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VOL. XV. NO. 134.
UNIVERSITY OP NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1916.
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COLLEGE CONFUSES
IDEALSAND IDOLS
PRES. A. ROSS HILL, OF MISSOURI
UNI., AT CONVOCATION
Makes Plea for More Thoroughness
and Research Among the Fac
ulty and Students
"Our ideals are the outcome of
habits and influences that play upon
our minds," said President A. Ross
Hill of the University of Missouri,
in his talk on "Some of the Things
a University Should Stand For," at
convocation yesterday. "We some
times are confused between our
ideals and our idols."
State education has been a demo
cratic movement, the fundamental
notion being that the poor should
have as much recognition as the rich,
that every kind of talent should have
equal recognition. At present, the
pressure is very strong to emphasize
vocational education, but it has its
weaknesses,, according to President
Hill. The efficiency ideal is good to
give definition of motive, but it can be
easily overdone.. The vocational mo
tive has not a wholesome influence.
Idol of Quick Returns
Anything with scientific principles
may be taught in the universities. We
are liable to be carried away by what
one writer has called "the Idol of
quick returns." A man who has
worked In the shops for four years
may be more efficient than the col
lege graduate, but at the end of ten
years, the graduate will be boss while
the other will still be at the same
job.
In the law schools, the teachers
should be those who have their habits
of right thinking formed ; they should
have legal mind In the literature
department, the Instructor should not
be merely the one who has written
several short stories, "but the man
who thinks in a literary, scholarly
way. The graduate of a law school
is not necessarily a lawyer. But if
he Is trained to think in legal terms
and is given habits through the de
velopment of legal Instruction, he will
be a better lawyer.
President Hill spoke of Roscoe
Pound, '88, as the leading law thinker
in America in this connection, and
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Noble Workers for
How noble it is to work for the
cause of democracy!
The Nebraskan has chronicled the
adventures of the ambitious univer
sity men who passed out candidates'
cards at the polls last Tuesday, there
by enriching their exchequers. With
most of them it was a cold-blooded
proposition of services rendered lor
money received from $2.60 to ?3 per
day.
One male student wanted to do like
wise, and he was very anxious to get
a Job. He applied at the official
headquarters of a certain prominent
democrat, running for an -important
office. This student, who happens to
be a P. B. K., told the candidate what
'good democrat he (the student) was;
what good democrats his father and
father's father had been befora him,
and how anxious he was to work on
primary day.
The candidate lent a will! sar
and agreed to give him work to do.
DR. MAXEY DEFEATED FOR
REPUBLICAN DELEGATE
Dr. Edwin Maxey, university pro
fessor and favorite of. the students
for the republican nomination for
First district delegate to the repub
lican national convention, was de
feated for the place, according to late
returns from Lancaster county last
night. Both E. M. Pollard and J. Reid
Green ran' ahead of Maxey, although
P. G. Sweet, of Nebraska City, did
not make so good a showing as the
professor. Dr. Maxey did not make
a campaign for the place, however,
and the large vote for him is con
sidered very complimentary.
PROF. FOGG MEETS
WITH JOURNALISTS
Will Read Paper on Cartooning and
Illustrating
M. M. Fogg, professor of rhet
oric, went to Lawrence, Kan., last
evening to attend a convention of the
Association of. American Teachers of
Journalism at the University of Kan
sas. There are about 125 members in the
association and about 55 will be pres
ent, at which time they will discuss
all phases of journalism. Among the
prominent men who will attend are:
Prof. Carl Getz, of Montana, vice
president of Sigma Delta Chi; Talcott
Williams, dean of Columbia univer
sity school of Journalism, and Profes
sor Kane, of Washington university.
Professor Fogg will read a paper
on "Cartooning and Illustrating." All
of the papers given there will be pub
lished and distributed among the
schools of Journalism throughout the
country.
ENGINEERS INSPECT LIN
COLN AND HAVELOCK PLANTS
Forty engineering students, accom
nnniod hv Professor Adendorff, spent
"
yesterday in making an inspection
trip about the city and HaveiocK.
They left the Mechanical Engi
neering building at 8:30 o'clock in the
morning and visited the new terminal
building, the Beatrice Creamery and
the Cushmaa Motor works. After
lunch they went to Havelock where
they looked over the Burlington
shops.
the.
Cause of Democracy
I The candidate was quite enthusiastic,
and invited the student to find other
good democrats
The student found other good dem
ocrats In the bodies of his fraternity
brethren, called up the candidate, and
said there would be a number of men
to accommodate him.
They worked at the polls hard.
The rest of the story is soon told.
When the good democrats applied
for their pay, they found a surprised
candidate. "Pay," he almost shouted,
"What for?"
"For passing out your cards at the
polls." ,
"It was not so nominated In the
agreement," the candidate replied, in
substance. "That was done for the
cause of democracy. -I have worked
all my life for the cause of democ
racy, and I have never been paid.
Pay! Absurd."
As the first sentence reads how
noble it is to work for the c. o. d.
REGENTS DID NOT
TAKE UPSINGLE TAX
POSTPONE DECISION ON PETI
TION OF DAILY NEBRASKAN
Reject Bids on Farm Building, and
Will Advertise for Concrete In
stead of Structural Steel
The board of regents of the state
university did not take up the ques
tion of the single tax at their meeting
Wednesday night, in spite of the re
port in a morning city paper that the
matter was laid on the table. The
regents were busied with the problem
of the contract for the agricultural
engineering building until almost mid
night, when they had to adjourn.
The regents rejected the bids al
ready received on the agricultural
engineering building in toto, and de
cided to advertise anew. The revised
specifications will call for reinforced
concrete instead of structural steel.
The war prices on steel have caused
an unprecedented rise in cost, so
much so that the building could not
have been put up according to orig
inal specifications within the appro
priation of $140,000.
The new advertisements will be
made soon, and the contract let in
time that work may start this sum
mer. PLANNING OMAHA
TRIP RJR MAY 19
PARRISH'S ABSENCE DELAYS
COMPLETE ANNOUNCEMENTS
Organized Trips for Different Depart
ments Omaha Expected to
Return the Visit
With E. V. Parrish, manager of the
Omaha Commercial club, absent from
the metropolis, the plans for the great
university holiday and trip to Omaha
have been somewhat delayed In the
making, but the preparations are go
ing on as fast as possible. One thing
Is certain, that the day for the trip
will be May 19, the third Saturday in
the month.
The tentative plans for the enter
tainment of the 1,000 or more stu
dents who are expected to go call for
special trips to different parts of the
city for students interested in differ
ent lines of activity. The engineers,
for example, will be given an oppor
tunity to see the fine buildings and
power plants from an engineering
point of view, while the newspapers
will hold open house for tHo Journal
ists. It Is by no means the Intention,
however, to make the trip primarily
an educational one. It is for a good
time, for a get-acquainted-with-Omaha
purpose, and the. Omaha business men
are going to keep things on the hum
from the word go.
The trip is expected to pave the
way for a return exodus of Omaha
people to Lincoln June 5 and 6.
when the second annual pagenat will
be produced on Nebraska field. The
pageant Is written about the Gate
City; its theme will thus appeal to
the Omaha citizens, and the visit of
the students is expected to result in
a visit to Lincoln of Omaha en masse.
A committee of Innocents and
Black Masques is working with the
chancellor, Dean Engberg and Mr.
Parrlh on the plans for the day.
Definite announcement of some of the
details is expectod socn. I
PHI BETA KAPPA
INITIATION AND BANQUET
Phi Beta Kappa initiation was held
at the Lincoln hotel, last evening, at
6:30 o'clock, followed by the banquet
in the banquet hall. About 100 mem
bers attended. Dr. Louise Pound was
toastmlstress, and the following toasts
were given: "The Parable of Vis
ion," H. B. Alexander (read by Dr.
Winifred Hyde) ; "Our Literary Limi
tations," Margaret Lynn; "Culture
as a University," President A. Ross
Hill.
Thirty-eight members of the senior
class of the last mid-term and sum
mer graduates, and two alumni were
initiated.
"PHARMACY WEEK"
DATESJAY 10-12
Dr. Kremers, Pharmacist of National
Reputation, to Speak
Pharmacy week will be held May
10 to 12. Many pharmacists from all
parts of the state will visit the col
lege of pharmacy at that time, and
will be given an opportunity to see
the advancement of pharmaceutical
instruction.
Dr. Edward Kremers, a pharmaceu
tical chemist of world-wide reputa
tion, will give an illustrated lecture
on "The Development of the Apothe
cary and His Shop," at convocation
May 11. Dr. Kremers has charge of
the pharmaceutical work at the Uni
versity of Wisconsin, and is perma
nent historian of the American Phar
maceutical society.
The pharmaceutical garden, which
has attracted the attention of many
well-known druggists, will be green
with plants by Pharmacy week. .
SIGMA DELTA CHI HOLDS
INITIATION AND BANQUET
Sigma Delta Chi, the journalism fra
ternity, held its initiation and banquet
at the Lincoln hotel yesterday. The
society made Dean O. V. P. Stout,
chairman of the student publication
board, and Fred Archibald, advertis
ing manager for The Lincoln Star,
honorary members, and initiated these
active men: Ivan Beede, George
Grimes, Virgil Haggart, Alfred Look,
Wayne Townsend and John Wen
strand. Twenty-five were at the banquet.
Short talks were given by some of the
active men, Guy E. Reed, Prof. M.
M. Fogg, Prof. J. E. LeRossignol,
Dean Stout and Fred Archibald.
PICNIC MARKS END OF
GIRL'S CLUB CONTEST
The winning side in the Girl's club
membership campaign was entertain
ed by the losing side at a picnic sup
per in the Y. W. C. A. rooms last
evening. Marshmallows were toasted
around the fireplace after the sup
per. The contest between the two sides
was very . keen. Bertha Driftmeier
was captain of the winning side, and
Florence Wirt captain of e losing
side. There are 224 new mbers as
a result of the campaign, and the
Girl's club convention, May 4 to 6, is
an assured success.
Prof. R. W. Gaddard, who was in
structor In electrical engineering In
1913-1914, is now head of the electrical
engineering department of the State
College of New Mexico.
ALL WILL SOME DAY
LIVEJM COUNTRY
DECLARES CARL VROCMAN TO
AG. SCHOOL GRADUATES
Ninety-Seven Given Diplomas Grad
uating Class Largest in the
School's History
'The country, after all, is one of
the most desirable spots in all the
world to live In. The time is coming
in this land when all who can will
live in the country. Only those who
are compelled to do so will live in
the cities. I hope to see the day
when country life in America will
be as enjoyable and beautiful as it
is in European countries." So spoke
Carl Schurz Vrooman, assistant sec
retary of agriculture, at the fourteenth
annual commencement of the univer
sity school of agriculture, held at the
Temple theatre last evening. Ninety-seven
students were graduated, ten
given elementary state teachers' cer
tificates, and twenty-one military com
missions. Farming Produces Results
The speaker went on to say that
farming Is a science that produces re
sults. The scientific farmer is one who
comes to school not only to learn
how to make two blades of grass grow
where only one grew before, or to
make two ears of corn grow on one
stalk, but to learn how to make $2
where he could make but $1 before.
He must learn to apply his knowledge
to local conditions. He must grap
ple with the problems of agriculture
with his thinking powers to use plain
horse-sense.
Mr. Vrooman declared that farming
must be made profitable, saying that
farming is just as Important as busi
ness. "Agriculture up to the present
time has been In a state of stagna
tion. But there Is a new hope com
ing to the agricultural world. It Is
not only possible to put into agricul
ture all the brains, all the enthus
iasm, all the hard work that one can
put into other work, but it is also
possible to draw from it all the beauty
of nature. The next quarter of a
century will witness a revolution in
the farming world. This spirit is
starting today and is the hope of the
agricultural people. Co-operation is
the best means of getting for men
what they wish to get."
Must Have an Ideal
The speaker admonished the class
to get this spirit. He said: "We can
bring forth a new civilization which
will make the civilization of all the
world lpok like barbarism. Hold up
an ideal. Learn to transmute your
dollars into life, tnto the broader
things of nature. Do not caier only
to the satisfaction of the physical
man. It is only then that you will
begin to live. This is the hope of
the new agriculture. Transform your
farm life from a drudgery into a hap
piness." POLLOCK NEW FIRST
YEAR TREASURER
II. F. Pollock, of Lincoln, was elect
ed froannrpr of the freshman class
Thursdav to succeed Carl Ford. Elt-
Ing Bennett gave a" report on the
freshman hop, April 28. Almost all
of the tickets have been sold.
Prof. E. E. Brackett will have charge
of the installation of a pump Irriga
tion department at the North Platte
sub-station during the coming summer.