The Hesperian.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA.
Vol. XXV.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, FEB. i, 1896.
No. 9.
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fair minded men admit are above bias and
partisanship. We would like to hear you
refute the arguments there adduced, Mr.
Ncbraskavs and not simply fill you columns
with bald assertions that Prof. Warner is a
verj' small man. We all know ho is a
small man, that is probably why he has a
head professorship in Stanford University.
About Fraternity Politics.
BOARD OF EDITORS.
O. K.ALLEN - - Editor-in-Chief
ASSOCIATES
H. E. NEWBRANCH, - - Editorial
P. H. THOMSON - - Literary
LULU W. BURROWS - - - Literary
CLINT M. BARR ... Athletic
J. W. SEARSON .... Local
C. E. MATSON .... Local
E. F. PIPER - - Local
JOE BOOMER - - - Alumni
L. J. ABBOTT, Jr.,
NED: C. ABBOTT f ' B Managers.
EDITORIAL.
We print in this issue an admirable paper
on the "New Woman" given by Miss Mary
Tremain before the Palladiau Girls' Debat
ing Olub, Friday evening, Jannary 10. It
gives new light on the vexed question, and
should be read by all who wish to keep up
with the times.
Peof. Waenee's article in the last Hes
pbkiak mnst have struck our esteemed con
temporary in a tender spot, for there was a
load and continued squeal in their last issue.
The fact of the matter is they do Tiot like to
hear such things coming from men with
national reputations as thinkers and whom all
Lest there be some students in school so
unacquainted with the true status of Univer
sity politics as to be deceived by the recent
bellows of the ' purity compromisers,'1 The
Hesperian takes this occasion to tell a few
truths in this connection.
First, as is already well known, the dif
ferent fraternities have all been members of
a common "tie up" in recent years, whereb'
all the elective offices in the University were
to be distributed among the various fraterni
ties, and rotate from year to year. This lit
tle game has worked nicely in years past
nicely, that is, for the fraternities. Of
course it has resulted in the election of some
officers not exactly fitted or desirable but
that's another story. The main point is that
the frats got the offices, and did what they
pleased with them. It was the spoils system
in practical operation.
Second, as is also well known, last year
some pledges were broken and some con
tracts unfulfilled. This is a very common
occurrence in practical politics. This is the
way a leading "Beta" told it, "We Jire go
into no more such contracts and we (the
Betas) want the credit for the defeat of the
hog combine."
Third, as everybody knows, when the frat
big guns sawheir slate broken and their
wronged fellow combiners in open rebellion
when they saw all hope of victory vanished,
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