THE II 10 SPE 11 1 AN STUDENT.
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THE HESPERIAN STUDENT.
Published semi-monthly by the students orthc
Nebraska Stnto University.
TOK8DAY. .J UNE, 1.1880.
KDITOKS IM OIIIKK,
May 1. lmriKM, H. W. HAititiNinoN
Associatk KutToit Miss Williams
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tlin extent of the inlluonoo which all
theie stories exert upon Ine young; how
tlie imagination is llrcd, the ambition
greatly excited, and in the end not unfro
quet tly the whole physical system over
tasked if not entirely broken down as the
natural consequence of too many sllmu
louts. Fewer studies more time occupied
in Ihe pursuit of each, more physical exer
cise, a practical initiation into the com
mon all'nirs of every day I lie, would vislh
ly improve Ihe health of college students,
find a smaller number of shattered consli
tutions at graduation day, and furnish bet
ter men and women for the plain, hard
.vork I lie world wants done.
more bold and the occasion more fre
quent as long as I hoy are allowed to go
unpunished, and the enemies of univer
sal freedom applaud from behind Ihe ed.
ilonal we.
All urticlos for publlcutl in should bo addressed
Editor llKsi-KitiAN Stuiiunt, Stuto University.
Lincoln, Nebraska. Ml subscriptions nnd busl
nc88 communications, with thu address, should
bo sunt to I). W. FISH EH. Subscriptions col
lected Invurlubly In mlvniu'U. Advertisements
collected monthly.
(gtUtor'uil,
sKxions.
Alns I the poor Senior who 1ms no vocation,
Kxccpt to eon o'er his commencement oration.
The vague, troubled look his countenance wenrs,
Uo'okons no respite from burdensome cares.
Tho sunshlno of Joy that mantled his brow now.
In the glad days ofprcphood nro gone from him
The whole weary world with Its bunions untold.
Now on bis shoulders rests, as on Atlns of old.
Ills sad oyos look out from tho soul's cltndol
With such mournful pity as tonguecon not tell.
A sigh bis breast heaves like a mountain that's
lly volcanic f.ro; for now there Is left clort.
In nil the broad stretch of tho mind's universe
No world yet to conquer. Yet sooth t such n curse
As fell on Uasxondra, encumbers his might
And dooms his proud pinions to lowlier lllght;
For, sireh his sad fate, which naught can retrieve;
Though ho speak simpli'st truths, no ouo will bo-
lleve.
II 1011 1'UESSUUE.
Americans have become proverbial for
their speed and 'everlasting reckless
ness." In business, in politics, in educa
cation, cramming, hurry, and an utter ob
liviousness to consequences are our char,
aclcristics. Men must make money rap
idly, and, before they have reached tho
prime of life, be possessed of a fortune,
which ought only to bo tho legitimate re
ward of years of labor. Young men are
no longer content to wait until grey hairs
and years of experience entitle them to
congressional honors, or seals upon the
bench. Even ii. our colleges whore Ihor
oughncss and plenty of time are doubly
essential students are hurried along to
their graduation, superfi'jinlly completing
a course in one half tho time which
should be allowed to it. The children in
our common schools are told Ihe story of
John Stuart Mill, how he read Greek at
ten years of ago and Latin at six or seven
Their Utile heads aro filled with reminis
cences of wonderful men and women,
prodigies, who if they didn't all die
young, owed their indiscreet, ambitions,
parents and teachers no thanks for their
own longevity. As wo grow older we
have an unhappy faculty of forgetting our
youth, and hence fail to take into account
(MM us.
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As a c.biss tho students of the Universi
ty are loo old for their years; these oh
servaiions are intention only for tho boys
of course. "They think too much; such
men are dangerous." Whether the intel
lectual atmosphere surrounding our insti
tution engenders too lofty a conception
of life and its duties to admit of boyish
sports; or whether I lie bump of continui
ty i- become so largely developed as to
keep us in Ihe beaten track of our prede
cessors we are unable to say. Sure it is,
r we are deficient in games and pastimes.
We have no regular sport. Nature 'lias
not provided an opportunity for boating,
and tho muscular games (hut. give a clear
eye, rudy complexion, and elastic step,
are seldom indulged in. Other inslitu.
lions derive pleasure and benefit from
physical spuria; why should not we? A
good game of football every evening
would ensure better standing i,n classes,
better licaltli and longer life. Tho gym
uasium has given good evidence of what
mb'ht be done in this direction both for
pleasure and profit. It was but a small
start, but wo hope it may be followed by
sniii'iliiug more extensive in Ihe same
line. Prize games also would add much
to Ihe life and interest of Commencement
time. Wo must employ some means to j
shako off the lethargy that is inclined to
creel) over us willi Hie warm weather, or
like Rip Van Winkle we may wake up
sometime with a snowy beard.
Owing to tho good judgment of the
professor in charge of our college rhetor,
ii'iils, 'biographical c'ssays and orations
are largely out of dale. Scarcely any
thing except the use of "ponies" will so
weaken the student as the long habit ol
reading a biography, and then rewriting
all that can be remembered about it. To
call such a production original is simply
absurd. No ouo cares to read it because
tho original'biograpl.y from which tliecs-
say is taken is much bettor. Such writ
ings maybe useful in storing the mind
witli facts that It will be well to remem
ber, or in cultivating the particular style
of the author, but for nil other and high
er purposes it is signally a failure. Some
of our exchanges do not seem to reali.e
tills and their columns are crowded witli
biographical sketches of Byron, Milton,
Goethe, and others less famous. Byron
seems to bo tho favorite with the girls
and the poor man is credited witli all
manner of peculiarities which never be
longed to him and the dictionary is
searched through and through for fitting
adjectives to describe his eyes, poetry,
manners and wife.
STItlKES.
The "O liord" indulged in by tho 'Stnto
Democrat not long since indicates about
as little acquaintance witli that personage
as with the cadets, whom it honors with
its contempt. We subscribe heartily to
tho sentiment: "Tho pen is mightier than
Hie sword;" and although we do not
claim that Hie cadets would be efficient in
quelling a riot, yet we hoi love they would
be equal to the task of routing about four
teen regiments of quill drivers.
There may be some excuse for stiikers
where deprivation of (he necessary com
forts of life seems to be the only alterna
tive; hut when no oilier causo is appar
ant excopt that negroes aro employed
Instead, to advocate their a cause is an
insult to those who fought for universal
liberty. A few instances like tho Omaha
strikes and Ihe Whittaker case suffice to
show that law is not yet supreme in our
land, and that tho freedom of tho colored
race is only nominal and not real. Further
more such strikes and outrages will grow
Years ago, so many indeed that wo can
but just remember it, a deacon of the
church, usually the oldest and longest in
olllce, always occupied a prominent place
wlicro ho could see every tiling that was
going oil, and with his long rod prcscrvo'd
order among Hie young folks mosi effect
ually. It has several times occurred to t lie
Student (lint it would be well to resusci
tate the old custom in Hie University.
None of our Seniors are very deacon-like
in manners or appearance, but any of Hie
Junior class would do nicely. His servi
ces would be especially required in the
society hall where disorder lias occasion-
ly prevailed to an alarming extent. Tho
Student hopes that thip suggestion will
be carefully considered by every one who
feels competent to take the old deacon's
place.
pins and color budges form a very pleas
ant class distinction, and wo can at least
have our colors and badges this June
even if ilia though! best to defer the pins
until some future time. It woul I mid
very much to Commencement day for
each class to have Its so penile color and
badge, and there is stil! time for such an
arrangement to be made before tho ninth.
Some of the college editors liavo actu
ally hud nothing better to do than to
waste their lime in figuring out, for the
benefit of their contemporaries, how much
time lliey uhould spend in reading the
newspapers, how much in scutching for
Greek roots and how much should lie do
voted to society So fur, according to the
strictest mathematical calculations, the
Greek roots are ahead! Tally one for ihe
classical editors.
It is little credit to our distinguished
Alumni that they made no pioparalions
or occupjing the evening which after
many and earnest requests on their part
was allowed them. Doubtless the pres
sure of private business prevents their
giving the matter much thought, but we
trust that witli Hie welcome addition to
their numbers this .Juno thev will do boi
ler another year.
Tho Student has been asked lo aid
oilier paiiors in tho country in initiating
tho now method of spoiling, but after due
consideration of Hie subject has declined !
The decision of (he Supreme Court of
Now Hampshire that Dartmouth College
students cannot vote brings to mind the
old (roubles of two winters ago, at Hie lo
wa State University, and suggests a renie
dy in tho nossiblc decision of Hie United
Slates Supreme Court. Certainly the law
oughl to be the same in every state and
until a national decision lias been reached
the trouble is liable to break outal any dee
lion. The arguments are slroi.g on both
sides, and hi (ho Dartmouth cases cspoci
ally much feeling ab nil Hie matter seems
lo have been stirred up. Tho students
should have employed an able lawyer to
plead their case and (hen perhaps the
Court would have been forced to treat
Hiom witli more justice.
As Commencement draws near we aro
reminded thai Hie college classes are with
out their class pins and some without
their class colors. This should not bo so.
In many colleges both oast and west tho
Sditor's gjablc.
The Vidette seems lo be a universal fav
orite. Wo have not opened an exchange
(his month tmt has not contained a com
plinienlary notice of it. Please take note
that we do not mention it.
Neither have we a word lo say about
that unhappy Islunael of college journal
ism, the exchange editor of (lit JS'iuyra
Index, and not a reproach for the Univer
sity Reporter on account of its "diily
lace."
The trio from Ohio, the Transcript, Ihe
Olio, and the Collegian aro papers Hint the
state may be proud of, all readable, well
printed and respectable in tone.
The articles in botli the literary and ed
itorial department of the Archangel road
like high school grammar department es
sayp. We would suggest to Hie Archan
gel that it use its wings and make an of
fori at originality. When the College
Herald auctioned oil' its old exchanges in
chapel, (realizing thereby Hie sum o
$8.00) the Archangel was rated at less
than a toothpick and is wroth thereat.
The Barkelcyun is not, in size and out
ward appearance among the best of Hie
papers, nor by any means what it has
been in the past, but It gives every evi
dence of boiug conducted by sitiiluntb
who are alive and interested in what is go.
ing on in their univeisily, and in the
world.
The Occident Ironi Colorado Col logo, is
much more prepossessing in appearance,
but its editors must learn to roly loss on
tho scissors and more on tho pen. Tho
literary department does not contain a
single original item. Ii is well selected,
however, nnd tho Occident is young yol.so
there is time as well as room for improve,
ment.
Acting upon Hie principal of turning
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