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About The Hesperian / (Lincoln, Neb.) 1885-1899 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 19, 1897)
Itimlloi lxiiM-att.l. The exoneration of George Kindler from the cliavge of professionalism" by the Ath letie Hoard at its meeting last Saturday morn- ing, is a matter of pleasure to the lovers of University athletics. met fairly and fully and easily proven to be without foundation. There was no ground for belief in their truth left, when Kindler had had his day in court.' We are pleased at this fact. Mr. Kindler is a strong man in many ways; we need him on our baseball team next spring as well as in the football practice this fall and now that he is entirety cleared of the 'cloudy rumors' set afloat he is certain to take his old place bringing his usual energy and accuracy with him. It is a deplorable fact that there was betting on the Kansas-Nebraska game. It indicates a sure decline in college sports. Its effect is demoralizing and tends to bring our contests into disrepute. The temptation to bet on the recent game was strong, but that fact is hardly an excuse. To be bantered by a gang of fellows' with more money than sense isn't enjoyable, but to put ones self on their level by wagering with them isn't commendable. The efl'ect of this betting is already seen. Little would have been said about a 'protest' by Kansas, no game.' elc had it not been for the heavy bets at big odds made by the 'fellows' accompanying the Jay-Hawk aggre gation. Their money was hung up, they wanted to save it, they were sore, they came here with bulging purses and 'vain boastings,' the hotel clerks had their money and they wanted it back. And so the beefing' and squabbling occurred. It is no matter of credit to college men that their athletes cannot meet without the fact of betting entering in and interfering with their contest. We say again 'There had been no protest, had there been no betting.' Are you pleased at the truth? 11 i ei'-Hl ill Ielsi i n. The objects of these debates are to develop debaters in our own institution, to come into relations of amity with like character to ours, THE : The charges made ver other institutions of to create a 'University HESPERIAN spirit,' and to bring our University into prom inence as an educational center of merit and influence. First of all these debates tend to create a healthy rivalry among individuals and (.ibs, inspiring men to rank among their fellows. They tend to get men to do something, to find if they do con tain any powers upon which they may rely in the work of the world. Then they bring us in touch with our neighbors. "No man lives unto himself alone'' no more does a Univer sity. We need new ideas, new methods, new manners of thought and new influences in our University organism. These we obtain by contact, association and communication with our neighboring educational enters. Further, when our representatives are chosen and the contest is on, we have a center' of University life. Here gather our hopes and our enthusiasm, and here is the source of inspiration and energy. The issue is a rallying point, the outcome is a conjec ture, a vague hope, a nameless fear. We await the result, we talk of the outcome, we guess and calculate. These facta at onee evidence an interest and beget a tendency to coherence and unanimity. College spirit is the chemical resultant of individual enthusi asm on a given subject. Debating arouses these enthusiasms. Lastly, we are known by our product. '15y their fruits v shall know them.' The men who represent us are supjiosed to be our strongest, and as they impress our neighbors, just so is the University of Nebraska known among college people. If our representatives display logic, depth of reasoning, power of arguing and ability of presenting argument gracefully, then wc are favorably known; if our logic is 'choppy,' our reasoning shallow, our arguments incoherent, and our delivery 'farmery' then we must be reputed unfavor ably. The large number of entries for the prelim inaries indicates that we have the proper sort of material in the University. 'Flu? CvriMii GSiliyk'. The championship of the West is decided. Nebraska has proven Victor, she wears the She is "The champion strive for honors and her claim to the title of laurels of the gridiron. beyond compare" The