The Daily Nebraskan
VOL XXIV NO. 76. THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1925. PRICE 5 CENTS
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DEAN ROSCOE POUND ELECTED
PRESIDENT OF WISCONSIN 0
Board of Regents Make Selection from More Than Fif tv Poaai.
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Diuiica micr jnrcu w men Lasted More
Than Six Months.
DECISION IS NOT PUBLIC BUT ACCEPTANCE EXPECTED
Koscoe rouna, Lincoln, a. u. 8, fh. D. '97, L L D '13
deal of the Harvard Law School since 1916. WA9 flpH. nraoi.
dent of the University of Wisconsin by the University Board of
Kegenia weanesuay evening 10 succeed President E. A
Birtre.
Dean Pound's attitude toward the invitation extended him
has not yet been made public. An official announcement of his
acceptance is expected in a iew days.
Tb Tote of the Board
of Regents was unani
mous. Within the last
few weeks of the six
months' search for a new
head for the University,
the somber of educators
being considered for the
position has been reduced
from more than fifty to
Deaa Pound and two or
three other men. A presi
dential committee was in
charge of the selection,
its choice being subject to
ratification by the Board
of RegenU. The action
of the board Wednesday
evening followed that of
the presidential commit
tee in the afternoon.
Chancellor Avery 'ex
pressed gratification for
the University of Nebras
ka that this honor had
come to its distinguished
alumnus. According to
the Chancellor, the Uni
versity of Wisconsin is considered
'one ! the leading educational cen-
ten of the United States, and, with
the exception of the University of
Michigan, which owes its precedence
to an earlier date of founding, is
probably the most prominent state
university in the United States.
Former Resident of Lincoln.
Dean Pound, son of Mrs. S. B.
Pound of Lincoln, and brother of
Hiss Louise Pound, professor of Eng
lish, and Miss Olivia Pound of Lin
cola high school, is fifty-four years
old. Following his graduation from!
the University at the age of seven
teen, he became an instructor in
botany.
He was engaged in the practice
of law from 1890 to 1901 and was
dean of the law school of the Univer
sity of Nebraska from 1903 to 1907,
professor of law at Northwestern
University from 1907 to 1909. Fol
lowing this service he joined the fac
ulty of Chicago University,
The degree of Doctor of Law has
been conferred upon him by the Uni
versities of Michigan, Nebraska
Missouri, and Chicago, and later by
Brown and Harvard Universities, and
Union college of Cambridge, Eng
land. The latter honor was given
him when he delivered a course in
lectures there in 1922.
He is a member of the Nebraska
Academy of Sciences, the American
Microscopic Association, Associe li
tre de l'Academie Internationale de
Georgraphie Botanique, a fellow of
the A. A. A. S., a member of numer
ous organizations and commissions
in the field of law, and the author of
numerous texts and commentaries on
legal matters. He was a member of
the Alpha Theta Chi fraternity when
in the University.
DR. ROSCOE POUND.
BETA GAUUA SIGMA
WILL HOLD ELECTION
Honorary Scholastic Fraternity
Will Announce New
Members.
WEDNESDAY IS LAST
DAY FOR PICTURES
Seniors Assigned to Town send
Studio for Sat
urday. Wednesday, January 28, is abso
lutely the last day that it will be
possible for members of the senior
class to have their pictures taken for
the Comhusker. In order to reach
the goal set by the members of the
staff of 700 senior pictures it is im-
perative that every student have his
Picture taken on the assigned day.
Only one more list is to be published
o that every senior will have an op
portunity to have his picture taken
before the final week.
The list for Saturday makes as
signments for Townsend studio only.
The seniors listed are:
Townsend Studio.
Towle, Irene; Towle Mary; Town
fend, Katherine; Townsend, Millard;
Tucker, Florence; Turnbull, Willard;
Tyler, Ivory; Ullstrom, Elmer; Ul
nch, Herbert; Ulrich, Herbert; Un
derwood, Thelma; Usher, Willard;
Valder, Dee; Vandervoort, Pauline;
vn Eg, Marie; Van Vankren, Doro
y; Vernon, Mary; Voir, Mathias;
Von Sergen, Clare; Wakelin, Blan
rd; Wakelin, Nina; Wallace, Wm;
wUen. Clarenoa. W.l n. , tit
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Kathryn; Wearner, Arthur;
Her,
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Members of Beta Gamma Sigma,
honorary scholastic fraternity in the
College of Business Adminstration,
met Wednesday for the purpose of
selecting new members for the or
ganization for the college year 1924
1925. An investigating committee
composed of one faculty and two ac
tive members of the chapter was ap
pointed by Blanchard Anderson, '24,
Omaha, president, to determine the
eligibility of prospective members,
Announcement will be made of the
elections for the year the first week
of the second semester.
The requirements for eligibility of
Beta Gamma Sigma are similar to
those of Phi Beta Kappa of the Col
leee of Arts and sciences. Members
are selected from the ten per cent
of the graduating class of the col
lege whose scholastic average is high'
est. The organization limits its mem
bership to the men students in the
college. No student is voted into the
organization who has a failure, con
dition or incomplete against his
credit.
The society was organized at the
University of Wisconsin in 1907. Its
ifrowth remained parallel with the
rapid growth of the colleges of busi
ness adminstration in the United
States, and with the installation of.
the Alpha Chapter of Nebraska in
the spring of 1924 the chapter rool
was increased to twenty. The sole
mirnnse of the fraternity is to
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promote scholarship in work in busi
ness administration. Chapters have
heen eranted and installed in the
state universities of Illinois, Califor-
nia, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Ohio,
Iowa, and many other leading schools
in the field of Finance and Com
merce.
J. E. LeRossignol, dean of the Col
lege of Business Administration, and
one of the charter members of Alpha
chapter in a statement regarding the
new organization said, "In many
ways the spirit of scholarship is per
meating the business world, and busi
ness pracace is being raised to a
higher plain, both technically, theor
etically, and ethically. As a society
organized to promote these ends, I
heartily approve of Beta Gamma Sig
ma, which will. I am confident, do
much for our students in college and
in their later careers.
WARNER MAT BE VISITOR
Prof. J. W. Warner, head of the
department of political science at the
University of Illinois, is expected by
Prof. J. P. Senning of the political
science department, to visit the Uni
versity soon. Professor Garner has
recently had the rank of chevalier in
the Legion of Honor of France con
ferred upon him by President Gaston
Doumergue. This award was made
in recognition of the many articles on
the government of France published
by Professor Warner and his efforts
to promote a better understanding
of French culture and civilization.
GIVES CRITICISM
OF CURRICULUM
Montague Advocates Required
Courses Followed by
Specialization.
PHILOSOPHER CITES
IDEAL OF EDUCATION
Required courses for freshmen, ar
ranged to form a "conscientious tour
of the intellectual world," with spe
cialization in chosen courses during
the three following years of study
were advocated by Prof. William P,
Montague of Columbia University,
; asking at the Thursday morning
convocation. Citing the ideal of edu
cation as the man who "knows some
ining aDout everything and every
thing about something," Professor
Montague recommended inflexible
courses during the freshmen years,
giving attention to the general out
lines of the subjects offered, that the
student might choose intelligently the
courses he wished to use for later spe
cialization.
Dr. H. B. Alexander paid a tribute
to the late Harry K, Wolfe preced
ing his introduction of the speaker,
and told of the presentation of a
portrait of Dr. Wolfe and a collec
tion of books from his library, given
to the department of philosophy by
his wife, Dr. Katharine H. K. Wolfe.
Dr. Wolfe founded the department
in 1889, and it is to him that the
department "owes everything it is
now, or hopes to be," Dr. Alexander
said.
"With the coming of the new
branches of study, we are changing
our attack from three or four sub
jects, brought to the level of mas
tery, to ten or fifteen subjects touch
ed lightly," Dr. Montague averred.
He explained the "level of sampling,"
where the subject is brought only far
enough to enable the student to de
cide as to his desire to continue it,
and the "level of mastery," when the
student enjoys his subject, and is car
ried by its momentum rather than by
conscientious study.
Because of the pressure of new
subjects and the failure to realize
the psychological impression of fin
ishing our study to the upper level or
dropping it, we have college curric
ula so arranged that subjects are
virtually forgotten ten, fifteen, or
twenty years after graduation," Dr.
Montague said. He recommends the
use ot the general outlines of the
subject in the "sampling" courfce,
that the student may intelligently
SEMESTER FEES
DUE NEXT WEEK
Arts and Business Administra
tion Colleges Pay Janu
ary 29 and 30.
COLLECTION STARTS
MONDAY AT 9 O'CLOCK
Students in the Colleges of Agri
culture, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Engin
eering, Law, and Teachers will pay
their second semester fees in the
Armory from 9 to 4 o'clock Monday
and Tuesday, January 26 and 27.
Those in the Colleges of Business Ad
ministration and Arts and Sciences,
including students in the Schools of
Journalism and Fine Arts and Pre
Medical, Pre-Dentistry, an Pre-Law
Medical, Pre-Dentistry, and Pre-Law
students, will pay their fees at the
same place and hours on Wednesday
and Thursday, January 28 and 29.
Graduate students will pay their
fees at Room 102 Administration
Building from 9 to 4 o'clock Friday
and Saturday, January 30 and 31.
New students will pay theirs in the
Armory on the same days.
A late fee of three dollars will be
charged those students who do not
pay their fees on the days specified
for them.
Registration," warns L. E. Gun
derson, bursar and finance secretary
of the University, "Is not complete
until fees are paid."
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BEARG IS APPOINTED HEAD
FOOTBALL COACH FOR 1925
Chief Assistant to Robert Zuppke at Illinois Selected to Succeed
Dawson as Grid Tutor Comes to Nebraska With
Highest Recommendations
COACHED GRANGE AND FAMOUS ILLINI BACKFELD
Ernest E.
ceed Fred T.
Ernest E. Bearg, first assistant
football coach at the University of
Illinois, whose appointment to the
position of football coach at the Uni-
Bearg, assistant football coach at Illinois, will suc-
Dawson as head football coach at Nebraska. Beam's
appointment was announced Friday noon by the University Ath
letic Board of Control. His election was made by the board after
a careful survey of the available men, in which many of the more
promising young coaches in the country were considered. '
Bearg, who is now chief assistant to Robert Zuppke. has re
ceived the highest recommendations. Zuppke values him highly
as a coach and a scout, although reluctant to part with his
services.
The records of teams Bearg has
coached have been very satisfactory,
versity was announced Friday morn- gtated A member of the who
ing by the Athletic
trol.
Board of Con-
W. A. A. VOTES TO
ACCEPT A1IBMTDMBNT
Adds Ice-skating as a New
Sport With Alice Pfeiffer
as Leader.
The amendment concerning vacan
cies on the executive board of the
Women's Athletic Association was
ratified by ballot Wednesday, Janu
ary 21. At the same time the organ
ization voted to add ice skating as
a new sport.
Skating will be brought in under
much the same regulations as hiking,
Alice Pfeiffer, the hiking leader, has
charge of the sport. One hour of
good hard skating will be considered
equal to five miles of hiking. Twenty-
five W. A. A. points will be awarded
for eight hours of ice-skating. Fifty
points, the most awarded in one se
mester, are given for eighteen hours.
It will not be necessary to have
two other W. A. A. members present
for skating points to count as is the
case in hikes. The women will be
entirely on their honor. The hours
of skating should be put on the spin
dle on the W. A. A. desk and a rec
ord will be kept for them.
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
"Tom Thumb" is the boast of the col
lege. He is a freshman and is just
three feet six inches tall.
BIZADS WILL
HOLD BANQUET
Special Stunts and Speakers
Are Placed on
Program.
went to the University of Illinois to
gather further data, reported that
Bearg was efficient and popular; that
he instilled the great fighting spirit
in the men, and that he was a man
of the highest moral character.
Much credit is given the Illinois
man for having developed the won
d e r f u 1 backfield combination
Grange, Britton, Mcllwain and H.
Hall. It was Bearg's work to tutor
TICKETS MUST BE
TURNED IN TODAY
Arrangements have all been com
pleted for the annual banquet of the
Bizad students to be held this eve
ning at six o'clock at the Chamber
of Commerce. Special stunts have
been planned, a big meal will be
served, and an exceptional list of
speakers will be on the program.
COLUMBIA MAN IS
LUNCHEON SPEAKER
Discusses Metaphysical Prob
lems at Chamber of
Commerce.
Dr. William P. Montague, profes
sor of philosophy at Columbia Uni-
Those in charge say that the banquet versity, New York, discussed meta-
will surpass any that have been giv- physical problems at a luncheon yes
en in the history of the college. terday at the Chamber of Commerce
ine nsi 01 looiDaii men puousnea Professor Montague referred to
in Thursday's Nebraskan and any himself as an exponent of a co-opera-
other letter men in the College of tive philosophy evolved by six profes-
Business Administration are invited. 30rs in eastern universities fourteen
A special effort has been made to years aeo. The first metaDhvsical
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uavc ui xBcuujr uu I aoctrine which fie emphasized was
women students in the college in at- the common sense belief in the real
tendance . Members or other colleges ity of the things of sense the things
nave tried to get ucicets Dut tne Dan- ref erred to in science as lying back
quet is for Bizads only. 0f metaphysics. He explained recent
ine panquet will start at 6 o'clock efforts at delivering nhilosophv from
and the committee requests that ev-1 artificiality.
erybody be there in time so that they The establishment of nhvsical real-
will not miss any of the special jsm wa8 next emphasized, and the re-
stunts. I vival ef Platanism t)ia nunnitiAn
All ticket salesmen must turn in that objective realities include num.
their unsold tickets and money at the bers and their relations. Quoting the
taoie in oociai science Duuoing tnis axiom, "Things equal to the same
thing are equal to each other," Pro
fessor Montague pointed out that this
fact not only is true today, but 'was
true even before it was called to the
attention of mankind.
"In my opinion," said Professor
morning. Tickets may be secured
there until 2 o'clock today.
Mr. J. W. Searson of the Univer
sity Publishing Company will speak
on, "The Bizad College from the
Outside." Chancellor Avery's topic
is, "ihe Bizad College from Above."
Montague, "Aristotle did more to
Dean LeRossignol will be toaFlmast retard human progress than any oth.
er.
"The
iron.'
'Choppy" Rhodes will talk on,
Bizad College from the Grid-
Montague Enumerates Merits of
League for Industrial Democracy
choose his major, rather than "hap- Purpose of Organization to In
ns zardly making a choice after a I
perfunctory conference with an ad
visor.
LEAYES MONDAY
FOR WASHINGTON
Beulah Sundell Will Attend
Foreign Mission
Convention.
DELTA OMICRON HEARS
PROGRAM BY MEMBER
The local chapter of Delta Omi-
cron, national Fine Arts sorority,
held its monthly program in the stu
dio of Mrs. E. H. Polley, at the Uni
versity School of Music. Thursday
evening. tieaa oranam
the Drocram which was
composed of selections from Old
Masters.
The fourth German exchange pro
fessor, under the Carl Schuri Memo
rial endowment, is now lecturing at
the University of Wisconsin.
terest Students in
Socialism.
"The national student movement
in which I am particularly interest
ed," said Prof. William P. Montagu
of thevdepartment of philosophy, Col
umbia University, after speaking at
a luncheon yesterday at the Cham
ber of Commerce, "is the League for
Industrial Democracy, formerly the
Intercollegiate Socialist Society. The
purpose of the League is to interest
students in socialism, pro and con,
It does not try to foster independent
groups of radicals among University
students; its members should include
conservatives and opponents, as
well as believers in socialism."
"Stated specifically, what are the
aims of the League?" was asked.
Professor Montague emphasized
his enumeration with the emphatic
downward gestures of a strong fore-
country in the world will also be at llner- 10 "imulate interest in
the meeting. The convention is be-1 Weals, in varying points of view, in
ing sponsored by the Student Volun- soc,al Problems; to make them more
teer Movement. viul aii they appear in the class-
Calvin Coolidee. will be one of the room.
speakers at this convention. Other , "iscnssion at tne iague meet-
sDeakers of importance are Dr. 3. R. ,ngrs muce students as a group con-
iTtt nntional Y. M. C. A. represen- iou f the vital issues of the day.
tative; Bishop Brent; Dr. Axling; and Through systematic thought, they are
the Honorable Newton Rowell of
Miss Beulah Sundell, '25, Omaha,
will leave Monday to attend The For
eign Mission Convention of United
States and Canada, which will be
held January 28 to February 2 in
Washington, D. C.
Only one hundred students have
been invited to attend this meeting,
although five thousand persons from
the United States and Canada will be
present College heads from every
Toronto, who will
League of Nations.
represent the
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE The twentieth annual tour
of the cadet band will be held March
20 to 30. In the thirty-two years
that the band has been organized it I thoughtful, blue
able to determine the movements of
public opinion. They arrive at intel
lectual unification, through the
group discussions." .
Discuses Function of Leagae.
'Just how does the League func
tion?" was the next question.
Professor Montague paused, his
eyes the eyes of
has played at every World s Fair on a philosopher gazing through the
the Pacific Coast In addition to window. "Well," he said slowly, "it
this, the band has always taken " a brings together the students in the
tour through the state and adjoining! various colleges in a free, public, un
ones. I censored forum. It unites .as far as
er man who ever lived. He fastened
the philosophy of nature on the world
for twenty centuries. ,He built his
theories upon the worst in Plato. He
put the ideal above the real; he
taught that men should love God
rather than goodness in other
words, he put might above right. Ac
cording to Plato, a god had to make
feasible, the liberal students in one good, belief in his virtues had to be
American university with those in justified, before he could he
another, or even with those in for- nized. Aristotle thought that ideals
eign institutions. Representatives of in the mind of man were of no force
the German Youth Movement came unless God was postulated to' explain
to the United States a year ago this man's moral sense. He believed that
summer, to bring together the col
legiate thinkers of the two nations."
"How should a movement of the
sort be started at the University of
Nebraska?"
"The interest of a number of in
fluential students should
aroused in the League,
ethics depended upon theology. Pla
to's doctrine that ideals are not de
pendent on supernatural existence,
has been restored.
"This is a utilitarian age, a prag
matic age," continued Professor
I Tiff J !
first be Kue' ln aea"ng wan the second
answered ",c""1'!"-1 prooiem. "People in
Professor Montague, rubbing his chin terpret by Prctical results; they in
meditatively. "Care should be exer
cized in selecting the members so,
that the club would not fall into the
exclusive hands of a group of radi
cal thinkers, or of students of a sin
gle nationality, or of one religious
creed. It would be well to have a
few professors sponsoring the move
ment instructors in the social sci
ences, presumably. Then, when the
terpret truth as a form of goodness.
ii u my ueuei mat mere is a con
trast between the true and the
good."
Professor Montague explained
doctrine founded sixty years ago by
John btuart Mill, which endorsed
sentient life and held out happiness
as the supreme object Ethics, ac
cording to the speaker, was regard
club was well started, it could apply ed M .form humn engineering,
with faculty permission, of course a moDUlIawn of science to discover
for membership in the League for the methods producing the most
Industrial Democracy. If any stu
dents are interested in the formation
of such an organization, they could
become thoroughly acquainted with
it by reading The Student Forum, the
publication of the society."
Is Faculty Friand.
Just how, Professor Montague,
abundant life. Philosophers felt the
truth of a relativity of values. Since
good was counted as relative to the
individual, why not truth also?
"Frankly, I think it is terrible,"
stated ' Prof essor Montague emphat
ically. A cosmocentric equilibrium
is sought It is true only when it
corresponds to facts outride the hu
the bark field men, and his success
with this backfield was striking. He
also developed Gallivan and Leonard,
sophomore backs, who came very
near breaking up his famous ball
carrying quartet
"Red" Grange, considered the
greatest running back the game has
ever seen, according to the board's
report, "credits Bearg with aiding
him materially in passing, running
and punting, and is equally enthusi
astic in regard to his general opinion
of Bearg's ability as a football coach,
particularly of the backfield."
Bearg arrives in Lincoln Saturday
morning at 10 o'clock. He will re
main over the week-end familiarizing
himself with Nebraska conditions.
His appointment is effective March 1,
at which time he will take charge of
spring football practice.
Ihe new coach played football at
Whburn College, Kansas. There he
starred as a back for four years. In
1916 he attended the coaching
school at the University of Chicago,
where he had an opportunity to ob
serve the work of A. A. Stagg, dean
of Big Ten football tutors. He
coached the Topeka high school teams
in 1915 and 1916, producing all-vic
torious teams.
In the summer of 1917Bearg went
to the coaching school at Harvard
University, where he became ac
quainted with the famous "Harvard
system" developed by the late Percy
Ha ugh ton.
Bearg was elected head coach and
director of athletics at Washburn
College in the fall of 1918, after
having left the army. His S. A. T. C.
team that year played only five
games. In the summer of 1919 he
attended the University of Illinois
coaching school, under Zuppke. He
then produced Washburn's "wonder
team" in the fall of 1919. which
played nine games and lost only one.
Zuppke then offered Bearg the po
sition of first assistant at Illinois.
Bearg's conscientiousness and bard
work there impressed Zuppke greatly.
He regarded him as a great student
of the game. His departure from
Washburn was greatly felt by foot
ball supporters there, who regarded
him as a super-coach.
In speaking of his experience at
Illinois, Bearg said: "I attended the
University of Illinois and studied
football under Zuppke. ... I got a
good idea of the methods used by the
big coaches all over the country, for
we were given the 'Illini' system,
Yale, Harvard and Dobie's systems,
both offensively and defensively."
Many unsolicited recommendations
have come to the Nebraska board
from persons who heard that Bearg
was being considered for the Nebras
ka vacancy. These commented, not
only upon his ability as a coach, but
of his high character and qualities of
leadership.
Observers of football at Nebraska
have stated that in case Bearg should
be selected the system should work
out well. Henry Schulte, line coach
during the football season, has de
veloped the greatest lines in the mid
dle west Such men as Ed Weir, Wel
ler, Lyman, Pucelik, Peterson, Day,
Berquist, and many others of fame,
have received their football training
under him. Combine with this
Bearg's ability as a backfield coach
and the combination should be formidable.
v , , K , m8n wnscic-osness. It demands a
The philosopher spoke reluctantly, subordination of one's own ideas to
apparently loath to discuss himself, ff,
Well," he said, "I am a member of Thin .nj a . .i
the executive committee of the In- tent that they conform to life, lm
tercollegiate Socialistic Society. My ,;.. Mi, ,
relation to the League for Industrial hand without 8tretch or 8train
merely, sort of faculty fnend, ready where individuai and environment
to give advice and sympathy to what fit together spontaneously.' The an
I cons.der a very great intellectual ,iogw lie9 in the the wor,d
iiivvciuciib uu uie part 01 tne youiig
people of American universities."
(Continued on Page Three.)
Says Choice of
Bearg Unanimous
The following announcement
relative to the selection of Ernest
E. Bearg -f Illinois as Corn
husker football coach was made
Friday morning by Fred T. Daw
son, director of aiLlct-c:
"The committee appointed to
select a football coach have unani
mously agreed upon Mr. Ernest
E. Bearg, first assistant football
coach. University of Illinois.
"The selection of the commit
tee has been unanimously ap
proved by the Athletic Board of
Control of the University of Ne
braska to be -aTecU've March t,
1925." FRED T. DAWSON,
Director Athlotics."