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)
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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.
