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J!
E PANAMA CANAL' AS
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SEEN B1HPIDAL UT
pHlEF PURP08E 18 MAKING WORK
h FOR ENGINEERB.
THE VALUE Of fliE CliLEBA (UT
hi
Lock System and Ten O'clock Closing
t, m Rulei Meet With Approval
of University
8tudents.
Columbus dlseprered America In
142. Hohad had qulto a llltlo diffi
culty persuading his crew to stay by
kith, but whon ho .placed, toot upon
bbd, ho pointed to ttify'feouth and.a&,
jjCfbmradGB, bohold UiOi Vlto 'bf tho
futuro Panama canal. It was for hls
jhat I hold Arm whon yowiaued to
turn back. You seo before you tho
spot toward which tho gazo ot futuro
.4.orica will turn." This htstorlo ro-
mark of a sector whother It has, it
8a)fwBr7edtMa$ lmpet to Ovlnorl
c;Many great, minds haVo considered
cottrild&redHhb problem nro 'groat).
Many different results havo boon
considered, for tho , proposed canal.
Had. Vbnio Vtnor boon chbson; tho
Ambrldah"haUon wpuld havo jdofeated
Its vwri purpbao; and.' Columbus and
qther .wcnjldre lived in vali, .
-arw.rajwybjaoriKlftJ'nB
fimuWiPlp4Vi?XPAnamaftrouMu
kWot-Jo Jimlta, nlaced
mtyrpW-'-t&eOafgo lmpotus given
:o tiro Balo'or
tf ePanama hat Blncoj
V .. . . .I.Ti.ifTn" ".: liC I
acuvo worK nas oeeu "oogun upon -mo
'anama canai,' ine-pric j oi r anmua
laM ihftgionooip: tp-lafabuloas Jsunl,
nd the sale has Increasod to tho ox-
tont that tho-riaaluBKAofvitbo samd.
mlghtabMostlJoLregarded as a now in
(Justfyi-fThlBVift moan, in tho futuro,
a 9iQ3 JandjpYeincroasln;iricomo. tp
tho nation rrora tho torfff. Tho aos
tliotic appeal mado by tho beauty of
Tho IPanaroa.ytra jjhould not bo ovor
lookdd". in tlmo it' should oroatd a
marked Jnllucnco upon tho artistic ap
preciation ot the nation.
iNeed Canal to Work.
Tho purpose ojttlio. Panama canal Js
apparent to all. if -wo -did noUhavo
onp, civil inglneorlng students would
bo forced, jto cuvahorUthe colle'gV
courses by a year; their Instructors
as entirely jsuDloIekt for therhatlon.ln
undertaking so groat a project. Tho
American, pooploaro innthe;haulKo1
ohovyiiig Uijo o'tUorjlnlibltantslaho
world, (who ar'ejiore-by.iaecldenp.'.that
Unolo .Sam' is "it" HencftWhen tho
Fropbhie8. couldn'tntnaUoop'd on thoj
(yumir . Docamoni;Bai yiorruior
ican, capital and jonterpplBo tovsixow
thorn wHat they vmighj. havo donoiid
thoir'achinery and college' courses
been up jtp date. ." ,', ( i(t' .
Again It la of vltalantorest .to see
bo? nfucji )noney tho government' canJ
BJ,)UUI4 Mif. J.HV VHUBli 11 111 UllCDillUi .J
note''th01i'Jn this lino o rosuccoed
lng beyond our wildest expectations.
Value of the Levsl. s .
And yfagain when tho,eanalpro
Jeotj ilrst came. under dlscussiptelt
was thought by nlany that tho govern-.
inont would do ,tWng8,-iibn,tho.iev(51j"J
u uuiuf. xvyiH-t, -Mt-tinru nuuiu, u.,u
sea-leyel cayalTifcted of a Lociksys-:
tem. Immediately the Jiea of' pslag
me canai
I VN , '
anal as. twprtwas .promulgated,; j
Thorn, nnainti tVlli.Lno nuflBtlOH1. ihiit.
iTZil ? iY2Lh ") rv i i" .
air should WwderiK: restbHhgrthe
BXirV5 of Ceuthbtts has" brbvodlrildV
WIiMVaV W vSrt YncVrirlIf on fVn nu
lamjotJthA. Panama. Canaft: (conversely
iWsnMrf-that all minds- which have
Timo,pfaly.k?dnot $o Jlmlto, nlaced
ky oJlAqrjinon) tko lengtk'jpt
thlATotbiasiOjoineTiUori-orbut
UNIVERSITY OF ..NEBRASKA. LINCOLN. FRIDAY,
, i.ir uj-r
,health-,and. happinosB, many, who
slnco tho decision for tho Lock System
must remain hopeless invalids. At
tho.Bamq-,umo the. canal as a plcasuro
resort would be certain of popularly.
Bolng pther overstocked with the
sljaw used In making tho hats spoken
pf above, a now kind of breakfast food
icpulcL.bo puton tfio market (as a by
product ' obtained only In the Canal
iiuaiuu uuu iuu iubu 01 woary gra'a
eaters to tho "Promised Land" would
exceed the Klindlko "Hurry." Already
it Is assorted that thoao of our broth1
ors who aro fond of tobacco think tliat
thoro Is nothing llko thf "Culebra
Cut" In a recent IsBuojOf, tho Canal
Record, mention ls.niadl of "Tne
Slide," in Culebra iValioy. ! This loads
mo to bollovo that although tho lock
system was fjna,lly decided on, Conoy
JsIa.ndaijiusementB aro not lacking, In
j.- Owing to tho abovo strong argu
ments n favor of tho Sea Lovel Canal,
Jthcro was "jnuch fooling when a de
cision was reached In fnvor of tho lock"
system. As tlmo goes on, however,it
1b thought that tho stupendous advan
tages of 'the :lattor will bV-mbrefully
realized. Tho Lock system on4 'our
Library door Is such a howling success
that only ono person lian maiiOi f.hp
key wbrk. Tbiscleads m tojoxnrflss
Ihe hope, that.ftj sjilgbC miJdiflcaUpnv of
Wflffl pfflfepUirpat. m
plo shouldv know tho combination.
ThenifathtfouruVmerc'irSilycu't
Uown 'ono, there would' still be a
chance for al'KnogljeW." t t
Closing Hour Good.
In instituting the Lock System, the
desirability ofiho "JenOJclbck Clos
ing Hour' "cannot bo "overlooked.
yihoamost of thq-pxequtivonvprk on
Lhccannl .will bo.donoubyyoungcol
legomon graduategrand-nindergradu-ates-rit
sbouldt, bo remembered- that
on the ten o'clock scale the general
tryjbpjng "al callers out; all roomers
lpajidiho key, turned. at ten." The
government should, when possible, cck
oiieratij'wlth tho universities1. Tho re5
of our high croW classes, will In this
ca8o bounqnstlone'd. ' 'r .
Tho Lock ''Sy'sUm should bo of the
greMest valuo',,to tho American v go v
SmSSS fe'SSoplPSroMeBalgn tho
canal. If wo put In a sea level "af
fair.' and leavo It unprotected by lock
or key, what would hinder any old
'JDago from walking offs with tho wnolo'
works when wo wore not looking? It
is argued by many that wo could havo
guards whoso duty It would be to
watch all the tlmd and knocks down
tho first foreigner caught In the vicin
ity, f but ,BUcha plan seems absurd,
wtiei wo reflect that by tho use of a
littlo hardware and caution about
locking upoar.ly, no ono need, lose
ovon. a night's, Bleep). Thov, difference
botwoon-thd'prlco of a man'stlme and
"a-lock, Capitalized at 4 per cent, 'would
show tho expense ltepio be a cpnsld-
"w ,fr f- ' " i
1rf.
It's-Ours Anvwav.
Tho lock orTilgh JqvoI can41 seems
fetrlilm1 slfdowirand wait! Wo 'aro
building the cdnal1 anyway. It's ours
andiHo: foreigners can get wiso to bur
houso (rules o . j..
-'As -a-'good -Ambrican, I suppose I
must still consider' the'4Pariama. Canal
3t Jv v v wuwviuv ayuu
to bo appreciated. Wo want tho thing
well done.Aanywayjiapjit'Sj, mo fora
laboratory course
f
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A prize' of' onev 1910 ''Cornhusker will
the -most acceptable cover dosign.for
rtJo 1010'1iio Pi.af .
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day1; locit'up'atnlght, and if any-
nnfi-rnmnni nlnmr In 'th MnrlritwntKou
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WORK OF
EMEEHP SOCIETY
ORGANIZATION PROMOTE8 GOOD
FELLOWSHIP AND KNOWLEDGE.
ALWAYS BOOSTS fOR NEBRASKA'
n - y
of Activity Aro
Results of Activity Aro 8hown
In
Loyal Support of Engineers
to Al University
Enterprises.
BY I. W. DYE.
Perhaps th6 most striking feature
ortfho rise of tho profession in the
lastwVnty-flvo years Is ' the large
number of technical sdcietieb that
havo "been organized. The modfchi,
legal, dental, ministerial, enginering1,
and all the' branches and 'ramifications
of " tho professions arb 'organlzofl.
There are tbwri, city, ' couh'ty Btate';
national and international sbcfetles of
professional men, meeting all (Jver folio
knifed Stated andlho world.' lri'atf-
swor
tora
doman'd "for 'closer unfori
and
more
hoa
farty" cdnera'ftbri aU
men whos busineBB it 1b' to' know
their technique,1' th&r' meri,' ahdtfier
materials.
r One'of tffo great results 6? thnfe-r-
fc . - r- t . T
ganlzing Bpirlt is a brodd ta.nlar'adbrlb
am6Yg'nie fn"tiio samo profession.
Vour'BVcsldty $n becomes ah'lntrodW
tioh 'to men ' you modfc EaB bifo
knows the' other Tb th0 right softatfd
thV prelimlnhry1 m6ntil fenclnfe- that
usually occurs1 when s'tr'ariger meVis
dispensed with. Yo'u afe ;frlori(is and
comrtfdes from tho first, and can trust
'JBut hqre is knoJJhi0r Epst nor WeBt,
WfP'0 4tr$nlfc.J3?e?)'Jt5n'lace l.0
Tho' they come from tho ends of the
earth'
This mutual respect Is one of tho
moBt noticeable -and important resultB
of . professional, societies ' in general. '
Division of Labor.
Another' result 1b" the" " division of
labor, with "Its" ac'companylrig increase
6. 'economy, Iri Hhls1 age -ror p'rogress,
it la 'impossible "for any man" to even
approximately" know tho details of 'ail
tho branches :of ono of 'tho major -professions,
such' atf engineering, law,
medicine, or theology. This is an J ago
of specialists. Tho corporation attor
ney does not attempt ."to handle "di
yprcd cases, the .surgeon, does nob piill
teeth, nor; does the bridge engineer
design special, transformers for a
power plant, uEach one. has his spe
cial, line; and sticks 'to -it, and refers
his clients, to monJn other lines when
he,' is'i unable to handle their cases
himself. .i,... i, . p .
u Ahtho same time, there are many of
the-gonpral problems; that aro. similar
in all professions. .:A doctor may learn
from an-f engineer hdw to analyze the
eosteoI;hIs,sorlvicos,, aria how.-'jto. pro
portion dHB";fees;i Jrhev:epgliieoii v may
learn .ironi'hisJegdP friend tfiownqfrto
,wrlta!!1Bpeclflcatlons'.' Eachtgots .Wariy
newandvaluablo'ldoastfrom the oth
rprarid.'this! broadening ;and 'deepen
ing of professional mebflsvbne.'ofthe
great results 'that -may -properly be
credited, largelyUd thetprofesalbnal so
cieties. . ..it -i i 0 4 '" i
Nebrasna Society,
The Engineering .Society, df tho Unl
versUy ofNobraska. is a-looaWlage
society which hal as it alnjhojeamo
6 MSall pskiB-alfe
clotles, and also the local aim of mak
in.KftAiilvtyipoli4rre lng of the greatspoBsIble banift.t to
th
w:im.
a,frHW;a am fttii(t.toXt.-,aa
f b&neflelaX Tk Jider membeni alwaya
e- state, of Nebraska and tharfltu-
ibiiUHifla.-;.
T jrojapte l8fewHg UieJS-
DECEMBER7 17, ,1909.
try to make tho froshman's first yoar
agreeable, u apd' bonoQglal, , Afujtual
fronds aro ds(;6vredl.Boings aro sung
Stories told, tlio, facultjr comoaj.d
smokp ouf cigars and, drjnk o'jiir , cof'90
and tmak us oncquragln, talks, anjj
ambtyjons are fostorpd and of ton cre
ated by thlssociaimlxjqg of,o'on
ginoors that aro and thoso .that, will
bo. .
Professional Addresses.
Tho moro technical moetjngs aro
mado. thp occasion, for introducing ho
students to monho jitt.'gjy,o, them
pxact.and often, nq fifprmatiofl op
engineering sujjjocjs, ad IJIbo,,' fpj"
hearing, from men;f wh'p from' thofp
tyWn't PolntB oj vlo'yv cap .jtoll, ,us
?.qiw. P fPBt- tot tho'. Krjd BeoP "A;
Tho Ijnqs nbetwqon J,hp yarioyB
(trapchcB, of' 19nigJn9orlngiaro n'plu.tqd
oWt and, thp yjounogtaeerjsn
a on wnicn, ipi oas.nis piopypn
of a special whlchdpcislpn .otojx
not raddp until, ho Is a Junior, or
I. v-
senior.
Thp results of tho onglnoring' train-'
lng on thp uniyofsjtarojmany ad
obvious., For .example out of twonty-
- - "!' - tr m ' i'A
.ye men noy ml tfiB unuerjiiwi
have wpn the
"IM" In nthlnHnn a vtnnn
ar,e engineers, , In(stoa4lf9t Jmkfng
ornnusker banquojjto otjor
rM W8oerte? Jra . to-
spirit second to none. . ,.
. Another fact which makes for tho
"i, yn'";r'"wvtfr?xtfi
groaterJrgpodflf ounjylyjja tjiat
nlacs and Nebraska xnen are, tojbe
found fropi Sougiitffrilca tp.. Alaska
boosting for Nebraska, and real llvo
manhood and sending men hero not
Hnfr Ir&er thoCsVato iutrBp aft'
qver .tlje country, to bpttpr themsplvosf
tho' univ6rs1y( and thd'worldhi genl
8IQMA TAU VALUABLE AiD.
Engineering Fraternity Has Part
In
-f . Affairs of College.
Sigma Tauls.tho'honorji ryonglnoor
lngt fraternity: at Nebraska. ..Itlwas
founded 'Seven years; ago. twith tho ob
ject "to" promote a greater interest in
engineering? education; jto insplro en
gineering students to" greater. off prt
both in tho icla8sroom.tand,'ln,iith'o
field; 'to bring tho various engineering
departments closer together, .and to
incite an .attitude which will he com
mon to all." .......
Since its organization the society
has been very successful. , It has es
tablished a- secdnd chapter at; Iowa
City,, and it Is understpodf that several
more chapters are' soon, tp.be. es tab.
Ih3hedat other schools. , w , 1
, Thp mombprshlpi of' tho Nebraska
Alpha chapter, .consists ;of .fiye;hon
orary' members, rkoma, eighty,, alumni
members, 'and twenty;jlva tactiva:mom
bers.jt TheaAonoraryi .momhers 1 are
Pean C-R.Rlchards-JPcofessorf .Stout
Morqeft Chatburn,i!andHQllster; Sigma
Tau xisV'Jiot, yausocloty.,Jor4. political
heneflts;; on thp4jpontrary Its whojp
bbbHtflfc thoughttand jvorklsooruach
effective tand.jfhonest-jrpsnlts, through
which vitStpurpoBesj rpaxj bp " japstt, ef
flcientlycconpllshed.'andithat consti
tutesian .Qxpellentiauallfjeatlonjrpr,; an
englneerlpgifxaternlWiCH
. , M.,E.,STRIBrER.
Frank and Jqsso. JParrott, civil en
glneerlngifgreduaj,eBO;oihai7e.iwith C. C. CoJtreli.ffiemberjp0.te samp
pjass, lormed a-partnerhlp,iandare
Jj0 ?MYlmmWji?l!&Mr&?
rott Cpttrell &,Parrpttat.feakec City.
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Prico5o Cents.
ENGINEERING TRAINING
r 0
I" lfl 1 'J8
VALUE OF MECHANICS COURSES
TO THE,NON-ENQINkER.
WILL TEACH YOU HOW TO AWALIZE
", ' ' , ' ' - -. ' . " hi)
Power of Imagination Also Developed
. In EngJneerlnB StMdanta of,(i;.
Ptofeislom...,
BY ALRnkVioVLc?
Know, a li(t 0 pf.QvflryttWanV.om.
ono thing. well,. Dy.thd phrase."'a lit
tie of ovorythlng' heafdol' meinp
Justify tho ncqulBltloha a4(tering
of many tingbulTaat
a man should, in addition to a thoiv
- - - WiJ'iT" riir
pugh.jnaa.tory, o(hlsisPAclaltx possess
alSQ flufflCiont , (aeouabii7 T. ..in.
.. . i . ' ' '" " -'."t I "H i'fl-
other ilqldsjiof(know,tadgejvtpi undeiy
stand hls:rolA.tlpnshIp.otrt tjmnj.in ijo
havo this acquaintance la Ulbyii llbpr
ally educated. . ?a-,K x ttt
Not so many ycar' agp It was
thought that a liberal education jjas
to bo obtained bxtudytogth dead
languagos. ..At that Ume it'waB not
flUflppspd. thatj a,nypnexeklng.ja, pnl
vecs.ltyralnlng. w.pId- ewrha.vefi.to
u9 ihls Mndsaaeft afhla-ead,
Slpcphqpan age oJfviWpnderflU mater
rial .dov&lppniepkhaB cpmeij. A aMI
, Puripg the JaatdCenturyj no Influ-
orvjps. jponjtobavgbflen, of..greatpr.
1 1 . .. 7
.17 E.JTII II. I I J
.li"
whichrchearieaed tki nr'-Att
steel rails, was an WDortaiictnr
thbisettlenfenl
j.-.vLr.-jim -a."" m i,.r :
umiiiem' ana aereaofsnent'
this westorn country. - Our Intelleo.
.'jfi.UU
it Jicj In ait& iJjjt ntn tjnr ytvi H v
"Mo wi nciuurccw
--i-T' "ihi.- '.. VUlWA-UiK. xu
place, does lt not jioompproprlato
that a, general .education" should In-
dude11 a teu&m mjmi
only -to ptoduc'o)' results; bdt i toL'jproi
d!?cof hem Economically. 1lj vl hU,7
- An.onglneor, must bp.ablp to analyze
cbnHlUoitf, afad'mdst'haVo sufllcienHn? ,
agltfatlbnt'tbCforeVdeMthS (JafcomV. H
isi taugnt.ta'seevclearly and tolthla'k
girieer. His structures' depend for-'their
.S?Jga!co.; uponi tact---a,oJ1 the
$?reM
botof dcisi6n bStengitfedrrniWbiti
have uttnoro iwrmaheat qdalitypli X rt
mnaW-'61o U'W wltfi'' ttcttiil
Work'that'ls Wing Sonst tho-trafa-
WWW, '.tea.Qhps twtjnioK of .c?
wv uu iiu m uuiur ways, Tior IS It
Biigted'.'tliat WbryibneMidUldtakre
up ine,,Btupy:ocpngip1eer.iBg.wy.,l j
classics or h4aterV 1Not WfirviHi.
ws5aAb?Ms?i
I heo-ejeeiveii.-jaehrtall aMithatfhMiHnrvmts.
l&tawffiVl
-not te 'It-Xfrei'tKe'.'aittW.
Tho presidbht bf bnebf'dur uriivor
sltjes recently sallhkl'th'o Ideal mod'
orn oducallo'n' hiflftttn'AwAK'fc. A'3."
. at . r w. -1 . - h w v, ui a LALaia a rn . w
011 naa much to dp with the fdundlrii
or pnop of ..tho largest ox our universf.
i-j un-u j;a tizi tt.ni .vir,ni:,iiii -n
.
fllnco'th U'iJ, (hV; in an to" wSlci'
7jr:m
W TnV'coWsW &hl&Wx&K
out unlverflitida 'ninftntWi'n'vmotJrn
rKfrJ ly ok nave tnp proxerblaV ,ex.
presslons,.. "figures do, not lle,v and
iMsugkestlvePof 'h2wW lrrK iA
doosnot mean that such frainlnic.ci
Wr HLCVSKwegnowror. that atfph
study is .not narrpwlngTui Its effect
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