THE HESPERIAN STUDENT.
HESPERIAN STUDENT.
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K. J. Churchill.
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Literary G. (1. Hitchcock.
Associate Josie Chapman.
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Editorial JJor
A successor to Regent Powers has been appointed
by pov. Dawes in the person of Mr. Julius F. Mer
ritt, of Antelope county. While this gentleman is
unknown to the most of us by acquaintance or repu
tation, he has been connected with educational work
for some time, and is. well known in the northeastern
section of the State, from which he comes. The Stu
deni welcomes our new regent to his portion, and
trusts that his service to the University may be mu
tually satisfactory to himsdf and the people of Nebraska.
There should be no necessity for us to sa a word
right here that must be said, to the effect that the
Student office is not intended and hereafter will not
be used as a general loafers' retreat. This office has
been fitted up for the express purpose of work essen
tial to the publication of this paper, and nothing else
should be allowed within its walls. To employ it,
through the exercise of personal friendship or the ex
hibition of impudence that cannot be insulted, for a
study or general conviviality room, is to hinder the
legitimate work of the office and to insult the Board
of Managers who have resolved to tolerate the nui
sance no longer. If a word to the wise is insuffi
cient, as many will be given them as may be found
necessary.
Ik there is one man more than another in our pres
ent Legislature who deserves gratuitous exhibition it
is our renowned ex-governor, independent, senatorial
candidate, the Hon. David Butler. Among his other
achievements in the State Senate was the introduction,
a few days ago, of a resolution recommending the
closing of the University and State Normal School,
and urging upon the body of which he is so shining ()
a light the advisability of refusing all appropriations
for their support. It is well for the credit of Ne
braska that such intellectual giants who deem higher
education unnecessary do not represent or control the
intelligence of the State. We have no fears of even
a serious consideration of the resolution by the 1 -egis-lature,
and do not wish to be so understood. The
incident is only worthy of notice as an exhibition f
the extremity to which unreasoning prejudice and asi
nine stupidity can be carried.
A recent issue of the Omaha Herald contained near
ly half a page of tirade against the present manage
ment of the University, evidently intended to evoke
a general newspaper discussion and thereby injun
our chances for a proper appropriation from the I ,eg
islature. The author of the ai tide referred to h.i-
over-shot his mark, and made statements as recklessh
as if their simple publication was equivalent to posit h e
proof. The Student does not believe that the en -om
and dcmagogitcry so 'manifest in thecommunica
tion is so nearly concealed by .the scattered grains of
truth it contains as to lead r.ny friend of the Univer
sity to answer it by an honest and well-meant argu
ment. This paper admits that the condition of tin
institution could be improved ; but we also insist that
true relief will be more surely and wisely given us b
the Board of Regents, in whose hands all respond
bility rests, than by anonymous and partisan new
paper correspondents, whose ztjal for the destruction
of the University results in nothing more injurious
than the easy detection of their per&onal identity and
a thorough understanding of their actuating motive.
With this issue of the Student the labors of tin
present editorial corps come to an end. As we give
into other hands the guidance of our college journal,
we would express our common acknowledgement ot
the numerous recent compliments the Student ha
received from its exchanges and subscribers; and
make our apology for whatever errors we may ha e
committed, asking only in extenuation that the)' be
regarded as arising from our journalistic inexperience.
The aim of the present management has been to make
this paper a true exponent of the students in the Uni
versity, a promulgator of their wishes' and opinions,
and a defender of their interests, to shape for it a
policy the characterises of which should be candor.