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m The Hesperian. UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA. Vol. XXIV. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, OCTBER 18, 1894. No. The Hesperian. Issued scju-monthly by the Hesperian Association of the Univer sity of Nebraska. BOARD OF EDITORS. BEN. C. MATTHEWS, . Managing Editor ASSOCIATES. H. E. NEWBRANCH, . . . Editorial FLORA BULLOCK Literary NED C ABBOTT Athletic GRACE GUY THOMPSON, . . Alumn, W. T. ELMORE. Local STELLA DUCKER, Local KATHARINE MELICK Local VM. AXLING Exchange R. B. GRAHAM, Business Manager. TERMS F SUBSCRIPT! N. 1 ie copy, per ollefic year (in advance) . . . . 5100 One copy, one semester. . . GO Advertising Rates on Application alumni and kx-studenis. Special endeavor will be made totnakeTiiK Hesperian inter esting to former students. Please send us your subscriptions i0Subfrcripiions on our books will be continued until ordered iopped " .resc all communications to The Hespekian, University of ' i iska, Lincoln, Neb. DIRECTORY. DELI AN SOCIETY. Prest., Stella Duckku PALLADIAN SOCIETY. Frest., C. R. Wrldhn. UNIVERSITY UNION. Prest., V. E. Kirk. Y. M. C. A. Prest.: C. R. WELDEN, Y. W. C. A. Prest., Stella Loughridge. Sec'y, Ella McCrosky DEBATING ASSOCIATION. Prest., C. R. Welden. Scc'y, Ned C. Aiiijott ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION. Prest, Sidney White. Sec'y, Ralph Johnson Sec'y, MISS WooDSUN Sec'y, S. J. Corey Sec'y, Maude Trii'Lett Sec'y, A. N. Moody EDITORIAL. It seems that the character of the Uni versity chorus is to be materially changed. Instead of being as it has been for so many years, a distinctively University organization for tho students, by them, and of them, it will be, we fear, a University chorus in name only, called so because the meetings are held in the University building, and be cause it contains a sprinkling of University students. Iho admission of so many out siders into tho chorus will destroy not only the individuality of the organization but will materially weaken the ability of the students to sing alone. The trained singers will take the lead and the less experienced singers fol low after. Doubtless the singing will be stronger and better. But that will be no credit to the students. Any teacher in the University could get more showy results from liis classes if they were composed of specialists in that line. But the presence of specialists as students is a drawback rather than a help in the class-room. The Uni versity chorus is properly a class. It has with ite own strength done very respectable work in years past, aud certainly will do better and better, even if still a University organization pure and simple. The old members of the chorus seem to consider it hardly right that the class should be filled up with more or less professional singers who have paid no maticulation fee into the Uni versity. The plan may create a large chorus but to call it a University chorus will be scarcely correct. Tna failure of Senior boys to establish the Oxford customs as insignia of their wisdom