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About The Hesperian / (Lincoln, Neb.) 1885-1899 | View Entire Issue (April 2, 1894)
Ill THE HESPERIAN WASTE BASKET WAIFS. This is a pugilistic issue for sovonil roasons. Partly from principle, partly ennui, and partly, from general recklessness. Thoro comes a time in the affairs of editors when thoy don't care much what they say or what peoplo think of it. Whon tho people who are supposed to have wisdom and understanding, and sympathy with journalistic troubles choose to bo mortally offended at a few squibs which wore per sonal only in that thoy wore applied to the genius homo, which wore manifestly im aginary and abstract, it rathar knocks tho bottom out of ones faith in things and peoplo. Thin paper was never meant as an organ for the wounding of personal feelings. But since it is taken as such it might as well bo such. Things done in print stay by one, thoy have a happy faculty that way. Printer's ink is a fast color, and as for follies that aro done in in typo, all the' blood of all the gods cannot wash thorn out. If a writer has boon care less and his readers wish to misconstrue him, ho has no defense or proof. Ho is at the mercy of tho public and thoy can paint him as black as thoy please. The only thing left for him to do whon ho has hope lessly angered the fow peoplo ho cared to please is to speedily make every one else as mad as possible and seek new pastures, having loarnod the great lesson that ho should try to ploaso nobody but himself. Sometimes a great surfit of haterod is pleasant, 'for general and universal, dislike rather dull the odgo of individual dullness. Tho absolute rule of tho one has been for a long time considered radically wrong. It is wrong in society, in finance and above all in politics. For several . years the political affairs of this University have been run and controlled by a few young men whose tastes and ambitious aro of a nature to yearn and labor for such honors. Tho condition of things is becoming, not alarming, but ludicrous. It is proper enough for peoplo who havo a particular bent for athletics to rathor "run" the athletics of tho institution. It is natural for those who know most about journalism to influonco tho college paper. It is right that students who make the strongest effort in oratory should have weight in oratorical conventions. But it is not right or honor able that one man should rulo absolutely in base-ball, foot-ball, journalism and oratory, no, not oven if ho wero two. Wo have nothing to say against the One, ho is generally a protty wide awake follow with lots of good points, but we objoct to tho principle of tho thing. It is undemocratic and un-Amorican. It is bad for the opprossor and tho oppressed. It is rathor strange that young mon of undoubted in telligence and good sense can find such apparent satisfaction in winning unlionorod honors and ungildod fame. It is such a very small thing to run the politics of a collogo. Most students with brains enough to antago nize a college ward boss aro oithor too busy to worry with it or else thoy havo no taste for such juvenile scrambles, anybody who is willing to dovoto his time and his conscience can bo groat in collogo politics. . Tho Junior Promenade created a now epoch in social life - in tho Univeraity. Thoro havo been University dancos before, but one would feign forgot them. The Fraternity dancos havo generally been very creditable affairs, but regular University dancos have boon fow in number and fewer in merit. The first University dance I remember was a senior promenade given by the class of '91. It was given in the Armory and was a promenade in the literal sense of tho word. Peoplo were in vited there to, walk. Tho floor was cleared to give them room to walk, and patrons and chaperons wore provided to see that thoy know how to walk. The furtive throng assembled and amid the traditional blaze of lights and bursts of music the guests pro- y
