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UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN SATURDAY NOV. 18, 1911'.
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CRANE'S CRITICISM
AHAGKED BY STOUT
ENGINEERING PROFESSOR LEVELS
CHICAGO MAN'S ARGUMENT.
CRANE'S STATEMENTS UNQUALIFIED
Chicago Wholesaler's Criticism of
American Colleges Not Well Re
ceived by Intelligent Students.
WOODEN INDIANS AGAIN POPULAR
ONE APACHE GETS GOOD HOT BATH
Crane's Uttlo pamphlet on "Tho Fu-1 homes
Tho excitement has all blown over.
Again tho decorations may bo placed
In tho corner of tho "frat" houso din
ing room and on tho landing In tho
hallway. Pretty framed cigar signs,
wooden Indians, stuffed hams, fake
bunches of bananaB, dress-making
forms, brassware and other novol sou
venirs are again taking to their old
tlllty of Technical Schools" may bo
road with some profit by engineering
studentB of maturity and discrimina
tion," says Prof. O. V. P. Stout of tho
. Engineering college. "But I will say
that vfo may -appropriately apply tho
old criticism that it contains much
that is good and much that is now,
but that which is good 1b not now and
that which is now is not good.
Stout Quotes.
'"It does not seem unfair to quote as
a characteristic statement tho follow
ing: 'Whenever a railroad company
is needing the services of a strictly
first-class engineer It may bettor se
lect a successful railroad contractor.'
Mr. Crane makes this statement with
out qualification. And as a specimen
of his logic, tho following: 'Not more
than flvo per cent of tho Pennsylva
nia Railroad's strong men have re
ceived a technical school education.
Another notable fact is that tho lists
which tho colleges sent mo of em
ployers seeking their young men con
tained the rallroadB only. This prob
ably does not reprosont more than ten
per cent of the total number of largo
railroads in this country, so that if
only flvo per cent of tho Important
men in ten per cent of tho railroads
aro technical school trained, It is evi
dent that they aro equivalent to not
more than one-half of one per cont of
tho total number of Important em
ployes of all tho railroads.'
Not Enough Grade.
"It may bo admitted that he gets
'In on the raw' a llttlo In respect to
tho statements of engineering schools
calculated to lead to tho inference
that employers generally are always
scrambling to employ the engineering
graduate. However, wo do receive
applications for men, and In good
yoars It has happened that tho supply
of graduates baa fallen short of the
demand for them. 'The, tenor of Mr.
Crane's paper throughout Indicates
that ho. has In mind only tho prepara
tion of men for service with tho
largest concerns, and those chiefly in
tho field of manufacturing. It Is true
that these large concerns, including
tho rallroadB, aro so organized that a
(Continued on pago 3.)
A couple of weeks ago tho polico
comploted a series of raids In which
it was discovered that nono of tho
fraternities really owned any great
amount of stolen goods. At that time
tho ones on tho inside tajttlcd about,
"All tho stuff's boon ditched; don't
worry."
The clouds have blown away, all
now Is quiet. And, furthermore, It Is
whispered now that tho old friends
aro returning to tholr podestals on tho
staircaBO landing, to tho prottieBt nook
in tho parlor and to tho cornor of tho
chapter room. An old wooden pie
faced Apacho was recently dug up
from under tho cement floor in tho
collar of one houso and, after receiv
ing a spongo bath, "a la tub," was
dressed up In his old smoking jacket
and placed in tho chapter room.
"And tho worst of it is," laughed a
collogian yesterday, "we had him all
tho tlmo and tho 'cop' couldn't get
'hop.'" Ho didn't know that a No
braBkan reporter was near whon ho
spoko. It Is also rumored that a
minlnturo tonsorlal souvenir has boon
installed in a local church fraternity
house. Yes, tho smoko has blown
nway.
SUFFRAGETTESIWAKE UP
COMING VISIT OF MR8. PANK-
HURST AROU8E8 MUCH
INTEREST.
Mrs. Emma Pankhurst, tho greatest
of the many militant suffragottes of
England, will speak In Lincoln, Tuos
day, November 21, on her favorlto sub
ject.
Nebraska's suffragette organization
tho Equal Suffrage Club, Is expected
to tako a new leaso on its obblng llfo.
Last year the Equal Suffrago socloty
was one of the live organizations o
tho co-edB of Nebraska, but this sea
son it has hardly taken an active interest.
Tho boys of tho school were a little
chary of tho club last year, fearing
that If tho suffragettes bocamo too
actlvo that, besides voting as they do
now in the school and class elections,
there will bo fomlnine bosses con
trolling tho votes of tho various
groups of students in Nebraska.
Some talk was made of having Mrs.
Phnkhurst speak at one of tho Uni
versity convocations, but no definite
resultB have boon obtained.
GRANTE ONTHE WARPATH
PROMINENT CHICAGO WHOLE
SALER 8END8 ENGINEER8
SOME "FACTS."
TWO HUNDRED
FOL
LOW
ROOTE
GORNH
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SKERS
LOYAL 8UPPORTER8 GO
M. V. CHAMPION8.
WITH
TORCHLIGHT PARADE A SUCCESS
Long Line of Humanity Escorts the
Team to the 8tatlon Team
Is Pleased.
PHI ALPHA TAU PLEDGES
FOUR MEN PICKED JO JOIN THE
-HONORARY DEBATING OR-GANIZATION.
Phi Alpha Tau, the honorary- debate
and public Bpeahlng" fraternity, an
nounces the following pledges: Ben
jamin Harrison, Harold Prince, Jean
Hargreaves, and Clayton Radcllffe,
Professor Edwin Maxey, ex-Regls-trar
Harrison, and George W. Kline,
secretary of the Nebraska Alumni As
Uoolation, were elected to honorary
membership. (
NEDRASKA COEDS EXCLUSIVE
PREFER SMALL GROUP8 TO GEN
ERAL EXCUR8ION TO
KAN8A8.
Engineering studonts at Nebraska
and other schoolB aro receiving copies
of a booklet published by Crane, of
Chicago, who poses as the eternal en
emy of tho big universities. Hitherto
ho has devoted his timo to attacks
on tho morals of tho Institutions of
higher learning. Now ho comeB forth
with his booklet to warn all engineer
ing students that tho subject as pre
sented in tho schools is absolutely
useless In practical llfo! Wo wonder
If tho gentleman has been reading tho
frequent notices printed in the No-
braskan telling of tho success of Ne
braska engineers.
Really something must bo dono with
Crano or ho may attack the Convoca
tion hour next as a total waste of
timo.
FRENCHMEN ELUNK
8PECIAL DELINQUENT CLA88 OR
GANIZED TO HELP THE
HELPLE88.
Two hundred rooterB of tho Scarlot
and Cream loft Lincoln laBt night
bound for tho Jayhawkor football
camp at Lawrence, Kansas, to root for
tho Cornhuskors in tho final strugglo
for tho Missouri Valloy titlo. Tho
train was a special ovor tho Union
Pacific.
Tho loyal band of rooters woro
given a bravo llttlo send-off by tho
unfortunates who wero unable to boo
tholr way to make tho trip this year.
The sceno was somowhat similar to
that Thursday night whon tho team
was sent off on its journey, with tho
train pulling out by tho light of four
hundred torchos, oxcopt tho rootors
had no torches.
Band Goes Too.
Tho military band was a prominent
"gang" on tho spoclal and will prob
ably bo a strong ally of tho rootors on
tho Lawrenco Hold.
It was a happy loklng bunch of root
ors who left, adorned with tho gaudy
ribbons of tholr University, and thoy
fully oxpect to roturn as happy as
thoy loft. Somo of Nebraska's root
ers left tho ovonlng before, going
through Kansas City, but tho greater
number took advantage of tho Union
Pacific spoclal and left in a body. Be
sides tho ones who went from Lin
coln, it is oxpected that there will bo
some from Kansas City and othor
towns south of hero who will root a
llttlo for tho Corrihuskor's .victory.
That whispering rumor that aids
newspapers says that there woro sev
eral and Jn fact moro than several of
Nebraska's studonts will travel to Jay
hawkor land without giving tho cruol
railroad company any of their good
hard kale. Thoy traveled in divers
hard ways, but thoy will bo there.
Tho co-eds prefer going to Kansas
in small groups, with an Individual
chaperono, choosing tholr own trains
and time, to a general University ex
cursion. This fact seems to have
been brought out by the sad fate of
tho big excursion plan for todays
game.
The little onthuslasm manifested
did not warrant oven an attempt to
work up a glrla' delegation tar Kansas
and this year's experience emphasizes
the co-ed attitude. A fair delegation
has gone to Lawrence .independently,
and no doubt the K. U. warriors will
bo shown that Nebraska men have
feminine support back of them.
Nebraskan Elected. .
Claude L Alden, '08, who was for
merly superintendent , of schools at
Overton, has been elected county su
porintondet of Kimball .county.
A delinquent class will soon be
started in beginning French. This
action is necessary because of the
largo number of studonts who failed
to pasB tholr mid-semester examina
tion. Instead of paying for private tutor
ing, the students will all be grouped
in, one section and a teacher placed
over them. By this help It is hoped
that they will pass the final exam.
IASKETBALL MEN IUT
VAR8ITY VETERAN8 AND GOOp
NEW MATERIAL 8HOW UP
FOR PRACTICE.
ROBERTSON AND QUARTETTE
PROGRAM FOR SUNDAY MEN'S
MEETING ""ATOLIVER AN-
NOUNCED.
At the men's meeting Sunday after
noon at tho Oliver theater, Doctor
Robertson, an eminent lecturer, will
be heard. The quartette from the
First Congregational church will fur-,
itsh special music,' A great many
University men attend these meetings,
which are held under tho auspices 'of
the City Y, M. C. A., tho college or-
gafizatIon co-operatltg.
Every evening from four till five
tho basket-ball squad occupies Me
morial Hall for practice. Hilton, Car
rier and White of last year's varsity
and Nagl and Stryker of the freshmen
aro already rounding into form. Sev
eral now men aro also trying out.
On Saturday afternoon tho bunch
stages a big game in the Armory and
the ..playing makes our basketball.
prospects look promising,
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Reports on the Nebraska-,.
Kansas game will be given out
from the Lincoln Star office at
Eleventh and M streets. The
Star has a direct wire te. the
$" grounds and will have reports
every few minutes. .
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