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NEBRASKAN.
y0L. VII. No. 10.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LT-.GOLN, FEBRUARY (l, 1809.
Pkiok 5 Okhtb
PRES. NORTHROP TO STUDENTS
Wholesome Advice About Hetfiods in Study. Out
side Interests Not to be Allowed to
Interfere.
GRADUATES OF THE UNIVERSITY AS TEACHERS
Alumni of the Last Four Classes Who Have Good Positions in
Nebraska and Elsewhere
subjects
By I j ru s Northrop, LL. D., President
of the University of Minnesota.
I once asked the Into Professor
Juiius iindlu,, one of the most emi
nent prolessors ol lule, wliut udviee
Qn wouid tio to u student who usked
kiiu liow lie could leurn to write well.
Ilia leply wn, "1 should' tell him to
write ns well ua he can." This re
plj, while perhaps it might not ap
pear to tlio oumr seeker after liter
ary skill us parlleularly luminous,
do's, nevertheless, point out clearly
the path to success. All arts arc ac
quired by practice. We learn to do
things by dolui? them. We learn to
do tliem easily by doing them often.
Wo learn to do them in the best way
by doing1 them many times and overy
time as well as we can. Writing1 is an
ort to be acquired only by practice.
6tudj is an art to be acquired in the
Bamc way. ix some people uocn oi
these arts come naturally and Bccm
ingly without any great effort. Oth
ers gain them only by long and pnin.
ful endeavor. The boy who lias never
made any effort to control his mind,
who lias been accustomed to let his
thoughts wander at their own sweet
will, who in his mental operations has
always followed the limits of last re
sistance, linxls himself continually los
ing the connection ol thought when
is needed to master the
which ho Is studying.
Tho mind does not grow stronger
by dolpg only what it can do easily.
The kihdegarton plan of education has
its limitations. We must be able to
read Cnrlylo as well as Stephenson. If
we are to be reul men we shall have
difficulties to encounter, subjects to
investigate, which will require our
best powers, and for -which we shall
be but poorly prepared' unless we have
trained our minds -to thiuK when we
will, upon what subject we will, as
long as we will, and upon nothing clso
till we will.
Every student can acqulro this pow
er of concentrating thought -whenever
lie really wishes to Btudy. He cannot
acquire it if, when studying lie habits
ually and of choice allows his mind to
wander. But if he will always resist
to the utmost the mind's inclination
to consider other subjects, if he will
study jvhen he tries to study, and will
give ip tho appearance of study
when fie finds himself too exhausted
for t1 ; reality will take his foot ball
when ue can no longer study, "but will
bnnisl nil thoughts of foot ball when
ho ought to study he will gTow, by
tho unvarying laws of mental develop
ment,. Into a conscientious and suc
cessful student of college, and will ul
timniMv hooomo a mn.ni of Tiomr nnd
tyM4HHfltlii'.afa'ew'pjpV3Mec"iriTria In 41,o vmrA. Tf. 1b In f.riW
ter u uuricuit inntncmaiicai prooiem,
or to follow the steps of an extended
argument. Tho effort to comprehend
the thought and to keep the mind in
tent upon it is too great lor his un
disciplined powers; the mind wanders
from the Bubject; the connection of
thought is lost; und he is obliged
again and again to recall his thoughts
to the subject. If he can go though it
at Inst without a wandering- thought
or break in tho argument, he lias
made substantial progress, and the
next difficulty he encounters will be
more easily mastered, and 'by and by
he will have acquired a correct habit
of study which habit, as he can learn
Iroin the dictionary, is nothing more
than "nn involuntary tendencey to
periom certain actions which are ac
quired by their frequent repetition,"
me greatest enemy ol effective
study is the habit of dreaming over
allowing the mind to dwell on some
more attractive subject which comes
to it and allures It away from tho
book. Few men ever mastered this
habit entirely; but no good student
will allow himself to indulge in this
when serious work is before him. And
it follows that true wisdom will lead
a student in college to have as few in
terests na noRRll.lo t,iint. nri morn nl-
luring than his books. He is in the
formative period of his life; he is seek
ing mental discipline, tho power to
HX nnd hold nt.ton-t.lnn nn n. ah html, till
it hi mnstcred. He may be a fair schol
ar uccnuse ho lias a kind or photo
graphic memory that holds -what tho
6yes see. though tbi nftont.ion Is di
alled and the mind is not nourished
oy the thought; hut he will never
come to renl mental vigor and power
Until he enn tVirnw nulilo frnnn Ihtn
thonphts everything which does not
Pertnin to the work for which he is
. Jn college nnd hy which ho is to be
"eneiiteci for life. HenCe tho fewer
interests n student hns ontldo of his
wales the better. Whew he is to
learn n lesson, he must not ho think
nR" of either foot hnll or prayer-meet-'"fr.
of either fraternities or agreeable
joung indies. No doubt these are all
Proper Rubleots of consideration nt
ne proper time. But the proper time
not when one is trying to study;
nnd heenupe these subjects ate nil so
"iieresting to n young mnn thev can
not hut command hi? attention! nnd
distract his mind to the iniurv of his
i nnhltq of study, if he is especially de-
, joipci tn them Thp trrcntost danger
..Mill, nil Mil iirt en"' -
JWflv Is concerned nnd outside of pos.
1 ,Vo 'mmonnUtv. is n multitude of so
"y nthletle or tcHHous Interest
whtoi, eorniTne hl time, make prop-
nmtion for clno evereNe Imrrled
Tn,n'1 I" moments when even faculty
thnt he may becomo such a mnn and
mny he of service to the world that
the student is in college rather thnn
behind the counter, in hnnk, or on tho
fnrm. Let him in his college years
not spend too much of his time in the
delightful but temporary pleasure of
nssoclntion with good fellows who
mav crowd to his room: let him dnre
to "sport his oak." nnd in seclusion
nnd silence let htm do the mental
work for which he hns come to col
lege, nnd in the coming time tlie world
will nppreclntc him as a thinker, nnd
n lender, nnd will discover that while
he is capable of stern duty. Tic is none
the less n geninl companion nnd n
lovnl friend. The TnterColleginn.
LATE" GRADUATES AS TEACHERS.
B. sc. and B. A., 1898.
Cnrscoddcn, Edna Blanche, assist
ant principal of high school, York.
Cushman, Mabel E., high school, Wy
morc. Dnvies, George Andrew, teacher,
Itising City.
Day, Carrie, public schools, Omaha.
Deal, Alva Lawrence, pirncipal of
schools, Mason City.
Dempster, Mabel B., Elgin schools,
Elgin, 111.
Du Bols, Ada, high school, Sutton.
Fnrnam, Jane R., teacher, West Corn
wall, Vermont.
Green, Lucy Garrison, high school,
Beatrice.
Hagey, Emma Jane, teacher, Nor
folk' , , ,
Hcitzmnn, William S., high school,
Beatrice. . ...
Keith, Arthur L., principal hign
school, Nebraska City.
Klndler, George Ernest, principal of
Wnrd school, Beatrice.
Lansing, Jesse Belle, teacher of lan
guages, high school, Plattsmouth.
Lytle, Anna Webster, assistant prin
cipal high school, David City.
McGahey, Mary W., teaoher, StromB-
Parker, Ulysses S., teacher of civics
high school, Lincoln.
Patch, Leroy V., principal high
school, Bartley.
Pearson, John Elmer, high school,
Red Oak, Iowa. ,
Plnkerton. Samuel Walter, principal
of schools, Cozad.
Pope, Alvin Eugene, fellow in na
tional normal for deaf, Washington,
D. C.
Porter. George Nyman, teacher of
English, state normal scnooi, x-eru.
Reed, Albert A., superintendent of
sehoois, Crete.
Russell, Mary A., teaoher, Schuyler.
Scherzer, Eli7.u, assistant principal of
high school, Scribner.
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Schncllcr, Clnra, ulHlnnt principal
high school, Red OleAjl, lown.
Sidle, Anna 12., teacher of Latin, high
school, Lincoln, !
Smith, Barah 12., tench cr, Lead City,
South Dakota.
Stewart, Horace IV" teacher, Atchi
son, Knnsas.
Sundean, Mnndn J., assistant princi
pal schools, Cond.
Taylor, Anna Luoi?t, high school,
Omaha,
Taylor, Charles W., nrlncipnl schools,
Ohlown.
Walker, Mercy A.rincipnl North
Ward schools, Schuylor,
Woodfonl, Mary Ej tencher, Kear
ney. ?
Bnnghnrt, Edward, teacher high
school, Wymorc.
Burgert, George, nrinclpal high
school, McCook.
Campbell, Robert A tencher of sci
ence high school, RcdJOnk, Iowa.
Cutter, Irving S., principal of high
school, Beatrice. $
Borne. William T.J Instructor in
botany, Wesleynn university.
Jackson, Mnry P.J high school,
Plattsmouth.
Sutton, Herbert 0., tencher of sci
ence, high school, Grand Tslnnd.
Thatcher, Roscoe W., tencher of sci
ence, high school. Beatrice.
Tuttle, Emma Jcai. teacher of scf
cnee, high school, Mhiden.
Warren, J. A., principal of high
school, Holdrcgc.
B. A. and B. Sc, 1807.
Baker, R. S., principal schools, May
wood. Broady, Anna, high school, Beatrice.
Burrows, Trcmalne K., teacher in
Worrnll Hall Military Academy, Peek
skill, New York.
Byam, Irene Bell,tcacher, North
Bend.
Cnmp, Qeorgiaj teacher, Chicago.
Clark, Esther Anne, teacher of Latin
nnd Greek, state normal.
Cortclyou, John V., superintendent
schools, Humboldt.
Dcnn, Nellie L., teacher of languages,
Fairbury.
Graham, Ada V., high school, Fair
mont. Graham, R. II., principal schools,
Arnpahoo. ,
Hall, Jennie A., icher public
scliools, Alexandria?
Harris, Ray M., principal of h igh
school, Wahoo.
Heisc, Ida W., teacher high school,
Nebraska City.
Lyman, Rufus A., instructor in phys
iology high school, Lincoln.
MeMichael, C. W., teacher, Hudson,
South Dakota.
Nienhuis, Henry, tencher of Eng
lish, high school, Falls City.
Norton, Clinton S., principal high
school, Ashland.
Pnnconst, Arthur C, teacher of his
tory, high school, Lincoln.
Pillsbury, Susan, assistant principal
high school, Central City.
RIckctts, Mabel D., high school,
Friend.
Smith, Leo C, high school, Chicago.
Spurk, Jessie B., teacher, navelock.
Tliomos, George Henry, principal of
schools, Harvard.
Walker, Kate S., assistant principal
schools, Pierce.
Wort, Julia M., high school Schuy
ler. Ducker, William L principal scliools,
Pnwncc City.
Hnyden, Blnncet S., principal
schools, Palmyra.
Lownes, J. L., tencher, El Pnso,
Texas.
0'Sulli-an, Eva P., assistant princi
pal schools, Creighton.
Reitz, Oscar A., high school, Lead
City, South Dakota.
Rhodes, Mae, high Bchool, Edgar.
Rowc, Jesso P., high school, Butte,
Montana.
Thornber, J. J., high school, Ne
braska City.
Warren, G. P., high school, Fair
mont. B. A. and B. Sc., 1800.
Bnrnes, J. B., tencher, Norfolk.
Bentley, Mrs. Ella nart, assistant
principal high school, Martinez, Cal.
Brancr, Amy C, assistant principal
high schools, Wisner.
Bryant, Clara Louise, public schools,
Anaconda, Montana.
Hopper, Phoebe May, principal of
schools, Hay Springs.
Hoslc, Alma S., high school, Arapahoe.
Jury, Jesse B,, assistant principal
schools, Wilber.
McLucas, Victor Roy, principal of
sohools, Central City.
Morton, Prances, public schools,
Cleveland, Ohio.
Pillsbury, WlUam H prnclpal of
schools, Falls City.
Prey, Anna E., assistant principal of
schools, Do Witt.
RIckctts, Ena K high school, Lin
coln. Tnvlor, Snrnh Vore, teaoher, South
Omnhn.
HOUSE ROLL NUMBER 171 PASSED
Ample Provision for Future Needs of tile University
to be Hade by Increased Levy.
PRINCIPAL PROVISIONS OF THE MEASURE.
Introduced by Speaker Clark, Ably Supported by University
Graduates and Friends of the University.
For some time pnst the students of to the more complete endowment and
the university have been vitally inter
ested in the appropriation bill before
the state legislature. Many go to the
sebslon each day to follow the prog
ress of the bill.
Following are the principal points
in the bill:
Be it enacted by the legislature of
Nebraska:
That section GUiM, being section 10
of chnpter 87, of the Compiled Stat
utes of the state of Nebraska, 1807, en
titled State University, be and the
same is hereby amended so as to read
as follows:
0!224 Section 10. (Funds.) The sev
eral funds for the support of tho Uni
versity shnll bo constituted and desig
nated as follows: First, 'the perma
nent endowment fund: Second, the
temporary University fund; Third, j
the University c'nsh fund; Fourth, the
United Stntes "Morrill Fund;" Fifth,
tho United States Experiment station
fund. Tho permanent endowment
fund shall 'be kept in two accounts;
in the iirst account, all moneys de
rived ns principal from the sale of
lands donntcd to the state by tho
United States "to establish and endow
a University" under the net of cong-
support of the colleges for the 'benefit
of agriculture nnd the mechanic arts,
established under the provisions of nn
act of congress approved July 2, 186&"
mid nets supplemental theielo.
The agricultural experiment station
fund .hall consist of all moneys which
may come into the possession of the
state trensurcr on and after July 1,
lh09, accruing under an act of con
gress approod March 2, 1887, enti
tled, "An act to establish agricultu
ral experiment stations in connection
witli the colleges established in tho
several states under the provisions of
an act approved July 2, 1802, and tho
acts supplemental thereto; ' also, all
moneys which may hereafter be re
ceived by virtue of any act of Congress
supplemental these to snid experiment
station ant and for the same purposes.
(Continued on pnue four)
ress of Ajjririp, 1804; In the second o
ebulTlfiThiofioJ uerivedi ns principal
from 'the sales of lnnds donated to the
stnte by the Unintcd States to provide
colleges for the benefit of agriculture
and the mechanic arts, by nn act of
congress approved July 2, 1802.
The temporary University fund
shall Consist of the proceeds of in
vestments of the permanent fund; of
the rentals of the University und agri
cultural college lands leased, and tho
interest upon deferred payments on
sales of the lands aforesaid; of the
rcnltals or income of lnnds or other
property donated, without particular
objects or uses being specified; and
a tn-v of one mill upon the dollar of
valuation of the grand assessment roll
of the state, which tax shall he levied
in the year 1800 and nnnunlly 'thereaf
ter. All moneys accruing to this fund
arc hereby appropriated for the main
tenance of the University including
buildings and permanent improve
ments nnd the same may be applied
by the board of regents to any nnd all
University needs, except the income
from donations mnde for particular
pin poses, which income shall be used
ami applied as hereinbefore specified
only.
The University cash fund shall con
sist of the matriculation and diploma
fees, registration fees, laboratory
fees, tuition fees, summer "session"
or school fees and other moneys
or fees collected from sUiden'te, 'pv
the authority of the board of regents,
for University purposes. To this fund
shall belong also all moneys received
from sales of live stock, farm pro
ducts, dairy school products, or other
like income from the experiment sta
tion farm. The moneys accruing to
this fund shnll ho used for the follow
ing purposes exclusively: the mmtricu
lntion nnd diploma fees, for the pur
chase of books for tho University li
braries, the registration and sumtmer
school fees, to assist the maintenance
of the summer school, school of ag
riculture or other special schools; the
laboratory fees, for laboratory expen
ses and tho purchase of laboratory ap
paratus and supplies; the tuition fees,
for instruction in and expenses of the
various colleges or sahools for which
the same are collected; tho income
from the fnrm, for tho general ex
penses and to keep up the farm, its
stock and equipment, fnrm labor and
minor repairs to farm property.
Tho United States "Morrill Fund"
shnll consist of nil moneys approprint
ed by tho United States to this staltc
for its University, to aid instruction
nnd to furnish the facilities for in
struction In certnin branches in nC
cordance with tho provisions of an not
of congress approved August 30, 1800,
entitled, "An net to apply a portion
of tho proceeds of the public lands
ALUMJJi.
The University has reason to bo
most thankful to those friends of hers
in the state legislature who showed
their loyalty b ythcir hard work for
nnd enthusiastic support of the one
mill levy, The billpossod.thfi house
by a handso'mo majority on Wednes
day of last week. Many of the non
University men, nnd men of all par
ties, were favorably impressed with
the numerous good points of the bill
and worked earnestly for it, as tho
lnrgc favorable vote shows. Among
the most energetic and hard' working
of these friends, however, were tho
four University alumni, who are cer
tainly entitled to the gratitude of ev
eryone who has the good of the insti
tution at heart.
Of Speaker Clark we have told some
things in another issue. We mny ndd
here that he introduced the bill and
was one of its most earnest supporters
in the committee of the whole.
The "oldest grad." of the remaining
three is E. M. Tollnrd. '03. ITe en
tered at a "first prep." in the fall of
'87. In '02, he was senior captain of
the battalion, hnving charge of com
pany "A." In '02, Pollnrdi, then first
sergeant, engineered the hrst pur
chase of tailor-made uniforms for a
part of the battalion, ye alumni edi
tor being one of those who was in
veigled into getting one. He was oi
Palladlan. Tie taught school the first
winter after his graduation, then
worked on a farm. In '07 he was
elected to the legislature from Cass
county and was returned to this ses
sion. Next in order comes A. J, Weaver,
'95. He entered in January, '03, tak
his A. B. in '05, and an LL. B. in '06.
lie is a member of Delta. Tau Delta,
nnd of Phi Delta, i-ni. ITe was man
ager of the football team for the sea
son of '03-4. Weaver was twice win
ner of first place in the Kansas-Ne
braska debate in '05 and '00. Two
years ago he married Miss Persa Mor
ris, whom many remember as a stu
dent nt the University and a member
of PI Betta Phi. Since his graduation
he has been practicing law in Falls
City, and was city attorney for his
town in '07. He was elected to this
session of the legislature, and is the
youngest man in it, having only twenty-five
years to his credit. Two broth
ers of his are now in school, M. L,
Weaver, who graduates this year, and
P. B. Weaver, who bolongs to the class
of "naughty-one."
Last, but not least, is J. H. Gros
venor, '08, who from teaching school
in his native plnco, enme to the Uni
versity to take the course in law.being
ndmitted to the senior clnss in the fall
of '07. Ho Is m most cnthuslnstic Uni
versity mam and in speaking of tho
bill and the institution snid he wnptod
to sec the University the "only" one
west of the Mississippi. This, with the
help of suehl men as these, and moro
like them in later legislatures, it will
certainly become.