THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
2
Thz Daily Ncbrasloin
Station A. Lincoln, Nebraska.
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NEWS EDITORS
Julius Frandsen, jr. Elice Holovtchlner
Millicent Ginn Lee Vance Arthur Sweet
ASSISTANT NEWS EDITORS
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dormitory quarters, Vhich are equally
available under the present system.
It could offer social entertainments,
but none which would ba superioi
to those now provided by the Uni
versity association. It could offei
Bible study work, which is adequate
ly provided for by a staff of student
pastors.
We think of nothing else. The
two associations have little in com
mon except a name.
If the University Y. M. C. A. cabi
net wants to continue an organiza
tion that is worth the effort, It will
attempt to secure a secretary of ex,
actly the same type as Arthur Jor
genson. 1
The Liberal
Arts College
MY MOTHER'S HANDS
My Mother's hands! So capable!
I love them! Every wrinkle there !
'Though toil has made them rough
and worn,
those hands to me are wondrous
fair!
My mother's hands! How often
have they
The weary spirit lulled to rest !
How oft have they the tear-stained
cheek
In silent sympathy caressed.
No power on earth can quite excell
The magic touch of mother's hands,
They guard the soul and guide the
steps
And grip the heart like iron bands!
CATHERINE ELIZABETH
HANSON
It is announced in this news
paper today, that Miss Ruth Moore
has been awarded the prize for the
best play written by a student of
the University of Nebraska. And
in order tr-it the University public
may see, and perhaps profit by, the
picture which she has drawn of so
cial organizations in an institution
such as this, the University Players
will present it next Thursday even
ing. Miss Moore's play, "The Red Cock
atoo," is both charming and subtle.
It deals with a phase of University
life which is generally recognized
as most vital to the success or fail
ure of American education.
. The story is based on general ob
servation of what takes place in
many sororities, and relates the ex
periences of an intelligent girl during
her four years at college. The author
describes conditions as they actual
ly exist, draws characters of just
such persons as you who are read
ing this, and outlines a problem
such as many of you are now facing.
Miss Moore deserves congratula
tions not only upon having won hon
ors in a University literary contest,
but also for having depicted clearly
and explicitly a situation that is both
common and astounding.
The Nebraskan believes that the
author is fully entitled to the honor
of a large and appreciative audience,
and respectfully urges its readers to
attend the show.
Now that the engineers have dem
onstrated the latest thing in bridge
design to an uninterested public, how
are they going to remove the thing?
Do they have some giant stake
pulling device which will lift the gird
ers out of the ground by the roots
(speaking figuratively, of course)?
The student body awaits the show
with interest and high hopes.
If they actually have such a ma
chine, the student council (being the
only authorized body representing
the students) might borrow it to pull
a few others things out. We could
name a few traditions, a few socie
ties, a few ideaB, and sundry other
evils that should be jerked out by
the roots for the sake of a beautiful
campus.
Several persons, in discussing the
future of the Y. M. C. A., have men
tioned the possibility of . combining
the University organization with the
city association. Nothing would .be
more fatal to the student branch
The city Y. M. C. A. faces differ
ent , problems and fulfills entirely
different functions. It provides
gymnasium facilities and physical ed
ucation programs for those "who do
not have such opportunities else
where. It deals with industrial edu
cation, religious work with men in a
stage of life when they might oth
erwise lose touch with such influ
ences, and recreation for business and
industrial workers.
The University association is not
concerned with sports or social life
ns much as with intellectual life
And college students are naturally
interested in different intellectual
problems from tradesmen and bus!
ness men. By being different, their
intereits are not necessarily superior
or more vital; but the difference
makes a combination of agencies un
Wise.
What wc-aTd the University gain
s-ueh a chunjre? The city Y. M. C.
"' ' - f 'f' r rrrr-.tusiura facilities,
' "-t ' 1 ly the etudents
; s.s ti nrri fmJ
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IX. OF STUDENTS
These articles have combined an
attempt to describe at: "ideal" arts
college with some rather thorough
going criticisms of the present col
lege. It remains for us to say some
thing of the student body, the fac
ulty, and the atmosphere of "college
life," and its relation to the arts
college. These subjects will occupy
the remaining articles of this series.
We have suggested before that the
peculiar function of the arts college
requires a student body that is just
as capable, just as well equipped, and
just as conscious of a definite pur
pose as the student body of any of
the professional colleges. This
moans that students should enter the
college as well trained as possible
and should prove themselves able to
do arts college work of a certain
quality. To this end, the college
should select its students and devel
op them carefully.
The college cannot "pick" its stu
dents like an exclusive endowed col
lege, but it can make its entrance re
quirments such that it does not be
come the place for all the loafers
and left-overs from other colleges.
By careful adjustment with the
teaching means of the high schools,
the college can gradually raise its
Requirements, demanding more and
more language, mathematics, and
English. If Psychology tests become
of practical value, students may be
admitted or retained on a basis of re
sults from such tests, although it
must be recognized that they are not
After students are admitted to the
college, they should not be retained
if they are obviously not able to
measure up to a reasonable standard
of excellence or if they show their
unwillingness to do serious work. If
the college can not exclude such un
desirabe students, at least they should
be kept from cluttering up the class
es of the desirable students. This
means, merely, that students should
be worked according to their abilities
or their willingness to work; not
"worked" of course by more rules
and regulations, but by being given
opportunities for high quality work.
made to realize the necessity for full
est self-development, and forced to
assume responsibility for theii own
intellectual salvations.
It is not very fashionable to have
intellectual interests now, and the
interests of students in ideals and
things of the mind are not particu
larly noticeable. This is partly the
fault of the students and the weight
of campus custom, and partly of al1
the defects of the arts college that
have inspired the present series of ar
ticles defects such as lack of pur
pose, disorganized cur-iculums, un
inspired teaching, emphasis on grade'
and credits, and so on. If the col
lege is reorganized so that it calls
upon the student to display all of his
powers, so that it develops him fully,
and so that it interests him at the
same time, the problem of intellect
ual interests may be solved. Our
theory is that this requires some
compulsion, some discipline, and some
background at first; but freedom
and responsibility during the remain
der of the course. And this we would
add, that the whole process requires
a goodly amount of mental sugges
tion and continual encouragement on
the part of interested and interesting
teachers.
Of course it is possible to over
emphasize this appeal for a serious
hard-working student body. It seems
quite obvious, however, that it would
be rather hard to be iruiltv of unrh
over-emphasis in the fact of present
conditions. We can only appeal to
undergraduates to seek a hAlnnra in
their college lives, and to teachers
to help encouraare the attainment nf
mar. Daiance.
Something of an intellectual tradi
tion should pervade a well-balanced
undergraduate body, so that each
would read widely, aside frnm Tile
specialty, and seek to become inter.
esting. Activities would be indulged
in only as they contributed to the
development of legitimate dlveminn
of the student. Athletics
ary physical recreation worjld form
a part of each student's dnilv rn.
dule. Oiw can imagine that tha .
suit of such a balanced life might f
individuals who were nhvsically
cient, whose avocations were "
nently enjoyable, and who. iertna.
viduals, would have fully
personaliti-s, free and r '.0a
and the philosophic . mind-.
life. Could the CO'", ,r,''t ni?B
the FUidcnt or ft n Iir
Rtadg
e & Guenzel Co.
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4U i ears or service
40th Anniversary
Now In Progress
Sale
Looking
.Back at
horty
The history of the world has made phenominal progress in the last
half century, and the last forty years have been the fastest forty
the world has ever witnessed. It has been an age of progress in
nearly every line of endeavor you can name; science, agriculture,
art, manufacturing, storekeeping.
When Mr. Chas. H. Rudge
left Youngstown, Ohio, forty
years ago on his trip to the
west, to Grand Island, Kear
ney and then to Lincoln, little
did he dream that the coming
forty years would have so
much in store for him.
Lincoln in 1886 was merely
a small prairie town, without
remarkable natural advant
ages, for it had no mines, no
water power, no forests to at
tract the people or business.
Its growth was due to the rap
id development of the country
and that it was located in the
center of one of the richest
agricultural regions in the
world.
And of all the cities in the
west Mr. Rudge selected Lin
coln, and on May 1st, 1886, to
gether with Mr. Jerry F. Mor
ris, opened their hardware .
store at 130 South 11th Street.
We wonder if the founder
of the Rudge & Guenzel Co.,
on that day in 1886 foresaw 40
years to this day, that, that lit
tle business would grow and
prosper to its larger propor
tions of today? From that foun
dation this business has grown
rich in friendship through serv
ice and the traditional worthi
ness of its merchandise.
Today, 40 years later, we are
housed in our own 7 floor
building facing three Btreets, N
Street, 12th to 13th, which
were in those days on the out
er edge of "downtown."
From May 3rd to May
15thf we Celebrate our
40th Anniversary
with a sale of new depend
able merchandise at prices that
wili be lower than customary
for the same qualities. You
and your family are invited to
attend this large merchandis
ing event. We have exerted
our best efforts to make this
Anniversary Sale one of excep
tional merit to everyone.
Today we look forward to
new opportunities for service
that the growth of Lincoln
presents.
Our increased business of
the last year places upon us a
definite obligation for even
greater service to you, our cus
tomers, who are responsible
for our progress and success.
In those days many people
could not have attended a Sale
like this without great effort
and expense. Today with au
tomobiles, good roads and tel
ephones we expect thousands
df people to attend this 40th
Anniversary Sale for many
miles around.
1776 - 1886 - 1926
This ye&r, 1926, U notable nationally
as the sesjjui-centennial of the Declara
tion of Indifejpendence of the U. S. A.
Locally It mark, the 40th Anniversary
of the founding of he Rudge & Guenzel
Co. businesv.
It is f ittitV'g then in this year of nation
al Celebration to emphasize the txhiev
menls, 0f American Industrie and Amr
'cfc. industries jnd AroerteaTt labor and
i ieir part in buildup sw cdunlry, our
state and our city to Stos present atate.
This is why vre hvr&ed you to our 40th
Anniversary Sale In which merchandise
made in U. S. A. will have a place of
honor throughout rtir store.
We invite you to participate in
the anniversary offerings and to
partake of the dependable mer
chandise at low sale prices.
Among the Many
40th Anniversary
Offerings.
you will find here from May
3d to 15th, are included the
following at 40th Anniver
sary Sale prices.
48 unusual furniture offerings at
Anniversary Sale prices.
Thousands of Bed Spreads at An
niversary Sale Pricea.
Thousands of Towels and Wash
Cloths at Anniversary Sale prices.
An unusual Anniversary Sale of
fering at an Anniversary Sale
price of the Wardola a fine
Wheary Wardrobe Trunk that rolls
open.
Thousands of yards of fresh new
seasonable silks at Anniversary
Sale prices
Anniversary Sale offerings in Wo
men's, Children's and Misses
Ready-to-Wear ..Apparel Hun
dreds of beautifully trimmed hats
at special Anniversary Sale prices.
Several thousand pairs of women's
and misses fine footwear at Anni
versary Sale prices.
Beautiful white enamelware at
70c during our 40th Anniversary
Sale.
Extra special Anniversary Sale
offerings in Wall Papers.
Unusual prices on Carpets, Pugs,
Linoleums, Congoleurr.s, and other
floor coverings during our 40th
Anniversary Sale. Tempting An
niversary Sale prices on Curtains
and Drapv ies.
Damasks and Table Linens very
low priced during our 40th Anni
versary Sale
Hundreds of thousands of yards
of gingham and cotton wash fa
brics at low 40th Anniversary
Sale price.
Sheets, sheetings, pillow cases and
other beddings at interesting 40th
Anniversary Sale prices.
Many 40th Anniversary Sale of
ferings in Sporting Goods.
Many 40th Anniversary Sale of
ferings in house furnishings and
housewares.
Thousands of specially low priced
toiletries offerings on sale during
our 40th Anniversary.
Special price concession I0"'
our great 40th Anniversary Sale
on Men's Kirschbaum Tailored
Clothes and men's furnishings.
Special 40th Anniversary conces
sions on women's silk hosiery, all
colors.
Special concession during our
40th Anniversary Sale on gas
ranges and washing; machine.
Low Anniversary Sale price oni
houso paint.
Many 40th Anniversary Sale of
ferings ia Art Needlework.
Forty 40e offering in good gro
ceries in our Self Serve Grocery
during this sale.
Hundreds of low priced Anniver
sary of offerings in our Basement
Store during this Important sale.
Tempting offering in Candy dur
ing our 40th Anniversary Sal.
The above are hint. All of that
above probably will not be on al
the first day. New offerings w.lT
be added from day to day. Watch
the Lincoln Daily Newspapers for
further particulars.
This is the Sale for you and your.
This is the Sal you will not know
ingly over-look.
For forty years w fc lived and
grown for thi 40th Anniversary
Sale.
Be her every day May 34 to
15th.
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