"STeq
mmm
Jp
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA.
Vol. XXVI
LIN- OLN, NKBRAvSKA, OCTOBER 1. 1896.
No
' rlI2
The Hesperian
Iimied Weekly by the Hbbvirun Absolution of tho Uulvorblty
of Nebraska.
T8JIi OF 8VJ180R1WON
One oopy, pet oollege yew jin advanoej
one oopy, one emeiter
AOVBRTIBINO iUTM Oil APPLICATION
11.00
.60
ALUMMI AMU BX-STUBKHM.
dpoclal endeavor will be made to make Thb Hcipbrian inter
OBtlng to former students. Please send uh your subscriptions.
tiPgubBCrlptloiiB ou our books will bo continued until or
dered Htopped.
Address nil communications to Tub Ukbi'khian, University
of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska
BOARD OF EDITORS.
JONAS II. LBIN EtWOI IN-CHIEF
ASSOCIATES
8. J. COREY EtftfORIAL
J A SARGENT LiTJbUAKk
MABEL DKML'STER Local
An A GRAHAM Local
E A MOORE .... Local
ANNA BURROWS - - Alumni
O. T, REEDY - Athletic
W. G. KINTON Exchange
JOSEPH F. BOO VI ER Business Manager
sgsgS3sagsgBS8gsKS,,j,,ii jimg pu ,L,fj ,, J i1,,,,.,.1, j. mi1..1....,., i,.,1,.1..
The students' mass meeting in the
ohapet Monday morning has demon
strated that the University of Nebraska,
aloug with other progressive educational
institutions has come to the conclusion
that athletics are about as indispensable
a part o: college life as any portion of
the curriculum. With the progressive
western spirit so evidenthere it is pecul
iar that so little support has been given
to athletics heretofore. We have had
foot ball teams 1 hat any institution might
Im proud of. Well we have been proud
of thorn too, but wo have not made that
pride very evident except after some
groat victory. Participants in our field
s,ort4 need and deserve our hearty sup
port at all times. Defeat should only in
crease our interest and support, for it is
then that a team need encouragement if
ever. Let us get out and watch the boys
practice and let them know that we are
really interested in them. Mr. Robinson
is a coach that we may well be proud of.
He is made of the right kind of stuff, and
the outlook for good field training is bet
ter than ever before. Lnt us keep up
the feeling so well started, and we will
not only make better records on the ath-!
letic field, but the enthusiasm and hearty
college spirit will make us better men
and women both in the class-room and
in the world.
The greatest motive power in all edu
cation, is true originality. The lack of
this originality is perhaps the most no
ticable defect among college students of
to-day. The great trouble is that stu
dents have been taught to study rather
than to think to learn rather than orig
inate. There are comparatively few
college men who are able to express any
definite opinions of their own at the com
pletion of their course True, their
minds have been trained to grasp ideas
but these have originated in other men.
The college man is apt to borrow his
ideas instoad of creatiug them. Oftiroes
we have an uncultured man of the busi
ness world, expressing himself in a much
more lucid maimer than the man with a
college training We do not have enough
of the practical training in our colleges
today. The control of one's mental and
even physical mechanism of speech is
largely attained by practice, This prae-
m - -, w mtmtk i i nil iBiinmiiittHM ii in lr inm riMi run i , m. rviintm i T i f i
, .MMMMM,MMgiiMMBjBMMiBBjMMMMMMMMllWMBMM