Nebraska Newspapers

    The Daily Nebraskan
NO. C5:
LINCOLN NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER .' 1 , I
PRICE K1VE CENTS
fl PLAN FOR
REGISTRATION
Rapid Growth of The University
Brings many fluuum.iMi.
Problems For Registrar.
NEXT TIME SCHEDULE
TO BE OUT JANUARY 3
Whole Business of Enrollment
lo Be Divided Into Two Main
Operations For Students.
The rapid growth of the University
vhile very gratifying has. 'brought with
it administrative problems of a very
eerious nature, necessitating a num
ber of radical changes of policy, not
the least of which is a new system
of registration. This can be readily
geen when we reflect that in the fall
registration period of 1921, 93.6
more students registered than in the
corresponding period in 1917. In the
future, if the new plan works out al
right, there will be none of the old
congestion and no waiting in line, be
cause the period of registration has
been lengthened and the processes so
simplified that only a few minutes of
each student's time will be required
for the completion of that task.
Registration, as far as the student
Is concerned, will be divided into two
main operations. The first will occur
January 3rd t" 11th, (except in the
College of Agriculture where it is
January 9th to 11th) when the student
consults his adviser who helps him fill
out his schedule of courses and a ten
tative timo schedule. The women take
these to the Dean of Women for ap
proval. The next visit is to the Dean
of the College with -whom the student
.leaves not merely the registration
Wanks, but also a statement of out
.' side activities, when and where. N
The second step is the 'payment of
fees. The student now reports to he
Iwrsar's temporary office, where, upon
the payment of his fees, he is given
his application blank as finally ad
Jus'ed by the assignment committee.
For students in Agriculture, Dentistry,
Engineering, Law, Pre-Medicine and
Pharmacy, this will be done January
16th to 17th, and for students in the
Arta and Science, Business Administ
ration and Teachers Colleges, it will
be done January 18th to 21st The late
registration fee will be charged
against all students who fail to meet
the datPs indicated.
The time schedule will be out Jan
uary 3, and' will contain directions a?
to how and when each student miy
find his advistr.
All new students will be taken care
of January 18th to 21st as stated in
the Calendar.
'Pesky Preachers'
Kids" Reorganize
Nebraska Chapter
By Faculty Action:
4-5 o 11, 4-5 of 22, 4-5 of 32,
4-5 of . 43, 4 5 of 54.
Yours respectfully,
Florence I. McGahey,
Registrar.
"If you can dicover its meaning
you are doing more than I can. ii
the faculty can settle matters of
arithmetic so easily and if state leg
islatures can determine that the cir
conference of a circle is three times
its diameter by. (passing a law, why
should we try to find the truth.'
They'll save us all !.hat work and
trouble."
This was the voice of an instructor
at the University who received the
above notice recently. He' is curious
to know whether the faeulty can give
any conclusive proof of the fact that
4-5 of 22 or if it can furnish any evi
dence that the assertion that 4-5 of
3i2 Is true. While considering the
luestion he recalled to mind that
Professor Chatburn of the college ol
engineering recently obEerved that a
-ate legislature Indiana or Illinois
had passed a iaw fixing the circumfer
ence of a circle as three times its
diameter. This was the occasion for
the outburst In the first (paragraph.
NO ISSUE FRIDAY.
There will be no issue of the
D'ly Nebraskan on Friday, De
cember 23. Thursday, Decern
ber 22. will bo the last Issue for
t'nt year 1921.
UNI. ORCHESTRA WILL
PLAY AT CONVOCATION
A musical program will be given by
the University orchestra at the con
vocation Thursday morning at 11
o'clock at the Temple theater. This
will be tht last convocation before
the holiday recess. A special program
has been prepared under the direction
of Director Quick. ,
The complete program which will
be .presented is:
Marziale Men of Sparta, Fox.
First Movement Milltaire, Haydn.
Atonement Zamecnik.
Ballet Sentimental Zamecnik.
Overture Merry Wives of Windson,
Nicolal.
TURNS CRIMINOLOGIST
Dr. Albert Schneider to Give a
Course at California Univ.
Next Summer.
.Dr. Albert Schneider of the college
of pharmacy has completed a icport
entitled "The Compound Microscope
in Police Detective Work," which is
to be presented at the San Fr&n-
eksca meeting) of the international
association of police chiefs in Feb
ruary, 1922. The report, comprising
some 20,000 words, will also serve as
the basis for the course in crimin
ology to be given by Dr. Schneider at
the 1922 summer sessions at the Uni
versity of California.
lhe use of the microscope in crm
inal investigation la new, at least
In the United States, but Dr. Schneid
er's work has already gained him
international recognition. What the
microscope reveals is illustrated in
the following case report taken from
the report ip question:
Vacuum sweeper cleaning material
was submitted to the police, microan
alyst with the request that the report
as to 'the loccupants! o the room
from which the material was obtained
the following is the list of findings:
A Hair of rabbit, colored gray,
from soft gray felt hat.
B Wool fiber, colored gray, frcm
gray wool suit.
C Beard trimmings. Head hair.
D Polen grains of different plants.
Spores and some mold.
E Sand and clay particles.
F Newspaper and bookkeeper
fiber.
G Fiber elements derived from
cheap rugs.
The microanalyst submitted the fo!
lowing report based upon the inter
pretation of the above findings- That
the room from which the sweeper
material was obtained had teen oc
cupied by one person, a man of about
seventy, spare built, gray beard trim
med van Dyice style, hair grey origi
nally of reddish blonde color, straight
and rather fine; neat in appearance
and cleanly in habits; flressod in a
gray woolen suit with soft gray felt
hat; that he was an amp.teur bot
anist making foot excursions into the
surrounding country; that he was stu
diously inclined and of gentlemanly
as well as scholarly appearance; that
lie was. much to himself almost a re
cluse.
The man was finally located anl
proved to be an American citizen
of north European origin, retired
from business and was spending a
ve'-v modest income in study and
other mental recreation.
UNIVERSITY GRADS
ARE MAKING GOOD
Word has just been received by the
geography department at the Univei
4lty, that Mr. Glenn Stewart, Univer
sity of Nebraska, "21, is meeting with
unusual success in his work with the
United Fruit Company in Honduras.
Mr. Stewart was an engineer at the
University and has opportunity to put
hi3 college training to useful practice
in his new dutiec.
Mr. Gienn Ruby, University of"iSTe-.
bra ska, '16, now a prominent consult
ing gecglogist at Denver visited the
geology and geography departments
Monday. Mr. Ruby report considera-
blf oil drilling activities in Utah and
Wyoming at the present time.
Mr. Raymond D. Wood a student oi
the University of Nebraska last year,
has just recently been appointed as
sistant private secretary to the Gener
al Manager of the United Fruit Com
pany of Tela, Honduras. This is the
third promotion Mr. Wood has re
ceived since the first of June. The po
sition now held envolves much re
sponsibility In that Mr. Woods hand
les the confidential wireless commu
nications passing through the radio
station of the United Fruit Company.
Dental Vocational
Has Large Part In Trade
School Brand Of University
At the University of Nebraska the
government is maintaining two dis
tinct groups of ex-service men under
the rehabilitation rules. The first
group is made up of those young
men who have the educational re
quirements to enter one of the col
leges of the University looking to a
degree. The second group is made up
of those whose educational qualifica
tions do not 'permit of their enter
ing one of the colleges. These men
are beinK educated for some one of
ahe traues in the trade school re
cently established by the last legis
lature. This division also applies to those
who choose dentistry. Those having a
high school education are matricu
lated in the Pre-dental year, looking
to the completion of the four-year
dental course with the degree of D.
D. S. Those who do not have a high
school education are entered in the
trade school, department of mechani
cal dentistry, where they are fitted
to do all kinds of laboratory work
under the direction of a graduate den
tist. The dental college course isi four
years following one year of Universi
ty work. The trade school mechanical
dentistry course is of necessity about
two years, but any student may dis
continue the course if be so chooses
with credit. The government pays all
expenses of the ex-service men.
varied to meet each case which is ne
cessary as many of the students are
men of a family.
This division of the dental work
into a profession and a trade not
only meets the conditions of these
men but is not without its advantages
fo each division as well as the pub
lic which they are to serve.
Dentistry is comparatively a young
profession, yet one of the most rapid
development and progress. Science
and research have proven the impor
Says American Idc.lism Again
Has Opportunity to Function
for World Salvation.
WASHINGTON, December 20.
"American idealism again has an cp
portunity to function for the salva
tion of the world. I trust that those
who are charged with the respons.'
bilities of government may seo and
seize this great opportunity," said
Samuel Gompers, president of ti.(
American federation of labor, in (lis
cussing the Internai.onal economic
conference, proposed by the general
committee on the limitation of arm
ment, of which he is honorary chair
man. Mr. Gompers is also a men.
ber of the official advisory commit
tee of the disarmament conference
He believes that such a conference, to
follow the successful . disarmament
cc.nl'erence, might set the idle fac
tory wheels turning, bring work to
idle hands, and solve many of the sor
rows of human needs, as well as unite
the closely knit tangles of the
world's economic and financial sys
tem. In calling such a conference.
(Continued on page 4.)
DISARMAMENT
"Sem. Bat. " Started In 1886
To Wage War Against The
Enemy "Lits And Philistine
The Sem. Bot (Seminarium Botam
cum) had its origin in tha autumn
of 1886, October 11 to be exact, in
what may be said fairly to have been
no more than a clique of seven stu
dents two juniors, two sophomores
and three freshmen who had been
brought together by a common Inter
est in field work in botany. A field
acquaintance ripened into deep and
enduring friendship and another cir
cumstance brought them eve J closer
together.
Those were days when a prescribed
classical course, or a prescribed lit
erary course was an education, and
In many quarters those who devoted
themselves wholly to science were
regarded as something In the nature
of artisans rather than as scholars.
To organize the students of science
and to meet this feeling, a general
scientific club existed which after the
manner of clubs, eleevted officer and
listened to papers and died a slow
Training
tance of good dentistry aa related to
health and even life itself. With this
tact before us, it has been necessary
to extend the dental college course
year by year, so that the doctor of
dental surgery may have a breadth ot
education commeasurate with, hisi re
sponsibilities as one of the keepers
of public health.
The public is coming to rely on the
dentist as to advice and practice in
matters pertaining to the oral cavity.
The trend of dental education has
been largely in the direction of the
sciences and away from mechanics,
toward engineering and direction rath
er than construction. This is most es
sential if the public is to receive the
benefits of applied science as related
to oral health. The doctor of dental
surgery finds upon graduation few
artisans to assist him in execution.
He is a dental engineer, safe to con
sult, able to direct, 'but limited in
construction to his own individual ef
forts;. He must serve but a few, and
that few must compensate him for
the time and money invested in his
education. The masses are going un
served, or only party served, as there
are not enough skilled dental me
chanics to (produce (economically pro
per substitutes for lost teeth.
For this reason the trade of me
chanical dentistry is being revived.
We say revived because as suchit
is older than the dental profession.
In fact, the dental profession has re
sulted from the application of acade
mic knowledge to a one time trade.
Mechanical dentistry consists of
taking plans, specifications, measure
ments, models and impressions furn
ished by the dentisit, and from these
construct the various appliances used
as substitutes for the natural tooth,
as well as the appliances used in the
correction of dental and oral deform
ities as practiced by the Orthodontist
and oral surgeon.
NEAR PHIS-EDS HAVE
FEAST 8 ONDAY MOO
Annual Festivities of Girls' Ath
letic Organisation Celebrat
ed in Holiday Styie.
Twenty-three Near Phys-eds gathe
ud round the heavily laden least boai
yesterday noon at their annual Christ
mas party. The large tree, whose hi
iory is yet a mystery, was weighed
with presents and stock trimmings.
The ve.y atmosphere was maue
ChriEtmasy "by the ever stirring mica
Santa Claus, seated in a laundry has
iret, drove two spirited reindeer in
to the party. There were presents for
all. Every present was suited to tin
person as the poem attached to eaca
The ambitious athlete who just miss
ed earning her swearer last year re
ceived it from Santa. Useful presents
were in vogue. The car driver re
rehel goggles. The student a wagon
for her books and the love troubled
maiden a book on the trials of love
The gayety lasted an hou: and is
.he first of the series to be held in
the Gym this week. The girls from
the Physical Education department
will stage their Christmas party to
night in the little Gym.
death. But to the seven students in
question an aggressive campaign
against the "Lits and Philistines"
seemed imperative. "Show mt a Lit '
became their rally cry and exploit
ing scientific work, and demonstrat
ing in and out of season wh.it stu
dents of science could do, became
their chief purpose. Several oi them
were not wholly or even primarily in
terested in botany, but the treedom
from red tape, the encouragement to
work at any time upon anything, and
the free access to books that pre-
vail-d In . e depirtniti:' r,f ootau;.
rnJ the incomparable teaching of
Prcessor Bessey soon drew thm all
fiimly Into botanical study.
For two years there was no regu
lar program of work and ju lecog
nized organization. The seen col
lected toge'.l er In the field, nrru.d to
gether all things of Hea t.i- and
earth, persecuted the "Lits and Ph;ils-
ISSUE NEW BULLETIN
OF UNI. INFORMATION
A bulletin, containing general infor
mation concerning the University ot
Nebraska, was Issued thi3 week by the
University Extension depanment. This
.s the second of these bulletins to be
issued in the last week dealing with
the organization, requirements, and
opperatlon of the University. Prof. A.
A. Reed and his assistants are work
ing with the greatest zeal hoping to
acquaint the general public with th.
University and its affairs. Anyone int
erested may obtain copies of these
bulletins at the Extension office, 301
Templo.
DONOR OF LIEBMAlfJ
PRIZE WASNEBRASKAN
Morris N. Liebmann, Lieutenant
Colonel Killed Over Seas Was
Husker Grad.
Dean O. J. Ferguson of the College
of Engineering is in receipt of the
"Proceedings of The Institute of Ra
dio Engineers," published by the Col
,ege of the City of New York, in
which mention is made of "The Morris
Liebmann Memorial Prize."
Morris N. Liebmann was; a former
Nebraska graduate of the class of
1900. After receiving his Bachelor oi
Science degree in Electrical Engineer
ing, he was connected with the elec
trical firm of Foote, Pierson and
Company of New York City as man
ager and was promoted-to vice presi
dent and secretary in 1917. The same
year he invented a trench periscope
attachment for small arms.
In 1917. Mr. Liebmann went over
seas as lieutenant colonel of the 105
th regiment, and on August 3, 1918
vas killed by an explosion of a bomb
vhile inspecting trenches. Regarding
he Morris Liebmann Memorial Prize,
he VProceedings of The Institute of
tadio Engineers," contributes the fol
lowing: "The Board of Decoration of the
Institute of Radio Engineering at its
regular meeting held February 5,
1919, accepted a gift of $10,000 to the
Institute of Radio Engineering, from
an anonymous donor, himself a friend
and member of the institute, to 'pre
,erve the memory of our late friend
nd fellow member, Colonel Morris N.
.iebmann, who has sacrificed his life
in the cause of our country.' The
principal of the fund will be preserve 1
in perpetuity and the annual amount
if the income derived therefrom only
will be expended. The present amount
of this income is $425 per annum and
by a special commit: ee appointed an
nually by the Board of Decoration,
o that member of the institute, who,
'n the opinion of this commutes
all have made the most important
-nntribution to the radio a-t during
the preceding calendar year."
0. T. C. INSPECTOR
VISITS AT NEBRASKA
I.ieu'enant Colr.ne' Mull-T, inspect
or of R. O. T. C. units for the Se
enth corps area, has been at Nehn s
ka for the last two or three d:sys. H
expressed great satisfaction vith tile
work which the Nebraska unit is d
ing and the progress which they are
making. He attended classes in all of
the subjects that are taught, in the
military department. He r.ao pres
ent at the mock court which was
held In military law and offered some
valuable suggestions. Colonel iiuller
is a cavalry officer of the United
States army, and has serveu in a
good many campaigns. He holds the
honor of distinguished mark!Man.
PHARMACY STUDENTS
ENTERTAINED BY DEAN
The students of the college of phar
macy were entertained at a dinner
party at the home of Dean Lyman
cn Friday evening at 6:30. Dinner
was ' served to seventy or mo-e stu
dents. After the dinner various stu
ionts were called upon to lurnish
entertainment and in this way proved
that there are some real artists reg
istered in the pharmacy college. The
dignified titles of faculty members
were discarded for the evening and
plebian surnames were made more
plebian.
Short talks were madeby the mem
bers of the faculty presen after
which university sonfs were suug.
Tha party was very successful in
bringing the students in closer touch
with the faculty and with one another.
F
FOR THE BADGERS
Nebraskans Handicapped by Fact
That Wisconsin Has Already
Played Twice.
NORTHERNERS LOSE
TO BUTLER COLLEGE
Coach Pickett Expects to Have
Two Teams From Frosh to
Battle Varsity.
Varsity basket ball practice has
been transferred permanently from
the Armory to the State Coliseum
where Coach Frank expects to put
his proteges through come hard work
outs before the holidays. With the
Wisconsin contest but two weeks off
and the holidays cutting down the
number of practices, Coach Frank ex
pects to utilize every available min
ute in whipping the. team into first
class condition to meet the Badgers.
Coach Meanwell of the Wisconsin
aggregation has had his men working
for some time and has the jump on
(he Nebraska cage squad in getting
the men out for practice, but Coach
Frank feels confident that the Husk
trs can overcome this slight advant
age by concentrated work. The Wis
consin basketeers have all ready par
ticipated in a coaple of preliminary
contests and lost the first game to
Pat Page's Butler College quintet by
a 26 to 20 count.
The report of the game indicates
that the Wisconsin team is one of the
best in the history of the school but
are having a hard time in hitting
their stride and displayed flashes, of
speedy basket ball with the Butlerites.
The Butler quintet piled up a big lead
on the Badgers before they got start
ed and after the first fifteen minutes
of play the Wisconsin men made a
strong comeback and had nearly over
come the lead when the final whistle
had sounded. This is the first loss the
Meanwell squad has suffered in a pre
liminary contest in the history of the
school.
Huskers Go To Wisconsin.
The Huskors will mix with the Bad
gers on the Wisconsin floor the 4th
of January and from all reports will
have one of the biggest battles of the
season on their hands. Coach Pickett
!s bringing the Frosh around into ac
tion this week and expects to have
at loast two teams; picked to battle
the Varsity by the latter part of the
week. Coach Pickett has been using
the Armory for the yearling practice.
Director Luehring announced yester
day that negotiations were under way
with several eastern teams just at
present for one or two contests to
e played on Nebraska field and one or
-"ore away from home and that some
-'efinit announcement would be made
rgnr Mng these contests in the next
w I'ays. It is expected that the Husk
er 1922 calendar will be completed by
'he first of the new year.
Instructor Kicks
About The Recent
"Faculty Action'
D. A. M.
That's the initials of a club in one
of tlie colleges of the state formed for
ym pathetic fellowship of its members.
They stand for Dad's A Minister.
At Nebraska they say P. P. K. by
which they refer to tho.e Pesicy
Preacher's Kids." The local chapter
has been in existence for a couple of
years but have just now decided to
admit everyone on the campus so ac
complished. It has been suggested that the grouT
should have a dance soon and a com
mittee is to meet this week to decide
on a get-together meeting.
Everyone who is eligible, whether
they had at one time the reputation
of being "the orneriest kid in town"
or not, is urged to call a member of
the committee. Adelheit Dethmann,
Archie Jones. Theo. Wcth. Clyde Wil
cox, Grace Stuff and Pauline Bancroft
are thee ommittee in charge.
SPECIAL RATE TICKETS
AT CITY OFFICE ONLY
All students who desire to secure
the advantage of the reduced rates
offered by the railroads during the
holiday season must by their tickets
at the city ticket office. 13th and
O streets. The special rate tickets
will net be sold at the stations.
These reduced fare tickets will be
on sale December 22. 23 and 24. The
return limit is January 4, 1922.
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