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AN ANNOUNCEMENT.
An exceedingly interesting letter
has been received in this office in
regard to an editorial on coeducation
which appeared in the Daily Nebraii
kan lant week. The editorial policy
of the paper makes It Impossible to
publLsh this letter unless the name,
address, and telephone number of
the writer are on file in the office.
It is not absolutely necessary that
the letter be signed when published.
If tho writer will bring or mail the
information to the office, the letter
will be published in the Student
Opinion column.
The College Press
OUR HONOR AWARDS
Undergraduates are beginning to
take interest in the agitation for the
establishment of honors courses in
American colleges. At a meeting,
attended by representatives of Smith,
Mt Holyoke, Dartmouth, and Massa
chusetts Agricultural Colleges, held
at Florence, Mass., in February, the
experiment now being carried on at
Smith College was commended. Un
der this plan students are allowed
to carry on special studies in the last
two years of their college course.
Most colleges now, at the end of
the school year, award honors for
academic attainment. These awards,!
which include election to honorary
scholastic societies, are, almost with
out exception, made on the basis of
the average grades of the student
for his four years in college.
The weakness of this system is
that it often tends to retard intellec
tual initiative and to reward intel
lectual docility. The student who
has a keen interest in one field of
study is often not eligible for these
honors, no' matter how thoroughly
he may have mastered his own sub
ject, for the reason that he has hur
ried through and neglected studies
In which he waa not especially in
terested. There may be some justi
fication for this indifference and
neglect on his part. A student whose
main interest is chemistry may be
impatient with the pronunciation of
French verbs and the man who wishes
to be a professor of history may not
be concerned with chemical formulae.
Yet when the honors are award
ed, the grades in French and chem
istry count as much as do the grades
in French and history. This is not
the basis on which awards are made
elsewhere. When a college wants
a professor of history it is interested
in the applicant's work in history, not
in his proficiency in chemistry.
It is for this reason that the hon
ors which are now awarded and
this includes election to Phi Beta
Kappa and similar honorary socie
ties are so uncertain a basis for
predicting success in after life.
The honors course which permits
the students to pursue on his own
initiative, in the last two years of
his course, studies in his special
field, eliminates this weakness. It
judges the student on the basis of
the work he does in the subject
which is his paramount intellectual
interest.
of museum space was much felt,
vtn as it Is In 1925.
"Resolved, That military drill at
in vogue at the University Is Un
American," was the point at Issue In
a debate scheduled for ths Satur
day following, at which time, it was
ordered, a careful report was to be
made by each side in the debate, to
be placed on file for ready refer
ence In case a situation should later
arise in which the evidence adduced
might be of use.
VACCINATION
The increase in the number of stu
dents ill with smallpox has been suf
ficient to make it necessary that
every one who is not immune from
the disease be vaccinated at once.
The present situation is far from
being alarming. The prompt action
of the University authorities in an
nouncing the presence of the disease
and in urging students to be vaccin
ated has done much to lessen the
chances of a widespread epidemic.
In the University, crowded as it is,
the chances for the spread of the
disease are still, nevertheless, com
paratively numerous. Students owe
it, not only to themselves, but to the
University community as well to be
vaccinated.
FROTH ON THE WATERS OF
LEARNING.
The deep waters of the spring
flood sweeping down the river to the
ocean bear with them in the swift
moving current trunks of uprooted
trees, bridges and great vessels. Yet
despite the seemingly irresistible
power of the flood, small sticks and
refuse cast upon its surface dance
up and down with the waves for a
short while, then thrown aside be
come lodged in some little inlet or
sink to the bottom of some whirling
eddy and are seen no more. Un
changed, the river continues its
course on to the ocean.
In every college there is a class of
students which bears a strong resem
blance to the froth on the surface
of the water. It seems to be cast
upon the university as refuse which
cannot be tolerated by the outside
world. It makes a splash as it is
thrown in, it dances in the sunlight
for a time, and enjoys a period of
longed for publicity, only to be dis
gorged by a revolted puolic or calmly
sidetracked into a stagnant inlet,
where it lies water-logged, a monu
mental example of the folly of super
ficiality, of the failure to grasp the
coat-tails of a progressive world and
hang on.
These students call themselves the
intellectual elite of the university.
Posing as infallible, critical, author
ities on art, music and literature they
tear to pieces the productions of
past and present, and viewing the
ruins at their feet, swell with pride
at the fruits of their handiwork. The
art of criticism, they have never
learned, is appreciation and not de
struction. Superior to the ordinary
run of students they stand aloof from
the world and scoff at the feeble
efforts of misguided fools. Nor is
their scoffing constructive, but mere'
ly the overflow of cynicism arising
from an unappreciated conceit. They
sometimes try to write, and in
glorious flood of words blare forth
to the world the limitations of their
mental equipment. Under a catch
ing title, elegantlv but none th
truly, is drawn the unfolding picture
of a conscious ego.
Transparent though they be, and
'doomed inevitably to be tossed aside
by an impatient world, they are a
drawback to every university. Con
tinually thrusting themselves before
the public eye and posing as the in
tellectual elite, they are stumbling
blocks in the path of true progress.
In all universities there are students
who are sincere in their search for
the ultimate realities of life, the
good, the true, and the beautiful,
who realize that a true understand
ing of art, literature and philosophy
can b'e obtained only through honest
effort. To these it is a hindrance to
be classed with a multitude whose
search is purely superficial and not
sincere.
The appreciation of beauty re
quires training; the arrival at truth
demands thought, both of which mean
time and effort And many students
are sacrificing much for the advance
ment of true culture in the univer
sity, and it is to these hard working
ones that credit is due, not to those
others who stand apart land inflict
upon a long-suffering student body a
tiresome succession of words without
wisdom. McGill Daily.
Ten Years Ago
Advance entry of sixty-seven
teams comprising more than four
hundred high school athletes, fore
cast signal success for the fifth an
nual state l basketball tournament
scheduled to be held in Lincoln,
March 10-14. Two classifications,
"A" and "B", were made on a basis
of the size of schools represented.
In all of the preceding tournaments,
prior to that scheduled for 1015,
only one tournmcnt had been held
without division into classes.
"Tho relay team made a poor show
ing in the Kansas City athletic meet,"
records the March 2 issue in a post
mortem of a defeat ascribed to in
adequate facilities for winter train
ing. "The, men have no inclosed
track, and the athletic field is in a
state of perpetual 'slop,'" the criti
cism continues.
An increase of eighteen schools in
the membership of the Nebraska
High School Debating League, rais
ing the total for the year to eighty-
six, was announced in connection
with the results of fifteen first-series
debates held at various schools
throughout the state. The proposi
tion under debate was that of gov
ernment ownership and operation of
railroads.
Wahoo, David City and Seward re
turned signed contracts for the Uni
versity Week program, an extension
Reries of five evenings' entertain
ment to be given after the manner of
a lyceum course. Each town guar
anteed one hundred and thirty-five
dollars and local entertainment for
the University Week program which
required eighty-five people for com
plete presentation, and involved a
cost of six hundred dollars for the
series.
Exchanges
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA
The Stadlum-Unloa Memorial cam
paign at the University of Oklahoma
totalled 1306,000 at the end of Jan
uary, with workers continuing the
drive for funds in many communities.
University students have contributed
more than $196,000.
WILLIAM JEWELL COLLEGE
The men at William Jewell college
tried to have an "all Mon's" meeting
recently, but the women would not
stay away. Before the meting was
undr way, a group of women enter
ed, whereupon all of the men filed
out of the building.
BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY
The students of Brlgham Young
University staged thoir fourth an
nual Ice and Snow carnival at a
neighboring resort the last two days
of January. The carnival is unique
in that it is so arranged that the en
tire body may indulge in all the
thrills of skiing, tobogg-aning and
hiking. Old but warm clothes were
worn and the food was of the most
substantial type. In the evenings
there was dancing, hobnails barred,
and extemporaneous programs. This
winter week-end which was originat-
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New Spring
Neckwear Sets
in Fashion's Spotlight
Beautiful and dainty col
lars to add a springtime
touch to your spring en
semble, are the new ecru
collars and jabot frills as
shown at Rudge & Guen
zel's. All new fresh
from Fifth Avenue for
springtime wear in Lin
coln. Also linen vestees and sets
at $1.25 to $4.50 each
Other new neckwear fan
cy without cuffs at $1.25
to $3 each.
The results of the recent question
naire submitted to find out how many
students were partially or wholly
self-supporting make some remark
able revelations in other fields than
that of statistics. A.i inability on
the part of many students to follow
simple, lucid directions is one of these
disclosures. Mistakes 'and mistate
ments were frequent in the answers.
Several students answered the ques
tions as to tbeir sex by writing down
"sex. The prize for lucidity, how
ever, gxes to ' the young man who
wrote "boy" in answer to this ques
tion and then followed it with the
-ord "male" in parentheses.
Twenty Years Ago
The State Historical Society asked
the Senate finance committee for an
appropriation of two thousand dol
lars to be expended in the publica
tion of the debates of the State Con
stitutional convention of 1871. The
record "of these debates, discovered
in the state house vaults, were trans
ferred to the society by resolution in
the Nebraska house of representa
tives. An attempt was initiated by the
board of regents to secure the ap
propriation of fifty thousand dollars
by the legislature, for the erection
of a new wing to the state museum,
in order to provide space for the dis
play of much excellent museum ma
terial packed away out of sight for
lack of display room. The inade
quate store rooms were packed to
capacity, and a large amount of ma
terial was stored away in the steam
tunnels on the campus. The absence
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New Tourist Third Cabin
College Specials 'Entire Third Cabin
accommodation reserved exclusively for stu
dents, educators and congenial people.
Neat, comfortable staterooms. Good table and
service. Broad decks for games and lounging.
Commodious, well-appointed public rooms.
Seven sailings between June 18 and July 3
from New York, Boston and Montreal to
England, France and Belgium, with direct
connection for all other European countries.
Other sailings earlier and later. Complete
choice of dates for departure and return.
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GREENVILLE WOMAN'S COL
LEGE The girls of Greenville Wo
man's college, South Carolina, have
challenged the senior class of Fur
man University to a croes-word puf
sle contest. Much interest is being
shown In this new Intercollegiate
sport.
Notices
Teasels.
Tassels will not meet this week
but costumes must be worn Friday.
Craan Goblins.
A meeting of the Green Goblins
w(ll be held Tuesday at the Acacia
Advertising
the best career for
college graduates
ADVERTISING la a profe.ilon and
a bualnaaa combined that alvaa
four college degree an Immediate
eaih value. It hea bean stated that
more people under thirty ara makina
1100 a weak In advertising; than In
an. other profession. Advertising
'"trainIno for the business
OF ADVF.RTISINO" b Charlee W.
Hoyt tell, you Ju.t how to Prepara
for an adverll.lna career. IT 13 NOT
A COURSE IN ADVERTISING. There
Isn't a theory In tha book. Just facta
from a college graduate who I. a
ees.ful advertising man. Mr. Hoyt
explains tha many sides of advert!..
Ing tha agency, tha advertising;
manager, the saleaman, tha newspap.
ar representative, tha copywriter. Ha
takes auggestion., which, if follow
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Make up your mind now to anter
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Clip and mall the coupon now. En
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the postman when the book arrlvee.
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nd H Streets) at 7
Union.
There will be business meeting
of the Union Tuesday at 7 o'clock.
Bible Classes.
Bible classes not yet closed are at
the following hours and under these
teachers. Tuesday at 11, Louise An.
tin j Tuesday at 4, Freda Barkwi '
Thursday at 1, Abble Brlch; FrldW
at 4, Blanche Stevens. , -
Heme Eeonomles Club.
The regular business meeting 0f
the Home Economics club will be
held Tuesday at 7 o'clock In Ellen
Smith Hall. The sophomore mem.
bers will give- the program.,
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