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VOL. XV. NO. 118.
UNIVERSITY OP NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1916.
PRICE 5 CENTS.
INSTITUTIONAL WORK
'REQUIRES TRAINING
COLLEGE DEGREE NOT NECES
SARY, BUT BENEFICIAL
Training, Experience and Personality
Are the Three Essentials, De
clares Miss Nftla Treat
"Institutional management is a tech
nical work," explained Miss Nola
Treat, in her talk on "Qualifications
for Institutional Management" at 3
o'clock in Faculty hall yesterday. The
three qualifications for institutional
management are training, experience
and a certain type of personality, ac
cording to Miss Treat.
A woman must have practical and
technical training. "While a degree
la not necessary, it gives a certain
stamp to your work which is bene
ficial." The barest essentials require
a year's training. The east has good
schools for this purpose. Simmons
college in Boston is probably the
best known school which has a one-
year course. No girl under 25 years
of age Is admitted, except in rare cir
cumstances. Institutional Cookery
A woman could have a course in
institutional cookery. She should be
able to make the product with com
mercial value In the laboratory. Many
schools use their laboratories as cafe
terias. Miss Treat said.
The course in institutional man
agement has no books. The work is
too new. The principles of organi
zation are taken from the technical
professions. The girl must learn
about equipment. The employers
must have proof of her capability. In
college they get as much experience
as they can; they learn to meet peo
ple behind the , counter; they have
practical experience as a cashier In
checking and In dining room work.
The aim in cooking and all practical
work is, to get skill, to keep place
with the employer. She must have
accounting, especially percentage, she
must understand overhead expense,
house management, must have exper
ience In interior decorating, for she
is often called upon to furnish a
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Otoupalik Perfectly at Home
Hugo Otoupalik, wrestling team
captain, believes in making himself
perfectly at home. The thing can
sometimes be carried to an extreme,
however, as "Ote" demonstrated on
the recent Ames trip, when he was
the only Nebraskan to win his wres
tling match.
The wrestlers were homeward bound
tasting, nt the fruits of victory, but
rather the bitterness of defeat. In
order to cheer them up as much as
possible, the best Pullman reserva
tions were made, and their physical
surroundings were of the finest. The
men for the most part kept In their
places, but Otoupalik felt not In the
least depressed."
He began to explore the train.
On the train was a Pullman contain
ing a number of private compartments
and state rooms.
As the husky wrestler Journeyed
from car to car he glanced now and
then in the mirrors that he unavoid
ably passed, and two or three lnspec- j
tlona convinced him that he needed i
a little renovating. He determined
to wash up a bit at the next toEt,
room. '
NEBRASKA SONGS FOR
CHICAGO ALUMNI FEAST
Charlotte II. Andrus, '92, has writ
tcu to the secretary of the Alumni as
sociation asking for a collection of
Nebraska songs for the annual Ne
braska banquet In Chicago April 27.
i have two songs of my own that
I am going to try out ou the Ne
braskans here, ro you see I am will
ing to be of some use, if possible,"
Miss Andrus writes. She suggests col
lecting the univesitry songs Into a
booklet and giving the music to the
orchestra to play during the banquet.
She says, "I believe it would make a
difference in our enthusiasm if we
have some good stirring songs in
general use."
OMAHA WOMEN HELP
CHILDRENFIND SELVES
Miss Myrtle, Fitz Roberts Tells of
Making Good Citizens of Dis
satisfied Youngsters
Miss' Myrtle Fitz Roberts, of the
Omaha American Collegiate associa
tion, told Wednesday how the Omaha
branch was formed. The women of
Omaha realized how many children
dropped out of school between the
ages of 14 and 15 years and that
these were the ones who, going from
bad to worse, made up the dissatisfied
citizens. The women tried to find out
what was being done in other places,
and they studied the situation in the
larger Omaha firms. The association
was organized with $10 in the treas
ury. The first month $7 was spent
on telephone; SI on a desk; the board
of education paid the office expense.
and they ran the rest of the month
on the remainder. Many girls and
bovs came to the office as a result of
the publicity given in the papers, per
sonal letters, and series of talks given
at the high school. As a result of
the activities of the association, many
youngsters have been guided in choos
ing the work in which they will be
most successsful.
Carolyn Kimball, '18, went to Wy-
more last week to judge a declama
tory contest.
So he entered a place with a little
mirror and a dressing table, a little
bit sweller than some of the
others, but not less attractive for that
reason. Nearby an old gentleman and
his wife were enjoying a friendly
game of cards.
Otoupalik went to the dressing
table, unnoticed by the other occu
pants of the room, washed his hands,
smoothed his hair, mentally powdered
his nose, and picked up a comb. He
ran it through his locks again,
placed 'the comb -tenderly but absent
mindedly In his pocket, and started
to leave the car.
Now It happened that one of the
other wrestlers had missed the cap
tain of the team and started out to
find him. He was horrified to discov
er him In the private apartment, and
watched his actions with breathless
awe at the nerve of the man. When
"Ote" picked up the como and so
nonchalantly put it In his pocket, the
other Cornhusker objected, and firm
ly Insisted that the comb be replaced.
Then they departed, their unconscious
hosts unaware of the visit I
CHAUTAUQUA WORK
IS NOT ALL GRIND
MRS. BOILE.AU SAYS THERE IS
PLAY TO BE FOUND 1HERE
Culture Means Knowing "Something
About Everything and Every
thing About Something"
"I believe that a person, to be real
ly cultured and worth " while, must
know everything about something and
something about everything," quoted
Mrs. Maude Kendall Boileau, in her
talk on "The Call of the Lyceum and
the Chautauqua to Talented Young
Women of Today," at the vocational
conference at Faculty hall yesterday
forenoon. She said a woman whom
she met on the train, a woman who
had been all over the world, told
her this and that she had always
remembered it.
Mrs. Boileau first told how Chautau
qua circuits originated and what re
markable advancement they have
made during the past few years. The
first lyceum was established by James
Redpath in 1868. In 1915 the number
had fcrown to 35,000 chautauquas, com
prising 60,000 sessions, which were at
tended by over 8,000,000 people at an
expenditure of over $5,000,000. Chau
tauqua influences reach over 20,000,000
people annually and are "one of the
greatest factors in educational and
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SOCIAL SERVICE IN
ALL FIELDS OF WORK
MRS. T. F. A. WILLIAMS TALKS
AT GIRLS' CONFERENCE
Real Settlement Work Done in
the Homes of the Poorer
Districts .
"Xhe way to get into touch with
the people who need your help is to
live among them," Mrs. T, Fr A. 'Will
iams said yesterday afternoon, in
speaking of social service work. She
asserted that a friend in Chicago was
right who said: "To see real settle
ment work what you want to visit is
not Hull House, but a little home
down in the Polish district."
Mrs. Williams spoke briefly of the
history of settlment work, which
originated at Oxford university when
a few students attempted to help
some of the poorer people of London.
Jane Addams was one of the first
Americans to take up the work, which
is now growing rapidly.
Mrs. Williams said social service
consisted of either settlement work
or organized charity, the latter being
particularly suitable for rural com
munities. She stated that although
settlement work was handled by the
schools here in Lincoln, there was
a good opportunity to do work in Oma
ha and a still greater opportunity far
ther east The salary of a head work
er, Mrs. Williams said, ranges from
$1,500 to $3,500 a year. The assist
ants receive from $1,000 to $2,000 a
year. A fellowship may be secured
through a school of philanthropy.
She stated that there was a great
need of organized activities In Ne
braska, although much good can be
done through' the h6me. In conclu
sion she said:. "There is no field of
work Into which you may go where
can keep out of social service work;
unless you keep your eyes shuL i
WOMAN PHYSICIAN
MUST LOVE HUMANITY
Some of the requisites of a woman
physician are common sense, moder
ate brain power, iact, patience and
love, of humanity, said Dr. Laura
Brown yesterday afternoon. A woman
should not go into the profession for
the remuneration which she receives,
but for the love of the people. It is
hard for a woman at first because of
the prejudice but women are on the
same plane with the men and receive
the same pay. The women in the pro
fession while in school aie better stu
dents than the men; they are more
methodical, and they know more when
they get through, because they are
more conscientious. Dr. Brown as
serted. GUESS IDENTITY OF
CORNHUSKER GIRLS
Lincoln Merchants Offer Prizes to
Students
Five prizes will be given at the
end of next week by four business men
down town to the university students
who can pick out the eight girls that
were elected recently to the Corn
husker girls' page out of twenty pic
tures that will be placed in Harry
Porter's window tomorrow.
Beginning Monday, each student
will be given a numbered slip upon
which to he or she may write the
names of the eight girls that, in his
or her opinion, were elected to the
girls' page. These will be put in a
box and kept there until Saturday of
next week, hen the winners will
be announced and the prizes awarded.
As a first prize, A. C. Townsend will
give a portrait which can be finished
in any way that the winner desires.
Walt, the music man, will give a $5
ukele, with a couple of selections of
the latest "rags." Tucker & Shean,
jewelers, will give either a pair of
gold cuff .buttons or a bracelet C
H. Frey, the florist will contribute
two dozen American Beauty roses.
Harry Porter will give a Waterman's
fountain pen. In case that there are
more than five cerrect guessers the
prizes will be given to the first five
that guessed correctly.
The Student Should Know-
UNIVERSITY TEMPLE
The university Temple was built in
1906 and 1907 at a cost of $101,000,
which includes the complete fitting up
of the structure. The building was
built by a donation from John D.
Itockefellow, who was a close friend
of Chancellor Andrews, who obtained
$66,000 from him. The remainder of
Uie fund was contributed by the uni
versity faculty, who gave very liber
ally; the Y. M. C. A, the Y. W. C. A,
some citizens of the city and some
women's clubs.
Prior to the building of the Tem
ple, social events were conducted In
the upper stories of University hall.
Acordlngly when Chancellor Andrews
put the condition to young Mr. Rocke
fellow. he made the promise to con
tribute his share for the building,
which was to Include rest music, the
drama, Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A.
rooms, a kitchen and a theatre.
Vc-ry serious objections were raised
by certain citizens over the accept
ance of Mr. Rockefellow's liberal.
gift They Insisted the money was
LIRRARY OFFERS
CULTURAL FIELD
BUT NOT A PLACE FOR THE
AMBITIOUS WOMAN
Miss Home Tells of Advantages and
Disadvantages of Being a
Woman Librarian
"Young people often drift in'o some
line of work by chance, without any
definite aim or preparation to secure
success," affirmed Miss Lulu A. Home
of the Lincoln public library at the
vocational conference yesterday morn
ing, in her talk on "Public Library
Work." She emphasized the fact that
some people are suited for one thing
and some for another, but that in
choosing vocations, a person's talents
and limitations must be taken into
account
"The American library," declared
Miss Home, "is an essentially mod
ern institution. Although it opens a
promising field to well educated wom
en, it is absolutely) closed to the
woman with only a grade school edu
cation." There are no idle hours and
the woman who goes into the work
with the idea of "little to do" and
short hours is very, likely to be dis
appointed. She pointed out that the
delicate woman, the woman who may
like books but who is not a student
and the woman who has ambitions to
rise high in the world have no place
in the library.
Salary Moderate
"For a girl who can be content with
regular work, a moderate salary and
a position that can never be lower
ing," Miss Home declares "the work
is IdeaL" It offers a chance for Intel
lectual advancement by throwing one
continually with books and intellec
tual peole. Contrary to teaching and
many other vocations, cares are
thrown aside at the end of the day.
The first library course was estab
lished at Columbia university In 1887.
Since then courses have been install
ed In the leading colleges, and li
brary schools have come Into exist
ence. In a talk with Miss Home after
ward, she told of the many humorous
experiences she has had. Not long
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I "tainted." ana aitnougn eastern
I i ii. i V .imitn, il.in t innc
western Institutions should not accept
such money. So strong were ihe.r
objections that they came near de
feating the undertaking.
A building committee consisting of
Frank Hall, J. E. Miller, E. H. Clark
and E. H. Barbour was appointed to
have plans drawn up and to hav
charge of the erection of the buiMing.
Plans were drawn by John Latenser,
of Omaha, and the contract let t--
Louis Jensen, of Lincoln.
The overcrowded condition on the
campus compelled the chancellor and
the board of regents to change some
of the rooms of the Temple from their
original purpose to class room usage.
But these will eventually revert back
to their original purpose and it will
become strictly a students' Temple.
Two years after the completion of
the building the contractor brought
suit for certain bills. For some three
years the matter has been in court
A decision was handed down in Feb
ruary, 1916, In favor of the commit
tee.
