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ELECTIVE SYSTEM
DEFENDED BY HYDE IN DECIDED
TERM8.
He Declares Blscujt Battles and Ma
rauding Expeditions Only Nor
mal Conduct, Sometimes.
A recent book of especial Interest to
students, is President Hyde's "The
College Man and the College Woman."
It deals, according to the author's pre
face, "with the personal, ethical, spirit
ual side of college life, and pre
sents as (he best spiritual drink for
college youth a blend of Greek sanity
And Christian service."
The book is In reality a collection of
-essays In which many various topics
are discussed, having In common only
their bearing upon the problems of
college life. One particufarly Inter
esting ehaptqr is a biographical sketch
of President Eliot. The author dis
cusses the religious beliefs of college
students, gives a typical college creed,
considers the relative earnings of col
lege graduates, takes up the work of
the college paper as as distinguished
from that of the University, argues
ngalnsfc'o'educatlon'-and' -warmly fa
vors the elective system.
The following is taken from the
chapter entitled "The Six Patrons in
College administrations."
"Academic freedom Is as necessary
to the students as to any other part in
the university. In early college days,
no provision was made for the free
life of the students; accordingly they
created such a sphere for themselves.
By robbing the hen-roost of neighbor
ing farmers, translating live stock to
the roofs of college buildings and es
tablishing them In recitation rooms,
by greasing black boards and barri
cading lecture rooms, by tormenting
tutors and annoying freshmen.-r-the
student made for himself an artificial
world In which they found the free
dom that the rigid curriculum and the
paternal dlslpllno of the college failed
to provide for them If the dis
order which used to mark the college
dormitory life If the rude man
ners and biscuit battles, like that at
Harvard In which the historian, Park
man, so nearly lost his eyesight, have
disappeared, It Is because a
wiser educational policy has provided
.spheres of freedom by which theso
rougher dlclpllnes in independence
have been superceded. No man can
gain in character unless ho Is doing
something Into which he can put the
whole energy of his will, the whole en
thulasm of his heart. The modern col
lege provides this freedom in study,
In athletics and In a more dignified
and enjoyable social life among the
students themselves The ques
tion of athletics Is not the question of
whether thiB or that form of exercise
is intrinsically good or bad The
question of the elective system is not
the question whelher the student will
always choose a wiser course than the
professor could make out for him....
all these are phases of the deeper
question whether the college shall
hold its students in a state of tutelage
or gain them the largest lib
erty in the conduct of their personal
affairs wjilch is consistent with their
reasonable progress in the- studies
they come to the Institutions to pursue.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, THURSDAY, MAY 2,
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May 4
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FRESHMAN PRELIMINARIES.
First-year Men to Hold Try-outs Next
Saturday Afternoon.
The Freshman track preliminaries
will be held Saturday afternoon at 2:30
on the athletic field. All the events
with the exception of the two-mile run
will be run off, and the prospects are
that there will be close competition
in each event.
Some very good material has shown
up so far, and the preliminaries are
expected to bring out more.
Miner In the 440-yard dash and half
mile Pun.Colllns In the weights and Mc
Master In the pole vault are showing
up especially well.
There will be no conflicting dates
on Saturday afternoon so that there
should be a large number out to seol
this meet. The Freshman team should
be well supported by the whole school
for they In a sense, determine the
strength of future 'varsity teams. Ad
mission will be free.
REPUBLICAN CLUB.
Unanimously Endorses the City
Ticket.
The University Republican Club en
dorsed the policies and nominees of.
the Republican ticket for tho com
ing municipal election at a meeting
held In U. 207 last night. Among tjiose
who spoke were Chairman Anderson
of the City Republican Central Com
mittee; JesBe- Chappell, nominee for
councilman In the Third ward; and
John Stewart, nominee for city at
torney. The policy of tho party was sot
forth and explained at considerable
length by the speakers. Plain and def
inite statements were made as to just
what the party candidates stand for.
whereupon the club unanimously en
dorsed the ticket.
D. N. Wins.
In a game marked by wild pitching
and hard batting the Delta U's de
feated, the Phi Pse's yesterday by the
score of 12 to 8. Batteries Moser
and Russell; Vangoren and Bee'rnett.
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NOT PRACTICAL CITIZENS.
Students Are Not Trained for Citizen
ship, Says McCa'ndles.
.1. W. McCandles, writing in the In
lander declares that collego studentB
do not get proper preparation for good,
practical citizenship.
"Determining tho velocity of a fly
wheel, he Imys, or studying the ana
tomy of frogs for four years, or pur
suing certain- sociological investiga
tions downtown Will not suffice to fit
ono for citizenship. Tho thoughtful
consideration of public questions,
economic and social as well as politi
cal, is the lndespensible education for
doing one's public duty; and yet theso
things are left strictly to a few classes
In economics and sociology, and a few
debating clubs."
"We are not 'cloistered' against tho
world's morals, nor its amusements,
nor against anything, apparently, but
tho problems with which we should bo
conversant and wlh which most of
us are not. The political responsi
bilities and powers of the collego man
are great. He Is to live In society and
must accept the burden of solving that
society's problems. Four yoars of tho
formative period of his life, shut off
from the consideration of those prob
lems and from the enthulasm they a
wakon,, 1b surely poor training for
tho fulfillment of civic duty."
Convocation.
Miss Ada Castor, well known to Lin
coln audiences,' has Just returned from
a season's study In New York City
and will give tho following program at
Convocation this morning:
Aria "Elsie's Dream" (Lohengrin)
Wagner
a. "Longing"
b. "From Thee, Dear Heart"
Campbell-Tipton
Nocturne Nevln
Duet-i-"Falr as a Rose in Paradise"
(La Travlata) Vordl
Miss Castor, Mr. Qlllesplo.
Clinton J. Miller, M. D. 1905 and
Claude A. Davis, L. L. B. 190C of Ord,
Nobraska, were on the campus Tuesday.
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Price 5 Cents.
ALUMNI DEEEATED
'VAR8ITY TAKE8 BASEBALL GAME
FROM TEAM OF OLD-TIMER8.
Regulars Make Fifteen Runs to Alum
ni's Ten Nebraska Strong at the
Bat Features of the Game.
Tho team composed of former Ne
braska "stars" was dofeatod yestorday
to the tune of 1G to 10 by tho 'varsity
In a seVon-innlng contest. Nolther tho
'varBlty nor the alumni played an er
rorless gnftno, both teams being rather
"off" In fielding. Ilowovor, at times
there was a vory good gamo of ball
put up. Smith of tho alumni and Rine
of Nebraska doing some vory good
work.
"Jimmy" Boltzor, who pitched for
tho alumni, was batted hard at times,
but nevertheless mado a creditable
showing. Elliott replaced him In tho
sixth Inning and did offectlvo work.
Blake and Hruebosky pitched for tho .
'varsity and wore both "touched" for
a number of hits.
Nebraska was. strong at tho bat and
was able to bunch hits well. Tho
alumni had a number of good batters,
but wore not able to bunch tho hits
when necessary. "011i" Mickel was
especially offectlvo with tho "big
stick," getting a couple of two-base
hits and two singles out of four times
up. "Olllo" also had a sensational
catch chalked up against him, as did
also "Pip" Cook, ox-alumnl. Following
Is the line-up:
Alumni. Nobraska.
Hyde c Patterson
Mlckol lb Carrol
Mammel 2b Dudgeon
Smith 3b Rine
Morse v . . . s.s Watson
Do Putron. .!.... If Schlouter
Cook cf Bellamy
Elliott (Beltzer) . rf Freoland
Boltze'r (Elliott) . p. .Blake, Hruobesky
Umprle "Buck" Boltzor.
LECTURES ON ART.
8erles Arranged In Connection With
Exhibit In Art Hall.
Professor W. M. Patterson of Wes
loyan lectured to n largo audlonco at
tho Art Exhibit at 8 o'clock Tuesday
evening. His criticism of the paint
ings was greatly appreciated by all,
being a keen critical analysis of tho
merits of tho various paintings.
It has been arranged to have two
lectures each week during tho contlnu
anqo of tho exhibition, by eminent art
critics of tho state. Those lectures are
proving of great value to those visit
ing tho exhibit, as they furnish a great
help to better appreciation of the
paintings.
Laws Elect Manager.
At an onthuslastkj meeting of tho
Law students Tuesday morning In
room U. 309,' Robertson was elected
manager of tho Law College baseball
team. President Keysor of the Senior
Law Class presided at the mooting at
which more than sixty men were pres-'
ent. The only two candidates for maji
ager were David and Robertson, the
latter being elected by a fair ma
jority of a standing vote.
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