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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN The Daily Nebraska!! StatUa A, Uaoal. .Nabrask OFFICIAL PUBLICATION I tU tMtVMUTTY OF NEBRASKA Vnitr Drtea ! 5 3tu4at PMUM Bani . if i r" I urj.Mil Tlturadav. ruortinn , , .r" III FrMar Sunday morninaa ni damlc n' Editorial Offlcat Ualvaraltr Hall 10. OMloa Haura Attarnoom with the p T.luitnii DaT. B-6M1, No. 142 (1 rut.) rini, b-vrm. B...I... nillc. Ualrrraltr Hall 10 B. Oflcl Houra Aftrrnooni with the excep ii.. - rrU na Sunday. T.lJ.n Day. B-CS91. No. 142 (2 Eiiml aa aacond-claaa matter at the poatolflca In Lincoln. Nebraaka. undar act ST Contra.!. March 3, 1879, and at apaclal rata cl Boitara prevldad far in Section 1103, act of October 3, 1817, autborUed January 20, 1922. SUBSCRIPTION RATE U year at-2 atnutter Single Copr, centi EDITORIAL STAFF ii i. b Philip O'Hanlon Manarlns .Editor Editor Editor Editor Editor Editor Editor Editor Editor BUSINESS STAFF Clarence Eickhoff Bualneas Manacer Otto Skold "- Bu. Manaccr Jullui Frandten, Jr. Victor Hackler Edward Morrow Ooria Trott Lawrenco Pike Ruth Schad Nrw Newa Newa Newa Newa ..Attt. Newa Aet. Newa Slmpton Morton Oecar Keehn ..Circulation Manarer Circulation Manager DANGEROUS QUESTIONS It is not unusual to find persons who insist that controversial subjects have no place in the college class room. Once a collepe begins to deal wit these matters, they argue, it finds itself compelled to take sides, it excites animosities. The wiser course, it is pointed out, is for the college to confine itself to the giving of information and the handling of such questions as are not storm cen ters of opinion and prejudice. Before accepting such a doctrine it is necessary to reach some conclir sion as to the purpose of the college.. If it is simply to give its students in formation, then obviously -this stand is -well taken. It is generally agreed by those interested in education, however, that t.e purpose of a col lege is not only to give students in formation but also to teach them how to use it intelligently. If this is true, those who would have he college avoid controversial questions are on dangerous ground. To teach students how to ase in formation, the college must tench them how to deal intelligently with such questions. It must teach them to think clearly, logically and with out prejudice. Such training can not be given by carefully shepherd ing the students away from controv ersies. They must be given opportun ity, while they are in college, to hear both sides of questions so that they may have training in making deci sions which are based on reason rath er than on prejudice. This is the only way in which students may be trained to use information intelli gently. To attempt it by any other method, especially by not allowing them to deal with controversial sub jects, is as hopeless and futile as it would be to attempt to teach a child to yralk without ever allowing him to use his legs. To avoid the treatment of danger ous questions is a policy which will avoid trouble and make for a cer tain degree of tranquillity, but it is not one which is compatible with the purpose of a college. STUDENT HONESTY In accordance with the principle of a member of the faculty in dealing with the matter of dishonesty is class work the names of four individuals have been published before the class within the past week when the fact was established that their work was not independent. The reaction of the class when the dishonesty was made public was significant, When the first two names were anao-nced the class seemed to find tle natter entirely a humoroas one. The incident was evidently regarded as a joke. When the second an Beaaceneat took place the attitude of tbe students present was one of 3MBereBe&. They were not inter aaaei eaeagh one way or the other -to ahow any cescern pro or con. The problem of s-tedezit honor is a tiaae worn these en the Nebraska i Hi' H'l Far the last six or seven .yean it has been daly discussed and latkwoa by groups who knew he farafawii what decision they were ex pmebei to reach and who sever fail to mac that decision. Watts the last two months several aatsag the wenea have wttktttt ereMat that the sly-way to wise Mt i&M)ftty w ei to create student epinkm .it Tat -waea a class f twe at -the attowf ef a to aia theat ch as they woaia at the i .a iaiav aa the TaeMterlte ijra- Jt M-meem e4- ttev k Xttfe hehtoi the Wt toflL m a. at war to at taaar t- V the ttlM hi ' to asi lo The College Press WHEN AflT IS BOSH There has been a lot of bosh writ ten by modern men and women on "art;" there has been talk every where on whether this or that wero "artistic;" in fact, the self-styled intelligensia, and thoso who would like to flatter themselves with the name, ravo on and on about "art" until we wonder just what this wholo business of "art" really is. No one knows: everyone thinks ho docs. And so, the wholo program of life narrows down for some people in to a choice of the artistic; the re fined, and the intellectual. This of ten degenerates into tho more com mon, highbrow. While these art-mad people are feeding their desires with intellectual food (often artificial), they often forget they are human as well. Sometimes, it is true, they aren't, When this finely discriminating sense drops, for instance, down to where it scorns a musical program because it cannot be classified as grand opera, then it is time to wave the red flat in the face of "art for atr's sake." Instead of showing dis crimination and common sense ap preciation, our men of the super- mind show thcmsleves lacking in one of life's biggest fundamentals hu manness. Colorado Silver and Gold. WHAT MAKES THE CLOCK GO? A large educational institution like the University of Minnesota is com posed of an amazing hierarchy of co-ordinate parts. It is a kind of complex time-piece, admirable in its balanced machinery. There are some who utilize this time-piece, this University, to tell the time of day in this confusing world that we live in; they know that accurate knowledge which is neces sary to orientation in the world may be gained most conveniently by look ing, inits face. But there is an amazing tendency to take, boy-fashion the thing to pieces, to evaluate each part, to find the essential piece of its ensemble. There are many who seem to think that its beautiful cover, the decora tive fineness of its exterior, is the vital thing. And this is so sadly wrong in the eyes of the observer of another mind who knows that the main-spring ceaselessly working, all but intangible, buried as it is in the heart of the piece, is the guiding part of the mechanism. So whatever societies, fraternities. auxiliary organizations may add to the appearance of the school, they are inferior parts of the University that depends for its life on the un damaged integrity of its cultural ideals and the success of its edu cational program. One cannot tell the time from a polished mahogany clock case, nor does a rich gilding strike the hour of the day. As long as clocks are clocks and we wish to know the time, the mainspring must function unimpaired. The wise man will not overlook such an apparent truth, nor will he kick against the pricks when the, guiding principle of the University enforces measures that are necessary to its efficient expression. A proper regard for scholarship, above every thing else, ia the first' law on which all the law and the prophets of the University depend. Minnesota Dally. HACKNEYED AND USUAL Writers In their highly commeda blo efforts to get away from the hackneyed go to the other extreme and resort to the unusual and bi rarro in the use of words. Which is the worse fault it would be difficult to say it is enough that both are faults, and as such are to be avaidel. There is no word in the English lan guage that is per se hackneyed, or that can be made hackneyed simply by over-use. If it accurately de scribes tho object or expresses the thought in connection with which it is used, no reader ever thinks how often it has been used before. The hackneyed word is, as a rule, the usual word used in an unusual sense or a strange association as in slang, which grows hackneyed almost over night The usual word and usual con struction it is these that reveal the master, or at least the skilled crafts man. It should be one of the chief aims of the writer to refrain from the use of "a tongue not understand- ed by the people." But quite as im portant it is that there be recogni tion of the fact that there is a cor respondence between certain words and certain thoughts or ideas, a cor respondence so close that when the idea or thought presents itself the TlriRnON an Arrow SHIRT When you ga Gordon Shin you get a collar fromthchandjofthc expat Arrow Collar mifccn, CLUETT. PEA BODY a CO. INC MAKERS itmm.'U mum that aat awe. HiieGoodofa Lecfcare is the part that you retain. Hie best iy to Veep class a M is in an SHEAN word l. at once suggested. It ia that fact that makes, some words, -as we used to say, "inevitable." Nothing la gained rather much is lost In the attempt to dig up' aome other word, and the reader gets the impression that tho writer is striving self-con sciously for originality. The usual word is the natural word, and as such Is always to bo preferred. As with writing, so it Is with liv ing. Our sprightly young authors err greatly when they condemn cus toms, habits, conventions, ways or living, food and clothes because they are usual or common The Indiana Dally Student. So many men at Harvard cut their, classes In a new term that it became neceeeary for the faculty to pesa a ruling that those men cutting their first classes should be excluded from further attendance. Notices All notice for this column taoit be written oat aod handed ia at the editorial office. U Hall 10, by 4i00 the afternoon previou to their pub lication Tanela All Tassels members not wearing their sweaters Friday will be fined fifty cents. Varsity Wreitler. Individual wrestling pictures for the Cornhusker will be taken at noon today at the Campus studio. A free lance journal of campus oninion will appear on the University of Kansas campus soon. This jour nal is being written by a staff of stu dent writers who desire to express their opinions. DID YOU BREAK THE POINT ON YOUR LEAD PENCIL IN CLASS TODAY? If you did, you didn't swear, but the chances are you felt like doing it. Although Shaeffer's Sharpoint Pencils sold by Latsch Brothers cost less than it does to use ordinary pencils, the big advantage is in the time and annoyance saved. The pencil is so nearly perfectly balanced the mechanical construction so exact that it can eas ily be called a perfect pencil. Remember it ex pells and repells the leads. And it has a Guaran tee that means something! See it at Latsch Brothers, 1118 O Street. Adv. TYPEWRITERS Royals, Underwoods, Smiths, Remingtons. Latest models. SPECIAL RATE FOR SCHOOL YEAR All makes of portable typewriters used and rebuilt typewriters on easy terms. NEBRASKA TYPEWRITER CO. 1232 O Street Lincoln B-2157 WE DELIVER CALL B-4423 JLLER3' PRESCRIPTION HARMACY AT P 16th at O St. Changing the Scenery Time for a New Act! Time for a sew act and this calls for a dif ferent settiag. Timfi for sew or re-sewed ap- pare! aad aay times the latter canaot be told from the firpt. By The Evans Cleaning Process, wearing apparel is given the fresh, new appearance it had the day you hstight it. Men's suits are re stored to the trim shape and color of sew. Dresses, Sweaters, Coats are given a sew lease on life at & very moderate cost. Go through last Spring's things. With the aid ef our Cleaning and Dyeing Departments,' wonderful possibilities await you in the matter of a new wardrobe in keeping -wriih the ficassa. Students at the University of Ore gon may substitute golf for gymnas tic work and receive credit from the physical education department A three-hole golf course is maintained on the campus. Tho radio broadcasting station has not been in operation at Penn State Collecrn this vear because of tho pro gram of economy adopted by the school authorities. It will not be put in operation before next year. A profeasor In lh zoology depart ment at the University of Washing ton has two living aponges for peta, He aaya they cause very Httlo trouble and In thfs respect are Ideal pets o keep. Violation of tho University of In diana, ruling against students operat ing automobiles without official per mission resulted in two men students being sent home. SECURITY MUTUAL BARBER SHOP and manicuring 12C" O Basement PHI BETA KAPPA KEYS .5.00 6.00 7.00 don't forget your certificate HALLETT University Jeweler Eat. 1871 117-119 So. 12th i S i PMiskeilin the interest ef Elec trical Development bj en Institution that will be helped by what ever helps the Industry. Pretty hard to make it read "E. E." WHY waste time and energy trying to twist yourself into an engineer when your natural bent is away from matters technical? It isn't necessary. In these days, industry, and particularly the electrical industry, is so broad as to re quire men in all lines of work. Engineers of course, but there is plenty of opportunity T . . i ' for men in the purchasing, manuiactunug, accounting, legal and other commercial departments as well. There's a good rule to follow. Find out what work you are naturally fitted for then go to it And isn't it better to be a first-rate A. B. than a second-rate E. E. ? Astern Etecttic Company Sasa 1869 txskcri and distributers tf electrical tfufpmait Nutsbrr It cf a series RIVALS THE BEAUTY OF THE SCARLET TAN AO E R Which Point Will You Have? 3-KaJL You can get all five degrees in the Classic Duofold Pens cAnd All Points guaranteed for 25 -Years' Wear FOR what land of writing do you cae a pen? Hera do yon bold it? And what style of writing is entirely natural to your hand? Close figure work or fine memoranda, for example, call for a fine or an extra-fine point. 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