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I T II E II E S P 12 KIAN S T U I) BN1, THE HESPERIAN S TIM) 15 NT. I'uIiIIhIuhI Homl-monthl) by tliu Minium of tho NubrunUii Stnlu UnlMiiHtty. SaTUHDAY, OCTOItKIt 1, 188 . KMTOHS I IMUKK. Kdhun lticu. N. -. S.NKI.I., Local K niton Ci.km Ciik. HUSINKSH MaNAUKU it. F. M.HIIAI.I.. TKIIMH OK HIIIIHUIUITION. 1 copy per colluj-u joiir $1.00. 1 " gX lUIIUtllH .W) Siuglu copy .05. hatks or adykiitimnu. 1 column ono liiHurtlou $iJ.OO. cqimrcH " " :7B. 1 . . 10. All iirtleluH rut' iuillL'itl in Miould liuuddroHSud Killtor UKtrKiiiAN bTiniKNT, btiito Unhorslty, Lincoln, Nubiuokii. Ml subscriptions ami bust ncsH cominunlciitloitH. with tho address, should be Hunt toIt.F. MAHSllALIi. bubnurliitloim col lected imnrliibly In iitlwinco. Aiherttsuinunts collected monthly. Jgdiforial, Tho rcnoini nation of Regent Flliold is satisfactory to tliu students. He litis over been ti haul and faithful worker for the bests interestb nf tliu Univoisit.. Sueli men are not numerous. Bui when one is found, those who have the wHfnie of the University at heart are unwilling to dis pense with his services. Regent Filleld's zeal and earnestness, with his experience and judgment make him well qualified foi his position. In another column will bs found the Resolutions adopted as a slight tribute of lespect to the memory of Mr. Hariiigton. IIuil it been asked, even u few days ago, what student o! the University do ah would next claim, few, if any, would have thought, much less predicted, that II. Walter Ilariuglon would 'to the next vic tim. Of a nature that had won for him respect, ol a disposition thai those who know him best loved him most, honored by his friends, admired by his adversaries, ho has departed from us. As a membei of the Union society he was earnest, dili gent and faitlitul. There are those who gain their inllu once and popularity by an intimate and constant contact with their fellow stu. dents. Otheia by a sense of their own superiority by that self-conciousness thai tells them that their abilities will force recognition. Mr. Hariiigton undoubtedly belonged to the latter class. During a tlnee years course at tho University none, at best few, weio favored with his inmost thoughts. His opinions were formed without the aid of others. What he de cided to do, ho did with all the might and I'lirncstiiess of his nature. This reserve, i Ins living in an atmosphere of one's own is the essence of latent strength, -one of the components of greatness. Mr. liar ingion possessed this faculty in a rematk iililn degree. He cast around himself the mantle of sclf-assuiaucc, and the things that otheismakc known, he kept to himself. But death like God is no re spicier of persons. He who gave prom i- of so much is no moie. Like his best ttiid oldest friend, Mr. Hall, ho too, has -tight "The undiscovered country, fiom whose bourn no traveler i etui ns." 80ME JtEMAKKS AllOUT TEACHING. It is expected of a professor tur more than of a student that he be accurate in his statements, that ho possess positive knowledge. If ho have a contused idea of tlie Mibjoot in question, if he cannot state dually and dollnitely the diiferent theories of opposing writers, it is absurd lor him to expect students to respojt his opinions or profit by his instruction. A true teacher tntisl bu thorough and accur ate; he must know thegiouud each day's lesion cover iiiul instruct in a fall and impartial manner. Geneial knowledge is well in its place, but in the class-loom specillo work is required. When text books arc changed so fioqoonll)' it may be dilllcult to remember tho statements of each. Yet this 1b not, or ought not to bo a screen behind which to hide every mis take a teacher makes When, or suggest ing to a teacher that his voiws conllict with tlio authoi's, a student receives for an answer, "well, when I ctudied this, such and-sueh a text book stated it so," he naturally comes to the conclusion that such a teacher is out of his place, behind the times, or he is caieless ofhiswoik, that he relies on his general knowledge and isnotveised in the textbooks used. The conclusion may be an erroneous one. Still, from such a statement, it must inevl tably follow. Education Is dovolopemcnt, pi ogres slou. And the teacher who does not spend sullloiont lime on his work to meet the demands of his class by this is nieaiil caiefully prepared statements, analysis, or whatever is bust adapted to aid tho stu dent in acquiring knowledge does great injustice to himself, greater to the students and the University. He does more. Ho loses the confidence of the students, when he makes a statement they are not certain as to its accuracy. Ho has deeeivi'd thorn in tho past, what Ih tlio proof that ho will not in the future? There is another class of teachers. They know what they say, and they say it emphatically. There is no hesitating or confusing ono theory with another. They either know a thing or know that they do not know it. In either case, the student is not left in doubt. Thoy aro the men that uphold and give reputation to an institution. Students place confidence in them. Thoy lccognizc their worth and honor them by doing their work well. But, as a teacher has the confidence of students, as ho is learned and cultured the more is it his duty to be impartial to stato both sides of a ease and then let the student choose tho one that to him ap pears the most plausable. Knowledge gained by studying one side, and ono side only, is not true knowledge. It is partial merely. Honce, the teacher who hurried ly passes over, or says nothing about tlio theories he considers fallacious, and dwells long, and carefully and minutely explains the ones he holds true, wrongs, one might say, willfully wrongs the stu dents of his class. He cannot be a true teacher who recommends students to read work substantiating one silk only. Tho day is passed when ignorance of a subject is hold to be a virtue. The miuisleis who advise their hearers to read the bible only arc now few. Truth will piovaii Things that will not hear the light of investigation belong to a dying age. VavHte, Roversablo overcoats itEwing & Co's emporium. Call at Ewing & Co's emporium of fashion for lino clothing. All tho students go to Fox & Stiuvo for their books and stationery. A. A. Munro, '82, has left the University and taken a school ueai Schuyler. Tho Junior class in Terence will here alter recite with the Seniors in Latin. All tho goods found in a first-class gents furnishing huu&o, at Ewing & Co's. "The Captian," i- the name of a fine stylo of shirts at tho Boston 09 Cent Store. Nobby Hue of scarfs just iccoived at Esving & Co's mammoth clothing house. Use Glycente of Roses for chapped face and hands. For salo at The Little Stoic For fine dress goods and trimmings Ashby's is headquaitors, O. and 18th street. Tho Sophomore class meets Saturday evening at tiie resdence of Miss Emma Smith. A. R. Kolm, '81, was ono of the del egates Horn Richardson to the State Con vention. Miss Mattio Benton, mice ono of us, re turns noxt week from a visit hero with her sister, to Indianapolis, whoro her par ents reside. ;l i m , i. H