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THE HESPERIAN. UNIVERSITY of NEBRASKA. W w Vol. XVIII. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, NOVEMBER i, 1888. No. III. THE HESPERIAN (HESPERIAN STUDENT.) Issued semi-monthly by the Hesperian Publishing Associ ation, of the University of Nebraska. C. F. ANSLEY, Editor-in-Chief. ASSOCIATES: G. V. GERWIG, 'So. - O. V. FIFER, '89. - T. S. ALLEN, So. - H. PETERSON, '90. W. V. ROBERTSON, '89. - liusiNcss Managers, - - Literary. Miscellany. - Comment. Local. - Exchange. D. D. Forsyth E. R. Holmes. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One copy, per college year, .... $1.00 One copy, one college term 35 Single copy, 10 advertising rates on aitlication. ALUMNI AND EX-STUDENTS. Special endeavor will be made to make The Hesperian interesting to former students. Please send us your sub scriptions. Address all communications to The HESPERlAN.University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Neb. EDITORIAL NOTES. There are some commonplace and even senseless things that must be done and said, we suppose, in order to make life liveable. When a man returns from a trip, all his friends must ask him if he "has got back;" and we insist upon telling our acquaint ances that the day is warm or cold, pleasant or disa greeable, as the case may be, when really it is an insult to their intelligence to presume that they are not aware of these facts. But even commonplaces may be carried too far; and it occurs to us that "cheering" Jn the literary so cieties is in danger of passing its1 proper boundary. It is worth no small amount of work to win the heart felt thanks of an intelligent audience, and it isexhil erating to receive these thanks when one can be sure that they are sincere. But, with us, cheers and thanks have degenerated into a meaningless formal ity. Every performance must be cheered, and the noise is frequently the loudest for the poorest speaker, "just ;o encourage him." Appreciation on the part of the audience is and should be the aim of everyone who appears before a literary society; and the reward should be given if the result is attained, and under no other circumstances. Ajjain, our critics are not appointed or elected for the purpose of dealing out meaningless and indis criminate praise. If the society is for individual im provement, it is the duty of the critic to suggest the ways. It it would aid in making the criticism more distinct, we suggest that the report be postponed until after recess, when the members are alone and the non-student friends of the performers have gone their ways. The critic's chair should invariably be rilled by one of the ablest and most discriminating members of the society. It may be impossible to have good, permanent walks in the campus until the new buildings are com pleted; but it is certainly an imposition i o expect students to walk through mud over the tops of their rubbers in order to reach the buildings. It would not bankrupt the University to have a few loads of gravel or cinders drawn to make temporary crossings from the east and south, at least; or even crossings of one plank's breadth would much inipiove the existing condition. After the new buildings are completed the very first expenditure should be for durable walks of some description. We need a li brary building and a boiler house; but it seems decid edly penny wise and pound foolish to be so free with tens of thousands, and yet to hesitate year after year over the little sum that would enable us to reach the University with a presentable appearance and in a state of mind that would not disgrace our religious and philosophical training. - There are two classes of students who go through college and do not receive the full benefit from their opportunities. One of these classes is composed of the over-conscientious students who arc determined to lose not one moment of their time, who spend every day and night in digging, and who begin to "cram" a week before every examination. Now it is impossible for one small head to contain the sum total of all knowledge, and it is also impossible to absorb more than a certain amount of truth in a cer tain time. If more is attempted, the result will be that some truths are forgotten in order to give place to others, or that the mind will come into a state of confusion, or that the mental or bodily health -arill
