Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-11-10
SOME OF STUDENTS y
SHOULD Be ON FARMS
Professor Says They Try to Get
Some of Them to Return to
Til. the Soil.
TALK OF RURAL SCHOOLS

TOO many students come to the
universities without any definite pur-
pose. They come because it's the thing
to do to go to college and they pass
the time as best they can---studying
sometimes. when there's nothing else
to do. We have 5000 students at the
state university and | often wonder
why some of them come
DR.. James E, La Rossignol Of the
school OF commerce of the state uni
versity philosophical thus in the
course OF an address Thursday morn
ing in the commerce section of the
State Teachers association conven-
ton.
we try to get some OF them to go
back to the farm" he continued in
humorous vein, but they don't want
to do that. We'd like to see each OF
them take 'ten-acre plot OF ground
and find happiness. But they won't.
They want to get degree. What
degree is good for nobody knows, but
they want one anyway.
To Go Into Business.
1.-THE school OF commerce was es-
tablishcd at the university in response
to demand from the students. not
spoken demand, but demand never
theless. There they were, plenty Of
them that intended to 60 into BUSH
ness, but who wanted degree first,
and they were not making good use
OF their time. Some of them were
taking the fine arts course. which was
no good to a man going into business
unless he had plenty Of time to waste
just getting culture, whatever that Is.
THE fine arts course was originally
designed as a training for theologians,
giving them Latin and Greek and
Hebrew. In England they give il to
gentlemen and gentlemen in Eng
land are men who live without work
ing.
"Some men at the university take
law or engineering as course
though they expect to 60 into BUSH
ness when they get through college.
The school OF commerce provides
a useful course for such students. The
longest way round Is not the short
est way home in education.
1--WE are already having great de-
mand for our graduates and the stu
dents are taking to the course so
readily that we are thinking of max
ing it harder to keep them out. The
demand for graduates is for such work
as secretaries of commercial clubs
and municipal managers"
| Story Tellers' League.
In the story tellcrs' league at the
| Castle hotel the science OF telling
stories to children was discussed be-
fore an audience that crowded the ball
room. Story telling, which used to be
a natural and spontaneous art among
primitive people, has now become a
science that must be taught and that
| has its rules.
| in telling stories to children" said
| Claire McPhee OF Lincoln, you must
be dramatic. That doesn't mean nee
essarily that you must gesticulate and
expressionize. But you must feel the
story and have in your voice the quail
ties expressive Of the story you arc
telling.
| Katherine Gamble OF Tecumseh
spoke on Dialect Stories Ia Chill
dren's Literature" Georgiana Davis OF
Omaha told OF story songs and Pearl
S. Kelly Of Peru discussed story tell
ing in primary grades.
Rural Schools.
| In the agricultural section Mrs.
| Vera B. Taft OF Aurora spoke on Gag
riculture in the Rural School" Mrs
Julia Walker Of Indianapolis told OF
what the study OF agriculture has done
for Indiana.
i 1.-THE corn yield in Indiana has been
greatly increased and the cost of pro.
ducing a bushel has been reduced from
81 cents TO q cents she said. sand
we have more and finer hogs and cat.
tie than ever before. This was done
principally through inspirational and
educational work among the boys and
girls.
when boy gets properly educat,
ed he goes to his father and says, Pa
that's bunch OF scrub cattle we've
got. Let's get rid of them and star
breeding cattle that's worth while
And our land is sour. Let's fcrtilize
it scientifically and see what wei
raise then"
John Boehr OF Hastings told wha,
has been done by the garden club
market and Lew T. Skinner spoke OF
Boys and Girls Clubs in Nebraska.