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THE HESPERIAN.
think they are beneficial. In fact we might
mention particular cases in which athletics
have wonderfully developed some men; but
there is a difference between athletics and
brute force. It is sad, yet true that a great
many of our students do not seem to find any
distinction between bull-fighting and base
ball. If this is not true, what means this
clamor for a cane-rush? We wonder if any
of those enthusiastic students who desire to
revive that memory of a disgraceful past,
ever saw a cane-rush. Did they ever see that
ten minute fist fight between enlightened
human beings. We saw one once and were
constrained to say with Shakespeare "Lord,
what fools these mortals be," but the very
next year it was our turn and we entered it
with all of the enthusiasm we could
muster. Why is it that men will allow
the remains of their animal instinct to
overcome them? They do it, our stu
dents do it; if not why laugh and yell
when one Christian gentlsman slugs another
Christian gentleman in the face. We verily
believe that some students would rather see
a "foul tackle" if the man on the other side
got "done up," even though we lost twenty
five yards. But it was born in us and is
Adam's fault we presume.
The Hesperian, in its last issue, took oc
cassion, as it always will take occassion
whenever it has the opportunity, to reply to
an attack on the university, which appeared
in the State Journal. That attack we believed,
and yet believe, utterly uncalled for and un
warranted, and so believing we did not
hesitate to speak out, In view of the fact,
however, that the writer of the Journal article
is an old student of the university and was
formerly connected with the Hesperian, we
regret that anything was said which might be
considered as applying personally to the
writer of the article. While we very much
disapprove of the article we have none but
the best of feeling toward its author; the
question was not one of persons but of prin
ciple, and so we repeat, we regret having
considered the affair in a personal light.
The Students' Journal of the K. S. U.says
editorially that Nebraska's plan of selecting
debators is much inferior to ours. v Well,
really now Kansas we are sorry you feel that
waj' about it, but we did not make those rules
for you. It is indeed very probable that the
committee up here knen something about the
conditions existing in our university. Of
course if Kansas had told us to formulate a
set of rules for them to be guided by in the
preliminary debates, why, we would have
done it; but we thought that by preparing the
rules governing the joint debate we had done
our duty.
LITERARY.
THE BLIND.
They walk at noon beneath the light of heaven,
Wrapped in the shadow of tho sombre night,
They never see tho glowing sky of oven
They never see the dawning morning light.
Above their heads tho storm clouds roll and thunder
They gather low and veil tho face of day
Tho blind can only hear their voice and wonder
Sees not tho glory when they break away.
For others, high in heaven tho sun is shining,
For others gleams afar tho morning star
For others shows tho cloud its sliver lining
For them tho darkness and tho shadows are.
But sadder than tho shrowded hill and meadow
Tho strange wind-voices in each moaning tree
The forms that wander in their weary shadow
Tho loving forms that they cannot soo.
The pale, dim form of things unfolt, unspoken
Wan spectres walking in their woary night
In that long night of starless gloom unbroken
For them God hath not said "Let there be light."
O golden glory of tho shining heaven,
O midnight darknsss or unseeing eyes,
Forevermore to him that hath is given
The fair free bounty of the bonding skies.
Katherine Melick.
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STRAGGLERS
a little fellow, such a very
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iH vas such
little fellow," said Herr Louie at last,
taking his mighty Meerschaum pipe
from his mouth. Herr Louie had been sit
ting by the fire full an hour that winter's
evening silently smoking, and he now spoke
as one pondering a great problem.
"Such a very little fellow," repeated Frau
Greta, looking up from the mitten she was
knitting. "Not greater than our Anton here,
though he had acht year while Anton has but