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About The Hesperian / (Lincoln, Neb.) 1885-1899 | View Entire Issue (March 23, 1895)
aJtrnttrntatlKtmi THE HESPERIAN THE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION. OUR EYES, I mi nmummJmmtm Tho Athlotic Association mot Thursday at one o'clock for the purpose of considering tho aboption of tho proposed constitution. About thirty niombors of tho association wore present, and tho constitution was adopt od as proposed, oxcopt that several import ant amendments were made. Tho advisory board is to bo olocted by tho association in stead of by tho directors and tho board can annul tho action of tho directors by a throe fourths, instead of a seven-eights vote of its members. As tho advisory board consists of throe members of tho faculty, throe alumni and two students, this clause places tho bal ance of power in regard to athlotic matters in tho hands of tho faculty and alumni, which is just what is wanted to figure out a large 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 Hold sports shall also be manager of tho track athletic team. Cameron, Fred Barnes, Hay ward and R. E. Johnson wore appointed a committee to , make arrangements for the proposed inter state meet between tho track and baso-ball teams 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 made a report of the af- ' fairs of tho Western lntor-stato Foot-ball Association which was accepted. Tho board of directors were given charge of selecting tho trophy. Committees were appointed to investigate tho indebtedness of tho association to Mr. Crawford, and . to make 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 the students of tho educational institutions in Lincoln have over thought of tho imporanco of tho care of thoir oyos. With a fixed determination to finish his education within an allotted time the over-anxious student pores over his studies hour aftor hour, and day after day. But tho oyes, like any other member of the body, tiro and grow weary with overwork. Nature may offer a vigorous protest 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 expense of our oyes is doarly bought. Within the last year, I met a young man who was a graduate of one of our eastern educational institutions who, in order to road, was compelled to hold the book or paper so near his eyes 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 flous. But all oyos are not perfect; in fact, thoro are but few that are not defective. Many defects are latent and would remain dormant through life if we never learned to read. Savages and that 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 University in this country, whoro the hygienic condi tions cannot bo impugned results in the development and increase of myapia. One writer on this subject indulges the very melancholy speculation that at the present ratio of increase wo will be a nation of myapes within the next half century. But what is myapia and those other errors of refraction hypormetrapia and astigmatism that are so troublesome and annoying to students ?