THE HESPERIAN
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EDITORIAL.
The Chancellor's circular letter to stu
dents, is just such as might have been
expected from Chancellor Oanfield plain
and to the point. There can be no
gainsaying that it contains, altogether, a
great deal of very good advice, which
will, wo believe, bo generally followed
by the students of the University. The
strictest economy, intelligently oxercised,
should bo nr.d will bo the watch-word in the
University of Nebraska as wellas elsewhere
during the ensuing yoar, and the Chancellor's
letter must certainly encourage and cheer up
many who are in need of courage and good
cheer.
In this letter, however, two suggestions
are made of which wo desire to take brief
notice, as they will probably excite consid
erable discussion. We refer to the aban
donment of tho project of the Annual, and to
the withdrawal for a year from the Inter
state Athletic association. It is, of course,
for the class of '96 alone to decide whether
or not the Annual shall be published. The
publication of an Annual undoubtedly re
quires a great deal of money, and a great
deal of money is something that very few of
us have to spare. Certain it is, that before
definitely deciding to proceed in tho matter
tho class should canvass tho situation very
thoroughly, and in making their final decis
ion should be careful that if they do decide
to go on with tho Annual it is because their
sober better judgment and common sense as
wqll as class onthusiasm tolls them that it
may bo safely and wisely done.
As to athletics in the words of a member
of tho board of editors for tho Annual
"Bettor abandon a dozen annuals than with
draw from tho Intor-Stato Athletic associa
tion." TnE Hesperian hardly believes that
a withdrawal from tho association will bo
necessary, at least it sincerely hopes not.
It has been hard and up-hill work to bring
athlottcs to their present standing oven, in
the University. "What a year of inaction, a
yoar of loss of energy, loss of enthusiasm
would result in, we hesitate to say. There
can bo no doubt that collogo athletics, college
spirit, and collogo grit and backbone would
all suffer much wore wo to withdraw, where
as, if wo will only set our teeth hard, tighten
our belts another notch and stand shoulder
to shoulder through tho passing storm wo
can and will come out stronger and more
enthusiastic than we ever have been before.
And economy can bo practiced in tho asso
ciation as well as out of it. By getting
along for this ono yoar without a coach for
tho eleven, and by using last year's suits,
tho foot-ball team, with only reasonable
luck, will come within $150 of paying ex
penses, while good luck would reduce tho
figure to loss than $100. But oven $150
will surely be very little to be contributed
by the students, when wo consider that in
past years they have contributed three and
four times that amount to the support of the
association. A quarter of a dollar from each
student means that wo can presorvo our or
ganization and como through with flying
colors. Shall wo allow that splendid organ
ization which has done so much to oxcito
and keep alive our college spirit, which has
been such an effective advertisement for our
University, to sink into comparative ob
scurity, to suffer the danger of complete
disruption, all for tho sake of a quarter each?
This is the question which each student
should ask himself; it is tho question which
each student must answer, and TnE Hes
perian has too much faith in the loyal col
lege spirit of our students to ooliove that
they will answer it with any other word than
"no."
Anont the Chancellor's circular letter, we
wish to say, to new students especially, that
it does not apply in any particular to The
Hesperian.
If you would enjoy "tho satisfaction which
always follows intelligent thrift," tho first
duty you will perform, a duty to tho school,
to yourself and to your parents at homo to
whom you will send tho paper after having