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The Daily Ncbraskan I'iiIiIMmiI Miinliiy, 'I'lii-Nila.v, WctliirHiliiy, TlmrHil.u iiikI I- rlIii.v nmriilni! "f i' wi'i'k l.v ilii' I i.lvriNll.v if .Nilirin.kn. Ai i:nl rr miilliiitr ill iivliil rule f iionIiii." rivllMl for In Si-Wlciii IK'S, Arl of Oihil.cr :i, I'.'iiT, iiiillmrlzcil Jiuiiiiiry "JO, 1UL"J. Oil HI VI. IMU IIMT) I'l HI.M AT l' I'ndci i.i' IHi i'dl'iii I :;ni.lriil 1'nh ll nl ion lliiiinl. ni mI iik m' mill i'Im-h iniilhr ill In- poHlu.f Iii Mi .-"In. -l.rmlii. iimlrr llu AiM 1 I' t'l'i'i-K. Mnrrli :s, IS". HMli...ii.lii.ii ml" ' '",r $i.;'5 a M'Hii'HtiT HIiikIc . iy '' "' ..nN llll I'lllllllllllH III Iiiiih to THU l II.Y KIlt-KVN 1 11 1 1 1 tl A, l.lln nlll. Ni'li. TKI.M'HOMCS nlT.lly II'-. Ilvi'llllljrlt lilMHJ Til ii.riMl mill lnihliH'KM ipffli'cH Iii mirth- W(.st i i r i.f luis i'iit uf lli" AiIiiiIiiIm- trnl Ion Hall. llrl- I :.. '!. .Ir. - B'lllor MiirJ. i .vmiiii Miinnglng l'.illtm II,.i.ii It miT j.orlnle Killtor C'lmrlo A. Vlt.lu'll MkIi Kil tor IKmi.nl Unfftt N'Kl't ;;!" Kmtr-:t V. Mimn Mitlit Lilltor Chi"" i'-.v Klii'ry ltn.ln- MiinBgrr C'irrir M MIcUh AMft. IHimIiipkh Mgr. dure--. I lil.lii.fr Clriiilalloii Miniintrr Oi l l( 'K 1101 KS. Killi'-r. ilnily. Miinrilni; Killti.r. !1 ilnl'v. HiinI'ti-m Mummer. 4 (1 ilally. 1'iiu this issri:. MkIiI IVM. r tlinilri A. Mltiliell Richard Klstcr Ass't. Ni.nht Ktlitor What is Your Opinion On This "Barb" Letter? The following letter, evidonlly son! to all Nebraska students who are not members of social fraternities, has been handed to the Nc.braskan. It deals with the second semebter class elections. February 12, litt'i. Fcllo. barbarians: Conditions of student activities at Nebraska have within the inst two or three years become unbearable. This is due directly to the organized political system in the social frater nities. It has come to a point -where the legislature has attempted to eradi cate this evil. We. are planning a huge muss meeting for next Monday evening, at which time we will pre sent our views. Members of the legis iatuie -vill be present and several will discuss ihe abolishment of all fra ternities as a remedy for existing con ditions. You have learned our views as ex pressed in prev ious letters, and know ing that you are for a better Nebras ka, w e urge you to be there, the place to be announced later. Organization of Barbarians, Executive Committee, E. H. FROST, Chairman. The purposes of the above letter appears to be two-fold, (1) to organ ized a "political party" of students not affiliated with Greek letter organiza tions to "turn the rascals out" of of fices filled by the vote of students. (2) To foster a sentiment among "barbs" and members of ihe legisla ture for the abolition of f i aternities on the Nebraska campus. Truly the letter is startling. In the face of determined elforts to substi tute for factional spirit a bigger Ne braska spirit, we find a movement to arouse bitterness where co-operation would help. In the face of constructive efforts to build up scholarship aud a spirit of friendliness among fraternities, we find an appeal to abolish (Jreek letter organizations "us a remedy for exist ing cenditions." What are the existing conditions of which the letter complains? Does the wiiter rebel against control of all elective offices by fraternity men? At present two of the three members of the Student Publication Hoard are "barbs." Two of the four class presi dents are fraternity men and two are not. Are these the "existing conditions" for which a "huge mass meeting" is to be held? Does this movement meet with your approval? Our eyes have been opened to new problems, to new opinions, to new con ceptions in the first three meetings at which tho European student visitors have spoken. Hundreds of students attended the meetings at the Temple, Ellen Smith Hall and Social Science auditorium yesterday and with each meeting, the interest seemingly increases. Dur.ng the remainder of the stay of the men of Germany, Holland and Den mark, there will be opportunity for small groups of students to come into personal relation with tb visitors. These meetings should be of immense value to those who can break away trom local viewpoints and see the standpoint of outsiders. . Can you agree with the' German student in his statement that Germany was not responsible for the World War? Another day of the meetings will be necessary before the real value of . these meetings can be estimated. As many students as possible should at- torid the meetings for none can listen ti t!io earnest presentations Without thinking and thinking hard. Notices N ') li i'K if I't'tii'rnl IntiTi-Ht will ! Iiriulcil In tlil r.i.'iiniii fur two I'oiiKfvt.i 1 1 vi- 1 1 ii h . ( '.v hIh-iiM In' III Ilii l.riiHkiin offhf hy I'iV" ui'li.rk 4 Lutheran Club IlUHiness meeil.ig of tho Lutheran Club in Social Science 105 Thursday a: Kht, February 15 at 7 p. in. Zoology Club Meeling of Zoology Club Thursday i'Vbm.try 13 nt 5 p. in. lessey Hall. Omaha Club. All Omaha students are uiged to ,il tend the monthly Hireling and din ner of tho Omaha Club. Doing n resi dent of Oiur.ha entitles a perron 1o .Uib membership. This is the big mid year mel ting, with election of officers. I here will bo a special program featur- iiS Alice Humbert in a reading "The Finger of Clod" and Hart Jenks in a i Li .-leal number. Dr. Condra will give t'.ie principal talk of the evening, i irki ts may be secured nt the Col lege Took Store or nt tho- desk of tho (irand Hold. Kemenibor, the Grand Kiel at 6:l.r o'clock. Alpha Zeta Alpha Zola gel-to-gt ther feed at Ag i.'olli'ge cafeteria al 6 p. in., Wednes day, February 1 1. All active and alumni members are requested to be jnesent. Math Club. The Math Club will meet in Social Science 407 Wednesday evening at 7:30. il-'et Roest will talk. All mem bers come and bring a friend. Kappa Phi. Open meeting of Kappa Phi, Thurs day, 7:00, Sociay Science 107. Christian Science Society. The Christian Science Society o the University meets Thursday eve ning at 7:30, Faculty hall, TempU building. Kearney Club. Kearney club picture for the Com husker will be taken Wednesday, a 12:30 sharp. Corn Cobs. The Corn Cobs will practice Mon day night at 7:45, Tuesday at 7:00, Wednesday at 7:00, and Thursday at 7:00. Sorority Pictures Final dead-line for individual photo graphs for the Cornhusker sorority r.iao's has teen set rd February 15. Ail sororities are urged to give this matter their immediate attention. Calendar Wednesday, Feb. 14 Commercial Club smoker for new r.icmbcrs. Grand hotel, 7 o'clock. Thursday, February 13. Iron Sphinz, Alpha Sigma V. house at 7:15. Omaha club dinner, Grand hotel, 6 o'clock. Xi Delta, Ellen Smith hall, 7:15. Friday, February 16. Delta Chi formal, Lincoln hotel. Alpha Chi Omega house dance. Alpha Delta Pi house dance. Farm House hounse dance. Saturday, February 17. University Night, Orpheflm theatre Phi Delta Theta formal, Lincoln hotel. Blank Verse They ate their lunches in line yes terday. Bearing a tray filled with choco late pie and sandwiches, a waitei from the cafeteria walked along the line of waiters for University Night tickets in the Temple saying, "! I Icok hungry? Are you?" Alfred H. Mills, Chem. E. '22, and Charles A. Scheifiele, Jr., Chem. E. '22, who have been taking graduate work in chemical engineering during the past semester, have accepted posi tions with the Denver Gas and Electric Cmpany. Harvard, Yale and Princeton have agreed to the strictest rules ever made Tor keeping college sports "clean" and stric tly amateur. No student who has e-.er received money for taking part in any kind of sport can be c member -f any kind of sport can be a member ofany Harvard, Yale or Princeton team. Students who are on the col 'ege teams must not receive financial support from others than on whom 1hey are depenednt Football train ing must not begin earlier than a week before the opening of the college year. No games ban be played after the regular season Is over. Other rules of the agreement are equally strict The agreement went Into effect Janu ary 1, 1923. THE DAILY BOOKS FOR WOHKEhS AH BEING PHEPARED Voi kcrs' Educational Bureau at Work on "Five Foot liookshcli'." In order to give tho common work era in the industries of America a means of Intellectual recreation as available as that of tho mare fortun ate members of society, the Workers' Education Bureau of America is pre paring a set of books to be known as the "Workers' Five Foot Book shelf," which will bo sold at low cost throughout the country. It is do scribed as "A series of modem, con structive books on Labor, Science, and Literature, for men and women ot tho Labor Movement." A statement by the Bureau sots forth the purpose and character of tho work as follows: "The Workers' Bookshelf has been conceived as a conscious attempt to meet the need of industrial workers for social understanding by a re statement of some of the fundamental problems of modern industrial society In simple language. The Bookshelf has been designed primarily to sat ir.fy the cultural aspirations of the men and' women workers in. industry. The books will not be limited either in the range of subjects or in num ber. Art, literature, natural sciences. as well as the social sciences, will be" included. New titles will be ad ded as the demand for them becomes apparent. In a strict sense these books may become textbooks for use in the development of the movement for workers' education. In a larger sense they will become the nucleus of a library for working men. The fact that these titles are prepared for a particular group will not restrict their interest for the general reader, it will enhance it. "In form and appearance, the Work ers' Bookshelf presents certain dis tinctive features. Scholarship, a sci entific attitude toward facts, and sim plicity of style will prevail. "The books on the social sciences will be evolved from human exper ience. Each volume will begin as a class outline and will receive the suggestions and criticisms of the men and women who are the human fac tors in the industrial world. Each book will be adequately brief that it may present the subject clearly without becoruing an exhaustive tnr tise. References will help the reader to more detailed sources, a large clear type-page will facilitate reading. Finally, the books wil be bound in paper as well as cloth and sold at a price within the n,n!re of all. "The Workers' Bookshelf wil con tain no volumes on vocational guid ance or books which give short cuts to material success. The reasons which will finally determine the se lection of t4les for the Workers' Bookshelf will be because they enrich life, because they illumine human experience, and because they deepen men's understanding." pencer Miller Jr., the Secretary ot tho Bureau, described the raison d'C-tre of the Workers' Education Bu reau in a recently delivered speech which follows in part: "Our industrial workers is a product of our modern industrial society is a direct result of the increasing appli cation of power machinery to indus try since the industrial revolution. The factory has literaly transformed .0 It's the Best Place If I liked Dresses that are Different f I'd see the new arrivals in taffetas and cantons and I'd buy one. Wouldn't you? ENROLL NOW and get started on your way successward. Fourteen intensive courses from which to choose WHY WAIT? Get ready for that big-paying position it is yours if you want it Write or Phone for Our Catalog. NEBRASKA SCHOOL OF BUSINESS T. A. Blaketlee, A. Ph.B.. President. Approved by State Superintendent of PubMc Instruction. Accredited by American Association of Vocational Schools Cor. O and 14th NKHHArfKAJN che character of American llfo imd is having a profound effect upon tho so cial, moral, and political life of the nation. Witness alone tho growth of our urban communities. "As late as ten years ago, there were in the vast areas of this coun try seven million, five hundred thou saud more persons in rural than in urban communities. In 1920 there were aproxlmatoly three million more persons in urban than in rural dis tricts of this country. Everywhere the machine-4ho great non-huma-i factor in industry-is bringing pro found sociological changes. Into the factories are moving the boys from the farms, women from tho homes not a few o our unassimilatod immi grants rom foreign shores, and, a-: happened during the war, great num hers of negroes from the south. It I the very character of our modern industrial sociely which makes labol a commodity to be bought rather than a craftsman's skill to be re warded. "Thus it is, that the occupation of the workersleisure time becomes an increasingingly important problem And the education of the worker does become in part an education for his leisure. In essence this Is a cultural and non-vocational education. At the same time the educational charactoi of production must be preserved and developed. The factory should be come more and more an intellectual center in the true sense of the word. "The interest of American labor in adult education began about a gener ation ago, but only during the past decade has it become an integral part of tlvo movement of any of the Unions. Within the past six years, the growth of adult workers' education in this country has been very conspicuous. It is esesntially the non-vocational, cujtural instruction of a class organ ized and managed by the foluntary effort of its members, sustained by their collective interests, and support ed, in part at least, by their funds. The method of instruction is discus sion wherein the usual relation ot teacher and student tends to disap pear and a more informal fellowship of instruction prevails. A friendly erchange of erperiences and ideas is the essential idea of each discussion namely, a comradeship in a common quest for truth. 'How shall a man learn,' wrote Zenophon, 'save from one who is his friend?' "What service can our colleges and universities rendor the industrial workers of this country? Indeed, what responsibilities rest at the doors of these centers of culture in our modern industrial society? If our universities which symbolize our cul ture are not serving this cultural as -piration of the American industrial worker, are they dischargin their full responsibility? Are they promoting industrial peace? "I suppose our college and universi ties in their detachment f-om the in dustrial v.-i. 'd woi'M be the l e : . aim.' that 'hey were r.:spo:.' -hie in any way for industrial unrest. Never theless, their very detachment from the industrial worker, their failure to provide, not , vocational training, but non-vocational, cultural opportun ities ,is certainly not an unimportant element in the present strife. In fact, it may be entirely possible that in this matter of industrial unrest, which Is deeper than any mere economic in equality, that we reject the cure, while deploring the malady. "There is a tradition among certain of our colleges that the University is (Continued on Page Four.) slGol to Shop After All! n Lincoln, Nebr. ! 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