THE HESPEKIAN
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WnAT are wo going to do about the elec
tion of officers for the Debating Association
this spring? A full sot of officers are to be
elected, who will prosido over the Kansas
Nebraska debate to bo hold in Lincoln next
year. It is highly important that capable
officers bo elected; officers, moreover, who
are representative students of the University
and have good, clean records, push, enter
prise, and the respect of their fellow-students.
Who will be the candidate?
The University bill, appropriating $73,000
for the completion of tho library and $7,000
for repairs, passed tho House Thursday. It
seems almost too good to bo true. All our
fears have been for naught, all our hopes
seem about to bo fulfilled. This will.givo a
now impulse to both studonts and faculty.
With tho old crowded quarters, almost a
thing of tho past already, life will seem
more worth living, and wo will return next
fall wiih greater onorgy and larger hopes.
Hurrah for tho now library !
Tiianks to the energy of a few interested
parties, our base-ball team will not have to
go penniless this yoar. At present writing,
eighty-five dollars has been subscribed by
the. students. Can't this be raised to a
"century"? It seems as if it should, and
wo know that it can be done if the students
will only co-operate with tho supporters of
tho team.
Tho object is a worthy one, aud we should
bo proud of such a team as will bo put on
tho field. Other colleges support their base
ball almost as well as they do foot-ball, and
wo should see to it that we are not far bo
hind in that respect. Our athletic reputation
must be sustained along all linos.
The economical policy of the faculty in
regard to vacations does not moot with ap
proval among the largest crowd of tho most
overworked students in tho country. There
is a very general fooling that a week, at
least, of vacation is ncedod at this season of
tho year more than at any other time. The
two days given are so located in respect to
the week that they are almoBt as bad as no
vacation at all, if not worse than none.
Everyone is complaining of being worn out
by overwork. Wo nood a breathing spell
right now to strengthen us up for tho hardest
part of tho year. There is no reason at all
why wo should not have at least a week of
spring vacation as in tho days of old. There
is such a thing as false economy, and a two
days vacation is an example of it.
A BiiOHT time ago, tho girls of tho Uni
versity were surprised to see upon tho bulle
tin board in their dressing room a notice
from tho Chancellor, announcing a most
daring piece of robbery which had taken
place there, and asking for the co-operation
of all girls in findidg out tho guilty person.
A some time alumnus, reading tho notice,
said: " Oh, that sort of thing has boon go
ing on over since I was a first prop." And
there are very few girls in the University
to-day who have never had anything stolon.
Voils, rubbers and gloves are the favorito
articles after pocket-books Mid thoir conotnts.
Tho latter are not safe so long as they con
tain a single quarter, and it is only a fow
days since that a girl had both her pockot
book and her lunch stolon.
It is time that this disgraceful state of af
fairs bo ended. All false ideas of honor
and of the disgrace of talo bearing should bo
laid aside for the time and every girl put
upon her honor to toll all she knows or may
find out. A general detective association
should bo formed among the girls, for the
express purpose of finding out and rooting
out this nuisance. And when it is found
out, let the guilty persons bo publicly exposed
and disgraced.
Such measures would, no doubt, soem
very severe but it is a case where only heroic
moasuros can be successful and should there
fore bo adopted.