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THE HESPERIAN STUDENT.
WtftV?
We only need to any of the Bcrkcleyan thnt it is "im
mense." "The ton commandments" clipped in tho Cray Jacket
should hcvvo been credited to tho Student.
Tho Morrin College Review is hardly up to tho average
journal on tills side of the line. Tho hitter cold of thnt
region has evidently hud a chilling effect on the Review.
Tho Editorial corps of tho College I'twiscrtyt seems to
forgot that "in union thcro is strength." Tho "cards"
thathavo appeared in tho last two issues certainly do not
iudicatc unity.
The Academian of Caimndaigua Academy is diminutive
yet exceedingly neat. Its spaco is well divided between
the several departments, which arc carefully edited, espec
ially the editorial.
Tho Crescent knocks at our Sanctum for the first time
this month, and asks that admission bo granted it. Cer
tainty we will "ex.", and we shall always bo glad to see
it in future. The Orescent greatly resembles the Student
in form, though it contains much less.
Tho University Press and Notre Dame Scholastic come
to us so frequently and so regularly, that they seem like
old acquaintances. Both aro lively weeklies, which
surpass many of thoir monthly contemporaries, and their
familiar countenances are always welcome.
The Occident, tho anti-fraternity organ of the California
University, is certp inly improving. This speaks well for
tho energy of tho present corps of editors. In consider,
ing the real worth of tho Occident, regard must bo had for
the frequency of its publication. It is one of tho lew
good weeklies.
Wo were much pleased with tho general appearanco of
the Hobart Herald, but more care should bo taken in tho
editing of It. Wo failed to find any literary department
proper, ccrUinly one of tho essentials of a successful col
lego paper. Its editorials aro long, and, though written
Willi care, aro of litllo interest. Tho Herald uses tho scis
eors quite lrccly.
Exchange? Of course wo will. Wo aro always glad to
find such a new paper as the Baylor Aegis on our table.
This addition to our exchange list comes from "away
down South;" yet notwithstanding this disadvantage of
locality, it appears to us replete in news and scholarly
productions. But few of its contemporaries contain so
mi'ch good reading as thi Aegis. Nevertheless it labors
under somewhat of a disadvantage in its form.
Another late visitor to our sanctum is tho Lawrenceville
Record. As we noticed that it was tho fond offspring of
high school parents, wo scanned it with indulgent eyes.
Wo could not, however, but notice that an rditorial
should not be devoted to advertising a livery stable; nor
do pages of advertisements in the midst of the reading
matter improve the appearanco of a paper. But tho
Record is young, like its parents, and lias ample time and
opportunity to develop.
The Wooster Collegian is a new exchange to us. Wo
have carcl'ulh read the article on "Alexander the Great,"
and consider it a very poorly written "lecture." Much
of it 1b extremely commonplace, and the parenthesises'
that aro frequently thrown in, aro entirely out of place.
Tho artlclo is entirely too lengthy. Wo wore not in
terested enough in tho subject to attempt the perusal of
the Nebular Theory." The Collegian is very large, and
contains much that is worthy of commendation.
Wo hardly rccognizo our old friond tho St. Mary's Col
lege Journal in its new dress, and under its now name.
It is now called the St Mury's Sentinel, and its cover is
neatly arrauged to correspond to its present namo. Nor is
tho change an external ono alone; for within wo find
great improvement botli in its mechanical arrangement
and in the character of its productions. We extend to
the Senttnel our hearty congratulations as it begins its
second year under such auspicious circumstances.
Tho Comet is the most dlmtnutlvo of our exchanges,
but it is fur from being the least readable. The favorable
impression that it makes is largely due to the neatness
of its make-up. More attontion might well bo paid to
the appearanco of many of our college papers. Even if
an article is carefully written and but a few typographic
al errors occur in it, the impression left will bo ono of
disappointment. Wo know that tho Student has not
always been free from such errors, but in future wo shall
tako up arms against them in the shape of n professional
proof-reader,
If any of our exchanges have as yet failed to send in
their congratulations to tho Student on tho "libornl ap
propnalion for its support" wo will still hold ourselves
in readiness to receive them. We regard this as but your
plain duty, and wo hopo it wiil not be long delayed.
Wo arc glad to say that most have alroady scon this
matter in its truo light, and have handed them in. To
these we return our sincere thanks. Seriously, all seem
to bo laboring under a misaprchension in regard to this
and perhaps, oven at this late day, a word of explanation
would not bo out of place Whatever errors have been
made, must have been because of our not clearly stating
tho nature of the appropriation. Tho facts are: the
Regents kindly gave tho Student $150 to fit up an ofllcn
in the basement in order thnt it might be removed from
the one then occupied on the third floor; that this money
was used for such practical purposes as laying floor, plas
tering, etc, and not to the improvement of the paper itself.
Wo do not like to bo represented as tho recipients of
charity which we never really received.
A Tragedy.
A cat.
Tho wall.
Brick bat
That's allT
Ex.
No word was spoken when they met,
By cither sad or gay;
And yet ono badly sinltton was, a
'Twas mentioned tho noxt day.
They mot by chanco this winter ove,
With neither glance nor bow;
Thoy often came togothcr so
A freight train and a cow.
Ex,
Student, translating : "And er then or then or
lie er wont and er "(class laugh.) Professor: "Don't,
laugh gentlemen; to err is human."
Reveille.
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