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mm.Trr72 THE HESPERIAN THE HESPERIAN Issued Weekly hy The Hesperian Association of the University ok Nebraska. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One Copy, per Collcgo Year, in advance $1 00 One Copy, 0110 Semester CO Advertising Rates on Application. Alumni and Ex-Studonts. Special endeavor will bo made to makoTnE Hespbiuan Interesting to former students. Please sepd us your subscriptions. Contributions thankfully received. Subscriptions on our books will bo continued until ordered stopped. Address all communications to The Hesperian, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Ne braska. Entered In the Post Office at Lincoln as Second Class Matter. BOARD OF EDITORS: . t. E. Kdgerton Managing Editor J. J. Plowiiead Assistant t t, ASSOCIATES: Y,jt . , It. C. Roper Editorial F. G. Hawxby News Bertha Johnston News Frank Miller News G. W. Klino s Literary W. H. O'Connel Debates Sam B. Sloan Fraternities Leo Berry Athletics If the one mill levy becomes a law, the University of Ne braska will be able to stand independently at all times. And it is going to pass. t and ho got it. Ho has made himself a man whom all deligh to honor. The more wo look at life, its sucosses and failures- JN& the moro wo are convincod that determination is more than genius, it is tno oia story or tno naro ana mo turtle, me genius expects to win by brilliant spurts along the road, while his slower companion plods along with steady purpose. America's future lies in the hands of these men of ambition. The American college aims to train such men for the contest. The American college has no need for men who want a degree without working for it. A Big Book About Band Instruments. If you are interested in a band instrument of any kind, or would like to join a band or drum corps, you can obtain full information upon the subject from the big book of 144: pages that Lyon & Hoaly, Chicago, send free upon application. It contains upwards of 1,000 illustrations, and gives tho lowest prices ever quoted upon band instruments. The Hesperian is glad to notice the remarkable growth of the Y. M. C. A. this year. When the boys get their now room fixed up right, they will have a homo for their organiza tion of which they can feel proud. Secretary Moore and President Boose have been untiring in their efforts for the success of the Y. M. C. A. Tho Hesperian in its last issue submitted, on behalf of the parties interested, a fair proposition to tho Nobraskan to place tho matter of dispute, which has arisen over tho genuineness of a certain notorious letter, into the hands of an unprejudiced judge and abide the decision. The Hesperian did this with the full expectation that the Nobraskan editors would bo will ing and anxious to know the truth and have their readers know it also. No results have followed. The Nebraskan of this week is conspicuously silent. We do not know what it all means, wo can interpret its actions. We can only suspect the truth. Can it bo that the Nobraskan feels so sheepish that it dares not brave tho right? Can it bo that the editors are con scious of their, but like small boys who have been caught at their capers, they hang their heads and say nothing ? In another column you may see a notice of tho excellent thesis written by P. A. Rydburg, a former graduate of this University. Mr. Rydburg's success is an example of what pluck and determination can do. Ho came to America from Sweden and wont to work in the lumber regions of Michigan. Ho met with an accident there that nearly cost him his life and made him a cripple. Thus ho found himself alone in a foreign land and a cripple. But such a condition did not discourage him. He went after an education in an American University Scott Garoute will not continue his university work the coming semester, as he has secured a lucrative position in Kansas City in his brother's office. He will leave for Kansas City tho coming Monday. M. E. Jewett, of Keokuk, Iowa, who travels for a largo carpet house, spent Sunday in Lincoln visiting with the Kappa Sigma boys. Mr. Jewett is an alumnus of the fraternity, being a member of tho chapter at tho University of Illinois. Dr. Bessey offers a new lecture course this yoar called Botany 26 which includes two topics: 1. Present day Botany and Botanists. 2. The teaching of Botany. This course is open to those who have had a half year or more of University Botany. Tho Students' Supply Store has opened up in fine shape in more convenient quarters in the brick block south of the Con servatory. A largo sign has been placed in front of tho build ing, and a small sign just outside the sidewalk. The show windows make a fine appearance from tho street. Tho store occupies the two front rooms of tho block. Tho Hesperian has its desk in tho outer room and tho Junior Annual board have a desk in the room used for typewriting and mimeographing. Miss Daisy Bonnell has been appointed tutor for Prep. Botany in tho University. Tho class was started on Wednes day and it is a large one. Mr. Sheldon's class at tho Pre paratory school is crowded, also. Dr. Bessey attributes this lack of preparation to a great extent to tho failure of tho free high school law. Students prefer to come to Lincoln and enter tho University and take thia deficient work in the Pre paratory school rather than enter some high school and pay tuition there. One of tho finest papers over publiohed by an alumnus of tho University has recently reached tho Botany department. It is the ''Monograph of Potontilloao" by per Axol Rydburg. Mr. Rydburg graduated in '91 but remained and took his master's degree. He then went to Columbia University and was graduated his doctor's degree about a yoar ago. This monograph on strawberries and their relations was his thesis and is considered by experts to bo a classic in its lino. The book is a very largo one and contains one hundred and twlevo plates. The thesis was published by Columbia as one of its memories. M-
