Omaha daily bee., 1911-09-27

A.. disgraced other institutions Conditions
9 here have often been the reverse OF those
which DR.. Ross. formerly Of this insti-
tuition. found in China on his recent tour
of investigation. Individually the Chi
nese students we're exceedingly docile.
but he found them difficult to deal with
when acting en- masse. The Nebraska
student may be a bumptious individual,
but he is reluctant to sink his individual
bumptiousness in a concerted movement
All Of our students are leaders, and so
there are none to be led
Work Big Factor in All Problems.
Many OF us who still feel comparatively
young recall a time when the Nebraska
pioneers were travelling with OK teams.
We have witnessed the transition from
this 20 our present automobile era Prog
ress from primitive, pioneer conditions
70 q state tof comparatively luxury has
been exceedingly rapid. II is often OBJ
served that when any group of success
ful Nebraskans-4@judges, professional
teachers, bankers. merchants. farmers
get TO indulging IN "reminiscences of their
boyhood days, you viii find that nine
out Of every ten had the same experience
on the farm. attended similar country
school houses: have painful recollections
Of cowhide boots. and very Joyous recol-
lections Of bucking bronchos. Our stu
dents are largely children Of the success
full pioneers. Though brought up in diff
ferent surroundings than their fathers
and mothers they still retain the family
traditions of hard work. of sacrifice, and
of strenuous devotion TO duty. Compare
lively few Of our students have been in
jured by luxury. In demanding hard
study. the university authorities have
the moral support OF the parents. and
fairly good encouragement from the stu
dents themselves. Our well-to-do students
have not been brought up in the atmos-
phere Of luxury that prevails farther east
1t is. therefore it seems to me. exceed
ingly desirable that we should preserve q
readiness and a capacity for hard work
This is a spelndid inheritance from Me-
braska's pioneer days-a native plant Of
our plains which we must domesticate
and maintain in a hardy condition under
cultivation. II must not be permitted TO
lose its hardness. Hard work, study.
self-sacrifice. high scholarship, must ever
be maintained in the University of Ne
braska. have again and again been sur
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university men who hold prominent posi-
tions in eastern institutions. Nebraska
men have, been successful at Harvard.
Yale. Columbia, Cornell. Michigan and
elsewhere, and their number is altogether
out OF proportion TO the number OF stu
dents those schools receive from the state.
II through the increase Of wealth or the
drift OF sentiment. we should ever lose
that respect for hard work and hard
study which now differentiates us TO a
considerable extent from some OF the
eastern institutions. we would part with
one OF our greatest assets.
1ItssiOn OF state Universities.
The state universities. representing as
they DO AL the people, must OF necessity
endeavcr 10 conduct themselves on all
important questions IN a manner accept
able 10 al the people. DenominationaI
colleges are expected TO encourage their
students to become adherents OF the
denominations they serve; and because
the state university serves no special
denomination and has no theological
bias IL is sometimes assumed that re-
ligious life Is not possible or desirable
in such an institution. on the contrary.
the authorities unoffieiAlly encourage the
student 10 exemplify 10 the best OF his
ability the faith In which he has been
brought up Most OF US, through the
churches with which we have been
affiliated from infancy. have inherited
a splendid legacy OF truth and devotion.
and a change would mean loss II is
difficult TO swing nom one OF the
divisions OF given faith TO another.
even though there be no great differ
enee between the two. without parting
with a portion Of this heritage. II seems
20 me. therefore. that we do well 10 en-
courage vary close cooperation be-
tween the students OF any faith and
those who represent the same faith In
our city churches; and we believe that
interactloh between an Institution de-
voted primarily 10 knowledge and an or
ganizAtion m which faith predominates
viii be musuGny. helpful TO both rhs
Nehrsska students' ideal. therefore.
should be greater efficiency in the work