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THE COUBIEU- i k r r & i t l t t- r I sample packages in places where the ignorant and credulous can pick it up should be prohibited by law. AfckMw The principal actors in the early his tory of America, which Bostonlans say ,wa made exclusively within the con fines of New England, were ministers or men closely connected with religious bodies and who were first distinguished by their obstinate adherence to a dis senting creed. There are able men In the ministry today. But the ministe rial mind Is not the type we, as a peo ple, most admire. It Is the day of the Inventor, the manager, the combiner. ' The minister is the good man he al ways has been; but he is not the fig ure on the horizon he used to be. If there is a brilliant boy in the flock the father and mother do not have visions of seeing him in a pulpit or in a college chair. It Is, alas! he bay who seems to lack ability to get along that the family with relief selects for the pul pit and sends to the theological semin ary. In his inaugural address on as suming the presidency of Johns Hop kins university, President Remsen wondered If the best brains of the" country got Into universities. After considering the subject somewhat In definitely for a few moments, he hint ed that, the constructive, creative, en ergetic, appreciative man and type was not found in the faculties of the Bchools of this country. It Is easier to criticise than to do. This country has been surveyed bridged, built, wired, and criss-crossed with railroad tracks by men of unlim Itable Initiative, possessing a some times rude, but a compelling, Irreslst able force. And It Is the men .who have built this country, who have In vented the telegraph, the reaping ma chine, the telephone, the sewing ma chine. It Is the men who have laid the Atlantic cable, organized and built the railroads, and organized large manu facturing and distributing Institutions Vhat(,young America and all his rela- lions most revere and respect and wish jto Imitate. It Is a material Ideal per haps. Foreign criticism of our universities is based on this very defect which President Remsen hinted at. Ameri can scholarship Is not constructive, creative. It is a matter of learning. Morse, Howe, HoCormick, Bell, Field. Morgan and hundreds cf other Ameri cans who have given progress a push so vigorous that the world has seen the car move, were and are self-made men. whose very eagerness and haste to be at work drove them out of school into crowded, strenuous life. But If the rewards of college profes sorship careers were to be Increased there is little doubt that -the effect would be as apparent as It is In Ger many, where the salaries of profes sors are largest and their social posi tions most distinguished. After all there are very few igreat men in any profession or caHtag and it is ques tionable if in the 'world of basiness or the mechanical industries, they do. not do just as iHttca.feod.as they weuld In a professor's chair or in a pulpit. From either one of these positions the power must be piped to the plant. The pow er supplied by a great inventor to this ar that department of activity Is prac tical and imminent because he is in touch with life and his acquaintance with it is practical rather than the oretical. When President Remsen or Professor Hugo Munsterberg, wail about the non-productiveness of Amer ican scholarship they ignore the In comparably superior productiveness of the unscholarly. Riveting of boilers and the like is new stone almost entirely by compress ed air hammer, which strikes 1500 times a minute . wmmmmm i m P CLUB NOTES THE WEEK'S REVIEW Mew Lincoln S&ff" M 8. Tenth Bowling Alleys Bwaa4ttrk7notCU The art department of the Woman's club met Wednesday at the club rooms. Mrs. A. O. Greenlee and Mrs. W. J. Hill talked of pottery and porcelain. c flr flr The Aldlne club met Thursday morn ing with Mrs. H. A. Babcock. The us ual current events and quotations were given and Mrs. Pickup gave an interesting review of "The Cavalier," by George W. Cable. The Century club met Tuesday after noon with Mrs. F. E. Campbell. Mrs. E. P. Savage read a very interesting paper on "The Present Administra tion." Mrs. W. H. McCreery led In a discussion of the canal question. Most of the ladies favored the Nicaragua route. The club" will hold an open meeting at the governor's mansion on April fifteenth. The next regular meeting will be with Mrs. Hays. The society of the Hall In the Grove met last Friday with Mrs. Orcutt The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, Mrs. Al len; first vice president, Mrs. C. L. Hall; second vice president. Doctor Sabine; secretary and treasurer, Mrs. Orcutt; program committee, Mrs. Mbn ler and Mrs. Irene Thompson. A paper on "The American Negro in Literature, Law and Education," was read by Mrs. Mohler. Doctor Sabln led in a dis cussion of "Civilization and Lon gevity." On Monday afternoon the one hun dred and second afternoon concert of the Matinee Musicale will be given by the third division, Mrs. E. Lewis Baker and Miss Ina Ensign, leaders. The following program of comparative examples will be presented: . Quartets (a) Emery-Marston, "Night Hath a Thousand Eyes;" (b) Smith Brahma, Lullaby. Mrs. C. S. Hart, Miss Katherine Agnew, Miss Charlotte Hullhorst, Miss Anna Caldwell. Piano (a) Mendelssohn, (b) Grieg, Spring Song, Miss Annie Lowrle. Solos (a) Schubert, (b) Beethoven. The Erl King, Mrs. E. Lewis Baker. -Piano (a) Chopin, Polonaise, G sharp minor; (b) Sholz, Polonaise, op. 6, Mrs. L. J. Herzog. Solos (a) Schubert, (b) Liszt, (c) Rubinstein, "Du Blsi Wie Ehne Blume," Mrs. R. A. Holyoke. (a) Sonata in D minor, third move ment, Schumann, (b) Kreutzer Sonata, finale, Beethoven; Miss Ina Ensign. The music department of the Wom an's club met Wednesday afternoon in Walsh hall. Liszt was the subject for consideration, Miss Lally gave a sketch of his life and works. Classing him as the greatest virtuoso of his day, she told how, as a child of' five years he commenced his studies which soon made him famous. And how through the kindness of his heart he helped many lesser lights to shine. Liszt wrote much of great variety and style. Of his vocal music there is little before the public It is still the music of the future clearly showing he was a genius far beyond his time. The illustrations were given .with artistic touch and sen timent. Program: Piano Solo Cantique d' Amour, from Harmonies Poetiques. Miss Sidney Murphy. Life and Works of Liszt. Miss Eleanor Lally. Piano Solo Gondaliera, Miss Edith Shedd. Soprano Solo Oh Thou Art Like a Flower. Mrs. J. M. Lucas. Piano Solo (a). Die Lorelie. (b), Liebsraum. Miss Lois Burrus. Piano Solo Consolation No. 6. Miss Martha Hasse. Piano Solo Rhapsodle Hongroise. Miss Rose Yont This closes the work of this depart ment for the season, except a social entertainment in the indefinite future. The music department of the Wo man's club, Miss Lally leader, gave a Saint Patrick's day program before the club on Monday. Mrs. Henry Eames gave a preliminary talk on the music of Ireland and prefaced the numbers with explanatory remarks. Miss Mary Eames' dances were the jig and the highland fling. The program was: The Music of Ireland, Mrs. Henry Purmort Eames. Soprano Solos Traditional Airs', (a) Aileen Aroon; (b), The Little Red Lark, Miss Eleanor Lally. Recitations with Music (a), Auld Plaid Shawl; (b), Dolly's Revenge, Miss Sue Doane. Dances, Mary Eames. Piano Solo Nocturne A major, John Field, Miss Winifred Howell. Tenor Solos Traditional Airs, (a), Believe Me, if all Those Endearing Young Charms; (b). Silent, O Moyle; (c). The Harp That Once Thro Tara's Halls, Mr. Emll A. Boostrom. The club voted to send a message of condolence to Mrs. William Leese and Mrs. A A Scott, both of whom were charter members of the club. The next meeting will be in the form of a reception to the new officers of the club to be given at the home of Mrs. Ell Plummer on Easter Monday. The executive board of the Nebraska G. F. W. C. has chosen the Santa Fe as the official going route 'to the Los Angeles biennial. Delegates have the privilege of returning by another route if preferred. Round trip rate from Lincoln and Missouri river points will be $45. For $11 extra the return trip can be made from San Francisco via Portland either by water or rail. Re turn route must be designated when .ticket is purchased. For the benefit of those desiring to visit the following points, Las Vegas, Santa Fe and the Grand Canyon of Arizona, the lli-st excursion will leave Lincoln via the C. B. & Q. railway at midnight, "Thursday, April 24, being joined next morning at Kansas City by other western delegations, and leaving Kansas City at 11 a. m., April 25. This train, composed of Pullman pal ace and Pullman tourist sleeping cars, is scheduled to run up to Las Vegas, Hot Springs and the old town of Santa Fe, New Mexico, without extra charge, stopping at those places" one day and night. If preferred, sleepers call be utilized, thus reducing cost to a mini mum. The next stopover will be for the purpose of visiting the Grand Canyon of Arizona, the most studendous and magnificent of its kind In the world. This at an extra cost for railroad fare of only $6.50. Officers and delegates of the State Federation expect to go on this train. For those wishing to go directly through, a second special train will leave Omaha April 27, at 10:30 p. m., via the C. B. & Q. to Kansas City; thence the Santa Fe direct to Los Angeles, arriving there at noon, April 30. 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