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About The Hesperian / (Lincoln, Neb.) 1885-1899 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 24, 1892)
THE HESPERIAN resolution to allow seniors a certain amount of elect ives in the law course was as if it had never been. An antiquarian, groping among the ar chives, by some accident recently found cer tain memoranda by means of which the facts above mentioned may bo inferred. Inquiry from a member of the faculty who happened to remember that the resolution had been referred to a committee of which he was a member, elicits the further information that the resolution was not even deemed worthy of a post mortem report; also, that any re port would probably have been unfavorable to the passage of the resolution. The reason for the hostility to such a resolution is that the college of law, while theoretically under the control and supervision of the University authorities, is practically free and independ ent; and that law students and students in the other departments are in reality two dis tinct bodies, having little or nothing in com mon. The impression was conveyed that if the law school were more directly under the supervision of the University authorities, and the students of the law school and those of the University proper were more closely connected, there would bo no objection to the proposed measure; the theory upon which he proceeded who kept his boy from the water until after he had learned to swim. If it is proposed to bring the law school more direct ly under the supervision of the University authorities, if the law students are to be brought into closer touch with the great body of students, certainly there is no better way to do it than to allow seniors to take part of their electives in the law school; in fact, this is the only way by which it can be easily and practically done. The class of '9i, in their meeting of the Hth, decided,. all things considered, not to issue an annual this year. The majority of the class were in favor of this move. They recognized the difliculty attending the work, even if only a largo minority were opposed to it, and decided that, in view of the in creased expenditures required of students in many departments this year, it would bo in advisable to publish the annual. While it is true that the animal might bo mad'j a very entertaining book, if work enough were put upon it, it is also true that time for this work is lacking. Especially is this true this year. The change to the new courses has involved the majority of students in increased study and harder mental work, and they do not feel that, in addition to their other labors, a new and not necessary task should be added. If the annual was a permanent publication, its discontinuance would bo -different ; but, since no tradition is broken, its issuance is immaterial. The matter was not hastily de cided nor discussed from a mere financial standpoint. The experience of '93 and the advice of the chancellor and of a consider able number of the faculty influenced the class in its decision. SEA DREAMS. COPIED FROM THC HARVARD MONTHLY. Beneath the steep, sea-shapen wall Terraced witli tidal interval, I lie, where drift of many things Find rest from wide s.n. wanderings, White spars of ships, that never eye Again shall note 'twixt sea and sky, Strange wealth of dusk, sea-blossoming flowers Slow purpling under noontide hours; Quaint, carven tokens of fair climes Heaped heedless as a singer's rhymes From lips that note not what they sing To faltering chords at evening. Here all they lie at peace: enough Have they of windy ways and rough, Swept hither now, as I, to be At rest beside the ancient sea. Enough of land, enough of strife, Ot futile struggle, loveless life, Of hope that wanders vain as these Vain wrecks ofimmemorial seas. Far off across the gleaming sands White waters wander, touching hands In measures of a dance whose ways Are old with timeless yesterdays. For many a league and lingering mile The restless waters shine and smile, Fair climes unconquercd, where the hum Of anxious life can never come. But I, where drift of many things Find rest from wide sea-wanderings, As these from storm, from land set free, Lie dreaming by the ancient sea. Herbert Bates. i i m teirifcajBujtLmnrfwni!tfii jaiJ.jiMiji,ig:,BrXttM
