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F M THE NEBRASKAN-HESPERIAN. i. V'-t I has been spent for self, how much for school, how much In helping others? Is It your primary nlm to follow In ft particular rut, or do you want to he come acquainted with each side of col lege life and then depend upon your own good judgment to sort the good from the had, and In this way reach ft hotter and purer development than could possibly be obtained otherwise? As we suggested before, would it not be a good thing to look into our condi tion and find out where we stand? THE NEBRASKAH-HESPER1AN I Hhisic and HMcturc Department IK if ? A'WEEKLY NEWSPAPER Published at SJ5 North Elovcntli Strci-t. Issued Evory Tuesdny Noon by UioUulvnr Uj.FubllsliInc Company. Entered as Second-Chus Mail Matter. M.-I. Stkwart, II. M. Garrett,! .efc4dcwe S.- m Managers. FN R, i m iu! -wi ;i IS ' Jfc ri P ? Bfl I' tv u H- I u, II I H.1 'I 1 :i u p ii if."" f ' Iloaril of Editors. Managing Editor A. H. Maxwki,i. City Editor F. A. CUSOadbn ASSISTANT CITV EDITORS. Onna L. Hull. K. H. Wessel HEI'OHTEHS. Maude Hazlctt II. d. Roberts I. P. Hewitt B. A. Huston Frank Manchester II. D. Andreson J. S. Kills F. W. Hewitt W. H. King G.Jay The Ncbraskan-Hesperlan will be sent to any address upon receipt of the subscription price, which is one dollar a year. Contributions are solicited from all. News items such as locals, personals, reports of meetings, etc., are especially desired. Tho Ncbraskan-Hesperlan will be glad to print any contribution relative to a general university subject, but the name must accompany all such. Address all communications to the University Publishing Co., Box 219. Lincoln, Nebraska. Telephone 470. Through an oversight the editors of the Nebraskan-Hesperian have allowed all of the issue of October 3 to be ex hausted. Several numbers of this issue are now in demand and if there are any persons in the universitj who have kept back copies of the paper who are willing to dispose of the same they will confer a great favor upon the manage ment by leaving them at the office of the paper. Students in the scientific department have been heard to wish that a bulletin board be provided in Nebraska hall. They state that they do not pass through the main building at frequent intervals, and that when they do it is between classes, when the halls are crowded and there is bo chrmce to see the notices which have been posted. It would undoubtedly be a most benefi cent move if something could be pro vided not only for the students in this department, but also for each In the university. A much more satisfactory means of distributing news would be the result of the move. The action of the athletic board last week in fixing a standard of require ments for candidates for captain of the foot ball team seems to be meeting with the hearty approval of the student body. Such a ruling has made itself manifestly necessary for some years, but for some reason no board hereto fore has seen fit to take the required action. Now that the step has been taken, we trust that no support will be withhold "by any portion of the student body, hut that all combine for the sake ' of a higher athletic standing of the institution. Few students realize that with the end of this -week one-third of the col lege year is gone. It should he a fit ting time for each one to Invoice his condition and determine whether he is accomplishing all that Is to be expected of him by his parents and professors. How much of the first third has "been wasted that could have "been turned to good account; now much of it would it be nest to live over, that it might he improved upon; now much of it has been sufficiently well employed so that the iest possible results may l)e shown? These things would make an interest ing table for an observer, were it pos sible to collect them. How much time In this issue of the Nebraskan-Hes perian is found a statement by the athletic board of the university, in which certain things which are not generally known are set forth for the consideration of the student body and for the public in general. "We trust that the silence of the board hereto fore will bo explained herein, and that the unnecessary comment that has been heard for some time will he si lenced. Each student may see for him self the realm of the board and fur ther understand that it has no reason whatever to resort to personal motives. A point such as it Is desirous of reach ing would be a blessing for athlctlca here and an example for all other in stitutions of the west. A story is going the rounds among the college papers of the country to the effect that a freshman from St. Louis was killed at Cornell some time ago during the' progress of a fraternity initiation, and that the gentlemen who were responsible for the accident trav eled to St I.ouis with the body when it was sent there for burial, in order to show their repentance. Some time ago the Nebraskan-Hesperian published an account of this unfortunate accident in a letter from Cornell. It was stated in this that the members of the frater nity were in no way responsible for the death, and to clear themselves of the accusation had asked that a committee be appointed from the faculty to in vestigate the affair thoroughly. There seems to be little reason to think that the fraternity is to blame in the mat ter. On the other hand, it is evidently a means of reviving one of the old dissentions in college life which is rap Idly dying out The second edition of "Corn Tas sels," the popular book of poems by William Reed Dunroy, Is now on the market The success of the edition is already assured. In this volume Mr. Dunroy has exemplified more clearly than ever his ability to write verse that appeals to the popular chord and at the same time save the true art of poetry. As was his wont in the former volume to describe Nebraska as It is, and to tell of the conditions of the state, bo it is in the second. The pure and perfect rhythm, while of the same general trend as in the former case, is better In a majcrity of cases, where new themes have been taken up, the general result is better and much more pleasing. Many new poems have been added and the poorer ones of the for mer volume weeded out This raiseB the standard of the hook noticably. The variety of themes is greater than before, all sides heing touched, and in the main the same tact 1b found In dealing with all. The secoud edition will not last for a great length of time if the present indications are a cri terion to the popularity that the book Is to experience. It now seems probable that the time honored yell of Harvard university will soon he a thing of the past The awe that smaller and newer institutions have for the dignified "rahs" of the an cient university will soon give way, in all probahillty, to admiration for some thing new, impulsive and up-to-date. The slowness of the yell haB finally im pressed a large number of "old grads" Muller Piano Company's Stock m. w Sale Commences of Music and Musical Instruments, at prices ranging from onethird to onehalf off regular price ',,',w,',k, Monday, Dec. 4 i with the fact that they will have to wake up if they expect to keep pace with the times. The trouble apparently came to a climax at the Harvard-Yale earn" this fall, when the former allow ed a universally conceded victory to slip out of her grasp and had to con tent herself with a tie game. It is stated that Yale supporters were greatly outnumbered, and that they could not make as much noise as -their opponents, but the effect of their snapp', inspiring yell had a great deal to do with the wonderful rallies that she made and with the ultimate out come of the game. Harvard papers have called for an expression of senti ment in regard to the abolition of the yell. If it is finally decided that a change is necessary the appearance of a new means of arousing enthusiasm will be watched with a great deal of In terest, not only by the graduates of Harvard, hut by the entire college world. tution, no master what our private opinions are, and it is safe to say tbat in one year we would have such a change in the state of affairs as h '"? never been experienced here before A short time still remains for Mi dents" to correct their addresses In tv hand book about to be published ' y the Y. M. C. A. It Is desired tl. .t everything which goes into thi i 1 ume shall he absolutely correct T ' only manner In which this may ' - I don is to have each student rep'"t I exactly his address, class and cour j As the book is to be out in about ' weeks, only a very short time rema" to make corrections. We regret very much tnai any stu dent of the university should resort to the columns of a city paper for a means to delinlate the wrongs of the institution. The communication which appeared a few mornings ago could in no means help the athletic standing of Nebraska, but at the game time it undoubtedly did a considerable amount of injury. Inasmuch as the writer con fessed himself Ignorant of tho situa tion to a considerable extent it ap pears all the more unreasonable that he should speak out in this manner. There were many other ways Jn which he could hare shown hiB loyalty to Ne braska, which would have heon much more satisfactory, both o himself and to the hoard of control. Instead of finding fault with one another, Jet us come together as Btudeats and work I "harmoniously for the good of the instl- COMMUNICATIONS. Editors of Nebraskan-Hesperia i Singing may be a strong force. O; philosopher says that songs will r " a people where laws fail. Old peoi ' like best to listen to the Eongs wh they heard, or perhaps sung, wL- they were young. It is, therefore, . ceedingly desirable that a body of f" dents as that of the university shou: ' become accustomed to sing or listen ' good songs. In chapel hymns are sung and tb- are very' useful for their purpose. B' outside of chapel Btudents very oft'") like to sing, just sing, not worship ani slog at the same time, and here tl) hymns will not do. The chorus classes do fair work, b I none of the members ever think 'r singing a line of an oratorio or a cari tata after the commencement con out- And so studentB have to be satisfi'd with listening to what they cannot ap preciate, and they turn away to the brass hand (which used to sound like a bass drum solo -with cornet accom paniment) or scare up some one to Play "Eli Greon's Cakewalk." They '