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survive through the junior and senior years. We don't
mean to imply that the instruction in the upper
classes is neglected, but only that instruction there
is handicapped and can not be improved as much as
might be desired.
Faced with the immediate necessity of providing
many instructors for hordes of incoming freshmen,
we have found it impossible often to reward ade
quately or furnish adequate laboratory and research
facilities for the men of professional rank.
Our one possible solution of limiting the number
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public disapproval. An immediate increase in appro-
We are rWpivpH an to the true na
ture nf tViia fnnfir.utinn of learning.
After all, our subtle state legislature
has succeeded in making tne Unl-
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priations is quite unlikely. v7e must therefore put up, Teachers Colleges. The subtle state
wim cunaiwons as iney are ior some lime at least, not
forgetting, though, that though they may not be the
best, they are far from being the worst.
The Campus Pulse
Letters from readers are cordially welcomed In this department, add
wBI b printed in all caaea subject only to the common newspaper practice et
keeping out all libelous matter, and attacks against Individuals and reUgiona.
Dear Editor: Here, the truth!
We borrowed "The Hard Boiled Virgin" from
our lab assistant, and after a careful perusal (of the
H. B. V.) we are ready to state irrevocably that the
title is poorly chosen for two reasons the first part
of the book, and the last part because in the first
part, she isn't Hard Boiled
We-Me.
Florence 8wlhart
ASSISTANT NEWS EDITORS
Mary Louisa Freeman
Gerald Griffin
T. SIMPSON MORTON
Richard F. Vetta
Milton McGrew
William Kaarna
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TUESDAY, APRIL 10. 1927.
60,000 OUT OF 200,000
That 70,000 out of the 200,000 or more fresh
men who entered college last fall will not return as
sophomores next year, and that only 60,000 out of
the entire 200,000 will ever graduate, is the predic
tion made in a recent article dealing with University
enrollment. The article further states that 80 percent
of the energies of the faculty and administration are
absorbed by the lowest 15 or 20 percent of the stu
dents.
We have here in concise form two of the biggest
reasons why American universities are having a hard
time of things, especially in their efforts to attract
and keep high-class men on their faculties.
If the finished product and aim of colleges and
universities, at least in so far as the student end is
concerned, leaving out of consideration research
work, is the college graduate, there appears at once
a tremendous waste in the lower classes when 200,000
freshmen dwindle down to 60,000 graduates by the
end of the four years.
The .freshman and sophomore classes of prac
tically all colleges and universities from the largest
to the smallest are glutted and choked. Instead of
rinrrr - top heavy oiauiauon, we have a bottom
heavy organization which drags down the rest of the
structure the flowering junior, senior, ano? graduate
years.
Drags it down because too large a part of the
faculty must of necessity be occupied with instruction
of students in the elementary courses. This means
either that good professors must spend much of their
valuable time teaching elementary courses when they
should be leading older students in advanced work,
or th"t the faculty is glutted with a lower level of
instructors who understand well the mere mechanics
of the subjects they are teaching and are able by
simple rote method to impart their grain of know
ledge from year to year, but who are not qualified
enough to attain the higher professorial ranks. It
also means that really capable young instructirs are
doomed to several years of submerged teaching be
fore they -can hope to break through the ranks of
fellow instructors into professorial chairs commen
surate with their abilities.
Above all this disproportion of underclassmen
means that colleges and universities must spend too
large a share of their expendable funds on half-baked
education of those who drop out, at the expense of
a more complete education of those who get the full
benefit of the full four years and are best able to
return bck to the university and the public the bene
fits of their education.
The problem of the colleges and ujniversities,
then, is in some way to select out of the 200,000
eager freshmen the 60,000 who will be able to survive
most creditably the full four years. The saving in
cost of instruction of all those that drop out, applied
to the education of all those who remain would solve
all money problems for Borne time, and make it pos
sible to attract and keep first-class men in the face
of competition with industry and commerce. In addi
tion there would be eliminated nearly all of the
present low 15 or 20 percent of the students who
sap most of the energy of the faculty and administration.
In Other Columns
STUDENTS AIDED BY BULL SESSIONS
Syracuse Professor Says Popular Discussions Promote
Clear and Logical Thinking;
The time spent by university men and women in the
popular "bull sessionss" is not wasted, according to Dr.
Wilson, head of the philosophy department at the Uni
versity oi byracuse, but it is valuable since it makes
students tninK more logically and dearly.
"We are here to think and to learn how to think. If
the fraternity discussion group, or 'bull session,' makes
us think more clearlv and more losrieallv. it hna nrnven
its worth, whether or not the discussion has reached
any conclusion," Dr. Wilson stated.
A survey made at the University of Syracuse shows
that fraternity women spend an average of three hours
a aay in Dull sessions , while fraternity men spend
only a little over an hour a dav.
The favorite time for sessions seemed to be around
luncheon or dinner time, or from 12 to 1 o'clock at
night.
Favorite discussion topics for the men were "Women
in General," "Prohibition." and "Choicn nf
while those for women ranged from "The Unreliability
ana inconstancy of Men," to "Modernism," and "Value
oi college rraining."
The Minnesota Daily
legislature has made of the Univers
itv of NpVimsVn n neminarv. a finish
ing school, for professors. With such
a purpose in mind, the suDtie state
lorialofiiTA oa(ot1ir Innlrfl fnrWArd to
tho time when the best professors in
all Universities will have come from
dear Nebraska. It is a noble, though
subtle project. However, the system
used is rotten with corruption.
What right has the subtle state
legislature to PAY the professors for
enrolling in this institution? And by
what right does it compel us, the stu
dents, laboratory material for the
professors, to pay tuition? Indeed,
we should receive salaries for serving
as subjects for the professors and the
professors should pay tuition for the
privilege of working with us. Then
would Nebraska become a truly-
scholarly university a shrine of cul
ture. -
Anything for reform!
LON.
Notices
Now the above sounds mighty simple in writing,
but in practice it is a tremendous task.
Many of the old eastern colleges which for years
have been swampod with applications from more stu
dents than they can possibly take care of, have for
many years selected their students on the basis of
merit and qualification with the direct 'intention of
limiting the student body to those who would benefit
most. The systems vary from recommendations of
graduates to the most advanced intelligence tests.
Just how successful these various selective measures
are is hard to say, but several university executives
have only recently spoken in favor of still more quali
tative selection of students.
At private colleges and universities such as the
above-mentioned old eastern schools, such a selection
of new students can be relatively easily accomplished.
The governing bodies in most cases have absolute
power over such matters and matriculation is a priv
ilege rather than a right.
But at state universities which probably have the
largest disproportion of underclassmen, it is a differ
ent matter to attempt to limit enrollment to those
students whom the faculty would select as most
capable.
Practically everybody is a taxpayer in some form
or other, and, therefore, practically everybody pro
claims in consequence the right to send his son or
daughter to the state university.
Practically every attempt of stats universities
to limit enrollment meets this opposition of people
who demand that their children be admitted. In fact
there are many people who even question the right
cf the university to dismiss students who fail after
matriculation to meet the standards expected.'
St.ite universities, then, are under a peculiar
handicap. They receive more than their share of the
thousands of students who come for only a year or
two. They must accept practically all these students
without discrimination. And they must, in many cases,
accomplish all this with the limii,d funds appropria
ted by legislatures which often do not appreciate the
problems involved. , .
The relation of this discussion to' the present agi;
l n about the professors who are leaving Nebraska
le evLVnt Nebraska like every other state uni-
1 i a large number of freshmen and sopho
tr -whom elementary fntrviction must be pro-
' ! i'5Wuciion, in the absence of increased
fiura Ui3 fcU'-a nuft be givn at the
cJ !" S'rv.-tion of those students who
Back to the "Clinffinr Vino"
Is the boyish girl losing her popularity to the
clinging vine type, and are majors in physical educa
tion unattractive and masculine? These contentions
have been made recently in many colleges and univer
sities throughout the United States.
For several years physical education for women
has been regarded as a forward step in woman's ad
vancement, bportsmanship and participation in sports
were stressed as a regular part of the college girl's
life, and physical education for women was beginning
to be thought of in the same light as that for men.
But now there is a sudden reaction to women's
physical education. Men are said again to prefer the
girl who "clings." Several Washington men have de
clared that they always did prefer the "clinging" girl.
Perhaps this is because some men like to believe them
selves king of their little world and the "elincino vina"
girl is more conducive to this belief.
Other men have said that the girl who majors in
physical education is unattractive becausp cho i mno.
culine. It is true that a small number of sportswomen
nave adopted boyish haircuts, high collars, heavy bro
gans and mannish suits. But the majority of them dress
in the current mode of short skirts, kick-pleats, and
slim silhouettes as do the other types of girls. Almost
every woman likes to be thoueht femininp
her heart is essentially feminine.
University of Washington Daily.
Second-Year Pledging
Opinion of university students on Senator Ban
ning's bill requiring all students to wait one year be
fore joining a fraternity or sorority seems to be about
evenly divided. If anything, there is more opposition
than support.
Perhaps the students object to having the plan
forced upon them by the legislature, but its merits
should be none the less apparent.
With the present system "rush week" is a mad
scramble, and when the smoke has cleared away one
can view the wrecks. All of t.hpaa organizations arc
much alike, hut in the eyes of the freshmen there is a
considerable difference. Hence many feel they have
made mistakes and experience considerable regret.
The stock argument against the bill is that, if a
fraternity is of any value, it should be allowed to get
in its work on the freshmen. The value of a frater
nity is highly problematical, but that is of no great
concern here. However, fraternity men are inclined
to clique together and leave the non-fraternity man
outside. Perhaps in this first year an unorganized
group of freshmen might learn a little of the democracy
that sometimes comes later, if at all.
Passage of the bill would occasion some trouble
for the fraternities for a year, probably, but they would
no doubt curvive. With proper safeguards to prevent
too much "rushing" and endanger the scholarship of
fraternity man and freshman alike, the new law should
be a blessing, instead of the feared innovation it now
seems to be held.
Lincoln Star.
No "Drunks" Wanted
One of the outstanding features of "Ole Miss,"
new college comic magazine which makes its first ap
pearance this month and which is edited exclusively by
women at Mississippi State College for women, will be
tne absence of the customary "drunk" story. Beer
episodes are not welcomed by the editors.
Editors of colleee monthlies throuo-honr. thm nn
try immediately will direct gibes at the young ladies
i or excluding the "wet" material and will cry like so
many grimalkins. In the meantime the fair editors will
continue with their faces in the other direction, put
out their magazine, and, without much doubt, sell it.
There is need right now for nuhlirnti
genieally affecting readers in courses that lead away
irom, ratner than toward, liquor. To Judge from our
montldy college magazines, America, and particularly
young America, is steeped in inebriation, whereas, as
a matter of fact, conditions are not half so bad as
they are made out to be.
Continual harping on the subject only serves to
bring about more injurious effects. Getting 'drunk,
either the reveling in it or the avoiding of it, is not
a real problem in the lives of very many of us and it
has no constructive element to offer for consideration
Why flaunt the subjeet before us, then, in tiresome
way?
The young women of Mississippi are to be coir
merded for their courage in attempting a publication
that is free from all reference to the hackneyed sub
ject of "fire-water." The risible qualities of the maga
zine probably will not suffer any because of the lack
of "light wines and beers."
University of Washington Bally.
TUESDAY, APRIL 19
Home Economics Club
Hnm Fennnmir, f'lub meeting Tuesdai
Anril 19 Ell.n Smith Hall at 7 P. M
Program.
Th.ta S rnu fhl
Important mwtlnit Theta Sigma Phi in
SS 21H at fi o'clock Tuesday. April 19.
X....1.
Tassels meeting Tuesday night April 10
at Ellen Smith Hall.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20
C -Ul 1 .-J RUila
Scabbard and Blade meeting Wednesday
in JMebraska Hall zuo at 7:10.
Girl's Commercial Club
Girl's Commercial Club meeting Wednes
dny at S o'clock at Ellen Smith Hall.
Scabbard and Blade
Scabbard and Wade meeting- in Nebraska
Hall 205 at 7:15.
THURSDAY, APRIL 21
Viking
Viking meeting and initiation at the
Delta Tau Delta house Thursday at 7 :16.
Nebraska Has
Great Year Of
Sport In 1899
(Continued from Page One.)
yard dashes. In' 1899 Nebraska
howed H: skill on tho cinder path
and won from Kansas University,
and Iowa that vear. Although track
at Nebraska did not have a large fol
lowing of fans, the interest in the
spring sport was increasing every
year. The interest in spring usually
found Husker fans watching a base
ball game rather than a track meet.
Basketball Team Was Sensation
The basketball team of 1899 was
the sensational court team of the
west and defeated every quintet it
met on the floor that season. It was
the champion team of the west and
middle-west. The most important
game of the season was with the
Kansas University five. Dr. Nais-
muth, the father of basketball,
brought hi Kansas Jayhawker caee
team to Lincoln for the important
clash of the season with the Husker
five. The Kansas team was complete
ly outclassed and the Cornhusker
quintet had rolled up 48 points to
the 8 for the Kansas five at the end
of the game, Kansas was the onlv
conference team appearing on the
schedule that season.
The champion basketball team at
Nebraska back in '99 was not outfit
ted in regular basketball uniforms
but each man had his own suit and
there were as many varieties of bas
ket ball suits as there were mea on
the team. One player wore a foot
ball jersey with red trunks while an
other would wear an ordinary work
ing shirt and white trunks.
Tennis Association Formed
Another association was formed at
Nebraska in the '90s and this was the
Nebraska tennis association. The
tennis association was founded in the
Husker school with C. D. Chandler
as the first president. Nebraska had
but two tennis courts that year and
they were located at the west steps
of U-Hall. Tennis had a large fol
lowing from the start and continued
growing. At the present time it holds
the interest of a large number of stu
dents during the spring and summer
months.
Ever since the great collegiate
gams of football was played at Ne
braska, the pigskin pastime had al
ways met with treat success ud un
til the season cf 1899. This was the
big off year for Nebraska, after the
years of success on the gridiron.
Cornhusker followers were somewhat
disappointed but not discouraged
after the poor showing of '99. The
disastrous year of 1899 was a boon
to the coming years for Husker grid
men. For m the next year the Ne
braska football team came back to
prove to Cornhusker fans that their
hopes were realized and that Nebras.
ka still reigned supreme in the foot
ball world. The defeats of '99 srave
rise to a new and greater Nebraska
lootball team.
Disastrous Football Year
Seven teams were met on the field
in that disastrous year of 1899. Out
of the seven games the Huskers onlv
won two, tied one and lost four. Lin
coin high and Drake Unlveinily were
the only teams to fall before the
Nebraska team, while Kansas Uni
versity, South Dakota, Kansas City
Medics, and Ames defeated the Corn
husker eleven.
But With an unsuccessful season
on the gridiron, the baseball team
that spring tried to even matters and
when the season was over the Ne
braska baseball nine was proclaimed
the strongest that had represented
the Husker school up to that time.
The Husker nine took a long road
trip to the east where they estab
lished their name or all the big east
ern college diamonds and returned
to Nebraska with four wins neatly
tucked away. .
Thus closes the eighteenth cen
tury in Nebraska sports and with the
opening of the twentieth century,
which we will take up in the next
issue, Nebraska is well on the road
to the pinacle of success in the field
of sportdom.
' (To be Continued.)
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SPRING ELECTION
(Continued from Page One.)
sophomores the highest man and the
highest woman offices in this semes
ter s freshman class, will make up the
official Student Council next year.
There will be three persons named
for the Student Publication Board
for next year by this election, one
junior, one sophomore, and one sen
ior member.
Rule are -Listed
There are certain rules concerning
the eligibility if the candidates which
the Student Council has asked pros
pective candidates to watch most
carefully. They have also asked that
all candidates check their standing in
the registrar's -office before filing.
The rules are:
1. Any student with less than 21
semester hours shall be a freshman.
This is to include all students with
such university credit rating whether
a four-vear rmi-o
than a four-year course! " eM
2. Any student with from 2 . ,
hours shall be a sophomore t0 62
3. Any student with from 60 to sn
semester hours will be consider!
junior, and is eligible for"
ship on the council. c"ioeiv
4. Any student with 89 semester
hours or more so long as he 1
candidate for graduation shall fcl
senior. 09
6. Candidates shall be members of
their specific school or colleM
class. 6 811(1
6. Candidates shall have made at
6. Candidates shall have made t
least twelve hours the preceding sm
ester and have a scholastic avera,"
of at least 75 per cent for all sef
esters in school.
7. A candidate can have no stand,
ing delinquencies.
These rules will be watched cai.
fully by the Student Council in order
to make the election as fair a.
sible. 8 pos"
Members of the election committer
are: Richard Vette, Sylvia Lewis Bv
ron Weeth, and Esther Zinnecker
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