THE HESPERIAN.
As time goes on the race problem is assuming greater pro
portions. Before long this question will have to be settled
once for nil and settled, too, regardless of party. In our
humble opinion the negro is not to blame for his down-trod
den condition. It is the prejudice portion of the white race
who arc to blame. The South has always acted tyrannically
toward the negro, notwithstanding the fact that both races
have been placed on an equality. Why was a bill introduced
in congress to encourage the emigration of the negro from
the United States? May not the two races live here in har
mony if each will act fairly toward the other? Would it not
be better to encourage emigration from the South to
other parts of the United States, and in order to do this
ofTcr inducements to the negro which they will be glad to ac
cept and by which they may be benefitted? Some make the
objection that the negro will soon be aspiring to the high offi
ces of our government. Should wc neglect their education
and oppress them on this account? Wc think not. The peo
ple of the United States will not bestow their highest offices
upon those who arc unworthy, and if the negro is worthy
then wc certainly think that he should have the same rights
as his while brother. .
MISCELLANY.
Henry W. Grady was the most brilliant leader of the New
South. But he was a man, who above all others would have
had reason to deplore the result of the late civil war. His
father died in the battle fighting in defence of those same
doctrines of which Mr. Davis was the great champion, and
when the war was done and his disheartened countrymen had
returned to their homes to repair the ruin which five years of
rapine and plunder had wrought, we find young Grady pa
tiently enduring their hardships with them and struggling to
eke out an existence for himself and his widowed mother. In
1876 having pushed to the front by his own perseverance and
ability, he was chosen as editor-in-chief of the greatest south
ern newspaper of today, the Atlanta Constitution. His bold
and fearless editorials soon won for him a national reputation.
He had become thoroughly convinced that sectionalism was
wrong and he did not hesitate to express his convictions. But
three years ago, in an address on "The South" at a Now
England banquet Mr. Grady made himself famous by these
words: "I am glad that the omniscient God held the balance
of battle in His Almighty Hand, and that the American Union
was saved from the wreck of war." His policy was to teach
the people of the South to concern themselves no longer with
what had been lost, but busy themselves with what they might
find to do; to consecrate the memories of the war, but to exert
the strength of their minds and bodies to the building up of the
"New South." He put his heart and soul into the future of
his country; he revered the memories of the past but saw the
dangers which might result from the bitterness of sectional
ism; he placed himself as mediator between the two hostile
factions and endeavored to mitigate race and sectional hatred.
He represented the ideas of progress and the future. His fol
lowers in the South arc rapidly increasing in number and the
prospect is bright for the destruction of the old sectional
hatred. D. w. B.
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Quite a number of the university students have com
menced a course which will lnjnrc the University if not
stopped. I refer to playing pool and billiards. Almost any
Saturday night these students may be seen in various billiard
parlors in the city indulging in a social game. While there
may be no harm in the games themselves, yet the class of
men who loaf in such places is generally a degraded set, and
their influences cannot be good. A reform should be insti
tuted. At present the University of Nebraska has an excel
lent reputation for morality, and no loyal student, be he frat
or barb, will do anything to mar its present good name.
About a year ago The Hesperian had a good deal to say
concerning the fact that a large nnmber of young "sassicty"
ladies in Lincoln were attending the University for appear
ance sake. Wc arc glad to note that at present the number
of such is small. Yet there arc a few. The others have
quituatcd and can now go out into their fashionable circle
and truly say, ''When I attended the University at Lincoln,
ah, don't you know." Some kind of provision should be
made against such people. The idea that a person can come
to the University now and register for only one study is
shameful. If some regulation were passed making it neces
sary to take at least twelve hours a week, these people would
not come. Their attendance is a detriment to the institution.
Their five dollars matriculation fee will not recompense for
the injury they will do in the long run.
We have a plan to propose which we think would put a
stop to the loafing in the halls and the noise resulting from it.
Let the regents see to the fitting up of the gymnasium for
which an appropriation was made. Then let there be an un
derstanding that if the students want to loaf there is the place
to go. There they could talk love, war, religion, politics, or
anything they wanted and would not disturb the classes.
There is something in "the nature of a person that makes it
terrible to have to sit down in the reading room with a sol
emn face until the bell rings. There is a nameless some
thing within you, which makes it necessary that you should
occasionally 0 somewhere and indulge in a little physical ex
ercise or a hearty laugh. At present students have no place
except the hallways in which to rid themselves of the supera
bundance of this feeling. The faculty should be considerate
in this matter. The boys should not be blamed if in their
frenzy it becomes necessary for them to climb the radiator
pipes or attempt to kick the ceiling in the hallways. Let the
gymnasium be fitted up and a place provided for those who
want to loaf a little while, and the faculty can rest assured
that the noise and loud talking in the halls will cease.
I saw her at a literary society meeting over two months
ago. I fell desperately in love with her at first sight. After
the debate was over and recess had begun she waited a few
minutes with a girl friend who had accompanied her and
spoke to a few of her acquaintances. I watched her every
movement to see whether I might not catch her eye and get
a gentle smile from her. She was beautiful. To my notion
she was the most beautiful maiden I had ever seen. I gazed
intently on her. The slate-bearer came by with "Don't you
want to scratch the slate?" I did not hear him. I stood
there enraptured. Soon I saw her leave the room. I awoke
from my dream and exclaimed with the poet:
" I he xpell fa broke, the ch rm has flown
I tetumed to my room. My roommate arrived soon after.