Thursday. April 13, 1922.
Two Former Students To Come
From India For Cornhusker Roundup
All the way from India to Nebras
ka for the big Cornhusker Roundup
the first three days in June!
That is Quite a record and promises
to tie if not break all previous at
tempts. It is reported on good author
ity from the alumni office that a
couple, two former students In Corn
huskerland, will attend Alumni Week
now called the Cornhusker Round
upand wijl travel all the way from
India for the festivities.
Harvard, Yale and Princeton boast
that former students flock to their
Aimer Maters' reunions from the
Pacific Coast each year. Can they
say that "grads" have come to the
celebrations from far-off India?
With the program for the Roundup
almost completed,, alumni in all parts
of Nebraska are becoming more and
pore enthusiastic. It is hoped that
nearly 3.000 former students will flock
to the University for the special days
that are reserved for thorn the first
week in June.
It will be an out-door celebration.
Colored lights on the campus in the
evenings will lend a carnival atmos
phere to the festival and it will no
loncer be necessarv to journey to
New Orleans t csee a Mardi Gras ex
hibition. The Cornhusker Roundup will be to
Nebraska University all that the Ak-Sar-Ben
is to Omaha; all that Re
union week is to Yale; all that the
Mummer's festivities is to Philadelphia.
I
faced from a new viewpoint. What
is the quickest and best way out
Our new Commissioner of Education
Dr. John James Tigert, answers th
question in a recently ublished articl
in which he says: "With motion pi
tures it will be Dossible to wage the
battle against illiteracy as it has not
been possible to do with any othe
educational eauinment. Within th
celluloid film lies the most powerful
weapon for the attack against igno
ance the world has ever known'."
Merely "coiner to the movies" is
not . what Dr. Tigert is offering as
panacea for the evils of ignorance
comments Mr. Clarke. "What th
Commisioner refers to is bona fide tie
ucational and industrial films like
those which the Society for Visual
Education is makinc available to
schools films produced not for enter
tainment, but for instruction in school
and shop. Yet when our greatest ed
ucators recommend this up-to-date
equipment, and when such time-savers
as the portable motion picture ma
chines are demonstrated, the penny
wise are prone to argue the question
of expense. It is true that taxpayers
are groaning, but that is a habit they
formed long before the burdens of tin
recent war were felt. Those informed
on the subject know that school films
in realitv money-savers because
they are time-savers."
To illustrate his point Mr. Clarke
cited the case of Massachusetts. Al
though this state has been celebrated
since colonial days for its free public
schools, Massachusetts new assesses
for education less uf- capita than any
state east of the Mississippi. The re
suit is apparent in her 146.607 illiter
ate people.
According to statistics collected by
former Commissioner of Education
Dr. Philander P. Claxton, the cost of
education in Massachusetts could
hardly be counted a burden if it were
doubled. He quoted the fact that
Massachusetts spent about fSOO.OOO,
000 for luxuries in 1919, as acainst
only $47,123,367 for public education.
Expenditures for chewing gum and
tobacco far exceed the total cost of
education, including buildings, repairs
upkeep and all incidental expenses.
What is true in the state of Massa
chusetts is true in some degree the
country over. It is evident that the
trouble is not lack of money but lack
of information as to the real condi
tions. It is to drive home to the poo
pie of America the menace of illiter
acy that the United States Chamber
of Commerce has organized an educa
tion service in its Civic Development
Department.
hout avail. Put. finally i "Tlnw tn correct the evils of ill ti-
1 to hav.-' his profile shot ; r.rnrv U the imnernfive. micstion of
today," continued Mr. Clarke. "The
children r.ow in our schools are our
immediate concern. If there is any
way to condense the work of eighteen
months into a year, it is our busine:-
to advance that method, and Dr. Ti
rt has dearly indicated the way
hy means of the educational screen.'
"Oz" Makes Good
Ambition to do
Some Big Things
Oswald Plack, student in the Uni
versity of Nebraska, and cartoonist
for The Lincoln Star, has filnully re
alized on his ambition to do some
thing big around town. Some months
ago when "Oz" las lalking down
Eleventh street he noticed that Alva
C. Townsend, the photographer, has
placed up a new sign in which to
display pictures of prominent men
around town. Well that gave "Oz"
an idea and he commented on the new
picture case in his next Sunday's half
page of cartoons entitled "Here in
Lincoln" which he publishes in The
Star. Beside the drawing of the case
he said:
"Would that we could do somethins
really big and glorious about town
so that Alva Townsend would put
our picture in his new case at
Eleventh and O streets."
Well for months Mr. Townsend has
bf-f-n trying to p t "Oz" to patronize
ll i m h 1 1 u-! : I
Oz" flee id-
and he allowed Mr. Townsend to do
the wo. k. a result the picture
case at Eleventh and ) s?re t is now
proudly displaying the beamine count
enance of said Mr. Oswald Black.
for
and
STUDENT COUNCIL
JOINS CONFERENCE
(Continued from Page One.)
sentatives, all men. After a discus
sion two days in length, a permanent
organization was affected with the
name the same as it now appears.
Schools of a thousand students or
more are invited to become members
subject to the action of the executive
ommitti'e composed of the president,
ice presidnt, secretary treasure r, and
School
representatives may attend meetings
of the conference before they havo
been admitted.
As stated in the constitution of it3
organization, the Mid-West Student
Conference proposes "to discuss stu
dent problems and student self-government
of different universities and
colleges for the purpose of mutual
help and suggestions." The perma
nent organization is merely a means
of contact, for organizing the annual
meetings, taring for expenses in
curred, and distribution and editing
or minutes of the meetings.
ity of Nebraska if endorsed. 100 by i two chairmen of committees
this body.
Richard C. Talbot, Colonel.
Allan M. Wilson, Lt. Colonel.
Joe R. Ryons,, Major.
Richard E. Dearmont,, Major.
Ward M. Randal, ,Capt. and Adjt
Clarence F. Rogers, Major.
Ivan P. Hanson, Captain for and in
behalf of Company A
Morris W. Coats, Captain for and in
behalf of Company B.
Edgar C. Tullis, Captain for and in
behalf of Company C.
.Tames L. Proebsting. Captain for
behalf of Company C.
Edgar C. Tullis, Captain for and
and in behalf of Company D.
Harry R. LaTowsky, Captain for
and in behalf of Company E.
T. Pierce Rogers, Captain for and in
behalf of Company F.
E. Grant Lantz, Captain for and in
behalf of Company G.
Ernest Zschau, Captain for and in
behali of Company H.
Dwiglit L. McVicker, Captain for
and in behalf of Company I.
Donald R. Hewitt, Captain for and
in behalf of Company K.
J. G. Noh, Captain for and in be
half of Company L.
Chauncey B. Nelson, Captain
and in behalf of Company M.'
Charles P. Walters, Major for
in behalf of the Junior Unit.
Mrs. Allen Congdon and Mrs. Roy
E. Cochran entertained the memoers
of the East Lincoln women's faculty
club at the home of Mrs. Cochran on
Wednesday April 5th.
DRAMA A POWER IN
EVERY COMMUNITY
(Continued from rage One)
dramas are given solely for the
amusement of the spectators. Witn
them it reaches about the same de
gree as with civilized children.
The Greek tragedies were not writ
ten to be acted by diliereni cnarac
ters as is the case now, dui were
at her produced for the quality of
poetry which they contained so that
one person would come onto the
stage and read all the parts.
The modern drama originated in
the eleventh century with churchmen
:o give themselves a more vivid pic
ure of Biblical times and who tried
jo do so by means of a crude form of
acting. This practice later gradually
pread to the trade unions, each one
of which would put on one play a
ear. When the people got hold of
the plays they naturally tried to put
omo comedy into them, as was the
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rase in a Noali s atk scene in wnicu
the mule and Noah's wife balked.
CONAC CLUB DANCE
Friday, April 14
Lindell Party House
Sam's Melody Makers
Featuring
Two Pianos by Cappy Goodbrod and Ransom Samuelson
Admission $1.10 Including Tax
Suits Pressed
ILLITERACY
WITH
MOVIES
SAYS
NEW SCHOOL HEAD
Business Demands Up-to-Date
Method sin Public Schools
Declares Clark
CHi'WIO, Apr. U.-'The bigt'.-st
bi;-:ti- :u W'.iih ti,. st.'it- i-s n
t. i- -iijr n (ii-(!,,r-d II. L.
Clark'- o; the :,r u :y r,r Yi.-ual Kdu
cation, "; nd it d'-serves the u.-? of
the bot modi r.i methods.
"No iy progressive business man
would !re;,rn of neglecting to put into
effect an improvement which promised
to save time and money and multi
ply r sul's. No progressive schrx.l
ay-tern cvn afford to delay in adopt
ing methods which economize time
and effort, thus making it posible
for the school to meet the more ex
acting requirements or today.
"Motion pictures used in the ele j
rr.entary trades cf the public schools
will expedite the teaching of boys
and girls, just as in the case of the
government's great vocational project
they are serving to speed the teach
ing of new trades to ex-soldiers."
Tradition, conservatism and the
plea of poverty, accordin to Mr.
Clarke, have for years limits the
free development of our schools. To
day no less an authority than the.
United States Chamber of Commerce
comes forward with this significant
statement:
"American business will suffer us
long as Ignorance prevails. The school
problem is too great for business to
Ignore.
"The fact Is." said Mr. Clarke, "illit
eracy is touching the American pock
etbook and the situation is now being
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Student Activities Offic
MASONS! DE MOLAYS!
ANNUAL ALL MASONIC DANCE
with
Ackerman's Easy Goin Jazz
Sponsored by Square and Compass Club
Scottish Rite Temple, Saturday, April 15
Assessment $1.00 Pay as you Enter
Phone B3355
0. J. FEE 333 No. Twelft Street
SUBSCRIPTION DANCE
Friday Nite, Apr. 14
Rosewilde Party House
Watson's Seven Piece Orchestra
Admission $1.00, Tax 10c, Total $1.10
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