NO. 1.
EDITOIUALS.
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to say tlmt our predecessors lmvo labored
most faithfully to innko it rank with the
torctnost journals in the land. Tlie re
quired abstract matter has always been in
prompt readiness, and tlie Editorials and
Locals have boon ovorything that could bo
desired. The Hoard of Managers took a
deep interest in every move, in every prop
osition looking toward the furtherance of
its welfare. They nover hesitated to make
a sacrifice of time and labor whenever
called upon, and not an instance of dere
liction of duty is mentioned. But there is
a grave fault and one of long standing,
which has given birth to many merited
complaints. If the managers are not in
the wrong, at whoso door must wo put the
blame? "Wo dislike to answer the question
as it deserves, but wo suppose thero is not
an editor of a college paper in c.vistenco
who has not had the same complaint to en
ter. Tlie root of all evil in this case is not
money, but rather the lack of it, and as
the students are expected to constitute the
larger uumbor of subscribers, thus furnish
ing the groatcfr part of the capital neces
sary in keeping alive such a magazino as
thu Studknt, wo logically conclude that
they should receive the brunt of criti
cism. The Studknt is a patient, and is afllict
ed with a linauoial disease, for which u
remedy must be found. We, as physician,
have felt its pulse, and are certain wo un
derstand its symptoms. In our prescrip
tion wo advise each non-subscriber to tako
three drops of patriotism every morning
for a week, or until his conscience informs
him that the only remedy for the disease is
a one dollar bill taken from his pocket and
delivered into the hands of the Business
Manager, K. 1. Unangst, who will see
that tho funds are applied in tho right di
rection. By a little exertion on the part
of thu students this paper can be made a
paying concern, instead of a debt con
tractor. All wo ask is a littlo encourage
ment; as to the rest wo shall do our wholo
duty.
BOARD OF REGENTS.
"Wo formerly denominated tho military
drill as a thorn and it pierced tho sido of
every student who was compelled to shoul
der a musket. For somo reason or reasons
known, perhaps, to only a few of thoso who
were drafted, it has becomo a crown which
not only thoso who must drill, aro anxious
to wear, but oven tho ambitious Preps are
clamoring for it. That it can be, and
lias boon, mado a success, is plainly exem
plified in the cfliciont management of tho
present instructor. All that is really es
sential and necessary is to gain tho interest
and respect of the student. After this is
accomplished, there is no need of other
plans.
Wo suppose the Board of Regents in
their last meeting reasoned that if the drill
could be made still morcattractivc, so much
the bettor, and at tho suggestion of the
wise and far-scceing Dr. Fifiold, a report
was adopted, "requesting our dele
gation in Congress to labor for a law au
thorizing the annual appointment of a ca
det to "West Point Military Academy
from each of tho Agricultural and Milita
ry colleges that hold a land grant from
the United States." itfow this is an ob
ject of very much consequence, not only
that tho students join tho companies, but
that they vio with each other to see who,
by his thoroughness and prollciency at tho
end of each college year, shall bo ablo to
register as Cadet at West Point, with tho
favourable prospect of reaching tho piano of
a Sherman or a Sheridan.
"Wo aro glad tho Regents have opened
their eyes to this once knotty problem, and
intend to uso porsuasion rather than com
pulsion. Thero is no reason why tho Military
department should not bo one of the most
important factors in tho Univorsity, and
when Congress passes a law resembling
tho ono requested, wo oxpeet to see ovory
male student ambitious for a cadctship at
West Point through the agency of the