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About Hesperian student / (Lincoln [Neb.]) 1872-1885 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1890)
PBP1 THE HESTER I AN. gations and other troubles peculiar to the infant stage of intellectual development, seemed to be peculiarly infatued with university life and are still several steps below the top of the ladder They were wise. They will enjoy for many years to come the privclige of swinging Indian clubs, performing on the bar, black ing each others eyes and many more recreations of a like nature. The gymnasium will fill a long felt want No longer is there any excuse for the boys to kick the plastering off tl.e ceilings and to climb the steam pipes. No longer is theie any excuse for persistant loafing around the halls We hope that all students in general and new students in particular will avail themselves of the opportunities offered by the gym nasium. To all those who were instrumental in hav ing the gymnasium fitted up the students shou'd be grateful, but especial thanks are due to Lieutenant Griffith who has always taken a deep interest in the welfare of the students. OMEtime since The Hesperian ventured to suggest a few changes in the present manage ment of the library. Evidently the advise was in vain, but this does not discourage us and we venture to repeat at least a part of our advise and to urge the powers that be to give it serious consideration. This plan is that the library be open five evenings each week. It seems that the growth of the institution demands such a change. In some of tbe departments the students must do the greater amount of their work in the library and under the present state of affairs they are absolutely unable to accomplish the best re sults. The department of history will serve well to illustrate this point. In the elective courses of the above named department it is obviously a financial impossibility for students to purchase the necessary books; and some classes are so large that it is found exceedingly difficult for all the members of it to do as good work as might be done it the library were open a few hours in the evening. Then it would not be necessary to allow anyone to draw out the books needed by the classes and thus the librarian would be spared much trouble. This change could be effected at very little cost and it seems that if the student body is to receive the most good possi ble from the library that it should be accomplished. Of what use is a large library if it is not fully utilized? This change will we feel sure be brought about in the near future. Why not begin this ycaj? is a very juvenile institution not yet a year old, and it was to be expected that it could not be an unqualified success. Rut anything that tends to bring together in friendly contests students of the different institu tions should be encouraged on account of the mutual advantages to be derived. Nor is there any reason why the association may not in time develop so that it will be a financial success. The one thing needed is that students of the state take sufficient interest in the association. Let all of the colleges begin now to tram the men and the next field day will be more of a success than the last one was. Here it may not be out of place to urge the athlets of the U. of N. to make more preparation than they did last year. With a larger attendance than that of any institution in the state, the University of Nebraska should win a cor respondingly larger number of prizes. But this was not the case last year and unlrss special effort is made it will not be the case this year. Last year base ball was adecided success. Why not have inter-collegiate contest in foot ball and tennis as well as in base ball this year. Lxst year a beginning was made in tennis. Why not continue in that line? These inter-collegiate contests are benefical because they serve to broaden the minds of the students.' A student who has never seen anything outside of his own little col lege circle is apt to be so narrow in his views as to im agine that there is nothing of merit outside of his own college. Inter-collegiate contests do much to over come this feeling and for this reason they should be encouraged. 1(I fHILE the first Nebraska inter-collegiate field day was not an entire success, when viewed from a financial standpoint, yet it was as much of a success as one could well hope for. The association URING all last year rumors, more or less threat ening, reached our notice, that in the near fu ture the fraternities would establish a paper to repre sent their interests. These rumors have now ceased to oppress the air and The Hesperian starts out upon the new year with no opponent in sight. This is to be regretted. These is not much satisfaction in fight a system that is either too weak to defend itself orclsc dares not do so, for some other reason. And were it not for the underhanded manner in which fraternity members 'work' students, we would be willing to treat their efforts with silent contempt. But fraternities thrive best when barbs remain silent concerning them. Frats wish members to join them without ever having heard the other side of the question. In view of this fact we may be pardoned for asking the new students whoiu the frats have been 'working', if the aforesaid aggregations have boasted of the high literary abilities that they possess. If they ever explained why it is that the Philodicean society is somewhat of a liteiary failure, and has been kept alive only because oc casionly the trats have secured the initiation of some members of the other societies Do the members of