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NEWS EDITORS
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THE COMING CONCERT
There hasve been wry few con
certs and theatrical entertainments of
merit during the past season in Lin
coln as compared with former years.
The Orpheum has been used for the
exhibition of ancient films in plnce
of the dramas, musical shows, and
comedies which once adorned its
stage. And there have been almost
no concerts with the exception of
tbose in the artists' course and the
Kansas City Little Symphony or
chetra's visits.
The appearance of Schumann
Heink this week, is, therefore, an
event of unusual importance for Lin
coln and the University. It is an
opportunity to enjoy music such as
is seldom heard here. And it is pro
bably the last opportunity which the
local public will have of hearing
this famous contralto.
The tickets are priced reasonably,
and when one remembers the average
cost of entertainments of even medi
ocre quality, it can hardly be said
that the cost is prohibitive for stu
dents. The Nebraskan is always re
luctant to urge its readers to "do
this" or "go there" but the exception
al nature of the coming events, war
rants this exception to the rale.
PERFECTLY ASTOUNDING
The editors of The Yale Daily
News were summoned before the con
gressional investigating committee
to testify on the wet issue. They
told the congressmen that prohibition
was not being enforced at Yale with
sufficient success to prevent students
from getting any amount of liquor
that they might desire. And they
submitted the results of a poll, show
ing a 4 to 1 majority as opposed to
the Volstead Act, with 2,500 out of
4,000 students voting.
The drys then called upon Doctor
Fisher of the Yale faculty to refute
the statements of the students. He
answered with flat assertions, and ex
pressed surprise that the committee
should want the testimony of boys
who were but eleven years old and
were not in New Haven when the
Volstead Act went into effect.
My, how logical college professors
can be!
If it is surprising that the com
mittee should accept the testimony
of persons who were only eleven
years old when the law was enacting,
how much more surprising it is that
' the American public accepts the
statements of patriots regarding the
Declaration of Independence, al
though those patriots weren't even
born when the declaration was writ
ten! And even more astounding, is the
popular acceptance of testimony of,
college professors concerning Greeks
and Romans of whom they do not
even have authentic photographs, and
who lived long before anyone had
ever thought about coming or going
to New Haven!
The students testified as to present
conditions. They may have been
mistaken, but Doctor Fisher's expres
sions of surprise do not expose their
error.
NIICE WEATHER
The printers very kindly placed an
advertisement by a rent-a-ford com
pany at the foot of the editorial col
umn last week. It reminded us of
the tenacity with which the com
panie? have stuck to their higher
rates,
2ut who cares? 'Tis spring!
Lincoln citizens recently started a
walking campaign which proved both
delightful and profitable to them
The University may well do likewise
now that the weather is inviting, the
evenings charming, and the sidewalks
dry most of the time.
Lincoln is a -comparatively small
city, and the distances are not so
terribly great And this is a remark
ably well side-walked city. Few
students realize the true extent of
the city's wafts, and Lincoln is too
seldom given credit for its merit in
this respect.
Why should students be concern
ed about rent-a-cars in such a city at
such a season?
Recent Alumni Viaitors
Among recent visitors at the alum
ni office were John F. Wenstrand,
ex-'iS, Eed Oak, Iowa; Clarence E.
VJckeL '17, St. Paul, Minn; Edward
Iloyt, '21, MeCook; Claudius E.
Eennett, '09, Mexico City; and N.
C. Abbott, '06, Nebraska City.
IV. A SAMPLE CURRICULUM
A graphic display of a sort of
"sample" curriculum may serve to
clarify our discussion and to illus
trate more accurately our idea of a
well-organized and unifed disposition
of courses. The purpose of the col
lege has been declared to be to pro
vide a background of knowledge so
that the student may become aware
of his environment, to develop think
ing minds, to bring about the fullest
realization of individuality and per
sonality, and to encourage tastes, in
terest in ideas, and culture. Some
such curriculum as that below (if
administered with the devices and
attitudes to be suggested in the next
article) would go a long way to
ward the realization of that purpose.
For the junior college (the first
two years) some such plan as the fol
lowing would be considered.
Firat Year
English composition 6
Language - 6-10
Language continued from high
school 6
Science (a) 6
Mathematics (b) 6
Electives 2-6
(a) A six hour science course in each
of the first two years should be
distinctly an arts course in science,
not a preparatory course for pro-
fessional work in medicine or en
gineering. Surveys of the sciences
or the representative sciences
such as physics, chemistry, biology,
and geology have been worked
out without sacrificing thorough'
ness.
(b) A sort of combined mathemat
ics-logic course has been used else
where in which the "tools" of
reasoning and logical thinking
were emphasized more than formal
mathematics, although proper pre
paration was given for advanced
work. A mathematics require
ment might be waived for students
with from six to eight semesters
high school preparation.
Second Year
English literature 6
Language 6
Science continued 6
History of Civilization (a) 6
Electives to include a second
language usually 10-12
(a) History of civilization would be
a survey of the world culture much
as the course is given at present.
It might be advisable since oth
er instructors would be required
to give the course and since all
students would be required to take
it to omit the historical method
now given, substituting a third
hour of lecture or outside reading
on the main theme of world de
velopment.) Variations from this general
scheme might be made, of course. It
should be clear that the general plan
is to insure a basic training in lan
guage, English, and mathematics, an
arts course in science that would
serve to make the student aware of
his physical environment, and a
course in the development of civili
zation that would make the student
aware of his social and mental en
vorinment. The whole serves not
only to provide the necessary "tool"
subjects, but also to -orient students
in their investigation of knowledge
by giving a background.
In the senior college after the
student has passed the requirements
for entrance; examinations in lan
guage, English, and over the sur
veys of the first two years the stu
dent would: (1) take a required
course in the history of philosophy-in
the junior year; (2) take a required
course in world problems (political
science, economics, and sociology) in
the senior year; (3) select a field for
specialization and mastery that would
reuqire about two-thirds to three-
fifths of the last two years; and (4)
have the rest of his time for elect
ives or for reading and reflection.
Fields for specialization would be
groupings something like the follow
ing: (1) English Literature to in
clude English literature, history, and
philosophy, with, perhaps, one fore
ign language for contrast and com
parison; () Classics to include
one or both of Greek and Roman lit
erature, ancient history, and Greek
and Roman philosophy. (3) Social
Science to include economics, poli
tical science, sociology, history, with
readings in psychology and philoso
phy. In the sciences, much of the
time would have to be taken by lab
oratories, but a large amount of
reading in the history of science
(subjects not touched upon in the
junior college science course) and
philosophy might be added. For the
majority of students, this field of
specialization would have to be tat
en in series of courses as at pres
ent, but courses should be carefully
unified and correlated by co-oper-Ating
faculties and prescribed outside
reading, and supplemented by a com
prehensive examination at the end.
For honors students taking courses
to be explained later the field won
be covered by two years' directed in
dependent reading for final compre
hensive examinations.-
A curriculum such as this would
accomplish, in a measure at least, the
job of the arts college. The course
should not be so rigid as to exclude
students who are geniuses in one or
two things, but dull in others. No
prescribed course should be iron clad
as it is administered. At the saie
time, the standards should be high,
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Rudge
&G
el . Co.
40
th Anniversary
Now In Progress, May 3 to 5
The Fastest
Forty Years
in History
in 18R6. Vielle, a Frenchman, In
vented emokelcsa powder.
In 1887 Teala Invented the split
phaae induction motor. The aame
year the ainglc-typa composing ma
chine was invented. Thia also waa
the year of the invention of Brad
ley's rotary converter.
In 1888, Eastman secured the
patents for the transparent photo
Itraph film from which today's mar
velous motion picture industry is an
outgrowth. Burroughs invented the
recording adding mochine this year,
and the latest models are now in use
by Rudge ft Guenzel.
In 1889 Thomson introduced elec
tric welding.
In 1890 Welsbach. an Austrian in
vented the gas mantle burner.
In 1891 Carborundum was dis
covered and Harveyised aromor
plate was introduced.
The year 1892 Tesla invented the
alternate current motor.
In 1898 Thomas A. Edison invent
ed the firat motion picture machine.
In 189B. Preece, an Englishman,
discovered low frequency in wireless
telegraphy. Marconi, a year later,
followed with the same in high fre
quency. The same year the modern
type of the disc plow was invented.
In 1900 saw the beginnings of the
Diesel oil motor engine and of elec
tric steel. A year later, high-speed
steel was discovered.
In 190 Orville and Wilbur Wright
in a crude hand made flynig machine
heavier than air, rose from the earth
at Kelly Hawk, N. C and flew in
the face of the sun.
In 1903 W. T. tinge of Eweden
perfected the depth bomb.
In 1911 Glenn H. Cutties launched
his hydro-aeroplane upon the sea.
In 1912 Isaac N. Lewis invented
a machine gun that purred and pour
ed a stream of lead at rate of 800
rounds a minute.
In 1912 submarines sprawled like
huge harmless cigars at the Eliz
abeth Shipyards: and later were to
ahow their teeth and periscope to
spawn the foreign waters in the late
world war.
In 1914 the world's greatest war
began. Big Berthae were mounted
and poured projectiles into cities 76
miles away.
Others of the greatest of modern
inventions used in this progressive
world include, wireless telegraphy and
telephone, the locomotive, automo
bile and gas engine, the aeroplane,
radium, anaeatherics, antisceptirs and
antitoxins, spectrum analysis. X-rays
and other Ultra-Violet Rays.
Poison gas, used in world war,
and cold-tar colors are accounted
modern marvels.
The skyscraper type of hotel and
office building, WW skeleton iron
or steel frame, ia an unatanding won
der of the modern world.
Other modern marvels are the
United States Capitol at Washing
ton: the Catakill aqueduct with its
dams, conduits and reservoirs! the
Brooklyn Bridge: giant ocean steam
ships: California redwood trees,
same of which are over 1100 feet high;
the aeedieas orange, and other hy
brid and artificially mated plants,
fruits and flowers.
Today we are enjoying the latest
phenomenon of science, the Radio.
The diacoveriee are endlesa, but
enough have been given to show the
remarkable progress of the world
within the last 40 years.
Time flies, we say, but Austin
Dobson says, "Time goes, you sayT
Ah, nil Alas, Time stays, we go."
Eight presidents have served the
country since this business was
inaugerated. Governors have held
office in Nebraska ainca thia busi
ness began.
1886
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1926
Lincoln and Nebraska
Have Progressed in 40 Years
M
ANY of life's comforts
are enjoyed today tnat
were undreamed of m
1886. The world, this
country, Nebraska and Lincoln,
of course, felt very much
grown up in 1886 and proud of
their achievements. But the
record since then is a record of
marvelous growth and pro
gress. Forty 3rears ago Lincoln was
a typical prairie town of about
20,000 people. Modes of trav
el were slow. Automobiles
were unheard of, but today in
Nebraska nearly every fourth
person has one.
Lincoln's first paved streets
did not come until 1887, and
then with cedar blocks. There
were street cars, drawn by
mules. The trolley was invent
ed in 1887, and was not used in
Lincoln until later.
40 years ago practical man
carrying air planes, wireless
telegraph, radios and their
broadcasting programs were
unheard of. Edison invented
the phonograph before this
business began, but it was not
until 1893 before the disc ma
chine came into being. The
incondescent electric lamp had
its beginning over 40 years
ago, but it has been greatly im
proved since and is regarded
today as a commonplace con
venience. it is within the past 40 years
that women may enjoy the ex
hileration of merely "pressing"
a button to light their homes,
start their washers, vacuum
cleaners, sewing ' machines,
toasters, flat irons, stoves,
ranges, automobiles and other
modern conveniences.
Many other improvements
in labor saving machinery have
taken place in weaving knitt
ing, sewing, shoe making and
other automatic contrivances
since the Rudge & Guenzel Co.
business was started.
Store Services, too,
Have Been Revolutionized
Adding, subtracting, multi
plying, calculating and billing
machines for folding bills and
letters, for sealing and affixing
stamps on envelopes, dictating
machines, dish washing and ice
cream machines (Cafeteria
electric scrubbing machines,
pneumatic cash and air filters
for perfect ventilation, patent
files and indexes, and many
other labor saving appliances
were hardly heard of 40 years
ago.
The Rudge & Guenzel Co.
business has kept pace with the
general development of the
world, and has grown up along
with Nebraska and Lincoln. In
this era of improvement this
store's motto shall ever be to
grow better as it grows larger.
While many things have
changed the foundation princi
ples of fair dealings with all
are unalterable.
The Rudge Si Morris busi
ness in 1886 used the telephone
and gas light as it was in those
days, and has used their im
provements as the years rolled
on. In 1892 the electric light
was introduced in the store, as
well as the typewriter ,the
cash register, the adding ma
chines. a year later we had our first
passenger elevator. Later on
automatic scales, safety eleva
tors, the measuregraph, the
comptometer, pneumatic cash
system and automatic delivery
were inaugerated by the firm.
Not only would it be impos
sible to provide the marvelous
variety of articles now display
ed but it would be utterly im
possible to serve our hundreds
and thousands of customers in
the manner required today,
without the inventions and im
provements of today.
There will always be a satisfaction in doing business with the Rudge
& Guenzel Co. on correct principles and especially when we contin
ually strive to gain and retain the CONFIDENCE of the people.
Our 40th Anniversary Sale
Is Now In Progress
We invite you to participate in the lower prices
and to partake of the dependable merchandise at
our low anniversary sale prices.
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"40 Years of Service in Lincoln"
