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Kansas University Weekly.
Prof. Adams having resigned from the editorial board December 19th, the vacancy thus created will be filled at the regular election, the person elected to hold office for the spring term 1895-6.
All stockholders will be be entitled to vote but no shares will be issued within five days of the election. Nominations for all the offices are governed by the following provision,—
Art. VI, Sec. 6.—Nominations for these offices shall be made in writing at least seven days in advance of the election, signed by at least ten stockholders in each case, and submitted to the advisory committee for approval.
The constitution provides that the election shall be held on the "secod Friday" in January, but as that date, taken literally, would throw the time for the closing of nominations and the closing of the poll books back into the holidays and thus be open to very serious objection, we have interpreted the phrase to mean the "second school Friday" in January, in this case the 17th, and we offer this explanation in due season, in order that there may be no question as to the apparent discrepancy.
As no names have yet been mentioned in connection with these offices, we feel at liberty to say a few words in the matter of this election. Membership on the staff of this paper is not like most of the offices which a student may hold—a ball from a five-cent roman candle; if there is any glory connected with the position it comes at the end of the term, not at the election, and the more successful the paper, the less glory any one member may claim as his individual portion. The paper needs workers —workers for the paper, not for self, people who are willing to give their best efforts whether the public hears of their services or not. Those should be elected who really desire a little newspaper experience and are willing to work lower down if they cannot gain the highest offices. It is to be hoped that none will be chosen who, if disappointed in the allotment of positions, will suddenly find themselves overcrowded with school work and unable to do anything for the paper. And although it may seem ridiculous, we are inclined to suggest from
our experience, that candidates should be put under bonds not to murder the English language and that they should be required to pass examinations in spelling punctuation and penmanship. Although other considerations will enter into the choice, although each faction of students will seek representation on the board, it must be remembered that a purely "representative" staff will produce a paper representative of very little, and that the first and by far the most essential qualifications must be fitness and ability. If these are kept in mind in the election of the staff, we may be sure that we shall be proud of the paper.
CHRISTMAS COMES but once a year, and likewise with the Christmas holidays. This issue will find most of our readers at home, and only the student who has been at school away from home for four long months knows what joy the very thought of going home can inspire in his lonely breast. We express the old but never hackneyed wish of a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year for each one and we hope that every day of the vacation may be full of joy and pleasure and rest from study. Banish the thought of books and lessons, seek recreation and enjoyment, take a real vacation, for there are five months of hard study ahead and we should enter the new year full of fresh vigor and enthusiasm if we carry our work through to a successful completion.
Question for Joint Debate.
From five questions proposed for the joint debate by the University of Nebraska, the committee has selected the following:
Resolved, That the Initiative and Referendum as provided by the law of Switzerland should be introduced into our system of government.
The Nebraska representatives have been chosen, and are A. J. Weaver, who was one of the competitors last year, H. E. Newbranch, and H. W. Quaintance.