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ill keen on in- itfrnehtnnri mcrrv vein.
Long may its rocrtjflW! grow ta corpulency.
1 Vashburn wants to come to jiijyc'oln n hundred strong to
t support the Kansas orator. HctfeVcry orator have vs many
supporters and we vili have n.joljy time.
The Scholastic for March I is an illustration ol how a col
lege paper may become altogether too literary. It is chiefly
a collection ol essays possessing but little interest to the aver
agefstudent. "$jjjwfrStyliis or Sioux Falls university has at least one article
thaty'xlbc commended. It is entitled "The Siege of Jcru
salcmS'wvThis subject is not trite and is, moreover, of vast
interest. This siege is probably one of the most terrible and
destructive recorded in history.
Many exchange columns may be set down in cither of two
classes: The class that flatters and the class that carps. In
cither class there is but little thought displayed and less sense.
May not a happy and respectable mean be found? Ye
would advise some to. try for that mean. It is worth the
effort.
Isn't it about time for the college papers to wake up on
the subject of the interyColkgUte press association? For two
months we have lookedHHftMia exchanges to find a word
about it. We fear it has come to that state that is described by
ex-President Cleveland's pet phrase. Ought this to be so?
Shall it be so?
Will the Coup dEtat please tell c wky,HBfomer friendly
attitude has changed to one ol Mtch 8il&t? Kv Mr ut
terances on the fraternity qtteaMt SfKMkdfcw tyk mm! lit
erary merit? We fear Ceptt& biased beyond recall.
We will try, however, to bear up wilder its reproaches. Still
we hate to lose a friend thus.
Consolidation is the word in all affairs in these lattf days
of this century. Accordingly the Lance and the Afhfte f
Kansas Weslcyan have united and formed a sew paper, the!
Advance. It presents a creditable apperance, but if we might
have suggcsted a name, we would have hyphened it, Lance
Advocate. It is, you know, more in accorcance with the
spirit of the times.
The College Star wishes to know what there is to hinder
the formation oi an inter-collegiate editorial association.
Brother, there is such an organization and The Hesperian is
the official organ. You may become a member by sending to
our business manager the sum of one dollar. Other exchanges
please take note, for so far the association has not received
any support, financial support we mean.
The iraternity question is still the subject of vigorous dis
cussion among western college papers. For the most down
light common sense view and presentation of the same we
would award the palm to The Hesperian, though, to its
credit be it said, it has neither been so caustic in its language
nor so malignant spirited in the maintainance of the contro
versy as have many of its opponents. A perfect agi cement
with the sentiments voiced in its columns on the subject leads
us to a hearty admiration of its pluck and energy in waging
the battle so valiantly against the combined forces of the
Greek letter societies. Annex
Thank you, friend Annex. That more than repays for
all the carping criticisms and blasterings of frat papers that
are able to see nothing beyond their own policy and inclina
tion. The Annex is a friend indeed.
THE Hesperian receives many high school exchanges.
All show commendable enterprise and some considerable tal
ent. Their high school origin is, of course, readily apparent,
but a high school paper affords an excellent preparation lor
woik on a college paper. Wc have no doubt that the editors
of the .iwr, of Coloiado Springs, will find it so, and ccitninly
they arc doing well in their preparation.
Among most college papers there is one noticeable feature
in the exchange columns. It is the statement of news; clip
pings they may be called. They arc seldom to he relied on.
It is remarkable what errors creep into these statements. It
shows that but little care is taken by the editors in stating the
news. There arc more news items that aic mistakes than
there arc those that arc true. This is is not as it should be
The noble editors should be more careful to keep near to
the truth.
The Washburn Reporter dissents from the comment of The
Hesperian on the recent decision of the North Platte school
authorities to employ no one but a college graduate for prin
cipal of the high school. Reporter thinks that a live man is
always better than a stuflcd dummy. That is tine but alive
man, with a college education, is better than a live man lack
ing.lhat education. So all that is necessary is to choose the
live man, for surely there arc many from college.
Here is some fraternity gush from the Tuftoniam "The
language of a fratcr is the language of love that brightens the
fire of the soul; the language of encouragement which cheers
a brother's heart and smoothes the thorny paths of life the lan
guage of sympathy which dries the founts of sorrow. The ob
ject of a fraternity is to strew life's path with flowers; the cul
tivation of social character; the improvement of one's mental
and moral condition; to render mutual assistance and support
to each other." Mighty lovingain't it? It's a great scheme
to get mutually helped through school.
K. U. Courier has opened an exchange column. Its editor
k something new in the line of "frats." He is at once the
unqualified advocate of the literary society and the staunch
friend of the fraternity. He says: "Even if we accepted so
fallacious a principle that these organizations are diametri
cally opposite would wc then be compelled to lessen our love
for the one or our loyalty to the other." Hearken, uYc can
not serve two masters, etc." As wc have before said, Kan
sas university shows the results of Greek rule in the helpless
condition of its literary societies. Here it has always been
the boast of the Greeks that they would kill our literary so
cictics. They have succeeded in killing thcirown repeatedly
and they will do it again ere long.
George Kennan, by his magazine articles, aroused reat
interest in the struggles of the Russians for liberty and in the
fearful sufferings of the czar's victims. Sympathy has every
where been expressed for the sufferers hut no practical aid has
been extended. At last, however, something has been pro
posed which, if carried into effect, will certainly at least show
the feeling of a part of the world about this matter. It has
been suggested that monster petitions be sent from American
colleges to the czar as a protest against the inhuman treat
ment of the Siberian exiles. Many of our colleges have been
greatly stirred by Mr. kennan's lectures before them. The
iron is hot. Let it be struck, and with a vigor. Let the sug
gestion mentioned be acted upon. It will be the miehtv oro-
test of freedom against tyrany. Some of our exchanges have
spoken on the subject Let the discussion be continued.
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