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-.',jv--rfiv?,w'wT,'w' "" " T Il . ' 'I IV, . , 41 ' t The Daily Nebraskan i VOL. I, NO. ioc). LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 1902. Til KICK CENTS k A NOBLE CALLING Dr. Gcorgo Lauds the Profession of the Ministry.- Says it Now Requires Men of the Broadest Culture- Row Hr. George ol the Chicago Uni versity divinity school addressed tho convocation yesterday. Since the talk whk to ho along the lino of itie minis try as a profession the speaker said he proposed to speak to the elect stu dents. In this connection he told of Hnttan. who was challenged to fight a duel. The opponent, a large man, grumhled that the duel would he unfair because of the great difference in the size of the duelists. Rattan said that he would chalk off the size of his own form on tho body of his adversary and any bullets hitting outside of that chalk line would not count. Ho, said the speaker, if he should striKo beyond the elect students n would not count. Mr. George thinks that tho Christian ministry as a calling for young men is of utmost importance, because the time is not far distant when the min ister who has proper qualifications can do vastly more with his fellow men than anybody else. Good character and thorough education are the requisites. But in order to get the proper kind of men into the ministry the right sort of students must bo influenced to attend the theological schools. In olden times, said the doctor, the poorest and weakest minded men were selected as ministers because they were good for nothing else. Not so today; only the brightest and best bred are considered fit material for tho profes sion. The minister used to dress so different from other people that it was said there were three classes of per sons, namely, men, women and preach ers. That kind of a minister cannot succeed. The man who looks for an easy time was advised to remain out of the pro fession, because, said the speaker, the course in preparation for the Christian ministry is the most severe in theTuni versity. A successful minister must have capacity. Ho must know science, language, mathematics and, in fact, every other branch so that he can or ganize the units into .one complete whole. In other words, tho minister must bo a leader in the community where he works, and that leadership and influence must be the result of su perior intellect. The man who cannot construe Greek for tho school boy will not have the con.uence of young or Cold. With good character and proper training for this work a young man can do more for homo and state and church than in any other capacity, for the time has arrived when a man who can speak exerts a most wonderful ln lluence. Mr. George explained that tho "call" usually spoken of. and in which ho firmly believed, simply means special qualifications for a special work. The profession needs young women as well as young men. It was once thought that women could do little in this vocation, but they are now do ing the grandest work. The speaker said that down at Chicago there is a young woman who takes her degree this year, and, he added, 'she is the best man in the class." In closing. Dr. George emphasized the need of athletes in the university. "We need," he said, "men who have good form, strength and great endur ance. The fellow who sits beside his fire, with elbows on his knees and a long face in his hands, who is too good to play football, has not Christianity. He has the dumps." Y. M. C. A. NOMINATING COMMIT TEE. The nominating committee of Ihc Y. M. C. A. meet tonight to make rec ommendations for the various offices of that association for the coming yeai. In order that the asosciation in iv be SENIORS TD DINE Expect to Hold a Glass Dinnor During Oomnionoemont Wook Ooromonios, Boys to Appear in Gaps and Gowns. The senior class held an Interesting meeting yesterday afternoon at which a numuer of questions of Importance were discussed. As a result of Its de liberations a number of innovations will doubtless be made in the custom ary senior program for tho closing weeks of the semester. In accordance with the decision of the class an at tempt will be made to give a claBS din ner at one of the hotels in the city some time shortly before commence ment. To this dinner a few disin guished persons will he invited to de liver short addresses and toasts, as will be done by a number 01 tho members of the class who are recognized as strong "allor-dinner speakers. The idea of a class dinner is a new one in the university, though it is very com- SENIOR PROM. Lincoln Hotel FRIDAY. APRIL 11th. led by the strongest men in its mem bership it devolves upon the nominat ing committee to make a thorough can vass of all the men and then to report to the association the names of tho.se men who will be of the greatest benefit to the work of tho Y. M. C. A. There fore, as tho regular election of officers will be held on March 20, the commit tee will make its recommendations to night. While the report of this com mittee is not final in the matter of choice of officers, a regular election being held, yet it is practically an elec tion inasmuch as the members of the association realize that tho committee has taken great pains to find the men who are best qualified to fill the vari ous positions. The association intends to give a banquet on March 25, or somo date shortly after the election, at tho in stallation of the officers who enter Into their respective offices on April 1. The Houston club will shortly bo presented with the manuscript of the address made by General Miles at the laying of the cornerstone of the me morial tower in tho dormitories of the University of Pennsyhunia, Februaiy 13, 1900; also General Miles' photo graph and tho trowel used by hi in at those exercises. mon in eastern universities. The class also Intends a) make an other innovation in the matter of caps and gowns for the young men. Here tofore only the girls have worn the characteristic dress of the college grad uate at commencement. This year, however, the young men will appear at that time in similar garb if satisfac tory arrangements can bo made with firms doaling in the gowns. Tho class yesterday decided to hold ivy day exercises this year. This is a feature of commencement week which was inaugurated by tho class of 1901 and which will doubtless bo perpetu ated by the succeeding classes. Tho senior prom, committee has announced that tho promenade will bo hold on April 11 at the Lincoln hotel. Tho re ception which tho Junior class intends to give to tho seniors will probably be held in the last part of April or early in May. GLIMPSES OF GERMAN UNIVER SITY LiFE. Hy Robert E. Morltz. The day announced for the opening of the semester Is at hand. Knowing the promptness with which matters are usually attended to in Germany, wo hurried hither on the day previous to find lodgings and to bo ready for tho work. About 9 o'clock I saunter over to the university to read the an nouncements and to enroll, but no an nouncements are to lie seen. As I walk through the spacious corridors of tho "Colleglen Gohaeude" I hear no Bound but the echo from our own steps, and one Is reminded more of a long for saken monastery than of a great uni versity that will soon IniBtle with stu dents, from every part of the globe. Hut why this silence? Why is thero no one to guide the stranger In his first stops, or at least some announcement to throw a ray of light upon the mys tery? Is this not the day officially set for the opening, The "Schwartzen Hretter" so talkative at other times are as silent as the Sphinx. Hut no! There in one corner is a note, almost microscopic in size, to be sure, yet not small enough to escape the watchful eye of one who is as eager for a sign of life as is a wanderer in a desert. In delicate German hieroglyphics that note says that three days from today precisely at 11 o'clock students may ap pear "zum Einscnreioen In den grossen Matrlkol," whatever that may mean. Well, there at least Is a clue. We shall await developments. Sufficient for tho day is the evil thereof. Tho mayor of xiologna has presented the library of the University of Penn sylvania with the municipal reports for tho last three years. Tho librarian ex pects tp get the reports from other Italian towns and complete the file of reports of tho most important cities of Italy. Though tho foreigners who- havo come here are anxious to get to work, no one else seems to be. The "Schwart zen Bretter" are now beginning to talk and it becomes evident that there will be no lectures for over a week yet, though tho day set for their beginning has come and gone, we havo appeared before tho taciturn ofilclal known as "Secretarlus," our credentials havo been examined and approved, tho "Grosso Matrlkel" turned out to be a book something like a hotel register. We have listened to the rector's speech remarkable for nothing but its brevity, pledged him with a "Handschlag" to become law-abiding citizens of the unl-. versity, we havo registered In tho "al bums" of the deans of our respective faculties, received each a "Legitima tions Karte" and "AnmoldungBbuch," and then disbanded, each to spend tho next two weeks as best he could. At last the big machine Is In full motion. It is Just between classes. Tho corridors swarm with students. Thoro are groups of red caps, blue caps, green caps, white caps, black caps and vari colored caps. Besides these there are headgears that are difficult to name in English. They are not caps, and they are not hoods, mough they call them "hauben." They resemble a foolscap (Continued to Pago 2) M n w j ,1 i 4 i 3 '.1 1 J ' ! ri