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About The Hesperian / (Lincoln, Neb.) 1885-1899 | View Entire Issue (March 23, 1895)
' 3 -JM's THE HESPERIAN THE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION. OUR EYES. Tho Athletic Association mot Thursday at one o'clock for the purposo of considering tho aboption of tho proposed constitution. About thirty members of tho association wore pro'sont, and tho constitution was adopt ed as proposed, except that several import ant amendments wore mado. Tho advisory board is to bo elected by tho association in stead of by tho directors and tho board can annul tho action of tho directors by a threo fourths, instead of a sovon-oights vote of its mombors. As tho advisory board consists of throo mombors of tho faculty, three alumni and two students, this clause places tho bal ance of power in rogard to athletic mattors in tho hands of tho faculty and alumni, which is juBt what is wanted to figure out a largo amount of "rotten politics." Tho admission fee will bo fifty cents, in stead of a dollar. Tho constitution takes effect at once. Tho chairman of committee on field sports shall also bo managor of tho track athletic team. Cameron, Fred Barnes, Hay ward and R. E. Johnson wore appointed a committoo to make arrangements for the proposed intor stato meet betwocn tho track and base-ball toams of Kansas, Iowa, Missouri and Ne braska at Kansas Otty in May. Mr. Karl Burnham was elected treasurer in place of Mr. Swoonoy, who" is not in school. Mr. Fred Barnes mado a report of the af- ' fairs of tho Western Inter-stato Foot-ball Association which was accepted. The board of directors woro given charge of selecting the trophy. Committees were appointed to investigate tho indebtedness of tho association to Mr. Crawford, and to mako nominations for tho advisory board at tho next mooting. Sherman What is a trust? Miss A. A "stand-off" for soda water. I wonder how many of all tho students of tho educational institutions in Lincoln have evor thought of tho imporance of tho care of thoir oyos. With a fixod determination to finish his education within an allotted time tho over-anxious student pores over his studios hour aftor hour, and day after day. But tho eyes, like any other member of tho body, tiro and grow weary with overwork. Nature may offer a vigorous protost in tho way of smarting lids and blurring visions, but too often her kindly warnings are un heeded by tho ambitious student. Knowl edge gained at tho exponso of our eyes is dearly bought. Within the last year, I met a young man who was a graduate of one of our eastern educational institutions who, in ovdor to read, was compelled to hold the book or paper so near his oyos that it touched his nose and forehead. If all eyes wore perfect and only fatigue resulted from over work, then this warning would bo supor ilous. But all oyos are not perfect; in fact, there are but few that are not defective. Many defects are latent and would remain dormant through life if wo never learned to read. Savages and.foat class of civilization who follow occupations that do not require con stant use of their eyes are said to enjoy the best of vision. Statistics prove that as civil ization advances good vision decreases, and already in tho educational centers of tho world, notably Germany, rigid sanitary measures are enforced by statutory law for tho protection of the eyes and tjio preserva tion of tho vision of students. Dr. H. Derby has established the fact that a course of study in such an institution as. Harvard Univorsity in this country, where the hygienic condi tions cannot be impugned results in tho development and increase of myapia. One writer on this subject indulges the very melancholy speculation that at tho present ratio of increase we will bo a nation of myapos within the next half century. But what is myapia and those other errors of refraction hypormotrapia and astigmatism that are so troublesome and annoying to students ? Ifc.
