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1 V i HESPERIAN STUDENT. UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA. VOI..X. Lincoln, Nicu., Novum mm 1, 1881. No. s gjditoriul, I FV x Irt " fnr.i.. " .1.". .,iv.l-... ,.)fil. lSi.r. uir ill tiuiiuiu iiicbugaiiiu ui mu jjiiiiiu crntlc ptfty. Tliero is nothing moro ap prccintcjl Hum u good debate. Practical qucstiyis. of the day can secure lliis bolter than utytliing else. Tlic time is not lost by Mm tudont whim ho is investigating matters I which so .110 day, as a votor, he musthoai decide. "WiiatiIihs become of tlio Students' Lecture Issnclmion? Stops should be taken by Who students interested in the ' m.'tter to kocuro a good course of lectures for The coining winter. The value of the ..logjtur., as a source of Information, is owgftvlicrc recognized. ' It oucournges in tliea'eht'n spirit of investigation and tnqafSj ijecesHttry ' acquirement of -kyms$$!B& Yjft0 ol(' Association has :, 'flSMM?"BT!.J1. 1 " '5'S1T Six weeks of school arc past ami no no. ! 1Ie to younis after this power of swnj ing J lice stating the subjects on which assays " "I") T !llT' '"' -d)i'inw is H, h .sjs The societies, at different times have been annoyed by cortaln parlies turning fl the gas from the basement. This may j-luiw cunning and sharpness. No doubt those who were so ungontlcmanly as to do it, think so. Last Friday night both of the societies were loft in darkness for about five or ten minutes. "We understand Hie janitor knows the offenders. It may be well for them to be careful of their conduct in the future. A practical joke is well in its place, but this is carrying matters loo la!. If tho sociolies have no power to punish Mich offences, the faculty has. It is amusing to see a person wholly lucking tho elements of leadership Hying t" force recognition of his claims. To bo honored and appreciated one must bo wot thy of honor and appreciation. To he a leader of any utidortakinir or organ, izution, one must bo thoroughly Imbued with the spirit of it. lie must be the em bodunont of. its actuating principles. This accounts for (ho faol that ofleu in. capable men are trusted with affairs thoy arc not able to handle. Judging from their earnestness it was thougbt thgy would discharge thoir work well. TIimv zeul deceived. The opportunity wits gSv. en them, but they were found wanting. know that, if they wrilcan essay on a. sub jecton Ihpir own choosing, it will bo ac ccptcii. Last year tho Professor furnished the subjects. Ono of these mornings it will take many students by surprise to sec a notice on the bulletin board rcquir ing an essay or two written within two or three weeks. More time should be given thr students. They have more work to do this j car than thoy ever have had bo foro. Essays have to be composed at odd momcuif, hoqcc the longer tho time that is given, the bettor. It is hold by many Hint a student's life is a hard ono; that unless great care is exorcised he is liable to lujuro his health. To study during the summer is out of tho .a-iOSfcioiV, Ucuco three lnquHis, of rest for students. Why it Is considered hnrdcr",li4 use (ho brain than tho muscle is an un solved problem. This ftatemont may appear rather strong. Bui how can there ho any more harm resulting in the judi cious use of the one, any moro than in the other? Irregularity of nabits is tho one great destroyer of students' health. The amount of labor ono can do, working systematically and with a moderate degree of energy, is astonishing. Tho students are few who do not every day violate laws which they know ought to be kept. To put oil work, until it requires ono to stud) after midnight, is to contract a debt Hint some day mutt bo paid with hoavy intorost. But irregularity of hours is not tho only thing to bo guarded against. Intomporanco in exorcise, eating, or study has its evil consequences. He who keeps hiBongino free from "knocking" so that it runs smoothly, is called 11 good ongi noer. The student can only keop the machinery of his body and mind In good working order bv systematic work and oxerciso. If ho does this, (hero is no dnngor of failing health. Stoady hard work, mental or physical, novor brought uny ono to an oarly grave. TnmiE is a time in the life of every young man, when ho is thrilled by the traditional eloquence of some master. the multitudes, and goes to somcclocn iionlst to obtain it. ile perhaps docs nut know Hint U'J more pn-onlled clccutrtK lessons Ik ntkn, ITp fVlrli is IfhV his accomplishment of his object. He seems to forget that eloquence consists of matter rather than manner. Does any one suppose that Daniol Webster's pow er of convicting his hearers, lay in the manner in which he held his turns or stood upon his feet? Imagine OLij, Ilnyne or Calhoun Inking lessons from one of our modern elocutionists! Their eloquence consisted in a something, need ing no assistance from manner to carry conviction. In speaking thus of common elocution, no roforance is made to voice culture, what is aimed at in this non. sensicnl, slobboriug posing for effect? It makoa a fool of the speaker and puts to shniqc the listeners. This stagy unnat ural voice; this calling my heart "mc lnn.it." oto-js wlu.il makes the whole thing rullciAousAif lirgljnfoirfll1hu Ifc bolstered up by art, isn't worth the broath expended in its utterance. One is ulwaystuughl to deliver another's thought, rather than his own. Think of Peter the Hermit preparing himself, to fire tho souls of nil the inhabitants of west, orn Europe, hy taking lessons in clocii lion! Think of Martin Luther studying modern elocution, to enable him to ovo; turn the accumulated prejudice and su perslitiou of fourteen long centuries'! w certain ancient orator advertised "to cure tho mind of distompors by words," not by manner. Mibuor speaking to Helen concerning Ulysses, says: "But when tin wise Ulysses arose, and stood, and looked down, fixing hUoyoson tho ground, ami neither moved his scepter backward nor forward but hold it still, like an awkward person, you would say it vas some angry or foolish man; but when ha sent hi groat voice foith,out of his breast, and his words fell like the win tor snows, not then would any mortal contend with Ulys ses; and wo, beholding, wondered not af terwards so much a( Ins aspect." The orator is a wise and dotorminod man ;a logical thinner; poscssed of con siderable animal power. lie is in earnest bocuin-c he knows what he is tulkiug about, lie studies matter and acquired manner. W13BB22 WlilBlwllinM