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VOL. I.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, MONDAY, JUNE 19, 1916.
NO. 7.
PROF. STUFF DISCUSSES
6EHIUS0F BROWNING
Paper Read Before Palladian Meet
ing Peruvians to Furnish the
Next Program
Professor Stuff, of the English Lit
erature department, read a paper on
"The Genius of Browning." Three of
the great poet's productions, "Pro
phvrias Lover," "The One Way of
Love" and "The Last Ride Together,"
vere discussed to illustrate the gen
ius ot Browning in portraying the
human instinct of love.
"To become acquainted with the
genius of a poet, then, is to compre
hend his mastery in his work. Poetry,
moreover, is a criticism of life, and
we feel that a man is master of his
forces in so far as he sees and re
veals the recondite meaning of life.
The genius of Brown
ing, therefore, stands -in his superb
mastery of . the power to reveal, dra
matically, the experience of a human
soul."
Other numbers of the program were
a vocal solo by Alberta Ackley, read
ings by Harold Campbell, vocal solo
by Albert Johnson, and a "chalk
talk" by Blanche Pope.
After the program, the audience
was divided into groups and each was
required to give an impromptu
"stunt." About 100 students were
present. The program and social en
tertainment next Saturday will be
furnished by the Peruvians.
DEPARTMENT OF AMERICAN
HISTORY IN U. OF N.
It may be of interest to summer
students and especially to those who
are taking graduate work to have a
brief account of the department's his
tory and of the present status of those
who have taken advanced degrees in
the department. The following list
contains the names only of those who
have majored in the department, and
does not include those who took their
minors in it.
The department came Into being in
1S91 under the name American His
tory and Civics, which was changed
in 1896 to American History and Juris
prudence. With the growth of the
law school, and the organization of
oiher departments, it came to handle
only the historical side of the work,
and hence in 1905, the name naturally
became American History. The pres
ent teaching force consists of Profes
sors H. W. Caldwell and C. E. Per
finger, with J. P. Senning and Viola
T'.arnes as assistants. Dean Pound, of
Harvard, Professor Cook, of Chicago
university. Professor Aylsworlh and
Miss Reed were assistants in earlier
years. Among those who have held
fellowships may be named Mr. Hard
ing, Mr. Philbrick, Mrs. Reed, Miss
Havies, Mr. Sheldon, Mr. Schuffriet,
Mis White, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Kendrick,
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DEUTSCHER KLUB
VERSAM MLUNG
Deutscher Klub had an enthusiast ic
meeting in Faculty hall. University
Temple, last Friday evening, with an
attendance of fifty-twc Seventeen
new members joined.
All took part in the spirited singing
of the following songs: Die Lorelei;
Ach, wie ist es moeglich dann; Der
Lindenbauni, and Muss I denn. From
these, Prof. L. Fossler drew his text,
which he developed in his ch aracl eris
tic semi-humorous vein. He called at
tention to the depth of feeling in Ger
man literature and to the Gemue
lichkeit of the German people. Pro
fessor Fossler concluded his speech
by introducing Rev. Friedrich Rabe,
WHO'S WHO IN THE
H. W. Caldwell, head of the depart-, Professor Caldwell received his A.
ment of American History, is known j B. from the University of Nebraska
and loved by thousands of alumni and . in 1880, graduating at the head of his
students of the University of Nebras-j class. After two years of teaching,
ka; by the graduates of the early first as principal of schools at Ge
days as the leader in classwork and ! neva, and then as principal of the
student life, and by those of later I Lincoln high school, he went east to
years as the inspiring
thetic teacher.
and sympa-
w ho gave as his subject "Heimat- j
klaenge." Pastor Rabe called attention
to the difference between a German
and an American city. He spoke in a
reminiscent mood of the German
"Wald" and "Borge." The effect of
the two speeches was such that the
audience joined in a rousing singing of
"Duetschland uber Alles," due atten
tion having been called to the fact
that this means "Deutschland von der
Maas bis an die Memel, von der Etsch
bis an den Belt."
Hereupon followed the social hour,
during which a German indoor field
meet was held, consisting of a potato
race, shot-put, relay race and peanut
eating contest.
Alter refreshments had been served,
ihe club adjourned to meet next Fri
ci?y evening in the same place.
SUMMER SCHOOL
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H. W. CALDWELL
Head of Department of American History
Johns Hopkins university to tike
j graduate work in history. At the
RURAL SCHOOS DIS
CUSSED AT MEETING
CONFERENCE CONSIDERS MEANS
FOR BETTERMENT
Rev. Morse Discusses Religious and
Educational Problems of the
Rural Communities
Why does the farmer "ooy leave the
farm? That was one of tne questions
that was threshed out "at the Satur
day afternoon conference of the rural
life conference in session at the Col
lege of Agriculture. About as many
answers as there were delegates at
the meeting were given. One that
seemed to sink as deep as any in the
minds of the debaters was that the
farm does not offer proper financial
return for the effort and money in
vested. It was brought out that the hired
man at the end of the year frequent
ly has as much money ahead as the
farmer who hired him, that the farm
pays slightly more than 3 per cent
on the average on the money invest
ed, and that the capital invested in a
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end of one year of work there.
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