THE HESPERIAN
seems rather unfortunate that tho anniver
sary of tho birth of tho fathor of his country
should como so near tho anniversary of tho
birth of tho groat University of Nebraska.
Tho fates might havo decreed different in
regard to tho time of George's appearance
in this world of ours, so that wo might
fittingly celebrate tho recurrence of that date
without such a celebration interfering with
plans of our own. It is not our purposo to
advocate that wo should simply havo been
given a holiday in honor of tho man we
rovero, but wo hold that routine work should
bo suspended February 22d of each year
and some preparation bo made, either of a
literary character a lecture, or something
of tho kind or of some other approved
method, for tho celebration of that. day.
Tho JSTebmskan feels hurt because the
Hesperian took exception to a few l 'poetic' '
effusions contained in one of its late num
bers. Wo aro sorry to hurt your feelings,
dear jtfebraskan, but it was our honest con
viction and we had to express it. "When
you criticized our poetry in a severe and
unkind manner wo did not feel bad. On
thb contrary, wo were proud to know that
such a distinguished paper as the JS'ebraskan,
tho representative (?) paper of the Univer
sity of Nebraska, had condescended to no
tice us at all at all. Our opinion of our
selves rose immediately until wo began to
think that the mere fact that the JShbraskan
had criticized us was sufficient proof that
our poetry was of a very good quality. "Wo
were asked in tho Charter Day JS7ebraskan
to give our Gober opinion of our own poetic
productions in tho next issue of the Hsg
perian. In the first place, we could give
no other kind of an opinion, for we are
never in any other condition. In the next
place, modesty, to which all editors are
susceptible, forbids us expressing our opin
ion boldly, but if wo may be allowed a
mere slight expression of opinion wo will
say that wo rather believe our poetry was all
right. Of course our judgment in this mat
ter is unbiased. "We hold our opinion be-
causo of tho pootry itsolf, and not bocauso
of any outside infiuonco or anything else
that may bo working upon us. Thorofore
our opinion is an unbiased ono of tho high
est sort, and this is tho kind of a judgment
the Nebraska1)!, wanted us to pass.
From tho character of tho local contribu
tions that find thoir way to tho local editors
of tho Hesperian, ono would think tho
Hesperian aspired to a Puck or Judge
standard. Such is not tho case, however,
and if it wero, and those contributed articles
were all printed, Puck and Judge would
havo nothing to fear from tho competition.
A bright joko, or an apt pun, is a desirable
thing to havo in tho local department some
times, but wo do not want students to think
that nothing else would bo acceptable and
proper for our college paper. It is impos
sible for two persons to keep posted in re
gard to the movements of a thousand stu
dents, and it might not bo pleasant for all
tho students if it wero, but every day some
thing happens that someone sees or hears
of, and it should be noted, for it will inter
est those who do not see or hear of it.
Items of interest, whether funny, common
or sad, are what we want for publication. It
makes no difference whether you write them
yourself or give some ono of the editors the
points and let him write them. Tho object
is to got tho items before those who will
take pleasure in reading them. Tend to this
matter a little more carefully and it will be
easy to make a splendid local department
and you will havo tho pleasure of knowing
that you helped to make it so.
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The members of tho senior class are noth
ing if not progressive. They felt that, in
the matter of class-day, a change of some
sort would be welcomed by a long suffering
public; hence, instead of giving tho regula
tion literary program, worn out with ago,
tho class proposes to go to Milford, or some
other suitable place, for a picnic. If there
are any literary exercises, they will bo held
at the picnic grounds. If then, the public,
