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George E. Grimes.... Managing Editor
jiiva i. xauier Associate ouv
John Cejnar.... Associate Editor
RUSIMESS STAFF
M. L. Poteet Business Manager
Roy Harney.. Asst. Business Manager
REPORTORIAL 8TAFF
Ivan G. Beede Marguerite Kauffman
Jean Burroughs Edgar D. Klddoo
ViTienne Holland John Wenstrand
Ruth Morgan Fern Noble
Offices: News. Basement, University
Hall. a ,
Business, Basement, Admin
istration Building.
Tlphons; News, L-8R58.
BuolneBS, B-2597.
Published daily, except Saturday and
8unday, during the college year.
Subscription, per semester 11.00
Entered at the postofflce at Lincoln,
Nebraska, as second-class mail matter,
tinder the act of Congress of March
3, 1879.
BRIEF BITS OF NEWS
Roland Huggins of Cornell univer
sity will speak to the World Polity
club April 27.
Nellie Jones, '13, has been re-elected
for the fourth time as principal of the
Pilger high school.
The Peru club will meet next Sat
urday evening at 8 o'clock with Prof,
and Mrs. Herbert Brownell, 2434 Q
6treet.
There will be a junior class meet
ing this morning at 11:30 o'clock in
Law 101. The purpose of the meeting
is to decide whether or not the busi
ness manager of the junior play shall
receive a salary for his work.
The College World
The Komnesy Klub is preparing a
play which will be presented in the
Temple theatre on the night of May I
10. A play will be put on in this
theatre by this club every year from
now on. Prof. Sarka Hrbkova is in
charge of the play.
The agricultural engineer's semi
nar will be held tonight at 7:30
o'clock at the residence of Prof. L.
W. Chase, 1245 North Thirty-third
street. Prof. A. A. Baer will talk on
"Manual Training in Nebraska
Schools." A. W. Tell will speak on
"Rural Economics in Practice."
Financial statement of the Univer
sity Commercial club banquet held
at the Lincoln hotel, April 7, 1916, is
as follows:
Total receipts, $65.
Total expenditures: Tlates for ban
quet, $58,65; cigars, $7; advertising,
$2.50; printing, $6; photo of banquet
ers 60c; doorkeeper. $1; total, $75.75;
net loss, $10.75. C. E. Hinds, chair
man. Audited April 24, 1916. T. A.
Williams, agent student activities.
Financial statement of the Engi
neer's hop held at the Rosewllde
party house April 15, 1916, is as fol
lows :
Total receipts, $106.25.
Total expenditures: Doorkeeper,
$1.50; printing, $17.75; rental hall,
$25: refreshments and service, $20;
music, $21; total, $85.25; net profit,
$21. P. M. McCullough, chairman
Audited April 24, 1916. T. A. Will
lams, agent student activities.
Printing that's better, at Boyd's, 121
North 11th.
After dinner dances at Mccormick's
Cafe. Open till 1 p. m. 129 South
Twelfth street
E. M. Cramb. A.B., B.O., Uni. of Ne
braska, '99, Osteopathic Physician,
Burlington Blk., 13th and O Sts
Phone B-2734. 4-6 to 6-6
A FLUNKER WHY?
Why is it that so many of the stu
dents who enter any one of our uni
versities and colleges as freshmen
never leave that particular Institution
of learning as seniors? Is it on ac
count of financial troubles; can it be
that the curriculum is too difficult, or
is it because the man or woman in
question does not realize the serious
ness of the problem that must neces!
sarily be solved, until it Is too late?
Statistics show that in some of the
larger institutions of learning nearly
50 per cent disappear before gradu
ation day arrives. In almost every
case these young people enter upon
their university careers full of hope
and confidence; they leave at the end
of a year or two possessed of a spirit
of discouragement and dejectedness.
Many reasons have been advanced
relative to the cause of the failures,
but among the different influences
there is probably no one that stands
out any clearer than the fact that
the average student is "unprepared."
William H. Faunce, president of
Brown university, recently wrote a
short article which he has chosen to
style, "Are you prepared to stay in
college?" A few of the facts as glean
ed by President Faunce, after a care
ful Btudy of this question, are pre
sented at this time for your consideration:
"The trouble with many boys when
they enter college Is not that they
have bad habits, but that they have
no habits at all. Not that they are
going wrong, but that they are 'not
going anywhere.
"They are versatile, attractive and
aimless.
"They cannot focus their minds for
an hour on any object or subject.
"They are distracted minds, bun
dles of scattered energies.
"They know a hundred things on
the surface, nothing down to the
roots.
"They have ten times as much In
formation as their fathers had at the
same age, and yet do not know the
meaning of work.
"They are dazzled by a constantly
changing world.
"They can tell the l.ame of every
automobile that whizzes by the front
door, but cannot solve any problem
that demands twenty minutes of hon
est thinking.
"They are charming young fellows
to know, but nearly useless in any
college or in any business office.
"They are not 'self-starters;' they
must be cranked constantly by some
employer or teacher, or they cannot
move.
To be prepared means to have ac
quired a real ambition. It means the
power to say 'no' to foolish things
and 'yes' to the big things of life.
"It means to possess a backbone
that is more than a 'chocolate
eclair.' It means getting done with
'klddlshness' and resolving to play
the man. He who is still a child
In fickle purpose and flabby will
should stay out of the college which
will treat him as a man." Purdue
Exponent.
COUNTRY EDITORS
AND THE FUTURE
The conference of country editors
now in progress was planned primari
ly as an aid and inspiration to the
newspaper men of the state. It is
more than likely that such a purpose
will be realized to a greater op. less
extent. A series of more elaborate
and more helpful conferences in the
future will be the outcome of the pres
ent gathering. The benefits will be
multiplied wfth each succeeding year,
until the statewide press will feel the
impulse for cleaner, saner, more hon
est news, born of these modest be
ginnings. A similar method for build
ing up the small papers has been used
in several other states with marked
success. The department of Journal
ism of Kansas university has carried
on extension work with the country
newspapers that shows excellent re
sults. Some work of that nature is
done in Missouri, California, Wash
ington, Montana, and several other
states, mostly in the west. There
seems little doubt that the newspa
per conference idea will prove suc
cessful in Illinois, from the standpoint
of the editors.
But In reality, the greatest effect of
the present conference, and those that
will follow it, is to be felt by the fu
ture country and city publication edi
tors now in school. There Is nothing
more inspiring to the youth in college
than to come in touch with men who
are succeeding in his own chosen pro
fession. Through them he begins to
see what Is ahead. Visions of a career
begin to take definite form out of the
hazy ideals he has been following.
Most college men choose their life
work in much the same manner that
they would a pair of shoes or a silk
handkerchief If it happens to look
well at a distance or If someone else
has liked It that is enough. When the
commencement festivities are over
and the graduate sets out to live the
life he has chosen, the chances are
strong he will be disappointed. In
a surprisingly large number of cases,
college graduates jump from their
chosen path into something altogether
unexpected. And it is fortunate that
they do. Every influence which helps
men to know before they leave college
what they are best fitted to do is pro
fitable. Herein lies one of the greatest
benefits of the newspaper conference.
There is not a college journalist on
the campus who has not been inspired
with a greater devotion to his chosen
profession, or pretty well convinced
that he is not cut out for a newspa
perman, through association with the
editors gathered in the Twin Cities.
Illinois newspapers of the future will
reflect the principles of good journal
ism suggested by the leaders of te
present conference. Daily Illini.
STUDENTS TO EDIT DAILY
Students of the school ofjournalism
at the state University of Montana
will edit the Missoula Sentinel dur
ing the week of the annual inter
scholastic games, May 9-13. In addi
tion to covering the meet, the stu
dents will be in complete charge of
the editorial department of the daily
newspaper.
HOBO CLUB AT MONTANA
The Hobo club of the University
of Montana offers free board and
lodging to all students of rival
schools who beat their way to Mis
soula to see their teams compete with
Montana.
GABY GOES
Gaby Deslys sails from New York
April 29, going to London. Harry Pil
cer will accompany her. Last week,
Gaby spent in Boston, dodging pro
cess servers who were endeavoring to
collect debts from her.
German Lunch and Cafe, R. C.
Schelder, manager. 1121 P street
The Mogul Barber Chop, S. L. Chap
lin, proprietor, 127 North Twelfth.
Meal tickets, $5.60 for $4.50, 117
North Twelfth. Newbert Cafe.
Beott's Orchestra, Call. B-14SI.
G. E. Spear, B. Sc., M. D., Univer
sity of Nebraska, '03; physician and
surgeon. 1417 O St. B-3021.
GRAVES PRINTING CO.
SPECIALISTS-UNIVERSITY PRINTING
THI
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Telephones B2311 and B3355
333 North 12th St.
Gleaners, Pressors, Dyers
For; the "Work and Service tfcat
Pleases." Call B1311. The Beet
Equipped Diy Cleaning Plant la tae
West One day aerrloe if meedei.
Reasonable prices, food work, proajt
serrloe. Repairs to men's (ameats
carefully made.
Do You Hear the Call?
Just now the demand for qualified office help and experienced com
mercial teachers exceeds the supply. What are you doing to fit your
self for your opportunity when It comes? Commercial Instructors
draw big pay. We are the only school In the West specializing In this
field. Ask us about It. Catalog free.
Nebraska School of Business
Corner O and 14th Sts.
Lincoln, Nebraska
CO-OP
BOOS
Student
Supplies
A. H. Peden
C S TP OKE
318 No. 11th
Phone L 4610
College Book Store
Facing Campus
Where the Student goes.
The University School of Music
RELIABLE INSTRUCTION IN ALL
BRANCHES OF
Dramatic Art Aestbstls Dane!;
ASK FOR INFORMATION
WILLARD KIMBALL, Director
Opposite Campus
11th &R Sts.
WE WANT A YOUNG MAN
for the summer. Can make it permanent employ
ment if satisfactory. "Write or call on
Old Line Bankers Life
Lincoln, Neb.
14th and N Sts.