Hesperian student / (Lincoln [Neb.]) 1872-1885, June 01, 1880, Image 2
THE II 10 SPE 11 1 AN STUDENT. -m 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 I.ooal Editou 1. II. Davix JtlfSINKSS MANAtllllt 1). W. KlSIIEIt TERMS OK SUIIBOIUI'TION. 1 copy per college year -1 " six months - Single copy $1.00-0.C0- - .on. RATES OK ADVERTISING. 1 column one insertion - - 2 squares " " i ii ti $2.00. .no. .25. 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. i 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 i7J&.mAjJi N . i m