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LOWERING EDDUCATION COSTS
In Missouri, students in the high
schools nre required to buy their own
books. None are furnished for their
use without charge.
In Nebraska, hlRh school students
buy nothing but note book paper, pen
cils and fountain pens. If they are
lucky enough to have a lot Of friends
and at the: sr. me time themselves
possess the necessary iuive. they do
not even buy those" much of the time.
Missouri has a law requiring stu
dents to attend School. (Nebraska
also has such a law. Nebraska does
not Inflict the penalty of forcing her
children to so to school and then to
buy the neoesfary equipment to con
tinue that schocling. It at least makes
it comparatively easy for students to
secure an education.
Hooks, especially text books, are
not cheap. University students know
that. High school books are, as a
rule, cf impractical value once the
student has passed the course. Uni
versity text books, most of them at
least, are excellent reference books
even after one lias completed his
school work.
It is not fair to the students in
Missouri high schools to force them
to attend school and then to scrape
together the money to buy their books.
Missouri should, if it is to have en
forced education, which it most cer
tainly should have, appropriate a sum
sufficient to enable the public schools
to buy her test books which can be
used by their students. Missouri
owes that much to the students.
Many children find it almost im
possible to get enough money to buy
suitable school clothes: where- are
they to get the money to buy books,
a not small item of expense?
Missouri certainly is as capable of
equipping its schools with books as
is Nebraska. In" fairness to the stu
ents it should do so: it should bu
books for every publi'- high school and
charge the students only for the dam
ace which they do to th books leaned
them. The books, as a rule, are not
injured. Missouri would then mater
ially lower the cost of education for
its children.
freshmen lia been kept and these
"hlgh-browa", as they are regarded by
their classmates, get by without hav
ing to do the traditional.
Some measure of requiring every
freshman 1o Jwear the green caps
should be adopted. It Is a distinctive
custom and the first year men should
be proud rather than ashamed to wear
the emerald headgears. Other schools,
especially private institutions, main
tain strict adherence "to similar cus
toms. Nebraska freshmen should be
required to wear the green caps.
Every last one of them, not fratern
ity pledges alone, should observe the
time-honored tradition. Some method
of enforcing the custom should be
worked out.
WORDS
"No man can be master of his own
thinking unless he Js a master of
words."
v That Is the statement of writers anc"
speakers. It bears much truth. How
can n man form an opinion without
words in which to form it? A man
thinks with words and a lack of words
means a lack of thinking power.
Kipling once said that every night,
before retiring, he took a few min
utes in which to make himself fully
acquainted with two new words. Just
two, not much of an addition at any
one time. But in a week It meant
fourteen new words, in a month sixty,
in a year 7.10. And in a very few
years several thousands. There is no
wonder that Kipling became one of the
best writers of his day.
Writers and speakers everywhere
make It a point tc memorize every
new word which they hear. They be
come familiar with it, they use it in
sentences. Then when the time comes
in which they could use no word but
that, they are not lost, they had pre
pared ahead of time. They form their
opinions, their thoughts, with the
words which they have mastered. The
more words they learn, the more deep
ly they think. William Jennings Bryan
is a brilliant orator because he is a
master of words.
So it is that any man who wishes to
become a great writer or delightful
speaker must master words, not the
scientific words, the unpronounceable
words, the frightfully long words, but
the words which the people with whom
they deal .understand. They toiust
learn how to use words in such a way
that they tan state clearly and quickly
any thought which they have, any
idea which they wish to introduce.
SPORTING THE GREEN
University of Nebraska students,
sophomore men especially, will read
with interest the following paragraph
from the Notre Dame Scholastic:
"The freshmen get their deserts at
Oregon. Seven of them who failed to
wear the traditional green canopy
w ere recently ordered to report at the
library to receive their punishment
which takes the form of strenuous
wielding of paddles by the member
of the Order of O. The day of cor
poral punishment has not yet van
ished." Each year at Nebraska, there is a
certain number of the incoming men
who regard themselves a Just a little
belter than the average. They cannot
loner themselves to the extent of
wearing the traditional green caps. In
the past no complete check erf the
The. same might apply to nations.
Nations that are prone to annex ter
ritory rightfully belonging to other
nations may sometime And themselves
stripped of their own territory autd dia
graced. Realization of the value of one's pos
sessions is a virtue too seldom seen.
Columbia Evening Missourlan.
DAWSON RETURNS
FROM VACATION
Fred T. Dawson, director of ath
letics, head coach of football, and dean
or men, has returned to the Univer
sity of Nebraska following a vacation
trip to Colorado. .Dawson arrived t
his office Tuesday afteruoon and Int.
mediately started hla duties aa direc
tor of athletics and dean of men. Nen
I Chadderdon, until August 1, agent
ot student activities, and Track Coach
Henry F. Schulte handled the work
of the head coach during his absence.
DANCING SCHOOL
Lincolns Leading Dancing Academy
now open. Learn to dance for $5.00
In class or private. Free If you fall
to learn. Two professional teachers
The Franzmathes.
School for Dancing
1018 N St., Phone B6054
Open 9 a. m. to 10 p. m.
REALIZATION
Realization!
Its meaning is three-fold. Some
times one may realize that after hard
work he has accomplished an end;
again cue may realize that, through
idleness, he has never accomplished a
single deed; and one may also realize
that talents once possessed have, from
sheer thcughtfulness or waywardness.
been lost And of all these, the last is
the saddest, if not the worst.
To realize that one has accomplished
an end is an incentive to further work.
The realization that one has never ac
complished a thing may serve as a
stimulus to work. To realize that
through waywardness, one has lost
talent once possessed is to realize that
he is lowered in the estimation of
business associates with whom be was
once well established. To regain a
reputation lost in this way is no easy
matter.
If people would realize the comforts
they possessed and be content with
their possession, there would be less
strife in the world.
STEWART SCHOOL SERVICE
Conducted by experienced school people, backed by six years of Sue
sessful Business. Well qualified Teachers Invited to Enroll Now.
Address 138 No. 12th St. Lincoln, Nebraska.
Do You Need
Extra Courses?
Students not attemlinjr the university this summer have
six weeks before the opening of the fall session in which they
may work off requirements, pain extra credits, or become
elipible for school activities in case twenty-seven credit hours
were not made last year.
The University Extension Division makes it possible for
students to study at home and brinp the University of Ne
braska to their front door.
If you have several spare hours each day they may very
profitably be devoted to this work.
Economics
History
Could You Use
three hours of
Education
Mathematics
English
Philosophy
The Extension Division makes it possible for you to get
thewe courses, .mil many more, in a short time at a minimum
cost.
For information, address
A. A. REED, Director University Extension Division
Sta. A, University of Nebraska
Lincoln, Nebraska
GOOD CLEANERS AND LAUNDERERS
O. J. Fee
327 No. 12th Tel. B3355
