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The Daily Nebraskan "Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and tupped with infamy' Poor Richard .Knowledge U a treasure, but practice!, the key to it." THEJJNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1926. PRICE 5 CENTS C- - .nnm mat NAMnn.T Finance uince Integral Part Of University c wtarv Handle Money Not Zr University Proper But For AH Branche. rniTFSTS FOR BUDGET m MADE IN THIS OFFICE EdUor's NotThis U tfc. .lev .nth of f rt,c,e whJ?h Mr Ker has written for Th. Daily Nebraskan on th. deelop m.nt, ide1. and administration of the University. (By Munro Kezer) In the last article we discussed the W0rk of the registrar's office. This time we turn to the duties of the finance secretary. His office is an in tegral part of the University. It he wn when the University began and has developed with the University. Although the duties of the finance secretary's office may be briefly sum marized and explained, the work is , most important function in the carrying on of the University. This ;,. is the only financial office of the University. It handles any finan cial matters that may come up in any thing controlled by the University. That is, it handles financial affairs not only for the main University campus and the College of Agricul ture, but also for the College of Med icine at Omaha, the School of Agri culture at Curtis and all of the agri cultural experiment stations. All money collected by any depart ment or division connected with the University comes through the finance secretary's office. The finance secre tary is responsible for the collection of all student fees. All expenditures are made through this office. No part of the University has authority to spend any money except through the finance office and with the approval of the finance secretary. All financial reports concerning the University or any part of it are issued by the fin ance secretary. ' Keep Only Record The finance secretary's position in relation to the University budget is a vital one. Since, hia office koepa. the only official record on collections and expenditures, it is the only place from which the legislative budget can come. Requests and recommenda tions for the budget are all filed in this office where they are compiled and passed on to the Chancellor. The legislative budget with the requests and needs of the institution is made out in this office and passed on by the Board of Regents. It is then the duty of the finance office to see that the provisions of the budget are car ried out. His office is the only check to see that no department exceeds its budget. The office deals entirely with fin ances of the University but that is no little assignment. It handles five mil lion dollars a year. This is more money than is handled by any other department in the state with the pos sible exception of the roads depart ment. Every expenditure and collec tion passes through this office. Its books show each transaction in de tail. It shows every individual who has received money from the insti tution, shows how much he received and for what purpose. All financial relations between the University and (Continued on Page Three.) LeRossignol Gives Radio Lecture On "Preparation For Business19 Professor J. E. LeRossignol, Dean clearly recognized every day that of the CoIWp nf Rn.ino.. a dminto- i fraA thnnrv and sound practice go tmtinw ...... i . i i . a : - .. ojju&e .yesieraay irom m University broadcasting studio at 1:15 on "Preparation for Business." The talk was devoted mainly to the discussion of the two kinds of apprenticeship through which a per n may pass before really entering the buginess world. The old method wa used in almost all occupati VAn U- .. ions even the so-called learned profes sions. The doctor, lawyer, engineer. Preacher, architect, druggist and sol dier all learned by doing. "This method has its advantages, out it hag been found insufficient on the theoretical side. The chief rea n for that is that in many occupa tions there has been accumulated a vast body of knowledge far greater r""1 any single man could have in mind or could teach to his ap prentices by example or word of oouth. u Knowledge by Reading "This knowledge is to be found in ?k, magazines, report and other "cords, accessible to teachers and odenu, and therefore, is teachable ta achooU. "So, nowadays, ore have schoois wnere young people receive prelimin ary training as they eould not get ft JLZ?Vlng apprentices for any Practitioner, howeve'r capable. Sometimes people scoff at what !f 7 call -book knowledge' and 'mere wry. but it is coming to be more Or Word Ofl LIEUT.-COL. DOCKERY WILL INSPECT R.O.T.C. Will Determine I ft Nebraska Is Fit For Blue Star Inspection In The Spring Lieut. Col. Aleert B. Dockery, of ficer in charge of R. 0. T. C. affairs in the Seventh Corps Area,-will ar rive in Lincoln this morning on a tour of inspection of R. 0. T. C. units under his command. Col. Dockery will make a thorough inspection of the military department's activities in the office, in classrooms, and on the drill field, and it is then his duty to report to the Government in Washington as to whether the Ne braska unit will be fit for a Blue Star inspection next spring. Col. Dockery will remain here until his servces are complete, at which time he will return to his headquarters in the Army Building in Omaha. Daily Nebraskan Inquiring Reporter Every day he ask a queition of different student picked at random on the campus. Today's question! What do you think of closed bids to formats? Asked at different places on the campus. Martin Aitken, A. S., '29, Lincoln. "Closed bids are too much like taxation without representation; like having a L'ind date. There is a chance of broadening or narrowing your ac quaintance." Mary Tolle, A. S., 27, Falls City. "Closed bid3 are alright if you know the person with whom you are to go, or if you are new in school and do not know anybody. One should feel free to decline in the event that he is not satisfied." Ann Alexander, T. C, '29, Omaha. "Closed bids are alright if yoti don't get 'sucked in', but if you do you do not have a very good time." Helen Troxel, T. C '29, Ainsworth. "Closed bids seem to be the usual custom, and since 'they have gone this far they must be alright." Nathan Crory, Bizad, '30, Guide Rock. "A fellow should be able to bring his own girl." Gene Spellman, Eng., '28, Beatrice. "The big disadvantage of this form of bidding is that it sometimes takes all the joy out of the party; a fellow would like to go, but the date is sometimes unsatisfactory. One al ways has a better time if he chooses his own date." Bernice Trimble, Bizad, '29, Selden, Kan. "I do not like them because I would rather go with some one of my own choosing. So many times you are asked to go with someone that you are not acquainted with and the re sult is that neither one of you have a good time." Edwin Epperson, Law, '28, Brush, Colo. "Closed bids are alright. It is cus tomary to make bids this way and it makes it easier to give the bids out." Collefe States Opera. Wittenberg College stages the first grand opera with all collegiate talent April 14, when it presents "Caval leria Rusticana." The cast, singers and instrumentalists, number one hundred and fourteen. . ... . 1.1- - Vl a tVA hand in hand, inseparable as the two ..Mo. i tho .amo tiwt of paper, and DIUCD V - that much of both may be learned from the printed page. Hard Study Required 'nDi imrd utiidv is required to get sound theory, it should be learned as soon as possible, preferably before a young person emerges in n work. A person well versed in theory can easily pick up the practical de A. when necessary, correct his theory in the light of ex perience. But a merely practical man if YiArH ta tret the theory and book knowledge which he needs, un less he has acquired habits oi svuu, in early youth. "Business has been developing ... . nmfpiuinn ." Dean LeRos- ?ni .oM "tndav the student has a hl" p:Ln, f mt-rial available for the :.; him to study 01 Dusinens, get Much valuable inlormauun -thoomtical traininar before entering active business practice. There now are no less than 60,000 business ad ministration students in the United States alone." That the college does not pretend to turn out finished business men, w tmnA raw material lor tne arhAol of hard knocks, was the state ment of Dean LeRossignol. "But it does hope that iU graduates win oe scholar, craftsmen, and good citx- sens, men and women or wnom college and sUt may well be proud. BASKET SQUAD GETS WORKOUT Coach Black Sends Candidates For Cage Team Through Scrimmage Session THIRTY MEN REPORT Sending his candidates through a short scrimmage, Coach Charley Black started the regular basketball season practice yesterday afternoon with a two hour drill which featur ed defensive and offensive positions on the court. About thirty men turned out for practice yesterday, and it is expected that the squad will number more than forty when mem bers of the football squad report next Monday. Emphasis is being placed on the five-man defense. A team consist ing of Captain Smaha and Klepser at forwards, Elliot at center, and Andreson and Gerelick at guards took the defensive position and ano ther quintet was given the ball, Coach Black watched the efforts of the latter five in working the ball through the defense and called at tention to errors made in the play. A short scrimmage for the different members of the squad followed the defensive drill. There are a lot of experienced men on the squad this season and, togeth er with a few promising candidates from the freshman squad of last year, keen competition for places on the regular squad is assuring rosy prospects for a successful season. Captain Smaha, "Choke" Klepser, Roy Anderson, Phil Gerelick, and Tom Elliot are former lettermen who have been reporting regularly. Jug Brown, Vint Lawson, Leon Sprague, and Frank Mielenz, football and bas ketball letermen will soon be out for practice. New Men Showing Up Among the new men who have been making a good showing in early scrimmages are Richard Peterson, Carl Olson, Robert Krahl, George Gohde, Kenneth Othmer, and John Roth. Glenn Presnell, Elmer Holm, and Wallie Marrow are other foot ball men reporting next week who drew favorable comment in last sea son's practices. Coach Black left last night for the annual Missouri Valley conference meeting at Des Moines. Assistant Coach Voltz, who has been drilling the squad in pre-season workouts, will have charge of the practices for the remainder of the week. Sopho mores desiring to try out for basket ball managers should report at 3:30 o'clock this afternoon at the Coli seum. The following men have been re porting for pre-season practice: Roy Anderson,, Edgar Armstrong, Norbert Benesh, Ralph Bernard, Tom Elliot, Louis Gibb, Max Grow, Phil Gerelick, George Gohde, Robert Hor ney, Merritt Klepser, Robert Krai, Kenneth Linn, Dorsey Mclntyre, Bruce Nimmo, Carl Olson. Kenneth Othmer, Harry Paulsen, Ted Page, Richard Peterson, John Roth, Clark Smaha. Freshmen Council To Discuss Prohibition "Attitudes toward prohibition," with particular reference to the at titudes of the immediate group and the campus, and their underlying reasons, causes and'satisfactions, will be the subject of discussion at the Freshman Council meeting this eve ning at 7 o'clock in the Y. M. C. A. rooms in Temple building. sf 4 f jy to1oJL, Alb.rt Avery Selects Faculty Members for Council Dr. C. J. Frankforter, of the De partment of Chemistry, and Dr. E. F. Schramm, of the Geology Depart ment, were appointed by Chancellor Avery to the Inter-Fraternity Coun cil, as Faculty representatives re cently. GIRLS PARTY TO BE DECEMBER 10 Special Entertainment Planned For Annual Event; Costume Prizes Will Be Awarded Arrangements are nearing comple tion for the annual Girl's Cornhus ker party which is to be held the night of December 10 in the Armory. The party will start at seven-thirty, and will be over by nine-thirty, so it will not conflict with any other eve ning engagements. The party this year will be one of the outstanding events of the year. The A. W. S. board is sponsoring it, and they promise something new and original in the line of entertainment. They have arranged for a regular orchestra to play for dancing, and the honoraries, Silver Serpent, Xi Delta, Mystic Fish, and Tassels, are hard (at work perfecting their stunts. Mortar Board has charge of the concessions and will sell ice cream cones and pop corn. The admission to the party will be twenty-five cents, just enough to cover the cost of giv ing the affair. The main feature of the evening is the grand march when the costumes are judged and prizes are awarded. The prizes this year will be well worth trying for, and it would be wise to begin now, planning some sort of an original costume. There are three types of costume funny, pretty, and original. One year a tiny crying baby, with a little lace hood, and conventional baby clothes won the first prize as the funniest cos tume, and that same year two girls dressed as a bottle of ink and a pen won the prize for being the most original. 1 There are any number of sugges tions for costumes, and it is not nee essary to spend money on them. Shy girls with dolls, or rough farmers in overalls, straw hats, and corn cob pipes may be just as clever as any. If there is no material at school, there is time to write home and have things forwarded, so all can appear as pretty, as different, or as outland ish as possible. AG JUDGING TEAM WINS FIRST PLACE Meat Judging Team Wins First Honors at International Livestock Show The University of Nebraska Col lege of Agriculture Meats Judging team placed first in a contest against nine other University teams at the International Livestock Show at Chi cago according to a telegram re ceived yesterday from Prof. W. J. Loeffel who is the coach of the team. Donald Ray, Wayne, Nebraska, was high man of the contest The members of the team are: Donald Ray, Wayne; Russell Kendall, Lincoln; and Peter Pratt, Beaver Crossing. The contest was sponsored by the National Livestock and Meat Board. Pony Chorus of "The Dream s h I '1 . (. ' v ; r i.. u - O h X. En., 04 -1 Cb.rlo D, MILITARY BALL DANCING WILL START AT 8:30 Ten Piece Chicago Band Will Furnish Latest In Music And Entertainment GRAND MARCH AT 9:45 Cadet Colonel and Honorary Colonel Will Lead Marchers Under Saber Archway Dancing will start promptly at eight-thirty o'clock at the Military Ball to be held tomorrow evening in the University Coliseum when Charles DoAiberger's Victor orches tra will break into the sway of synco pation in the spacious pavilion. Ef forts on the part of the executive committee have failed in an attempt to continue dancing beyond the eleven-thirty limit, however, provid ing authorities do not interfere, spec ial entertainment by the novelty or chestra will continue for half an hour after the dancing limit. The ten piece band is composed of several entertainers who have gained recognition on stage circuits in touring the country and will give a short review which includes danc ing, comedy and solo artists, follow ing the Ball in the form of a mid night frolic. The plans are complete ahead of the party with the Coliseum decora tions being finished today, the grand march having been rehearsed and the favor programs being ready for dis tribution. The novelty outlay is on exhibit at the Co-Op Book store. The Music Corporation writes that the orchestra with its leader Charles Dornbersrer will arrive in Lincoln Friday afternoon with ten pieces and musicians doubling in seven in struments. Tickets Still on Sale Tickets for the bnli may still be ob tained from the fraternity reprW sentatives Thursday but all ticket sellers are requested to turn in their reports this afternoon at 5 o'clock to John Boyer in room 205 Nebraska Hall. Lincoln alumni desiring to at tend the ball may secure their spec tator's tickets at the Coliseum as late as party time. Floor tickets will not be sold after today. The program announces the time for the grand march as 9:45 at which time Miss Frances McChesney, the Honorary Colonel of 1925-6, will present the Colonel's cape to the newly elected Military Miss. The new Honorary Colonel will lead the grand march with the cadet Colonel which is to be a complete saber cere mony featuring the saber archway. Dornberger's orchestra will play the Stars and Stripes Forever during the grand march. The Military Ball this year is to be the most exquisite and will be typical of the formal season opening. It is predicted that the 1926 Ball will far outrank former opening functions and along with the formal season closer, the Pan Hellenic, will mark two of the biggest social events in Nebraska's history. Of the hundred invitations sent to prominent Nebras ka persons, several regrets have been received but indications show that the patrons and patronesses attend ing will include many prominent Ne braskans. Engineer A Visitor Here Frank L. Philips, a graduate of the College of Electrical Engineering last June, visited the University yester day. Mr. Philips has been doing en gineering work in South Dakota but is now located in Council Bluffs, la. Pirate" V 'I 'V ; r M "Thn Dream Pirate." to 0.b Dr. Walker Discovers New Plant In Pond At State Fair Grounds Dr. E. R. Walker, an instructor in the department of botany, has dis covered a new plant which has been named Oedogonism Nebraskensis by a prominent botanist of the Univer sity of Chicago. Dr. Walker found the plant in a pond near the State Fair grounds. A descriptive article with a number of illustrations of the plant appears in the October number of the Botan ical Gazette, a magazine published by the botanical department of the Uni versity of Chicago. KLUB PRACTICES ON PRODUCTION AH Three Acta of "The Dream Pirate" Gone Over for First Time TICKETS ON SALE MONDAY The first complete rehearsal of the Kosmet Klub production, "The Dream Pirate," was held yesterday evening. Since the original musical comedy was selected by the Klub as the prize-winner for this year, the whole production has not been pre sented at one showing. Nightly re hearsals are preparing the cast for the first performance at the Or pheum theater on December 13. The advanced ticket sale for re served seats will start next Monday morning at 10 o'clock at the Or pheum theater box office. Tickets are priced at $1 and $1.50. There is no limit to the number of tickets one person may buy. "The Dream Pirate," written by Herbert Yenn.? of the dramatic de partment, is a Musical comedy in three acts. The all-male cast of fifty will take both the masculine and fem inine parts. One of the novelties of the show is the pony chorus, which features in several dancing scenes. The male lead will be taken by Vance Greenslit, '27, Hastings, who takes thn part of "Wally". The fe male lead is played by Herbert Yenne. Ralph Ireland as "Sepia" the colored maid, is one of the comi cal characters of the show. He has had experience in musical comedy work before, and his dancing is a high spot in the production. HDSKERS INVITED TO ATTEND BANQUET Omaha Alumni Want Coaches, Play ers and Managers as Their Guests December 9 Coaches, players and managers of the 1926 football squad have been extended an invitation by the Omaha Alumni Association to attend the an nual banquet given for the team in Omaha on the evening of December 9. This announcement was made Wednesday by H. F. Holtz, Alumni secretary, upon receiving word from Warren H. Howard of the Omaha Alumni Association. Mr. Howard also announced the nominees for the Board of Director election to be held December 9. The results of this election will be an nounced at the banquet as a part of the program. The nominees of the election are: W. E. Spear, '29. John Fike, '24. Frederick Ware, '21. Evans Hornsberger, '13. Max A. Miller, '17. Robert Reasoner, '17. Walter John son, '19. Dr. Allyn Moser, '12. Dave Noble, '24. Ed Shoemaker, '20. James E. Bednar, '07. Edward Crofoot, '26. Dr. Rodney Bliss, '01. Howard Buffet, '25. L. A. Slonecker, '02. The mem bers of the Alumni Association will vote for seven from this list. Official ballots will be sent out. South Dakota University Endangered Because of Slash In Annual Budget Vermillion, S. D., Dec. 1. The ir reparable loss of one of the most valuable assets a state educational in stitution can have, namely, its corps of outstanding teachers and leaders of thought, is the danger which Pres ident Robert L. Slagle of the Uni versity of South Dakota, sees in the present retrenchment program. "Following the 8 per cent cut in the maintenance appropriation last year." Doctor Slagle said, "the uni versity lost two of its most valuable men. Dr. Freeman Ward, head of the department of geology and state geologist, regretfully gave up his work here to accept an offer from Lafayette college. Pr. William A. Cook, professor of education and an outstanding leader in his field, left about the same time to accept a posi tion at the University of Cincinnati." "It is important to note," he added, "that neither of these men accepted these outside offers for sel fish reasons. While the salaries of fered were larger than they received here, both frankly told tne they NEBRASKA, YALE AND HARVARD ARE COMPARED Absence of Co-Eds and Pres ence of Endowment Mark Fundamental Differences YALE MAN HAS FREEDOM Undergraduates Considered Intelligent at Harvard; Can Choose Own Curriculum The fact that men at Yale have no hesitancy in enrolling in cultural courses was declared to be the most striking difference in the life of Yale undergraduates as compared with Ne braska undergraduates by Dr. F. C. Harwood of the classics department in his comparison of eastern and western colleges before the World Forum at the Grand Hotel yesterday noon. Professor Harwood confined his re marks to a comparison of Yale and Harvard as being the two institutions with which he was acquainted. He pointed out that they possessed two fundamental differences which created other inherent differences be tween them. Thus, Yale is a men's college and Nebraska a co-educational school and Yale is privately en dowed while Nebraska is a state sup ported institution. "The Yale undergraduate has more academic freedom," declared Dr. Harwood. "The policy is that stu dents are intelligent, mature, human beings. There is no faculty supervis ion over publications. If the editors get into trouble they have to take thej consequences." Men Hare Freedom He next pointed out that there was more freedom in men's choice of curriculum at Yale. "English," he said, "Is the most popular course. They give no courses in composition. All English courses are courses in literature. More students major in English than in anything else." The predominance of girls in the cultural courses here was next pointed out by Professor Harwood. "I have never met better students than they," he announced, "in all my period of teaching at fale. "Undergraduate interest in ath letics is greater at Yale than it is here, not in concentrated form but in general interest. They have the motto there of athletics for all and athletic activity is very widespread." The great difference in social life was next shown. "At Yale," Dr. Har wood remarked, "We have dances only about three times a year. They are big parties and are great events. Otherwise the social life is what we make of it. I believe there is more conversation among Yale undergrad uates than there is here." Live in Dormitories "This is partly because they all live in dormitories whether they are mem bers of fraternities or not They choose their own roommate and get their rooms by lot They mov by classes and class loyalty is very strong. There is strong opposition to fraternities, not from the alumni nor faculty, but from the student body and especially from the fraternity men themselves who question their place on the campus. They are, how ever, trying to justify their existence by encouraging intellectual achieve ment." AUewpls of various fr.ilcrnities to pr-mote intellectual in-'-,ets was next noted by Professor Harwood. He described how one frat-mity en couraged public speaking, another writing, how one had taken the field of Elizabethan drama and produced a play each year for pi'blic presenta tion, how another was doing a similar piece of work in the field of Restora (Continued on Page Three.) would be glad to stay in South Da kota if they could have any assur ance that their departments would be adequately supported." "The same is true of all of our most valuable teachers," Doctor Slagle went on. "They are zealous workers without regard for selfish gain. They do not ask for higher sal aries as much as they ask for more equipment with which to work and larger opportunity for giving service. When they find their work ham pered they accept positions at insti tutions where the full capacity of their powers can be realized." While appreciating the urgent ne cessity for paring down the expenses of the state, President Slagle does not believe that the gain resulting from slashing a few thousand dollars from the university maintenance fund can in any way balance the loss that the state would suffer in the de parture of the most valuable leaders in the various colleges and depart ments of the unjversity. i