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501 KDITOnTAIA. VOL. Vlt, f 1 J done every tiling in their power for in lienehment, and ut the same time to man lain tlio pnper in its present size; still, something further must ho ventured to lift mi indebtedness that remains, swollow ing month by month the biirplus funds of the Association. How this shall he accomplished re mains unsolved. The lectures that have fiequently been give in behalf of the As sociation, have been, either because of the lime in which they were delivered, or be because of mismanagement, very unfor tunate. Festivals, and theatrical entertain ments arc themselves troublesome and ex pensive to an extreme A contest seems to ')o the only agent that can arouse the am bition of the students; and yet so busy ire students with their work that it is al most impossible to arouse them to a sense of tl'ity that all owe to a college paper. . Mnt something must be done, something will be done; and we give warning to the friends and readers of the Studknt, in Lincoln, to look out erelong for one of the grandest treats of the season. The Board are at last determined and decided. And though our term of oflice is about to expire, we will not take with us this spirit of determination but will place it on file for the Board, that is to be ushered in the first of January. "We think we see them now far, far away. They are stu dents of energy and ability, they mean business, they have lire in their eyes, and "they strike straight from the shoulder." Every day brings us nearer together. We wait impatiently. SUNDKY 1TKMS. The following rules to be observed in preparing mnnusciipt for publication, are so important that we could not for bear inserting them in the columns of the Student. When followed, they save many a marred sentence, a disproportion atoly long paragraph, or a typographical en or. 1, Leave one page of each leaf blank. 2, Arrange your copy In paragraphs as you wish it to appear in print. 8, Begin the first line of each paragraph further in from the margin of the sheet than in the case of other lines. 1, If you wisli a woid or line to appear in italics, draw one line under it; if in small capitals, draw two Hues below. 5, To dividu a paragraph, mark a large J, with the point turned backward, where you wisli the division made. 0, Carefully review your copy, and sec that it is punctuated rightly; have all the words correctly spelled, the i's all dotted and the t's crossed. 7, Use no abbreviations that are not to appear in print. 8, Write legibly and neatly. To these we may add that when un sized paper is used, care should be taken that the handwriting be not too line, nor the lines too clone together. COLLEGE POLITICS. If independence of character is sonic tiling to be admired, it ou'jht to exhibit itself on those occasions that put it to the test. Such instances are not oi infrequent occurrence in college life. An election comes up; in a literary society it may he, though not necessarily. Opposing fac tions appear, and everyone is solicited by the partisans to vote for this candidate or that measure. A student, after little or no considera tion, plcdge-x his vote to one of them. A partisan of the opposing fraction then ap. pears, and presents his statement of the case. Very likeh the person now wishes lie were not bound by his promise, so that he could vote the other way. Now a pledge of this kind should be given, if at all, only after due confident lion of both sides of a question. Other wise, one exposes himself to the tempta tion of breaking his promise, and so injur ing his reputation and his moral chaiuc-ter 9d