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The Daily nebraskan
V()l. XIX. NO. 5.
RHODES APPLICANTS
TO APPLY SATURDAY
Examinations Are Not Required
for Entrance Into Scholar
ship This Year.
Excellent Facilities at Oxford
Twenty-eight Week Vaca
tion is Attractice.
The Rhodes scholarship committee
with Chancellor Avery as chairman.
Professor Rice, and Paul Good an
nounces that all candidates must see
some member of this committee or the
university committee before Septem
ber 27 and secure applications. The
university committee composed of Dr.
Lees', Dean Duck, mid Professor Jones
will assist in selecting the candidates.
Nebraska's quota for the scholarship
has been set at eight candidates. The
applicant must be a citizen of the.
United States, unmarried and between
the ages of nineteen and twenty-five.
Two years' work must have been com
pleted in one school .Residence in
this state is not essential.
One of the new changes which the
Rhodes commission has made this
year is the elimination of the entrance
examinations. The purpose is to elim
inate the "greasy grind" for one who
is an all around American man. Per
sonality is essential, and a fairly rea
sonable amount of ability in general
subjects.
Greek, which has for so many years
been one of the main requirements in
the examinations, has practically been
'eliminated and will not be considered
necessary for the applicant. Because
of the increase of expenditures the
$1,500 yearly fee which the commis
sion grants each student will be in
sufficient to meet all requirements so
that $250 must be added by the stu
dent to carry his expenses through the
three .years. This sum will enable
the student to travel during the sum
mer months as is always' the custom
of the Rhodes men.
All Branches Open.
All branches of study are open to
the Rhodes men and are as complete
as will be found anywhere as the col
leges are equipped with modern equip
ment and laboratories as in any other
school. Twenty colleges are open for
application for entrance at Oxford.
Many of the old buildings date back
to 1400 A. D. and are covered with Old
English Ivy which lends' to the build
ing the true English asmosphere. One
Interesting feature of Oxford is the
vacations, which consist of six weeks
at Christmas, six weeks at Easier, and
sixteen weeks during the summer.
This leaves twenty-four weeks only of
actual school attendance. The time is
divided up into three terms of eight
weeks duration.
The vacations are spent traveling
to the various parts of the continent.
Many students spend a majority of
their time in the mountains of Swit?
erland others' go to the ruins of Rome,
and this year will afford the oppor
tunity to visit the battlefields of
France. A certain amount of time is
required for study during these vaca
tions but this can be easily managed
along with the travel. The majority
of the time while attending the col
lege is spent attending lectures which
give to the students a splendid op
portunity to meet and with men from
all parts of the world which is the
idea of the Rhodes' Trust. There is
also a flourishing American club
where the men from the United
States can congregate, read home
papers and stimulate Yankee spirit.
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FIFTEEN HUNDRED
MEN REGISTER IN
MILITARY SCIENCE
The first meeting of the class In
Military Science will be held Tues
day evening at the Temple Theatre.
Everyone registered for this subject
must attend this assembly. At the
meeting Col. Morrison will outline the
work for the coming term and will
classify the men. The men are cau
tioned to keep a close watch on the
Rag and Bulletin boards since they
will be used by the officials as the
sole means of announcing any chang
es in the department.
Over one thousand men have regis
tered for military science at the city
campus and more are coming In at
this late hour. Over three hundrer
are expected In the Junior department
at the State Farm.
There will be three units In the de
partment this year In place of one
as In former years. The student will
have his choice of Infantry. Field Ar
tillery or Motor Transport Service.
All these branches have very able
instructors.
Chancellor Samuel Avery Tells of Progress
of Nebraska University Within Last Decade
The opening convocation of the Un
iversity of Nebraska for the school
year 1919-20 was addressed by Chan
cellor Samuel Avery at 11 o'clock ihis
morning. The subject of the ad.'.re.ts
was tho pr.-gresH of the -university
during tho past decade. For exact
ly that number of years Dr. Avery has
hold the chancellor's chair This his
tory la In a sense typical oi tho life
of any middle western university and
of the social ilevolopinen of a largo
area of tne country. In a word, it Is
the story of an institution whop?
m n and women are trained for active
and useful citizenship. The chancellor
served the United States govern mcnt,
during the war bh a major In the
chemical warfare division. Many
other members of the faculty as well
as students served in various capaci
ties. University of Nebraska was
the seat of General Pershing's activi
ties about a quarter of a century ago
for he was formerly commandant of
cadets in this Institution and In l.K!:
he was there given" the degree of
LL.B.
Chancellor Avery said in part:
"The advancement of the University
of Nebraska hits been due very large
ly to the fact that we have here felt
strongly the growth of the movement
for higher education supported by the
state, a movement which had its Itieip
iency in the University of Michigan
many years ago and is finding! its
highest development in the grout
central section of our country and the
Pacific Coast. Nebraska has not been
alone in this development. Other
states have surpassed it but the a er
ase of ability to support and willing
ness to support has been undoubtedly
as high in the state of Nebraska as in
any state of the Union.
Students pass thru the Univeisrty
in a few years, boards of regent3
change, executive officers come and
go, even alumni may follow diffeient
leaders, faculties slowly and gradualf
ly change but the constant and contin
uing support and regard of a great
democratic people, some not hignly
educated but nearly all intelligent,
mostly neither very rich nor very poor,
is the securest, support for the prog
ress of any institution and this sup
port on the average constantly in
eeasing, never receding, has been the
greatest factory in the upbuilding of
the institution.
Free from Politics
No institution has been freer from
embarrassment of demagogues and
cheap politicians and few have re
ceived more cordial, non partisan sup
port from enlightened, broad-minded
public men. I know of no institution
i-nywhore that has been able to con
flucL its business with legislators, state
officers, public school officials, more
nearly on the basis of friendly rela
tions with all and entangling alliances
with none! than the University of
; Nebraska."
The Chancellor reviewed the mater
ial growth from one small campus with
American Graduates May Enter ,
Courses In
The pursuance of Advanced Study
and Research by graduates of Ameri
can Universities In the Universities of
the British Empire has been greatly
facilitated by the recent adoption of a
resolution for the reorganization of
these coursese In the Universities of
the United Kingdom for the reorgani
zation of their courses in advanced
work, according to a letter to Chan
cellor Avery from the Universities
Bureau of the British Empire.
Graduates from certain American
Universities to be announced later
may enter the graduate courses' of the
British Universities upon the entrance
terms of the American Universities.
Educational leaders look forward to
greater opportunities for our college
students and to a closer brotherhood
between the two great English-speaking
nations.
Following Is the text of the letter:
"Universities' Bureau of the
British Empire.
Imperial Institute,
London, S. W. 7.
Sept 1. 1919.
FRESHMEN WILL HOLD
CONVOCATION THURSDAY
A convocation for all freshmen will
be held Thursday morning at eleven
o'clock. The boys will meet In the
Armory and the girls In the Temple.
The Innocents and Black Masques re
spectively have charge of the pro
prams. At this time the new people!
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CHANCELLOR SAMUEL AVERY
small equipment of fifty years ago to
(ho present broadly spreading campus
in the city of Lincoln and the beauti
ful campus at the outer edge of Mho
eity where agricultural interests aie
chiefly developed. He showed how
difierent sites out in the state hid
been selected and station work organ
ized to provide for the varying needs
of the state at large. Commodious
buildings of harmonious architecture
adapted to the work of different de
partments Of the university have been
planned and erected. The last ten
years has seen a very material im
provement and advance in this mati
ial aspect of the institution.
"A brief survey of the development
of the University's activities in the
western part of the state will convince
any unprejudiced person that, tho leg
islators and the regents have been
sympathetic to the needs of this meat
and rapidly developing portion of our
commonwealth. We now feel confi
dent that people can live and prosper,
that as high civilization and as groat
culture can be developed on the so
called arid plains as .anywhere in tne
state if certain fundamental fads are
taken into consideration, but that any
atlempt 'to transport agricultural
methods of regions of ample rainfall
without a careful consideration ct lo
cal conditions are bound to end in fail
ures. Farming can be made as pro
fitable there as anywhere, it' extended
ever greater time and greater space.
A larger acreage, the use of tractors,
proper blending of farming with stock
ii ising, an ability to conduct opera
tions on the basis of ten year aver
ages rather than dependence on an im
mediate ciop, these words tell the
story that ends with success and not
failure.
The School at Curtis
The farm at North Platte acquired
British Universities
To the Chancellor,
Dear Sir:
"In pursuance of a resolution of the
Standing Committee of Vice Chan
cellors and Principals of Universities
of the United Kingdom I am sending
you herewith a first installment of
pamphlets relating to Advanced Study
and Research. Others will follow.
"All the Universities of the United
Kingrom have now adopted the Ph. D.
degree.
"The degree is' obtainable in any
faculty by graduate students of any
approved university. It involves a
course of study extending over two
years and the presentation of a thesis
exhibiting evidence of original in
vestigation and thought.
"I hope to be able to send you,
later, a list of the American Univer
sities from which BrUsh Universities'
have agreed to accept graduate stu
dents on the same terms as their
own.
"It Is earnestly desired that there
may, In future, be a steady flow of
migrants In both directions.
Yours faithfully,
ALEX HILL, Secretary."
assemble for the purpose not only of
becoming acquainted, but more es
pecially to learn of their alma ma'ter.
Prominent people of the senior class,
as well as the faculty, will give talks
which will convey to the new students
an Idea of what the university means,
and bow they may fit themselves intoi
their new lives nd possibilities.
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18 years ago has been exceedingly
valuable in determining just those con
ditions, both Hgricultural and econom
ic, under which the so-calod arid por
tion of the state can bo successfully
handled. The experiment at. M Ion
work at North Platte has been sup
plemented by a school at Curtis which
will endeavor to do in a teaching way
what the Station is doing in an ex
perimental way, and it is believed that
:he graduates of this school, having
(he great advantage of being educated
in the environment in which they will
work, will be, an important factor in
developing the less developed western
sections of the state. The farm of fiOO
acres and buildings and improvements
valued at $200,000 with an increasing
faculty and student body represent
1 1. is phase of the University's educa
tional development in western Ne
braska. ,
For twenty years I have made occa
sional visits to the best Irrigated lands
in the country. 1 used to wonder whe
ther there could be duplicated in the
North Platte Valley some of the gar
den spots of Colorado, Utah and Iaa
lio. Those who have visited that won
derful section recently will begin to
wonder whether as the years revolve
these older cases in the so-called
American Desert can keep pace with
this newer development, within (he
borders of our own state. The devel
opment due primarily to the fosteiing
care of the federal government and
the inherent energy and intelligence
of the people has been supplemcnioa
by the work of the state at the ex
periment station lying equally distant
from Mitchell and Scoltsbluff, a' sta
tion just ten years old conducted o
"operatively by the University and the
federal government. It is doubt firi if
any expenditure of the state's money
has produced such large returns in
FRATERNITIES LOSE
$1,000 TO THIEVES
Night Visitors Make Neat Hauls
While Greek Letter Men
Slumber.
Ameteur Burglars Appear to
Have Little Use for Watches
and Jewelry.
Fraternity houses in the southern
part of Lincoln have suffered finan
cially to the extent of approximately
$1,000 as the retult of the work of a
gang of burglars. Five houses were
entered Friday, Saturday, and Sun
day nights, and the thieves have not
been caught according to reports
from the police.
The following amounts were taken
from each house in cash amounts:
Alpha Tau Omega. $350; Sigma Nu,
$30; Phi Delta Theta, $200, Beta Theia
Pi, $120, Chi Omega, sorority, $50.
The men in each house are of the
opinion that the thieves entered about
five o'clock In the morning. It Is also
believed that It is the work of the
same parties who ransacked frater
nity houses last spring. The, police
declare the night leitors are ama
teurs. Money Is only desired. Watches,
jewelry and other valuable articles
remained unionched.
Tollce officials have been working
on fresh eluosand a number of per
sons are 8u."pepd as Implicated In
the recent operations.
I wraith to the slate lis Ibis experiment
I station. As the work In so-called dr
j i t .lng at North I'l.nto h.is been : up
I ! i, ent.-d ly i he school at Curl!.-, ho
i i i Hint lull Is to be supplemented by
a School ot Irrigation :u Scot isl lui'f.
I It designed lo make this hri a
lnhmil for practical Irrluaiorx to : ervo
tin- needs of ihe portion. second, a
biniuh of the Engineering College
i- I. ,-by i r: ineei'M who may lake the
j ' ill i: I :;. I ion ellloi prl cs ecu re
Iceive practical training In Held work
in i i'parlng for their future proles
slon. Finally, the expeiimenl station ai
V: l inlne exacily ten years old, c.o
yi'tinl to servo Ihe sandhill country.'
wiili commodious buildings and ample
I'll.!, has been working fallhfulv to
solve problems thai arise in llm. sec
Hon. If the limit verdict of ihis ex
periment Hal Ion. located as it is in
ilui: wonderful cattle country, rlnl! be
to advocate the doctrine that there tho
methods of nature are lo be assisted
but not reconstructed, that the natural
vegetation of Ihe range is to be pro
tot led. that the advice to people about
to drive the plow through the sandy
soil is to simply "don't," the negative
rtsul.s will be worth many liiii".-' Ihe
cos i .
A Host of Colleges
l It seems Incredible as one looks
back that ten years ago there was
no Engineering College, no Agricultu
ral College, though, of course, i-meh
work in these subjects was given in
the old industrial college. The teach
ers College had just been organized by
act of the regents but had not been
ratilletl by the legislature. The Me.ll
cal College, as I have pointed out, was
physically and financially a private in
stitution. Colleges of pharmacy, busi
ness administration, and dentistry had
not been organized, although much of
the work now included in these col
leges was cared for in the College of
Arts and Sciences or the Indusuial
of Ihe University. In some cases leg
islative enactment causing the estab
lishment of a college has merely re
cognized and reorganized work prev
iously in existence, but in each case it
has resulted in the strengthening and
Ihe emphasizing of the work prcious
ly given. Much of Ihis reorganization
was done by the Legislature on the in
sistent demand of large groups of tax
payers." '
In tin- decade the college of arts
and sciences has increased three fold
altho students formerly coun'ou in
that college are now enrolled in tho
newly formed college of business ad
ininisin.i i' n, the colleges also new of
pharmac and deniisiry. The faculiy
in the college of aits and science;; has
increased from approximately 70 to
tei l'Kl. It still mainia;ns lirs1 rank
in ihe 1'niversily both in the number
of st udcii is, teachers and general in
fluence throughout the state.
The college of agriculture has
(Continued on Page Three)
SALVATION ARMY
CAMPAIGN FRIDAY
$1,000 Has Been Set for Univer
sity Goal No Cne Exempt
From Drive.
The University of Nebraska will t?o
its part in the Salvation Army cam
paign next Friday. The university's
goal has been placed at $1,000. The
campaign will be fostered under the
supervision of the Innocents who win
work among the men and by a repre
sentative body of co-eds who expect
10 solicit subscriptions among the wo
men. The names of the co-eds wno
will assist in the drive will be an
nounced later.
Friday has been declared as tag day
on the city and farm campus. It is
the intention of the' financial workers
to exempt no one from donating to
the university's quota. A drag net
will be thrown over the campus and
It Is expected that the goal will be
reached early In the day. Any amount
from one cent to one hundred dollars
will be accepted. It is planneu to
give buttons to. those giving larger
amounts.
A concentrated effort is to be waged
in the fraternities and sororities In
connection with the campaign. Ross
P. Curtis offers to the sorority secur
ing the largest subscription a Victrola,
which will be placed In the Woman's
building. To the fraternity having the
largest donation Mrs. Ed. Dierks will
give a billiard table and will be given
to the Y. M. C. A. Plates bearing the
names of the winning fraternity will
be placed on these gifts.
.. KIVK rKNTS T,,K ,,)1V
HUSKERS TURNOUT
IN LARGE NUMBERS
Ideal Weather Permits Rigid
Tootb. 11 Practice on the
Athletic Field.
SchuHc 0 atomistic Over Record
Breaking Attendance at
Monday's Scrimmage.
Fa. n. rit i.., n'i,.ct w'iiii.- tho
I Mi'l.u'l '.in;,,! w.IU ihi-miirh three
I. iu: s i 'i ha I'd last pim iic, ,, ,i.
Mlih-iie II. Ill .(imlu HfU'riiiiiii). There
v . to: t i lii re ireshinen and ilnlrty.
..ir wi'Mt rnn.Hibtrs in nulls, the
l.-i-'.'( i uiMi.hrr to report for practice
this yi-ni. -Kili" ii;,y was hi i nter
In one ot tin- wnsity squads. IdibKa,
Schellrtilirnx ami Lyman were num
bered among the mKing.
"Huh," Shelly" mill Lyman a;r ex
peeled nut tniiuiritiw hut It w no"
known definitely whether or no. Sam
Keliogg w ill liiv up with the hoys . r
in it this year, i.ut gossip litis It t':at
Sam is almost sure to he in the line
tipsoon. When t'oinhusker bleacher
itos see these tour men on Ihe field
they will he lieenred to feel that the
good old days and better have re
turned. Coach Sehulte divided the varsity
into (wo squads Monday afternoon.
He look charge of the following
bunch: quarter, Newman and Ilow
arth; center. Day; ends, Anthes and
Swanson; tackles. Wilder and Young;
guartls, Wade and Monte Munn;
halves, Debson and Henry; fullbacki
Dale.
Assistant coach Schlssler drilled
the following squad of varsity men:
quarter, McGlasson; fullback, Cypre
anson; halves, Russell and Jobes;
ends, Lanphere and Hussey; tackles,
Wray and Jungmeyer; guards, Collins
and Cox; center, Trlpplett.
There has been no scrimmage yet
for the varsity. Signals, passes, charg
ing, line tactics, carrying the ball, and
getting under punts was the program
yesterday. The forty-four freshmen
were divided into three squads. Two
of these yearling teams staged a
scrimmage while the other run sig
nals. Vars'ty Applicants.
The t'ollowinc men have report pd
for varsity practice:
Paul Dohson, capt.
'Dill" Day
Wilder, Harold
Munn, Monte
Munn, Watlo
Jobes, Kay
How-art h. Harry
Young, Farley
Swanson, C. K.
Newman. "Dick"
Shaw, Lawrence
Lanphere. K. 10.
Iloyt, c. K.
Cypri-iiiison. ('.
Otteiistein. I'.
Hussey, J. W.
Kilist. W. O.
Henry. Stanley
Dale. Fred
llogue, Todi'ord
Wray. K. 11.
McGlasson. II.
Cox, Oakley
Tripplott, "Dirk'
Collins. "Johnny"
Delisinnre, L. D
Dana, Herbert
Russell, ft. ('.
Jungmeyer. Waiter
Anthes. O. II
Stromer, B. W.
Hecklortl. L. V.
Moult on. C. I ".
Wright, Floyd
(Continued on Page Four.)
MEDICAL COLLEGE
REPORTS MONDAY
TRIPLE ENROLLMENT
Registration at the stale university
reached a total of 3723 late on Mon
day. This included the enrollment in
the Omaha medical college but did
not include that of the Curtis agri
cultural school. A year ago at a
corresponding hour in the registration
the registration was 2731. counting
Omaha. Two years ago it was 2241.
and three years ago. which was en
titled the "banner year" by one of
the deans, the number was 2939. This
gives close to one hundred thousand
more total than ever before.
Dean Irving Cutter of the Medical
College reported by long distance that
the enrollment in his college was 190.
This triples the registration with
which the college began six years
ago. The enrollment by classes in
the medical college gives tie follow
ing figures: seniors 43. Jt-niors 4S.
sophomores 27, freshmen 72. The
crund total of registration In the
medical college has been as follows
for the years designated:.
1918 175 1916 146 1914 ?4
1917 155 1915 112 1913