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THE Vol. XXII. THE HESPERIAN. Issued soiru-momlily by tlie Hksphrian Association of tlio Univer sity of Nebraska. PAUL PIZEY, '93 Managing Editor associates. CHAS. F. STROMAN, '93 Editorial MISS WILLA CATHER, '95 Literary E. C STRODE, '93 Lata Literary SCHUYLER MILLER, '05., Alumni H S. LORD, '93 Athletics G. F. FISHER, '94 Exchange ADAM McMULLEN, '96 I T AI L. C. OBERLIES, '95 j 0CAL C. L. TALLMADGE Business Manager terms or SUBSCRIPTION. One copy, per college year (in advance) $1 00 One copy, one semester 60 Advertising Rates on Application. alumni and ex-students. Special endeavor will be made to make The Hesper ian interesting to former students. Please send us your subscriptions. "Subscriptions on our books will be continued until ordered stopped. Address all communitions to The Hesperian, Uni versity of Nebraska, Lincoln, Neb. DIRECTORY. PALLADIAN LITERARY SOCIETY. H. G. Barber, Pres. Annie Treat; Secy. UNIVERSITY UNION LITERARY SOCIETY. W. F. Wolfe, Pres. A. G. Chapman, See' DELI AN LITERARY SOCIETY. John P. Williams, Pres. Myrtle Barnes, Sec'y PHILOMATHIAN LITERARY SOCIETY. R. A. Barnes, Pres. Maude Cleghorn, Sec'y. UNIVERSITY Y, M. C. A. John L. Marshall, Jr., Pres. H. A. Senter, Sec'y. UNIVERSITY Y. W. C. A. Miss Bessie Merrill, Pres. Miss Emma Boose, Sec'y. ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION. Chas. F. Stroman, Pres. Fred Baunks, Sec'y. ORATORICAL ASSOCIATION. Rufus Bentley, Pres. Adam McMULLEN, Sec'y. SCIENTIFIC CLUB. H. A. Senter, Pres. H. G. Barber, Sec'y. UNIVERSITY DEBATING CLUB. C. F. Stroman, Pres. Miss Vesta Grey, Sec'y. Hesperian. UNIVERSITY of NEBRASKA. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, APRIL i, 1S93. No. 11 EMTORIAJ. ' Wo Americans hear so much about the power of a "free press," and the bene fits that come from it, that we are liable, unhesitatingly, to look upon the press as conducive only of good. As freedom is better than slavery, so a free press is better than a shackled one. That magic word, "free," has been the open sesame, and in contemplation of it, we have become unmind ful of the abuses and shortcomings of the press itself. That the press exerts a mighty influence, he is foolish who denies; but he is more foolish who asserts that it is always oxerted for good. Wo have records of bad men who, having been placed in positions of trust and honor on the bench or in legisla tive halls, have "quit their meanness;" but history has yet to record the first instance of a newspaper man who has experienced a change of heart under similar conditions. It is useless to deny that the modern news paper wilfully and maliciously misrepresents facts in order to disgrace an enemy, help a friend, or carry the day for its party. The truth h sometimes told in indifferent cases; probably because man is naturally a lazy animal, and a little more exertion is usually required to lie than to tell the truth. In cases involving friends or enemies of the papers, one can only read papers of opposite views and strike an average, on the supposi tion that the prevaricators of the respective papers are of about equal brilliancy and talent; he will, by this means, come very close to the truth. In the case of political candidates, the regard of the average news paper for truth is enforced only by the statute governing libel. In all cases involving pol itics, the most bitter attacks, the most scan.
