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SECOND SEMESTER
EXAMINATIONS TU
BEGIN NEXT WEEK
Fach Class Meets for the Final
E Test Where it Regularly
' Recites First Exams
Friday.
NEW SCHEDULE IS USED
No Special Time, Will Be Set
Aside for Exams in, Eng
lish and. Modern
Languages.
On Friday, May 25, at eight o'clock
second semester examinations for
the University will- start. Each class
will meet for examination where it
regularly recites according to the
schedule indicated. No special, time
vill be set aside for English 2, Mod
ern Languages 2 (French) and 52
(Spanish) as heretofore. Evening
classes will be examined at the reg
ular class period.
The schedule of examinations is as
follows:
Fridiy, May 25
8:00 a. m. to 10:00 a. m. Classes
at 8:00 a. m. five or four days, or
Monday. Wednesday, Friday, of any
one or two of these days. 10:15 a. m.
to 12:15 p. m. Classes meeting at
8:00 a. m., Tuesday, Thursday, Satur
day, or any one or two of these days.
1:15 p. m. to 3:15 p. m. Classes
meeting at 1:00 p. m., five or four
days, or Monday, Wednesday, Friday,
or any one or more of these days.
3:30 p. m. to 5:30 p. m. Classes
meeting at 2:00 p. m., Tuesday,
Thursday. Saturday or any one or two
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Saturday, May 26
8:00 a. m., to 10:00 a. m. Classes
meeting at 9:00 a. m., five or four
days, or Monday, Wednesday, Fri
day or any one or two of these days.
10:15 a. m. to 12:15 p. m. Classes
meeting at 0:00 a. m- Tuesday,
Thursday, Saturday, or any one or
two cf these days. 1:15 p. m. to 3:15
p. m. Classes meeting at 2:00 p. m..
live or four days or Monday, Wednes
day, Friday, or any one or two of
' these days. 3:30p. m. to 5:30 p. m.
Classes meeting at 2:00 p. m.i Tues
day, Thursday, Saturday, or any one
or two of these days.
Monday, May 28
8:00 a. m. to 10:00 a. m. Classes
meeting at 10:00 a. m., five or four
days, or Monday, Wednesday, Friday,
or any one or two of these days.
10:15 a. m. to 12:15 p. m. Classes
meeting at 10:00 a. m., Tuesday.
Thursday, Saturday, or any one or
twn nf ttipcn flavs. n. m. to
3:15 p. m. Classes meeting at 3:00
p. m., five or four days, or Monday,
Wednesday, Friday, or any one or
"two of these days. 3:30 p. m. to 5:30
p. m. Classes meeting at 3.00 p. m..
Tuesday. Thursday, Saturday, or any
one or two of these days.
Tuesday, May 29
8:00 a. m. to 10:00 a. m. Classes
meeting at 11:00 a. m., five or four
days or Monday, Wednesday, Friday,
or any one or two of these days. 10:15
a. m. to 12:15 p. m. Classes meet
ing at 11:00 a. m., Tuesday, Thurs
day, Saturday, or any one or two
of these days. 1:15 p. m. to 3:15 p. m.
Classes meeting at 4:00 p. m.. five
or four days, or Monday, Wednesday,
Friday, or any one or two of these
days. 3:30 p. m. to 5:30 p. m.
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Phi Beta Kappa Key is Honor Most
Coveted, Poll of Students Shows
By H. B, ALEXANDER
A recent poll of college students
upper classmen mainly requesting
them to name the collegiate honor
most coveted by them revealed the
rather surprising fact that Phi Beta
Kappa stood heavily first. This is
surprising in view of the assumption,
so general as to be commonplace, that
athletic and student activity distinc
tions are those most valued, that these
are the first aim of the normal stu
dent and scholarship only secondary.
To those who believe that colleges are
justified by their opportunities for
wrk. rather than play, this result
is most gratifying, for it shows that
students generally have a more level
headed sense of values than the public
Pves them credit for.
But what is this Phi Beta Kappa?
" is the first of the Greek-leter soci
eties; but it is not at all like the social
fraternities which have taken over
the Greek letters. Originally and its
ori&in goes back to Harvard in the
At Nine O'clock Monday Morning
"Your" Cornhusker Will Be Out
"Your" Cornhusker will be out Mon
day. The annual for 1923 will be distrib
tued Monday morning beginning at
nine o'clock from the office of the
Cornhusker in the northwest corner
of the basement of Administration
building.
The book is said to be the biggest
and best in the history of the Uni
versity. A new departure in college
annuals is in store for the readers of
the Cornhusker. The cover of the
annual done in the color process which
is one of the latest things in annual
composition, is a very attractive set
ting for the book. ,
The "Representative Nebraskans"
whose pictures will be one of the main
attractions, is also a new feature.
This section takes the place of the
ALL-UNIVERSITY PARTY
APPOINTMENTS ARE
E FOR 1923-24
Committee Votes to Turn Ovei
Surplus of $100 to New
Memorial Stadium.
As a grand finale to a successful
season, the all-University Party com
mittee voted to turn over $100, the
amount made from the five mixers
this year, to the Memorial Stadium.
This is the second contribution made
to the new athletic structure by the
committee, more than $200 in liberty
bonds having been given to the
stadium early last fall.
Kenneth Cozier was elected to suc
ceed J. W'ilbur Wolfe as the general
chairman of the committee for next
year. Cozier has been a chairman of
the reception committee this year, and
was in charge of the freshman party
last fall. Mr. Cozier is a junior in
the college of business administration
and is president of the University
Commercial Club. He won his "N"
in basketball this year.
Other appointments of joint chair
men of the various committees for the
all-University Party committee for
next year were:
Reception Frances Weintz and
Crawford "Folli-.tr.
Refreshment Helen Kummer and
Irwin I. Jetter.
Decoration Mary Creekpaum and
Welch Pogue.
Decoration Eleanor Flattermensch
and Laddimer Hubka.
Publicity Beulah Butler and Chas.
Warren.
Secretary Pauline Gellatley.
Checking Leicester Hyde (re
elected). A tentative schedule ffor the all
University Parties for next year was
adopted as follows:
September 29 Welcoming party.
October 20 Homecoming day, Kan
sas football game.
November 24 Syracuse football
game.
December 15 University Christmas
tree.
February 1G Valentine party.
March 22 Spring party.
The committee extended a vote of
thanks to J. Wilbur Wolfe for his
sincere work on the committee this
year.
year 1776 it was a secret society;
devoted to the cultivation of philos
ophy, learning, and morals, quite with
an eighteenth century flavor and a
New England conscientiousness. But
it has long ceased to be a secret so
ciety. Its aims were in no way such
as needed to be hid under under a
bushel, and as its chapters have
passed from college to college and
state' to state it has become the great
nation-wide symbol of American
scholarship in the broadest and most
disinterested sense. Traditionally it
has acquired an altogether unique
character as an American institution,
for upon its rolls are to be found the
names of fathers of our national con
stitution, of presidents of the Uniten
States, and of perhaps a majority of
those who have created our litera-
tUprimarily, of course. Phi Beta Ka,
pa stands for the liberal education.
Its .earning has always been upon the
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MAD
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA,
beauty section which has aroused un
favorable comment in the past, and
the editors feel that the question has
been adequately solved in the substi
tution. The staff began work on the book,
before the Christmas holidays, and
the minutest care has been given
every detail to make it an annual
worthy of Nebraska. It is with pride
that the staff now presents "your"
Cornhusker to the University.
The remainder of the fee charged
for the book will be collected at the
lime of distribution. Students are
urged to have their money with them.
A few extra copies have been ordered
for the accommodation of those who
did not secure theirs during the sub
scription campaign. These may be
had at the time of circulation at the
Cornhusker office.
URGE STUDENTS - TO
E PAYMENTS
STADIUM PLEDGES
Association Will Be Saved Large
Sum of Money if Install
ments Are Paid Now.
Payment of stadium pledges does
not come due until next October, but
the Nebraska Memorial Association
now holds a $300,000 mortgage on the
athletic structure, which sum is draw
ing a high rate of interest. Every
cent that is out in pledges means just
that much less money to put into the
stadium and just that much more time
must be lost before the final finishing
touches can be made.
The situation in which the Memorial
Association finds itself is best real
ized by the state nent of Harold F.
Holtz, the chairman, when he said
Thursday that the committee "has
nary a dime, not a sou. to spend."
Forty-two hundred stadium pledges
are being held by students of the Uni
versity. This represents more than
$110,000. Approximately one-fifth of
this amount or $26,000 has already
been paid. The other $S4,000 is still
held in pledges. This $84,000 is
drawing interest every day.
To the average student, the inter
est on $5 or even on $20 is little.
Between now and October he will
spend three months working and by
next fall at least he will be able to
pay off his entire stadium obligation.
But between now and next fall, the
Memorial Association must pay a high
rate of interest on the money which
it will collect eventually from the
students, and every cent that is paid
out in interest detracts from the
amount that can be put into the struc
ture. If every student in the University
would make it a point to make his
second payment of $5 on each $25,
or the second fifth of his pledge, be
fore the end of school next week, the
stadium committee would be saved be
tween $850 and $1,500. The interest
on these forty-two hundred five dol
lars represented by the second sta
dium payments represents at 4 per
cent interest $960, and at 6 per cent
interest, $1,260. Not only will the
committee save this amount in inter
est but it would be able to reduce the
entire principal approximately $20,000
and so would be able to go ahead very
soon with the plans for replacing the
$150,000 worth of items which have
tentatively been left out of the
stadium.
Payment of the late installments of
the stadium pledges, while they are
not due until next October, may be
paid in the Alumni office, room 10"6,
Law building, at any time. Students
should make these later payments as
a voluntary contribution to .the success-of
the greatest building ever at
tempted at the University.
Kappa Sigs Victor
Over Sig Alph Nine
In the third round of the Inter-fraternity
baseball tournament the Kap
pa Sigs defeated the Slg Alph nine
at the Rock Island ball park Thurs
day afternoon. Swanson and Dewiti
hurled the pellet for the S. A. E.s
while, Snider pitched steady ''all for
the Kappa Sigs. The Sig Alps were
leading 6 to 3 up until the sixth In
ning when the Capitol Sigs let loose
for nine runs which places them in
the semi-finals.
Still, the age of miracles produced
few things more awe-inspiring than
a successful steal of home.
FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1923.
ARTS AND SCIENCE
COLLEGE DAY IS
NEXT WEDNESDAY
Students Will Be Excused fron
Eleven O'clock Classes
for Special Con
vocation. BANQUET IS IN EVENING
Centurions and Vestals Are in
Charge of Big Program
Many Novel Stunts
Planned.
Arts and Science College Day has
been set for next Wednesday, May
23, and will be the biggest in the his
tory of the college', according to plans
announced last night by students in
charge of preparations.
In addition to a convocation at
eleven in the morning when all stu
dents of the mother college are ex
cused from classes, there will be a
college banquet at the Chamber of
Commerce in the evening. The pro
gram is in charge of the Centurions
ana Vestals, honorary Arts and Sci
ences student organizations. New
members for these organizations will
be chosen soon and announced at the
banquet.
On the program of the evening are
already listed talks by Judge James
Stuart Dales, first graduate of the
College of Arts and Sciences, and
by Dean Philo M. Buck of the college.
Dean Buck has been saving many of
the accounts of his experiences in
India this winter to tell for the first
time at the college banquet.
Musical numbers which ,are novel
and will be enjoyed by the students
are being booked and a student or
chestra will play during the first part
of the evening. Definite announce
ment of the ticket sale for the ban
quet will be made tomorrow and the
students of the College of Arts and
Sciences may obtain them from stu
dents in the Centurion and Vestal or
ganizations. Regent George N. Seymour, of El
gin, will make a special trip to Lin
coln to speak at the convocation Wed
nesday morning. His subject has not
yet been announced. Dean Buck will
probably preside at the convocation.
Arts and Science College day was
started last spring with a banquet at
the Chamber of Commerce by several
hundred students. Students and mem
bers of the faculty of the college were
listed on the program and it was de
cided to hold a college banquet eacl.
spring. No arrangements were made
for the "day" this spring until the
return of Dean Buck from his ex
change professorship abroad.
The initiation ceremonies for the
charter member of the Vestals of the
Lamp, women's organization and the
Centurions, mens' organization, were
held after the banquet in conjunction
with a part of the Arts and Sciences
natreant. This pageant was written
by Dr. H. B. Alexander of the Depart
ment of Philosophy 'and was presented
as a part of the college exercises dur
ing the Roundup Week celebration last
June. The pageant will not be given
at the banquet this year.
STUDENT COUNCIL TO
RDLD FINAL MEETING
All Plans for Activities of the
Board at Beginning of Next
Year Are Discussed.
The final meeting of the Student
Council will be held at five o'clock
Friday afternoon in Social Science
107. It is especially important that
all members be present, as plans for
the activities of the Council at the be
ginning of the year will be made, and
the constitution will be examined with
regard to the powers of the Council.
The president will report on the
constitution, and talks on the strength
of the Council will be made by several
faculty members, including "Dean F. D.
Dawson. Since several of the newly
elected members of the Council were
not present at the last meeting, the
president requests that everyone at
tended tonight's meeting, so that the
people who will me working together
may become acquainted with one an
other. :
The Student Ceuncil this year has
had charge of student elections, and
of campus drivss for funds.
As we understand the ruling, it is
illegal to break the law until you get
three miles from home.
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DR. ALEXANDER MEIKELJOIIN
REGISTRATION FOR NEXT
YEAR PROGRESSES FAST
Deans in Various Colleges Re
port Enrollment rroceea
ing Satisfactorily.
Reports from the Deans of the Col
leges yesterday showed that registra
tion was progressing at a rather rapid
rate. The registration which began
Monday will close Saturday afternoon
Students not registered by that time
will be compelled to pay a late fee.
Although no definite count has been
made in the Arts and Sciences col
lege, Dean Buck stated yesterday that
registration, was very satisfactory. In
speaking of the work of the advisors
in the Arts and Sciences College Dean
Buck said: "The work of the advisors
is uncommonly carefully done. I find
very little to criticize. Their work
has been done most carefully."
Between 36 and 40 have registered
in the College of Pharmacy according
to reports yesterday from Dean Ly
man's office. This compares favor
ably with the number registered last
year at this ti.ne, according to Dean
Lyman.
Dean Sealock's office reports that
85 had registered in the Teachers'
College up to Thursday noon- Regis
tration in the Law College Thursday
was rather heavy, according to Dean
Seavey's office. In the Engineering
College, Dean Ferguson reports that
166 had registered up to Thursday
morning.
Professor Cochran
Talks to Omaha Club
Professor Roy E. Cochran, who
was instrumental in the founding of
the Omaha club, spoke at the final
dinner of the club for the year last
night. The dinner was hel dat the
C. M. C. A., and a short businese
meeting at which officers ifor the
coming year were elected, following
the meaf. Alex McKine was elected
president to succeed Harry Phelps,
who will not be back next year. John
Madden was elected treasurer to
succeed Frank Jacobs. Arville John
son, present secretary, and Erma
Wiltse, vic. president, will continue
to hold their offices until the second
semester of next year. Professor
Cochran talked on the purposes and
possibilities of the Omaha club.
National Scientific
-Was Founded
By RAYMOND J. POOL
The national scientific honor society
of Sigma Xi was founded at Cornell
University in 1886 by a group of
scientific men who were desirous of
perpetuating a spirit of mutual in
terest and brotherly comradeship
among American men and women of
science. The founders also sought to
stimulate greater interest among college-students
of the sciences, and a
wider understanding of the funda
mental nature and cultural values of a
scientifi education. There are now
forty chapters of the national organi
zation, closely linked together by
wholesome bonds, in as many different
institutions in the United States and
Canada. In the past few years tTie
society has really taken on an inter
national aspect. There tire now more
than 18,000 members of the society.
This large group of specially trained
men and women are engaged in sci
entific work of great variety in all
parts of the world. Many of our most
NOTED AMERICAN
COLLEGE LEADER
TO GIVE ORATION
Dr Alexander Meikeljohn, Presi
dent of Amhurst College,
to Deliver Annual
Address.
SOCIETIES ARE SPONSORS
'Democracy and Excellence" to
Be Subject of Talk to Sigma
Xi and Phi Beta
Kappa.
Dr. Alexander Meikeljohn, president
of Amherst College, will deliver the
annual oration of the Phi Beta Kappa
and Sigma Xi societies Saturday even
ing at 8:00 in the Social Science audi
torium. President Meiklejohn is a
recognized leader of American colle
giate education and has been in de
mand for addresses before learned so
cieties. "I would define the intellectually
educated man as one who can bring
a unified interpretation of the world
to bear on the problems of human ex
perience, and who also appreciates
how thought has achieved those
results which have made his inter
pretation possible." So was the ideal
product of the education of a college
of Arts and Sciences characterized by
Alexander Meikeljohn of Amherst Col
lege, who is the annual orator of the
Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi so
cieties Saturday night at 8 o'clock
in the Social Science auditorium.
In his inaugural address at Am
herst, a document which has bee
"generally recognized as one of the
classic statements of the claims of lib
eral learning," Dr. Meikeljohn has dis
criminated between the task of the
liberal college and that of the techni
cal or professional school as follows:
"In the technical school pupils are
prepared for a special work and are
kept he most part on the plane
of eit ... -"jn, doing work which
others ut' yaml In the profession
al school .Jdents are properly within
the realm of ideas and principles, but
they are still limited to a specific
human interest with which alone their
understanding is concerned. But the
college is called liberal as against both
of these because the instruction is
dominated by no special interest, is
limited to no single ta;k, but is in
tended to take human activities as a
whole, to understand human endeav
ors not in their isolation but in their
relations to one anoiher and to the
total experience which we call the life
of our people. And just as we be
lieve that the building of ships has
become more successful as men have
come to a knowledge of the principles
involved in their construction; just as
the practice of medicine has become
more successful as men -have come
to a knowledge of the human body,
of the conditions within it and the
influences without just so the teacher
in the liberal college believes that life
as a total enterprise, life as its pre
sents itself to each one of us in his
career as an individual human living
will "be more successful insofar as
men come to understand it and to
know it as they attempt to carry it
on. To give boys an intellectual grasp
on human experience this it seems
to me is the. teacher's conception of
the chief function of the liberal coj
lege." Dr. Meikeljohn's subject Saturday
will be "Democracy and Excellence."
Honor Society
at Cornell in 1865
prominent men of science in the pro
fessions and the industries are mem
bers of Sigma Xi, while the faculties
of many of the prominent colleges and
universities in the United States show
long rolls of members.
The Nebraska chapter was founded
in 1898, with a number of prominent
professors of that time as charter
members. Of the original members,
Professors Barbour, Bruner, Candy,
and Swezey are still in the service of
the University, During the interven
ing years several hundred members
have been elected to membership in
the local chapter.
In the early years of the society
undergraduates, who had shown prom
ise of research ability along the lines
of extending scientific knowledge were
selected for membership whether they
hd actually done any research work
or not A3 the years have passed most
o? the chapters have decided to elect
to active membership only those un
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