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    tfffK DAILY NEBRASftAN
College Press
THE ANATOMY OF GREATNESS
(McCill Daily) ,
What is greatnens and upon what
joc it depend 7
wc look at the photoprraph of, let
say, Premier Baldwin, of Brit
"f If we did not know that he
' B great man, would there be
wa .... tho nhotosrraph to point
It? Trcmier Baldwin has a head
. i. not double the size of an or
7.r man's head It Is less In size
than a K"d many heads, and yet In
mind therein Is worth several ordi
nary minds.
Why is !t tlmt a certain man' nBV'
ne paused through ordinary boyhood
d young manhood, rises to a pos
l00k upon him as their deliverer. He
. nRCg the course of historyi there
by affecting the life of millions.
Many P'Ple mint hBVe ,nfinitcly
more talent than ho along certain
lir,g, Alexander the Groat' con
quered the world and died as the re
sult of a feeble human weakness.
Isaac Newton, who . revolutionized
Kicnee, was a dullard in many ways.
Teachers and professors moralize,
and successful business men make
eood money by outlining the royal
road to prcatness. In the old days
of class distinction, a man of the
umrkine ilass would agree that he
did not have the talent worthy of
(rroatness. Cleverness ana quicKness
of brain, usually hereditary, was
supposed to be the only cause from
greatness. This viewpoint was pre
valent until a class of financiers had
worked their way to fame from pov
ertv. without the aid of education
Tk.i nt once became idols. Talent
was but a minor requisite, but the
ability to work hard and long, and
to love work, was stressed. And
we remember the lives of Doctor
Johnson, Goldsmith and Gray, who
were notorious for their idolence. A
class of Thysical Educationists have
arisen who declare that the "mens
sano in corpore sano" doctrine ex-
plains greatness, and that men who
never shown in athletics will never
shine anywhere. We have only to
refer to William III of England, the
second "Oonquerer," Laurence
Sterne, and Pope as examples of a
ereat class of men who reached
greatness in spite of physical indol
ence and infirmity. There are in
ferable other hypotheses, which, if
delved into, lose all their weight:
Some men become notorious through
a pleasant appearance, others go
through their lives attired as tramps,
or herniits, but the world minds not.
Greatness -nay be ascribed to an ex
cellent personality, but men akin to
those mentioned above had most
repellant perssnalities, and yet en
joyed ereat vogue, even in their
own time.
But let it be noticed that greatness
centers round deeds. A man of great
orks is a great man, and great only
as far as his works go. The man
that ordinary man with a head, a
nose, two eyes and a mouth, alike
in most respects to those possessed
by everyone else sways the world
the world adores him sooner or
later, for his good works; or curses
him for his evil works among the
children of men. Have not statistic
seekers done wrong to seek for the
secret of greatness in the subject
himself, rather than in his mighty
works? We offer it as our humbl
suggestion.
Does greatness depend, upon origi
nality? Doubtless the great major
ity of it does, but not all of it. A
great musician plays the pieces of
great masters on a violin. There is
nothing original about that or noth
ing more original than usual.
Must we then give up our quest
for the reason of greatness? Statis
tics prove nothing there are too
many exceptions.' We are inclined
to believe with Mark Twain, that
there are three kind of lieslies,
damned lies and statistics.
mere
Most Students Carry Books Under
Left A rnz Investigation Discloses
Are bgoks carried under tho right
arm or under tho left arm?
The average student may find it
necessary to pick up books and find
out, i asked.
Out of seventy-five men noticed
on campus, ton did not carry books;
sixteen carried them under their
right arms; whilo forty-nine carried
books under left arms.
Seventy-five university women
presented almost the same story.
Four did not carry books, twenty-one
carried; them under their right arms,
and fifty carried them under their
left arms.
It appears, then, that, true to ha
bit, the right hand is left free, to be
ready if called upon. The exact op
posite applies to those who are left
handed. When questioned:
Geraldine Fleming; 'I don't know.'
Marlon Woodard: "Under my left
arm, of course." '
Evelyn 'Linley: "Always left."
Barney Olansky: "I do not carry
books."
Gertrude Roe: "I shift mine." '
See What group you come under.
IS more truth ?n t.h Hair.
'ig, "Man must work ont hnt own
Mlvation" than in all the statistics
concerning greatness.
No doubt greatness inheres in an
bundant amount of ambition or
wient or physical fitness or origi-J
";ity or power, singly, together, in
Pairs, and in very human quality we
"ow of. But if we can develop
"osse qualities which the Almighty
Ms furnished us with, to the highest
aeeree, and do all we can towards a
t ideal, we have done our part.
And our universities? ' They are
e to produce great men. Enor
, amnts of money have been
fished upon them, the cleverest
U ln the world are employed by
on, and yet the university seems
2 Seeing behind. And univer
ses will never attain anything like
maximum efficiency until they give
P the hlgh-flown idea of education
ie?nS I ma8S' pridil them
darf ? numbe and single stan
ds, imposing upon the professors
heaH , ,forcing education into the
o ft VhSe wh0 are no hy
d . 8nd who do not want it. and
wj me tru
inaivi
''eh h
ant; a Pnmmor,: .
i'uoitiuii in
of yA- c Blaenc.uie right
'"dividual tuition and assistance,
tomV .'U.nee(,.snould
tlle country.
wish
INSTRUCTOR ON LECTURE TOUR
Miss Cameron, Will Make Three
Week's Trip in North Dakota
Anna M. Cameron, Extension in
structor in social work, and execu
tive secretary of the State Confer
ence of Social Workers, will leave
Monday, February 8, for a three-
week lecture and interviewing tour
through the northern tier of coun
ties. Her first address will be to the
Commercial Club at Winnebago at
the invitation of Superintendent
Mann, Governement Indian agent
From there she will go west on the
Northwestern and Burlington raib-
roads, visiting all county seats and
interviewing individuals in regard to
county social work and conditions in
Nebraska. Her trip will end March
1 with a speaking engagement at
Fremont with the Women's Business
and Professional Club.
REGISTRATION SAID HIGH
Mitt MaGahey Says Number Expect
ed to Equal Last Year'
Although no tabulation has been
made of the second-semester regis
tration, Miss Florence I. MaGahey,
registrar, estimates the enrollment to
be approximately equal to that of
last year at this time. The total is
about 300 less than at the beginning
of the year in September. The de
crease is the customary second-sem
ester drop caused by students leaving
school on account of ill health, bad
finances, and scholarship. There are
always many new students entering
the second semester, so that the drop
is not as great as it would be other
wise.
VERA BARGER WILL BE
GUEST OF UNIVERSITY
(Continued from Page One.)
PUBLISH A STUDY BK BUCK
"Milton on Liberty," by Nebraska
Professor, Now in Print
"Milton on Liberty," a University
study by Prof. Philo M. Buck, of the
department of comparative literal
ture, who is now on leave at the Uni
versity of Wisconsin, has recently
bean published by the University. It
is a study of Milton's ideas on liberty
as revealed in his various works.
"There is no finer thoughts on liber
ty," concluded Professor Buck. "It
Is refreshing in this age with its
large democratic trust in the effi
ciency of legislation and state con
trol, to read his plea for tho rule of
reason. Milton was tho first great
liberal in English polities."
The University studies are mono
graphs written by members of the
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dinner for 11 team workers and the fro "p tho committee. They
Executives Will Attend Meeting
Chancellor Samuel Avery, Dean
W. B. Soalock, Dean H. G. James and
Director R. D. Norwiti of tho EducaT
tional Service Department, will at
tend the superintendents' convention
at Grand Island, February 9 and 10.
Have you paid your subscription?
team captains, at the Grand Hotel on
Thursday evening. She will explain
the importance of tho work that the
Y. W. C. A. of this University is sup
porting in China. About two hun
dred women are expected to attend
the dinner, which will be held at 6:15.
Vera Bargcr was graduated from
the University with the class of 1912
and was a member of the Y. W. C. A.
staff in China before the death of
Grace Coppock in 1021. Miss Cop
pock founded the first physical edu
cation normal school in Shanghai,
China. Miss Bargcr since the death
of Miss Coppock has carried on the
work which she founded.
Recently tho physical education
school at Shanghai merged with the
Gingling college at Nanking and Miss
Barger's work has been to dirpct the
department of physical education in
this college and also to keep in touch
with the graduates of the department
who are teaching in government
schools over China.
CHARTER DAY RADIO
PROGRAM ANNOUNCED
(Continued from Page One.)
REGENT SEYMOUR TO TALK
Retiring President of Board
Speak Before Rot aria ns
Will
Regent George N. Seymour, retir
ing president of the Board of Re
gents of the University of Nebraska
and chairman of the campus plan
ning committee, will speak on the fu
ture plans f ot the University campus
at the noon luncheon of the Rotary
Club Tuesday, February 9. Regent
Seymour has made studies of the fu
ture development of the campus
which nave been used as a guide
in the location of new buildings, and
which -will form the basis for future
campus expansion.
LUTHERAN LEAGUE ELECTS
Bible Study Group Names Officers
For Second Semester
The following officers were elect
ed for the Lutheran Birl8 League on
Wednesday evening, February
president, Mr. Herbert Finke; vice-
president, Mr. William Schepmani;
secretary, Mr. Emil Glaser; treasur
er, Mr. R. J. Maaska.
At the Bible class which met every
Wednesday last semester, the life of
St. Paul was studied. The average
attendance was thirty-seven. Social
meetings were held once a month.
"tructor, ,0 Attend Meeting
rirert. y- Wern and
i .. . u
Co!leAf
Mortiz of Teachers
Natir i r.T 6 convention of
ChW Educatio"Al Association
"ashington on February 17
Vaudeville's Famous Clown Comed
ian, Al K. Hall, Headlines a
Program of Unusual Excell
ence at Liberty Monday
If you have laughs to laugh pre
pare to laugh them Monday. The
Orpheum circuit favorite and well-
known clown' comedian, Al K. Hall, is
the feature" offering; in his latest
whirlwind of fun, "The Sap ut the
Beach." His supporting1 company in
cludes Morris Lloyd, Genevieve Blair
and Helen Ardell. Have you met
the Prince of Wales? He will ap
pear at the Liberty in a romantic
miniature musical comedy called
"Meet the Prince." It is a feature
offering presented by Luther Yantis
and Jay Mason and a bevy of talent
ed and beautiful girls; "Silks and Sa
tins" is another big feature attrac
tion which will appear the first half
of this week. It is one of the best
dressed revues entour today, present
ed tiy Al Garbelle, Magdalene Thor
ley, Dorothy Stratton, Lucille Hot-
aling, and the Reynolds Sisters. Mr.
Garbelle is a well-known singing and
dancing 'uvenille from such musical
comedies as "Blossom Time,' No,
No Nanette,". "The Dancing Honey
moon," et cetera; John Geiger will
charm all with his talking violin;
Fred and Daisy Rial have a dainty
surprise offering. The last chapter
of "The Green Archer," news and
comedy pictures and Babich and his
orchestra complete what should prove
to be one of thk ers tno
to be the best shows of the season.
ADV.
10:05 to 10:15 (10) Jeanette Ol
son, Pianist.
10:15-10:17 (2) Talk by Professor
Laurence Fossler, '81, Professor of
Germanic languugcs.
10:17-10:30 (12) Ruth Reuter,
'28, Violinist.
10:30-10:33 (2) Talk by Amanda
Heppner, '94, Dean of Women.
10:33-10:50 (16) University of
Nebraska orchestra under the direc
tion of William T. Quick.
10:50-10:58 (8) Readings by H.
Alice Howell, '05, Associate Profes
sor of Elocution and Dramatic Art.
10:58-10:60 (2) Ringing of Old
Chapel Bell. ,
11:00-11:05 (5) Address by the
Honorable ' Adam McMullen, '96,
Governor of the State of Nebraska.
11:05-11:20 (16) String ensemble
under the direction of Paul W.
Thomas.
11:20-11:22 (2) Talk by P. F.
Fling, Professor of History.
1122-11:34 (10) Second group by
the string ensemble.
11:32-11:34 (2) Talk by M. M.
Fogg, Director of the School of Jour
nalism.
11:34-11:50 (15) "The Third In
gredient," a one act play by the Uni
versity Players.
11:50-12:00 (10) Burdette Taylor,
'26, Violinist.
12:00-12:05 (5) Talk by George
N. Seymour, retiring president of the
Board of Regents.
12:05-12:15 (10) Gladys Edwards,
'26, Pianist.
12:15-12:18 (2) Message from F.
J. Taylor, president of the Board of
Regents.
12:18-12:28 (10) Emma Novy,
Saxaphone.
12:28-12:35 (7) Readnigs by Har
old Sumption, '26, of the Dramatic
Art Department.
12:35-12:49 (12) Elizabeth Cole
man, Soprano.
12:50-12:52 (2) Talk by O. J. Fer
guson, '03, Dean of the College of
Engineering.
12:52-1:00 (8) Duets by Helen Co
wan, '26, Soprano, and Elizabeth
Coleman, '26, Soprano.
1:00-1:05 (5) Readings by Barney
Olansky of the Dramatic Art Depart
ment.
1:05-1:15 (10) Albert Friedli,
Tenor.
1:15-1:23 (8) University of Ne
braska R. O. T. C Band under the
direction of William T. Quick.
1:23-1:33 (10) Readings by Sally
Lerner of the Dramatic Art Department.
1:33-1:35 (2) Talk by Wilbur Pet
erson, '25, Editor of the Nebraska
Alumnus.
1:35-1:45 (10) University of Ne
braska R. O. T. C. Band.
1:45-1:50 (5) Message from Ed
Weir, '26, Captain of the 1924 and
1925 football team and two-year All
American. 1:50-2:00 (10) University of Ne
braska R. O. T. C. Band signing off
with "The Cornhusker.'
are published four times a year.
Foreign Society Honors Dr. Gray
Dr. Louis H. Gray, of the depart
ment of Comparative Philology and
Oriental Languages, has recently
been elected a member of the Royal
Asiatic Society of Great Britain and
Ireland.
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MORMS I.I.OYn. OENKVIEVE M.A1R
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"Meet The Prince"
A Miniature M union I Com oily wth
LUTHER YANTIS AND JAY MASON
And Ttcvy of
BEAUTIFUL and TALENTED GIRLS
"Silks and Satins"
One of the Merry Rcvum with
Al Garbelle
And Quintette of Vcrontllr Olrln
MAGDALENE THUKI.KY, REYNOLDS SISTERS,
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Painty and Different in
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John Geiger
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NEWS
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"The Green Archer"
The Last Chapter
BABICH AND HIS PRIZZE ORCHESTRA
SHOWS AT 2:30, 7:00, 6:00. MAT. 25c NITE 50c CAU 20c
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ALSO NEWS AND COMEDY PICTURES
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"America's Foremost Indian Tenor"
EARNEST HARRISON'S LYYRIC ORCHESTRA
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