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VOI, XXIV-NO. 142.
TELLS OF Y. W.
WORK IN CHINA
Mi Vera Barger, In Address
Here, Declares That Uniting
of Christian Forces Will Be
a Help.
FIGHTING CHILD LABOR
National Campaign to Teach
Millions of Illiterate Persons
to Read Is Also Being Con
ducted.
"Anything that brings Christian
forces together in China moans bet
ter conditions there," said Miss Vera
Fargcr, national physical director of
the V. W. C. A. in China, and now
on a furlough, the guest of the Uni
versity Y. W. C. A. at a luncheon
given by the Lincoln Social Workers
at the Grand Hotel yesterday Miss
Farcer, in her subject "Social Re
form Movement in China" spoke of
the industrial conditions and told of
the improvements brought about
through the influences of the Y. W.
C. A. and the Y. M. C. A. in China
Miss Barger explained the great
movement known as the Mass Edu
cation Movement that was going on
. in China today. Mr. James Yen,
Yale graduate, while' over in France
with the Chinese coolies during the
World War, noticed the illiteracy of
these men. In an investigation on
his return to China he found that
gO per cent of China's 100,000,000
population could neither read nor
" write. He found that the chief rea
son for this was the intricacy of the
Chinese language. Until the literary
revolution of 1917 and 1918, the Chi
nese languge varied. The classical
language that was written was not
the same as the spoken language.
James Yen succeeded in reducing: the
spoken language to 1000 symbols,
and now he is teaching his system to
the masses by use of the stereopti
can lanterns and charts.
"There has been very little done in
China for public health," said Miss
Barger, in explaining the second
movement taking place in tlie Y. VV.
C. A. work in China. "A council on
Health Education has been appoint
ed to take care of the health condi
tions, and the Y. M. C. A. and the
Y. W. C. A. are almost the primary
promoters in this movement."
"Chinese and Dogs Not Allowed"
was the sign found on the gate of
a Shanghai park by Miss Barger. In
speaking of this condition Miss: Bar
ker said," The parks and the play
grounds in Shanghai are solely for
the use of th foreigners, and this
condition was prevalent throughout
China until lately when the Y. W. C.
A. and the Y. M. C. A. caused a
change to take place. A national
Christian Council whose members
are elected by all the Christian forces
in China have been doing most out
standing social service work."
Miss Barger described the horri
ble conditions in those factories that
refused to allow the Y. W. C. A.
workers to intervene. In many of
the factories the work is started by'
one group of men who stay on the
job for twelve hours until a second
group takes its place. The time given
for meals ranges from 15 minutes to
one hour.
"The condition of child labor is
most tragic," said Miss Barger. "The
babies are taken to the factory strap
ped to their mother's back, and at an
early age they are given small bits of
work to do. By the time they are
five or six years old they are work
ing twelve hours a day. The em
ployers argue that if child labor is
abolished, they will be forced to
shut down."
According to Miss Barger, a com
mittee has been appointed to investi
gate the conditions of child labor,
and a campaign is being planned to
?et the taxpayer out to vote to
change conditions in the factories.
"I am proud of what the Y. W C.
A. has stood for in the development
of better industrial conditions in
China," said Miss Barger. "Miss
Coppock succeeded in getting experts
to survey the industrial conditions,
nd now we are organizing study
groups all over China to show the
people whatis wrong with and how
they may change such conditions.
Will Examine Norris
For Master of Science
W. Norris, instructor in electri-
cal
engineerine. will tk his ex&m-
'nation for the degree of Master of
fnce in electrical engineering be
tW(n 3 and 6 O.clock Friday in Me
: Arts 205. The title of Mr.
""ns thesis is. "The Use of the!
' e Advancer for Power Factor
connection."
A May Day celebration, with a
nn of May" who was chosen
frem
among the women of the Uni-
"'-y, wss held
at the University
UI Oklahoma.
Collins Says Intellectual
Honesty Will End All War
"What I am interested in is having
folks face things honestly," declared
"Shorty" Collins, who is in Lincoln
in the interests of the Fellowship of
Youth for Peace, an orrniiiin-i
which is attempting to coordinate
peace movements among the youth of
the world. "Intellectual honest v,"
he continued, "should be essential to
every individual in mnking deci
sions." He remarked that he had neither
considered the morality or the ethkr,
of war when he enlisted. He had
even joined with others in niaking
trouble for pacifies. Later, he said,
he began to wonder whether or not
war could be rcconciliatod with
Christian principles and decided that
it could not. He added that it was
idle to speak of placing human values
first and then to continue in uphold
ing war.
Announcements and
Invitations Ready
Invitations to the graduation ex
ercises and announcements of the
senior class have arrived and will be
ready Wednesday, May 13, for dis
tribution. There may be had by pre
senting receipts at the College Book
Store.
According to Raymond Tottenhoff,
chairman of the invitation tutnmit
tee, a limited number of extra copies
of each style is on hand. The invi
tations are available bound in leath
er, priced at fifty cents each, or
bound in cardboard, at thirty cents.
picture of Social Science building
embossed on the cover, brought
out the background of gold leaf.
The announcements are engraved
folders, with two envelopes, and are
priced at fifteen ce..cs each, or two
for twenty-five cents.
Fraternities
Close Tables
For Banquet
The inter-fraternity banquet at
the Scottish Rite Temple this eve
ning will start promptly at six o'clock
and will be over fty eight o'clock.
Regent Frank Judson of Omaha will
be the only speaker and Chancellor
Avery will introduce him. All fra
ternities will close their tables.
Announcement of the fraternity
scholarship standings and presents-
tion of the scholarship plaques for
the second semester of last year and
the first semester of this year will be
made. The Kandy Kids orchestra
will furnish. music during the eve
ning. An attendance of between eight
hundred and a thousand is expected,
according to Philip Lewis, in charge
of ticket sales, who also states that
tickets dated May 6 will be accepted
Seniors Guests at
Nebraska Wesleyan
The Senior class of the Kinder
garten department of the Teachers
College, under the supervision of
Miss Clara Wilson, was the guest of
Wesleyan University yesterday morn
ing. The thirty members of the class
visited the Demonstration Kinder
garten and Primary rooms during the
morning. At noon they returned to
the University Farm for a picnic
lunch.
A school has been started in Lon
don to teach bachelors how to cook.
"Shorty" Collins Will
Address Forum Today
"The Basi3 of International
Goodwill" is the them to be dis
cussed by "Shorty" Collins at a
World Forum luncheon at the
Grand Hotel Wednesday noon. Mr.
Collins will also address a joint
meeting of the Y. W. C. A. and
Y. M. C. A. cabinets Wednesday
evening.
During the war Collins was the
Captain of a machine gun com
pany and took part in several cam
paigns. At present he is the trav
elling secretary for the Fellow
ship of Youth for Peace, an or
ganization the aim of which is to
combine the various peace move
ments of youth, the world ovor.
During the last two or three years
Collins has visited most of the col
leges of the country and has made
a careful study of the students'
attitude toward the war problem.
Mr. Collins has come to Lincoln
after having completed a scries of
meetings at the University of Kansas.
THE UNIVERSITY OP NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA,
"Military training is successful on
ly to the extent that men become less
thinking beings and learn to obey
without questioning," he asserted.
"Tho personality of the soldier is su
preme and instead of bettering him
self physically and morally, as many
argue, he becomes a less responsible
individual."
When asked as to his opinion of
Ihe League of Nations as an instru
ment for the creation of internatiqn
al peace, Mr. Collins answered that
it was making progress and although
it was now weak it would eventually
be effective. He explained that iU
weakness was due to the weakness of
the nations of which it was composed
and that it will become more effect
ive as the democratization of tho
countries supporting it increases.
In conclusion, Mr. Collins declared
that he was not interested in martyr
complexes but in the intellectual hon
esty of everyone in formulating an I
carrying out decisions.
CORNHUSKER IS
NEARLY FINISHED
Few Extra Copies Printed Will
Probably Be Sold in
Few Days.
The 1925 Cornhusker is nearly
completed, acordcing to the business
manager, Robert Lang, and the books
will probably be ready for distribu
tion the latter part of next week. The
printers expect to be through about
the middle of this week.
The first ten books off the press
are to be displayed in Speier's win
dow at Tenth and O streets. Copies
for students will probably be given
out in the southwest room in the
basement of Administration building
The covers of the annual have
been changed considerably from
what they were last year. The stu
drt life socticn .t -complete and hsr
been pronounced one of the I est and
most interesting sections. Those who
have been closely associated with the
work enthusiastically assert that the
1925 Cornhusker will be the best an
nual which has been put out for
man' years.
The demand for the CornhusVar is
greater than that of any previous
vear. An unusual number have been
ordered by alumni, and many addi-
tional copies have been sold within
the past two weeks. Judging from
the present call for the books, the
few extra copies which have , been
printed will probably be sold the first
dav of distribution.
DAWSON VISITS IN LINCOLN
Former Hu'-er Football Coach
proved In Health
Im-
Fred T. Dawson, director of ath
letics at the University of Nebraska
is in Lincoln this week on private
business. He has been in Colorado
for several months regaining his
health following a nervous break
down. Mr. Dawson expressed him
self as being "very well pleased"
with athletic affairs at the Univer
sity this spring and stated that every
thing is running smoothly in the ath
letic department.
Mr. Dawson is much improved in
healh but it is still necessary for
him to remain in a different climate.
He will return to Colorado for an
indefinite stay next week.
To Give Tea for
Miss Bogdanoff
At Temple Today
The dramatic Department will give
a tea Wednesday afternoon, 3:30 to
5:30, in the Temple building in hon
or of Miss Rose Bogdanoff. Russian
stage-craft artist. Miss Bogdanoff,
who has been giving a four weeks
course in the Fine Arts department
in stage-craft, will leave Thursday
for Carmel-by-the-Sea, California.
Work done by the students under
her instruction will be displayed.
! Masks, for use in out-door pageants,
ranging from pirate faces to Krazy
Kats, model theater sets, minature
screens, stencils, batik and tye-and-dye
work number among the exhib
its. Fine Arts students and anyone
interested in the work is invited to
come.
Dr. S.Mills Hays Is
Speaker at Lecture
Dr. S. Mills Hays, lecturer in Eng-
lish, History, and Art, with the rank 'sity of Illinois had an opportunity to
of professor, addressed the freshman indicate for the 19.26 Illino by bal
lecture sections Monday and Tues-jlot those whom they consider to be
d v His subject was "Noblesse the most representative vomen on
Oblige." I the campus.
PREPARING FOR
BOARD MEETING
Completing Summary of Qual
ifications of All Candidates
for Positions on Student
Publications.
CANDIDATES TO APPEAR
Thirty-three Applicants Ask
ing for Positions on The
Daily Nebraskan and Thir
teen for Cornhusker.
The qualifications of a record
breaking list of 46 applicants for ap
pointment to ptwrttona on the staff of
The Daily Nebraskan next fall and
on the staff of the 192(1 Cornhusker
are being investigated by the Student
Publication Board,' which will meet
Wednesday at 1 o'clock to begin
making awards.
For The Daily Nebraskan staff
there are 33 applicants; for The
Cornhusker, 13.
. A summary table, of facts from the
students applications and from the
Registrar's office was prepared, and
copies of each applicant's statement
to the Board and of the recommenda
tions he submitted were given to the
members of the Board Monday and
Tuesday. This summary table in
cludes the following information:
age, scholarship (average, "D"
hours), grades in Freshman English,
grades in other English courses and
in Journalism courses (in the case of
applicants for editorial positions),
amount of outside work, what other
student activities the applicant is en
gaged in, the organisations he be
longs to, his experience on The Daily
Nebraskan, the Cornhusker, and on
other publications.
The candidates for managing edi
tor and business manager of the
Cornhusker, and for editor, manag
ing editor, business manager, assist
ant business manager, and circula
tion manager of The Daily Nebras
kan are requested by Prof. M. M
Fogg, on behalf of the Board, to be
at University Hall 106 or University
Hall 10.
During the session of the Board,
appointments will be announced on s
bulletin-board on the first floor of
University Hall soon after they are
made.
MISS BARGER TO
LEAVE THURSDAY
Will Go From Lincoln to Tabor
College for Two-weeks'
Visit.
Miss Vera Barger, national physi
cal director of the Young Women's
Christian Association in China, who
has been visiting in Lincoln as a
guest of the University Y. W. C. A.,
will leave Thursday for Tabor col
lege at Tabor, Iowa, where she will
be the guest of the Y. W. C. A. there
for two weeks.
Monday Miss Barger spent most of
her time in personal interviews with
girls who are especially interested in
Y. W. C. A. foreign work or who ex
pect to take up missionary work as a
profession. In the evening she was a
guest at the Sigma Kappa house,
where she gave an informal talk on
her work in China.
Miss Barger was the principal
speaker at the Social Service Work
ers luncheon held Tuesday noon at
the Grand Hotel. She was a dinner
guest at the Delta Gamma house i:i
the evening, where she also told the
girls interesting details of her mis
sionary work in China.
Wednesday Miss Barger will fpeak
n several of Dr. Hattie Plum Wil-
iams' classes, discussing the out
itanding social problems of China. At
five o'clock she will speak at a special
onvocation which will be held at
Jotner college where s-he will be a
jfuet for the evening.
Because of the necessity of cutting
hort her visit and because of vari
ous other demands on her time, it
was necessary to abandon the plan of
visiting the sorority houses and wom
en's rooming houses connected with
the University, which had been plan
ned by the Y. W. C. A.
Miss Barger expects tOj spend a
year in the United States, returning
to China sometime during the sum
mer of 1926, in further study and in
educating the people of the United
States to the needs of China. This
summer she intends to study physi
cal education at Columbia University
at New York City and during the
winter she will study philosophy and
Bible in the Y. W. ?. A. training
school in New York City.
Last week women at the Univer-
WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1925.
Big Sister Group Will
Be Initiated Thursday
Approximately three hundred Uni
versity women have signed tho Big
Sister pledge and will be initiated
Into the Big Sister group at Agri
cultural Hall on the College of Agri
culture campus Thursday at 5 o'clock.
A picnic supper will bo served at 6
o'clock with Lois Jackman in charge.
Dancing in the gymnasium will fol
low and the meeting will close at 7
o'clock. The Advisory Council to
the Big Sister Board will be guests
of the Board.
Group meetings for the training of
Big Sisters will be held the last of
school. Each Big Sister will advise
and befriend two or more freshmen
for the 1925-1926 school year.
PROFESSORS TO
BE AT MEETING
DeBaufre and Luebs to Attend
Convention of Mechanical
Engineers.
WILL BE HELD NEXT
WEEK IN MILWAUKEE
Prof. W. L. DeBaufre, chairman,
and Prof. August Luebs, both of the
department of mechanical engineer
ing, will attend the spring meeting
of the American Society of Mechani
cal Engineers at Milwaukee next
week. Professor Luebs, who will
leave Friday, goes as representative
of the Nebraska section of the soci
ety; Professor DeBaufre will give a
paper before the Thursday session,
analyzing power plant production
He is to leave Lincoln Tuesday af
ternoon. The attention of engineers in all
parts of the country was called to
Professor DeBaufre's paper upon its
publication in the A. S. M. E. period
ical last month. It is entitled "An
alysis of Power Plant Performance
Based on the Second Law of Ther
modynamics," giving the details of a
step-by-step method of analyzing
power plant performance that shows
Hie lu.v&es of available energy occur
ring in each stage of the process.
A visit to the Fire Underwrite: s'
laboratories at Chicago will be made
by Professor Luebs on his way ti
Chicago. Here he will study methods
of testing safety devices on oil burn
ers, using this data for the test book J
which he expects to prepare in the
summer. .
The first day of the spring meet
ing, which will be attended by about
500 engineers from all parts of the
United States, will be occupied by
business meetings. Papers on recent
developments in power plant equip
ment and manufacturing processes
will fill the second day. A hearing
is to be had on the standard test
jce-des for mechanical equipment that
are being prepared, standardized.
and criticized by members of the so
ciety.
W .J. Wohlcnberg, University of
Nebraska graduate in mechanical en
gineering, and now a professor at
Yale University, will read a paper on
"Radiation in Pulverized Fuel Fur
naces. Another well-known speak
er will be G. H. Barrus, consulting
steam engineer of Boston, whose top
ic is to be "Tests of a Uniflow En
gine." The convention, meetings of which
will be held at hotels about the city
will be divided in sections. The Na
tional Defense section will conduct
an informal discussion of engineering
problems in industrial preparedness
The Materials session is to take ur
the value of the X-ray for investigat
ing steel castings, and the properties
of aluminum and its aloys for use by
mechanical engineers. The develop
ment of a formula for comparison of
the surveys secured by various type:
of handling equipment will be sketch
ed in the Materials Handling section.
The Management session plans tr.
deal with foundry operation, stee!
foundry management, and gray-iron
foundries. The railroad division will
take up maintenance problems, with
regard to which one paper will set
forth the economics of repairing
steam locomotives and the second
will deal with freight cars. The ap
prenticeship section, held under the
auspices of the Committee on Educa
tion and Training for Industries, will
discuss the Milwaukee district and
proposed nation-wide apprenticeship
schemes. There will also be a Fore?
Products session, a Pulverized Fuol
section, a Machine Shop section, and
a Hydroelectric Tower section.
Inspection trips to places of en
gineering interest about the Twin
Cities have "been planned. One tour
will include the Allis-Chalmers man
ufacturing plant, where steam tur
bines and mining equipment are con
structed; another will cover the sew
age disposal plant, the largest in tlie
world; a number of factories and
power plants will be included. Spe
cial trips have been arranged to in
terest the ladies in Milwaukee for the
convention, such as an excursion to
the Phoenix hosiery mills.
SILVER SERPEN! IPLANNING FOR
m m a ss v. m V M m Alt' f W V V W TX Iff
HOLDS ELECTION
Sophomore Women Are Select
ed Tuesday for Honorary
l Organization.
TO HOLD INITIATION
ON THURSDAY, MAY 21
Silver Serpent, society for junior
women, announces the election to
twenty-eight new members from the
sophomore class. Initiation will be
hold Thursday, May 21, and on Fri
day, May 22, will be held the annual
banquet. Alumnae who wish to at
tend the banquet should notify Elsie
Gr.amlich or Elinor Pickard.
The membership of Silver Serpent
is made up of one representative
from each sorority, literary society,
and six non- sorority women. The
now members are:
Alpha Chi Omega, Margaret Dun
lap. Alpha Delta Pi, Helen Koyes.
Alpha Delta Theta, Virginia Tay
lor. Alpi.t Omicron Pi, Mildred Sweet.
Alpha Phi, Katherine McWhinney.
Alpha Xi Delta, Wilhclmina Sehcl
lak. Chi Omega, Viola Forsell.
Delta Delta Delta, Sylvia Lewis.
Delta Gamma, Katherine Swift.
Delta Zeta, Blanch Stevens.
Gamma Phi Beta, Cyrena Smith.
Kappa Alpna Theta, Gretchen Ren
ard.
Kappa Delta, Dorothea Dawson.
Kappa Kappa Gamma, Doris Pink-
erton .
Phi Omega Pi, Esther Zinnecker.
Phi Mu, Wilma Searson.
Pi Beta Phi, Helen Simpson.
Sigma Kappa, Hazel Hagerman.
Theta Phi, Alpha, Kathro Kidwell.
Delian, Mary McDill.
Palladian, Ethel Saxton.
Union, Molly Zieman.
Non-Sorority, Madeline Downing,
Helen Aach, Pearl Diller, Eloise Mac
Ahan, Betty Roberts, Irene Schrimpf.
SJOGREN RETURNS
FROM CONVENTION
Represented Agricultural En
gineers at Meeting of Na
tional Council.
Professor O. W. Sjogren, chairman
of the Agricultural Engineering de
partment, returned yesterday from
Philadelphia where he had been in
attendance at a meeting of the Ad
ministrative Board of the American
Eng'nc-ering Council. This Board is
composed of thirty members prom
inently active in the various engin
eering and technical organizations
affiliated with the Cuaiicil. Frofes
or Sjogren was present as a repre
sentative of the American Society of
Agricultural Engineers.
- The meetings were presided over
by Major Gardner S. Williams of the
Detroit Engineering Society. Among
the many topics considered and act
ed upon were the following: aero
naut, cs (the board pledged its influ
ence in encouraging the widest utili
sation of the service afforded by avi
ation in the fields of national defense
and industry), and government reor
ganization as effecting the engineer
ing work, (the board approved the
proposed grouping of all engineering
work of the government into a Divi
sion of Public Works in the Depart
ment of the Interior.)
Approval was given to the contin
uance of the studies now under way
such as waste in industry, relation of
safety to production, Federal water
power, and related topics.
GET RELICS OF INDIAN WARS
Stte Historical Society To Add To
Collection
The Nebraska State Historical So
ciety, with offices in the basement
of the University Library building, is
to be presented with several trophies
oi the Indian campaign of 1862-1863.
Secretary A. E. Sheldon of the His
torical Society has received a letter
from Mrs. Laura B. Thomrison of
Washington, D. C, the grand-daugh
ter of John Goss.
Mr. Goss was one of the first set-1
tiers of Belleview, Nebraska, a mem
ber of the Second Nebraska Regi
ment that took part in the Indian
campaign. Goss died within the last
eight years, over ninety years of age.
Mrs. Thompson s letter told that she
she was 'sending the society two
packages; and a bow and arrow pick
ed up after the battle with the Indi
ans. The contents of the narlcsfoe
were not mentioned.'
The society is now in possession of
a powder-horn and musket used by
John Goss. Mrs. George D. Follmer
of Oak, Nebraska has just presented
the Historical Society with
an , old ,
American Flag, the first to be used
by the settlers in Nuckolls county.
PRICE 5 CENTS
SUMMER WORK
Great Opportunities Are Of
fered to Teachers of State to
Take Courses During Two
Sessions.
INCREASING FACILITIES
University Adds Many New In
structors to Faculty to Teach
Especially Educational Sub
jects. Summer School Schedule
June 8 Monday Registration,
Summer Session.
June 9 Tuesday Summer
Session classes begin.
July 14-15 Tuesday-Wednev
day Registration, second term.
July 15 Wednesday First
term closes.
July 16 Thursday Second
term classes begin.
August 21 Friday Summer
Session closes.
The Summer Session of the Uni
versity for 1925 is planned to offer
unusual opportunities to the teach
ers of the state as well as to serve
the needs of regular students who
desire to shorten their collegiate
terms, according to tho catalog just
issued. The great increase in at
tendance in recent years has made it
necessary to add new departments
and to increase the number of
courses in other departments already
represented.
The summer session for many
years offered but six weeks of work.
In response to the demand for an op
portunity to use more of the summer
in student work, it was increased to
eight weeks. In keeping with the ex
pressed desire that the great educa
tional plant should be, as nearly as
possible, continuously at the disposal
of the people of Nebraska, it was
later increased to twelve weeks, with
two terms. .
The schedule and courses are so
planned that students can enter either
term. Nearly all departments in the
second term offer beginning work.
Registration for the first term of the
Summer Session will be held Monday
June 8 from 8 to 12 and 2 to 5 in the
Armory. Those desiring to enter
earlier may do so, with the exception
of the payment of fees, on Friday
or Saturday, June 5 and 6.
Those beginning their registration
on Friday or Saturday must pay fees
in Memorial Hall Monday, June 8,
from 8 to 10. Class work begins
Tuesday, June 9, with five class days
the first week.
The University has as part of its
duties the aiding in preparation of
a body of properly qualified teachers
to meet the r,eed3 of the state. There
is still a shortage of well-prepared
teachers. Many college students who
might be inclined to enter the teach
ing profession find themselves lack
ing the necessary professlional pre
parations. In some instances this
preparation can be secured in two
terms of Summer Session.
In order to meet more adequately
the professional needs of Nebraska
teachers, practically the entire staff
of the Teachers College will be on
duty doing full work for at least one
term. In addition a number cf other
instructors have been secured.
The work of the current Summer
Session is especially attractive in the
field of supervision and administra
tion. Every department of the Teach
ers College offers one or more
courses to meet this need. Among
others in addition to the regular
members cf the teaching staff, Dr.
George D. Strayer of Columbia Uni
versity, Dr. N. L. Engelhardt of Col
umbia University, E. M. Hosman,
Secretary of the Nebraska State
Teachers Association, Supt J. A.
True of McCook, Supt. E. L. Reuse
of Scottsbluff, Supt W. H. Morton
of Beatrice, Supt W. G. Brooks of
(Continued cn Page Three.)
Pillars From Old
Capitol Presented
To the University
Eight marble pillars from the
North and South entrances of the
old State Capitol building have been
presented to the University by the
State Capitol Commission. The gift
was secured by interested University
authorities who saw possibilities for
their use in future buildings to be
erected on the campus or favored
their preservrtion for historical
value. '
The University was given the pil
lars over requests from several Ne
braska towns, including Oakland,
which wanted two pillars for the en
trance to its new city park. The
Commission was offered $2,000 for
the eight' shafts by collectors but
turned down the bid in order to give
them to the University. The pillars
are off a gray marble and are about
thirty feet in heighth.