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he Daily Nebraskan. LINCOLN, NEI'UASKA, WEDNESDAY. MAY 2, 1923. DR.- MEIKEUOHN OF AMHERST WILL SPEAKSATURDAY President of Amherst College Will Make Address on "De mocracy and Excel lence" at Temple. PHI BETA KAPPA SPONSOR U Recognized as One of Leaders in American Collegiate Educations Is Brown Graduate. "Democracy and Excellence" is the ,ubiVct of the address which President Alexander Meiklejohn of Amherst College will deliver at the Temple Theater on Saturday evening, May 19 it was announced Tuesday by Prof. A. K. Congdon, secretary of the Nebraska Alpha of Phi Beta Kappa. Though Dr. Meiklejohn was invited to be the orator of this occasion by phi Beta Kappa, the honorary fra ternity of the College of Arts and Sciences, the address is also sponsored by Sigma Xi, the honorary scientific fraternity, and he is himself a mem ber of both societies. Recognized as one of the leaders in American col legiate education, he has been this year in v ide demand for addresses be fore learned bodies; and his adminis tration at Amherst, where he has been working out his ideas of a liberal college curriculum, has been the sub ject of much discussion. Dr. Meiklejohn is a native of Eng land, a graduate of Brown, and a Doc tor of Thilosophy of Cornell. From 1S97 to 1912 he was at Brown suc cessively instructor, assistant, associ ate and full professor of philosophy and dean of the university. In 1912 he was called to Amherst College as professor of logic and metaphysics and president, at a time when the trustees and alumni of that old New England institution had determined to restore to its curriculum a more dis tinctively liberal character. He holds the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from numerous universities and is the author of "The Liberal Col lege." Believing firmly in the value of a training in liberal arts as sharply de fined as that offered by any profes sional school, Amherst under Dr. Mei klejohn's administration has, without weakening its science departments, abolished the course leading to the Bachelor of Science degree, has em phasized anew the importance of lit erature, ancient and modern, and has sought to give a unity to the curric ulum by means of a continuous series of courses in the social sciences and philosophy. Meanwhile, more than ninety per cent, of the students are engaged in some form of organized athletics. Though a slight man physically, Dr. Meiklejohn has always been interested in athletics, and he was formerly one of the star players in the Rhode Island cricket league. He is quick, keen, and earnest in speech. One of the most pleasant phases of college life at Amherst is the informal Sun day afternoon reception at the presi dential mansion, at which Mrs. Mei klejohn presided over the tea and cof fee urns and the president himself is in animated conversation with group after group of students and faculty members who have availed themselves f the standing general invitation to call. Missionary Teacher Speaks at Vespers "Only one woman out of every hun dred in India can read and write her own name," said Miss Lula Boles, teacher in the Lee Memorial Mission of Calcutta, India, in her' talk at the regular Y. W. C. A. vesper services at five o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Ruth Needham led the services and 'ina Yorke played a violin solo. Children are not allowed to remain in school after they are ten years of age and many are not allowed to come at all, in India. The comparatively few mission schools provided by mis sionaries serve as links between the home and the missionary of today. The girls, having reached the age of ten years, are no longer permitted to appear on the public thoroughfare Dut spend the remainder of their lives within the walls of the home. Chris tian educational influences are caus "iff move and more of these girls to rebel against the demoralizing family system. The instructors in the col leges now have in their numbers na tlve women who have worked them selves up to such positions thru the influence of foreign missionaries. Five Song Hits of "Yellow Lantern" To Be Sold at Performance Friday The five principal song hits of the "Yellow Lantern," the 1923 Kosmet Klub production, have been made up into an attractive folder of sheet music and will be sold by the mem bers of the Klub the night of the play at the Orpheum. The price has been set at one dollar. Every song in the book was written by Cyril Coombs, Law '23, the writer and director of this year's Kosmet Klub play. Among the numbers included in the folder are "Underneath the Chinese Moon" and "The Maker of Dreams." Music houses of both Omaha and Lin coln will have the song folders on sule after the show. Two members of the Klub journeyed to Omaha today with some of the chorus and Orville Andrews, the black-faced comedian, to play before convocations of all of the schools and colleges in Omaha. BY 5' Nebraska Poet Will Speak May 11 at Convocation in Temple May Give Headings. John G. Neihardt, poet and honor alumnus of the University of Nebras ka, has recently been honored by elec tion to membership in the Order of Indian Wars. The organization which is -composed exclusively of generals and officers who participated in the Indian campaigns in America, accord ing to the University Daily Kansan, in which a brief review of Neihardt's "Songs of the Indian Wars" is given. Neihardt will speak at a convoca tion of the University of Nebraska on May 11 at eleven o'clock in the Temple Theater. It is expected that he will give some readings from his own works at this meeting. The members of the Order of In dian Wars have honored Neihardt by electing him to membership in their organization because they consider that he has done remarkable work in casting the story of the Iidian cam paigns into verse. He is the first ci vilian who has ever been admitted into the society. In his "Songs of the Indian Wars," upon which he has been working for three years and which will probably take two or three more years to com plete, he throws a halo of glory and romance about the heads of such mag nificent American frontier figures as Custer. Cody, Red Cloud, Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, Spotted Tai', out stand ing of the old days in the new coun try. He gives to each of the white and red chieftains his due credit for courage in his own convictions, no matter which side of the controversy may have engaged him. L INITIATES ELEVEN Miss Louise Pound Initiated as Honorary Member of Delta Omicron Last Week. Delta Omicron, honorary musical enrnritv. at its initiation at the home of Miss Helen Cook and banquet at tho Woodhurn last week, initiated Miss Louise Pound as an honorary member, and the following gals as student members: Mary Creekpaum, 'cellist; Corine Rogers, Jeanette Olson, and Mildred Kemp, pianists; Kathryn Knapp, Nina Yorke, Alice Miller and Dorothy Compton, violinists; and Helen Burk ett and Ernestine Levers, vocalists. A toast to the two Delta Omicron members of Alpha Rho Tau, honorary scholarship fraternity for the College of Fine Arts, was given at the ban quet preceding the introduction of the new members. Scabbard and Blade Initiates Eight Men Eight men were initiated into Scab bard and Blade Tuesday evening. This organization, national honorary mili tary fraternity, annually elects men from the military department, on a basis of merit, ability for leadership, personality, and general interest in military affairs. Those initiated Tuesday evening Rolla Van Felt, Marion Woodard, Dale De Ford, Howard Turner. Alfred Stenger. Detrich Dirks and Ernest Mulligan. NEIHARDT DAH MUS1GA The ticket sale in Omuha started with a rush Tuesday morning and present indications point toward a full hou;:e of Omaha people when the show plays at the Brandeis next' Monday.' Fraternity and sorority alumni asso ciations were in the line buying blocks of tickets from thirty to eighty in a block. The "Yellow Lantern" is a combina tion of music and drama with comedy, tragedy and a serious theme inter woven into an interesting and spicy show. The second act is entirely light and fantastic with many co-eds play ing the chorus parts. Even in the musical end of the show is woven a moral for the audience which be comes apparent as the plot progresses. As a college production, written, di rected and produced by college men and women "The Yellow Lantern" will probably have no equal according to the Klub. "BizAnoe APRIL Mr. P. II. Easterday of First Na tional Bank Contributes Leading Article. The April edition of the "Bizad" came out Monday. Copies are on sale in the Social Science building. The opening article, "Commercial Bank Loans Their Characteristics" was written by P. R. Easterday, vice-president of the First National Bank of Lincoln. Mr. Easterday explained how bank ing methods are different than those of an ordinary retail business, and why bankers are so extremely care ful about the security offered as col lateral. That a man may be ruined by being enabled to get too much credit was another point emphasized by Mr. Easterday. Ex-Governor Samuel R. McKelvie contribtucd to the April issue. His article, "Economic Conditions on the Farm" stated that the World War prevented an organization of farmers which would have been the greatest thing of its kind in the history of the w orld. A Commercial Club talk, "Success in Business" by W. E. Hardy was reported in the magazine. "Prob lems of Present Day Merchandising," was the subject of an article by S. A. Sanderson, vice-president and general manager of Rudge & Guenzel Co. "Type" by Gertrude Patterson and "Establishing Associations" by Mary Starr were articles contributed by students. Fred Stone Guest of Alpha Chis at Dinner Yesterday Fred Stone, versatile comedian playing with "Tip Top" at the Or pheum the past two days, was guest of Miss Marian Yoder of Cheyenne, Wyoming, at the Alpha Chi Omega house last evening for dinner. Miss Yodcr' ami Mr. Stone became acquainted three years ago this sum mer wlfen Mr. Stone attended Fron tier Days at Cheyenne and was a guest at the Yoder home. Miss Yoder's cousin Phil Yoder of Torring ton, Wyoming, was world's champion calf-roper the year Mr. Stone attended the Frontier Days and held the honor of being world's champion broncho buster the previous year. Mr. Stone is considered to be a real cowboy since he rode a broncho at the Frontier Days three years ago and expects to attend the annual celebra tion again this year in company with Will Rogers, stage comedian and fancy iper. When Mr. Stone's show was playing in Cheyenne a few weeks airo. the entire city turned out to greet the actor. The company was welcomed in true western style with old-time stage coaches and everyone riding horses. Following the dinner last evening, Mr. Stone entertained the Alpha Chis with readings and songs until it was time for him to go to the theater. Miss Marv Skinner, formerly social case worker in the Lincoln Charity Organization Society and now con nected with the Federal Children's Bureau was a campus visitor last week. Miss Skinner is now in the middle west supervising some inves tigations for the bureau. She will go frnm this Dart of the country to Ore gon for a study of children and their work in the hop fields. DR. ALEXANDER TELLS FRESHMEN OF ARCHITECTURE Explains That Architecture of New Nebraska State Cap itol Peculiar to Prairies. OUTLINES VARIOUS TYPES Shows That Architecture Re flects Ideals and Nature of People Who De veloped It. Using "The Architecture of the Prairies" as his subject, Dr. Hartley B. Alexander, head of the department of philosophy, in an illustrated lec ture given to the freshmen of the College of Arts and Sciences Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning, de scribed the types of architecture de veloped in world history and pointed out that in the new state capitol, Ne braska had developed a type peculiar to the prairie country representing the ideals of the people who lived there. "Architecture is as near an outward index of civilization as we can find," Dr. Alexander declared in opening his lecture. He pointed out that archi tecture reflected two things; the na ture and ideals of the people that built it; and the natural conditions under which those people lived. "Isn't our life in this new world to create our own type of architec ture? I think that it is." Dr. Alex ander stated. He declared that neither the Gothic, nor the Classical Greek architecture was suitable for flat, prairie country such as exists in Ne braska. The new capitol is well adapted to tthe prairie because of the contrast of the low vertical lines with the per pendicular lines of the tower, Dr. Alexander explained. Egyptian architecture was the first type described by Dr. Alexander. Us ing the pyramids and the temples as exarip'cs, he pointed out that it was nr. architecture adapted to low flat river country, such as the Nile Val ley. He also explained that it repre sented a social and political system in which the king was all powerful, there was nothing free or democratic about it. The Greek architecture was the next type taken up by Dr. Alex ander. He emphasized that it was open, free, and democratic in char acter as compared with the Egyptian. The Greek buildings represented a civic ideal and were open to the pub lic. Unlike the Egyptian type, the Grecian architecture was adaptable to a rocky country with hills and slopes. Its influence has been so great that even today most of our public buildings are modified Greek types. The third architecture depicted by Dr. Alexander was the Gothic. This developed during the Medieval period and was ecclesiastical and feudal in conception. The most famous ex amples of it are in the Cathedrals of western and central Europe. In ap pearance this type with its spires ris ing one above the other seems to sym bolize feudal society with its classes and ranks. The architecture of Central Asia, according to Dr. Alexander, developed under conditions resembling those of middle-western United States. This architecture developed on the crest of a continent, and is distinguished by lack of decoration on the exterior and by domes. Dr. Alexander also showed there had been in America a trend toward the development of a new type of architecture. This development began with the Indians in New Mexico whose pueblos are of a type not found in the world. The Spaniards modified this Indian type, in their missions which also constitute an architecture peculiar to this country. The state of New Mexico is preserving and de veloped this architecture by using it in a number of public buildings. The state capitol minus the tower, Dr. Alexander pointed but, would re semble an Indian pueblo. The tower ard the dome resemble the architec ture of Central Asia. Dr. Alexander then showed different views of the capitol explaining the structure of the building and the na ture of the decorations. This build ing, Dr. Alexander declared, should serve as a model not only for other public buildings in the state but also for private residences. John G. Neihardt, Nebraska poet laureate, will speak on "Poetry and Education" Friday morning at 11 at the Temple theater. University Cadets Will Hold Weekly Parade Thursday The honorary colonel of the cadet regiment and the visiting delegates of the G. A. R. National Convention will be honored at the parade and review to be given by the members of the R. O. T. C. corps on the drill field north of Social Science building Thursday afternoon at five o'clock. The parade scheduled for the hon orary colonel three weeks ago was indefinitely postponed on account of rain. All men in the corps will report in uniforms for the review, unless prop erly excused by the department, ac cording to Major Sidney Erickson, professor of military science and tactics. I ml E Names of Candidates for Gov erning Dody Will Be An nounced Thursday. ....ominations for members of the Student Council were made at meet ings Tuesday morning at eleven o'clock. Announcement of the names of students nominated will be made in the Thursday issue of The Daily Nebraskan, after the lists have passed the eligibility committee. The Student Council is the student governing body of the University and is composed of four senior members elected to hold over from the presed ing year, and eleven members elected at the end of their sophomore year from the colleges in which they are registered. Each college is represented by one member, except Agriculture and Arts and Sciences, each of which has two members on the Council. The Council directs all drives on the campus for funds, over-sees all student class elections, and in the past has sent a delegate to the self-government conference for this part of the country. VARSITY NINE PLAYS TH S WEEK Earl Carr Is New Coach Scotty Dye Signs Up with Lincoln State League Team. Friday and Saturday of this week the Cornhusker baseball team is scheduled to buck up against the Mis souri Tigers at the Rock Island ball park.. Nebraska has defeated the Missourians in the two games they have played so far this season and the "show me starters" should be anxious to stage a comeback. In addition to the pair of defeats at the hands of the Huskers, Missouri has lost three of the remaining six games it has played. Earl Carr has taken over the re-.-nonsibility for the destinies of the team from now on, replacing Coach Scotty Dye who has signed up to play with the Lincoln team in the state league. His agreement with the university was to serve as coach for a period of two months. Last year he was field captain of the Links and this season he will play second base. Carr also played in the state league last summer and was a member of the Husker team in 1922. The lineup will probably be about the same as that which faced Okla homa in the two games last week. Lewellen, who pitched excellent ball against the Sooners, may be absent because of an injury he received in practice Monday. The Varsity and Freshmen squads were playing a practice game in which Lewellen had his left hand smashed by a line drive. The iniurv would not interfere ma terially with his pitching but might handicap his batting, . The verbs "lie" and "lay" are often confounded. "Lie" does not take an object; it is intransive. "Lay" requires an object. You must "lay a book, or some article, on something or other. The principal parts of the verb "lie" are "lie, lay, lain." Of the second, "lay and laid." The most fre quent errors result from using "laid," the past tense form of the transitive verb instead of "lay," past tense form of the intransitive. The participle form "laid" is often used incorrectly for "lain." MISSOURI FARMERS' i-'AEft STARTED HERE SIX YEARS AGO Friday Edition of Daily Nebras kan Will He Turned Over to the Agricultural College. MAY IS CLOSED NKJHT All Fairs Have Surpassed Each Other in Stunts and At tractions on Ag Campus. ' The Farmers' Fair, annual fun-fest given for all students anil to which the' public is invited will be given this year on May 5, on the campus of the College of Agriculture. The members of the committee are prom ising for this affair more enthusiasm than at any of those in the past. The Friday edition of the Daily Ne braskan will be given over to the Ags, and all information concerning the big Fair will be given in it. The Fair is one of the older tradi tions of the University. It was started at Nebraska six years ago. The idea of such an occasion was originally brought from Missouri by professors and students who had come from there. The first fair was .held in 1017, the year before the close of the war. On account of so many men being out of school during the war, the fair was discontinued for the two years of 1918 and 1910. After the war closed a great number of former students re turned to school. Since this was the second fair attempted at Nebraska's Agricultural College, it was not such an elaborate affair. The fair itself was one big show. There were three candy stands and six side shows. One new feature added to the fair this year was the wild west show, which has grown to be one of the biggest attractions of the modern fair. At this fair a dance was held in the up stairs gymnasium of the horse barn. The fair that year was hampered by a drizzling rain during the entire day, and so students did not entertain the crowd they had expected. The third fair held in 1921 was not elaborated much more than the sec ond. It was also hampered by rainy weather and so was not as big a suc cess as expected. In 1922 the fair was improved. The added attraction was the pageant "The Sleeping Beauty" put on by. the Home Economics girls. Approximately four thousand people witnessed this free attraction given twice that day. The parade was also bigger and better that year. There were over twenty floats representing the different de partments on the campus. Two dance halls were thrown open in the even ing, one in the Engineering building and the other in the Home Economics building. This year the management has planned a bigger and better fair than ever, according to the committee. A pageant "The Masque of Conserva tion" will be given as a free attrac tion by the Home Economics girls again this year. The educational ex hibits have also been expanded and will be shown in Hone Economics, riant Industry. Experiment Station and Dairy buildings. In order to accommodate the large crowd for the dance, the management has arranged for the construction of a mammoth dance floor 70x100 feet. This floor will be covered by a large tent. The baseball game between Mis souri and Nebraska is also another added feature this year. The ball game is called at 3:30 o'clock. Graduate Student Accepts Position as Investigator Miss Mary Annette Adams, A. B., University of Iowa, graduate student in sociology, has accepted a position as special investigator for the Federal Children's Bureau and has entered upon her work. The bureau is mak ing a study of newsboys in several large cities through the country, and Miss Adams will assist in the field work which is being clone in one of these centers. The completion of the work for her Master's degree will be dclaved until ti e summer session. Dr. H. H. Martin, chairman of the department of physics of the Univer sity of Nebraska, will lecture on the X-Kav Thursday evening at Physics hall- The lecture will be open to the general public and will be highly practical. '"i