Show STUDENT LITE 124 the latter is responsible as we think he is) the honorable swift kick and then go forth and sin no more without more trustworthy authority Libraril Additions During the past two months over six hundred hooks have been added to the library Three hundred were presented by the Wisconsin State Historical Society They treat of various subjects mainly historical economic and scientific They were obtained through the efforts of our excellent Librarian chiefly The other three luinderd were purchased by the college These too cover a large number of subjects about fifty are standard fiction We hope the students will appreciate the additions and profit by them With such a courteous and competent librarian as Miss Smith and with our other splendid library facilities there is no reason that the students should not benefit greatly by the free use of the Li- brary Contribution Some of our subscribers have recently criticised “Student Life” because we do not publish more articles contributed by the lower classmen because there are so few locals concerning Freshmen and Sophomores : and in shortbecause the upper classmen are given the most prominence They sav in effect that since the paper is supported by students of all classes said students should be equally re- presented The criticism we believe is given with the best possible intentions It is certainly taken in good spirit and is even gratefully received One thing about it however is that it is aimed at the wrong persons The lower classmen themselves and not the staff are responsible for the comparative lack of prominence they receive In any community it is the people who do the most for the public (or in some cases who “do” the public the most) who are the most talked of The college is in this respect as well as in many others simply a miniature community If the lower classmen wish to have more of their contributions published they must first contribute something for publication We should be delighted to publish any worthy contribution from a member of any of the lower classes Ihit so long as their contributions are inferior to the writing done by the Juniors and Seniors or if they do not contribute at all wc are forced in justice to all concerned or by neces-sit- v to give our space to the uu-pclassmen Stir yourselves you Freshmen and Sophomores If you have a thought that you would like to give er to the world write it down “the best you know how” and hand it in You have chosen us to pass |