THE DAILY NEBE ASKAN
CHURCH AFFILIATION
FACULTY AND STUDENTS
Student Give Church Preference at
Time of Registration AlcU
Churches In Their Work.
The personal registration card which
the University secures when a student
enters upon his course shows the
church preference which the student
may express if he cares to. This re
ligious data is not only helpful to the
pastors of the city in Introducing the
student to the church of his choice.
but is also very Interesting as reneci
Silver Serpent Work
"Name a charitable organization,"
said a teacher in the Longfellow school
to one of her pupils shortly after
Christmas.
"The University," pli ed a small Rus
sian bey.
Although the dictionary docs not
mention charity lu defining "univer
sity," perhaps some of the organisa
tions have Von the title given by the
little boy.
Every Christinas the Silver Serpent
do charity , work. Shortly before the
holidays they held University tag
day. The sale of the tags was good.
CHURCH AND SCHOOL
STUDIES IN BIBLE
lag the church life of the state. For ; After three days "Mi rry Christmas
example the numerical . showinj or tags waved from the coat of nearly
the denominations in the University is 'every student and a little over seven
relatively the same ar that of the ty dollars was in the Silver Serpent
- m . Jl Vina nl
state. The Memonii. i-iiuiu uo
most double the membership of that
of any other denomination. The Pres
byterian and Congregational churches
have about the same number, and the
greater number of students belonging
to these two churches come from the
towns and cities in the eastern part
of the state," whicn was settled by
pioneers from New England and the
eastern states. Church affiliation also
shows the varied nation!' 11 ties to bo
found in the state. The Roman Cath
olic and the different branches of the
Lutheran church tell of Irish, Bo
hemian, German, Scandinavian. Dan
ish, portions of our population.
It is an Interesting :ct also to find
that more than sixty per cent of the
students are members of the church
and not more than one in twenty falls
to express a preference. All except
this small proportion show an interest
in some particular denomination and
it may be assumed, therefore, that
nearly all the students are sympathetic
with church life and work.
A recent unofficial census of the
faculty discloses very much the same
set of facts. The information is not
entirely complete, yet is,fair to state
that about sixty-five per cent of the
members of the faculty are affiliated
with the churches of Lincoln. Twenty
six members are officers in the Lin
coln churches and twenty-one are
teaching classes in tt Bible schools.
In most cases these classes consist of
students. Members of the faculty are
frequently called upon to address
church organizations, both within the
city and In the near-by cities and
towns. It is a valuable influence that
the University professors are able to
bring into the church life, and the
point of view of the University pro
fessor in matters of religion and social
Christianity is a valuable asset to our
community, and in most cases is fully
appreciated by the churches. The
mere mention of the religious life and
influence of the late Dean Bessey is
sufficient to enable us to understand
what a University professor may mean
to a community outside the classroom.
treasury.
The money collected provided
Phristmns dinners for many needy
families in the Russian district, other
parts of Lincoln, and Belmont.
VAhlle the funds brought in by all
University subscription were spent in
the practical way of feeding the hun
gry, from the private treasury of the
Silver Serpents money was taken to
buy dolls. Each of the sixteen mem
bers dressed a doll. These were taken
to the Neighborhood House and given
to the little girls whom Santa so often
forgets.
A Letter from "Jorgy."
"Some time ago n student in the
Government School of Foreign Lan
guages told me1 that if I would secure
Biblical Course Offered by Univer
sity and Special Classes at
Different Churches.
An Ail-American foctball man from
Michigan says, "Gee, but I have missed
a lot these college years. God only
knows what a fight it Is taking to
carry this thing out. I have written
the gang and am praying for the time
to come when I can go home and call
the old gang together and tell them
the dope. I have stayed at Michigan
during the Christmas vacation and
have kept open bouse for the men who
could not go home. AFTER I WIN
OUT IN A STRUGGLE. THE. H API I
EST MOMENTS THAT I HAVE EX
PERIENCED COME OVER ME."
Billy Sunday had three meetings at
the University of Pennsylvania during
which more than six hundred men defi
nitely began the Christian life.
Man (excitedly, to hotel porter):
Run up to my room and see if I left
my ticket on the table. Hurry! the
train is coming.
Porter (rushing downstairs again):
sir; If there Texas
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ARTHUR JORGENSON
Y. M. C. A. Student Secretary, Tokio,
Japan, toward whose support Ne
braska men are giving $200.
a leader he would asree to enlist the
interest of a few men in his .institu
tion in the study of the Bible. . I was
able to get the help of a young mis
sionary and to our surprise nearly
forty men. many of whom were Chris
tians, responded to tho effort of this
one student. This number was so
large, so many were ' Christians, and
the others so evidently in sympathy
with the aims of the Association that
within a few days their request for a
formal student association was grant
ed. This is simply an illustration of
what can be done in many other insti
tutions once we discover key men who
can secure the necessary nucleus. The
tota) number of student associations in
the city is now sixteen."
The All University Church Day has
been observed twice at the Univer
sity of Nebraska, with very gratifying
results. The students have welcomed
the idea, and have attended the morn
ing and evening services in large
numbers. No exceptional advertising
has been used; an invitation has been
sent to each student, wrae small hand
cards printed for distribution, and a
medium sized window card bearing the
simple announcement of "All Univer
sity Church Day" have been placed on
the bulletin Wards.
Our University community affords
an Ideal opportunity for religious de
velopment. First, the University of
fers excellent courses with credit on
religious subjects, with their main ob
ject, the scholarship values of re
ligion. Professor Stuff, in his course
on Comparative Literature in English
takes up an extensive study of Job
and other Hebrew literature, also the
literary art in Matthew, Mark, Luke
and John. Professor lllnman of the
department of Philosophy offers
courses on the History, of Religion,
the History of Religion Among the
Hebrews, and the Philosophy and
Psychology of Religion. Professor
Webster of the department of Political
Science and Sociology offers a course
on Primitive Religion, taking up the
Important systems of religious belief,
future life, and such topics as would
naturally come under this heading.
The very latest course of this nature
will be offered by Professor Alexander
of the department of Philosophy' on
Tho Bible in an Education. A histor
ical study of the Bible in order to give
a background for church history. Then
the churches of Lincoln aim to co
operate with the University iu supply
ing Bible study for the students for
its religious and personal value. These
classes held at the different church
every Sunday show a great variety of
subjects covering a study of the Old
and New Testaments, church history,
and the social teaching of Christianity.
The discussional meticd is usually
employed.
t St Paul's church there are five
classes of young men studying Chris
tian Standards in Life, a text especi
ally planned for voluntary Bible study,
talcing up student interests and stu
dent problems. The young women are
studying the Manhood of the Master,
led by Mrs. J. J. Marshall. The lead
ers of the young men's classes at St.
Paul's are Prof. O. R. Martin, R. L.
Ewing and Prof. G. A. Stephens; at
Grace church. A. R. Worth; at Em
manuel, W. E. Gates, and at Epworth,
Prof. P. B. Barker. There is a total of
about three hundred students in all
the Methodist churches of the city do
ing voluntary Bible study.
At the First Presbyterian church a
comparison of the church of the first
and twentieth century is being dis
cussed. Rev. Dean R. Leland is in
charge of the young men's class and
Mrs. Leland leads the young women's
section. The classes often meet to
gether to discuss topics of interest to
both and to hear addresses by noted
men and women. The social life of
the classes is very enjoyable, with
usually a "mixer" every month, after
noon teas for the young women, and
always some sort of fun scheduled.
Prof. P. K. Slaymaker conducts a
class in Old Testament History at the
Second Presbyterian church at Twenty-sixth
and P streets.
The International Lessons and the
Making 0 the Bible is the subject
matter of the student classes at the
First Baptist church. Rev. C. J. Pope
and J. F. Yelton are the leaders. At
the East Baptist, Rev. C. J. Pope has
The Making of the Bible, and T. A.
Williams has Student Standards of
Action with a class made up largely
of agricultural students.
Rev. S. Mills Hayes is conducting a
seminar on the History of the Church
of England at Holy Trinity. Some
seventy or eighty discuss this subject
every Sunday at twelve o'clock.
At the First Christian church the
classes are led by W. A. Bobbins and
Mrs. T. F. A. Williams.
The students' organization. The
Liberal Religious Union, at the Uni
tarian church are discussing social
topics of interest.
And so you will find in nearly every
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