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THE NEBRASKAN. Voi,. VII. UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, NOVEMBER 1, 1808. PitioK 5 Cknts . GALA DM IN UNIVERSITY HISTORY New mechanic Arts Building Dedicated With Appro priate CeremoniesThe Governor and Others Present. ADDRESS " ELECTRICITY AND EDUCATION." A Scholarly Discussion of the Part the Modern World and Hi. List Friday the students of the t, .i-n,, aided by their Iricuda, .in i .ill ny the faculty, board ot re-tni-, aim scxoral oi iliu men proini i.mi hi polities throughout tlie state, (iniK.iK'd tin. north wing of the new Mi. , .iii.c Ail building. J he event xvas one of nniver.sal interest through oui tlie stale us well us the Unixer sn.x so Hull, a moderately large num ber of people were present to eelebrute tin iml. There were not so many, liviwcU'i, (us would natnnUly be ex ptied npon an occasion indieuthe of .sun pnulie advancement. 1 In lueiilty had fully anticipated iin great ainoniu of interest that the liiiifiit body would take in the uf la.r, consequently hud made the day en v of general freedom and dismissal from all classes. The Freshmen, es piually, showed their spirit and turn ed out in goodly numbers. The eom nuttee of tlie faculty having the pro gram in ehi.rge, had spared no pains to have the best of everything obtain anle. From morning until night there was a eontiuual round of rejoieing upon the campus, Everyone came to enjoy thenu elves mul apparently did so. Jschool and elass spirit was tit a in iMiniiin. This enthused the visit ors, so that the excitement naturally followed. The first ati'ntr.of the day was bold at 10 o'clock in 'the morning in the ehpel, when l'rof. .Morgan It rooks, of tin' Electrical department, made the inaugural address. The regents, the chancellor, the deans of tlie several eo..eges, and the members of the fac ulty occupied seats on the rostrum. I lie electrical engineering students, who hud attended in a body, occupied m its near the front of the room. 1 u li of the latter xvor his colors. 1 u-h of the latter wore l.is colors. lie gent von Forell opened the eer wlucli the secretary of the board of regents announced the action of the Hoard in nciepting the resignation of J. JJ. Owens, professor of electrical ukI steam engineering and the ap pointment oi Morgan Jtroolo of Min neapolis, to fill the xaeaucy. The chan cel. or, acting in an oll'ieial capacity, then proceeded to declare Mr. lirooks a-, regularly installed professor of c.iiirieal engineering, and presented nun with appropriate remarks to Professor llcsscy, dean of the Indus tii.tl college. The latter welcomed li in heartily. l'rof. lirooks now proceeded with i s add'icss, which was to be the event the morning. His discourse was l'n "Electricity and1 Enlighten ment," and was as follows: "Vi are all fnniilinr with the xvond-'- which electricity has wrought in ' in. Hi-rial world, but perhaps not "ll'nient thought has been directed '' tlie influence of electrical inventions poi our eivilizaton. W Ms Electricity? We have the ' - of hearing for the jn'reeption ' Miiind, sight for light, and' touch ' r tlie sensations of heat, but we have 1 ' . i-lal sense for electrical phenoni i. i.eni'e we may understand why n-tiieity has been so much behind "i r sister sciences in development. I he definition given by Tyndail to 1" at may be applied equally well to i ictricity, "A mode of motion." In deed Ju-at and light have long been riiiigni.ed as different manifestations of the same motion, and now eleCtrlc J' can elnim to include both llglit and heat, since they are believed to oe f'Ujns of electro-magnetic' energy. The intelligence of ninn clearly -hnwii by his invention of deliente measuring instruments so well adapt ed to their work thai we now have means of measuring electricity with even greater jireeision than we can waxes of light or heat, or even sound. Practically, all the progress in elec trical engineering lias oceurral witli "i the present century. Nearly one hundred yenrs ago Davy discovered the are light, and fifty years ago. King in JSnglnnd patented the form of lamp since known as tlie incan descent lamp. They did not come into use owing to -the pbgence of any economical means for producing flic Which Electricity Has to Play In in Modern Education. electric current, and when that means was found in the dvnanio. which came into use about a quarter of a century ago, it was found necessary for Ediison in this country and Swan in England to invent the incandescent ........ ....,-,,, .. im- iwiiii.-i i.ni-nii.n. , had been forgotten. Electric liirlit inir has now become so common, that we scarcely realize the short time that it has been in ex - tensive use. Tlie erv rn nidify of its iii'lrodiiction proves its value. It is by far the cleanest, safest, and most de sirable of all forms of illumination and would supercede other lights cu tirely should our engineers succeed in making tlie cheapest source of Ulu munition, which may well conic to pass, ltesidcs- the convenience of electricity and i'ts elegance for pro ducing .spectacular effects as will be admitted by all who have seen the Trans-Mississippi exposition in the evening, it if the safest of lights. Tn- deed for certain places, such as flour mills nnd powder magazines, it is the only light permitted, tlie magazines of our naval vessels being dark before the introduction of electrict lighting. You will say that "electrical" fires are frequent. True, but they are due entirely to carelessness or reckless-1 "T" HFrl T in1 iri'TininiiiiT'' , Ji ness In the wiring of buildings. Kqunl carelessness in jiljiing would cause ecjual destruction from gas fires. The first application of electricity to attract wide attention was the electric telegraph, invented by Morse sixty years ago. While the value of (lie invention was known, it did not come into rapid use, as is shown by the fact that fteen years after wire were run, there were but six messag es received ut New York daily upon other than business matters. This was not due to exorbitant rates, although the tariiV was somewhat "higher than at present. The wimple fact was that the public hnd not learned to use the telegraph as we do now to announce a foot ball victory. One New York' merchant Oio early realized the value of the telegraph was Cyrus W. Field, through whose untiring energy, coupled with a won derful faith, was due the laying of the first Atlantic cable. After Innumer able obstacles which would "have crushed any man without extraordin ary pluelc, ihe laying of tho- cable wns successfully completed in 1858. The first incfange flashed across the ocean I was prophetic of its value to civillz.a- -J a '1 fllU.gS it r jiijlll tji.j.u.""" tm. i . j ijjii h 'f-.. -- vrfr:' in uj rr: ft - aj . - NKHIIASKA W1U. IIUU.KTIN GAME TOMORROW IN FRONT OF THE MAIN HUIMMNG. KKSUII'S SENT AFTKll EVERY TOUOII DOWN. NO nULLKTIX NHWS No SCORE. tion. "(llory to find 'in the Rightist; on Earth pence, good will toward moil." It is fair to my that misunder standings nre the frequent source of disputes even hetwettn nation. The telegraph has been Mircemnftil in pro venting many a trouble from this source by removing the cause before serious results had accrued. The poult ion of our nmlmxNiidnra at foreign courts has been relieved of much of its former resnonslbllitv bv reason of the telegraph, and uegotia- tons can now be concluded with 'much great ei rapidity. The publicity due to the telegraph has doubt les's done much In do nwnv with Miieliio. elian policy nniong'dlphnunts. since Unix uiiiii in ii Kiaiiii me icsi oi pun-, lleity. The telegraph gives our nu-1 ii. hi Kii-n.iT power in ciivi-riniii-m , 'ven in tlie distant I'hllippines than " f ''' thirteen colonies over its muli territory. In the prevention and detection of crime, electricity has made a fine record.' llcsidcs the burg lar alarm and watchman's clocks to deter the robber, the telegraph has ,"'"'' ' possible to follow a niurd-ercr acros). the ocean, and provide for his reception upon a distant shore by of ficers of the law. The telegraph has maile extradition treaties of the ut- j ninn vaiuc. The fire alarm telegraph service has neen the means ot saving immense amounts of property; the weather bu ii can has been of great assistance to agriculture and navigation even if it has niade an occasional mistake. The distribution of standard time from our ! astronomical observatories to all eit- its and towns of the union ov daily hnials is of far greater value fo bus!- nes than h generally supposed. Tt &: - i - - - - ZmaznmamBmBaaimEassmBBEsms $Bf!Bm3r!araT r. gg&& --"- j THE .WECHAMC AHIS U II DING ( OMPI.F.TID. i.s. of course, of special utue to our railroads, since upon the accurae.x of file engineers xvatch depends the safe ty of our trains. .Some twe.ve years ago an attcniit was made xvith mod erate success to felegrajih to a mov ing train. It was done without a di rect connection and xvas a sjiecles of xxirelcRs telegraphy. although very different from tlie xx'ireless telcgrajihy that is attracting so much attention today. At jiresent a menwige has been , transmitted without wires over a dis tance of eighteen' miles, and with great expectation of greatly increas ing that dlpfance. It is. hoxxever, I probable thai Ibis 'has a field of its own. and that it aviII never usurp Ihe prcMcut tclegiph In the general transaction of business. When the rates for telegrams shall be reduced to a low enough joint tben all h't - inn,,, telephone has cnrfaih.l passe,, uoi la el .. . our railways. Do t- less this Is true to a certain extent. It now rests w tl. our mec mnlo en- gincers to so improve tin- railway (Donttnueil on Pane 4) PRESIDENT CHAPLAIN'S ADDRESS A Large Crowd Greet the Head of. the Washington University of St. Louis, Hissouri, Last Friday Evening. REMARKS HADE BY PROHINENT EDUCATORS. Congratulations Read I-'rom All McKinley The exercises of the day closed with the address of President Chap lain of Washington University, St. Lotus, at the Oliver. His lecture was schalorly and extremely Interest-j lie-. h s snbieel in nir the "-ducat nn. al Development of the United States." The University orchestra rendered .selection as a starter to the exercis- cs. This was followed bv n double quartet number. "The Village Ulnclc Miiith," snug by Messrs. S. O. Will iams, .lohu Kaiido'.ph, .lohu Williams, Henry Haines, John Perkins, F. A. iluinstcad. W. K. Tattle and Dud Gill espie. Ah an encore they sang "The Hold Fisherman," which whs muoJi appreciated. I he eh. ii. eel. or then introduced President Chaplain, as being a man lirticu.arly litted for making a .-peeeh on such an occasion, he being i patriot. Inning served his country in the civil war, a professor, a practi i.il euiiieei, and at the head of one of the leading Culvei'sities of the west. President Chap'.uin said ,ln pnrt: "To an American it is an agreeable task to review the history of the I'nited States. It is with a feeling of -litis faction that he watches civiliza- J535 'ffn mninn fosjfrfejfr lion stride oxer our broad lands, lie ' hits ecjual jilenuure in noting the pro jtcss oi national xvealth. the tiro cess has been not a transfer, but a de velopment. "This iidxanee in material jirosjiori- has not caused us to lose sight of the xvelfare of our fclloxv men or di minished our patriotism, as is evl deuced b, a.l the cries xe hiixe ever been through. "We haxe held to tJic winie form of uovcriiuieiit that alxvayt. hud. While the hngUsh people have seen their jnixxer diWend from the throne to the House of Commons. J'Tance, t a,. ,,.. ........ ....Kinm,. ,1I1(i ii 1t. 5,.0Jlt.an nntions have changed vv1), 1u. .ption of l!utia. With I ll8 llu. c'on,tJt utlon has become a ,,art lf tj,0 ,.,,!,.. and we have less jj - nntiiiailt.m Jj f ,e JjJ , 1orrltop . , wllleh ,nn. , ,K k - , f, t 0ll,J0llv of peopo to whoin one ,nn. .- .'', .,., :,,. , fads Into consideration it is evident rtMHMSs! Over the Country President Writes. that we have passed the experimental stage and started on a long, prosper ous career. "The colleges of England and Am erica were founded for the same pur- pose; that ot training men for three uoiessions. Tils was tie onU ilciil higher education for some time, deal- '"K wun speculation more than it HI with actuality and with ancient '"' 'han with modern. "Formerly an educated man was one who knew certain things; now he is one who has a certain amount of mental training. In the old system indixidunlity did not come into'play; uoxv it is stimulated. "The Stale I'liiversity hcljied m.iter ially to bring about this change. Sup port el by the state, it must respond to the need.' of the state. Its purpose is to bring out the talents of the youths of the state nnd develop them, to jih.ee within reach of all the opportunities to recognize the full ex lent of then mental mnke-uj). "Women nre admitted fo our schools on a jiar with men. This is a radical dej'nrture from the u"ieient custom and its result has been thai there are many more female students in the country than mule, and the average American woman is the most highly educated woman in the world. It it a faci, too, that the wo- 1 -.J1."'11 ",IS country are more highly wr "QPihitfrtted thnir-tflitrfrneii' u,.sLiwof af fairs the world has never before seen. "After the first railroad was built, mechanical schools began to come in to existence. The first school of the kind xvas at Troy, N. Y., the faculty consisting of one man. Others have sprung from this one. "The aim of the scientific school is fcsslon, and to this end the course of stud.v is four years, consisting al most entirely of technical studies. Here is a chanCe for reform in that our oxxn language is not pu into these courses to a greater extent. From this it results that the graduate in en gineering is not looked ujion as the ecjual in mental training of the grad uate of a college of liberal arts. "The great tendency in all modem education has been to become more jinietical. It is the sjiirit of the age, and xxill xviden our educational jossi bilities to include many kinds of spe cial instruction. "It is a part of the duty of educa tion to hel solve the problems that have -v-eir.lv been thrust upon us. ' Fducated men arc needed here, in J our great cities, everyxvhere. "Education will groxv to include I more subjects as time goes on, and ' t liitt-ia will I w M ktiinilxi iinniwtn J An 1 . !, 111 Wl, 14 dlVtlUI 11 If 111 ll. -JI U lliy juactical needs of our individual and national life. No shortening of the time for education is anticipated, and In time it should bring the people to such a point that they may be enabled to viexv the questions of the a, dis jiiiKftionalely and eooly. The basis of grandeur and duration is the intelli gence and character of the people and intelligence nnd character are founded on education." The octette then sang "The Engin eer's Song," uud as an encore, the beautiful ballad, "Spin, Sjiin." In the absence of Mr. .Meiklejohn, who xxtis to have rejreented the gox ernincnt on thlk occasion. Captain Michael of the state department at Washington, made a few remarks on the consular service. Nelson JJ. Darton of the dcjiartnient of geological surxey, made a few con gratulatory remarks. Frederick W. Smyser, of the 11. & M. shojis at Havelock, made a very in teresting talk aproos to the occasion. Hon. A. IS. Sheldon, the man who jniHhed the bill appropriating the money for the new building, read a poem from A. L. Uixby, which xvas much njijireciated, nnd then told how the bill was worked through. l'rof. Holmes of the University of North Carolina, xvas present ,' and. made a fexv congratulatory remarks xxxhJch put him in -xmpathy with the audience at once. Sujierintendent Jackson read a con- (Continued on p;igo 4)
