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Vol VIII. No. 28.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1508.
Price 5 Cent
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IS NEW DEVELOPMENT
DEAN FORDYCE 8PEAK8 ON THE
TEACHER8' COLLEGE.
SAYS IF IS WORTHY Of PLACE
Declares That a Combination of Aca
demic Knowledge and Technical
Skill Are Necessary for Suc
cessful Teacher.
At convocation yostorday, Doan For
dyce of the Teachors' Collego spoko of
the work and alms of his department.
His talk waB a clear and Interesting
discussion of the development of teach
ing as a technical profession and of Its
placo In university education. Ho
Bpoke In part as follows:
"At no time In tho annals of history
has thore been such a wide-spread in
terest in tho scientific study of educa
tion as during tho last half a century.
This period has beon marked by a con
stant wrangle between tho conserva
tive oloments 'upon tho ono hand, and
the devotee of roform upon tho other.
And educational progress has boon
measured by tho degree In which tho
onlightened reformer has proved victor
over tho paralyzing Influences of blind
conservatism.
"In thlB movement three ovonts do
sorvo consideration: First, tho Inaug
uration of tho normal school; second,
the establishment of tho unlvorslty de
partment of education; and third, tho
advent of tho teachers' collego.
First Normal School.
"Tho first normal school was estab
lished In Massachusetts about a half a
century ago, and was Instituted for the
oxpress purpose of trulnlng elementary
teachors. Tho real function of tho
normal school is tho training of olo
montary teachers, but It has been
thwarted from Its original design by
being compelled to take Into tho same
classes candidates for olomontary
work, grammar school work and high
school work, as well as supervisors and
county superintendents. Our normal
schools, limited as they aro In num
ber, ought not to bo forced out of tholr
legitimate lino of work.
Authorities Are Backward.
"University authorities have been
slow to como Into a realization of tholr
responsibility In tho matter of the pre
paration of teachers. Many college
men have evidently hold that tho pro
fession of teaching Is the only one In
which technical training Is unneces
sary. They seem to think that a col
logo graduate can by Bome mysterlouB
procoss, bo suddenly transformed from
a learner to an Instructor, by emerging
from tho classic balls of tho universi
ty and taking a placo behind tho teach
er's desk. That university students
may havo tho opportunity to give some
special preparation for the important
work of instructor, courses devoted ex
clusively to tho Bclonco and art of ed
ucation should And a place in the cur
riculum. ' The science of education can
bo profitably studied by all who as
pire to gonoral culture.
Michigan Gets Honor.
"The honor of establishing tho first
permanent chair of education belongs
to the University of Michigan. In 1879
President James B. Angel, of Michi
gan University, Induced his board of
regents to establish a chair for- tho pur
pose of fitting university students for
the higher positions In the public
Bchool service, and to give a more per
fect unity to ,tho state educational sys
tem, by bringing the secondary scuools
Into closer relation to the university.
This gave birth to the most important
movement in this country for tho pro
fessional training of tho secondary
.teacher.
"Tho excellent example of Michigan
has stimulated other universities to
provide similar facilities for the study
of education. In response to .the call
for 111 more and better training, to-
gethor with technical culture tho
third and most efficient agoncy for tho
equipment of tho teachor has appeared
In tho form of tho teachers' college
the first and foremost of which was es
tablished about ton yoarB ago in con
nection with Columbia University.
This college has put education on a
sound basis and has raised tho depart
ment of education to tho dignity of a
college, ranking with thoao of law and
medicine.
Practice 8chools Important.
"Tho closo relationship of tho teach
ers' college with tho arts college 1b ono'
enjoyed by no other professional
Bchool. Indeed, three-fourths of tho
culture of tho teachor must be in tho
academic college, and the remaining
fourth only Is of a technical nature.
"The half dozen teachers' colleges
established in this country havo "or
ganized as an organic part of their sys
tem, practice schools where .the Btu
dent may not only study the most ox
emplary methods of teaching, but
where he may actually plan and teach
a scries of lessons. The most defective
point In departments of education, Is
the absence of this feature. Tho only
rational plan Is to maintain in connec
tion with the university a model school
that will yield Itself as a field for ex
perimentation. The training school Is
to tho prospective teacher what tho
hospital post is to tho intondlng phy
sician. Technical Training Necessary.
"Academic knowledge alone, how
over profound, will not makea teacher,
nor can technical skill, unless It rests
upon the solid foundation of liberal cul
ture. The teachers' college aims to
furnish both. This Institution fore
shadows better things for education la
America. At the cloBe of tho year
1907, there were In this country six
teachers' colleges located at tho fol
lowing universities: Columbia, Chica
go, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, and
Syracuse. At tho oponlng of tho pres
ent year, tho regonts of tho University
of Nobraska addod to tills list a
seventh school which, with tho hearty
co-operation of faculty and students,
will develop into a teachors' collego
worthy of a place In tho great Institu
tion of which It Is to form a part."
DR. POWERS TO TALK ON ART.
Three Addresses To 'Be Delivered by
Boston Critic.
Dr. Powers of Boston, the art lee
turor whoso addresses In Lincoln wore
the Bubject of much favorable com
ment last winter, will again appear be
fore university students and citizens
of Lincoln in a series of four lec
tures on arL
Arrangements havo been comploted
whereby Dr. Powers will speak at
the Temple, November 9, 10 and 11
under tho auspices of tho Nebraska
Art association.. LaBt year Dr. Pow
ers' addresses under trio same dlreo.
tlon wore acknowledged to bo truly
excellent In their elegant expression
of artlBtlc principles. Dr. Powers
Journeys for a part of each year in
Europe inspecting the troaaures of tho
old world galleries. During tho rest
of his time he tours this country, de
livering lectures at many of the prln-
clpal universities and cities.
As was the custom last year, the re
ceipts from the lectures, above actual
expenses, will bo devoted to the pur
chase of additional pictures for the
collection of the Nebraska association
in the university art gallery, The
subjects will bo "The Art of the
Pharoaha," "Art in tho Homo," "Ath-
onB, the Shrine of Culture," and "Ven
ice, the Queen of the Adriatic." Tho
evening lectures will be illustrated by
storeopticon views and tho aftornoon
by household decorations loaned for
J tho occasion. The looturos will bo leas
technical than were thoso of last win
tor. Season tickets .for the four lec
tured are on sale with reserved seat
privilege at Harry Porter's.
PRACTICE AT THE FARM
SQUAD EJOY8 A GOOD WORK-OUT
YE8TERDAY AFTERNOON.
'VARSITY STRONG ON DEFENSE
Regulars Lined Up Last Night Against
Coach Elliott's Freshman Squad
for a Ten Minutes of 8tlff
Scrimmage Work.
Tho football squad all wont out to
tho Btate farm yostorday' aftornoon
and they had tho most satisfactory
work-out which thoy havo enjoyed for
a long time. 6vor forty men reportod
for practico and tho football flold at
tho farm looked much uh It used to In
the early season boforo tho woodlng
out process began. It is very encour
aging to the coach to see tho men
turn out regularly slnco tho task of
turning out n winning 'varsity team
Is practically Impossible without
plenty of strong opposition. Moreovor
"King" Colo is looking fnrthor ahead
than the present. He has in mind
Nebraska's wolfare for next season
and years following that, as well as
hor welfare at tho present moment
With a big squad of freshmen "King"
Cole can dovoto personal attontlon to
their work and so not only develop
good matorlal with which to oppose
the 'varsity sqiihd but also bo mould
ing players who will make strong 'var
sity men noxt year. The Cornhuakors
will Buffer severely this season by
losing jBtarplayora, so, that .next year'a
team will havo to come largely from
this year's scrubs and freshmen. As
a consequence It Is only reasonable
for the coach to expect the scrubs
and freshmen to bo as regular at
practice as are tho 'varsity men thorn
sdlves, since by so doing thoy aro help
ing themselves and tho chances for
noxt year's team, In addition to mak
ing It possible for the coach to keop
up a team this year which will bo a
landmark in Nebraska's football his
tory. Freshmen in 8crimmage.
After running signals awhile Coach
Cole lined tho freahman squad up
against the 'varBlty for some scrim
mage work. Tho freshmen wore given
the ball and on the first play fumbled,
but recovered with no gain. On the
next play Gibson, right half on tho
freshmen, went through the lino for
three yards and Ewlng, left guard
on tho 'varsity, was hurt, but resumed
play. A forward pass yielded no gain
but tho freshmen still wore allowebTto
carry tho ball.
Tho freshmen failed to gain on a
line buck, a forward pasB failed to
make any distance and on tho noxt
play, an attempted ond run, Gibson
was tackled for a loss.
On tho first down for tho 'varsity
thoy fumbled but recovered. BIrknor
circled loft ond for twenty yards and
Sturtzneggor addod ton around right
end. Teraplo hit tho lino for a 10
yard gain and Harvey made five
through right tacklo but tho piny was
not allbwod on account of an illogal
formation and the 'varsity was penal
iz'ed fifteen yards. On the next down
n forward 'pass was attempted but, it
hit the ground and tho 'varsity was
penalized fifteen yards again. Blrk
er made ton yards on a fake punt
and on tho noxt play an on-side kick
out of bounds gave the ball to tho
freshmen.
On tlio, first down Musser made five
yards through center and Farlby, loft
half for the frcBhmen, followed with
i four through right gard. On tho next
play tho 'freshmen fumbled but TJgh
recovered. A forward paBS was un
successful and tho 'varsity took tho
hall. . -
Temple mado twelve yards through
loft guard and Elliott, from right
tacklo, wont ovor tho romalnlng dis
tance for a touchdown. Harvoy kicked
goal.
The 'Varsity's Defense.
Aftor this tho coach drilled tho 'var-
nltv for nnmn limn In mint nnd trtinrt
kick formations and nlBo In Bpoclal
formB of dofenso for short kicks.
"King" Colo has displayed groat Bklll
in devising dofonslvo formations thia
year. Tho now dofonso which ho pro
parod for tho Minnesota gamo was
very successful and Uh valuo is shown
by tho manner In which tho gophers
fallod to work tho forward pass. Tho
dofenso which Coach Colo had do
voloped was simply too strong for It
and Nobraska's good showing Is bo
Hoved by many to bo duo to thte ono
feature trio Ingenious dofonso which
"King" Colo had hammorod into hla
pupils.
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8EM. BOT. AS ROOTING 8QUAD.
Scientific Students Will 8hoUt at the
Teachers' Banquet.
Tho Nobraska botanical somlnar will
carry out a unique stunt at tho banquet
of Nobraska teachers tho ovonlng of
November 4.
Tho banquet Includes Nobraska
touchers and college Btudonts to tho
numbor of a thousand. This number
will bo seated at the tableB on tho
main floor. Others will be placod In
the galleries where they can roodlly
hoar the speakers.
The members of the university sem.
hot. will have u conspicuous place and
tho organization will act as an organ
ized rooting squad. The club haB sev
eral new yells which it dofllres to of-
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its obJoct for tho evening to bo tho I
creation of the maximum amount of
nolso possible.
At the banquet thoro will bo present
in addition to numorouB prominent ed
ucators Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Bryan and
Governor and Mrs. Sholdon. Mr. Bry
an will on that evening bo oithor president-elect
of tho United States or
moroly a private cltizon. In any case
it will bo his first public appearance
aftor the olectlon,
ANCIENT LANGUAGE8 NOT DEAD.
Professor Barbour Points Out Their
Value to Scientists.
At a recent session of hls geology
clasB, Professor E. H. Barbour under
took by a brief discourse to show tho
Importance to tho scientific student of
the so-called dead languages, especially
Greek. Ho declarod that prejudice to
ward tho study of doad languages
should be a thing of tho past, partlcu
larly In consideration of tho fact tbntflnter-fratornlty baseball, but this year,
our own Innguuge-is mado up to so
large an extent of these old tongues.
Beginning at tho word "sycamore"
In WeVster'B unabridged dictionary
Professor Barbour counted three hun
dred out of 350 consocutlvo wordB that
aro straight out and 'out Greek. Ono
single word in uso at tho present timo,
"sycamore," is not of Greek origin. Ono
other English word is nearly obsolete.
Nine words havo beon obsoloto slnco
tho days qf Chaucer; seventeen aro of
doubtful origin; and thirty aro of Lat
in. University .Y. W. C. A. Notes.
Tho play that was to have beon
given by tho Y, W. C. A. members on
Saturday of this week has boon indef
initely postponed. Instead an old
fashioned "gym" party will bo givon
on November C, in the armory.
Miss Barndard, of Now York city,
national literature secretary for the
Y. W. C. A. load tho noon mooting last
Thursday.
Tho Y. W. C. A. girls are planning
an informal "at homo" for tho visit
ing teachors on Thursday of next week,
in the association rooms.
Tho g'lrls who attended the annual
state Y. W. C. A. convention at-Grand
Island last week report a very enthus
iastic and helpful convention, with
ovor a hundred and twenty delegates
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FRAT ATHLETIC BOARD
DI8CU88 IMPORTANT PLANS FOR
THE ENSUING YEAR.
INDOOR MEET ON JANUARY 30
Inter-Fraternity Athletic Board Met
Yesterday and Proposed Some
New Plans Will Inaugur
ate Basketball.
Tho lntor-fratornity athlotio board
mot yoBtorday morning in Dr. Clapp's
offlco and dtscussod Important plans
for tho yoar.
PorriapB tho most important plan
which was brought boforo tho mooting
Was that tho fratornitioB should have
an Indoor moot somo timo during tho
latter part of January, and that tho
non-fraternity men should also havo a
similar moot at about tho samo tlmo,
and that tho winnors of tho ovonts in
each of thoso two moots would qualify
to enter In tho Chartor Day ovonts ori
Fobruary 15. This idea moots with the
hoarty approval of Dr. Clapp and also
of nearly ovory man, either fratornlty
or "barb," whoso attention has bopn
called to It. If adopted,- which no doubt
It will bo, tho systom will unquestion
ably bo of groat valuo to tho school
slnco It will croato a wide-spread in
terest in indoor track work and conse
quently a largo amount of material for
tho 'varsity teams, both indoor and
out-door, may bo dovolopod.
Importance of Indoor Work.
This, of course, Is tho primary rea
son why Dr. Clapp is so oarnostly in
mrori-Biich' anarrangemBnt, 'AtrtC
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school of tho slzo, importance, and
sromlnonco of Nobraska, an- abun-r-
dance of good matorlal for tho track
team is bound to exist. Tho difficulty
lios in uncovering this matorlal and Dr.
Clapp bollovos that tho proposed plan
is tho most offoctivo moans of accom
plishing this.
Tho intor-fratornlty board selected
Saturday ovening, January 30, as the
dato for tholr moot It will probably
bo hold in 'Memorial hall, although this"...
was not definitely settlod, A commit
too was appointed to soo about tho ad
visability of holding tho moot al the
city auditorium whore a larger floor
for the ovonts as woll as a larger seat
ing capacity would be available.
To Control All Inter-Frat Games.
It Is tho intention of the fraternities
this yoar to allow all intor-fratornlty -nthlotlcff
to" bo hold under the control . '
of this board. Last year tho hoard was
not organized early enough to control
in ordor to expodiato matters both tho
Intor-frat baseball and tho. Indoor meet
will bo managed by this board.
Intor-fratornlty basketball was also
heartily advocated at tho meeting and
this now, form of intor-frat athletics
will very' probably be arranged for.
Dwlght Boll, Davis and Halllgan' wore,
appointed as a committee to investi
gate tho feasibility of inaugurating
this Idea. A commlttoo of three, Halll
gan, Campbell, and Davis, wore ap
pointed to tako care of tho inter-frat
baseball question, while McDonald,
Campbell, and Ewlng were appointed
as. a commlttoo to prepare a list of
events for, tho ydoor moot which list
will be submitted to the board at its
next mooting.
Tho board will moot again on Thurs
day, November 5th.
Miss Frances Ii, Long, a former uni,-
vorsity student, is now located at Al
bert Loa, Minnesota. Miss Harriot
Longr also an alumna of Nebraska, is
attending the library school at Albany,
N. Y.
Professor Aylesworth of the political
science department of the university,
has boon given the degree of master
of arts by Wisconsin "University, Pro-
fossor Aylesworth spent jiast summer
in Btudy at the 'University of Wjlscon- s
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