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THE HESPERIAN
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A Word from the Chancellor.
At the request of Thk Hksi'kkian, it gives
me pleasure to say a word of greeting to the
students of the University of Ncbrrska. It
may be considered as a happy omen that
the third opportunity given me for public
utterance in Nebraska is a chance to speak
to the students. In accordance with the
time honored custom of the University my
fujl message must be reserved for the ma
triculation address on the opening day of
the University year.
It may be of interest to the students now
to hear some of the points made in my re
marks to my "fellow-craftsmen," the teach
ers, in attendance at the University Summer
School. Emphasis was laid upon the unity
of the public school system of the state as
including the primary and secondary schools
together with the University. Chancellor
Canfield's admirable way of putting the mat
ter, when he said the University was the
thirteenth, fourteenth, fifteenth and six
teenth grades of the public school system,
was commended. The further development
of the unity by means of continuing and
making pormanent the holding of a teacher's
institute as a University Summer School was
urged. The University should afford the
fullest possible opportunities to the teachers
of the state. Thus it may best enrich the
school.
The key note that sounded and that will
be reiterated was "the best before the big
gest, the best not necessarily the biggest,
the best and, if possible, the biggest."
The Shibboleth of the west, in earlier days,
was, from the very force of environment,
"big," but now it is becoming "big and
best," whether it be in breeds of animals or
varieties of grain. The world owes to the
west the "A No. 1 hard wheat." May it
