush line. A sneeze by the captain, full back run forward and kick the ball for all you arc worth. "One trillion, four million, three ci'lUI ion, and six," form an O with the quartcr-haek and ball in the center. 'Transmagnificandobandanciality," kick the ball out of sight in onlcr to bewilder and "rattle" opponents. The faculty is now investigating the subject ol university extension. It is very extensively followed in Europ; and, so far as tried, has been successful in the United States. It is .1 plan ivhctchy the state will become better acquainted with and derive more benefit trom the work ol the university. The work would be conducted on a plan similar to that of the chatauqua, but would be more thorough. The Sophomore scicntifics of the German class last week began reading scientific literature. Heretofore the scientific students have read the same German that the literary and classical students have. The change is a good one, for many of the better works on scientific subjects arc written in German -not in literal) , but in scientific German which has a large vocabulary of its own. The Freshman arc grcitly worried. They want a yell. In fact they want many things; but just now they want a yell worst of all. Moreover they ask for a yell that has no sense to it but plenty of noise. They don't, know much, it is true: but they feel that a yell with sense to it and without a great deal o noise would be so unlike them that no one would know that it was their yell. Professor to hesitating Junior. "Sir, you seem to be evolving the translation from your inner consciousness." Junior. "No, professor; last night in my devotions I read that by faith Enoch was translated, and I thought I would try it on Horace." Ex. THE CONTEST. The chapel was well filled before the time to begin. Of the large number present, the per cent ol students was per haps larger than at the local contest last year. Professor Crosthwait, of the Lincoln school of oratory, gave , as the first number, a recitation emitled"The Arkan saw Witness." The recitation provoked much laughter. ".If I were a monarch," a tenor solo, by Mr. Alexander, followed. Mr. Alexander was heartily encored but did not respond. Mr. Chappel was then announced. He spoke upon "What Shall be Done With the Negro," a timely subject. The oration is the one upon which Mr. Chappell won first place in the Union con'est last June. Nevertheless it com manded close attention from beginning to end. The following number was a whistling solo by Mr. Ldi mer. To the many that had never heard Mr. Lehiner this was a novel and pleasing feature of the evening. He re sponded to an encore. Mr. Rockhold was then announced. The gentleman .spoke upon "Democracy; its Development and Destiny." The subject is comparatively a new one. This fact, coupled with the earnestness of the speaker and the skillful arraiigmcut of the parts of the oration won for the speaker an ?ttrntit audience. While the judges were coming to a decisoion, the- aud ience listened to another recitation by Profcssor'Crpsthwait, entitled "My Uncle," which was applauded freely The I first place was awarded to Mr. T. E. Chappell. V I