8
THE HESPERIAN.
I
EXCHANGE BRIC-A-BRAC.
The
first
college
paper pub
lished in the U. S.
was the Dartmouth Ga
zette. Harvard has a brass band
of 1S0 pieces. More than one fourth of the
students in Gcrmcn Universities are Americans. No
papers arc issued by students in England. Every Senior
at Trinity is obliged to write a Latin poem loo lines long.
Miss trccman, Prcs. of Wcllcsly, is only twenty-cightyearsold
I here re 190 college papers in the United Spates. Student
(trans atmg) : "And cr-Wcr-the-cr-wcnt-cr-" Professor:
Don't laugh, gentlemen, to err is human." Harvard is
thinking of shortening her course to three years. Bayard
laylor still holds his professorship at Cornell. Sixty Har
vard Freshmen have dropped Latin, 80 Greek, and too
their Mathematics.- Vanderbilt will soon found a uni
versity at Nashville, Tennessee. The Wcllesly fac
ulty will not let the girls publish a paper.
Iowa City calls itself the "Athens of Iowa."
They arc getting sick of oratorical contests at Kansas University.
Further interesting developments in the Courier affair at
Lawrence, Kansas.
We do not receive two. Couriers from Lawrence, Kansas,
any more. One still flourishes under the name of Weekly
Courier.
The Northwestern comes to the end of the year with $37.81
in its pocket, figuratively speaking, after paying all expenses
and its business manager. Well! we didn't do quite so well
as that, but we-hm -hm- well, wc don't remember exactly
how much the Hesperian did make.
The faculty of Iowa State University have resolved not to
11.... ..J . . a
uuowbiuucnis 10 register liereattcr for more than three stu
dies apiece at one time. Whether the measure be wise or
not, we venture to say that a similar one would greatly rejoice
many students of Nebraska University.
The Hatchet deserves its name. It is small and sharp but
not heavy. We enjoy reading the Hatchet but the "spice" is
too pronounced. Spice is good as spice but not for food, and
in our opinion some spice could have been omitted from our
last specimen of the Hatchet with excellent effect.
The December number of The Sibyl is uncommonly rich
Much attention is paid to the literary side of the paper and
the girls make a good showing though wc should lay a little
more stress on the social and local department. The relation
of circumstances connected with the opening of ElmiraCol
lege is especially mteresting. The Sibyl Ins a great advan
tage over most college papers when it can procure subscribers
mostly by exhibiting its editorial staff.
The Washburn Argo is one of our newest exchanges. The
amount of brains expended is not unusually large; indeed
supposing that Washburn had an average amount of the before
mentioned commodity, we congratulate it on the amount it
must have remaining. The Argo proclaims itself an indepen
dent organ and declares its purposes as follows: "It (the Ar
go) will criticise and praise that which should be praised
without in the former descending to that level which disgraces
somany of our college journals or in the latter ascsnding to that
inspired adulation which renders abortive the desired effect."
It would be more modest not to count the chickens till they are
hatched. But really we have no quarrel with the Argo and
wish that it may go on and on till it becomes a good college
paper.
The last number of the Central Ray is not all that might be
expected in a college paper. For instance it seems somewhat
cut of place to put in as part of the body of the paper, such an
advertisement as the article entitled "College Work." If it
had been called an advertisement or paid local or had it been
put in the torm ot an advertisement there Mould be nothing
to criticise, but our ideal is a college paper for the students
and by the students, and the Ray certainly answers ncithcrof
these. Typographically also it might be made better.
As a holiday repast The University Revian dishes up thir
teen pages of poetry , It's not bran new wc may inform any
one who may be incredulous, but is eathcred from 9nn'
numbers of the Revitro. Some of it is rich the way the fresh
man, the sophomore, the junibr and the senior, respectively
approach the question of love. Wc quote:
FRESHMAN.
White and cold lay the world outside,
So white and cold and still;
And the white cold moon' threw a cold white light
On the cheerless world, and through the night
Chill shadows slept by the hill.
SOPHOMORE. .
Behind that white, pellucid car
In ccstacy I pant,
Oh, wild, undreamed of happiness
One tender kiss to plant.
JUNIOR.
: Well, well! poor fool! what can I do,
But kneel and supplicate her
To be my own? a waltz strikes up
"Ta ta! I'll see you later."
She's gone to waltz with young Fitz Smith;
I m safe. Do not berate her.
When next she sees me kneel and beg
'Twill be some centuries later.
SENIOR.
What matters it!
The moon and stars will rise o'er head.
But what is light, and what is night,
And beauty, what? if love lies dead
What matters it!
These are merely specimen verses. Wc shall label the
thing "poison" and keep it on sale in small doses at the Hes
perian office.
The University Tress and Badger interesting, unusually
so. Its literary department contains articles on The Decline
of Good Manners in America" nnd tt;..i ..:-,
both of which contain some good thoughts. The
thing of prime interest, however is the editorial department
which contains an account of the late trouble between the
Regents and the Junior class, on account of the Annual. On
the strengthofthrcc rules, made by the Regents, "concerted
action from any appointed duty by a class or any number of
students together, will be regarded as a great violation of
order;" the presentation of petitions or the holding of meetings,
by the students for the purpose of criticizing the government
of the University, and the publication by the students of any
thing not approved by the President, are regarded as viola
turns of order. The Junior class, to which the publication of
the Annual was intrusted, were unwilling to comply with de
mand of the Regents that the Annual was submitted to their
inspection, and after some dsscussion the publication of the
Annual was indefinitely postponed. The students draw con
solation from the fact that the Regents ought to feel the losa
of the Annual as much as the students do. At the same
school, the military commandant continues to sit on refrac
tory ones. Takingevery thing into consideration, the average
isconsin student Must consider himself a much abused crea--ture.
Vv-
