THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
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CHARTER DAY
February, the month of birthdays,
brings Charter Day for the Univer
sity of Nebraska. On February 15,
18G9, the bill for the creation of n
state university was passed by the
legislature and signed by Governor
David Butler. If the sight of the
University today is insufficient to in
spire students, the story of its past
aa brought to mind by Charter Day
should fill the void to over-flowing.
The University of Nebraska is the
product of the pioneer spirit. The
plainsmen who founded it were men
of courage and vision. They had the
courage to break away from the east
of settled and developed communi
ties, to seek homes and happiness
in a wild, danger-infested, unfruit
ful prairie country. And they had
sufficient vision to see the possibili
ties of converting the desert into a
prosperous agricultural area, with
cities unhampered by the accumula
ted trash of former generations, and
new political and educational insti
tutions embodying the most modern
ideas and theories of a progressive
age.
From the very first, leaders of the
pioneers planned public schools and
educational centers. They were im
patient to create agencies for the
dissemination of thought and know
ledge indispensible tools of all free
peoples. Scarcely had legislatures
begun to meet at Lincoln when the
first bills for the establishment of a
university were introduced. Defi
nite action was taken less than two
years after Nebraska's admission to
statehood.
contest. Outside of that, we devoted
our time to our studies, to any out
aide work that we may have had,
and to the interests of the literary
societies, with an intensity of con
centration that I am sure would make
a present-doy professor's eyes stand
out in amazement. We were ever
lastingly discussing questions like the
tariff, the Nicaraguan canal and the
immortality of the bouI. When the
suffrage question came to a vote in
1882, we lined up on opposite sides
and not only said everything that
had been put forward on the ques
tion, but after the amendment was
beaten got up a respectable riot when
the antis started to buy n coffin said
to contain the remains 4f Susan B.
Anthony, only to lose it to the beef
ier suffs."
Imagine n riot on the present
campus over the Child Labor Amend
ment! But Mr. Jones continues: "That
near riot was on the whole a very
satisfactory affair. We had the band
out, and made a big fire on the dirt
roaid at Eleventh and O streets and
rowed around so much like real stu
dents that we felt very much encour
aged about our rising college spirit.
If we could only get a football team
and some fraternities started we
might at last put the University on
the map."
Twenty Years Ago
The chapel wus packed to hear the
first performance of tho now Glee
and Mandolin club. The men in the
two clubs showed tho results of hard
and earnest work on the part of
themselves and of the directors.
An endeavor was made to organize
a boxing class with Jack Best as in
structor. Since most eastern col
leges had boxing matches along with
other athletics, this class was strong
ly advocated.
Dr. Clapp organized the regular
class for the members of the faculty
who were interested in gymnasium
work. It was divided into the heavy
and light apparatus work, mat work,
and basketball.
When the university opened, there
was but one college, that of litera
ture, science, and the arts. It offer
ed courses in Latin, Greek, and the
sciences. There were practically
no secondary schools offering such
preparatory work as candidates for
admission to a University should
have, and instead of receiving more
students than could be accomodated
the early officials of the University
were obliged to go forth and solicit
students from the scattered frontier
towns.
The most approved 1926 methods
of boosting enrollments in state uni
versities are to offer how-to-get-rich-quick
courses, lighten requirements,
display photographs of enormous
buildings, hire expensive athletic
coaches and build gymnasiums and
football stands. The pioneers' way
was quite different. A "Latin
school" was created to give prepar
atory training, and for some time it
was one of the most important
branches of the institution. The el
ective system was not permitted until
1880 University Hall, with its leaky
roof and smoky stoves, housed every
department. There were no organ
ized athletics whatever for about a
dozen years.
Of the early faculty, George Elliot,
one of the number, has writen:
"They were not men of wide nation
al repute. Several had had experi
ence in small denominational col
leges. Not one was of trancendant
ability. Most of them were persons
of strong character and high ideals."
Especially interestirg to "we
moderns" is the undergraduate life
of such a school as the University
was at first. Poverty was so com
mon that a student did not worry
if he found himself flat broke after
paying fees and buying books the
opening week. A few individuals
who "squandered" five or six dol
lars a week on board were consider
ed frightfully extravagant Every j
problem of civilization was thrashed
out over humble irding-houscs ta
bles. Despite the social gaiety of Lin
coln's younger set, the students had
few organizations save the literary
societies which, in those days, did
honest-to-goodness debating and lit
erary work. There were no frater
nities, no formals, only a little danc
ing, and few fancy clothes. Society
was so simple that the janitor with a
salary of $50 a month was treated
ns an equal by professors and as a
superior by rtudents.
What were he chief interests of
' . l.-i:ts? Will Owen Jones des-
(!.cm m fellows: "The only
';. interest was the college
. 1 ' f! Hesperian Student, which
'r of many a brilliant
Last week. Chancellor Avery de
claimed in an interview: "Because we
still a little more 'pioneerish' than
they are farther east, opportunities
are more appreciated." Wrho can
look back at the University as it was
when the first pioneers were still
young and not s'ncerely hope that the
Chancellor is right? May the Uni
versity of Nebraska always be "pio
neerish!" To be sure, it has lived to see most
of the dream of the founders for its
material future realized. It is ques
tionable, however, if the pioneers' ex
alted hopes of implanting a scholarly
spirit in Nebraska's sons and daugh
ters have yet been fulfilled. Pre
judices still prevail, minds are still
inactive, and false standards are
still set up. Of course, the edifices
of freedom, tolerance, and justice
may be yet erected some day.
The pioneer .spirit is primarily
courageous and forward-looking. It
is opposed to the kind of conserva
tism that is based on fear of every
thing new. It is opposed to the kind
of radicalism which would remove
the solid rock from civilization's
foundation along with that which has,
decayed. If the University is to con
tinue' along the lines contemplated
by the genuine pioneers who found
ed it, the leaders must be unafraid
of innovations or far-reaching
changes nor must they ever weaken
in their devotion to the ideals of free
people.
On The Air
Valentine Day Celebrated in Many
Different Ways in Years Gone by
Valentine Day, according to Web
ster, is the day on which one chooses
his official sweetheart for Jhe
month, semester, or year; on which
we celebrate by sending some funny
looking thing, sometimes called a
Valentine to our friend or sweet
heart if we think she deserves it.
But Webster lived a good many years
ago and one cannot say that he kept
up with our ideas and ideals. So
now men (and college students) us
ually send their lady friend a box
of candy or flowers.
Of course Valentine's Day has
been celebrated differently in differ
ent years. On February 14, 1914
the Black Masques, in honor of the
second semester girls, gave a party at I
tho Temple. Wild games, such as
sewing contests, drop-the-handker-chief
and others of equal speed were
played. In 1917 the University stu
dents held a "hop" at the Rosewildo
dance hall. The affair was a big
success. There was $49 profit made
and this was divided in the spirit of
New Years, Christmas, and also Val
entine's Day, among the managers.
The engineers also enjoyed the
duy in 1917, by tying "love knots."
Thcso seemed to havo held better
than those that are made today bo
cause they were mado of extra hard
spring steel. They guaranteed their
knots to hold against any kind of a
breakup in any kind of weather and
under any conditions.
JUDGING TEAMS ARE
PRESENTED AWARDS
(Continued from Pag Ona.)
University Studio
over KFAB (340.7)
broadcasting
Monday, Feb. 15
9:30 to 9:55 a. m. Weather re
port by Prof. T. A. Blair. Road re
port and Announcements.
10:30 to 11:00 n. m. "Why Girls
Enjoy Clothing Clubs," by Miss Mary
Borreson, Assistant in Boys' and
Girls' Club Work. Agricultural Ex
tension Service.
1:15 to 1:30 p. m. Address by
Chancellor Avery, "The University
and the High School." Musical num
bers by Miss Mary Ellen Edger
ton, Violinist.
3:00 to 3:30 p. m. "Evolution of
Our Educational System," by Pro
fessor O. H. Werner, Acting Head
of the Department of Elementary
and Rural Education.
"Does Education Pay?" by Dr. F
E. Ilenzlik, Chairman of the Depart
ment of Schol Ahministration.
8:05 p. m. to 2:00 a. m. Charter
Day Program. Special Carter Day
Program under the auspices of the
Nebraska Alumni Association.
STUDENT JUDGING
CONTEST PLANNED
Block and Bridle Club Sponsors
New Competition) Crowley
Elected President
Ten Years Ago
Notices
Union Literary Society
Union Literary Society will hold
an open meeting, Friday at 8:30, at
the Union Hall in the Temple. Vis
itors invited.
Catholic Student
The members of the Catholic Stu
dent Club will receive Communion in
a body at the 8 o'clock mass, Sunday,
at the Cathedral. Breakfast and a
meting of the Club will follow at Le
Petit Gourmet.
There will be a meeting of the
Vestals of the Lamp Tuesday, Feb
ruary 16, at 4 o'clock in Ellen Smith
Hall. Important business.
The Block and Bridle Club elect
ed officers Wednesday, February 10.
Edward Crowley, Cambridge, was el
ected president; Francis Recce, Si
meon, vice president; Tome Johnson,
Broken Bow, secretary; Irving Mc
Kinley, Ponca, treasurer; and Wat
son Foster, Imperial, sergent-nt-arms.
These men will hold office
during the second semester.
Plans for a judging contest which
is to be held some time in March
were discussed. This cnotest will be
open to nil men majoring in the ani
mal husbandry department, and is to
create interest and get more men to
come out for the college judging
teams.
WRITE OF THERMOREGULATOR
Prof. T. J. Thompson Joint Author of
Article on New Device
"A New Thermoregulatory by
Prof. T. J. Thompson of the depart
ment of chemistry and Prof. Henry
J. Wing of the department of chem
istry of Doane College, appeared on
the December number of The Journal
of Industrial and Chemical Engineer
ing.
Another article by the same nuth-
ors on "The Solubility of Barium
Propionate," was published in the
January number of the Journal of
the American Chemical Society.
Professor Wing received his master's
degree last summer at the University
of Nebraska.
den, coach of tho poultry team, in
troduced George West, Ray Taylow
and Wendell Woodward. Prof. W
W. Derrick, coach of the animal hus
bandry judging teums, introduced
Melvin Lewis, Amos Gramlich, Wal
ter Tolman, Lewis Hall, Russell Ken
dull, and Peter K. Pratt. The mei
on Prof. T. II. Godding's grain jud
ging team were George Beadle, Law
rence Jones, and John Davis.
Miss Vera Barger, head of all the
physical education work for the Y
W. C. A. in China gave a very inter
esting talk on college life in China
as compared to college life here. She
told of the dress of the Chinese stu
dents, the sports they are interested
in, and of the great strides being
made along educational lines in that
country.
WILL VISIT STATE CAPITOLS
PAPERS BY UPSON PUBLISHED)
Edna Bullock, Director of Reference
Bureau, To Study Method
Thousand Attend
Valentine Party
More than n thousand attended
the All-University Valentine Party
held Inst jiight in the Armory. Elsie
Walbridge danced tho Sweetheart
Waltz, a Valentine danco novelty,
during the intermission.
The hall was decorated with red
and white streamers leading to a
large heart in the center of the room.
Small hearts were placed at the other
end of the streamers. Fruitd punch
and wafrs were served.
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Chemistry Professor Is Joint-Author
Of Two Recent Papers
Prof. F. W. Upson of thp depart
ment of chemistry and Fred W. Jen
sen of the department of chemistry
of the Texas Agricultural and Mech
anical College are joint-authors of an
article on "The Oxidation of d-Glu-cose
by Means of Copper in Sodium
Carbonate Solution," in the Decem
ber number of The Journal of the
American Chemical Society.
In the January issue of the same
journal was published an article on
"The Oxidation of d-Glucose by Air
in Calcium Hydroxide Solution," by
Professor Upson and M. H. Power,
who is now engaged in research j
chemistry at the Mayo Institut at
Rochester, Minn.
Miss Edna Bullock, Director of the
Nebraska Reference Bureau, leaves
this morning on a three month's visit
to thirteen capitol cities, her first
stop being Topeka, Kansas. The
purpose of her trip is to study legis
lative procedure in the various legis
latures now in session and to gather
data for the Bureau's work for the
next Nebraska legislature.
She will stop at Washington, D.
C. Among the other cities included
in her intinerary are: Springfield,
111., Madison, Wis., Indianapolis, Ind.,
Boston, Mass., Trenton, N. J., and
Providence, R. I. She will return
some time the middle of May.
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Fifty members of the Girls' Club
council met in the V. W. C. A. to
organize for the second semester.
Committees were named to make
plans for the entertainment of the
Intercollegiate Women's association
scheduled to meet in May.
The race for the basketball cham
pionship of the Missouri Valley,
which was between Missouri, Kansas
Aggies and Nebraska was to be
cleared when Nebraska played Ames.1
Nebraska did not meet Missouri so'z
the Ames game was to determine the i
relative strength of the two schools. i
The University received from
the Carnegie endowment fund $2ii0
to spend in international relations EE:
and in South America during the EE;
summer session. The announcement j EE
was maue 10 l nuneeuor a very in a
letter from the American Associa
tion for International Conciliation.
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Curator Speaks at York
Mr. F. G. Collin, assistant cura
tor of the University museum, gave
a lecture on "The New Morrill Hall
and Fossil Animals of the State," at I
York Friday, February 12, under the
auspices of the York Y. M. C. A.
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Fashion
grams It's no longer the "red flannel
shirt, but the red flannel
SKIRT, that is attracting at
tention these days.
Lisle stockings are considered
much smarter with tweed and
similar sports costumes, espe
cially since they come in tones
to match.
The draped felt turban aRe
boux fashion is triply smart
when its draping makes use of
three blended colors.
In spite of the increasing vogue
of color, Paris still holds faith
ful to black, and considers the
smart wardrobe incomplete
without several black frocks in
it.
When Chanel introduces a fash
ion or fabric, Fashion sits up
and takes notice. Her latest
contribution to the mode is
CHECKS.
The short, box-coated tailleur
looks much the same as every
year, till one comes to the skirt,
which flares differently this
year, due to an intricacy of de
sign and cut.
The basque line at the hips is
a chic variation of today's sil
houette. Tearing a leaf out of the
pages of youthful days, the
sailor collar comes back as the
newest neckline for grown-ups.
A large, man-size handkerchief
of taffeta should accompany
the tailored costume. It is most
effective worn Apache fashion.
There is no longer any question
as to the importance of the
cape. From chiffon to tweed,
on the beach or in the ballroom,
it lends its versatile and flat
tering grace to every type of
costume.
, Trims will do duty again this
spring, with flowers, duH
plaids and geometric patterns
predominating. Designs are
smaller this year.
Plain color sheer silks, in com
pany with printed sheer silks,
will uphold the task of making
our wardrobes interesting.
The mode has more or less
found itself the flare is used
with more discriminationthe
straight line, whenever the fub
ric demands it. '
Tnffnl. .nmna tr I1U fhlS Snrim?
in the nature of a revivul, nnd
is scheduled for success, tor
daytime, it is often used in
combination with other fabrics
and is slender of line. For eve
ning, bouffant. And in coats,
quilting is its favorite trim
ming. The jumper frock is still the
favorite. It may be long or
short, straight or flared, but
jumper it is.
Straw unbends before spring
and now comes in such pliable
weaves that it can be draped as
beautifully as silk or felt.
We can expect to see plenty of
pleats treated differently, it
is true, but pleats, neverthe
less. Soft, crayon colorings or
"dusty" colorings, as they are
called are used in suits ana
coats and give promise of
bright spring.
The high crown in millinery
gives many pointers to smart
ness. It is not easy to wear,
but if one can, the result is ex
tremely chic.
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