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THE HESPERIAN. ?i ft m i i; f 1 1 vu JK) ' . r., . -t- axwf ,. ! Yc Sohomormtm keeps m 1ft itiligl.tand merry vein. Long may its meTVyTsa! prwJcwjilcncy. Washburn wants to come to Mfrcoln a hundred strong to support the Kansas orator. IitTcvcry orator have ps many supporters and we Will havejofiy time) The Scholastic for MarcVl is nn illustration ol how a col I flcgepaper may become' altogether too literary. It is chiefly acollt'Ction of essays possessing but little interest to the aver agcvsjtudcnt.. afljyS'yMJ of Sioux Falls university has at least one article tliatjMyfee commended. It is entitled "The Siege of Jeru salenr.!&'Vrhis 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 cf two classes: The class that flatters and the class that carps. In either class there is but little thought displayed and less sense. May not a happy and respectable mean be found? We would advise some to. try for that mean. It is worth the eflbrt. ' Isn't it about time for the college papers to wake up on the subject of the intcr-.coMegiatc press association? For two months we have lookealraffirVin!cxchanges to find a word about it. We (ear 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 th CohjS d'Etat please tell us wky iti former friendly attitude has changed to -one ol jmh -koatUtty? Have omt at teranccs on the fraternity quetjm spoiled owr style awl lit erary merit? Wo fear Gw fMJWim biased beyimd recall. We will try, however, to bear up under its reproach. Still we hate to lose a friend thus. Consolidation is the word in all affairs ia these latter days of this century. Accordingly the Lance and the Atkftmje of Kansas Wesleyan have united and farmed a new paper, the! Advance. It presents a creditable apperance, bat if we might have suggested 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 iratcrnity question is still the subject of vigorous dts cussion among western college papers. For the most down right common sense view and presentation of the same we would awjard 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 agreement 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 ag-iinst 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. TllK 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 work on a college paper. Wc have no doubt that the editors of the .rtw, of Colorado Springs, will find it so, rind certainly 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 are seldom to be 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 arc mistakes than there arc those that are 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 ol Tub 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. A'eorter thinks that a live man is always better than a stuffed dummy. That is true but a live man, with a college education, is better than a live man-lack-ing4hat 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 TnJ 'Ionian: "The language of a fratcris the language of love that brightens the fires 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 oi 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 is 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 arc diametri cally opposite would wc then be compelled to lessen our love for the one or our loyalty to the other." Hearken, ''Ye 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 their own repeatedly and they will do it again ere long. George Kennan, by his magazine articles, aroused great 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 but 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 mighty pro test of freedom against tyrany. Some of our exchanges have spoken on the subject. Let the discussion be continued. u V 4& 1 i
