USCOLM P. E. 0. HOLDS DINNER
. Ro.ewilde to Celebrate An
M Biv.r..rT of Founding
The Lincoln chapters of the P. E.
n Z d a dinner at the Rosew.lde last
m to" celebrate the anniversary of
2 oundin of the organization, at
v. the husbands and friends of
J'tmbers were guests,
ifter the dinner a pageant, writ-
hv Mrs. C. O. Bruce was pre
ten I Tt represented the first an
!ent of P. E. O. After the
"X fo member, of P. E. O.
Club Gertrude Thompson,
Tret PunlaP, Flounce Stever,
,nd Helen Watkins. danced the min
ttet in costume.
Learn to Dance at
The Lincoln Modern
Dance Studio
Thelma Stroh
Phone B 4819 lor appointment.
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COLONIAL
THIS
WEEK
This l National Laurh Month
HOGAN'S ALLEY
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MONTE BLUE
PATSY RUTH MILLER
"TT-jungle" HEROINE"
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Alio News and Topical Pictures
THE DAILY NEBEA3KAN
Disgust Over System Is Reason
Given by Ellis For Leaving School
lUncoln Theatre f
I ALL THIS WEEK ft
iTw r.PlFFITH'S
'That Royal Girl"
FUihy! Funny! Pathetic! Grippal
' FORD
A Paramount Picture
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THUR. FRI--SAT.
Her is a drama of Hht, reckless
Irrt amid the fay iHtter of Pan
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SABLES"
with
Lowell Sherman
Pauline Garona and Gertrude Aator
Other Entertaining Picture
SHOWS AT 1, S, 6. 1, .
MAT. 15c NITES 2Sc
Rialto Theatre
TODAY
Western Story That la Different
'The
Enchanted Hill'
With
Jack Holt and Florence Vidor
A Paramount Picture
"Good Morning Madame"
A Pathe Comedy
Nee
-Review
SHOWS AT 1, S. S, 7. 9.
MAT. 25c NITE 35c CHILD.
10c.
LYRIC
ALL
THIS WEEK
JANUARY IS LAUGH MONTH
Ha Stole the Bride and Kidnapped
tin Bubop and then You Muat See
Reginald Denny
In Hit Latrat Howling Succeaa
"WHAT HAPPENED
TO JONES"
"HELEN AND WARREN"
la "Hie Owa Lawyer"
ON THE STAGE
THE THREE MCKENNAS
Youth, Mirth end Melody
A No New. Mnjl Tnnlr l Pl-titr
HARRISONS LYRIC ORCHESTRA
MRS. MAY M. MILLS. ORGANIST
SHOWS AT 1. S, S. 7, .
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THUIL FRl. SAT.
A Vaudeville Bouquet veu'UaJl enjoy
C" Howard
Bragdon & Morrissey
traveaty of Laugha
"SNAP-SHOTS"
, With
Blanc Robinson, Billy Trout end
Denni Guerney.
The Peerleas
OSCAR LORRAINE
The Vielta Nuttiat
Eugene Emmett Co.
Presenting the Oddity
"A FAMILY REVUE"
Wie Leonard
COVAN & RUFFIN
' ".J-'1" Hoofer. De
JThe POET R Y OF JM OTIONJ
The MarveuMia Amphibia
SEALO
" Etraordh- try Entertainer
"THE SCARLET "STREAK"
Ala New and Comedy Pi. tore
JABICH AND THE ORCHESTRA
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(The New Student)
At the same time that a New Stu
dent contributor wonders in a search
ing article wonders whether the col
leges are worth their keep, an ex
student tells in McNaughfs Mon,..
ly why he left college in disgust.
The complaints he voiced are uni
versal enough to awaken responsivo
sentiments in the hundreds of stu
dents who cleave to the system eith
er in hope of improving or in deter
mination of making the best of it.
Bertrand EJlis explans "Why I
Left College" in this terse manner:
"I left college, because, from nine to
ten o'clock every Monday, Wednes
day and Friday I was supposed to be
intensely interested in poetry of the
time of Queen Elizabeth; but at the
ringing of a bell that interest was
to cease, and I should throw myself
wholeheartedly into the dissection of
a frog, for an hour's time only, after
which I was expected to deliver with
bubbling enthusiasm the conjugation
of a Greek verb. If, during lunch,
I happened to become enthused over
a sudden idea for my History theme
for the next day, I could not rush
to the library to read and write and
study. No, no, I must forget my
idea, put it entirely from my mind
which organ would commence,
promptly at one o'clock, to function
perfectly in solving fascinating ge
ometric problems. Is it great won
der that I, with hundreds of other
students, went to the movies that
afternoon?
System Was Farce
He left because the exam systerr
was a laughable farce, because Ger
man was taught as a memory course
instead of a means of getting at the
beauties of German Literature, and
because of the "experiences of sev
eral other undergraduates. One
brilliant student was placed on pro
bation although his marks were per
fect in every course of study. He
had failed to attend the daily chapel
services the required number of
times, and,- according to the rules,
these overcuts placed him in a group
branded as near-flunk-outs, men to
be watched and guided, allowed not
one single class cut. He left college
to attend another where chapel at
tendance was optional and there he
achieved Phi Beta Kappa, magna
cum laude, and many prizes of dis
tinction. "Another undergraduate, a mem
ber of Phi Beta Kappa, was ejected
from the college durir.g his senior
vear because he had become absorb
ed in an outside study to which he
devoted all his time "
....During this writer's sophomore
year a brilliant classmate left the
ivy walls in disgust. Where will it
all end? About a month ago a lit
erary magazine in a large western
university was forced off the cam
pus by an intolerant mediocrity
which pervades the place. One of
these days a group of these refugees
will gather in a barn or a cave and
invite a few fearless and truth-loving
scholars to live with them. There
will be no cut system, no exam
nuisances, no football teams. Al
umni and trustees will not exist.
Learning may then be saved in spit
of the colleges and universities.
Grade Count Moat
"Blessed be the Grind. For he shall
inherit the kingdom of Grades.
Here is the evidence:
"Blank and I studied together once
for a final examination in Zoology.
The evening was passed in the dis
cussion of all the wonders of that
subject, but our talk helped Ub none
in the preparation for the e.Smina
tion. Suddenly we realized that we
would be confronted with cold
questions, which must be answered
with cold facts. We began to stctiy
the onnotated outline made by Zero,
the grind. It enabled us to answer
the questions satisfactorily. But
Blank said to me, "This study of
Zoology will mean to ninety out of
a hundred just a list of ten questions
which they answered, for which an
swers they luckily received an A or
unluckily received an E. Having
answered the questions they will put
all thought of Zoology from their
minds and forever the word Zoologj
will bring them merely an image
of a piece of paper on which were
printed ten questions,." He spoke
the truth.
"The condition is deplorable but it
cannot be remedied by appealing to
the( students, by jacking up stand
ards, or by changing requirements.
A change can be brought about only
by a revision of the method of in
struction. Study in every field is the
most attractive thing in the world,
but colleges bury that lure in a mire
of regulations, requirements, exami
nations. Strip the Venus of its ugly
clothes of convention and pedantry
and the students will rush to drink in
its beauty.'"
Classroom Always Crowded
How few, how precious, are those
teachers in every college whose schol
arship is a contagious thing. Their
classrooms are always crowded.
"I knew a professor who defied
the traditions of pedagogy in order
to teach an English course as he
wanted. He announced that there
would be almost nq tests or exams
except the final, which the regula
tions of the college enforced; that
there would be none but voluntary
recitations. He admitted that any
student could easily pd through the
course without any work and that he,
the professor, would not know the
difference. But the fact that some
men would refuse interesting learn
ing did not worry him. It was their
loss, not his. He said that he would
offer" very entertaining material for
the class to do with as it chose. Con
sequently the course was the most
popular of the English courses. Nor
was its popularity due to the fact
that one could be lazy while getting
credit towards a degree. More study
and reading were done, more inter
est was evinced, more thought was
instilled in that class than in any
with which I was acquainted in col
lege." Would Humanize Rule
When college rules are humanized
and teachers are substituted for ped
ants, then Ellis believes, rightly, that
students will seek knowledge.
"But when it is assumed that
young men are eager to know every
thing; when study is shown in its
true and alluring light; when in
structors say 'Here is the most fasci
nating thing in the world, so let's
have a good time finding all about
it just as we would, run down a beau
tiful and beckoning path in the woods
towards the exploration of lakes to
swim in, streams to fish in and moun
tains to climb' when instructors
teach with that attitudo, men will
flock to their classes." '
If colleges could let the breath of
life and love into their methods of
instruction, there would be no thous
ands of listless students loafing and
remaining ignorant. Instead, there
would, be thousands of young men
and women playing at the delightful
game of learning."
College Press
reading Mr. Lowell that examina
tions properly planned and given are
beneficial, but in unskillful hands
are harmful.
Spelling Is a Prerequisite
Entering students at the Univer
sity of California must be able to
spell 500 English words correctly or
they will not be admitted to the University.
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1 "Have your next Banquet
or dance at tne. tLro
HALL." Also your pat
ronage solicited at the
ELKS CAFE."
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A USE FOR) EXAMINATIONS.
Scarlet and Black
This time of the year provokes
from many students the emphatic
statement that examinations are of
no value. The expression of opiniot !
may be interpreted as a distaste for i
examinations but it can hardly be
accepted as an intelligent destructive '
crticism of examinations. j
Anybody doubting the value of '
tests would do well to read A. W. '
Lowell's article in the January At-1
lantic entitled, "The Art of Examina
tions." Mr.tLowell says examinations
are valuable for thre reasons. They !
are a measure of progress, a means !
of education and a standard of
achievement.
He wisely admits that it takes an
intelligent person to act as an exam-,
iner and then proceeds to show in a '
logical way how examinations can 1
be made art important part in the !
course of study. .
Lowell makes an old argument, but
nevertheless a sound one, when he
says that we are all continually sub
ject to examinations. A person is of
ten called upon to sum up quickly
and accurately the knowledge which
he has on asubject When a basket
ball team takes the floor it is under
the severest kind of scrutiny; a de
bater tests his own understanding of
a question when he delivers his argu
ments. An oral recitation in the
class room is a short examination and
while it lasts just as effective as a
written one. After all why should
nonchalantly take examinations every
day and then stir himself into a
frenzy over the semester finals.
Mr. Lowell insists that examina
tions may be a good standard of
achievement He says that just as an
athlete cannot train for a mile run
without knowing what time he can
make, so a student cannot study un
less he has some mark set as a goal.
He thinks that examinations can best
serve this purpose.
One would be apt to conclude after,
Can Graduate Early
Exceptional students at Iowa uni
versity can graduate in less than,
four years without carrying extra I
work. Special classes are provided
for these people with unusual ability.
Win Prise in Editorial Contest
The Daily Cardinal, student news
paper at the University of Wiscon
sin, won first place in the recent
editorial contest of the state inter
collegiate press association.
Farmers Send Children to College
More than twice as many farmers
are sending their sons and daughters
to the University of Oklahoma this
year than are fathers engaged in
any other occupation.
McGtll Che. Club Accept Challenge
The McGill University Chess Club
has accepted the chanllenge of the
University of Oklahoma Chess Club
to a correspondence chess match.
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SATURDAY NIGHT
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the approaching season.
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around effect with side or
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many of them in matching
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Grey, tan or brown tweed
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