Ube H)aih IRebraskan
VOL. XI. NO. 108.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, TUESDAY MARCH 26, 1912.
Price 5 Cents
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CAMP WILL BE HELD
THIRD WEEK IN MAY
DATE MUCH EARLIER THAN THAT
OF LA8T YEAR.
HEW RULING IEY0TED TO EXCUSES
Reprieve Does Not Free Student From
Necessity of Making Up Work
That Is Missed.
At tho last mooting of tho Univer
sity senate it was decided to hold
camp May 14-18, inclusive. ThlB
brings ther ,camp much earlier than
last yoar, when it was held tho final
week of school.
At tho meeting of tho senate It was
moved and passod that excuses grant
ed by tho deans from any oxerclso di
rectly connected with University work
shall not bo considered as oxcuslng a
student from attainment of tho study
requirements of any subject missed.
Excuse Merely a Notice.
This means that students excused
for Bickness, drill, encampment, ex
cursions, etc., shall make up tho work
of tho classes which have been missed.
Tho excuse from tho dean 1b a notice
to tho Instructor that tho making up
of this work Bhall bo allowed.
Professor Chatburn also introduced
a resolution aimed to determine just
how much preparation a student is
required to give for each subject. Ho
stated that there seemed to bo a grow
ing tendency on tho part of those de
partments having laboratory courBos,
and possibly others also, to require
more than three hours of tho stu
dent's time for each "credit hour."
Tho remedy ho suggested was to add
to tho Btatomont in tho catalogue con
cerning tho course tho number of
hours attendance, preparation, labora
tory and credit.
VOCATIONAL TRAINING
IN SCHOOL APPROVED
ASSOCIATION OF C0LLEGE8 AND
8ECONDARY IN8TITUTION8
RECOMMEND8 TENDENCY.
High School Inspector A. A. Reed
returned Sunday from a week's trip
to Chicago, whoro ho attended tho an
nual mooting of tho Inspectors of tho
North Central Association of Colleges
and Secondary Schools. Tho moot
ing lasted from March 20 to 23, and
tho twenty Inspectors of schools In
tho north central part of the country
were kept busy considering tho prob
lems of co-operation botwoen tho col
leges and secondary schools.
The standards of accrodltmont for
tho association wero loft nearly tho
same as last year. Tho one Important
amendment indicated tho tendency of
education to Introduce vocational sub
jects, and was as follows;
"Tho association recommends the
introduction of tho so-called voca
tional subjects, such as agriculture,
manual training, household arts, and
commercial subjects, into schools
where local conditions render such in
troduction feasible but tho inspecors
will hold that a sufficient quantity of
qualified teachers must bo added to
(Continued on page 6.)
TO CHOOSEJRATOR TODAY
IVY DAY 8PEAKER WILL BE
ELECTED BY 8ENIOR8 AT
MEETING.
At a mooting of tho senior clasB at
i 1:30 o'clock this morning tho Ivy
Day orator will bo choson. Thoro aro
four candidates in the flold and all
members of tho senior class aro eligi
ble to case a vote. Tho candidates aro
Ralph W. Garrett, collogo of artB and
scIoncoB, J. F. Rohn, law, Sam Cotner,
law, and David Rogers, collogo of arts
and BclencoB. Of theso all havo boon
prominent in dobatlng, Garrett having
boon a member of tho present year's
debating aquad.
A closo ballot 1b oxpectod to result
aB all of tho candidates havo been
doing zealous campaigning. Owing to
tho groat intorost manifested In the
election It is expected that practically
all of tho fourth yoar class will bo
present. Tho election "will bo held In
tho armory.
JOLLY AFFAIRJR SENIORS
HUMOROUS PROGRAM AND DANCE
INCLUDED IN FOURTH YEAR
CLASS' MASQUERADE.
The senior masquerade will bo held
In tho Temple, Saturday ovonlng at 8
o'clock. On this occasion tho senior
clasB haB practically its only oppor
tunity to get together aB a body and
becomo thoroughly acquainted.
The affair 1b to bo strictly Informal;
a dance is to be preceded by a pro
gram consisting of a country school
recitation day and frolic. Refresh
ments will be served and furnished by
certain co-ed members of tho class
In order that tho expense may bo kept
at the minimum.
There will bo no programs and tho
maBkB will not bo romovod until tho
afTalr Is well under way, bo that the
element of mystery will prevail. In
theBo respects tho dance will bo tho
only ono of Its kind during the achool
year.
In order to make tho affair a suc
ceBB at least one hundred tickets
must be sold; since the price, twenty
flvo cents, 1b bo nominal it is to bo
hoped that every "live" Bonlor will
"come through" with this Insignificant
sum.
Tho committeo In charge, consisting
of Robert Hawley, Esther Warner,
Mildred Bovins, Ward Rubondall, and
Rex Davlos, has spent considerable
tlmo in arranging for tho entertain
ment, and should meet with success if
the claBS shows tho proper spirit by
attending en masse.
LINCOLN HIGH BEATS FARM.
Gllllgan Wins Individual Cup by Mak
ing High Score.
Tho State Farm loBt to Lincoln
HlglT in the city track meet held in
the City Y. Mt.C. A. gymnasium last
Friday evening. Tho .contest closed
with tho scores standing: Lincoln
High, 102; Farm, 82; Lincoln Acad
emy, 22.
Gllllgan, a representative of the
Farm, won tho individual cup with a
scoro of 32.
Plans are now being perfected at
the Farm for an outdoor meet with
Lincoln High about April 20.
"BEANY" M'GOWAN TO LEAVE
WELL KNOWN ATHLETE AND
HUMORI8T HA8 A8PIRATION8
FOR OLYMPIC LAUREL8.
Walter I. "Beany" McOowan, woll
known athloto and humorist, haB an
nounced his lntontion of quitting tho
University to train with tho Kansas
City Athletic Club for the tryouts for
the American Olympic toam that will
go to Stockholm next Bummer.
"Beany" has not definitely set tho date
for his departure but Intimates that
it will be soon.
Tho loss of McGowan will cripple
tho track squad, for ho waq depended
upon aB one of tho mainstays of tho
team in tho middle distance events.
Ho was also looked upon as a prob
ablo member of tho relay team.
SOME THINGS LEARNED BY
AN AMERICAN AT OXFORD
HE FINDS THAT $1,500 18 MERELY
A TRIFLING 8UM
AFTER ALL.
Tho hero of this pathetic talo has
no early history worth recounting.
Ono short paragraph will suffice for
Uie buro facts and the reader can 1111
i tho details.
James waa born tho son of a poor,
and thereforo rospoctablo, Kansas
farmor. Ho had earned his way
through high school and through two
years of collego in quite tho usual
way, Including football In his sopho
moro yoar.
In tho fall of his Junior yoar ho was
attracted by tho tempting offer of
$4,500 in tho shape of a Rhodes Schol
arship. So our hero took, and passed
with some difficulty, tho examination,
it waa a "close shavt," but there be
ing no other eligible candidates, a
graclouB committoo gave tho appoint
ment to James Farley.
James at onco became a closo stu
dent of things Oxonlan( it 1b feared
ho then would have said Oxfordian),
and In duo course of tlmo decided
Just what ho would do and how he
would dispose of such a huge sum as
$1,500 a year. He wasn't oxpectod to
Bavo any money, but James thought
there would bo no harm In acquiring
a few goods in addition to knowledge.
In Tom Brown's Steps.
Two things influenced him in choos
ing St. Ambrose as his college. It
was here that Tom Brown had come.
And St. Ambroso seemed, from tho
"Handbook." tho cheapest. Even so,
it seemed to demand onough. With a
school yoar of twenty-four weeks, it
was declarod., "It is possible .to keep
all sums due tho college (Including
board and room) down to 100 a
year." Why that amounted to over
$20 a week. It was absurd. So It was,
but not aB James thought. Ho had
yet to learn that all blue-sky adver
tisements did not originate in "tho
good old U. S. A."
Let ub hasten on to his arrival In
Oxford. The cheapness of tho cab
fare surprised James only a shining
25 cents but he found tho cabbie
expecting a tip. JamoB gavo him an
other shilling.
A largo, cheery room with pantry
and bedroom added awaited him. Tho
(Continued on page four.)
ALDMNI SEEKING MORE
AMORT IN FRATS
COMMITTEE 18 APPOINTED TO
DRAW UP RECOMMENDATIONS.
TWO REPRESENTATIVES ARE SOUGHT
This Would Double Strength of Gradu
ate Members In Inter-Fraternity
Council.
At a meeting of fratornlty alumni,
hold at tho Lincoln hotel, Saturday
night, tho reorganization of tho pres
ent lntor-fraternity council In such
manner as to glvo tho alumni a larger
sharo In tho determination of ques
tions relating to fratornltlos was
taken up and discussed.
As a rosult of a statement mado at
tho meeting by Prof. J. T. Loos, who is
chairman of tho lntor-fratornity coun
cil, relating to tho need for a rovlsion
in tho scholastic requirements and
pledging regulation and to tho appar
ent inability of the present in tor-fraternity
council to handle this rovlsion,
a committeo of flvo alumni wore ap
pointed to draw up recommendations
and to present them to tho Board of
Regents.
Likely to Favor Plan.
Tho recommendations, which wero
drawn up at a mooting of tho
committeo will probably favor tho
plan which was suggested at tho
alumni mooting of having two alumni
representatives, Instead of only ono
as at present, to meet with tho activo
representative in tho lntor-fratornity
council. This plan, If carried, will
thus' double present alumni strongth
In tho council and leave tho activo
representation aB it is now. Tho de
termination of tho introduction of tho
reform roBts with tho decision of tho
Board of Regents.
Tho committee appointed to mako
tho recommendation to tho Regents
was composed of tho following: B. B.
Sawyer, Sigma Alpha Epsllon; C. S.
Wilson, Alpha Tau Omega; I. 6. Cut
tor, Alpha Theta Chi, and John Led
wlth, Phi Kappa Psi.
ONI. STUBENTC BIG SCOOP
DONALD ENFIELD FIR8T NEWS
PAPER MAN "IN AT DEATH"
OF CONVICT8.
University students who read, with
interest the big news story of last
week, the flight and capture of Con
vlcts Gray, Morley and Dowd, may bo
interested in learning that a Univer
sity student, Donald Enfield, law '14,
waB the flrst newspaper man on, the
spot after the taking of the despera
does near Gretna- a week ago yester
day. Enfield, who was staff corre
spondent for a Lincoln dally, scored,
a veritable scoop on tho rest of (Ne
braska newspapers,' for his was the
flrst accurate accdunt of the running
light to appear In print
Outside of Sheriff Hyers of Lancas
ter county and the three South Omaha
officers, he was tho nearest man to the
fugitives, having ridden nearly fifteen
xnlleB on bareback io gain the distinc
tion of "being in at tho death."
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