THE IN- SP Kill AN STUDENT.
THE HESlMORIAN STUDENT.
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mill In speaking generally Is as important
lo thv citizen of Nebraska itsn knowledge
of the Greek roots or some of tlio dizzy
problems of mathematics. We have
liimrd from tho lips of gnulunlos, of
whom our st- le shall have reason to be
proud, that tl.oy owed more lo the society
ilimi lo any oilier branch of the instltu
lion. And is this source of usoful train,
ing lo be cut oil'? We trust not.
CLASS DAY
jilitarial,
SOCIETY CHANGES.
The old saying that "coming events
rust their shadows before" seems to bo
fully verified in the anxious looks of the
students, of Into as they maybe scon ear
nestly discussing the probabilities of
their being required to hold the meetings
of the societies in the dayiuuu instead of
evening as bus always been the custom
heretofore. Surely so radical a change
as l hat would be mil':! have a more than
ordinary cause. Is there such an one, or
lb' the powers that be, choose rather lo
say with Caesar, "the cause is in our will,
we will it so"? Nowr have the societies
been so prosperous, so earnest, or so
peacefully inclined towaid each other as
at the present lime; and it is no wonder
Tlio Studknt hopes that the present
Senior class will endeavor to inaugurate
that pleasant eastern custom of oelobra
ling class day. In older institutions
class day is fast becoming of much more
importance than commencement day
itself. It affords the class a good oppor
Utility of showing what it can do and do
independently. It is left entirely to the
class to arranire the nronramino as il
suits tlicni and it is usually original and
inipiossed with the taste and notions of
the class itself, stripped of all ideas winch
on commencement day may sooin to have
omenated from the professor's chair.
The class learns to lake more pride in
class day than in commencement day be
causo it is distinctively their own. Com
menccinent day thoy share with Faculty
and Regents and Alumni but the class
day would bo exclusively under their con
trol and they could make it what thoy
would, and if successful' carried out,
could bo made an expression of the opin.
ions and character of tlio Seniors them
selves to a greater extent than would be
posiblc on commencement day. Lot us
then have a class day and let tlio Seniors
plant upon the campus tho tree of 1881
a sturdy young oak and li.ng may its
blanches wave and its bright leaves glis
ten in Iho sunshine as an example and in
epilation to its planteis.
Students in the lowei classes an apt to
think that when they gel to be seniors
llii won't have lo stud) and do any-
iIm.I ..vr.n II,.. I.:,l-,. i.n..i till ill- nf viir-l. .. . llllllir else till doll'tWaM to III fllCt
!. w . . i" ! w mtiivii 1 tj
leijiin c-niL-ni hi-ing made should cause a
murmur. It seems to us Unit at the pie
sent time when the societies have taxed
(licit means to the utmost in lilting up
their halls and have yet a burden of in
debtedness to throw off, Ihey have just
grounds for remonstrating against a rev
olution at once unnccssaiy, and fatal to
their prosperity. Had tho Regents pro
vided suitable rooms without any expense
to the societies, to be used by tlioin under
the direction of the Faculty the case
would have been different. As it is, such
a change would certainly be unwise and
wo sincerely hope will not take place.
It would perhaps be well if the societies
should decide to make all regular meet
ings exclusive to the public, and avoid a
certain tendency to prepare programmes
for the applause of the audionco rather
than for goou solid work, which has to
some extent been noticeable of late.
Such a change as this, witn now and then
an open meeting for such of tho public
as are interested in their work to visit
them, would, we believe, bo n benefit;
but to require the meetings to be held in
the day time would be equivalent lo abol
ishing Miom. This would not pay. The
training which the students get in debate
i the will have a general good tune lots
of honor and admiration from the
preps, and consideration from thu college
faculty. Novor was a mote mistaken
view of things found floating through the
cranium of a student. Our trials
as Seniors began last commencement
when the graduating class expected us to
Ijo general errand boy and waiter for all
their whims; and our troubles only in.
creased with the beginning of tho fall
term when wo wore required to furnish
certiflciiies to the effect that we had boon
duly taught to toad and spoil and cipher
in tho rule of three, and wore closely
questioned as to whether we had studied
the multiplication table before we had
mastered simple fractions, or whether we
had, forsooth, been examined in history
before we had conjugated the irregular
verbs. The Seniors aro expectod to know
all about everything thoy have over
studied, to be prepared to take any one's
placo in society who may bo too lazy to
do his own duty, lo write exhaustive
treatises on subjects they know nothing
about, to take four hard studies and be
ready at all times to initiate all new proj
ects for the general good. A Senior is ex.
pected to do moro work and get less
credit for it than any oilier student in the
school. If helloes woll that's no more
than he ought to do, and if ho docs ill
then his failure is all the more conspictt
ous by reason of thai seniority and treat
ed accordingly.
We have heard some complaints lately
from students in regard to tho 10 o'clock
rule on Friday nights. This seems to us
very much out of place and wholly un
called for by the circumstances. No lec
turer ever thinks of holding his audience
after ten o'clock; very few political
speeches and no literary entertainments
of an' sort whatever arc expected to hold
beyond this lioui. Il is an imposition
upon the public to ask them to listen to
exercises over an hour and a hah or three
quarters long and by commencing earlier
the societies would have ample time to
transact all business after the close of tho
debate. Asa rule meetings hold after ten
o'clock are chiefly distinguished for their
for their "rowi'jism" and universal ill
temper and result in no sucli general
good as tojus'ify their continuance. To
acquire the habit of punctuality in atten
dance up n duties should be one of tho
aims and results of a college course and
if every member of the societies made it
a point to be present at the beginning of
each meeting and came prepared to do
his part promptly and ell there would
be no sort of trouble in finishing every,
thin" before ten o'clock.
That there are two sides to the question
with regard lo the advisability of the so.
cieties running into debt some of the
members donotseem to realize. When a
society moves into a new hall everything
must be tilted up to correspond and great
expense is necessarily incurred That
the present membership should pay for
what will last ten yars and that the
hundred or more dillcrcnl members who
are to succeed those now hero should lind
everything in perfect order and all paid
for and consequently nothing lor them to
do isabsiudly unreasonable. Tle society as
now constituted should pay its reasonable
quota and no more; leaving for those who
aro to come alter us the privilege of pay.
ing in part for what they enjoy. K is
not fair thai we should have all the work
and worry now simply that in the luturc
others may have nothing to do. A soci
ety gets along belter and there is moro
harmony when a common interest and
iflm bind all the members together than
when each one has plenty of time to in
vent scheme., for his own self agrnndisc.
mont and ithe confusion of others a
course of proceedings that generally re.
suits fatally to any culture and literary
drill.
nifles they shall occupy. It is necessary
that there should be some gathering of
the pupils together each day for the pur
pose of making announcements, and it is
proper that, attendance should be compul.
sory. Moreover consistency would scorn
to attach equal importance in the regular
meeting of instructors as woll as students
in order that all should have a proper
knowledge of what is going on, ami work
in harmony together. May fortune speed
the happy time when this shall be.
(Htor'n gable.
It might bo well if there wore a general
understanding among the members of the
Faculty at least, whether or not attend
mice at Chapel is compulsory this term.
We do not believe it is for the wellare of
the institution that the students should be
warned in chapel that thoy nio required
to be present at the exorcises every morn,
ing, and then be lectured by the Prof's
who do not make a practice of attending,
for being late if those exercises chance to
bo longer than the time the bulletin sig
The Illini is a well edited paper and
the same freshness and originality mark
all its departments. One of tli many
student follies which form tho endless
theme of editorial discussion is the
wrangling of Senior classes. Wo wonder
if all Senior classes aro alike. The editor
of tho Illini says so. "Tlio old, old
story so often repeated of great plans and
mighty failures to cany them out is the
chain that binds them all together." He
arrives at the daring conclusion that the
Senior is not in truth so "deepoontcmpla
live" as some might think. He describes
them as in a state of dissension, and torn
into factions over a banquet and the kind
of a class tree to plant, says this is on
account of their overweening ambition,
and advises them if Ihey want to do some
thing that no oilier class ever did to agree
on all questions. All classes of 'SI will
admit that these are words of wisdom
and only loo into, but when underclass
men become so very scornful they should
remember that they aro tho materials of
which Senior classes aro made and if fu
tine Senior classeh are to be united, giv.
ing advice, however good iho advice, is
not so good a way to elfeet it as looking
well to tho way thoy themsclvoMiiogoing.
We do not bear tho Illini any grudge for
giving us n word of criticism in a friend
ly way, we know when wo need it, but wo
aro sorry to see that it tackles the Nia
gara Index. One would think tikis paper
represented the "College of Oltr Lady of
Angles." Tho now exchange editor an
nouncos that lie "shall endeavor, as far as
may be, to follow out closely the niannor
of criticism indulged in by our predeces
sor." That manner wo can say is to make
tlio exchange column a scape goat
which lie loads with all the vicious hu
mors of a probably over taxed brain and
sends out into the wildornoSH of exchang
es. Tho Free Press contains an account of
tho imposing funeral ceremonies of Pure
Mathematics, beloved daughter of Sol-
once and Civilization, and pronounces
this oration over her:
"Then borrow '8l's tombstone;, cut a
longitudinal section in the bpi'oading
campus; lower her slowly, wilh uniform
velocity; fold her arms on her broast in a
last sad parabola; placo a spherical Zero
on each stiffened eye; but plant her deep
plant her deep."
The Bates Student laments the existence
of hazing in the college and also the dy
ing out ofiho class pray 3i meetings as an
institution. There must bo a desperate
state of affairs at Hales.
The Ariel from the Miiinestoa Univcr
sity is ono of the neatest and host proof
read papers that comes to us. The hie!
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