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Beauty own cu" for being dumb. RASKAN "A man without a tingfo idea is let of a bore than a man with cnly one idea" nDaVI. NO. 28 THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1926. PRICE 5 CENTS he Daily Neb U0R1TZ SPEAKS Oil EDUCATION Urgei Recognition by State School of Birth of Normal Training HELPED RURAL DISTRICTS Recognition of the twenty-first an niversary of the birth of normal training in the schools of Nebraska by the schools in tue state was sug rested by R. D. Moritt, of the de partment of Educational Service, in nil. speech over the radio yesterday. The talk was a part of the extension departments' weekly program broad casted over KFAB. Mr. Moriti stated that "With the exception of the free high school tuition law, there has been no other legislative enactment during the past quarter century comparable to the Normal Training law in its effect on rural education. Poor Facilities "Previous to the year 1905, Ne braska had very inadequate facilities for the training of teachers. We had but one Teachers' Training School in the state the one located "at Peru with an enrollment of less than 600 students. Less than 16 percent of the teachers in the State of Nebraska at that time had received any profes sional training in the art or science of teaching. , "In order to' increase the supply of professionally trained teachers, and particularly in the West, the state appropriated funds necessary to re organize junior normal training schools in five of our western cities: McCook, Alliance, Valentine, Hold rege and North Platte." Went to Cities Mr. Moritz stated that at first this did not help the country as all the graduates went to the cities. "First because cities and towns furnished a more desirable social at mosphere, a more desirable place to live, as well as a better organized school system, and since they can ab sorb the entire output of our pro fessional teachers' training schools, the rural districts are excluded from participating in securing' such pro fessionally trained teachers." 287 Offer Normal Training According to Mr. Moritz, there are now 287 high schools offering this normal training work. The last re ports show that 6,766 students were enrolled in the normal training classes. "At the present time, there is a shortage of normal training teachers in the state," he continued. In clos ing Mr. Moritz stated that Nebraska ranks among the foremost in the thoroughness with which the work is done and supervised. COSMOPOLITAN CLDB SELECTS MEMBERS Musical Program Feature Meeting Held Sunday; Initiation It Next Saturday The Cosmopolitan Club met Sun day evening at the Baptist student house. A short musical program, fol lowed by a talk by Mr. C. D. Hayes on "Overcoming Prejudices Through Friendship", was presented. Hon orary members and new members were elected. The Cosmopolitan club is an organ ization of students from other lands including interested American stu dents. It is a branch of the national organization, other chapters being at practically all the larger schools hav ing foreign students. The Club will meet Saturday eve ning at 7:30 o'clock in the faculty room of the Temple, when the new members will be initiated. " October Blue Print Has Important Discussion on Engineering Topics The October number of The Ne braska Blue Print, published by the Nebraska Engineering Society con tains much interesting information about engineering, including author itative articles by men prominent in the profession. The first article "In What and Why Does Engineering Education Fail to Attain Its Greatest Possibilities" was written by Dr. Waddell, one of the most renowned of contemporary en gineers in both the theory and the practice of the profession. Connected with some of the world's most impor tant and outstanding engineering tri umphs, he posesses an international reputation of the highest order. He finds in a critical analysis of the en gineering education of today that it is far behind general engineering practice, and that insufficient atten kn ia being given to the methods cf iproving the training of engineers. Ae principal shortcomings of engin eering education are: graduation I men who Irck engineering sense; fail Magazine Edited by Miss Pound Appears The October issue of "American Speech", edited by Dr. Louise Pound, professor of English, has just ap peared and contains articles by some of the most noted of American edu cators. One feature is "Italian Dialects in the United States" by Herbert H. Vaughan of the University of Cali fornia, a former professor at the University of Nebraska. JOURNALISM DINNER WILL BE THURSDAY Lawrence and Walker to Speak; Hackler Will Discuss the School Publication Tickets for the dinner sponsored by Thcta Sigma l'hi, honorary and professional journalistic sorority for all v.cmen in the School of Journal ism, Thursday, Oc'ober 28, in the Grand Hotel, at C o'clock, are now available. W omen in the department, if they have n t been called by mem batrs of the Eoeiety, way arrange to get their tickets by calling Ruth God frey at B3012. The rce is fifty cents. The purpose of the di.ir.tr is to enable the women to tret better ac quainted with each other, and with the school organizations and publica tions. Women in Journalism The principal address of the eve ning !1 be given by Prof. James 3. Lawrence, instructor in the depart ment He will speak on "Women Jn Journalism." Gayle C. Walker, acting director of the school, will talk on the "School of Journalism." "The School Publications" will be the topic of the address by Victor T. Hackler, editor of The Daily Ne- braskan. Ruth Godfrey will preside at the gathering and will also tell something about the society. MILITARY CARNIVAL PLANS ARB BOOMING Four New Members of Committee In. Charge Announced by Augnst Holmauiit Plans for the Military Carnival of 1926 are progressing rapidly under the sponsorship of Scabbard and Blade, honorary advanced course in R. O. T. C. organization, and under the direct management of Major John A. Boyer and Capt. August C. Holmquist. The carnival will be held in the new Coliseum on November 13. Four additions to the general com mittee working on the carnival were announced yesterday by Captain Holmouist. head of committees for the affair. John McGrcer, William Reams, John Trout, and Allan Keitt are the men appointed to serve in the new capacity. There will be a meeting of the general committee at 5 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, in Nebraska Hall. Large Class Entered In School of Nursing This year's entering class of pro bationers in the School of Nursing at Omaha is unusually large, numbering thirty-six. It will be necessary to increase the staff of nurses when the new wing of the hospital is opened next spring. . Because of the in adequate size of the present nurses' home it has been necessary to con vert a frame building used last year as a men's dormitory into an annex to the nurses home. Twenty-one student nurses are now housed in this building, which is located direct ly south of the main campus. ure to train students adequately in the use of their mother tongue; neg lecting inculcation of the principles of neatness, accuracy, . ' iTicrhminn in economics: insufficient training in drafting, let tering, or tracing; inadequate train ing in the first principles of business, accounting and auditing; ommission of instruction in the elements or architecture and in the aesthetics of ... . A V A Sll A design; and the failure to ieacn sketching. ' Dr. Waddell gives as some oi .: more important reasons for this fail ure of education to realize its possi bilities: an attempt to educate many who are unable to assimilate the pro fession, inferiority of teaching fac ulty, excessive attention to outsida activities, and the failure to develop the faculty of clear tninmng-. vu the fundamental steps toward remov al of these faults is the effecting of a logical and economic division of the students among tnree k"" (Continued on Page Two.) CANDLE LIGHTING SERVICE TODAY Annual Vesper Ceremony It At 5 O'clock in Ellen Smith Hall The annual candle lighting Vesper service will be held at Ellen Smith Hall, Tuesday at 5 o'clock. At this service about two hundred girls will join the Y. W. C. A. by the symbolic service of lighting individual candles from the large candle signifying the light of the Christian religion. Alice Criss will be the leader and special music will be presented by the Ves per Choir. Women who are interested in be coming members of the Y. W. C. A. have been meeting in membership discussion groups at Ellen Smith Hall each Tuesday and Wednesday at 4 o'clock. These discussion groups have been under the leadership of the membership committee of which Dorothea Dawson is chairman. The Program The program will include the fol lowing numbers: Processional, "The Church's One Foundation." Prayer. Scripture Reading. Vocal Solo, "The Lord is My Shep herd", Alice Duffy. Candle Lighting. Reading of the purpose of the Y. W. C. A. Silent Prayer. Benediction. Recessional, "The Hymn of the Lights". Purpose The purpose of the organization as is has been expressed is: First, to lead students to faith in God, through Jesus Christ; second, to lead them to membership and service in the Chris tian Church; third, to promote their growth in Christian faith and char acter, especially through the study of the Bible; fourth, to influence them to devote themselvts, in uniting with all Christians, to making the will of Christ effective in human society, and to extending the Kingdom of God throughout the world. TICKET SALE OPENS FOR BIZAD BANQUET Delta Sigma Pi and Alpha Kappa Pti Pledge Support; List Of Speakers Named The ticket sale opens today for the annual Bizad Banquet Frolic, which will be held at the Chamber of Commerce Friday, November 5. Tick ets will be on sale at tables on the first and second floors of the Social Sciences Building, or they may be secured from the members of the committees. Tickets are $1 to the banquet or frolic, or $1.50 for the two. This affair promises to be one of the best in the history of the college. A notable assembly of speakers have been secured for the banquet. The speakers will be Chancellor Avery, Verne Hedge, president of the Lin coln Chamber of Commerce, and Re gent Earl Cline. The womens and mens Commercial Clubs are sponsoring this affair, while Delta Sigma Pi and Alpha Kappa Psi professional Business Administration fraternities have pledged their full support. HO MANAGERS FOR W. A. A. ARE CHOSEN Leora Chapman Is Tennis Manager And Marjorie Easterbrooks In Charge of Hiking Leora Chapman, '27, Lincoln, was elected tennis manager of the W. A. A. last week. This position entitles her to a place on the W. A. A. Ex ecutive Board and she will be initia ted at the next official meeting of the board. Miss Chapman gave very efficient service in the executive work last year as dance manager. She directed the annual dance drama of the W. A. A. staged the evening before Ivy Day. Marjorie Easterbrooks, '29, Lin coln, received the majority of the votes for hiking manager. After in itiation as a W. A. A. Board mem ber she will retain her place on the Board until the fall of 1927, when another election will be held. Sigma Xi To Hold I Meeting Wednesday The Nebraska chapter, of Sigma Xi, scientific honor society, will hold its first meeting of the year in Bessey Hall Wednesday evening, October 27. Prof. F. E. Mussehl of the department of poultry husbandry will give an address on "The Vitamin and Mineral Requirements of Birds," outlining the results of studies at the Nebraska experiment station. The meeting will be open to the general public. Newton Working For Dravo Contractors The engineering department re cently received a letter from Donald B. Newton, '23, who is now chief estimater of the Dravo Contracting Company of Pittsburgh, Ta., stating that he will be in Lincoln near Christ mas time and would like to talk to men interested in working" for east ern contracting companies such as the Dravo Company. He reports a substantial increase in his responsibilities and duties as evidence of his progress. Draws Comment FRANK MIELENZ Hitting the Kansas line for con sistent gains last Saturday, Frank Mielenz proved himself a valuable member of the Husker football squad. His line-plunging was one of the features of the game. FOSSIL TUSK BROUGHT BACK BY PROFESSORS Dr. E. H. Barbour and Prof. E. F. Schramm of the department of geo 1 gy, returned Saturday from Arapa hoe with a large fossil elephant tusk which was recently unearthed in a gravel pit near there. The tusk is in excellent condition and will be added to the museum's fossil collec tion. STUDENTS URGED TO GO TO STDDIO SOON Class Section Deadline for Annual Is November 13; Should Avoid Last Minute Rush Panels of the junior and senior sections of the 1927 Cornhusker will soon be made, and upperclassmen are urged to have their pictures taken at either Hauck's or Townsend's stu dios within the next two weeks. Both studios are working overtime to fill their quota of pictures and students should make iheir appointments soon in order to avoid the last minute rush for pictures. November 13 is the deadline on class pictures, and after that time juniors and seniors will not be able to get their pictures into the class section. Last Year Pictures Seniors who desire to use last year's picture in the book this year should make arrangement at the stu dio where they had their sitting for the 1926 book. This should be done before the deadline date. A surprise is promised readers of the year book this year in the way of new ideas and original copy for the book. At least five unusual an nual features will be incorporated in the 1927 Cornhusker which will carry out several new themes. The editors of the book plan a new class sectior and therefore are anxious to have as many juniors and seniors as possible represented in the division given over to them. Many Senior Medics Apply For Internships Although the Board of Regents abolished the requirement that medi cal students serve one year as in terne before being granted a de gree, many state boards of medical examination still make it a require ment for a license to practice and senior medical students are now en tering their applications for intern ships in hospitals, service to begin following graduation next June. Graduates of the College of Medi cine have been able in the past te obtain excellent interns!-' in lage hospitals throughout v -ountry. Many hospitals now pay i jiau sal ary to internes, making it less dif ficult to go on with post-graduate work. . L J) . 5 RATIONALISM TO BE FORUM TOPIC The Rev. Edwin C. Palmer Is ' Speaker Tomorrow at Weekly Meeting TAKES SCIENTIFIC STAND "Rationalism" will be discussed by the Rev. Edwin C. Talmer, Unitarian minister of Lincoln, before the World Forum Wednesday noon, as the second of the series of talks on "The Basis of Religion". Tickets will be on sale today for 25 cents. Paul Good, Lincoln llawyer and former Rhodes scholar opened the series last week with a scholarly piece of work on "Authority". The series will be brought to a close next week by Prof. P. B. Sears of the botany department, who will speak on "Mysticism." Religious Meetings Dr. Talmcr is expected to present the scientific attitude toward religion in his address on "Rationalism". The series is designed to acquaint the students with the three fundamental religious conceptions of America to day. Mr. Good took a unique posi of "Authority" when he stated that tion last Wednesday in his discussion he saw no basic agreement or dis agreement between authority, ration alism and mysticism. He expressed himself as believing that all were necessary. Tickets will be on sale in Social Sciences building today as well as in the Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. offices and from members of the com mittee. The meeting will begin at 12 o'clock in the Grand Hotel and will be out in time for students to get to 1 o'clock classes. About 225 students can find places. Tickets should be purchased today if pos sible. SPONSORS MUST BE CHOSEN THIS WEEK Names Will be Given to Capt. A. D. Foster; Will Select More in Spring Women sponsors for the R. O. T. C. organizations must be chosen and their names turned in to the adju tant, Capt. A. D. Foster, by the end of the present week, according to a report from the military department. Contrary to tradition, sponsors are being chosen for both first and sec ond semesters this year, instead of for the second semester only as has been the custom. This plan will allow the R. O. T. C. officers who will graduate in January the privilege of honoring their friends with a regi mental position. Space in Yearbook W. F. Jones, editor in chief of the 1927 Cornhusker, has promised space in this year's book for pictures of the organization sponsors of both semesters. The women sponsors who are chosen this week will compose an honorary reviewing stand at the first regimental parade on November 4, and will also form a guard of honor for the University flag in the Armis tice Day parade, November 11. Nineteen sponsors will be chosen. They will hold the following posi tions , one will be the regimental sponsor, three will be batallion spon sors, thirteen will be company spon sors, one will be a band sponsor, and one will be sponsor of Pershing Rifles. The heads of the various or ganizations are the only persons authorized to make the selections. TEA FOR ERESHMEN WOMEN IS THDRSDAY Will be in Ellen Smith Hall from 4 to 6 O'clock; To Study Y. W. C. A. Ideals The Freshman Commission will give a tea Thursday from 4 to 6 o'clock in Ellen Smith Hall for all freshman women. The Commission consists of a group of girls organized each year for training m I. W. O. A. work. Their purpose is to study the ideals and function oi the Y. W. C. A. on this campus and the life of Christ and its application to life. Th committee for the tea is com posed of Ellen Erickson, Margaret Adams, and Maurine Drayton. Aud rey Beales is in charge of the music. Miss Erma Appleby and Elizabeth Tracy will serve. All freshmen wom en are invited. LaBounty Elected To A. I. E. E. Presidency Marion LaBounty, '28, Farnum, was elected president of the Nebras ka student section of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, last Thursday. Richard Reed, '28, of Lincoln was elected secretary-treasurer. Five Women Initiated Into Chemistry Group Five women were initiated Into Iota Sigma Pi, honorary sorority for women specializing in chemistry or some allied field, Saturday, October 23. Election is based both upon scholarship and upon personality. The girls initiated were Irene Bailey, Margaret Boyle, Marie Cur ran, Mina Goehring and Mary Lang evln. Following the initiation an oyster supper was served. BARBECUE PLANS ARE COMPLETED Annual Affair Will be Held in Coliseum Thursday; Secure Prominent Speakers Harold Fulscher, president of the Iron Sphinx, Monday announced that plans for the Freshman Barbecue, to be held in the Coliseum Thursday, October 28, had been completed by the committees in charge. Short talks will be given by Dean Chatburn, Coach Schulte, Coach Bearg, and Captain Lonnie Stiner, according to John Trout, chairman of the entertainment committee. One of the Freshman cheer leaders has been secured to lead yells. The menu committee, of which William Mentzer is chairman, is mak ing every possible effort to serve a real barbecue dinner. All fraternities have been asked to close their tables to freshmen Thursday evening. Fifth Year This is the fifth year the Freshman Barbecue has been held at Nebraska. It is becoming a traditional event. It is the only time the freshman men are brought together in a spirit of fellowship. With the Olympics but a few weeks off the motto, "Beat the Sophomores", should be in the heart of every freshman. Tickets are on sale by members of the Iron Sphinx, sophomore honorary society. They are selling for sixty cents and will be on sale until Thurs day evening. CIVIL SERVICE HAS SEVERAL: VACANCIES Department of Educational Service Notified; Call at Teachers College 305 r The Department of Educational Service has been notified by the United States Civil Service Depart ment of the following vacancies: Teachers of secondary English, normal school demonstration teach ers, Philippine Service. Educationist (teacher training), Bureau of Education, Department of interior Salary $3,800. Orchestra and band leader and in structor, Indian service Salary $1,320. Federal agent for home economics education, Federal Board for Voca tional Education Salary $3,800. Agricultural economist, associate, assistant, Bureau of Agriculture. Ec onomics Salary $2,400-3,800. Junior home economics specialist (foods and nutrition), Bureau of Home Economics, Department of Ag riculture Salary $1,860. For further information, call at Teachers College 305. Harvard and Yale Ban Scouting Grid Games A mutual agreement has been reached by the coaching staffs of Harvard and Yale that neither col lege will scout the other's football games this year. This agreement between these two colleges is the first of its lrind on record. The new system is supposed to cultivate bet ter sportsmanship. No doubt a num ber of surprises will be in store for the grid warriers of both teams when they meet in their annual conflict this year. Oldest Student Seventeen years are required to complete the course at E. I. Azhar, University of Cairo. 200 Less Delinquencies for First Quarter Than Last Year, Dean Says The number of students delinquent at the end of the first quarter this year is approximately 200 less than' a 'ear ago at this time, according to reports from the office of the Execu tive Dean. Responsibility for this decrease is centered on the more stringent schol arship ruling introduced last fall and the changed entrance requirements now in force, both of which have tended to raise the general grade of students entering the university. Regardless of this encouraging slump in delinquencies,. there are, at usual, a number of students "down in their hours". The causes for this LAW STUDENT IS FOUND DEAD IN MIDNIGHT FIRE Fred Kroeger Ia Victim of Suffocation Found Lying on Cot BODY IS IDENTIFIED Showed No Evidence of Fight For Life) Origin of Flamea Unknown Fred Kroeger, 20, of Lincoln, law student in the University, perished in a fire at the Peoples Jobber fruit warehouse, 1027 North 21 Street shortly before midnight Sunday. His body was found on a small cot in the office, and it is believed that suf focation was the cause of death. An inquest will be held at 8 o'clock this morning at the funeral parlor. Positive identification of the body was made by the boy's mother, Mrs. Hulda Kroeger of Seward, at the Splain & Schnell parlors Monday morning. Watchmen on duty nearby dis covered the flames shortly before midnight and turned in the alarm. When firemen arrived they found the office filled with flames and smoke. They soon extinguished the fire and found the body. Perishes in sleep Kroeger was lying on a 6mall cot, and evidence indicated that he per ished in his sleep. The bedclothes showed no evidence of having been moved violently, as if in struggle, but he had been unable to rise. Kroeger's head and face were burned but the bedclothing had not caught fire. From this it is assumed that suf focation was probably the cause of his death. The fire was of unknown origin, but it is thought that it was due to spontaneous combustion. A number of papers and probably some rubbish in one corner support the theory. It is not thought probable that the fire was started by smoking, as Kroeger never smoked, unless someone had visited him in the evening. It is un known whether he had any visitors that evening. Stayed in Office Nights He was part owner of the People's Jobber company, a fruit and veg etable firm, and had been staying in the office nights for about a year. He was graduated from the Seward high school and has made his home in Lnicoln for the past five years, hav ing entered the Arts and Sciences College soon after his graduation from high school, The young man en rolled in the pre-law department, and has been in the Law College almost a year. He attended the summer sessions as well as the winter. Kroeger was known as a better than average student. In addition to his school work he was carrying heavy outside work. Kroeger's body is held at the Splain & Schnell funeral parlors. Burial will be in Seward. DIRECTORY PROOFS MOSTLY CORRECTED Book Should Appear by Middle of Next Week; Still Checking On Telephone Numbers All the proof for the Y. M. C. A. student and faculty directory has been corrected and most of it has gone to be printed. The book should be for sale by the middle of next week, if no further difficulties appear in the publishing. Checking with the city telephone company has hindered more than anything else, but the re sult will be a more reliable directory. The checking is not all completed, but activity women are working on it, correcting the numbers that the telephone company has wrong. Stu dents wishing to help in selling the directory should call Joe Hunt, B-1821. Wear Overalls Sophomore men at the University of Washington have selected overalls as their official costume. are numerous and varied; but pri mary among them are illness, poor preparation or foundation, outside interferences which are generally rather vaguely stated by the "vic tim", but are quite definitely defined as pleasures by the "authorities", and attempts on the part of students, es pecially freshmen, to carry a full scholastic schedule and do half a day's outside work, in addition. These students have until mid- semester to redeem themselves, but if still trailing at that time, can ho longer hope to be counted as students in the University of Nebraska. The new scholarship ruie is not enforced until mid-semesters.