Hesperian student / (Lincoln [Neb.]) 1872-1885, October 15, 1882, Image 1
V . &J HJLLJUHJ( PPWf7X( 51T HESPERIAN STUDENT UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA. Vol. XT. LINCOLN, NEB., OCTOBER 15, 1882. No. II. 3i.'jrcll;tiicoii.'s tgfjqntioit. Curlyle's father was a man oT very groat austerity ami reserve. Even liis mother, says Curly lc in his Reiuinis. cenccs, never tclt that she was acquainted with him. Sydney Smith never recovered from the horror of a dream which ho once had when ill, when ho thought he "was chained to a rock and hciug talked to by Harriet. Murtinenu nml Macaulay.",; Wc wonder how many of our students have enjoyed the literary treasures contained in that rare, quaint, old volume Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy. Those who are of a literary and antiquarian disposition will tiud scarcely a keener enjoyment than in his pages. Students at the "Wisconsin State University have been constrained by a despotic city council to leave off practi. sing on conch shells and now employ their loose time in petitioning the faculty and robbing the college orchnid, the latter being first. Education is a companion which no misfortune can depress, no climato destroy, no enemy alienate, no despot ism enslave. At home n friend, abroad nu introduction, in solitude a solace, in society an ornament. It lessens vie, guides virtue and gives at once a grace and govern ment to genius. "Without i', what is .1 man? A splendid slave! A reasoning savage! vacillating between the dignity of an intelligence derived from Gd and the deg. redation of passions participated in by brutes. Phillips Wo like to meet the man who commiserates us on "wast ing" the best period of our life in college; who Gorgon Izes us with a Palaeozoic guzo while he assures us that a boy becomes unfitted for the activeduties of life by a col. lego course; who bids that wc seek the "practical" (great stickler he lor the word) -by practice and eschew the or. namental;such an one wo like to meet, to fancy ourselves his offering and if wc can't find him--a something rare in this utilitarian Now wc look at his porlraituro in Mr Dickon's Gradgrind. There are lecturers and there are lecturers One man has the power of holding the attention of a class, and of exciting their interest, whatever ho may tali; about. Much depends upon the subject of course. Tho most brilliant genius could not arouse much interest in u mathematical demonstration, unless he wero talking to class of enlhusi asts on the subject. But the man is the main factor in the work. It is in his power to attract or repel the students; to encourage, or to disgust them with the whole subject. The Occident. There is a discreditable deposition among many of our stduuts to regard everything connected with the UnivcrsU ty as in some way divided on "society lines." They would struggle for Palladian or Union supremacy in every plan that is suggested and unniine a necessity tor Hie existence of one or (he other in the respective class organizations, i 11 the gymnasium, the columns ol the Student, the Cadet promotions and even in the Cadet Band. This feeling not only mars the true pleasure to be had in those departments of the University, but also degrades and belittles the char acter of those who indulge in and foster it Whenever our societies learn to substitute tho worthier spirit of emula tion for this petty and all pervading jealousy a great step will have been taken towards elevating their standard of excellence. If the Congress have power to pass general laws on the subject of commercial bankruptcies would it not be well for it to have authority over that species of domestic bank ruptcy calling for divorce laws? The present conflict of state enactments on the subject results in litigation, rancor and trouble, without end. This, however, accouling to the view of some late Eastern writers on the topic should be the perpetual condition of those unfortunates who seek to free ihemselves from the miseries of wedded discord. It is something phenomenal that tiie'same 'doxy which en trenches its hostility to divorce in general nm fort issime against the marriage o( divorced persons bciiind the words of the Bible should have arrived in these latter days at the conclusion that the injunction from speaking in church given to women was simply St. Paul's individual opinion for a particular ago and country and entiiely sans inspi ration. Weak Lunos. The Echo says: "It is grevious to find so many young people, especially at this season of the year, suffer from chest affections. Exercising ihc lungs and vocal organs, either in speaking or singing, is admit' cd by the medical profession generally to boa beneficial practice for the strengthening of the lungs nnd.thc clear ing of tho bronchial tubes. Tho voice in singing should so act upon the chest that itself becomes a kind of sound ing board for the voice, the voice proceeding from the larynx, and reverberating in the chest. Tiiis is the grand Italian method of voice production, which so thoroughly and completely exercises the lungs. Therefore, I thiuk young people should know the great benefit from prac tising tlie voice, not merely in speaking, or even in Biug ingasong, but by practising certain vocal exercises daily. Twenty minutes or half an hour's practice a day would considerably strengthen the lungs, and at the same time greatly improve the voice, both in quality of touo and power. Speaking from experience I can assure ail those who suffer moro or less from weak lungs that, by taking n scale of notes and singing each note to a breath, and sustaining it us long as tho respiratory organs will permit, they will find in a very short period the breath prolonged, which will bo 0110 of the first symptoms of tiio lungs be- incr strengthened. I ! T-u. . i flk . uiimj -JJJMIM mmmr sssFaESSEsmmmgmg&Ffs&jte ,.h n m- whs e ;