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THURSDAY. (HTOHKR 10, l'.ML'
WRITES FOR REVIEW.
Prof I'lillo M Ruck, of tho depart
uiont of rhetoric, Iiiih an inniiiK in t lie
current number of t lie Literar) Digest i
In thin Ikhuo, October 6, a paRe Ih
given to a diHcuuHion of an artirle writ
ten b I'rofeHHor Ruck on the subject
of Jack London and his writings up
pealing in tlie Methodist Review Quot-1
lug from the Digest, ho lead
"To bo a symptom and a menace at
the same time must bo a stiaiiRe ex
purloin o toi an authoi, but that is just i
what one educatoi declines Jack Loir
don to be HIh books extol and stiimi
late oui best virtues 'our loo of the1
Htionuoiis lite, oui goneiositv, out com
age, oui coolness', but In the same
token lie stimulates also our woist
vices oui IhoiightlohH, leckless, in
consequential cneig, oui love of a
blind conflict, our so called iefoim and
piogi essi enoss ' Like ouiselves, sa s '
Prof. Phllo M. Buck of the University
of Nebraska, Jack London 'adoies big
men who set tradition at naught, who
sot oultuio at naught,' and because of
this lie 'Is probabh the most populai
author in Vmeriia toda ' Riofessor
Ruck has the wtltton evidence fioni
the theme papers of his pupils that he
is the idol of 'the average college man '
As these themes express, it tho.v 'adoie
his chaiaiteis because of their viiility,
their master fulness, their nbilitv to
tight, to tiainple down opposition ' Stu
"With Jack London, tho writer con
tlnuoB 'war is tho natural state of ex
Istence ' 'Not war that some state or
countrj ma) be exalted there Is little
or no lrtiie in patriotism to tills Indi
vlduallst - nor war that some nbstnwt
piliKiple may lie asserted, but "war
that the concrete rights of the Individ
ual ma) be respected
In cone lusion Professor Ruck finds
the rault in London to be a lack of
Hue culture, and that his heroes fail
in the same ineasuie
"'Admirable as are many traltB of
the barbaiian, Ills indiisti), Ills goner
oslty, Ills courage, his cooIiiosb, his
cleaniiesH of life, his love of nature,
there are as many other traits, equally
necessary to a well rounded Individual,
of which the baibarian Is profoundly
ignorant As has been hinted before,
Ills virtues are all of them purely ex
ternal, evei object he contemplates
Is distorted by tho lens oT his peculiar
lndivlclualit . life with him is a per
petual struggle to assort the worth of
his peculiar aims, in a word, his lr
tues are all purely active virtues, and
all directed to individual ends Rut
culture, true culture, is often passive
and never purely selfish It is passive
in that, before it can work, it compels
the individual most thoroughly to know j
himself and the world about him In
its "desire after perfection" it insists
that a man puige his nature of all
ignorance, prejudice, and false knowl
edge, that he seek for himself "a com
plete humanitv " that alone can give
him a stead outlook on life, the power
"to see life Hluadih and to see it
whole", that before he set himself an
aim for life a man inquire what life is
and what constitutes a vvoithv aim,
that belore he puts on ins armor tor
a battle a man make sine that the
fight be a worth one, and that the
.fruits of victor be a deeper Know lodge
and a riper experience, and that if in
this battle he be defeated, this defeat
will not bilng in its tiam bitter teats
and remorse, and a loss of faith in sc If
'and others, but will, on the contiaiv.
be a new foice to a moi.il and intellec
tual regeneration How different this
liom the sudden and caielss abandon
of the baibarian, full of trust in self
and in a favoring destinv
dents follow 'bieathlossl) the unequal
conflict between the force of an into!
llgeiit individual and the collective
force of socio!) and tiadition Moie
over, as the writer is in position to
know, "thev with delight diaw the an
alogv between the masculine vlitues
of his heroes and the masculine v utiles
with which the college boisoikei goes
forth to the battle of crackling ribs
and straining tendons which settles
the rival supremacy of institutions of
learning and culture for one ear' It
Is the 'return to the piimitive in the
present' that explains the popularity
of such stories as 'The Sea Wolf,' 'The
Call of the Wild,' 'Ruining Da) light,'
and oven 'Martin Kden ' In the Mot ho
tllst Review (New York, September)
we read
"'His heroes aro successful so long,
and only so long, as the) employ this
-delight In life in a conflict with nature
and with men in natural surroundings
In the field of their own choice, and
with this fair and even handed oppo
nent, their success is assured No dif
Acuity apparently is great enough to
cause them a moment's apprehension,
no game is so strenuous that they are
forced to withdraw before the desired
end; no stakes are so high that they
do not meet them willingly, in craft.
In akill, in courage, In strength, the)
are equal to any emergency '
STOCKS THE DOPE FOR CADETS
Fashion's Decree, as Started by Lieut
Bowman, Is that Cadets Will
Wear Soft Neckbands.
University cadets will be permitted
to wear stocks during drill this jear
The) will not be the fluffy, lacy vari
et) that Reau Rruminel made famous,
but something much more common,
an old handkerchief will do, folded
several times about tho neck and just
showing above the uniform collar For
all dress occasions the cadets will suf
for undei a "stand up" collar, hitherto
dreaded as a part of the required uni
form
Tills is not entirol) an innovation in
the military department, for two )ears
ago Captain Yates made use of the
same idea, each compaii) having itB
ow n color
This announcement was made dur
nig the second lecture to the cadets
last evening The commandant spoke
brietl) about the principles of'courtesy
arrd discipline, and discussed tho fun
daniontal points in the formation and
construction of the United States army
fiom the commander in chief to its
, lowest units
MUSIC! UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
Ab there is no longer any school of music connected with the
State University you are at liberty to take your music with us.
Every department of musio complete.
22 ARTIST INSTRUCTORS IN CHARGE 22
JOHN RANDOLPH, Dean of the Faculty.
ALOYS C. KREMER, favorite pupil of ARTHUR FRIEDHEIM.
GUSTAV C. MENZENDORF, AUGUST MOLZER, CHAS. E. EWING
and AUGUST HAGENOW. FREDERIC C. FREEMANTEL and
many others REGISTER NOW.
LINCOLN MUSICAL COLLEGE
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