The Hesperian.
Vol. XXII.
THE HESPERIAN.
Issued semi-montlily by the Hespkrian Association of tlio Univer
sity ot Nebraska.
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DIREOTORY.
PALLADIAN LITERARY SOCIETY.
C. C. Marlay, rres. F. F. Tucker, Say.
UNIVERSITY UNION LITERARY SOCIETY.
W. F. Wolfe, Prcs. A. G. Chapman, Secy.
DELIAN LITERARY SOCIETY.
Miss E. C. Field, Pres. Bert Wilson, Say,
university y. m. c. a.
John L. Marshall, Jn , Pres. H. A. Senter, Secy,
university y w c. a.
Miss Bessie Merrill, Pres. Miss Emma Boose, Secy.
athletic association.
Chas. F. Stroman, Pres. Fred Barnes, iec'y.
oratorical association.
Rufus Bentley, Pres Adhm McMullen, Set';:
scientific club.
H. A. Senter, Pres. H. G. Barber, Sec'y.
UNIVERSITY DEBATING CLUB.
C F. Stroman, Pres. Miss Vesta Grey, Sec'y.
PHILOMATHIAN LITERARY SOCIETY.
J. W. Irish, Pres. W. W. Bowers, Sec'y.
UNIVERSITY of NEBRASKA.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, MARCH 15, 1893.
No. 10
EDITORIAL
The question has been brought up time
and again "Shall we remain in the Oratori
cal Association." The Hesperian has ad
vocated that we should, for it would be a
clear case of cowardice to withdraw. What
if wo have never reached a higher mark than
second, we have certainly derived much
benefit from being in the association. At
last, we have won the coveted first place, and
the question that w s asked before will not
arise unless based on a different reason than
the one heretofore set forth. We wish to
bring the question up again and give an en
tirely new reason why wo should withdraw
from the association. The reason is this,
that when a convention is conducted in the
manner the state oratorical convention was
conducted last Friday, it loses its significance
as a creditable institution and becomes a
disgrace to those taking active part in it. If
we understand the objects of the association,
they are to promote oratory, bring the col
leges into closer touch, and stimulate the
desire for more extensive knowledge by ef
fecting free social and intellectual intercourse
between the representatives of the different
educational institutions. The actions of
these representatives are supposed to be ac
tuated by fellow feeling for each other well
they were last Friday, but the feeling was
all done in a purely physical manner and not
in an intellectual way. It is to the students
of our higher educational institutions that
outsiders look for good examples. Students
are in an ideal world when they are attend
ing universities, and it is expected that in
their gatherings they will act as nearly in
the way in which they have been taught as
it is possible for them to do. When dele-
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