Cover, "The Weekly Ariel," Ariel, September 12, 1891
Page 1 of "The Weekly Ariel," Ariel, September 12, 1891
At the start of the 1891-1892 school year, Ariel became a weekly publication, the basis for which is described in an editorial in the September 12, 1891, issue:
“Here it is. The Ariel is a weekly. How do you like it? and shall it receive the support necessary to make it a success?
Heretofore the Ariel has appeared monthly. It was good and answered its purpose for the time - but it was only a monthly. Aside from the fact that it really was not adequate to our growing needs we were humbled by seeing institutions of much meaner pretentions supporting live weeklies...
...The present board of Ariel editors feels just a trifle nervous in its new position. On the one hand there is the body of students - to whom we owe our editorial existence - the professor and the community at large, all expecting us to give them a good sample of college journalism and to serve it fresh and prompt once a week. And we cannot honestly say that we would it were different - we do not want you to expect less of us. However, on the other hand - and it is the “however” that causes your editors the anxiety - the board of editors recognize as probably no others do, that it is no little venture that this has been entrusted to them..."
Read the full text of the editorial by selecting the image of Page 1 of the September 12, 1891 issue of Ariel above.
