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to. 191.
The Liberal
Arts College
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II a year 11.26 lemeeter
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KDITORIAL 8TAFF
Torrey..
..Editor
Victor T. Hackler" ". Managing Editor
NEWS EDITORS
Juliue Frandeen, ir. Elica HoloTtcblner
MUlieent Oinn Lee Vance Arthor Sweet
A DOIQT A WT N1TW53 FTITORS
R.i-hart Ii. 'Kelly Neola Ekala
Krd R. Zlmmer
William Celnar Victor T. Haekler
Kenneth W. Cook Edward Morrow
BUSINESS STAFF
Otto Bkold Buaineii Manager
Slmpaon Morton Aist. Buiineia Manager
Nteland Vaa Aradala Circulation Manager
Elchard F. Vette...Xlrculation Manager
The bipgest joke on the campus
yesterday was the handful of people
who thought that there had been
cheating in the recent student coun
cil election. Now, The Daily Ne
braskan has positive proof that no
one was given a rotten deal, because
no human being would sink to dirty
work unless something were to be
gained thereby.
If the winners cheated, they gained
nothing but membership in a dead
organization an asset which, in the
opinion of persons smart enough to
cheat and not get caught, is no as
set at all. And if the losers cheated,
they lost membership in a dead or-ganization-which
a man wise enough
to chat and get away with it, would
surely know is no loss at all.
Therefore, there was no cheating.
But, you will ask, will the council
be a dead number next year? Well,
it's not only hard but foolish to make
predictions, but there are some indi
cations. One can say without fear of suc
cessful contradiction that people too
busy to work and too concerned with
other organizations will never bring
a dead body to life.
New, it took 49 lines of type to
name the other activities of the newly
elected members in The Daily Nebra
kan yesterday. Most of the lines
were filled with such fantastic words
as Iron Sphinx, Mystic Fish, Ag
Club, Com Cobs, Art Club, Vikings,
Green Goblin, etc., etc.
Judge for yourself how much spare
time the new members will have in
which to make the student council
a bigger and better vehicle for the
transportation of student thought.
In the case of the publication
board, those of us who were appoint
ed by that body and responsible to
it, can only hope. It is unfair to
state, however, that during the time
in which the present editor of The
Nebraskan has worked under the di
rection of that board, the faculty
members have been more interested,
shown a greater desire to cooperate,
and been of more assistance, than
the student members.
If the men elected Tuesday are
conscientious in the exercise of tl:eir
duties, they will begin at once to
study the methods of management
and operation of the various publics
tions controlled by the board. They
will make the personal acquaintance
of candidates for positions on those
publications. And they will serve as
representatives of the students, as
all persons interested in student pub
lications desire that they should,
rather than as so much dead weight.
A bit of information and a piece
of an editorial are contained in this
extract from a former Nebraska stu
dent now at Harvard:
"You will be interested to knowf
that Paul Elmer More, former editor
of The Nation, and lecturer in phil
osophy now at Harvard, recently ad
dressed a joint meeting of the Clas
sical club and the Modern Language
association, and that he mentioned
among those who had learned Greek
by themselves, 'Prosser Hall Frye,
professor of English at Nebraska,
whose work on tragedy I regard as
the most profound literary study
written by any living man.'
"I don't see why this shouldn't be
made an item for The Daily Nebras
kan. The students ought to have the
Importance of the faculty flung in
their faces occasionally, I think."
The Tolane Hullabaloo (that's the
name of a newspaper published in
New Orleans) contains this very In
terestine news item:
"For a period of six weeks all
men at the University of Nebraska
were allowed to let their beards
grow unshorn. The campus resem
bled a rendezvous of horse-thieves,
grandpas, and other wild men. At
the end of the period, the man with
the longest end most wide-spread
bush received a silver cup. Well
bet it was a shaving" cup."
The Daily Nebraskan beard nothing
of this particular contest, but believe
it a splendid idea. There are neveral
persons who rrfilfie to believe that
Utiivfrisity students are beyond the
tiniif-rgdrten stajje until they; are
n'nown.
Cot that proposal raises the perti-
r ' r.t volition: What could the women
' , t. r:rfv lh' ir and comp
VII. MORE OF WHAT'S WRONG
In yesterday's article it was point
ed out that, because the arts college
does not have a clearly defined
purpose and a well-organized curri
culum, many students become aim
less wanderers. Many students come
to the college seeking ihat abstract
thing, "a college education," and ob
tain only a number of little packets
of information, each nicely tied and
separated from all others. Because
the college has no aims and relative
ly low standards, it attracts many
who admittedly desire the social and
athletic "benefits" of the institu
tion. Other colleges are profession
al, most of them having stiffer re
quirements and higher standards of
work; the arts college is left a de
pository for those who don't know
what to do or who do not care for
professional work.
"These Btudents must be taken
care of," is the cry. Perhaps so, and
if they were treated as "pass men"
and not made the chief concern of the
college, they might be tolerated; but
they usurp the attention of the col
lege so that it fails to develop the
best If there is no need for think
ers, philosophers, fully developed
men and women, all very well. Hav
ing a unique purpose, however, the
arts college should assert its right to
achieve it, taking or at least con
corning1 itself with only students
who are suited to its purpose and its
work.
Not only the haven for wandering
students, the college is made to care
for the pre-professional groups. Pre
law, pre-medics, and: others overflow
its courses. Professors are forced to
meet the needs of pre-professional
and arts students in the same class
es. It rarely can be done. Usual
ly the purposes, the standards, the
unique aims of the arts college are
lost.
If professional colleges wish their
students to have a liberal education.
the arts college should be glad to
welcome their students; but the work
taken should be arts college work,
students should realize that their
work is liberal, not pre-professional.
Although, of course, students going
into medicine would specialize in
chemistry and biology, yet those
courses should be designed to meet I
the needs of arts college students ; or,
in any case, first importance should
be given the courses for arts stu
dents. The present attempted com
promise between arts college and pre-
professional work is injurious to all
students concerned.
The system by which students are
launched into their college courses
after from five to fifteen minutes
frantic talk with "advisors" is an
other result of a curriculum that is
too free. A more rigid curriculum
for students in the first two years
would eliminate the advisor system,
or make the working of it more cer
tain. Now, the advice given is likely
to be ineffective because the time
allotted each student is too short,
because there is no definition of the
aims of the college by which advisors
can guide their students, and because
the students will not take hard cour
ses when they can elect easy ones
(and most students are well advised
in this respect by their undergradu
ate friends). Since the contact be
tween student and advisor is so sup
erficial and since the student too of
ten disregards the advice given or
the advisor is not capable of giving
intelligent advice, the student as a
freshman starts on his wandering
way and never is checked. A well
defined purpose for the college to
guide students and professors, intelli
gent education and "orientation" in
the high schools and the college, ad
visors with the common background
of a liberal education and a common
aim these things might solve the
problem. This article has suggested
several more defects that must be el
iminated in the creation of an "ideal
college". Others will follow. .
40th Anniversary Sale
Now In Progress
tence? One of the office cynics re
marks, however, that the women stu
dents can still prove that they are
grown up by their wearing apparel.
With boys of five and six run
ning around in long pants, the men
cannot point to a certain stage in
their lives when they ceased to be
kids and became gentlemen. But the
little girls of five and.six wear skirts
of the customary lengths.
Tonight, by the way, is Engineers'
Night. Laboratories and machine
shops of the engineering college will
be open for public inspection and an
attempt will be made to give others
some ideas of the methods and aims
of the college. Such occasions are
of tremendous value. They tend to
prevent the narrowness of speciali
zation, and broaden the interest
and vision of the student body. En
gineers' night, like Pharmacy Night,
and the Farmers' Fair, is a tradition
worth continuing.
WE ANNOUNCE ADDITION of f
new Chrysler Sedans to our lino
of rental cars. Rates reasonable,
special price on long trips. New
Fords for rent as always. W will
continue to give reliable service,
night or day. Motor Out Company,
1120 P Street. E819, HO
Rtudge & Guenzel Co
"40 Years of Service"
Famous Forties
a
in History
Forty years, is a long time
when you look ahead, but
a short span when you look
back. Old settlers of Ne
braska and Lincoln can look
back, over the years to 1886
and recall many pleasant
happenings of that year and
lcitcr.
Forty-What does it mean
to you? Can you look back
at Forty?
40
Any Nebraska farmer
knows what Forty is its a
section of his land 40 acres.
40
Sleepy folks often take
forty winks and call it a
brief nap.
40
Down in Australia there's
a bird known as the shrike,
nick-named the 'Forty-spot,'
because of its forty various
spots upon its spangled
plumage. In American slang
"Forty Spots," would mean
$40, and $40 is going to buy
much worthwhile merchan
dise during Rudge & Guen
zel's 40th Anniversary Sale.
40
"The Roaring For
ties
at Sea
It is the rough part of the
Atlantic Ocean between 40
and 50 degrees, North lati
tude. Remember this when
you go adross.
40
"The Roaring For
ties" on Land
In New York City, it is
that district between 40th
and 50th Streets in the
Times Square and theatrical
district.
40
Way back in English his
tory was the old time cure
court which held once every
40 days, under the Charter
of the Forest.
40
In Biblical times we have
the Forty Days which is the
interval between Easter Day
and Ascension Sunday.
Also there are the Forty
Days which are the days be
tween the resurrection and
the Ascension of Jesus.
Then there were the For
ty years that Moses spent in
the Wilderness with the
twelve tribes of Israel.
40
Speaking of wedding an
niversaries the symbol stone
. for the Fortieth year is the
Ruby.
40
Now we come to the last
Forty years in Nebraska and
in Lincoln these 40 years
comprise the life long story
and the progress of the
Rudge & Guenzel Co.
T o celebrate fittingly
these 40 years of Service and
Progress the Rudge & Guen
zel Co. is holding a 40th
Anniversary Sale.
May 3 to May 15,
1926
The Year's
Most
important bales
Veilt "in Lincoln
Whether you visit Lincoln frequently or only upon special oc
casions you will surely arrange to attend Rudge & Guenzel Com
pany's 40th Anniversary Sale to be held this year, beginning
Monday, May 3, for two busy eventful weeks. If you cannot come
the first day come as early as you can, but do not miss it.
May 1, 1886, 40 years ago,
Charles H. Rudge and Jerry F.
Morris started a little store at
130 South 11th Street as
"Rudge & Morris." TODAY,
40 years later the Rudge &
Guenzel Co. is the result. The
far-seeing vision and the sterl
ing business principles of the
founders still reign and guide
the destiny of our store of yes
terday and have been with the
store since the early days. The
successors, therefore, take
pride in celebrating the anni
versary of the launching of
that small craft upon the busi
ness sea in Lincoln and Ne
braska. The small store on South
Eleventh street has grown in-
to this large two section build
ing, facing 3 of Lincoln's bus
iest streets, N street, 12 to 13th.
This business today accupies
approximately five acres of
floor space, in the heart of the
business district.
Our delivery system covers
all of Lincoln and suburbs. Our
mail and express business cov
ers Nebraska and many out
side states.
For many weeks we have
been gathering merchandise
for this great 40th Anniversary
Sale 40 years of faithful serv
ice in Lincoln and Nebraska
and much of it will be ready
for your selection beginning
Monday May 3.
Manufacturers have been
more than enthusiastic in their
endeavors to co-operate with
us and the result is that we
have to distribute,
Many Extra Thousands of Dollars'
Worth of New Merchandise at
Far Below Regular Prices
In this 40th Anniversary
Sale you will find very unusual
opportunities for saving money
in nearly every department.
You will doubtless save enough
in one shopping tour to pay the
cost of your trip.
You will find unusual val
ues in Women's Dresses, Coats,
Millinery, Shoes, Hosiery and
Dress Accessories, Children's
Apparel at savings. Men's and
Boys' Clothing and Furnishings
under Agular prices. Surpris
ing values will be found in
Furniture, Rugs, Carpets,
Draperies and Curtains. More
sale economies in Table Lin
ens, Silks, Dress Fabrics, Bed
Furnishings and Toiletries at
Anniversary Sale reductions
that you will want to take ad
vantage of each day.
Be Sure to Attend Our 40th Anniversary Sale
Now in Progress Rudge & Guenzel Co.