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HESPERIAN STUDENT.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA.
VOI..X.
Lincoln, Nicu., Novum mm 1, 1881.
No. s
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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
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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.
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