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Vol. VII. No. 86.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY J8, J908.
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ANOTHERCOLLEGE
BOARD OF REGENTS CREATES A
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION.
Dr. Chas. E. Fordyce, Dean of Arts
and Sciences at Wesleyan, Chosen
Dean Career and Character.
At the meeting or the Board of Re
gents hold last Friday another college
Tvas created, to be called the college
of education. Dr. ChaB. E. Fordyco,
at present dean or the college of lib
eral arts and sciences at Wesleyan
University, was chosen as dean of the
aiow college.
Dr. Fordyce was raised in Illinois
and attended the public schools of
that state. In 1882 he graduated from
the Illinois State Normal"" University
Dean Charles E. Fordyce. ' '
'and later attended Do Pauw Univer
sity and -the University of Chicago.
It is of particular Interest to "Nebras
ka'1 students to know that Dr. For
dyce took both his master's and his
. doctor's degrees at this university.
That both the education and experl1
,ence of Dr. Fordyce fit him for the
. position he Is to take is attested by
the fact that before accepting the
chair of pedagogy at Wesleyan, he
taught for six years in the public
schools of Auburn, Nebraska, and thus
knows the problems of educational
work In Nebraska from the ground up.
He built up the strong department of
education at Wesleyan and wus Hum
inndo dean) of the college of Ubornl
arts and sciences, which position he
has held' for the past ten years.
1( Dr. Fordyco has done eonsldernolo
"research -work In the biological sim
fences. He !b a membgr of the Ne
braska Acadeniy of Science, the West
ern Philosophic Society, the Sigma XI,
and the American Microscopic So
ciety. In 1899, Dr. Fordyce was presi
dent of the Nebraska Teachers Asso
elation.. u D; Fordyce Js particularly well
known throughout Nebraska for his
lectures on. educational topics, at
'ChautauqUas and convention. It is
the unanimous opinion wherever he
has lectured that whatcyer ho has to
say Is worth hearing, and that he says
rit in a lucid, forcible manner, w.Uh
. the culjtured elegance of a scholar and
Uho earnest, unprqtentfouBness of ono
whose whole soul. Is In hlB.'work. ' ,
Dr. Fbrdyce's long experience in
educational work, lib? 'knowledge of
books and of" human nature; his per
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CIVIL SERVICE.
Examination Is Announced for March
25, 1908.
The United States. Civil Service
Commission announces an examination
to secure eligibles from which to make
certification to fill vacancies in ,tho
position of draftsmen, qualified in en
gineering construction and supervision
of plumbing installation at ?G per diem
when actually employed. Immigration
service, Ellis Island, Now York, and
vacancies requiring similar qualifica
tions as they may occur in any branch
of the service.
The examination will consist of the
subjects mentioned below, weighted
and indicated:
Subjects. Weights.
1. Architectural engineering HO
2. Plumbing work and installation. 30
3. Training and experience. 40
Applicants should apply at once,
either to the United States Civil Ser
vice Commission at Washington, D. C,
or to the secretary of the Board of Ex
aminers at the place of examination.
An examination will also be held on
the same date to secure eligibles to fill
at least two vacancies in the position
of assistant superintendent of seed
warehouse and seed distribution, at
salaries froiu ?900 to $1,500 per an
num, in the Bureau of Plant Industry.
The oxaSiiination will be as follows:
Subjects. Weight.
1. Spelling ...'. G
2. Arithmetic C
3. Letter-writing 6
4. Penmanship G
5. Copying from plain copy G
G. Training and 'experience .70
The faculty of Chicago University
has vetoed the proposed trip of the
Blackfrlar Club's show on the ground
that the comic opera Batfres will be
misunderstood by people outside of
the school.
Pies like mother tried to make.
BaWed fresh twice a day by an expert
woman pie baker, at The Bosto
Lunch.
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FORM FEDERATION.
Catholic Students of the State Meet in
Lincoln.
Delegates from the Catholic Stu
dent ClubB of Peru, Fremont and
Wayne Normal Schools and of tho
University met "in U. 106 Saturday
and organized tho 'Nebraska Federa
tion of Catholic Studont Clubs." Tho
purpose of this federation Is to unite
the various Catholic student organiza
tions of the state In their social, edu
cational nnd religious lines of work.
In the evening a meeting of the
local club was hold in tho Temple.
After a short business meeting, tho
officers for tho onsuing semester wore
elected aB follows: President, J. M.
Alexander; vice president, J. W.
Burke; secretary, Miss Williams;
treasurer, Miss Agnes Wochbach.
The election of officers was followed
by a program:
Cornet Solo Mr. Hinders
Reading Miss Cocella Foster
Violin Solo Miss Lydia Ostenberg
Talk on Bible Study Miss Clark
The latter part or the evening was
spent In dancing.
Indian Visits Historical Library.
Mr. Blackbird, an Indian student at
Cotnor University, visits the State
Historical Society quite often. Ho Is
a member of the Omaha tribe of tho
Thurston County Reservation. His
early education was recoived in tho
Indian school mt Genoa, Nobraska.
After graduating from tho Genoa
school he went to Carlisle, where he
spent five years. Last year he was
elected an elder of the PreBbyterian
church at Macy, Nebraska. He Is
now studying missionary work at Cot
ner. Chief Blackbird, a former chief of
tho Omahas, was his grandfather. Tlio
Historical Society has a tomahawk
which was used by the chief.
Show your spirit now and come to
hobaisket-ball came Fridav nnd Pint.
urday nights. Kansas vs. Nebraska.
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PIBLISIIJCPORTS
FINANCE8 OF CLA88 DANCES TO
BE PUBLI8HED
Professor Barber 8tates Method of
Checking Accounts Defends
the Past Chairmen.
To tho Editor of Tho Nebraskan:
tn a recent Ibbuo you ask why the
financial reports df students' functions
aro no longor published' in tho No
braskan. As a gonornl rule thoy
nevor havo been published. Those that
have appoared havo been furnlahod
voluntarily by tho chairmen of the
functions nnd not by tho faculty com
mittee on students' organizations. I
entirely agree with you that Buch pub
lication, bearing the o. k. of tho fac
ulty committee would bo very desir
able both for the information of tho
student body nnd for tho protection of
tho chairmen.
The Regents require that students
In charge of functions for which
money 1b collected shall report to tho
faculty committeo on students' organi
zations. The method of proceduro is
as follows: The doorkeeper reportB
the number of paid tickets taken up
and their price, nnd tho amount of
cash paid at tho door by thoBe who
came unprovided with tickets. Tho
chairman of tho function likewise re-
ports tho amount of mqnoy he. ? '
celves, furnlBhes vouchers for all
monies paid out, and flnnlly presents ji
receipt from the class treasurer for
tho balance turned over to him If
there is any. All Important functions
except military and athletic, which
are reported to other committees, have
boon thus audited for tho past two
yearB. Under thiB system graft Is not
easy and publicity is ail it 'lacks to
convince students that their money
has been properly accounted for.
Tho readiness with which those In
charge of functions have conformed
to the Regents' requirement has been
most gratifying to tho committeo. Not
an instance of reluctance to report has
occurred since the undersigned has
been chairman.
GROVE E. BARBER,
Chairman of Committee on Students1
Organizations.
The above letter was written after
consultation with the Chancellor, wiio
agreed that the publication of the re
ports of student functions woiild bo a
good thlnp.
There has been an unusual amount
of talk lately about the' grafts worked
by tho chairmen of some of' tho hops
and it is thought that a published
statement of, finances will silence crlt
IciBrii often started by mere rumor.
This is in , accordance with the same
principle .under which candidates for v'
office fllo bills of expense for public
inspection.
Much credit Is due to tho present
chairman of the Committeo on' Stu
dents' Organizations for tho system of
facully supervision of finances now in
force. This committeo has existed for
a long time, but it paid little attention
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