Nebraska Newspapers

    The Daily Nebraskan
Vol. xxv. no. 85.
THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, 'THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1926.
PRICE 5 CENTS.
SET DATE OF
INTER-FRAT
BASKETBALL
Acting Athletic Director Gish
Announced February 16
As Start of Meet
FINAL GAME ON MARCH 5
February 13 Last Time to Enler
Teams; Drawing! Will Be
Made That Afternoon
i
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definite announcement of the'
date of the inter-fraternity basket-,
ball meet was issued at the athletic J
office today, by H. D. Gish, acting j
thh-tic director of the University of;
Xebra-ka. The meet will begin Feb-j
raaTy K and run through to March , Compete Shake-Up Necessary
5i ,vh. n the final game is scheduled j Tq Rebuj,d Crumbl;ng
to r;"- ! Defense of Team
The schedule of the games as j
planned by the athletic department ! QFFER DOUBLE PROGRAM
of the drawings will be played the
week beginning February fifteenth, j
From Monday the twenty-second to j The Nebraska basket tossers re
the twenty-seventh, all second and , turned to Lincoln Wednesday morn
third f'ight games of the program ing smarting under their second de
will be run off. Two games will be feat in the conference this season,
played each afternoon throughout ; Coach Bearg's men could not locate
this week. The semi-finals will be the basket Tuesday night against the
played the first week in March. The Kansas Aircics and the result was
first game of the semi-finals is Uv that the Huskers returned on the
be played Monday, the first of the short end of a 41 to 25 score,
month, and the second game will be , Coach Bcarg indicates that there
'played Tuesday. Ihe finals of the
inter-fraternity meet wiil be held
Friday, March 5.
,t is expected that the number of ,
frati-rr.ii.es represented in the meet
r,,.i ,rirt thirtv-two. thp num-
ber u-ed in the bracket last year. It
.;!! h- r. cessarv for each fraternity
to enur their teams Saturday, Ftbru-
ary 13. a- the drawings wiil be made I
Saturday afternoon, nd published in
The I'ai'.y Xcbraskan Sunday morn
ing,
mu
The regular fee of one dollar
be paid by Saturday afternoon
st the athletic
tr.ter.
office in order to
The L'cita Upsilon fraternity has
won this meet for the last two years,
is4 hs successfully
treji.y so far.
defended the
PLANS MADE FOR
VALENTINE PARTY
A!!-L'niversity Function Will
Held in Armory After the
Creighten Came
Be
r .v.n v..l,.t;r, PnWu nr,
Sui.lay evening at 8:30 in the Ar- j
nv r. w re completed Wednesday, j
The j arty will start immediately af- J
ter the Nelraska-Creighion basket- i
ball fiinf.
The Ha.-tor.;an will furnish the
isu-;c. A Valentine program will be
featured during the intermission, and
fru t' ! punch and wafers will be j
rv-j. The usual admission of,
tv,-tr;ty-five cents will be charged, j
Thf- fallowing committee has been
4JT)'.;; J to take charge of the dec-j
wai;,;, for the party:
C.-a; Hoilingsworth and Vinton j
Uv.--.n, chairmen; Evelyn Frohm.j
Uw,n- Kerl, Edith Crow, Katherinel
M b r .aid. NVPiio M-Rpvnr.l!. Sndlr.
Khirlfy, J.-KMe Kent, Eola Catss. Mar
Kirkpatrick, Margaret Edwards,
f'or.hy Fairchild, Edward Howell,
&h-:i Parr, Ruisc-11 Doty, Russell
J"yt.t.
B.O.T.C. RIFLE TEAM
BEGINS AREA MATCH
Winners in Seventh Corp. Division
Compete in National Inter
Colleriate Contest
The R. o. T. C. team atarted firing
"Hntsday in the Seventh Corps
maUh. This match in held be
ten all the school in this division
"jt have a Senior R. O. T. C. unit.
rults will not be known until
lh Ut of February.
f three men having high
th'T v te cno8Cn compete in
at'nal Inter-Collegiate Match
-3 the winner will be named nation
p th"pion of all Senior R, O. T.
nnit.
arv re,5U,U with Maine- Hawa".
" .evada which is being fired by
' 'Jmfcn' Rifle Team wiU be an
nonctd next week.
Men Better Housekeeper.
According to the janitor of the
. r"vtrity of California, men tend
make better housekeepers than
ear" "d the lnen are much moTe
ul about where they threw their
Wwt faper.
All Applications Must
Be On File By Friday
All candidates for class presi
dents, Ivy Day orator, and posi
tions on the Student Publication
Board must file their applica
tions in the Student Activities of
fice 206 in the Armory, before
5 o'clock, Friday. Only two per
sons have filed so far, one for
freshman president and one for
sophomore president. Loo Black,
president of the Student Council,
urges tentative candidates to Fee
to this matter at once. Student
election will be held Tuesday.
February 16.
HUSKERS AGAIN
PLAY BLUEJAYS
'will be quite a shake-up in the Ne-
braska line-up when the team takes, the boys finally became confident j
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the floor Saturday r.icht atramst theithat there must be something differ-
Crei)?hton Eluo5ay, This be thc;him about the thing that meant .0
second contest between these two i him about the hting that meant so
toame Iks Unci- hsvinr imvinlKlr
defeated the Creiirhton team in Om
aha
,.
, tion will be started aeainst the team j
from Omaha. Nebraska has been
weak on offense the entire year, but
the defense has been able to ke-p the
other teams from scoring,
the last two games have
crumpling of the defense and com-
pcte shake-up may be nccessarv to
pfain build un the team.
; A double athletic program will be
offered to Nebraska fans Saturday
night. Ihe basicetbau game between
ireighlon ana .enrasKa win get un-
followed by the
wrestling meet.
Kan-as-Xcbraska
li:
.nucn interest nas unn ttirrt-u ur
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m Omaha over the coming game be- j physical education in China, that is li
tv.een the Huskers and Blue Jays anc (jjrect physical education and recre
is possible that a special train will atjon for the Y. W. C. A. Most of
be run from ti e -Nebraska metropo-;rny
Is to l.ins!n .or the game. II f j
special is run, it will mark the first 1
time in Creiirhton s history that bas-:,.f
kt-tball aroused enough interest
make possible such an excursion.
to
PLAYERS WORK ON
SUCCESSFUL FARCE11" .
"Aren't We All?" Next Production
Of Dramatic Department; Cri
tics Comment Farorably
"Aren't We All?", one of the most
successful comedies nlavcd in New
York in l'J25, will be presented by j Ringing Christians speakers to speal
the University Players February lM"1 -hool, in interesting the gi.-l:
I'J and 20. 'in tne " - A' an ur:nZ their
, . . !to attend church.
The plays given by the Players
have gained very favorable comment "Thc thin that 1 am hoping ir.os'
from dramatic critics. "The Goose to do when I return to Chna," re
Hangs High," which was given at thej'ated Miss Barger, "w to g-t a youn;
beginning of the school year, has Chinese woman worked into my posi
been .riven in several small towns t'"n as director of physical educatior
and before a number of organizations
in the city.
The leads in "Aren't We All?" will
be played by Frances McChesney,
Harold Sumption, Herbert Ycnne,
and Harold Felton, tinder the direc
tion of Prof. Alice Howell, of the
dramatic department. Albert L.
Erickson is business manager of the
Players.
Help Student' Finances
A financial clinic to asis-t fftudentf
and graduates in solving their per
sonal and busint-K financial problem
has been e.stablihhe I at the University
of Denver.
Students Can Still
Reserve Comhuskers
Persons winning to reserve a
Cornhusker, and who have not yet
done so can still have the oppor
tunity if they so desire.
Those who want to reserve a
1926 year-book come to the Corn
huaker offics in the basement of
U. Hall any afternoon after two
o'clock, and ree the business man
ager. A deposit fee of $2.50 is re
quired for reservation.
CHINESE LOOK
TO AMERICANS
AS EXAMPLES
Orientals Will Learn to Live
Christ-like Lives Mainly
By Imitation
STUDENTS AID IN WORK
Chinese Women, Educated in Amer
ica, Work Out Kind of Activi
ties Conditions Call For
"If western people in China would
live more Christ-like lives, it would
give the Chinese a better understand
ing of what Christianity is," asserted
Miss Vera Barger in an interview on i
Wednesday afternoon.
Miss Barger is physical education
director of the Y. V. C. A. in China,
and is a visitor on the campus of
the University of Nebraska, enroute
for San Francisco, where she will sail
or tu ...aner about a years fur" I
lough in the Lnited States. She was
graduated from the University of Ne-
braska with the class of 1911 and I
went to China in 1920.
Christianity Creat Influence
"Way out in the west of China,"
related Miss Barger, "there were t
group of young boys in a government
school who had a British man for o
teacher. lie took so much interest !
1 1 ii iiii-m aim was mj hum io mem mat
. i j t . . i . i i
'milch to him fhrUfinnitv- flno
these boys was Jim Yem, who is now
a graduate of Vale and .in r,aniIPv
land director of the mass educational
movc-tnr-nt in Ch: na.. This British
!n,an didn't talk about Christianity!
ihe lived a Christian life.
"We v'ork :n Ch!na ust liI:e Y- w
However A' workers in the Lnited Mates
ecn thc'wor'c'" Pointed out Miss Barger, in
explaining the methods used in Y. W
- Am wrk. "I go into the schools
;nnd ta: ae,ut the same Ihings that
I would talk about in the United
snort cmnnshin." I wnrl- in th PKi.
nc?e' p0vernnlert 5chorIs where the j
.,,... nf iha Y u r .
sical education department of Ging-
(I:ng college at Nanking are teach-
ing.
.r ,v ,:i , , ,r
1 p.m the national promoter of
time," stated Miss Barker,
r-r in working with the physica
education workers in various Part:
rk; n;nn. t
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socintion nieetincs. tener.r-r insti
tutes and working w'th groups of the
physical education teachers in the
!city."
Students Net All CHriilians
V. W. C. A. schools," stated Mi'
Barger. "We require work in rel'gi
o'js educations but do not insit oui
students bece me Chri-tiar.s."
"The teachers in the governmen"
-:hoo!, where they are allowed t'
do somethinfr, are instrumental ir
"f the Y- w- c- A- in China. Wc
have in mind a Chinese girl who has
had two years at the University of
Wisconsin. The thing that I want
them to do is to work out the kind
of activities thit they know Chinese
women need and not take the physi
cal education system of the west and
transplant in the eaift."
"As I travel around helping the
tudent , the graduates of our school
y.r.o are working in the government
schools, I find that they do the most
Tiod by living Christian lives. Ac
tions peak louder than words."
NINE STUDENTS ON PROGRAM
School of Music Member Selected
For Charter Day
In accordance with established
custom the students chosen to take
part in the Charter Day Program are
I selected from the School of Music
! under 'the direction of Professor P.
ill. Grummann, director of the Schoo'
'of Fine Arts.
The following students will be ir
the musical program: Helen Ober
lies, '20; Jean Bader, '26; Ida Lust
garten, '27; Beatrice Long, '26; Ruth
P.euter, '28; Eurdette Taylor, '26;
Gladys Edward, '26; Elizabeth Cole
man, '26; and Helen Cowan, '26.
Special Wire Service
Arranged for Alumni
Reporting on Program
Special telegraph and telephone
service is being arranged to accom
modate the Alumni who wish to re
port that they have received the
Charter Day Program. It is hoped
hut nil nt thn Alumni whn "i;utnn
on the night of February 15 will re-
port this to the Alumni association.
All telegrams or letters should be
addressed to "Secretary Alumni As-j
socintion. University of Nebraska,)
Lincoln, Nebraska." Telephone calls1
...:n i, :.. .i i. tt: :..
will VIZ iri.-m-i til, iiiu lnivvrsliy
Broadcasting Studio, Lincoln, Ne
braska. On the night of the fiftenth
no local calls will be received at the ;
studio. !
YERA BARGER IS
HOSTESS AT TEA
All University Women Invited
To Eilen Smith Hall for
Reception
DINNER AT GRAND HOTEL
11 W'" r ery uni -
versity woman to meet Miss Vera ' logical. It is intended to be a means
Barger, physical education director ; f permitting the development of ori
in China, the Grace Coppock staff ar-?ina!ity b-'' faiIin? to hold a student
ranged a tea at Ellen Smith Hall on
Thursday from 1 to a o clock for all
j university women, and a dinner for;Ces to seniors is merely an offshot
..it- uiaie v.iipi'oiK teams ana team
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captains at the (..rand Hotel at 6:15
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p. , .i. .u I ii r- r '
barger s work that the Grace Cop-
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ianei. is in cnaige 01 llie
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y "antes aiermann.;
In tke receiving line will be Miss
!,lra "arfctr; trma APPleDy
, university V. W. C. A. secretary:
Miss A.manda "eppner, dean of v.o -
j men ; Elsie Gramlich, president of the
V. W. C. A.: and the members of the
Grace Coppock staff Eloise Mc- pus should be allowed seme freedom
Monies, chairman; Eloise MacAhan, .is not denied. An example was cited
Gcraldine Fleming, Caroline Buck, of a student on this campus who
Agnes Hansen, Eloise Keefer, Doro- :f roved himself too brilliant for ordi
.':iy. Thomas, - Frances Watermann, nary methods of advancement. He
and Wilma Searson. j was allowed to proceed at will, under
More than t .vo hundred are ex- ,the direction of a regular instructor.
lPtl to attend the dinner at the;
! Grand Hotel, when Miss Bareer
wil speak to all the campaign work-
ers. There are twenty teams work-
ing on this campaign, each with a
captain and ten workers.
Captains of the Grace Coppock
teams are, Elva Erickson, Blanch
Alien. Gertrude Brownell, Helen
Van Gilder, Alice Cook, l, eno
VrarrU c,. v..-,. T....
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, : 1 r, i.r.iimira rcneiiac-K, ltuin uar -
k'-d, Margaret Hyde, Ruth Clendt-nin
""t nuvu
'r:icir -ii' in. i.acni'i r ;irn;im ?:mn
Palmer, Ethel Saxton, Rose Fatingcr
land Lucille Refshauge.
STUDENTS CONVENE
AT COTNER FRIDAY
World Problems Are Discussion Topic
Of Volunteer Movement; Art
Is Exhibited
The j-tate convention of the Htu
dent Volunteer .Movement will be
held at Cotnc-r College this week, be
ginning Friday and lasting through
Sunday.
The program for the week will be:
Friday afternoon Bt-c
from four to 0 o'clock.
..r.f rt
'i'""11
Friday
evening Beginning at
7 o'clock, speeches by Miss Laura B. 'person or the public."
CroK on "The Nationalist Movement j .
in China and Its Relation to Student,
Activities." Arthnr Jorgens,n. ge n- j BISHOP JONES IS LECTURER
eral secretary of the x. M. C. A.
Ellis will talk on the Philippines. Mr.
Fuwell will speak on India.
After these speeches, an hour and
a half will be devoted to discussion
groups.
Saturday afternoon An inter
pretation of the movement will be
given by the New York representa
tive of the Student Volunteer Move
ment. The rest of the afternoon will be
given over to a Student Forum on
World Problems.
Saturday night Banquet. Play
on South America.
Sunday Convocation service.
Mr. Thomas will talk on Africa. Miss
Whiting on Africa. Student talks.
It is uncertain by whom the closing
address will be given.
AH students are invited with the
assurance that it will be of particu
lar interest to anv who are intprpxted
in unrl.l nrMom T' ,..i..ii. !
fee will be two dollars, and the meals
will total $1.45.
Of special interest is the exhibi
tion of relics, the art of different
countries, and the poster exhibit, the
latter being the work of the students
of the different colleges represented.
ENGBERG DOES
NOT ENDORSE
LAX RULINGS
I
Harvard s
Plan of Allowing
Seniors Voluntary Atten
dance Not Feasible
FEW
SUCCESSFUL CASES
Imitation
f Upperclassmen Would
Cause Decreasing Attendance
In Lower Classes Also
Granting the occasional genius the
permission to carry courses under the
personal direction of the instructor
without reference to regular class '
work is one thing; granting an en-,
tire class permission of promiscuous,
absenteeism is another," declared
Executive Dean Carl C. Engberg to
day, commenting on the recently in-
aue-urated nhm nt r.n.vnr.l ,,ivnrSirv
of allowing the seniors freedom from
binding rules on class attendance.
I "From one point of view it seems !
childish to refluire Rrown nicn to afl"!
,here to fixed schedules," he contin-
, ued. "On the other hand, the Har
, vard scheme does not seem to be
lu rL?u"r -.tes.
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I This attempt to give special lib -
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" "''i'-s " m-ihhms io grant
special privileges to the brilliant stu
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' -a fot:i,: Tl , .
ls not feasible. The averace person
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. ne whVh U filing
Hmdm-rv tn th ronii, "
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...en nae -P.on s,,n-
clair might have been saved fron
; w.t.:. ,ueent cynical, msgrunuec
.state of mind is possible in the opin
;n of Dean Engberg, had they been;
allowed to browse in their knowledge
That exceptional men on any cam
Only one i.ian at most out of a
thousand is capable of profitably
planning his own way," he repeated,
Instances of the trial of the Honors
System, wherein picked brilliant men
are allowed to do independent work,
have proved successful. A move al-
'wing voluntary class attendance
nl:l' in headway in eastern schools
which are largrly dependt r.t on final
e xam i r a t ion s for trradinir. I -ii ! .-it-
t"'!,.n '.2 ,-.;.l -,-..,... t. :r. f
' ' v i"-1"' J m-
t'-nnance in scnoois in tnat r : ti .n.
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attendance wil
be eardel.
"In rny own e:' ri.-rcc. the ffct
of yu h a fy-tem '.v-.uld b- b:;-l f ' ., n
th:.-: poir.t of view: O: e of the great
est Iroubie.s i.i fra".i r-.'t jo c.iis;
fr- m the exarv-le set by brilliant senior-;
iifcc-f r; d to g'irg their o'.v.i
"
Yotr-fer men i". cI;-ge f -1
ih::t they can fo'i'iw the same plan.
Allow an eitir" c!:.-- fr'-i '! ni in
el: ss atte-ndaiice the effect wiil be
potic-d in de.ri.&s;rig attendacf i- i.j
!ov.r classe". They Hill try to es
tal.l: h them-tlve.s on the i-ame plane.
"?o long uk we are
living with:
other people," he concluded, "it
neci-j-sary for the public good for u.
to conduct ourM-Ivf-s and ur habit
in a manner that will nt l-:.d others
into wrong ways. Si !f: ;h individual-
f 1 I I I' t 1 . .
ims fnou:u suooroinaie ust-ii, e.-peci-,
ahy so long as the tx-.-rcise of it doe ,
I " ' 1
not produce any good cither to the .
Utah Worker For World Peace Opens
Discussion Group
Bishop Paul Jones, Episcopal bish
op of Utah, and connected with the
rcnowsnip 01 Keconciliatinn, an or-;
ganization for the creation of World
Peace, will speak this noon at a i
luncheon at the Grand Hotel. 1
All students are invited to come 1
'The shortness of the address will.
give opportunity for an open discus-;
sion. The luncheon will be twenty-1
five cents. Those who wish to at-!
tend are asked to inform any one of j
the University student pastoi , vhose;
offices are in the Temple.
Poem of LeRossignol in "Rotarian"
The February number of The
"Rotarian" contains a humorous
poem entitled, "Cousin James," by
Dean J. E. LeRossignol, College of
B usiness Administration.
Crades and Athletic Letters
If a candidate for a major letter
at the University of Chicago falls be
low grade during the season, he does
not get his "C" although he has play,
ed in enough games to earn it.
Faculty Women Honor
Vera Barger At Tea
The Faculty Women's club re
ceived at tea, from 3 to 5 o'clock
yesterday nt Ellen Smith Hall for
Miss Vera Bnrger, who will leave
Thursday evening on her way
back to her work in China. Mrs.
Ralph Boats was chairman of the
hostesses. Those assisting were
Mrs. 15. J. Pool, Mrs. W. E. Sea
lock, Mrs. E. A. Crone, Mrs. C. E.
Sherer r.nd Mrs. O. II. Werner.
Miss Barger, presented by Miss
Appleby, spoke for a few minutes.
The guests were entertained with
readings by Mrs. J. O. Ilertzler.
and a whistling solo by Louise
Van Ciclen.
HUSKER MATMEN
MEET KANSAS U
'. Matches Will Start at Nine
; O'clock Fol'owin? Basket-
ball Game
IS UNBEATEN
JAYHAWK
I up of data collected from investiga
te Kansas University wrestlers ; i-ns with plant and animal life,
will meet the Husker mat men in a:Tami'y histories, and biological phe-
dual meet to be held in the new Field j nomena observable under the micro
House. It has been decided to hold scope."
line douis on Saturday, to ne run oiti
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; hraska basketball game. The matches
,vi!l start about nine o'clock, as soon
. i
as the game is over.
The Kansas squad comes with a.pers, 000 feeble-minded, 300 iirmor
clean shite, having won two meets, al women, and 1 10 criminals. There
one of them in the Valley confer- has not been a single soldier nor, a
ence. They defeated the Kansas Ag- person with a common school educa
gies grapplers in a dual meet, 10 to'tion at any time from this family.
i:. The Kansans are coached by! Contrasting with this family, which
Guy
Lookabaugh, an Oklahoma A.
and M.
wrestler. lie was a runner-
up in the f:nals of the 1
pound.
' class in the Olympics.
The Hu;ker Hne.up
the fRme M he tsam that nlPt ,owa
Blore will wrestle in the 113 pound
class instead of Karrar, as the result
of a tryout held Tuesday, in which ,vhjch determine heredity, Dr. Baker
Blore had a time advantage of three ;caue(1 attention to the fact that the-minute--
and forty-seven seconds, descendants of all morons are Mor
There will also be a 10S pound bout. ons. "Morons." he s.-id, "is the
Tho probablo line-ups: ' 'stream that is riving most of our
Neb.
June.;
Blore
Wc-ber
Kellogg
I. Skinner
Branr.igan
CaT t. Hi-h:ey
Weight
10S
115
1J3
135
145
1.-.3
17J
Kas.
St.-iklas
Scott
Capt.
Skinner
James
Dtlp
Hays
McFarland
Frt-ese
1 Ulili.g
Heavyweight
TRIO WILL PRESENT
MUSICAL PROGRAM
Stfclcelbcrj, Kinjcella, and Gray Are
to Play Thursday At
Convocation
A
piai,:
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ce-::;
',; c ripo'-'-d nf Miss Kin e!!a !
1. I'.-.,f. Car! F. Steckc-llierg. :
aid Prof. Herbert Gray,
. wiil pret'-nt the program at ;
tie Mu-ic convocation in the Tem
ple Thiir-d .v i.iorning at 1 1 o'clock
and in the Art 'lallery Sunday after
neon : t 3:0 o'clock.
lr,e ?ro'T; m which is to be triver: :
h,.h fallows: !
Trip Ot.u
Allegro
AoaL'.o Cl
Schei Z'i
Serenai!"
1, No. 1 Beethoven
:.!
Widor
Schuelt
ic. i.-.l
a j j(.n uw,.e
Uc-rt-t-u -t-
DlTl't'U-U A . J J 1 1 r K Y
t the Brook ...Boisdeffre
I .
I Raps Frcfbrnan Traditions
I Time i pent in enforcement of
fre: hman tradition? could be better
fpent rl-c-herc, maintains a dean at
the University of Colorado.
LeRossignol Will Attend Meeting
.. Dean J. E. LeP.osnignol in going to
attend the Tri-State Conference of
Credit Men at Des Moines, Iowa,
February 1 1 and 12.
WEATHER FORECAST
Thursday:
perature.
Fair with rising tcm-
Weather Conditions
With rising pressure tempera
tures have fallen to about normal
in the Mississippi valleys and the
lower Missouri valleys, the Ohio
valley and the Lak) region, at
tended by light snow in Iowa, Illi
nois, the upper Lak-' region and
the Ohio valley. Ht.tvier snow
has fallen in Maryland, Pennsyl
vania, New York and the New En
gland states. Falling pressure and
rising temperatures appear in the
nortwest, and rain has fallen on
the middle and north Pacific
coasts.
THOMAS A. BLAIR.
Meteorologist.
WORLD FORUM
HEARS BARKER
ON "EUGENICS"
Scientific Study of Heredity
Will Better Human Race
Declares Professor
COMPARES TWO FAMILIES
Laws Preventing Breeding of Morons
Proves Only Method of Check
ins; Growing Menace
Urging a program for a race bet
terment based on the science of eu
genics. Professor F. D. Barker yes
terday addressed the World Forum
at the Grand Hotel on the subject,
j "Eugenics and Its Relation To Hu
man Betterment."
I Dr. Barker stated that he could
;but ,iripfl" outli,,( xh" subject, giving
a sample which mirht lead to intelli
gent study by those interested." Eu-
conics," declares Dr. Barker,, "is a
jbody r.f knowledge having to do with
i rare betterment. It is a science made
in showing the effect of heredity
.i. t, .... ,
u:, lm.- ur. narker pointed out
two families. One was a diolute
! family, and of the 2094 descenr.
to date
to date there have been 310 pau-
he stated, had cost society over two
i million, five hundred dollars, Dr.
Barker showed in brief the history
of the descendants of Jonothan Ed
practically 'wards. All had won respectable
! places and includcd in their 'number
were thirteen college presidents.
After pointing out biological facts,
(trouble. Our criminals, paupers, etc.,
'"re born not made on the whole. We
-must attack the problem at the root
from the standpoint of eugenics and
heredity.
j "We are makincr a tremendous
, m!take in our imnvrrration laws.
.They should be based on quality
rather thin quantity. We must not
jconfu-e low intelligence with illit
eracy. It is the swarming throngs
of people of low intelligence that
n-ur into this country that consti-
-
n menace to our civilization.
:.o lurth rate of the undesir-
ables in this country i seven to ev
ery t vo desirtbles. How loner at
this r.-.to will it he until there is a
treat eat'iclysm?"
In ars-.vrirg the (juesiton how to
'top the dancer, Dr. Barker point
ed out that they mu-t stop breeding.
Hp th'-n cited an Italian valley in
which the proportions of undesirables
was f, co-inning to be a menace as it
.is in Anv-ri-a today. They passed
laws ... ppir.g the breeding of morons
.and in one srcr.eration the undesirable
'class was pratcicallv removed.
Dr. Barker then advocated the frl-
lowing m'-n'ures
rrce betterment:
1. Education
al a program for
-both of individ-
jual ; and of legislator.
! Eugenic laws to insure clean
i'-eis of health and of pedigree.
n t : , t. ,
I 1 III mi irra nor. wa naspo on
! oualitr.
j Paying closer f.ttention to en-
Ivironmer.t to eliminate evils arising
from bad environment which brine
out undesirable tendencies that might
otherwise be concealed.
BURNETT ATTENDS
ANNUAL MEETING
A Member of Executive Committee
Will Confer With President
Coolidge Thursday
Dean E. A. Burnett of the College
of Agriculture, will attend the an
nual meeting of the executive com
mittee of thp """vintion o.' Lnnd
Grant CoIlegL-s, at Washington, ! C.
February 10 and 11. Dean Burnett
was elected president of the associ
ation at its last meeting, which wan
held at Chicago in November.
The executive commitee will call
upon President Coolidge Thursday to
discuss some of the matters concern
ing the association.
Dean Burnett has been attending
meetings at Ohio State University
since the latter part of last week.
Last Friday he addressed a meeting
of farmers at Colombus. Dean Bur
nett will go to Washington from Col
umbus, and he will probably return
to Lincoln Saturday morning.