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g"jjt"giiiumi THE HESPERIAN THE HESPERIAN Issued Weekly hy The Hesperian Association of the University of Nebraska. Missouri and from Ohio to Colorado. It will be the great T3Wi vorsity event of this year, and to make it a success in every respect we must win for our University the honor of representing Ne braska in this contest. For two years past we have had this TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: hn0r' W haV0 n0t' !t iS trUG reaChd QS hl6h ft rank 10 tllG nnn Pmw nor Cniino Year, in sidvanco $100 inter-state as we micrht wish, but heretofore we havo been w.. r.M x- o- nn u Uno uopy, one semester Advertising Rates on Application. Alumni and Ex-Students. Special endeavor will bo raado to make TnE HKSPEniAN Interesting to formor students. Pleaso send us your subscriptions. Contributions thankfully received. Subscriptions on our books will bo continued until ordered Btoppcd. Address all communications to Tins Hkspkiuan, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Ne- Entered In ttao Post Offlco nt Lincoln as Second Class Matter. 4 -i BOARD OF EDITORS: . F. E. Edgerton Managing Editor J. J. Plowhead Assistant ASSOCIATES: . , 11. C. Roper Editorial F. G. Hawxby News Bertha Johnston News Frank Miller . . .News G.W.Kline ' Literary W. H. O'Connel . ..Debates Sam B.Sloan Fraternities Leo Berry Athletics INTER-STATE ORATORICAL ASSOCIATION. Contest of 1899 nt Lincoln, Nebr., May 4. Fred B. Hill, president. ..Carleton College, Northfield, Minn. J. A. Maguire, vico-pres U. of N. Lincoln Neb. H. M. Savage, sec-treas. .College of Emporia, Emporia, Kan. state secretaries. Gr. A. Benedict Nebraska U. of N. W. D. Schemerhorn v Salina, Kan. H. E. Kobertson Northfield, Minn. J. L. Hopwood Marietta, O. J. E. Thomas Greencastle, Ind. Robt.. A. Wood Rutland, 111. S. R. Williams Appleton, Wis A. Dakan Boulder, Col. R. M. Corbitt Hopkinton, la. competiting docidoly against odds. The University has not in the former years shown the interest which oratory rightly deserves; the University has not been as ambitious along these lines as it should, but this year there is a genuinely interest taken, not only by the contestants but aho by their friends and students in general. Now that there is considerable enthus iasm and spirit shown, let it be the duty of every student to help add to the total amount and make the contest a financial success. The financial risk incurred by bringing the inter state hero this year is very considerable, and the state execu tive officers are exerting every effort possible to meet the demands. The association is required to put up a bond to the amount of $500 to guarantee expenses, and in order to keep the association from losing this amount, or a part of it, we mus. bring every raeanb to bear to insure a large audience. The greater part of this responsibility rests with our repre sentative in the state contest. If wo lose this contest it will be many times more difficult to got a crowded house. This year, above all years, college spirit and enthusiasm should bo aroused in oratory. Let us begin by blowing our horns next Friday night at the local contest. vl J M- bt rf V The near approach of the final preliminaries suggests to several of the debating contestants a matter which has caused considerable embarassmont in the contests the past two years. In the midst of the final contest last March, the electric lights wont out while one of the strongest debaters was on the floor. There was no janitor present to provide for the adjustment of the gas jets. One of the students attempted to manipulate tie h gas fixtures, and after a painful interval of nearly five minutes he succeeded. The man who was speaking lost the attention of his audience and the judges, for every one was laughing at the fumbling movements of the student experimenting with the r V TnE resignation of Miss Cora Parker as director of the Hay don Art club, to take effect at the end of this year, is received with rpirmt in TTnivormtv circles. Miss Parker has been con- nected with the Art department of the University for several lonK 8taf! used t0 turn ou tho Sn8' years and in her efficient work and instruction has shown her All this was very entertaining for tho audience, but tho ability not only in her chosen art but in tho art of winning speaker was obliged to sit down until the laughter ceased. Ho . . .1 . t L. Cl. ll i. 111. many friends. never got into the spirit of his argument after that, and lost a place on tho list. Tho University was tho loner, as every ono conceded who know the circumstances. This year the secretary of the debating association was as sured at the executive office that the lights would bo provided One week from tonight, March 10th, an event will take place in the chapel that deserves not only the interest of stu. HorifR find fficiiltv. but also their attendance and loval sunnort. The local oratorical contest, which this year includes thirteen a8 lat0 a8 necessary for the preliminaries. On the evening of ; representative students, will determine who shall represent the last contest in tho chapel a similar incident occurred; the ; the University of Nebraska in our State inter-collegiate ora- ightfl w0llt out? a flPoakor was loft in tho dark? no JViitor- f torical contest to bo held at Omaha. Next May the inter- Poared for 80Voral minutes; and tho attention, which an able state oratorical contest will be hold in tho Oliver theater, BPoakor deserves, was lost. where the same contest was hold ton years ago. This contest These remarks are not raado in tho spirit of a chronic pes- lj will have representatives from ten states, from Minnesota to simist, but with a viow of preventing further embarassmont. 'r