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THE COLEGE VANITY BOOK
If a total were made of the amount
of money spent in all the colleges of
the country on the preparation of
yearbooks, the sum would probably
be amazingly large. At the Univer
sity of Nebraska, for example, the
cost of the Cornhusker for this year
will be somewhere between twenty
and twenty-five thousand dollars.
When this much money is expended
on any single undergraduate activity
it is not out of place to inquire into
the nature of the purpose to which
it is being diverted.
Any one who has had any experi
ence with an annual knows that it is
rather an easy matter to spend this
much money on the book. This is
especially true since the annual has
ceased to be the production of the
students and has become a commer
cial enterprise. There was a time
when all the art work for a student
annual was done by students. Today
most of it is done by engraving com
panies which derive a large and ex
ceedingly profitable business from
these yearbooks. These companies
retain large staffs of commercial ar-
tists who do nothing except plan and
execute expensive designs for an
nuals. The staff pays, of course,
not only for having the designs
drawn and colored, but also for hav
ing them engraved. Under such con
ditions it is relatively an easy mat
ter to run up an engraving bill of
six or seven thousand dollars.
The result of this commercializa
tion of the college annual is that
all of them are more or less alike.
The differences are merely differ
ences in details. It is possible, there
fore, to generalize with a fair degree
of accuracy about the characteristics
of these publications.
What is the essential character
istic of the yearbook as it now ex
ists? Vhe first and avowed purpose
of the annual is to be a book of
reference a sort of "Who's Who"
for the activities and the classes of
the college. But this purpose has
gradually, and perhaps unconsciously
been replaced by another. The an
nual has become the college vanity
book. Proof that this change has
taken place may be found in the fact
that the yearbook has ceased to be
literary and has become, for the
most part, purely pictorial. The con
ventional annual includes not only
photographs of the members of both
upperclasses, but, also, pictures of
all activities trivial and important
and all kinds or organizations
social, religious, political, honorary,
etc. Why are these pictures in
cluded? Because individuals and or
ganizations are willing to pay for
space in the book and, having done
this, are willing to buy a copy of it
be ca une it contains their pirtures.
For the individual the book is a con
venient and permanent means of
satisfying his vanity because he can
always use it to impress his friends
and his family with the importance
of his own achievements in college.
The editors and the business mana
gers have found that this trait of
vanity is a sure one on which to de
pend for the student support which
makes their books possible.
No one would argue that the. an
nuals should be abolished because
they have assumed this character.
Vanity is a human trait and there
is no inherent evil in catering to it
once a year by the publication of
an annual. But it does seem that
so much money should not be spent
for so unprofitable a purpose. Some
limit should be set to the amount of
money that may be spent on an
nual. It it is not, the cost will in
crease and increase as one annual
attempt to surpass the others a
kind of competition which has al
ready made an appearance. . To per
mit college annuals to go on and
on, and spend more and more money
on unnecessary luxuries in printing
and engraving would be to permit
an appalling economic waste. A limit
must be set sometime and the present
tt of those books it dangerously
close to that limit Twenty-five
thousand dollar is a rather large
arnoor.t to invest in a college vanity
be in operation and explained by stu
dents. The seventeen wood-turning
lathes, by which such articles as cups,
candlesticks, rosettes, rolling pins
("Maggie Spec'als," as they arc
known in the "lab,") are produced
will be running. E. O. Morton, '20,
will be in charge. Patterns which
have been mado for the exhibit will
later be turned to practical use in
the foundry.
Will Opan Mutaum
The entire Museum will be thrown
open to those Interested in the dis
plays of the department of geology
Elmer Pond, L. J. Gude, and Frank
Posnisil have prepared plates illus
tratine topographical drawing, which
will be shown in the geology labora
tory. An oil derrick on the fourth
floor will test mineral content. C
L. Barrett and Edward Ellingson will
distill crude oil under reduced pres
sure. A telescopic alidade and a
plane table will be shown, and the
model of a mine is to be explained.
An exhibit of real and imitation dia
monds will be accompanied by a lec
ture several minutes in length to be
repeated at intervals throughout the
evening. Gold and platinum nuggets
have been placed on exhibition. The
fossil of the largest prehistoric ele
phant ever unearthed will be exhibit
ed, as will the skeleton of a hog, val
ued at $50,000. A number of mic
roscopic slides made by students will
show the structure of rocks. Walter
Schmeeckle, '26, is chairman of
the geology committee.
Architect Exhibit
Plans for school buildings, frame
houses, theaters, and temples will be
exhibited in Mechanic Arts hall by
students of architecture. Descriptive
geometry plates and applied mechan
ic plates will be shown in Room 206.
A model of the Cathedral of Learn
ing, fifty-two stories in height, to be
built at the University of Pittsburgh,
has also been constructed by the ar
chitects. The chemical engineers will not
open all laboratories in the Chemis
try building to inspection, but at
least one laboratory of each import
ant division will be on exhibition, in
cluding the freshman laboratory and
the lecture hall on the first f'oor.
Here Fred Wehmer, '26, will give a
lecture and demonstration of the
more spectacular chemical reactions,
including the noted thermite reac
tion, which although dangerous to the
Derson performing the experiment, is
entirely harmless to the audience.
Another demonstration will feature
the safetv of explosives. The anal
ytical laboratories, both quantitative
and qualitative, will be open. Gradu
ate students in organic chemistry will
perform a series of experiments with
dyes.
SCIENTISTS TO
CONYENE HERE
EVERYTHING READY FOR
ENGINEERS' ANNUAL PARADE
(Continued from Page One.)
The chemical engineering float
was a truck on which was mounted
the apparatus for producing a new
kind of motor fuel by atomic disin
tegration. The display was very
spectacular, but spectators are doubt
ful whether or not the product was
being used in the operation of the
car. The architectual float was a
perfect model of the new fifty-two
story "Cathedral of Learning" that is
to be built soon by the Pittburgh
University.
The department of geology had
two floats, "The Oil Game" and "The
Geological Family Tree." The last
float concerned the evolution of man
and animaL Twenty-five cars, filled
with faculty and engineering stu
dents, brought up the rear of the
parade.
FACULTY COMMITTEES
FOR NEXT YEAR PICKED
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Publication of University Studies
The Librarian (chairman), Prof.
F. M. Fling, Prof. Louise Pound,
Prof. L. D. Sherman, Prof. R. J. Pool,
Prof. Hutton Webster, Prof. H. H.
Marvin.
Scholarship Prof. G. R. Chatburn
(chairman). Prof. W. W. Burr, Prof.
Clara Conklin, Prof. J. E. Kirshman,
Prof. P. H. Frye, Prof. A. It.
Contrdon, Executive Dean, Dean
of Women.
Student Organizations and Social
Functions Dean of Men (chair
man), Dean of Women, Prof. E. II.
Barbour, Prof. F. E. Henzlik, Prof.
J. O. Rankin, Prof. N. A, Bengtson,
the chairmen of the interfralernity
councils.
Student Publications Prof. M. M.
Fogg (chairman), Prof. T. J. Thomp
son, Prof. H. E. Bradford, Prof. J.
E. Lawrence.
. Athietic Eligibility Executive
Dean (chairman), Director of Ath
letics, Representative to Missouri
Valley Conference.
Schedule Committee Executive
Dean (chnirman), chairmen of as
signment or schedule committees of
the various colleges.
Interfraternity Council Prof. R.
J. Pool, Prof. R. D. Scott, Prof. F.
W. Upson.
Pan-Hellenic Council4 Prof. Mar
garet S. Fedde, Prof. Winifred F.
Hyde, Mr. Westover; ex-officio-Dean
of Women.
Sophomore women have selected
scarfs of orange brushed wool, with
three black stripes, a their class insignia.
Three-day Meeting of Nebras
ka Academy of Science
Opens Today.
PUBLIC INVITED TO
ATTEND ALL SESSIONS
The Nebraska Academy of Science
will open a three-day meeting here
today with meetings of the Nebraska
Section of the American Chemical
Society, Nebraska Section of the
Mathematics Association of Amer
ica, and Sigma XI. The meetings
will continue Friday and Saturday
and the public is invited to attend
all of the meetings, which will be on
the University campus.
The Academy will open today at
1:15 o'clock with the registration at
the Temple building. At 2 o'clock
the. section meetings will be held.
The biological and medical sections
in Bessey Hall, the chemistry sec
tion in Chemistry Hall and the earth
science section in Nebraska Hall.
One of the biggest meetings of the
convention is to be tonight at 8
o'clock when Professor Geza Doby
of the University of Budapest, will
talk on "Enzymes and Plant Dis
eases," in Chemistry Hall. Another
interesting lecture will be given Sat
urday night at 8 o'clock when "Fea
tures of Scientific Interest in the
Mt Ranier Region" will be discuss
ed by Dr. R. J. Pool, University of
Nebraska. The lecture will be illus
trated with slides.
Many Member
A late copy of "Science" gives an
interesting article concerning Pro
fessor Doby. He is assigned to the
botanical department at the Univer
sity of Michigan, and has lectured
at Chicago University, University of
Wisconsin and Iowa State College in
the last few weeks.
There are two hundred and twen
ty-five members of the Nebraska
Academy, and a number of these be
long to the national organization.
The program for the first day:
1:15 p. m., Registration Temple
Lobby, twelfth and R streets.
2:00 p. m., Sectional meetings:
Biology and Medicine Bessey Hall,
Chemistry Lecture room, Chemis
try Hall; Earth Science Nebraska
Hall 210.
8:00 p. m., "Enzymes and Plant
Diseases" Chemistry Lecture Room,
by Professor Geza Doby, University
of Budapest, Hungary. Introduced
by Chancellor Samuel Avery, who
will welcome the Academy.
2:00 p. m., Bessey Hall Lecture
Room:
The Beginning College Courses in
Botany and Zoology: Methods of
Presentation, A. E. Hoick.
Insulin, Dr. George W. Covey.
Modern Conceptions of the Treat
ment of Disease, Dr. Miles J. Breuer,
Advancement in Knowledge of
Heart Disease by Means of the Elec
trocardiograph, Dr. A. L. Smith.
The Sex Ratio in the Birth Record
of Lincoln, Catherine M. Lieneman
(Introduced by D. D. Whitney).
The Tail as a Balancing Organ in
Mice, N. Tolman, W. Tolman and
W. Buck (Introduced by D. D. Whit
ney).
Autotomy in the House Centipede,
J. A. Cameron (Introduced by D. D.
Whitney).
The Role of Aeration in the Hatch
ing of Fertilized Eggs of Rotifers,
Joseph Lite (Introduced by D. D.
Whitney).
"Family Trees," D. D. Whitney.
The retrogression of Facial Prog
nathism and its Present Result in the
Human Race, A. E. Thomas.
Sanitary Regulation of the Milk
and Water Supply of Lincoln, H. H.
Waite.
Demonstration of Some of the
Lower Forms of Life, H. H. Waite.
Earth Science Section
E. E. Smith. Cotner College, chair
man. 2:00 p. m., Room 210, Nebraska
hall:
Geographical Influences in the
Coffee Industry of Brazil, Miss Phyl
lis Rice, Department cf Geography,
University of Nebranka (15 min
utes). Questions and Discussion
(10 minutes).
(a) A new Fossil Peccary from
Nebraska.
(b) Two New Nebraska Mammoths.
Dr. E. H. Barbour, Department of
Geology, University of Nebraska (35
minutes). Questions and DiscusFion
(15 minutes).
The Practical Application of Fos
sils, Mrs. Eula D. McEwan, Depart
ment of Geology, University of Ne
braska (10 minutes). Questions and
Discussion (10 minutes). ,
A New Hydrocarbon Sutterite,
Professor E. F. Schramm, Depart
ment of Geology, University of Ne
braska (15 minutes). Questions
and Discussion (10 minutes).
Chemistry Section
Dr. M. J. Blish, University of Ne
braska; chairman.
2:00 p. m. Lecture Room, Chemis
try Hall.
Equilibrium 'Between HC10 and
C20.
A. Special Applications of the
Water Vacuum Pump.
B. A New Constant Level Water
Bath, H. J. Win.
The Function of Inorganic Ele
ments Present In Minute Quantities
in the Biologic Organism, Victor E.
Levlne.
.Chemical Studies In Anthracite
Coal, G. M. Bahrt
Catalase Studies, S. Morgulis, M.
Beber, and I. Rabkln.
Reaction Velocity as Measured by
Change In Density, G. C. Rowland.
On Selenium, Its Remarkable Pro
perties, Victor E. Levine.
Boiling-points and Freering-points
of Alcohol-Water-Glycerine, P. E.
Roller.
New Uses for Broken Electric
Light Bulbs, R. F. Tefft
Journalistic Honorary
Elects New Officers
At a recent meeting of Thcta Sig
ma Phi, honorary journalistic society
for women, the following officers
were elected for the coming year:
president, Evelyn Linley, '26, Oma
ha; vice-president, Irma Ellis, '26,
Alliance; secretary and scribe, Ruth
Schad. '26. Wymore; treasurer, Lil
lian Ragsdale, '27, Omaha; keeper
of the archives, Norma Carpenter,
'26, Lincoln.
The last meeting of the year will
be a social meeting on Thursday,
May 14.
SKETCHES OF HIGH
SCHOOL DEBATERS HERE
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Tekamch-Cozad, Law 201.
HolJrege-Superior, Law 101.
Alliance-Omaha Central, Social
Science 107.
Broken Bow drew a bye.
Delegation Arriying
Delegations from contesting
schools began to arrive in Lincoln
Wednesday afternoon. The Alliance,
Brock, and Superior teams will make
their headquarters the Lindcll Hotel.
The Alliance delegation will be ac
companied by Supt. H. R. Partridge;
the Brock team by Supt. M. A Sams
and Principal R. E. McCann; and the
Superior team by Mabel L. Correll,
debate coach. The Holdrege and
Omaha Central teams will be at the
Lincoln Hotel. Holdrege accompan
ied by F. E. Leavitt, and Omaha Cen
tral by V. E. Chatelaine. Albion, ac
companied by Helen Herney, will be
at the Y. W. C. A. The Tekamah
team, accompanied by Supt. H. H.
Reimund. will also be at the Lindell.
The David City contestants will be
accompanied by Mrs. W. O. Ritchey;
and the Broken Bow team by Rose
Skudler.
The judges for the debates are for
mer members of Nebraska debating
teams and members of the University
faculty. They are all experienced,
competent judges of debate.
The presiding officers for the
Thursday evening contests are: Paul
Haberlan. '26. Lincoln (member of
Nebraska's debate seminary, 1925) ;
Edward Jennings, '26, Law '28, Lin
coln (against Iowa, 1925); George
Johnson, '28, Lincoln (against Iowa.
1925); John A. Otley, 25, Waverly
(against Iowa 1924, South Dakota
1925); and David Sher, '28, Omaha
(against South Dakota, 1925).
Friday. May S
Botany department dinner Ellen
Smith Hall.
Miss Lee, Tea for Miss Barger
3 to 5 o'clock Ellen Smith Hall.
Engineers' dance--Rosewilde.
Delta Sigma Lambda house
dance.
Kappa Sigma house dance.
Phi Sigma Kappa Spring Party
Lincoln.
Alpha Delta house dance.
Beta Theta Pi house dance.
Kappa Kappa Gamma house
dance.
Farm House house dance.
Saturday, May 9
Delta Gamma Spring Party El
len Smith Hall.
Phi Sigma Banquet Lincoln.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon-Spring Par
ty Lincoln.
Union Picnic Crete.
Kappa Psi house dance.
Kappa Phi Tear Ellen Smith
Hull.
May Morning Breakfast.
Sunday, May 10
Sunday Morning Breakfast Ellen
Smith Hall.
Calendar
Thursday, May 7
Grace Coppock Staff Tea for Miss
Barger 4 to 6 o'clock Ellen Smith
Hall.
Valkyrie Tea-Kappa Kappa Gam
ma house 4 to 6 o'clock.
Kappa Phi Meeting Ellen Smith
Hall.
Hotel
D' Hamburger
Buy 'cm by the sack
1141 Q St.
Notices
All notice for this column noil
ba written out and handed la at the
editorial office. U Hall 10. by 4:00
the afternoon previous to their publication
Kappa Phi
Open meeting of the Kappa Phi
in Ellen Smith Hall Thursday at 7
o'clock.
W. S.-G. A.
Council meeting of the W. S.-G.
A. Thursday at 7 o'clock in Ellen
Smith Hall.
Kappa Phi
Kappa Phi Mother's Day tea at
Ellen Smith Hall Saturday from 2:30
to 5 o'clock. s
Ecleaia
Eclesia Club luncheon at the Grand
hotel Friday noon.
Pershing Rifles
Pershing Rifles drill Thursday at
5 o'clock.
L Company
Men in L Company are asked to
report before 1 o'clock Friday after
noon in order to clean up their rifles
for inspection.
Mothers9 Day
Cards
at
Latsch Brothers
1118 O St.
Mother's Day
Remember Mother with a bos
of our exquisite candy and you
will be assured of getting the
best.
Walter Johnson's
Sugar Bowl
1552 "O" St.
We Deliver
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Gifts
For the
Graduate
our store is full
of gift sugges
tions in
Jewelry, Silver, Novelties,
Glassware, Watches, Col
lege Pins & Rings, Leath
er Gifts, Fancy Stationery,
Fountain Pens, etc
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Art Club
The Art Club will hold Its monthly
meeting on Thursday evening, May
7, and will be followed by a six
o'clock dinner.
Christian Science Society
The regular meeting of the Chris
tian Science Society will be held
Thursday at 7:30 In Temple 200.
Methodist Student
All-Methodist picnic at Epworth
Lake Park, Friday, May 8. Meet at
the Temple Y. .M. C. A. rooms at
5:80. Tickets are twenty-five cents.
Lutheran
The Lutheran Club will hold a
program and pie social at Faculty
Hall Saturday at 8 o'clock. Ladies
bring a pie.
Delta Omicron Pi
Delta Sigma Pi dinner at the
Grand hotel Thursday at 6 o'clock.
Delta Omicron
Business meeting of Delta Omi
cron Thursday at 7:10 o'clock at
Ellen Smith Hall.
Interfrat Baseball
Fraternity baseball teams should
turn in a score by innings and bat
teries of each first round game at
the office of The Daily Nebraskan.
Dramatic Club Maati,
Meeting of the Dramatic ni v
Thursday May 7, in the club ,002
at 7 o'clock.
Violations of the hazing rules r
punishablo by indefinite su.pensi '
or expulsion from school at the Unl
vemtj of Minnesota.
Special
Showing of new Spring
fabrics
$35 to $50
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1309 O St.
TV
Lat ma have your suit today
to claan so that you will look
your baat whan Mother comas
lor dinnar Mother's Day.
Jewelers-Stationers
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I All the
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You Will Need For
Summer
I May Be Selected at
Rudge & GuenzeVs
ij for their collec
ts
s tion boasts everything
I fashionable and new.
Matched sets of vests and
I step-ins. Dainty night-
gowns touched with color.
1 Lacy petticoats for eve-
1 ning wear. Practical un-
I dcrthings that tubbing
I will not affect. Every soft
I Bhading. Every new idea
in trimming. Every want
ed fabric crepe, crepe
de Chine, radium, satin,
batiste or linen. Buy your
lingerie at Rudge & Guen-zel's.
Cross-Mfctioa of a
tooth, tbowing Acid
DocMy Mt The Dmnttr
Lin.
These things
may injure ,
that fine, thin edge of
gum tissue at The
Danger Line formed
by the joining of teeth
and gums: a tooth
brush that is too stiff,
powerful astringents,
harsh abrasives and
strong antiseptics in
a dental cream. And when this edge
of gum tissue is injured, conditions
are favorable to that type of Acid
Decay which is most difficult to con
trol Acid Decay between the teeth
at The Danger Line.
Give your teeth and gums the care
they need at The Danger Line. Use,
regularly, Squibb's Dental Cream,
made with Squibb's Milk of Mag
nesia. It safely neutralizes the acids
in the mouth which attack the teeth
and gums. It is the only dentifrice
that gives lasting protection from
Acid Decay. At druggists every
where. Buy a tube or two today.
Dental Cream
Made with Squibb's Milk of Magnesia
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Just saunter up
to one of our counters
at the west aide o' the store,
lean upon the glass top,
put your toe cn the edge ,
of the mahogany base
and say.
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(A Manhattan, of course)
$2.50 upward
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