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UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 908.
Price 5 Cents.
tMML POWERS
Lecture on micheLanqelo
last night at temple.
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First of a Series of Three Lectures on
. HthI?- Great, Artist of the Renals- ,'
, . sance His Preparation.
Art Lecture
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Professor -Powers
Prof. H. H. Powers, president of
'the Bureau of University Travel of
(Boston, delivered the first of a series
of three lectures on Michelangelo at
tho Temple theatre last evening. A
good Blzed audience assembled to hear
)r. Powers, who Is one of the greatest
.authorities living on the subject or
'art. The following Is a brief summary
'of Dr. Powers lecture:
In taking up tho study of Michel
angelo we must remember that he
did not spring Into full bloom all at
once, did not Immediately ''strike
twelve." He went through a period
of development which " Is Important
and which forms the basis of this first
lecture, thus in a "way only introduc
tory to the others, which develop
Michelangelo's Teal message to tho
world.
The art-history of Florence begins
"In the century of 1300 with Giotto,
vwho vas the artist of that century.
It, rises to ita height Jn the next cen
tury and coased In 1500, for Michel
un'gelo was not a Florentine, but an
iTnllan.' Art with him was not Flor
entine, but simply human.
Two men of the Renaissance con
ditioned the life of Michelangelo. He!
Avas born under Lorenzo do Medici
and raised under Savonarola. Loren
zo was 'the ultimate synthesis of the
art spirit of tho Renaissance. His
judgment of art was perfect. His in
stincts were most refined. He was a
poet; he was a painter r ho was
everything. He was tho man most
fitted to be the great patron of art.
Bu.tr'with him, as with his age, morals
-were a. matteroJLniera personal taste.
Savon'arofa embodied tho ethical im-,
peratlve "Thou shalt" and compelled
affection 'and obedience. No oneJ&L
lowed him more slavishly than
Tlchelangelo. . -
Michelangelo' was -born of Iris'lg-nlficantr-pnrents.
His father, think
ing .himself descended from nobles,
gave expression to this hallucination
in an, absolute refusal toearn tn, JJvlng
fo Ill's family. The artist long sup
ported, lils numerous brothors and.
their families. At fifteen itho boy set!
out'Jq bo a painter -Jn opposition to
his father's wlBhes.v-He studied- un
tier Glrondala, ;who, though a great
painter, Nvas 'rib artist, Michelangelo
became" dlsgUBt'ell arid took upJ sculp
ture .under BartholdV who could not
get'avftyr fronr reproductions of" de
generate Greek reliefs found on an
tique Roman sarcophagao. These aro
ithout rhyme or reason as art and
Mldhelangelo soon showed signs, lni a
Madonna, of breaking away from
Batholdl nndglvlng expression to the
great floods- of feeling in him (whlch
'einbracqd all tho pathos" and 'sadness'
wio world had suffered, Thlsvus his'
"oVvn theme, worked out under? no
teacher or patron In a commercial
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Admission, 50c.
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WHAT MAYNE THINK8.
FROM WEST POINT.
Young Men's Christian Association
Secretaryship as a Life Work.
Mr. C. M. Mayno, secretnry of the
city Y. M. C. A., spoke to a fair sized!
audlonce last night in the University
association rooms on, "The Y. M. C. A.
Secretaryship as a Life Work."
"OUtsIde the Christian side of the
work," Mr. Mayne says, "A fellow to
be a success In the work, must love
men, must be interested in men; he
must have a feeling that he would
rather bo among men, meet men, than
do anything else under the buii. In
fact men must be his theme."
Mayne urged the men to be' sure
that they were called before going In
to the work. Statistics show that after
the first three years, eighty-five per
cent of the men go out of the work due
to lack In training and mistaken call
ing. Mr. Mayne paid a tribute to tho grad
uates of the University of Nebraska,
1 saying that In his eight years' work
here, he had never known of a "dude,"
a "stick," a "snob" or a "fop" going
out into the world from Nebraska. The
men as a rule have all had a high ideal
of life, willing to sacrifice themselves
for their follow men, and have been, as
,a rule, successful.
"The future movement of the Y. M.
C. A.' work looks to the universities
and colleges for the training of its
leaders." .
galdtplan the HflSecretng-.ldanx
Board of Regents Advertised for Bids
on New Building Yesterday Pro-'
fessor Richards Draws Plans.
, Baseball Talk.
Unlvor'slty fans w6r6 somewhat dis
appointed at the failure -of-"Billy"
Fox to Bhow up for the dally work
out on Monday, but Manager ""Eager
has rece'lved word that he will bo
with us by 'the 10th unless something
entirely" unexpected prevents his ar
rival. , When ho comes'he "will find a
promising bunch of youngsters' who
linv'o "beeii 'developing their throwing
arms for the' last couple of weeks.
Crpron Not Offered Inducements to
Go to the Military School.
Concerning the article which ap-
-poared In tho Nebraskan February 13,
stating that George Capron, Minne
sota's groat football player, had been
offered Inducements to go to West
Point, Captain Worklzer has rocelvod
the following letter from the secre
tary of the Army Athletic Association
at West Point:
February 2, 1908.
Captain John Worklzer,
Socond U. S. Infantry,
University of Nebraska,
Lincoln, Nebr.
Dear Sir In reply to your letter of
February 13th, enclosing clipping
from the "Dally Nobraskan," I can
positively state that there Js no truth
In such a news Item Insofar as it re
flects upon athletics here.
Mr. Forbes Is. no longer connected
with West Point football and has
never been authorized to "offer In
ducements" to enter the academy for
any purpose whatsoever. Indeed, it
would be hard to imagine what "In
ducements," in the sense gonerally.
understood, could be offered, bearing
In mind the circumstances of securing
entrance and requirements there
after. Mr. Forbes may have ntado
somo suggestions to Mr. Capron In
tho course of conversation, but they
could not possibly be interpreted into
an attempt at proselytizing. Very
truly, JOSEPH S. BARNES,
First Lieutenant, 2nd F; A.,
' Secretary.
The Value of Latin.
The current issue of the Wisconsin
Journal-of education contains an elab
orate symposium on "Tho Value of
Iatin in tho Schools." -The editor
secured statements from a largo num
bor of prominent educators respecting
their observations as to tho standing of
Latin students In tho work ofho high
school, and their success in after life.
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The Regents mot Tuesday and or
dorod bids ' on the now Engineering
Laboratory to bo "advortlBcd for and
yesterday contractors were formally
askod to bid on the now hulling. Pro
fessor Richards has been working
day and night on the plans nnd they
aro finally comploted and ready for
the contractor's Inspection. Over
three hundred blue prints -were neces
sary and the olectrlc machine in the
hasoment of the Administration build
ing has been kept going tho last
month turning them out.
When the building Is comploted and
equipped Nobraska iwlll bo aa well
prepared as any school In the coun
try to give a practical course In en
gineering. The new building will
house the Wood shop, the forgo shop,
foundry and perhaps the machine
shop. The second floor will be fitted
up for drafting rooms, with ono largo
lecture room for -the freshman en
gineers. Tho basement will be fitted
especially for research work. The
hydraulic equipment will be especial
ly thorough. At present there is no
equipment for laboratory work Tn
hydrkuljps, but the new building will
contain a largo standplpe with con1
nections to the library tank on R
street and a pressure tank capable of
jjetting a pressure of 200 pounds per
"square Inch, equivalent to a -head of
about 450 feot. This will bo con
nected up so as to mako it possible
to test pumps, motors, current rooters';
wlers, flow through nozzles, nnd many
other similar phenomena. At present
a student rnust go out to. Salt jcreelc
If he 'wishes to get any practical
demonstration In this lino, und ns'the
current Is rather slow and tho salt
water detrimental to tho Instruments,
tho results have not been very satis
factory. Another feature which-the
engineers will' appreciate will be the
opportunity for research work. Now
If a student wishes, to do any special
work he has to manage to do It Sat
urday afternoons, or sonio time when
tho regular classes .have a 'Vacation.
As a result there are v.pry few gradu
ate students In engineering.
When the now building Is completed
tho wood and forge sliopsr will "be
moved out of- their' present quarters
nnd will be convorted to an elec
trical laboratory that will.. bo up
to date. At 'present, the apparaCus
for mechanical engineering laboratory
known as M. E. 15, 16 ami 17 are
scattered through ',the rooms in
Mechanic Arts .hall and down in 1110 ,
boiler house, whore the jcdndltlons
make satisfactory work' impossible,
Somo of the class", rqoms aro t now
used for classes in the morning' and
in tho afternoon the chairs aro piled
up and the apparatus movod out
Whore -the students can use it. There
!b little doubt 'that wjien this bulfd,
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