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THE HESPERIAN STUDENT. 6 ) I SECTARIANISM IN THE UNIVERSITY The initaaaigraatial of 13m- UnhHushjr law Ik wmr!y dmo oa Ae cbrg' if MtflMUinatfflL PJWMUIH! aauoaf tfc who have awm Wfarvtj attadawl the Uai- Vtf JtV OU 1b fini' JUT- CWTeaC4dk'Cl1 ' f lb f7 J'h,i1 -joining bimM-M ' Zay " and writer i.' th . fc. undW ib 4gaalMe of mlir ' "Zuv'ia MjlTaiffling his- charge not only hide aim- If behind a '". fa phmm but t'm.Mnma.U:K. rather than joilhh ert. what Ik -tas 1o br mwptod tiulh. T: K to say the tenwt b w-rdh mode of attack 11 has a!' th damaging effort wa its otyeei, while it enables the writer to make unjust -srepeala'Aoas, and ksowa aaisKtuteHiistts w itbout po-ithr-Jy iacaintag the charge " deiStem falaelHwi. "Zay" is evidently one of those illiberal llbaralisls, or frte-thiakrs, who are lcxHiair entirely ion nuiaeroas for she weUare of the principles liny iroftts to advocate. We wish it distinctly under stood that, editorially the Stcdent. ia all moral aad religious questions, b liberal ia sentiment. We believe ia ftu thought. The authorities f the University have aev tx mSiaeaced, or tried to influence us ia that parJeular. But there is a kind of lib eralism, which w e thoroughly detest, aad which it maiding the progress. iiad aowpt anee of tie advanced thought of the age even more than tLe most rigid ortbo doxy. The -writer in question asks By what right, ia accordance "with what law, does, the Chancellor of tLe University re quire tie attendance of all the students at the ch.aje! .services everj inorning to Lear Mia rfcite a prayer and read a portion oi tLe BlbJe? Mosn the j-oatli of tais. frc Suilft, ia order to obtain the oalj- aidvaa--tagte posisttsfc. fw a higher dot-atioa. ie coiHjeU(jd,, txh day, to Hpu to ta mad in g of a panioa of fiartictttsr bouk. Mhicb lie CfuiaoeUor gravely calb 0d"i holy word, iiad wfaK-h a iBtTfm aad aj unl in funlieraa f lii wa ptcnliar vk--'v Is. there ao ?mpe from tie 'er recuiinc platitudes, of tiw suoraiag prayer IVliat would w yxwts Hrtei say, if the Qiasoellor -should lcoiae a follower oi MuHtT, asd insii3 14.10 tfjr idadaoe of student: while to rtmA, 'There baoGod bm oae Gd ad MjuiOMm b- hb jMTwifht" r " What a ,gaw ifHrit of toktatiio and liitstalboi b afifouviol in every clause of iae abtre qooUOioo ' By what :ihl do--5h dtaaorllor oompel atl'Mlanoe at cliap d II- coisipel no uot; xfaum hb eon-ticieiK-. ai-aiaM hb ooHvictioa of rigfci JI- iay jKKjiuinr it at a jjaawal iviolatkvi. .& mmmsof dbt-iptief.sad aa mom tdu catr. Ant x-u m liberal ihat you drm lie atiofcasiij o ao moral retAraiai It zaorab aie atttefeswr. iuU book of okoral ihall the Clwu!K-M.r read, tht- Koran, the Ytdarv Coai'wiu I'ha.. or iae Bible W.iad it eon be taoje libera to let him make his own eh ckx-. eafHv'mJh w ben it will agrtie witli the bo joe of aioeleeo4wen tirths of hb Ibuiie aad thw- iadimctly intere?iil - The ever warring pltititade uf the morning itrjyer"" Ho toieramt iiad oourtaoub . . u ar v. the ( Ihrbtiaai. who 2HMrl? aad firaily lielieres. that jiraver i necessary aad tikaion! T"hea Ortho doxy, as is fotaetiuMfe. ihe enm, donooaofes atilHtaralism at folly aad bUtrjL&inou?spc--uiatioa,you feel indignant aad iasulled. Wbm shall Orthodoxy say to yoer charge!' ""Which he interprets, aad explains in fur therance of his own peculiar views.' This b tal'4 . TJk ("hiuxviloJ, 5a 1b LoVe aot xptajd the Sit iintM;-? axKlinr to hb o-wa pwiali vU-wk o any ir pn m'K He aK-arlr jd Ik Whle a- atn iajf kisiswo in Jrth and mojals. ladI Um tnot-h cration ha b eriwd bj- all the Mwbtre ft law far-ally, in tab regatd, in ibeclaiM-ooTri All ijtififi-"n i K-r!na! f3nio in ixd ii ttiB) iB;xiltit qw-iJoBK-wbichhax !" H!)k5 ihK-lrinal j kw ha- bm -.a'fll) aTided. foi fw ihe V7aih ftH liiwal(Jthlal;ernifit bt ajN'Uttd Th ordiaain.nanviw aiiixled. illititral, aiaxn-nM- man b nt dtfiadtd in the Jeal It b y tir liberal waa " ho de lire, to prenc-rilte opiakn- and print-inks for other? ""kat would our pious ltegwab say, H the haactrllor should beowae a jollowwrof JIahomiit. r.r If thej- were ssensihle asea. thej- would owasly rticoaiaiead hits to tack up hb traak aad 4rt for the Orient by the axt s4oaaier. 1 it ikoseibk that ao disriiniiaaliott can ix? made Ih twt!en beliefc ietwtien Christiaaiiy aad liiteralbut. aad the wide doctjiacs or 11 oeatious religions i idokdors aad pagan frost Fetbhbw 10 Ionaoabm, without lacerating the ssitive feeliags of " Zay" or sne otJier lover of free thought We have a dwp admiration for the noble leader in the advanced thought of the aintJttseath ceaiun. We delight in the do-nnftdl of the cherbhtid su perditions of ages. Let the banner of the new ijout be irae triamphaatly onward while any uf the Mysteries of n attire and the treasures of knowledge remain andiscovt'jL But let truth, honesty, and real morality Ik the formula; by which all problems Lall i? solved. We believe that the leaders ol the New Philosophy are honest and really searching fc.r trulh. It b the throng of vaapiixs that shake their bat-like wiags under the liberal banner, that are darken ing it- lishJ. robbiag the cause of ib vital-ill-, and bringing it to shaaae. The average lllerali b the aK4 intoleraal inan ia the community. He sjf-sk in ungenerous con temp ( orthodoxy, a- if its- adherents were only a desjbtd few whose opinion are ut terly unworthy of aotice. We ftmz that - Zy" has beea unju to him-elf ia hb let'er. Surely he does not wish to be clas tl'&t.i - he ha- chtSIn(d himself. -GK" eUiia last the manageanent of the Univer4ty b sxTtarian lfau the fac ulty rejtnveat varion- orthodox deaomlna. tkn The Resent- may hare chsen the fa-ulty in tub manner to forestall all charge- of ecuuianiui. We do not, hfwerer, intend to defend such )olicy. It certain ly would be a naimw and unwotthj ao' live to enter into the con-ideratiou in the cnoice of joper men to conduct our high est insnitution o"f learning. The criterion should be. "Wh' b the best qualincdt If the choices, thus made bould prove to be ail Methodist.-, all Bapti-its. ot all Liber alitls. ery inUlligent and hm-i man would say amen Whatever jwilicy may have ieen adopted in the seletiion of the faculty, we ate satisfied that, ia the main, the choice- are good. The charge that sectarianism enters into the teachiag- of the Uaiversily. b utterly false. .peeh of our Iwthet wh. in advance, prize and in addition to the p(.r ..r a n walk theliwijf corridors with the ringing uncultured stjle, aad hackaeytylthxu,;, tread of confident victor. Though e of the cojnpetUors, we a coni . ! dwell la the eTeniag-land"' aad Hevner-' endure the complaints of the db;.r. ;al us i our guide r. yH aone the le.- 1 ed ons and their frl nd, thr-'UL ij? we weleMie the full ilasMag light to columas of their pf.ers Fh ftM-t the reults of the it otitevti la lu-i, is Speaking f the .M-r neuiim'. 4 that il h"" hee-n hat ins a pwr' "1 .rmi ith the jmmw little l''rrn'4) It down in Wes V. which mak think of a tilt between tht brdl3 ( the Walk and a UiUe flighty Uaatam admiie the pluck of the IJw'ltti, lV'iigu not the spirit with which it reci-- rit iebm. nor the stjle ia which tt reiaite. we aavtao aouu .Morgatowa is a ten- Mm, Kof which wf shall and make ihe liarkneir' narrower We t h aret l f-t ibe w iriged messeocerf which they d u- from the ry Pawn, where shines ftrt the comin? fleam of that liehi and atiiwr cherily. "All it "." to then kindh salutation "What of the night f Words of encourage meat, or wotds ol criticism. O brothers aad sbter we would faia receive gladly aad as gladly give, "itecottrageineat" J important phace la Wat Va.. iad wt and -critlcbm- for what me they but rememiw with vbil awe we vmI t cm loatt aad the saiao thiagiacentives to vp9a -Morgtown i-oys.-'wut it is sot the ( renew dfixertioa, to higher achievements ceatzeof the wxr!d nevertheless We land to grealer excellence, t thank he BmUrtin for its kindlv notice J From the Seminary of our Lady of Am- I of Ju, HngpKR, ad m? to make iu geb, by Niagara's "lhundrous sJioia, ' -hreez bracing as w ell as -cold " comesthenwlo iKim the bright oa-, Thetfrafisa weioome visitor ertry ward way. This aumter is a go'-d one aoa, Lv fuM of tbt -iater-CVOhriit , aad contains a variety of matter. Among Contest as usual. other "Practical Hlals" the editor dbens- j,. lnQ& aoticeable article ia the rt pes the question of reading and would ex- j w,ftv itffrttr (Iowa Cltv) b an abstract elude from his courc all fiction. To do , of xhe kiclure of cj Schurz on Edow thb would he no compelied to ex ) ,ioa He enquires, -Wliv do we find so elude much that purports to be histon- y 1 manv ftmjiiei& nhout homes. Jivinr ia holds and boarding houses V" And goes on to answer by saying it is because "onr girls have not been taught to organize "Fiction," he says, "will reveal to Us. augnt else than passion's workings. Is it not in tracing "passion's workings," in watching the unfolding of various na- ,j raanaea famiv home ,,,,..,. tures, in following the delineations of I n),,vinjr ,ha: aJ1 gjr3s aad .houid'l character as painted by the skillful pen of , ,aughl ,ute lhlngK 5s a! a Thacken-. a BronJe,a Dickens or a Geo. I have no, iacu,r. quired to keep Eitot, that we gain a knowledge of hu-! uou j min&:x a homeand should no man beings and their influences, that will miiAeUrAn ,.. , ,nnnl!(, ever enable us to understand history aright. And b not pntin the moving agent ia the world's life-hbton-1 Short lived as it is, ljt has exerted an influence upon the destiny of the nation- of the earth Tener than any other one thing be it ambition, avarice, anger or aught ebeyu may choose to mention. The Idci speaks of a new Hecreatioa Hall which their -eniors have. Billiard tables, ta bles for dominoes, checkers and chess, & lll-alley. and Various other sources of amusement are to be found in their ball Senator shmld be forced to become a car penter if he would make a better lawyer. The I'mirrn'v WVr'ii ha a criti cbm a VanderhotT's rendition of Mac beth which is ven readable. It also his a few pertinent words to say abui stu dent's article for their papers. We quote from the .ir'r',r. "If -ar could fully appreciate the fad of individ ual freedom, individual responsibility, in dividual sovereigatu if we could rid ourselves of the habit oj me-u "iig 'b Ar; hr ntltMitlvAC ntft srulldt tw Y,t, ! -rr). t IA hy cannot we progress a little here, if ". "i ,, 7 na-,A- r " -.. ... - understand that diflerances of orcviniwu we art 'out West 1 fVl IIrarinn i Li IIur-.I IJ.. T, . , , . j aad deveiopinc and working out an inrln "" 0 t MID "JMUIWD VI IMOi WHUglSiV . tka often merit a larre share of chiritv, CVtaieis, aad expresses hb satislaction at their results, ia an trticle which we wish we had space to reprint. The sabjt ct is oae which has been widely discussed ia the West where it ha, we fear, beea the cause of quite as much eril as good. In 'r Thoe the eastern tVilleges where men, when he; graduate, are expected to be cultiva ted thiaktrs and fluent speakers, we can conceive of the best results arising from such n competition !a more than one re spect. There each college has its eetab Ibbed reputation, its strong potat in a certain direction, and its bias towards particular views aad in such contests the He variety of lives, preclude the possibil ity of a rational sovereignty, outsiae -tf ourselves, our minds would be broadened, our live enriched, aad many of the hin drances to spiritual -row th removed Who Write Pros. for the It would be a great favor to editors aad primers, should those who w rite for the press observe the follow lag note- They are reasonable, aad correspondents wifl resard them as such: 1. Write with black ink, on white paper, wide ruled. 2 Make the pages small, one-fourth that of a fools cap sheet. 3. Leave the second age of each leaf blank. 4 Give to the writtea t-e an amnle martfia all nmmd. 5. pecuUartties of each are likely to be sc- Number the papers inihe otder of their knowledged without detriment to theoth- csion. Write ia a plain, bold hand, eis and without anv ill-feelin- But in 1 ' ",KT! ! "!-: 7' Ust ?- auiNi-iiainiii Hiiicn atv nut w amnnu iu For nrint. 6. Punctuate 'he mttnusennt as it CRJTIQL AND CRITICISMS. j 3Taf mmi, fgilm Mimtvtae titmrn JYalrc4,.n Though we ourselves are only among the younger brethren of the vast 1 fraternity, who are wandering through jthe wide Halls of Learning, we listen in tently to catch the echoes of the silver the western section it b different the pretseat such competitions will only awakea jealousy aad ill-will, siace in a new country every oae is la one sease aa i enemy. 1 hen too, we have no such men of culture and thought, a Col. Higgin should be printed. 9. For italics, under score one line, for small capitals, two; capitals, three. 10. Never interline with out the caret to show the place. 11. Take special pains with every letter in proper names. 12. Review everv word, to be son. Richard fiwmi Wiiit. Tr.i, w.;?, sure that none are wTonir. IS. Put direc rw5 TV..,,. .1.- t ..-1 '1 'ions to the printer at the head of the and manj others, to preside over and firet 14! Never write a private let- ijudge the contests. Every college is dis- ter to the editor on the printer's copy, but ! satisfied because it did not receive the always on a separate sheet. StlertuL "" '-- -
