THE HESPERIAN.
UNIVERSITY of NEBRASKA.
Vol. XVII.
LINCOLN, NEB., MARCH i, 1888.
No. XII.
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EDITORIAL NOTES.
The other day we found something that amused
us, and we propose to tell it, even if this is not the
proper place. We were reading a well worn copy of
Col. Higginson's essay on "Ought Women to Learn
the Alphabet?" There is one paragraph, that is, to
say the least, not highly flattering to the intellect of
woman, and beneath it, written in pencil, evidently
by one of the sex under consideration, was this brief
and pointed criticism: "rediculas"
in time, develop into an art gallery maintained at the
public expense, and of which the citizens could justly
be proud. Then some day we are to have a college
of fine arts connected with the University, and the
public must be ready for this before it comes, or it
will die as our medical department died. Art must
be kept before the minds of the people, and
when they are ready for the college, the Lincoln Art
league will lobby for it with all the power tl at can be
exerted, for Miss Moore's pupils and friends left her
home as a league organized to carry on this work.
Their object is a worthy one, and The Hesperian
wishes them success in their efforts.
Efie Ellsler has our warm admiration and our
sincere thanks for showing us what can be done in
melo-drauia. We believe that, in her line, she is the
first actress on the American stage, and that it will
be but a short time until she is recognized as such.
In l.er play and her part of "Egypt" she has all the
room she could desire in which to display her
powers, at least so it seems, for certainly there are
heavier and lighter touches in the one part than in
any other that we have seen, outside, of course, the
plays of Shakespeare. Yet we see no way for her to
improve on her present rendition, and she is young.
If she possesses greater powers than she can show in
"Egypt," surely she can find no other modern play
suited to her abilities. We wonder, is she the Cleo
patra that the world has been searching for so long
and so unsucessfully? But even if she should decide
to go upon the Shakespearean stage, we hop" it will
not lead to the abandoning of" Egypt, "for w.s wish to
see her in this part many times in the years to come
A short time ago Miss Moore gave a reception to
the students who, in this or former years, have pur
sued the study of art history under her direction.
Some half dozen, also, of those of artistic' tastes
among her friends were invited. Miss Moore excels
no less as a hostess than as an artist and an instructor,
and she made the evening a pleasant one to all her
guests. But it is to be hoped that the occasion will
be remembered for a reason still better than the
pleasure could give. It was discovered that Lincoln
already has its just proportion, at least, of intelligent
appreciators of art in all its branches. Heretofore
these persons have had no common tie to bind them
together for work, and nothing to cause them to meet
for purposes of discussion and criticism. A united
effort must be made if Lincoln is ever to do the good
work that it ought to do for art.
There are many ways of improving on the existing
condition of affairs. Good paintings are contii ually
traveling over the country. They visit Omaha and
and Denver; can they not be induced to come to
Lincoln? The city library and the other public
libraries could help matters by introducing a few
books of a nature calculated to arouse the desired
interest on the part of the public. Indeed, it is not
dreaming to hope for a hall in which the few art
treasures of our city could be seen, and which might,