Th
e Daily Nebraskan
OL.XXV. NO. 149.
REGISTRATION
PROGRESSES
VERY SLOflLT
Student In All College Are
Tardy. Planning course
For Next Fall
MUST SEE ADVISORS NOW
Collef or Biuhii Administration
Call AttMtioa To Omissions
From Program
Registration seems to need a mo
tive force, a little dynamite, to stir
it up nd keep it going. According
to the Deans of the various Colleges
nf the University, students are very
slow in registering for the first se-f
mester of 19Z6-19Z7.
Terhaps it is the amount of work
which niles up at the end of school.
perhaps it is the indecision as to what
tn take next year, or perhaps it
the weather, conductive to anything
but work, which has caused the
seeming indifference on the part of
h students, but the fact remains
that registration must be completed
this week.
The College of Arts and Sciences
reported thirty-one registrations on
Monday and thirty-five more Tues
day. Forty registered in the Col
let of Engineering Monday and
forty-two additional by noon Tues-H
dav. All freshmen in the College off
registered in their
classes but otherwise registration
has iron slowly. The College of
Agriculture reports the same ten
dency on the part of the students to
ji until the latter cart oi tne.
UCMJ -
week.
The College of Dentistry reports
that there was quite an increase ir
the number of registrations Tuesday
as compared with those made Mon
dav. Teachers College reports f
similar .pickup Tuesday.
Gradaate Register la Fall
The Graduate College will not
register students until next falL A
very slow response Monday, with a'
i XL
eradual increase luesuay is ioe
port from the College ot iiasine.
. . . . . tl:. rviiAa-tt nlrla
Administration. This College a 1st
decires that attention be called to
two omissions from the program of.
classes, which concern students in
that College. Those registering ir.
Business Administration are asked
to look under both the Business Or
ionization and Management sectior
of the nroeram and that section &
voted to Economics for a schedule of:
rUsses in Business Administration
Also, the laboratory period for Cost
th time of which has
been omitted, will be from two unti
five on Friday.
Owing to the death of Prof. M
M. Fogg, registration in the Schoo'
of Journalism was suspended, du,
will be resumed today.
VALUABLE TESTS
HADE BY STATION
University AgTicnllaral Experiment
Department Investic Farm
Condition ia the State
The University of Nebraska Col
lege of Agriculture Experiment Sta
tion has during the last few year?
conducted various experiments, the
results of which are both significant
and interesting. Perhaps of most
interest are the result K-cured by
the North Platte Experimental Sab
station which show that crop yield'
are influenced by variations in the
moisture and temperature in differ -j
ent seasons, but in most years condi j
tions were even more favorable for
early rather than late feedings. Ou
of 64 crop years represented, 21
m 9 '11. -X, V
cases or 337 oi we yieios tl
the exact order I seeing. "-ti
the highest yields were aecuxea
the first seeding, ana sawx Jh0 rn.ttnfor Aylesworth's class ir
iogs showed a decided oecrease "
yields. . . i I
A cumber of tests aexemunu-s j
eomparaUve power of ""'jijrovernment. L. C- Oberlies, chair
makes f tractors have auo fnyUmin b the state board f control
made b the Expenraeni
these tests no allowance or eorree-f j
tions were made for atmospheric con j
ditions, driver slip, belt losses,
or
citjr Lnncea.
An investigation in Nebraska farn-.j .
ownership shows that ownership
still eagerly sought and earnestly!!
recommended. The ways and meaw
of acquiring land, however, have
changed considerably in the pas;
generation- Formerly bomesteadmf 4
was the moA prominent method o.ij
getting land while now purchase, in j
teriunce, and gift is the most nsua.
way.
A quarter of all Nebratka farm op
era tor, studied in this investigatior
,A .f . time been tenant on then
father's farms while three out ofp
every f.ve were share-eaih tenants or
farms of others than their fathers ;
About four out of every five oi tn:
prenent owner-operators owned theS7a
Hrrt land in Nebraska, Of the fanr -tenants
two oat of every thre es
$ct to beoree owners. L
PRIRT IHSIRUCIOIS' REPORT
Artido by Weaver and Hanson Ap
pears in Daily Newt Bulletin
(University News Service)
Prof. J. E. Weaver and Dr. Her
bert C. Hanson of the Department
of Botany, presented a report at the
last meeting or the Botanical so
ciety of America in Kansas City,
which was published in the Daily
Science News Bulletin in Washing
ton, and reprinted In part in the
iKurrent number of the Literary Di-
fjgest.
The authors state that the popu
lation oi ine middle-wesi u not yetFi
too dense, but that native plant'
population long ago arrived at that;
unhappy stage. Results of experi
ments conducted on prairie land
near Lincoln were described. Plants
which were protected against neigh
bors grew much larger and higher
than under the natural congested
conditions.
BOOTHS AT EON
FEST PLANNED,
Prize To Bo Awarded To Most
Attractive; Unique Enter
tainments Arranged
MUCH INTEREST SHOWN
Space for twelve booths at the
Carnival of Fun, May 28, has been
spoken for by that number of soror
ities. A prize will be awarded dur
ing the evening for the most at
tractive booth.
Many interesting and unique
means of entertainment are among
those being worked out. The Gam
ma Phis are planning a ventriloquist
aide-show, while the Delta Gammas
have spoken for space in which to
establish a foolish art gallery.
Alpha Delta Pi and Alpha O micron 3
Pi will be there to reveal the secrets
of the future in fortune telling,
booths.
For those who are fond of sports
the Alpha Xi Delta are arranging a
horse-shoe-pitching booth. The Sig-I
Delta Tan booth will add zest to the
-t)l :-mfli-inr HpviVp and
baUoons of aH lands. The Tri-fl
rl
Delts are going to add a bit more a
'local color to the affair with con
fetti ,'capa and horns as the chiefs
products to be found in their booth.
The Apha Phis, Pi Phis, and Sigma
Kappas are going to look out for the
appetites of the crowd by running
booths with ice cream cones, ice
cream sandwiches, and pop, respec
tively. Will Start at 7:30
None of these groups are havinga
alumni banquets the evening of May
28, and will be able to open their 3
booths promptly at 7:30
The plans for the booths are en-j
tirely in the Lnds of the individual
groups. The general carnival com-j
mittee, however, will supervise the
placing of decorations on the exterior
of these booths and assist in any way
possible. The groups may also en
list the aid of any of the men stu
dents they desire, both in the erec
tion and handling of the booths that
night . . I
Much interest is being taken by(
the various campus groups in tk?
Carnival of Fun. Many groups bavej
selected their representatives for the
fancy dress parade and are now plan-'
ning the costumes to be worn. Twc
large pictures suitable to be hung ir.
any fraternity borne are oliered as
prizes to the man and woman who
are considered to appear in the
cleverest and most beautiful cos-,
t.umes.
The carnival will be the first big
alumni-student party in many years.
The doors will be open at 7:30 and
from then until they close at 11:30
every minute will be filled with some
thing new and interesting.
Speak, on Government
cbief JuMtiee A. jj. Morriey of
Nebraska Suprme Court spoke
IK'ebraska Government on Tuesday
morning at 11 o'clock on the su
court's place in the statn
jjgpoke to the class last week.
WEATHER FORECAST
Wedtiesday: Generally f?r;
rising temperature.
WeatW Condition
Showers mostly light, have
fallen throughout the Missouri
valley, the middle Mississippi
valley, the Great Fiains, and the
Mountain states and rre continu
ing fris morning H tb'j lower Mis
souri 'd middle Mississippi val
leys, febowei? Lave also fallen
in western Canada and in Wash
ington. Rising pressure and
somewhat cooler weather occupy
the Mountain regkn this morr.fng.
Uoderate temperaturts and most
ly fair weather prevail s the
eastern and southern states.
THOMAS A. ELAIE,
Meteorologist.
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TIIE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA,
PROF. M.
Vov-
Photo by Campus Studio.
Regarding Professor Fogg's Deaht
Chancellor Samuel Avery said:
"1 am certainly shocked and grieved to learn of
Professor Fogg's death. I have known him intimately
during his entire connection with the University and I
regarded him as a most able professor. His work with
the students in teaching debating and journalism at
tracted great appreciation not only in the institution
but among the alumni as well. His passing makes a
gap in our ranks that will be hard to fill. The Board
of Regents at their meeting Saturday indicated their
appreciation by increasing his salary, as he richly de
served. "He was to those who knew him intimately a fine
companion and a most generous friend. It was a priv
ilege to enjov the entree to the "den" in his house.
He was one of the least selfish of men. His fine char
acter was untarnished by egotism or self seeking. His
sympathies were broad and his mental activities ran in,
most wholesome channels. A natural teacher, he was
quick to reprove his students when they exhibited in
felicities of thought or speech, but his heart was al
ways full of kindness, and I doubt if any professor in
the University during the last twenty-five years has
been so generally idolized by the alumni who as stu
dents had been in his classes."
Dean CarllC. Engberg said:
"The University has suffered a great loss in the
death of Professor Fogg. Especially as it is practically
impossible to replace him with one as good. Profes
sor Fogg has for many years done wonderful work
and was classified as perhaps the best teacher in de
bating and argumentative English in the entire United
States. He was very strict with the students, required
a high quality of work and insisted that it always be in
on time. Many a time his students have come to my
office requesting that I intercede on their behalf after
Professor Fogg had dismissed them from his classes.
They usually admitted freely their error in loafing on
the job. When they found the course closed to
them, they desired nothing so much as to get back,
recognizing the value of the course. With no other
instructor have we had this same experience in so high
a degree. Professor Fogg will be mourned by the stu
dents, the faculty, and alumni, and will be missed, I
think, more than any other member of the faculty."
Three-Hundred- Year -Old Books Are
Features of Library Exhibition
Two little books which are over,
.hree hundred years old and which
have never been separated, although
:bey have belonged to hundreds o
lifferent people and libraries, are ar.
ntrertine mart of the exhibit o:
Wok bindings now on display in tht
ibrary.
These "twin" books have beauti
'ully hand-tooled bindings and faster,
rith quaint metal clasps. In the in
ricate design on the cover of one
igures of saints can be distinguishes
tnd at their feet the Latin words for
'peace, hope, love, and fidelity". Th
f,Q1, but it is probable that thejj
vere not bound until several yearf
ater. The name oi tne ur.aer i
not known.
This exhibit wa arranged by th
Library staff and shows the history
t-f bindings from those of the six-
i . . ... . rr-
-.eentn century w woe ju on wu
,.,, . ----
pvauawe irora we nivemnj
vrary. jy Ramag of London, on the bind-twith opposition."
Anotterbook, which was publihedn? and inside border on whicVZ Dr. Ru?'?ll cautioned the young
,n IH7U, at one lime Deiongea xo '
'.Spanish monastery, the ownershii
mark of which is burned on the tor
,t the pages. This fastens snugly
4 with leather
thongs and wooder
'bea4.
j Included in the display are iHus-
:rotions or work done lor kroner, t
i wealthy Frenchman of the sixteenth Aboard, and cloth bindings, the mod
kentury who was the first and great4-rn use of buckram, and combine
tt patron of the bindirg art. AO cf-ions of leather and cloth.
M. FOGG
his books have the Latin motto for
"Grolier and his friend" engraved
n the binding. I nomas Maioli, an
Italian contemporary, had a similari
motto on bis books. Books were as.
rare at that time that it was a privi-f
lege to have a friend who owned ever.
one.
Examples of the work of Mearm
,f the seventeenth century who ori
ginated the "cottage" style of tool
ing, and of Cascon, Nicholas Der-t
ome, and Dubuwion, French binder?
of the same century, are in the exhib-f;
X. Among the English binders re
presented are Roger Payne of the
eighteenth century and Uayday who
bound for the famous Oxford li
brary.
A more modern binding is one
which has the signatures of Queer
Victoria, Charles Dickens, and Glad
stone. This has an elaborate inlay
lof colored leathers and a coat of
mptd on the cover for ar.
isownersnip mars. Anoiner is -jsii-a,
Gleanings", an English book boundJUl be done. Truth again is meeting
sphinxes, snakes, and other Egypt an
hieroglyphics are osed as ill- rrn struggle, to stand up against the
tive of the subject matter. rTnflnences of the day which are an-
Amor.g the recent books are: an tx Ragonwtic to truth, and aways to keep
ample of the use of old manuscriptprlvheir ideals before them.
for binding, example of leather stain
i
iing done by Riviere, examples of
Mind tooling, the first use of paste
WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1926.
WBDRNjraspflsiiiosjpBQ n m. FOGG PASSES
Nebraska Alumna Again Head Mu
aic Department in Illinois School
Miss M. Frances Chatburn, '13
hn lust been reelected director oil
music in the public schools of Spring
field, Illinois. She has charge of the
music in some twenty buildings, in-
luding the high school, and its band
and orchestra. In a recent contest
'among the principal schools of central
Illinois, Springfield easily carried off
khe greatest number of points. At
La meeting? of the Central Illinois
Teachers Association, Miss Chat
burn conducted a chorus of over
. . ... i ; 1
kix hundred Dovs ana receiveu uic
personal congratulations of U. S
Sentor "Pat" Harrison, who was ie
peaker of the evening. He ended
by saying, "I believe she couia even
l?et the United States Senate to
ing."
COMPET TO BE
HELD MAY 28
1 !
Drill By Military Students Is
Feature of Second Day
Of Round-Up
1,141 WILL TAKE PART;
The thirty-fourth annual competi
tive drill of the military department
will be held Friday, May 28, at the
stadium. This event will be the main
feature of the second day of the
Fifth Cornhusker Pound-Up.
The three battalions, consisting of
thirteen companies or 1,141 student
Hofficers and cadets, will appear in
this competition for first honors.
The honorary colonel, Miss Fran
ces McChesney, and a group of co-ed
sponsors will review the regiment as
usual.
A new feature of "compet" this
year will be the competitive drill be
tween the six best platoons which
are being chosen this week from the
thirteen companies.
The judges for "compet" will in
clude reserve officers of Lincoln.
Inidividaal Contest in Evening
The individual "compet" will not
be held this year until Friday eve
ning, May Z, as a part ci tne car
nival of Fun in the Field House.
Other military events which will
be staged at the Carnival of Fun will
be five minutes of drill by the Per
shing Rifles, the grand march of the
winning company members with their
ladies, and the presentation of the
Omaha cup.
Other student events scheduled for
Friday include the interfraternity
baseball finals which will be played
in the morning. The elimination
contests are now being held to de
termine the two teams to play in the
finals.
Another student affair which fa
:o take place Friday, May 28, is the
annual barbecue and fun fest of the
-tudents and alumni of the College of
Law. This will take place at the
Lincoln Automobile Park. Baseball
and other informal entertainment
will folios the big "feed."
DR. RUSSELL IS
VESPERS SPEAKER
Sy That Troth Has Always
Met!
Opposition in Every Phase
Of Life
"Truth meets opposition in every
ihase of life," declared Franci?!
uxsell, pastor of the First Presby-I
erian church, in an address at Ves-I
ers Tuesday evening. "This is true
n history, even when facts are es
ablished: in fact, it is true in all
ntellectual lines."
At one time, for instance, the geo-
og:sts of England were engaged in
i controversy over the composition
;f rocks. One group asserted that
U rock was fundamentally com
posed of a fire element; an opposing
vide was just as certain that the ulti
mate constituent was water. Inves-
-igation finally proved, of course,
'.hat the composition of rocks varies
is much as do conditions of climate,
md the like. Here, he cited, truth
net with opposition, neither side be-
ng willing to admit that the other
night be correct.
"There are men in this country
oday," Dr. Russell pointed out,
'who believe it possible to repeal
heVolxtead act. Such a saggestion
s nonsense. It never can, never
'omen of the dav to be prepared for
a The services were in charge of the
Freshman Commission. Vespers
'next week will be h"ld a1. Antelope
park and will be devoted to the Y.j
-h"V. C. A.'s summer conference atl
5stes Park, Colorado. j
AWAY AFTER
Was Active Member University' Faculty For Quarter
Century Founded School of Journalism And
Served As Its Director
CONFINED TO HOSPITAL MORE THAN FOUR WEEKS
Established "Nebraska System" For Coaching Intercollegiate
Debaters Organized "Think Shop" Which Has
Prominent Alumni Throughout Nation
Prof. Miller Moore Fogg, director of the School of Jour
nalism and professor of English, died Tuesday noon at the Lin
coln General Hospital after an illness of six weeks. The end
came unexpectedly from failure of the heart. He had appar
ently been recovering from an operation four weeks ago on a
carbuncle infection which had eaten away at his neck and
spread poison through his entire system. He was soon to have
been discharged from the hospital, and for some time had been
in high spirits at the prospect of again meeting his classes in
the University.
Change Date Of Memorial
Service For Dr. J. T. Lees
The Memorial Service for Dr.
lames T. Lees, former University
instructor, has been postponed from
Wednesday, May 26th at 11 o'clock
tn Fridav. May 28th, at 5 o'clock.
RHODES AWARDS
ARE DISCUSSED!
Collins Speaks of Scholarship
Founder and His Interest
In Education
DESCRIBES OXFORD LIFE
"Look where you will except in
the sciences and you will find an Ox
ford man at the top of the tree",
declared F. G. Collins preparator of
the Museum, in a meeting held Tues
day evening in the Social Science
auditorium in the interest of the
Rhodes scholarships.
The speaker added that these were
the words of Sir Cecil Rhodes, the
founder of the Rhodes Scholarship,1
and that today even the sciences
were included.
The Rhodes Scholarships are made
possible through the will of Cecil
Rhodes. He was a poor man in his
youth and added to this he was un
healthy and was forced to go to
Africa for his health. He did not
lose his interest in education, how
ever, for after eight years of struggle
he secured his degree from Oxford.
Mr. Collins declared that the act
of Sir Cecil Rhodes was not the out
growth of the desire of a rich man
to put his name down in history.
Cecil Rhodes had a dream of world
fellowship which was expressed in a
will made in 1874 when he expected
to die.
Says Oxford is Beautiful
"Oxford itself rivals the beauty
of Edinborough and Athens," de-:
clared Mr. Collins. Aside from thi
beauty it is a place of historical in
terest. The history of England and
of the world is vitally connected with
its buildings and streets.
The chief place of interest is the
university itself. "We call it a Uni
versity," said Mr. Collins, "but we
use the word in a very different
renxe than it is used here. It is a
collection of colleges which are quite
independent but yet are coniecUJ
ith the university."
Each college is a city to it.e!f and
is inclosed in a square called the
"quad." This is locked each evening
at nine o'clock. To get in after
his hour the student must pay a fine.
It is considered a very serious of
fense to get in after midnight. Mr.
Collins said he did not think this plan
would work in an American Univer
sity. Life at Oxford is quite different
from that in America. The student.
is put on his own initiative. He ha
a tutor who advises him but there I
very little that is compulsory until
the final examination given at the
end of three years of work.
Want Man With Taste for Learnint
Mr. Collins said that the committee
n charge of the appointment to Ox
iora was not I'joKing ior a dook-m
worm or extraordinary man, Instead!!
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they are looking for the active or
dinary man with a taste for learning.
Cecil Rhodes believed that in theseS
ould be found the men who would
be of the most service x the world.
The speaker called to mind that
there are two Oxford men in the
in the
of thef
Prof. J.
University, Mr. O. C. Collins
meihematics department and Prof.
A. Rice of the department of ancient.
languages. Another Oxford man i?
language". swiuincr uiura man
Paul Good, a Lincoln lawyer, who
now the chairman of the commits
on appointments to Oxford.
PRICE 5 CENTS
LONG ILLNESS
To the last Professor Fogg main-
tained an unflagging enthusiasm in
his varied duties at the University.
Slightly more than an hour before
fjhis death he had forwarded instruc
tions for conduct of the School of
Journalism registration this week.
and had directed plans for next year.
One of his last requests Tuesday
morning was for more reading ma
terial to be brought out to him Tues
day afternoon. But he never receiv
ed the papers and magazines he had
called for. Death intervened.
The carbuncle infection, the com
plications of which proved fatal,
made its first appearance during
spring vacation when Professor Fogg
was busy winding up work of the
School of Journalism and preparing
the schedule of classes for next se
mester. He doggedly came to the
office as usual until the infection
got so bad that he could not turn
his head, and had to move his whole
body when turning to see to the side.
For almost two weeks he was confin
ed to his home where he made head
quarters in his "den." There he con
tinued School of Journalism coTes
pondence and read as much as the
intense pain of the carbuncle would
permit.
He was rushed to the hospital
Thursday, April 15, when a sudden
turn for the worse made an emer
gency operation imperative. The
carbuncle was cut out It was just in
time, as the poison had begun to
work its way into his sysem and blood
poison was only narrowly averted.
For two weeks after t! e operatiou
the doctors fought against the ef
fects of the poison.
Was Regaining Health
The fight had apparently been
won, and Professor Fogg was slowly
recovering strength. A week ago he
had directed preparation of the bud
get report to be submitted at the an
nual meeting of the Board of Re
gents, and had also directed the com
piling of a report on the School of
Journalism correspondence bureau
which covered the state high school
basketball tournament in March.
Coming in September, 1901, as in
structor of English after receiving a
degree of Master of Arts from Har
vard University, Professor Fogg was
this year completing his twenty-fifth
year of service to the University of
Nebraska. It was interrupted only
by a leave of absence during the late
war, when he served in France as or
ganizer and director of the College of
Journalism in the A. E. F. Univer
sity of Bayonne.
Professor Fogg built up the "Ne
braska system" of debate coaching
and instruction, ne founded the de
bate seminary and "Think Shop"
soon after coming to the University,
and immediately made Nebraska
known and feared far and wide in in
tercollegiate debate circles. The de
bate seminary Is the only class on the
campus which maintains an alumni
organization. It was one of the
hobbies of Professor Fogg's active
and strenuous life. Each year at
Christmas he sent out a news letter
to keep in touch with the graduates.
Many of them have won national
fame. As a group they possibly
have the greatest number of distin
guished graduates of any organiza
tion on the campus.
Founded Debating League
The Nebraska High School Debat
ing League he founded in 1908 to
help promote secondary school de
bating and train students in straight
UimKing and straight talking. He was
president of the League for nineteen
yes.s. Except for the war period,
the tournament this year was the
first at which he was unable to pre
side. The League now has a e em
bership of over one hundred schools
and has served as a model for similar
organizations in other states.
When the School f Journalism
was established by the Board of Re
gents in 1923, Professor Fogg was
l? 1 . , ,.!,. !...,, .
tS'ffI1"1! ,U ,,rst H nd
Jn P"' experience
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