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VOL. I.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1916.
NO. 12.
BOHEMIAN STUDENT WRITES
OF RUSS!AHVAR PRISON
Prisoners Long For Something to
Read
Prof. Sarka B. Hrbkova of the Sla
Touic Department Is in receipt of a
letter from a prisoner of war in a
Russian concentration camp at Za
pordze, in the Catherine district
(Efcaterinoslarska Gub). In the letter,
the yong man, formerly a student in
the University of Prague, and a sub
scriber for many years to the "Ko
mensky. the official organ of the Bo
hemian student clubs in America,
asks for some Bohemian reading mat
ter for himself and fellow prisoners.
He says. "The Russians treat us well
and we do not lack for any material
necessities, but we are hungry for
something to read in our own language.
Please send us anything at all. even
old newspapers will be welcomed by
myself and comrades with great joy."
The letter was written April 24. was
passed by the censor April 27th. left
Petrograd May 15th. and reached
Lincoln June 26th.
BOOKS ON RURAL LIFE
A list of 21 books on rural com
munity life, dealing with its problems
and their solution, was prepared by
the College of Agriculture for the pas
tors, teachers, and other rural life
workers in attendance at the recent
Rural Life Conference at the Univer
sity Farm. The list may be had by
writing to the Extension Service, Col
lege of Agriculture. Lincoln.
Miss Theresa B. Johnson of the Lin
coln Business College, who finishes her
university course at the close of the
summer session, has accepted a posi
tion as principal of the commercial de
partment of the Cloquet, Minn. High
School. Her work begins in September.
Among the Summer Students
Superintendent Hamersly of Villisca,
Iowa
Among the leading and successful
school superintendents attending the
University Summer Session is Super
intendent Owen Hamersly of VWisca.
Iowa. Mr. Hamersly was born near
Oitumwa, Ioma, where he attended the
elementary schools. He later attend
ed the Agency high school and grad
uated from the loma State Teachers'
College. His record as an educator
Las been made in Iowa and covers
tire years as superintendent at Letts,
tve years at the head of the Tabor
schools and one year of service at
Villi sea. which has been rewarded
with a three year contract. The Vil
lisca schools employ nineteen teachers
and include a total enrollment of over
six hundred pupils ICO in the high
school and about 459 in the grades.
Mr. Hamersly has the vision to see
the large opportunities In his work
and the administrative skill to realize
them, coupled with a bountiful good
CONVOCATIONS
Thursday, July 6 Professor Jones
"The Balkan Situation" (continued).
Friday. July 7 Dean Luckey. "The
Function of Research in Teacher
Training" (continued-.
Saturday. July 8 Professor Hrbkova.
"The Immigration Problem" (continued).
SORENSON ACCEPTS POSITION
IN REEFRENCE BUREAU
Director Sheldon is Making Nebraska
Films' During Summer
C. E. Sorenson, Law '16. who has.
during the past year, been practicing
law in Grand Island, has accepte-l the
position of assistant director and legal
counselor of the Nebraska Legislative
Reference Bureau.
Mr. Sorenson was editor-in-chief of
the Daily Nebraskan the first semester
of 1914-15. and was scholar in the
department of Political Science and
Sociology during the last year of hi?
law course. His predecessor in the
Reference Bureau was Thome Browne.
'06, who becomes secretary of the State
Railway Commission.
Mr. Sorenson takes up his work in
the Bureau at once.
Director Sheldon of the Bureau, is
spending the summer in the state in
research work for Nebraska history.
His plan is especially to gather photo3
and motion picture films to be ued in
courses on Nebraska history. He has
taken some successful pictures at Ash
Hollow and Gen. Harvey"s Battle Field.
Mr. Sheldon is at present at Morrill,
from where he goes to Wyoming.
EXTRA COPIES OF STUDENT
DIRECTORY
Several extra copies of the Nebras
kan issues containing the Summer
School student directory, have been
kept and any one desiring extra copies
of the directory may have same by
calling at the Student Activities ofi5ce.
nature that wins him a wide friendship.
Two ideas worked out in the Villisca
schools during the past year have been
generally commended as unusually
helpful to the educational interests of
the community. They are the Parent
Teachers Association and the "Oppor
tunity Room." How Mr. Hamersly
bas applied this idea of "special ser
vice" is best told by himself:
T have found in my experience, as
doubtless every school man has. that
every year there are in our school quite
a number of pupils who fail to make
their grade. On investigation. I have
been convinced that this number is
considerably greater than it should be.
So I decided last fall to try out the
Idea of The Opportunity Room la
our grades we enroll an average oi
425 pupils and I have one teacher
whose only work is helping out those
pupils who for one reason or ano'her
are needing a boost.
"I find four classes of pupils who
need the help of the Opportunity
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UNIVERSITY PICNIC
NEXT WEDNESDAY
Wednesday afternoon has been set
as the date of the university picnic.
Tickets will be sold in advance, prob
ably being placed on Bale Friday. A
live ticket committee has been ap
pointed and five hundred people are
expected to come out in order to insure
the success of the picnic. Committees
should have their plans perfected by
tomorrow.
CALDWELL DISCUSSES RESULTS
OF AMERICAN WARS
How to Avoid Future Wars is World's
Problem
Professor Caldwell finished his lec
ture Friday on "American Contribu
tions to World's Governmental Prin
ciples." He dwelt particularly on the
results of the wars in which the United
States has been engaged since the
Revolution. Professor Caldwell, though
himself an opponent of war. lays great
stress upon the results which have
come from our nation's wars.
Through the War of 1S12 we secured
world standing and increased consider
ation for the rights of neutrals; the
Mexican War we were enabled to give
American institutions to California and
New Mexico; through the Civil War
we gave the death blow to human
slavery in the world, and the chance
for the equal development of the races.
The problem which now faces the
world, according to Professor Caldwell.
is to educate the people to the point
where the gains which have only been
possible through wars in the past, may
in the future be made in the ways of
peace.
THRILLING SPORT IN
GIRLS' GYM CLASS
The women of the Summer School
who are enrolled in the Normal Train
ing Gym class are getting the thrills
of the battles of sport at first hand.
Volley ball, socer and indoor baseball
are being acquired with a vim. The
accuracy of the ladies in a practice
game of the last-named sport last
Thursday was simply marvelous. All
the players were stars, but especially
scintillating in their brilliancy were
Jessie Lehr and Ethel Lindsey. Query:
How did the reporter see the game?
SWIMMING CLASSES
AT LINCOLN HIGH
Beginning tomorrow there will be
girls swimming classes three times a
week at Lincoln High School. Tickets
for twelve lessons, costing $2, are on
Uale. Women in the Summer School
' are urged to take advantage of the
opportunity offered.
Miss Cornelia Frazier. '16. is In
-harge of the class.
Mr. E. M. Colbert, of the Lincoln
Business College, principal of the
Sioux County High School, is taking
summer school work at the State Uni
versity, and is also preparing to in
stall a commercial department in his
school this fa'.L
GERMAN KLUB ENTERTAINED
BY ALEXIS QUARTETTE
Picnic is Planned For Next Friday
at the Farm
Last Friday the German Klub met
and proceeded at once to the planning
of the regular Summer Picnic which
is to be held this-year on the coming
Friday, July 7. The members of the
Klub and all friends (that means you),
are to take the 5:30 car in the after
noon for the Farm Campus. For fur
ther information kindly consult any
member of the committee whose name3
are posted on the Library bulletin
board.
Having disposed of the plans for
future pleasures the Klub gave its at
tention to present ones. As announced
in the Nebraskan the German Klub had
the privilege of entertaining the mem
bers of the Alexis Quartette (Gerhard,
Crispin, Oscar), who during the earlier
months of the war were making a suc
cessful tour in various European
cities. One member of this quartette
was not able to be present and Profes
sor Alexis with his strong tenor voice
restored the quartette to its original
strength. The following selections
from German, Swedish and English
songs were renderd with accomplish
ment and all around mastery of the
necnique:
"Dane liksom askan, broder," Quar
tette. "Merrily Goes Our Bark."
Tenor solo. "Still wie die nacht,"
Gerhard Alexis. . .
"Herdens Sondags Sang," Quartette.
"Tor's Song."
Whistling solo Bird Imitation,
Oscar Alexis.
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CAPTAIN BURNHAM OF CO. H
Burnham. who received his A, B.
from the University last spring and
who was major of the first cadet bat
talion last year and colonel-elect for
next year, is captain of Company H.
Wayne. 4th regiment, encamped on
State Fair grounds.