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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (May 26, 1914)
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN led by speakers from the city and some- Park, Colo., from August 25 to September times by the University girls. The Fresh- U. A number of our Nebraska girls are HUM! had uhai'gL' of uni' I ni'l1 ling; T-heir H-li'muly-pliuiniiifl-tn innlfn Hii toy hi topie was, "If I were a Senior." The mer trip, and Miss Drake will be glad to Sophomores had charge of a meeting on talk to any other girls who are inter " Fairy Tales." The-Juniors' meeting ested. Miss Condi and Miss Burner, oAsk The Qirls was on " UTirf-NTIVaTlTrhnfsT" Arritr-t-hc whft--r lunlL. kimu'n to Nilirnnln JtMS will be there. Miss Drake, our own Seniors' was a social service. This summer the annual Y. W. C. A. Student Conference will be held at Estes student secretary, is chairman of the recreational committee. & The Typical Co-Ed The "Typical" college girl is rather inappropriately named, for the name im plies a fixed standard of girls. The col lege of today changes so from year to year that one hardly more than has an impression of her, before a new type is in demand. Girls, like fashion, vary ac cording to the notions and taste of men, and as men are most inconsistent, girls must be rapid in the process of transi JtioiL . Not such a long time ago the co-ed was looked upon with suspicion. She was re garded as a semi-barbarous creature, father dangerous to know and not at all -ihe-typc to be made a companion of. She was treated in the same way that the suffragettes were a few years ago. Gradually, the co-ed found her way in to the schools and into the needs of col lege men, and she who was barely tolerat ed became a necessity. So finally the girls have reached their present plane of honor and achievement, not only are they al lnu'Pf1 tn tnkp. part in the various activi ties, but no line of work is complete vrith out her. The co-ed must attend the class meetings, take an interest in dramatics, and also actively engage in athletics and politics. Even within the short college life of the present seniors, many changes have been noticed, particularly in athletics. Girl's track meets and tournaments are becoming as much of an established in stitution as the football games of the men. The social life of the university is cen tered around the co-ed. The vexing prob lem of the day, as the "Tango" could never have been so popular were it not for the co-eds. The time expended ly the "Fusser8" in considering their dates and in earning the "Necessary" with which to properly "Fuss." Surely this is sufficient to show the pre-eminence of the co-eds in college life. The typical college girl like the perfect flower cannot le found in nature. The best that can be done is to describe the ideal. She must be a good scholar, at tractive and clever, be full of life and "Pep." She must dance, swim, play basketball and sing. She must be "Up" on literature, and enter into all the activi ties ot the school. In shurl shc-must-be-an all-round girl with brains and cleverness. PROMINENT ALUMNAE IN LIT. 0OLLEGE7 The number of women of the Univer sity taking English Literature increases yearly. Several of Nebraska graduates have become prominent as novelists, short story writers "and contributors to the magazines. Probably the most prominent aud well knbwn of Nebraska women who have .specialized in English Literature, is Louise Pound. Miss PouncTis agnuHP ate of the University of Nebraska and received her master's degree here. In 1900 she received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Heid elberg. She has been a teacher of Eng lish Literature in this university for a number of years. Dr. Pound is a mem ber of the Modern Language Association of America and secretary for Nebraska of the American Dialect Society. Another Nebraska woman who has -specialized in litnrjitnre in the University is Willa Cathee. Miss Cathee is known -aa-ft-novol ist-and m a gazine contributor. Dorothy Canheld, 11 Nubnislcn-fthtmmiSr-She is well-known as a short story writer and novelist. The Department of English Literature in the University of Nebraska is especial ly interesting to the women of the Uni versity. This department is ranked among the first in any of the schools throughout the U. S., having as instruc tors some very prominent professors. Of those who major in English Liter ature and follow it later as a profession, the-majority become teachers -of English Literature and Rhetoric in the high -Bohools-o-thc-8tater SomQ-of-tlie-succeflSi ful teachers in the large cities and the colleges and schools of this and other states are graduates of the University of Nebraska or have taken graduate work here in the department. A school of journalism has been estab lished which is closely connected with the Literature Department. Miss-Grahams Floor Wax, Miss Graham (at the Farm dance) : "Can't we have more wax on the floor?" Partner rushes for the can and sprinkles it copiously on the floor. Miss Graham (at 8:30 p. ni.) : seems to me that this floor is rough." Partner again applies the wax. Miss Graham (at 9 :00 p. m.) : Glances nt her feet, goes behind the piano and removes her rubbers. "It still Bill's Diplomacy. Bill-Noble-attho-seniorprom-JUshing . to get dates with the Pi Phi's. (Pl-pfti formal two weeks distant.) Bill (to each Pi Phi in turn) : "Well I've been sort of neglecting the Pi Phi's lately, haven't I?" Each Pi Phi: "Oh! Is that so?" . Not Ladies. Mother and .daughter pass the Dlta Gammas on roller skates. Daughter: "Mother are those ladies?" Mother; "No dear, not ladies." 'TrHEIR argument will be call W Ensign 's--. for, Ensign's have pro ved their worth by their service. 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