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' T"- f THE DAILY NEBRASKAN mqpmqfp - VTyyKtyy: I ."- J R if r , The Daily Nebraskan Ttira rnopERTV op TJIB UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, Lincoln, Nebntakn. BY THE 8TUDKNT PUD. BOARD. EDITORIAL STAFF1. Editor Victor B. 8mlth Managing Editor K. P. Frpdorlck Atioclnta Editor Carl J. Lord Associate Editor T. M. Edgecombe BUSINESS STAFF. Manager W. A. Jonas Assistant Manager Q. C. Klddoo Circulator V. C. Haaoall Assistant Circulator P. T. Sturgls Editorial and Business Office: BASEMENT, ADMINISTRATION BLDO. Postofflce, Station A, Lincoln, Neb. 8UD8CRIPTION PRICE, $2.00 PER YEAR . Payable In Advance. Single Copies, B Cents Each. Telephone: Auto 1888. Night Phones Auto 1888; Auto 2083. . INDIVIDUAL NOTICE8 will bo charged for at tho rata of 10 contn por Insortlon or every fifteen words or fraotlon thoro of. Fnoulty notlcrn and Unlvornlty bul lotlnn will bladly bo published frco. Entered nt tho postofllco at Lincoln, Nebraska, an nccond-clfisn mall matter under tho Act of Congress of March 3, 1870. Advertisements for the want ad column 6hould be left at the business office, basement Administration build ing between 10 a. m., and 12 m., or between 2 p. m., and 6 p. m. Cash must accompany all orders for want ads, at the rate of ten cents for each fifteen words or fraction there of, the first Insertion; three Inser tions twenty-five cents; five inser tions forty cents. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1D09. Tho Cornhuskcr banquet noxt Wcdnosdny is ono of tho unlvorsity functions which nil Btudonts, and froBhmon especially, should try to at tend. UpnorcldBsmon who havo boon to ono Huoh banquet nro not llkoly to miss nnothor, but now stmlontn nnd mon who havo not attended may fall to apprcolato Us 'significance Thejft mon enn do no hotter than attend tho 1909 dinner nnd bco for thomsolvcs what It means. Thoro 1b no ono ovent In school capabloof nroiiBlng bettor NobraBkn spirit thnn 1b tho Corn hiiBkor banquet. It affords an oppor tunity for all loyal students to got to- braska. It is no dlBgraco to us that this 1b so. It is rath or tho natural ordor of things that tho older sections! of tho .country .should oxcoll us In those things. That thoy nro not ovon furthor in advanco than thoy aro is undoubtedly bocauso of tho vast bur don of ignorant immigration which thoy nro constantly assuming. Compared with othor states of her class, it is altogother probablo that Nobraakn ranks with tho foromost In tho matter of general education ns well ns respocts illiteracy itself. But wo must romombor that wo aro not at tho top of the ladder and that wo havo much to strlvo for. Wo may bo glad Indeed of our rocord ns to Illit eracy, and wo should consider that all tho groator reason for harder and moro porBlBtont efforts in tho direc tion of higher nnd ndvanced learning. THE UNIVER8ITV8 FUNCTION. In dollvorlng tho Phi Beta Kappa oration at Harvard university at tho, cIobo of tho last school year, Presi dent Woodrow WIlBon of Princeton university callod attention to what he bolloves Ib a fault of tho American unlvorBlty syBtom. President Wilson advocated a reorganization of the American collego so that the chief aim should not bo bo much Instruction in Bpcclflc tilings as tho imparting of tho "spirit of learning." Ho opposed tho shortening of tho collego tortn, saying that a full four yoars' courso was need-' cd to comploto tho process of develop ment for which tho collogo training whs Intended. If applied to mere academic colleges or to universities supportod by prl vato endowments, thoro is undoubted truth In tho assertions of President Wilson. But it would acorn that his theory would not ao readily apply to tho univorsltloB supported by tho vari ous states of tho union. Proaidcnt Wilson conceives it to bo tho function of tho collogo to instill In tho minds of Its students tho "spirit of learning," by which 1b to bo under stood a thirst for Investigation and for knowlcdgo, coupled with an ability to approclato tho rosults attained by the ALL SOULS' CHURCH, (Unitarian.) Corner H and 12 th Streets ARTHUR E. WEATHERLY, Minister 1$ Beginning December 5th, two sermons defining the modern attitude toward life and religion will be given. These sermons will set forth the purpose and mission of a Unitarian Church, The first sermon will deal with the historical development of the idea of a free undogmatic non creedal religious fellowship. A Unitarian church is not another Protestant sect. It is not the basis of a theological propaganda. It seeks not to bind to the past, but to reach into the future. It has the true University ideal, the search after Truth. Into its fellowship, men and women of all Creeds and no creeds are most heartily welcome. The sermon subjects will be as follows: CJ "The Rise of the Idea of a Free Religious Fellowship." I "The Value of a Unitarian Church." Services 10:45 All Students Heartily Welcome; undoubtedly want tho "spirit of learn ing" and they Bhould havo it. But there are otherB who are not la a po sition to tako tho time or money nec ossary for thl8, however Important it may bo. The Btate Institution should theroforo provide for them a place whoro thoy can gain practical facts,, which they will' need In their business relations with each other. Considering the duty of tho state university as an institution of the whole people, It ' la not apparent In what way President Wllaon'B theory can well apply. Indeed It Is hard to believe that he meant It to so apply. What is likely the case Is that he In tended to speak" merely of tho acad emic departments of the universities, for to apply his theory to tho other DRILL TANS Not these awful yellow boys, but a new Spartan Chocolate that look like something - $3.50. -Why Pay More? BUDD 1415 O St. gothor and Bhow each other what thoy think of tholr own Nebraska. NEBRA8KA NOT THE BE8T. For a number of yoars Nobraskans have "boon wont to prido thomaolves on tho fact that this stato has tho least porcont of Illiteracy of all tho states of tho union. Our chests, and perhaps our bonds, havo swolled con siderably In consideration of this rec ord and wo havo overlooked at loast ono essential point. It Is undoubtedly truo, as shown by tho census reports, that Nobrasku has fowor mon and women unablo to wrlto and road than any othor stato, compar ative population considered.. But this by no moans Indicates that Nobrau kans nro tho boat educated peoploln tho country. An lllltorato Is donned ns ono who ennnot rend and wrlto. It Is posslblo for n man to bo nblo to do both of theso things nnd still bo far from thnt condition which 1b rogardod ns the height of education and culturo. Tho porcontago of Nobraskans who can nolther rond or ?rlto is, then, smaller than thnt of nny othor stato. But thoro can bo no doubt that thero aro n number of states whoso Inliab- masters of knowlodgo. This waB without question tho function of tho old-fnBhlonod collogo of a half-contury ago, and It should still bo considered tho function of tho ncadomlc collogo of tho modern unlvorBlty. All acad omlc collego training tends or should tend rather to on appreciation of tho "spirit" of things than to tho acquire ment of a mass of dotailed facts. Whon this Is onco attained by tho studont tho mastory of tho facta may bo undertaken, but tho prime function of tho collogo work ends whon this point la reachod. Tho modern university, and particu larly tho stato unlvorsity, now how ovor contains many collegos. Tho academic collogo is but ono of tho group. Among tho othor branches of tho unlvorsity aro colleges of medi cine, of law, of engineering, of agri culture, or of raining. Surely In these colleges it la evident that tho prln clplo of President Wilson does not in practlco hold. In all tho acquirement of "practical" knowlodgo is tho thing aimed at, and it seems perfectly right that It should bo tho thing sought. Tho stato unlvorsity la supported by tho pcoplo of tho stato and it should aim to bo of tho utmost posslblo valuo Rants aro hotter oducated and moro highly cultured than aro wo of No- to those samo people. Somo of them J)O0XX3OaOOQOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! $ BANQUET $1.00 departments would simply mean a sep aration of tho university into two parts, tho one tho acadomlc college to hold tho name "university," and tho other the practical knowledge collogo to bo known by somo other tltlo. TOF Thc Tai,or J J Li y .SPECIALIST. ON Refilling and All Kinks of Altering Particular attention to ladies work and uniforms. CLEANING and PRESSING UPSTAIRS, 1328 O ST. LINCOLN University Bulletin CorrtHusRers g DECEMBER 8, igog LINCOLN .' 6,o9o9popooooa$oooooo December. 4, Saturday, 8 p. m. English Club. 1632 L street. 4. Saturday, Fraternity -Hall Forest Club hop. 7, Tuesday, 11 a. m., Dr. Clapp's Ofllco Interfrat athletic board. 8, Wednesday, Lincoln hotel Corn- huskor banquet 8, Wednesday, 6:50 p. m. Y. M. C. A. . It. K. Andrews. "Our Neighbor's Progress," 10, Friday, 8 p. ro.. Memorial Hall Nebraska-Minnesota debate Tho Income Tax Question. 11, Saturday, Lincoln Hotel Sopho more hop. 11, Saturday Y. M.-Y. W. Joint social. 17, Friday, 6 p. m. Christmas vacation begins. January. 4, Tuesday, 8 a. m. Christmas vaca tion ends. 7, Friday, Lincoln Hotel Senior prom, r GREG0RY,TJ!! 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