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THE HESPERIAN
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coats from end to end. It is a tempting ar
ray to place before a kleptomaniac. It seems
that there are some of those in our midst who
cannot resist the temptation. Besides the
pilfering of hats, books have been taken and
sold to second-hand men. It is high time
to call a halt. It is to be hoped that no stu
dent is so dishonorable as to bo guilty of
these actB. There has been systematic
thieving, however, and whoever is caught
and found guilty of the offence will not be
treated leniently.
Where is the University debating club
which last year existed so long in a semi-defunct
condition? The gentlemen on the side
of the house opposite to that occupied by the
Hesperian can say nothing about their de
sire to keep it in a live condition. Those
whose only refuge for literary or forensic
training, last year, when they decried the
literary societies, was this much-to-be-praised
club, now allows it to remain in oblivion
with as much cheerfulness as though thoy
had never upheld the benefits to be obtained
from it. On the other sido the societies
flourish and one debating club runs. There
should bo three debating clubs, but one is
a great deal more than none at all and no
desire for any. As it always has stood, so
it stands now and always will stand, no lit
erary training outside of the class rooms is
to bo had permanently except from the lit
erary societies and their adjuncts.
It is the duty of every student to sub
scribe for the Junior Annual. The class of
'95 will show its patriotism by issuing the
Sombrero on May 1. The University as a
whole should show an appreciation of the
efforts of the class by subscribing liberally
for the publication. The annual is not
merely a business enterprise. It is issued to
9pt forth all phases of University life in the
best possible manner, not as a money mak
ing scheme The college annual sent to
other schools serves as something by which
we may be judged.
It is to our interest, therefore, that it
should bo of as high a grado as possible.
The business management desire at least
1,000 subscriptions. TIii'b is no more than
is really necessary, and possible to obtain
from our students and alumni. Show some
interest in the good of the University and
subscribe. Stay away from four shows and
buy an annual.
We are deeply affected by the solicitude
which the Evening News has for the class in
journalism recently organized by Mr. W. O.
Jones of the Journal. The News recently
appeared with a column editorial in which it
tendered a great deal of advice to the stu
dents in the class and a great deal more to
the instructor of the class. While the News
states that it is wholly unacquainted with the
work the class is doing, because their
enemy, the Journal, has something to do
with it, that paper takes it for granted that
little good can come from the drill the class
receives.
It is true that newspaper men, as a rule,
are inclined to doubt whether anything prac
tical may bo learned in a class of journalism.
The work of the reporter is so different from
the work of the student who, at best, will
but dabble in news, that it is stated that
what the student learns will but got him
into ruts ho will have to get out of as soon as
ho enters real newspaper life. If the stu
dent has the right conception of his class
work, no trouble of this nature will occur.
A practical instructor will warn him of the
wrong ways of performing newspaper work;
and ho must, from his own experience, find
out why thoy are wrong, and what the right
ways aro. Probably the drill will not
amount to as much as the knowledge he will
obtain about what newspaper life consists of.
The student of journalism can do little but
learn the principles upon which the jouanal
ist acts. When ho has learned these, it
would be absurd to say ho is not bettor fitted
to become a reporter than the now recruit.
This is the plan upon whicji tho class in the
University is working. This is also the way
tho News would have us work. If the News
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