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Vol. VII. No. 126.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, TUESDAY, APRIL 14, J908.
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PHI BETA KAPPA
COMMITTEE ELECTS NEW MEM
BERS LAST NIGHT.
Twenty-two Selected Five Men and
Seventeen Women Twenty-nine
Were In Last Year's Class.
In accordance with the usual cuBtoni
of electing from ono-tenth to one
sixth of the Senior class to member
ship in Phi Beta Kappa, that organi
zation met. last night to. complete the
formalities of election, of which the
following are the results:
EIbIo H. Adams.
Bertha M. Alldn.
Annis Chalkin.
Elsie Day.
Ada Ewlng.
Beth D. Huston.
W. R. King.
.1. C. Knode.
Alice E. Lesher.
Harriet C. Long.
Edith L. Patterson.
Alphena C. Peterson.
Eugene T. Phelps.
.AliceM. Purinton.
Laura Rhodes,
i Edna E. Rudersdorf.
Nellie Stevenson.
. Abble C. Stewart.
Mary E. Strickland.
Joseph M, Swonqou.
: Norma VaddTe;. 1 r'. ;
By'ron E.-.Yoder.
In order' to" lie ellginlo to olection
the student must have taken a general
course,, including seyenty-flve hours in
the University of Nebraska, by the
time of graduation: Ho' must' also
nnvo taken seven of the following
eight lines by the time of graduation:
Mother Tongue, English Literature,
Rhetoric, ton hours; Classics, Greek,
Latin, ten hours; Modern Languages,
-French, German, ten hours; History,
American, European, six hours; Phil
osophy, Economics, six hours;
ExacU
Science, Astronomy, Mathematics, ten
hours; Physical Science, Chemistry,
Physics, six hours; Biology, Botany,
Zoology, six hours.
The grades are taken as found in
the Registrar's office in determining
wno are eligible to" election. Last
year ttie student with the highest
standing had 121 hours E and 5 hours'
Gv. The lowes't had- 40 hours E, 43
hours G, and 11 hours M. Last year
twelve out of twenty-nine places were
'awarded to men; this year the pro-
portion is much less, being five out of
twenty-two. .
The Zoological Club.
The Zoological Club will meet at 8
o'clock, Tuesday" evening, April 14, in
the Zoological Lecture Room. The
following is the' program:
Artificial Parthenogenesis, by vari
ous authors. Reviewed by F. D. Bar
ker. The Morphology and Bionomics of
the Common House Fly. . Reviewed by
M. H. Swenk.
visitors 'cordially welcome to' the
meetings of the club. " J
Lost,- Large Waterman-pen, on ath
letic field. Finder please return to
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Y. W. C.A. NOTES.
Successful Cabinet Conference
Was
Held Saturday.
Cabinet conference was held in the
Association room last Saturday, and
from the four universities Wosloyan,
Cotner, Doanc and Nebraska there
wore about forty representatives.
The services opened at 10:30 with a
short devotional service led by Miss
Dickey, extension secretary of the
Lincoln association. Miss Dickey em
prasized the importance of our living
our best each day; of living unself
ishly. Miss Miller of Wesleyan University
sang a solo In a very beautiful way.
Miss Carrie K. Schultz gave a short
talk to Association ofllcers. Among
other things, she touched on the im
portance of Association ofllcers being
sincere, earnest studentB as well as
good Association girls.
Miss Slmmonds, state secretary,
gave a message to committee chair
men. Faithfulness to responsibility
was the keynote of her talk.
At 11:30, Mrs. E. E. Barber, former
ly national secretary, gave a rousing,
enthusiastic talk on summer confer
ences. The very finest men and
women talk at these conferences and
they are an inspiration to aH univer
sity women that attend them. Our
conference wlll be at Cascade, Colo
rado, again next summer and it prom-
- ises to be one of the most interesting
and enjoyable that has ever been held.
Mrs. P. M. Hall, chairman of the
state committee, talked a few mo
ments on somevphases of state and
national work. She explained the
"inner workings" of the Association in
a most interesting way and showed
what a splendid work the state com
mittee of Nebraska is doing. Sho
also touched on the fact that the
Christian associations of America have
done more than any other religious or
ganization in foreign mission work.
The girls who were present knew
considerably more about"the work and
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YORK CONFERENCE.
Dean Ward Delivers Lecture Other
Delegates Were Prof. Barker, B. M.
Cherrington and Der Kinderen.
The annual Nebraska College Y. M.
C. A. presidents' conference was held
at York from Friday, April 10, to 8un
day, April 12. In point of attendance,
Interest and enthusiasm th!8 conven
tion wbb far superior to any similar
gathering ever held In the state. There
are 1,435 members In the college asso
ciations of Nebraska. These men
were represented at the conference by
one or more delegates from every uni
versity, college, normal school or
academy in the state. In addition to
the student delegates, thirteen faculty
members and college presidents from
seven schools were In attendance and
took active part in the discussions.
These men were brought together to
discuss the various phases of associa
tion work, exchange ideas and moth
ods, to make possiblo closer co-operation
between students and faculty and
to plnn for larger and more effective
work the coming year. Sunday after
noon Dean H. B. Ward delivered an
illustrated lecture on "Medical Mis
sions" in the opera house before a
large audience. The University was
represented by Dr. H. B. Ward, Profes--sor
Barker, B. M. Cherrington, presi
dent, and J. Der Kinderen, general
secretary. All of these delegates were
on the program. J. H. Dadisman, state
student secretary from Kansas, was
-ulso in attendance. J
On Satultuiy evening the secretaries
defeated the presidents in birsket-ball
by the score of 9 to 3. J. P. Bailey,
state secretary, starred, making four
points for the winning side.
The delegates set the goal for Ne
braska's representation at the. -Rocky
Mountain conference, June 12-21, nt
100 men.
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lunch at The Boston Lunch. Why go
home?
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KAREL PELLANT
INTERESTING LECTURE BEFORE
"KOMEN8KY" CLUB.
University of Prague Relics of Mid
dle Ages Sarcastically Depicted
Modern 8chools Overcrowded.
Knrel Pollant, or Prague, Bohemia,
editor and publisher of Bohomlnu
philosophical and school magazines,
and national secretary of the "Univer
sal Federation of Free Thought,"
spoke to the Bohemian students of the
University nt a special mooting of the
"Komonsky" club last Friday evening.
He gave a goneral description of the
Bohemian school system and Its origin,
striving at times to drnw comparisons
of existing conditions in Bohemia with
similar conditions In the United
States.
The most Interesting part of his lec
ture contered around the University
of Prague, regarding which he said in
pnrt: "The University of Prague Ik
one of the Institutions that has sur
vived to us from the middle ages, hav
ing been organized In the latter part
of the fourteenth century. It original
ly existed as a Latin institution, and
later was changed to Bohemian, it
maintains 4i& four departments fac
ulties they are tormod law, medicine,
philosophy, and theology. The enrly
learning of the nation was centered in
the cloisters, convents, and monas
teries and was under the guidance of
the church. Modern learning has been
freed from the power of the church
somewhat, but It still bears many of
the earmarks of the clericalism of the
middle ages which, though preserved
in form, Is sadly violated in spirit.
"A student of. the university Is not
a citizen of the state and not liable
to civil authority. The university Is
a state by itself and on registering
one takes an oath subjecting himself
to university authorities. He takes
upon himself an academic citizenship.
The university has its separate prison
andpolIce officers,, which, however,
are seldom used? JJot,that the occa
sion to use them does not present it
self, for factional fights are frequent,
but .because the police force Is inef
fective whon used. ""
"The university is the .hotbed of all
religious, political, and social move
ments of the province, and their trou
bles are not only inmginary, petty
grievances, whore i class, honor is
merely at stake, (but where real Issues
are fought 'for. The greatest intoler
ance, perhaps Is evidenced between
people of different nationalities; next
come the factions holding different
religious beliefs. The keen friction
between these factions often lends to
a demonstration. Should the ' police
Interfere the factions unite to' whip
the police,-and then proceed to 'settle
their differences unmolested.
"It frequently happens 'that pne stu
dent challenges another to a duel.
The game is over when- blood is drawn.
Tne wounded contestant proceeds to
bandage the wound with plasters, ex
aggerating It if possible, and proudly
exhibits himself In public. He isas
(Continued from pago one.)