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THE HESPERIAN
dnlou8 insinuations, and the grossest mis
roprcscntations are regarded as the proper
thing. He who, in rival nowspapers, reads
the widely divergent accounts of the self
same happening, however simple it may he,
in which a friend, au enemy, or a politician is
involved, often wishes that the punishment
inflicted on Ananias were at this day automa
tically inflicted for similar offenses.
Of late there has been considerable dis
cussion as to the advisability of establishing
schools of journalism. The plan is a good
one; but we suggest that, in all such cases,
a chair of ethics be endowed, and the embryo
journalist be subjected to three years com
pulsory study in this department.
place of the old term plan, wc see no reason
why we should not be given our formerly
allotted spring vacation.
Just at present the University halls seem
to be tilled with alumni. Most of those
seen around here are teachers in public
schools of the state. All are at present en
joying vacations of at least a week and pos
sibly two. It is nice for the University,
their alma mater, to be open to receive them
and enable them to pass a few hours in the
old halls where remembrances of past
pleasant experiences continually dance be
fore their imaginations. Then too, we,
their former associates, are here to greet
them and make their visit pleasant to them
and profitable to us. Yes we are here to
greet them, but why are we not also taking
a vacation of a week or more ? Again we
ask, why ? There is no response. "We are
satisfied. There is no reason only "be
cause" and that must be sufficient. We are
to have five days vacation including Satur
day and Sunday, but not any more. We
are sorry for this because we think the stu
dents here have earned a full week's vaca
tion at least. There is perhaps more sick
ness among students and professors at the
present time than there has ever been be
fore, We think the only sufficient cause of
this fact is that everyone is working so hard
that his system needs rest for it is not strong
enough to withstand the many little diseases
prevalent in Lincoln at the present time.
Even though the semester plan has taken the
Would it not be a good plan to provide a
place in the library for college exchanges ?
At present an exchange never finds its way
to the library, nor to any other place access
ible to ninety-five per cent of the students'
The great majority of our students read no
college papers except our own. Now these
exchanges are the only means a great ma
jority of us have of learning what is going
on in the other educational institutions of the
country. The exchange is a valuable edu
cator; to see what others are doing in
societies, in athletics, in oratory, and in
class work very often takes the conceit out
of us, very often gives us pardonable pride,
and in all cases rouses us to greater endeavor,
gives us a truer college spirit, puts us more
in touch with college life in general. If
some place is provided for them, The Hes
i'Erijln will be pleased to donate its ex
changes. By all means, provide a place.
"if -7T
Of late the papers have been commenting
very freely upon the attitude of the courts
toward the labor organizations of the country
Within the last month, from the federal
courts m as many states, we have had
three decisions, all tending to define and
limit the power heretofore exercised by
labor organizations. These decisions have
been made in cases arising under the con
stitutional power given congress to regulate
inter-state commerce. An injunction has
issued to the heads of the labor organiza
tions to prohibit them from ordering any of
their men continuing in the employ of a rail
road company to refuse to handle the freight
of another company against which there is
a strike. This ruling is eminently just.
Labor organizations exert a great influence
in all questions, whether political, social or
economic. They are so perfectly organized
as to be corporations in everything but name.
They have enjoyed all the advantages with
none of the corresponding disadvantages of
corporations. They have invoked the law
to aid them, but have always managed to
escape when it was invoked against them.
On the principle that he who seeks equity
must do equity, these decisions are just.