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rw Hrf- WIlBIIIIWlltBI hll'm SHHHlBR BJltililil i I i i T 1 1 E b S P B HI A N S T U I) E N T UN i : t i - THE HESPERIAN STUDENT Published saml-monthly by tlio students of" tho Nebraska stnlo University. Sati'iiuay, Dkcicmiuck, 18, I8-S0. HDITOItS IN C'lIIKK, May II. Kaiiu'ikli), II. W. Haiuunoton ASSOCIATE ltlllToll MlNNIK WlI.MAMK Looai. Kditoii, II. 11. Davik lllSINKss MANAltKIt I). V. FlKIIKIt ti:hu r wmscuiPTioN. 1 copy per college your - - 1 " I. months Single copy $1.00. .:o. .0.V KATES OP AllVKItTlMNM. 1 column one insert ion .... 2qiinre " " .... 1 ' .... $2.00. - .CO. - .95. All article fur publlcstl n should lie Addressed Kditor IIwmuikian iTeiKNT, State University. I.incom. Nehrnikn. All ub8criptlniiK nnd bust nose cnimnunlcntioiiB, with tlio address, should be sent to 1). V. VIS1IKH. Subscriptions col lectod invHTinbly in ndvnuco. Advertisements collected nionllily. proving our opportunities in lliis diroc lion nnd provide for us a rcRu'ar profes sor in elocution. .lUSTirll. tho good old times Hint in ninny respect were not so good an our fatheis would have us thiol:, uo.s, youths and young men of all ages weie bronglil up look to those wiser and older llian themselves lor advice and guidance. Now it is llio The groat boml of America, is thnl alj wllh mustaches of two-hairs oma men are in the eye of the law free mul j " w,, Slvo B"ntuilfus advice to their equal. But we must now, modify that lvor.hended fathers. Hut even among proposition :uul say; provided they have an lli-"li- own associates these conceited equal amount of money. The crown- j youths I themselves scarcely loss lu. iug virtue of every man who draws dicrous and not a whit loss disagreeable, the admiration or our day, must he wealth. indeed they are oven mora so, for older Great benefits to humanity, noted achieve! people eome lo look upon the self.com. mciits in science or invention, lanie into, pincency oi those sott-itoaded i Is with insignificance whor. incapabloof being used a sereno pitying philosophy that is akin, as an instrument for amassing wealth-1 perhaps, to contempt but, at any rule, is Tlio hand of the law it seems cannot fasten J "t compatible wllh youthful impatience tightly enough upon a criminal thai is well covered with money to hold him within nnd choleric temperaments. Edward Everett Hale in his advico to young wri- the reach ot justice. It does, seem its though 1 U'l's "d lo tell them (hat whenever they one who is well fortified with wealth' had written a sentence that sceme 1 to would be sale in the commission of al" , them especially appropriate, learned or j mosl an crime. II a poor liitin InKes unuiaiu m cm u inn mm nine nines out monex lliut don'l belong to him, he sun 1 u'li their productions would be im. fers the penally of the law; but one who 1'ioved by a rigid enforcement of this has sullleienl wealth at his command may "'. 11 would not perhaps do to carry jgditorutl, OKATOHY. Tho idea that oratory is u gill ol nature and needs only to bo used is one of the heresies to some extent provalont at tho present day. Jfo man was over born an orator any more than a machinist or a bnse-b.,'1 player. Tho result of such an Jde i? the blatant style qf our political speakers as also of ninny court pleaders and the ranting of many so called divines. To this ono error more than to any other perhaps is due the decline in the power ami ascendancy of tho christian churches. The preacher is seldom an orator. Al though his influence upon the lives of his fellowinen depends as much upon the manner in which he presents the truth as tho truths Uiemselves the theological .student neglects almost entirely the culii vation of voice and manner. The natural awkardness and timidity of first npcaring upon tiio rostrum wcnis away into settled habits, unpleasant and often even disgust ing ton cullurod congregation. Ilis'mind carefully trained in the hair splitting points of difference in doctrine and filled with the beauties of art nnd Hieralure: his fooling charged with nil the vast needs of humanity: his bean burst ing willi the great truths of his rcligiun, he lacks only the art that given grace and elegance to his appearance and lorce to his words yet lie fails. Lacking the re snonsu of fluig mid the apprvcinti it that feeds tho energie. and inspiration ol the orator, he falls into the habit ol enforcing dogmatically liis own icws and opinion ns though they were great truths upon which test Hie welfare of humanity. Wo learn from (he old Romans as well as from the words ol the most eloquent moil of every age Unit oratory is an ait thai must bo acquired In the most diligent and earnest piactlce. It is an acqiiuemeitt that is important to ever citizen of Xcb. and should be made one of the elements of a full and rounded education such as -ir University is supposed lo provide. 'Jnccicly hope the Regents and Fuc hay oon sue llio iniiortaiico ol ini- I murder in cold blood and yet go uupitii. islied. Tlio murdcier Olive wlio has for the last year been administering a sleeping potion to justice was given the freedom of tho city a day or two since, and has now gone homo to demand a new trial, or in other words procure legal absolution from his terrible crime. It is an outrage noon the ooiiiimnwcalth thai a few paltry thousands should blind tlio oyos and par. alyze the hands of those who arc dealing out justice in our state. But 'ho bit is in Hi" mouth of the people and the legal jockeys kiu.w well how to ride. Tlllt KKSTIV . this principle too far in writing but surely a slight modification of it would accomplish most beneficial results when applied to conduct and thought and the estimation wo make of ourselves. Before such a rule of life ninny of our "smartest" acts and sayings would receive little atten tion or thosneor which is duo them. Few tilings aro moro discreditable lo one than this over confidence and self assumption which will listen lo no reason, take no advice, give no justice lo, place no con fidence in, llio merits of oilier people, hut selfishly claim all honor, all consider ation and all praise. And the word phase of the matter is lliut a conceited person seems never to think Hint other people The joint festival given by Hie literary '' . "'inj; except Unit they societies sometime ago is woiih of some praise him and all the praise and honor comment not merely thai it was in every f tli:tt i,rr bestowed m-ciu only to add fuel way a complete success, but that it was ' l ,la' l5iu nJ ',l' jneedily calls for more without ajar of discord so Tai as our cure nml ,s "l'V1,1' satisfied. have reached. so one would have siippo ' - " " : set! thai two opposing elements . the At the lust meeting of the Hcspciian Slu University were equally represented in the dent Assochtion an ninemluienl lo the genial social company gathered at the :nMiiutioii wat 'olTm-il wnieh meets the dormitory on Friday evening. The hearty wnnil approval of the Student. The good fellowship there displayed proves amendment was to the cficct that twoeorps thai the hard strifes which occupied the f yAUuns be chwfU eacl, coge y0K.( societies during the last venr. giving rise one ln oe0einber to seive from January and utterance lo many questionable art. lin,t , jUIie flr-li ,lu. hCe,(1 chom n ions und hitler words, havo left no truces ijjay to sm.t. ,,, jll0 Hl jHMMr of personal emnity between members ol We ho,,e Uii aimnUinoiit u ill pans. It (he opposing-imrlies. Wo are glad Urni wi eimble more students -o enjoy the such was the result. It shows many hom. o UeUif, edUI. of ,,.,,. co,e.r(. prophetic remarKs made helorehaiid by ,,,.,. ,.,, 1VC tll u , mimber a very disinterestetl parties lo be flse. It is evi. B,r ex,ierK.,lc.e In lulllllllg a ,,,,.. TJ, deuce of honest purposes, that opoiitioi. duti(JS lf ,0llll.Ulll,., 1m,ioi j,,,,,, nIld fn, shtiiid Oe)romineul when dUlerent (Iijcotb ale to he gained, and cooperation when the g'derniiiii m 'noir next meeting and have the eon. ing ofileets elee'ed only for six instead of twelve months. Tlioro is some comfort in belonging to a small Senior class and attending a com pnralively small Institution. Our ex changes from tlio old and large colleges arc bristling with those dillcretices of opinions which seem of so much account now in the last months before Coin, nionconieiit and which dwindle into such ludicrous insignificance when the buttle of real, earnest, active lifo rages around us. Cornell, Princeton, IjtiFuy. otte, are one and all the battle grounds of their Senior classes and though the weapons uio pen and in It and tongues Ihe first are used with all the shaipuess of Susan JJ. or ihe cutting sarcasm of Gail Hamilton while the lalter would do credit to a Xuntippe. Wc have re -con. grid ulated ourselves anew upon the bar mon though some illnalured Soph, omore suggests that it N sheer indiller ence that prevails in the Senior classes near homo It is too bad that the best year a class spends together should be marred by the iiinuendos and insults which either side heaps upon the oilier without stint and with no regard for truth and fairness. The last day the class spends together should not bo cloud, ed by tho discontent and illnuinte and anger necessarily generated by a light among the meinbeis for ihe honors of class day. ditorr(gahht and fre quently tedious when taken in connection wllh the regular school duties It j H object is Ihe same. We may now feel as. ,Vub , M.M.liflce llm, M1,3 (uduiI u w, suied that Mroug pciuiial frieudship iiihn have coexislerce with slmiit: ojjposition itor for a wleie i ullege eai, and Ibis new aineiidnient, i.y niikiog his lerin of ofilce A M.t !. Ul iKl.lll.l lt..l I'.ll.. ... lll.tltl.ifll ,,....,.,.. u w..,v...w. ...,v 6... ..,.,..,,.,,; 8lx lllU,t iufcu-mi of twelve would he a inllucnce of an occasional election cam-jvcry wdcome ,dil.,. Nw mt ,e Stu imigii, were the above not m,; for one true ,mKT ib iw,ued lw,ce u ,, in ih1,1uI. o enemy is worth a host of false friends. ;do ,c ,mner ,, ,illw. .Um j spend two or tluoe evenings every mouth In preparation. By holding two elections each year the burdens and honors too if there arc any would be more ovonly dis tribuled and Ihe Sti'oknt in all probabil iiy would be Ihe gainer. Wo hope tho As sociation will give this matter careful con. If there is one churactcrislic which moro than any oilier combines to make the present typical American college boy very disagreeable to his contemporaries, follow students, teachers and friends gon. eially, Unit characteristic is conceit. In I The Bute Student has u plc.isunt ar. tide on Charles Ltuub. .rjves a pi,,. gramme d the PolMuiiiiui society and a "simultaneous discussion" js (IIU. ( ,(l, exeicises. We don't know just what a simultaneous discussion is but have an idea that it then- is any question that ought to be dismissed simultaneously it is the one they have chosen: "Is it belter to be a boy than a girl " The Asbury Monthly in it character ol the "outstanding member of the college faculty" raises Us voice against certain "villainous abuses" in Xi h(.)100l. y. give uii account of one because it will strike- responsive cloud in the br. asts ofstudetilsofN.S l Oiii3 IIS, t.Ve. ning Plato soeiei 0i,icli iiuinbois ( . nelly 100 niemb-r-) neaj the e,c of )U) excellent meeting, was rudely iiiierriipleu by the noist of that fellow's (Ho j.mitor voice outside the uo,i (Ji,jc "lenoVh.ek b( s, ten o'clock, I, .. s r 'i j. g,.n, MU.I ol the society not being thioiii;!, v.;,-, some impoitaut business wiU.ji lhe wished lo transact, ignored His Highness and went on. Hie then cooly locked the door of the society, and kept it M, nil siine time after li.e adjoin nnieiu," , the boys were compiled to make their exit through the windows. "The patience Willi which these thing, wwi: home might be i omineiided foi some reasons, but it u is icpeated wefear there will be serious trouble. The janitor claims to be acting under outers from tho faculty. We know iiot. We only know the abuse; and Ave know this: if his notion is an independent one he should be turned oil' and a gentle mini hired in his place; if he l!t ciII; under such rude orders, they must be rm V v t - esrl m m i li 4 mm A. ,
