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ymTxXVI, NO. 43
Universities
Realize Aim
Of Pioneers
Education
Gives Successive
Generations Greater
Advantages
ADVANCE TO BE TRACED
(by Monro Kezer)
Editor's Notet This is tho first
of a re of rticU which Mr.
Ktter has written for Tho Daily
Nebra.kan on tho history, devel
opment, aim. and Mls of tli
Univei'T'
Yetcrday some twenty thousand
i. watched the University of Ne
braska and Kansas State Agricul
tural College football teams battle
3 to 0. Hundreds ol tnousanas oi
students, alumni, and other fans
watched their favorites battle others'
favorites on gridirons throughout
the country.
More magnificent and more spec
tacular than !the gladiatorial con
tests of Rome, the only games worthy
of comparison from the standpoint
of public interest, collegiate football
holds a mighty stage each Saturday
,miiph the autumn months. Yet
it is only a Email part of a gigantic
spectacle, so much mightier, so much
more amazing, and so mucn more
impressive that its mere size and
continuity often lets it pass almost
unnoticed.
Tomorrow some five or six thou
sand students will return to the class
rooms of this University. In each
of forty-eight states, similar masses
will swarm the campuses of state
and endowed institutions of higher
learning. Each June, thousands go
forth, not equipped for life, but bet
ter equipped in the majority of
cases than whea they entered col
lege. Each fall other thousands en
ter, eager to get certain develop
ment
Part of Great Amtrieta Story
It is all part of a great American
story, the whole of which will never
be told. It is too great. It is too
complex. It is a tribute to a people
who have looked to the future as
well as to the present.
It is not the aim of these articles
to try to tell thia story. That would
require a genius. It is the aim of
this series of articles to sketch brief
ly the cause and the development
of the story as a general background
to informative articles showing how
the University is administered, what
it means to its youth and its citzen-
ry, v-hat it is doing for the state
which supports it, and its mission in
the future,
With this in mind, let us look at
American collegiate education from
the standpoint of the State Univer-
sity, especially the western State
University.
Settler Faced Hnre Task
The first settlers irythe western
prairie lands had a mammoth task
before them. With but the meager-
ert resources, they had to wrest a
living from the lands they entered.
They were a practcial lot. They had
to be practical to survive. But tbey
carried a spark of imagination that
lighted for them the fire of the fu
ture.
Almost their first act after es
tablishing themselves in new com
munities was to start schools. They
dreamed of future generations en
dowed with greater advantages than
they possessed. And they built
foundations under their dreams.
Progress Needs Education
Education is not a necessity to
life but a necessity to progress.
Whether the pioneers realized this
or not, they exemplified it. They
could have lived from the soil, from
hand to mouth without an education.
But they wanted something: better,
not for themselves, for whom it was
too late, but for their children.
Money was scarce. Land was
abundant State finances were weak.
The national government's financial
condition was relatively strong.
These two factors were probably
largely responsible for agitation for
national land grants for the estab
bihment of schools.
Land-Craat Act Aid
Although some of the western
state universities were established
earlier, the passage of the Morrill
Land-Grant Act in 1862 furnished an
inestimable aid to the development of
public higher education. The West
would have had its universities with
out the Morrill Act But the act
greatly accelerated wester univer
sity development.
The University of Michigan was
established in 1837 and the Univer
sty of Wisconsin in 1840. Yet both
states took advantage of the Mor
rill Act Michigan made the mis
take of establishing a separate agri
cultural school as several other states
have done, thus causing a needless
duplication in certain lines of work.
The University of Michigan was
the forerunner of the rest of the
western state universities. Its ori
(Continued on Pag Two.)
Cups Arc A war Jed for
Best Home Decorations
Sigma Phi Epsilon and Alpha
Delta Theta won the cups for the
Homecoming decorations Friday
night.
Honorable mention for fraterni
ties was given to Delta T.u Delta,
Delta Upsilon and Acacia. Delta
Delta Delta and Gamma Phi Beta
were second choices for the soror
ities. Most of the houses were dec
orated in some way or another to
welcome the returning graduates.
Sigma Phi Epsilon gets per
manent possession Of the cup,
since it has won the first prize for
three consecutive years.
The judges of the contest were
Dwight Kirsch and Miss Tressa
Emerson of the School of Fine
Arts and 0. F. Remke.
BAND WILL USE
PARTY PROCEEDS
Varsitv Dance Receipts Will
Send R. O. T. C. Group to
Seattle Game
The proceeds of the Varsity party,
November 20 will be used to send the
R. O. T. C. band to the Washington
game at Seattle on Thanksgiving
Day. This announcement was made
public Saturday afternoon by Robert
V. Hoagland, general chairman of the
party committee.
The members of the band will
carry on an advance sale of party ad
mission tickets the latter half of this
week. All possible efforts will be
made by the Varsity dance commit
tee, the Student Council and the
band, to make this party bigger than
any party yet held at Nebraska.
Thanksgiving decorations will be
used throughout the Coliseum. Ac
cording to plans now, the orchestra
pit may be moved from the middle
of the west side to the north end. It
may be placed either on the stage or
on a platform in front of the stage.
At the time of the concert of the
United States Navy band, and the
University chorus, it was found that
accoustics in the building were per
fect Because of this fact dance
orchestras may be placed in front of
the stage for future parties.
1000 GATHER FOR
ANNUAL LUNCHEON
University Girls Octette Appears
First Tim This Year; Sings
New Nebraska Soag-s
About one thousand attended the
Girls' Cornhusker Luncheon held in
the Coliseum Saturday noon. All the
table decorations including the foot
ers, napkins, programs and candles
had the University of Nebraska's
scarlet and cream as their color note.
The tables were arranged as an "N"
in a huge "U" with two parallel bor
ders. The University Girls' Octette ap
peared for the first time this fall with
a group of new Nebraska songs. The
remainder of the program, in charge
of Ruth Ann Coddington, consisted
of a dance by Virginia Richardson,
and a Jazz Skit by Alice Duffy and
Katherine Arensberg. The Tassels,
assisted by Nick Amos, sang the Ne
braska songs as they should be sung
snd gave a real Nebraska cheer.
A large number of MorUr Board
Alumni were present and sat together
; nunoil section opposite the
Tassels.
HUSKERS BOW TO
KAGGIE HARRIERS
Nebraska. Lose. Dnal Meet 24 to
31 1 Kimport and Moody, Ka
a Lead on Field
Kansas Aggies defeated Nebraska
24 to 31 in the dual cross-country
meet held yesterday. Kimport and
Moody, Kaggie runners had a safe
lead on the field, stepping the five
mile course in 27 minutes, 10 3-5
seconds.
A. O. Martin, the flying parson
from Northwestern, was handicapped
In his attempt to break the track
record in the half mile by the rain
5 ii soggy track. He made the 880
ka 2 minutes 2-10 seconds, neverthe
less. Lesser, Ritcher and Campbell,
varsity candidates were given a Zb
yard handicap to pace him and finish
ed closely behind nun.
Cantata Hays failed to lead the
Nebraska runners to the tape Tester-
dav for the first time. Chadderdon
was the first Husker harrier across
the line barely nosing out the third
Kaggie runner. Hays finished nun.
Locke, Weir, Trumble, and Krause
ran through a 100-yard dash but did
not attempt to make time on account
of the cold.
THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA.SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1926
PLANS NEARLY
COMPLETE FOR
MILITARY BALL
Name of Honorary Colonel
To Be Announced At
Annual Event
OPENS FORMAL SEASON
Grand March in Saber Arch
way Formation Included
In Arrangements
Tlans for the eighteenth annual
Military Ball of the University of
Nebraska are practically complete
according to an announcement made
by the executive committee yester
day. The Military Ball will open the
winter formal season at the Univer
sity Coliseum, Friday evening, De
cember 3 and the coming affair will
undoubtedly be the most elaborate
Ball in the history of the institution
The committee in charge is sparing
.nothing to make the program most
complete.
Among the features of this year's
ball is the announcement of the iden
tity of the Honorary Colonel who was
elected by popular student vote sev
eral weeks ago. The grand march will
be in the form of a saber-archway
formation with all commissioned of
ficers taking part. Distinctive uni
forms are being secured for the offi
cers present at the Ball to make the
formal opening and the grand march
more significant
Features Planned
The executive committee has been
at work for several weeks planning
the features of the Ball which now
include a unique twenty-page favor
program, novel entertainment and
artistic decorations. The decorations
for the Coliseum will be elaborate
and will be handled by professional
decorators. At the present time an
attempt is being made through the
Music Corporation of America at
Chicago to secure one of the larger
eastern orchestras to furnish music
for the Ball.
Tickets for the Military Ball will
again be sold at $3, and will be placed
on sale this coming Wednesday. With
the party being held in the Coliseum
the former 300 couple limit has been
raised to 600 which will still maintain
the exclusiveness of the party and
enable that many more to attend the
outstanding attraction. John Boyer,
in charge of tickets, will have a rep
resentative in every fraternity house
to care for ticket sales, and tickets
may also be secured at the Student
Activities offices. The ticket commit
tee will be announced Tuesday.
Committees Appointed
The executive committee will ap
point working committees from time
to time to assitt in the completion of
plans. Below are several Ball com
mittee appointments to take effect
immediately:
Publicity committee William Cej-
nar, chairman, Allan Reiff, Archibald
Eddy, Horace Gomon, Harold Rob
ertson, Arthur Sweet.
Music committee Robert Hoag
land, chairman, Henry Jorgenson,
Parker Mathews, Nick Amos, J. D.
Bell, J. I. Cameron.
Formalities committee Gordon A.
Luikart, chairman, Ted Johnson, Har
old Zipp, Russell Doty, Max Neuman,
Phil Scoular, J. A. Brinkerhoff, Dick
Johnston.
Decoration plans committee Hor
ace V. Noland, chairman, I. A. Trive-
ly, Bob Douglas, McGrew Hariss, W.
K. Miller, J. D. Spiker.
REPORT IS HADE
ON ARTS COLLEGE
Undergraduate Criticisms Read
Faculty Last Spring to bo
To
Published St
The report on the College of Arts
and Sciences which a group of under
graduates in the University made to
the faculty of that college last spring
will be published this week by a com
mittee appointed by Dean H. G.
James. Last winter a group of juniors
and seniors petitioned Desn James
for permission to examine and criti
cise the College of Arts and Sciences
from an undergraduate point of
view. The faculty gave its consent for
the students to go ahead on their
own initiative.
From a dozen to twenty students
attended the weekly meetings of the
group last spring. The report em
bodying the more 'rrportant findings
and points of view of the group was
read before the faculty of the Col
lege of Art and Sciences at a meet-
ling May V.
The report ws 5.-awn up by Hugh
B. Cox, '26, Lincoln; Ruth Flanders,
26, Westboro, Mo.; Dorothy Olm-
stead, '26, Seward; Douglass Orr, ex-
27, Lincoln; and Volta Torrey, 26,
Aurora. Copies of the report will be
available at the College Book Store
as soon as it is received from the
printers.
Conference at Milwaukee
To be Them at Vespere
The conference at Milwaukee to
be held from December 28 to Jan
uary 1 will be the theme of the
Vesper service this Tuesday ac
cording to Winifred Sain, who
will be in charge.
Andrew T. Roy, vice chairman
of the General Conference Com
mittee of the Council of Christian
Associations will speak about the
general aspects of the conference
and its purpose. The University of
Nebraska Y. W. C. A. is to send
its quota of delegates to this con
ference and it is necessary for
these representatives to learn as
much as possible about the work
and to do some pre-conference
reading.
Viola Forsell will furnish the
music of the evening with a violin
solo.
FORSTER WILL
GIVE ADDRESS
Canadian Lecturer to Speak
On "Conservation of
Wild Life"
"The Conservation of Wild Life"
will be the topic of a lecture illus
trated by films, to be given by Cap
tain Forster of the Department of
the Interior of Canada at a convoca
tion in the Temple Theater, Tuesday,
November. 16 at 11 o'clock.
Captain Forster gathered for a
period of twenty-five years first hand
knowledge of the primeval areas of
the northern hinterlands, from the
Red River to the heart of the Rock
ies, and from the International Boun
dary to the McKenzie River.
Served in War
During the World War, Captain
Forster served three years as chap
lain in the Canadian army. He was
also a lecturer on the staff of the
Canadian Khaki Overseas University.
After the World War he served as
superintendent of the Soldiers Set
tlement first for Northern Ontario,
and then for the enjtire province of
Quebec
For the past four years, Captain
Forster has- held the position of of
ficial lecturer, division of Education
and Information, Canadian Natural
Parks, Department of the Interior of
the Canadian Government. During
this time he has spoken before the
leading commercial, educational and
ecclesiastical institutions in the Uni
ted States and in Canada.
Daily Nebraskan
Inquiring Reporter
Erery day he asks n question from
different students picked at random
on the campns.
Today's question: How do yon
think the Daily Nebraskan conld be
made a better stndent paper?
Asked at different places on the
campns.
Robert Ogier, A. S., '29, North Platte
"The Daily Nebraskan could be
made a better student paper by
handling more extracts from other
school papers, and telling more about
other school activities."
Herbert Relief, Bind, '29, Princeton.
"The paper could be improved by
givme more space to eaucauonai
things rather than athletics."
Helen LindqnUt, T. C '29, Lincoln
"If the paper had more local and
school news it would be better."
Veda Plnmmer, A. S., '28, Morrill,
"By having more editorials and
criticisms of the school, the paper
could be improved."
Leora Mustard, T. C '29, Moorheat,
la.
"The paper would be better if it
had more school news and less out
side news."
Joy H. Carman, A. S., '30, Talmaa.
"Cooperation of the staff would
help."
G. M. Cherry, A S., '28, LameL
"If the paper would organize a
campaign against politics it would
help some."
Eugene Roff, A. S., '30, Lincoln.
"The paper should have a wider
circulation so all the students would
read it"
Wall Displays For
New Museum Planned
Rapid progress on Morrill Hall has
made it possible for the Museum to
make more definite plans for the ar
rangement of their displays in the
large wall cases which line the walls
of their display rooms.
Professor Barbour, and Frederick
E. Collins are now measuring up the
cases, and arranging some of the col
lections on permanent slabs which
will be placed in the cases. A large
collection of Indian implements re
ceived from Oxford, Ohio, in Septem
ber are now being arranged. This col
lection, consisting of arrowheads,
axes, scrapers, and other Indian im
plements, will be displayed in panels
six feet high, and of varying widths.
Husker Star
0
Bobbie Stephens, Husker quarter
back and punting ace, whose place
kick won the game for Nebraska from
the Kansas Aggies, top-notch team in
the valley. Stephens again and again
kept the opponents out of scoring
territory, and handled the slippery
ball with remarkable accuracy.
INSTRUCTORS TO
ATTEND MEETING
Burnett Presides at Sessions
Of Association of Land
Grant Colleges
Seven members of the University
of Nebraska faculty will attend the
annual meetings of the American As
sociation of Land Grant Colleges and
affiliated organizations in Washing
ton, D. C, this week. Dean E. A. Bur
nett of the College of Agriculture is
president of the association this year
and will preside over all general ses
sions. Those going to the meetings, in
addition to Dan Burnett, are: Chan
cellor Samuel Avery ; Dean O. J. Fer
guson of the College of Engineering;
Prof. W. W. Burr, assistant director
of the Nebraska agricultural experi
ment station; Prof. W. H. Brokaw,
director of the agricultural extension
service; Miss Margaret Fedde, profes
sor of home economics; and Miss
Mary-Ellen Brown, state extension
agent in women's work.
Avery to Attend Meeting
Chancellor Avery will attend the
meetings of the Association of State
Universities Monday and Tuesday,
preceding the sessions of the land
grant association.
Dean O. J. Ferguson is on the pro
gram of the engineering division. He
will read a paper on "Service Courses
in the Engineering Curriculum
How Far is it Desirable that the En
gineering Faculty Should Have Su
pervision over Them?" Dean Fergu
son will remain in Washington for a
special meeting of deans of engineer
ing colleges and officers of the So
ciety for the Promotion of Engineer
ing Education.
Burr to Read Paper
At a symposium on organic matter
at a meeting of the American Society
of Agronomists later in the week
lYof. v. w. Burr will read a paper
by Prof. J. C. Russel of the agronomy
department entitled "The Organic
Matter Requirements of Soil in Re
lation to Climate."
Dr. G. E. Condra, M. H. Layton,
Hayes, and Zoche of the conservation
and survey division will attend the
sessions of the National Soil Survey
association in Washington Tuesday
and Wednesday. Dr. Condra and Mr.
Hayes will read papers before the as
sociation.
YALLEY RIFLERS
PLAN FOR LEAGDE
Capt. L. W. Eggers and Capt. J. J.
Conghlan, Missonri, Direct
Arrangements
Plans for the formation of a Mis
souri Valley Rifle League are rapidly
taking shape under the direction of
Capt. L. W. Eggers of the University
military department and Capt. J. J.
Coughlan of the University of Mis
souri. All cadets interested in rifling
will meet Tuesday evening to form a
rifle club which will affiliate with the
Valley organization.
The league hopes to put rifle
matches on a firmer basis as an in
tercollegiate sport. Oklahoma . A- A
M. college has .already signified its
intention of joining Nebraska and
Missouri in the project and it is ex
pected that Iowa State and the Kan
sas Aggies will do likewise. The Ne
braska rifle team will begin firing its
intercollegiate matches early in February.
HUSKERS WREST 3-TO-O
YICTORY FROM KAGGIES
Stephens and Cochrane Stage
Of Kansas Aggie Gridsters from Leading
Position in Valley Conference
PLACE KICK BY STEPHENS
Work of Forward Wall Features Tussle on Water-soaked
Field; Teams Resort
Tactics; Twenty
By Oscar
In a punting duel between
Huskers toppled the Kansas Apgies from their top-notch posi
tion m the valley Here yesterday with a 3-to-0 victory played
in a pouring rain before more than twenty thousand spectators,
the largest crowd of the season. The field was so water-soaked
by the beginning of the second half that both teams were
forced to resort to ultra-conservative football tactics.
Bobbie Stephens, Husker quarterback and punting ace,
was the outstanding star of the contest. After making the only
score of the game, a perfect place kick from the thirty-yard
line, early in the third quarter, he punted out of dangerous
situations time and time again in a successful effort to keep
the Kaggies out of scoring territory. The exceptional way in
which he handled the slippery ball probably saved the day
ior me nusKer squaa.
Special Train Will
Go to Seattle Game
When the Nebraska football
squad and supporters journey to
Seattle to meet the University of
Washington Huskies, they will go
on a special excursion trariwLthe
Burlington and Northern Pacific
lines.
A special rate of $63 has been
made for the round trip. The train
will leave Lincoln at 9:30 p. m.
Saturday, November 20.
Football fans wishing to make
the trip should see John K. Selleck
immediately, as only a limited
number can be accommodated.
The special will carry the football
squad of about thirty-six players,
the coaches and some of the Uni
versity Band.
MORE TIME FOR
ANNDAL PHOTOS
November 17 is Deadline
For Class Section
Pictures
Because many juniors and seniors
have not had their picture taken for
the class section of the 1927 Corn
husker, the time limit for class pic
tures has been extended to Wednes
day night, November 17, according to
an announcement by the editorial
staff of the yearbook. The number of
upperclassmen that will appear in the
two class divisions is a hundred short
of the total last year, and to make
up this number, and to accomodate
those who have neglected to make an
appointment at the studios, the date
is advanced three days.
Both Hauck's and Townsend's stu
dios were crowded the past week
with students who had let the matter
go until the last few days. Feeling
that a number had been missed, the
staff decided that the final date for
pictures should be made later.
Wednesday Is Final Day
Wednesday night is the absolutely
final time for class pictures. The two
studios must attend to their Christ,
mas rush and are forced to finish the
Cornhusker pictures by the first week
in December. This means that all
trimming, finishing and mounting
must be done in two weeks. No class
pictures will be allowed after Nov. 17.
Fraternity and sorority pictures
are not barred after this final date.
In January another time will be al
loted to organization people who
want their pictures only in that sec
tion. Those who want pictures for
Christmas should have their sitting
for the class section now.
LeRossignol's Book
Will Be Syndicated
"First Economics" the new text
book by Dean J. R. LeRossignol of
the College of Business Administra
tion which was recently published by
the A. W. Shaw company of Chicago,
will be syndicated to a number of
large corporations for use in their
publications. The Fisk Rubber Co.;
American Appraisal Co.; Meand Pulp
and Paper Co.; Long-Bell Lumber
Co.; Hammermill Paper Co.; Pitts
burg Valve Foundry and Construc
tion Co.; Pennsylvania railroad, and
the Hercules Powder company are
among the larger companies which
will print the bJli by installments in
their house organs.
Dean James To Return Monday
Dean H. G. James of the College of
Arts and Sciences, will return Monday
from Evanston, III., where he repre
sented the Uni verity at the annual
meeting of the American Association
of Universities at Northwestern University.
PRICE 5 CENTS
Punting Duel in Toppling
IS ONLY SCORE IN GAME
to Ultra-conservative
Thousand Attend
Norling
Stephens and Cochrane, the
Captain Stiner, playing his best
game of the season, effectively tossed
a wrench in the Aggie scoring ma
chine by blocking a couple of attemp
ted dropkicks and by sifting through
the line and tackling opposing backs
before they were well under way.
McMullen and Holm were charging in
and spearing the ball-luggers in a
commendable fashion. James was
handling the difficult task of accur
ately passing a slippery ball from
center in fine shape. In fact, the work
of the entire forward wall was a fea
ture of the game.
Cochrane is Kaggie Star
Cochrane was the star of the Kan
sas Aggie squad. His long punts and
dropkicking threats were a constant
menace to the Husker team. Feather
and Holsinger were the ground-gainers
for the visitors. The aerial at
tack, which was the main hope of the
Kaggie offense, was put out of com
mission early in the game when the
sloppy field and wet ball made accur
ate forward passing impossible.
The Aggies made their first bid
for a score when Fleck intercepted a
Husker pass, Stephens to Lee, in the
middle of the field during the first
few minutes of play. Feather broke
through the line on a fake play for
thirty-six yards. Failing to gain
through the line, Cochrane dropped
back to the eighteen-yard line to try
for a dropkick. His attempt was
blocked by Stiner. This was the only
attempt made to break into the scor
ing column during the first quarter
in which the Kaggies made three first
downs, two from scrimmage and one
from a pass, and the Huskers gath
ered two from scrimmage and a pen
alty.
Cochrane Tries Dropkicks
Cochrane attempted three drop-
kicks during the - second half. The
kicks were made from deep in the
territory and fell short. The Aggies
seemed to have the advantage and
indications were pointing to a long
afternoon for the Huskers, who were
displaying a strong defensive but
were lacking an offensive punch.
The Huskers threatened to score at
thJ beginning of the 8econd half when
Randels recovered the short kickoff
attempt made by the Aggies. Pres
nell, who was making most of the
yardage through scrimmage for Ne
braska, ploughed to the Aggie thirty
yard line where the ball lacked two
inches of being a first down. Ne
braska gained on an exchange of
punts and carried the ball to the
twenty-five yard line where Stephens
booted a place kick, held by Howell,
for three points and the only score
of the game.
Field Becomes Slippery
The field had become so slippery
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ENGINEERS HOLD
CONVENTION HERB
Society For The Promotion Of
Engineering Education Holds
Aannal Meeting
The University of Nebraska was
host to the annual convention of the
Kansas-Nebraska section of the So
ciety for the Promotion of Engineer
ing Education Friday and Saturday.
Friday afternoon the forty visiting
engineers and instructors toured the
engineering laboratories and in the
evening they held a dinner at the
Grand Hotel. Immediately after the
dinner, the men held a technical
session with talks by Prof. R. S.
Tait of the University of Kansas,
Prof. L. E. Conrad of Kansas State
Agricultural College, and Prof. Clif
ford Hendricks of the University of
Nebraska.
Friday evening a theater party was
given for the ladies and Saturday
morning an automobile drive included
an inspection of the state 'apitoL A
luncheon was held Sate7"sy noon at
the Chamber of Commerce and in the
afternoon the delegates attended the
football game between the Kansas '
Aggies and Nebraska.