THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
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NKWS EDITORS
J A Cbarat Sllca HoloYteMner
Juliu'a Frand.cn. Jr. Arthur Sweat
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THE UNIVERSITY
AND THE CRUEL WORLD
Emmett V. Maun, '25, is convinced
of the inadequacy of the University
after about nine months in the cruel
world. In a letter to the Nebraska
Alumnus he tells us that six months
of his life must be "charged in the
red" for during that time he "raced
up and down aisles with crates of
paper, unloaded great bundles, and
sweated in hot cellars with niggers,
wrapped bundles an apprentice
ship." The University, he thinks, is large
ly to blame for this. "It taught me
idealism and I needed realism. It
taught me theory and I needed prac
tice. It drew me in, a freshman, did
not adivse, let me learn when it was
too late and then turned me out
four years behind the man who did
not go."
Even more interesting is his tri
bute to the great American dollar.
He writes: "Let the idealist use his
philosophies. Let him say that mon
ey is not everything. But for ev
erything that he tells me money will
not buy, I can tell him ten thing?
that it will."
But Mr. Maun has learned that if
one tears down, he is supposed to
rebuild. "If I criticize, I also offer
a remedy," he states. "Discard a
history, a philosophy, a Greek, a ge
ography, a Latin and an economics
instructor, and hire a $15,000 man
who has trained men and who knows
men. Put him at the head of a
vocational guidance department. Let
him interview every freshman and
every senior. Let him advise at all
stages and finally get a job for the
man who is suited for the job. If the
head of the department is the right
kind of a man and if he creates the
right kind of a department, he will
save 100 years of wasted lives everj
year."
Mr. Maun's failure to get rich
quick will not worry the friends of
the Arts College. The pitiful philos-
oDhv of trraduate who volunteers
to name ten things that money will
buy for every one thing that it will
not buy, may cause them mucn more
alarm. Such materialistic views ao
not reflect credit on cultural col
lege.
Perhaps, Mr. Maun believes that
his journalistic training should bring
immediate cash dividends. It is true
that the professional schools and
colleges- are generally supposed to
increase the earning power of their
students. But this is not the pri
mary purpose of these departments.
The University of Nebraska was
not created by the taxpayers as an
institution to teach young people
how to make more money for them
selves. If it were, we should have
schools for barbers, piumbers, car
penters, and all other vocations. The
University undertakes to train per
sons in certain pursuits that must
be filled with especially well prepar
ed men and women if the health of
the state, the solidarity of the social
structure, is to be assured. It is
imperative that the state have good
doctors, well-trained lawyers, edu
cated teachers, and high-minded
journalists. The state pays for the
training of the young men and wo
men who come here because that
training is so vital to the life of the
state that it cannot be trusted to
careless hands or left to chance.
Mr. Maun's surprising complaint
does not indicate that the profes
sional training he received failed in
its fundamental purpose. Not long
ago he was offered a position on
the editorial staff of a large Ne
braska daily newspaper. The salary
was not hieh. but it was more than
would probably be paid to a person
with no more actual experience than
Mr
ail DOIuiy uranu ihciii o ..
and win the argument that the skeptical Thomases. It will
of it. Some of us are sunicienuy
nhsfinata to continue in work which
we have our heart set on rather than
that which some other man's trainea
minrl aAVA IS best for us. We cannot
explain this attitude with logic, but
we have our hearts set on rather than
it should not be necessary to dis
cuss (in this already too long edi
torial) his proposal that "a history,
a philosophy, a Greek, a geography,
a Latin ana an econumm won
nr" he discharged. 'The Daily Ne
braskan is old-fashioned enough to
believe that such instructors are at
least as essential a part of a Uni
versity's faculty as the football
coach. If the progresses disagree,
chill hnlHlv brand them as "radi
pals'
way unless they happen to do like
wise.
The editor of The Nebraska Alum
nus hints that editorial comment on
Mr. Maun's letter may be expected
next month and invites comment
from his readers. The Daily Nebras
kan hopes that many alumni and
many undergraduates will accept the
invitation.
If a majority of the Arts College
graduates embrace a philosophy like
Mr. Maun's, some of the men and
women who are devoting their lives
to the college Will fear that their
efforts have been in vain. If the
college is failing, its professors
ought to know about it. If not, the
alumni should enjoy proclaiming its
success.
exclude any communications
whose publication may, for any
reason seem undesirable. In all
cases the editor must kntfw the
identity of the contributor. No
communications will be publish
ed anonymously, but by special
arrangement Initials only may be
signed.
HURAHt
The first faint flicker of a new
enthusiasm lighted the University sky
I today. In a few hours it will creep
up from the horiton where it started
and spreading over the cloudy sky of
doubt will transfigure the belief of
raise in the air. Satisfaction is as
sured if the spirit Of the party
jubilant enough to reproduce on a
piece of cardboard, photo paper. We
won't disturb classes, we'll give the
readers a chance to laugh
at us, later, wheji they sit in the ev
ening twilight or under tne reading
lamp and survey the pictures and the
news of the day.
Thn the lia-ht of enthusiasm may
spread far out beyond the sky of
the University, into distant realms,
over distant peopled. 1 v.
LESS EXTRAVAGANCE
The Daily Nebraskan wishes to
commend the statement issued yes
terday by a group of students inter
ested in the movement to abolish the
practice of renting Fords on any
and all occasions. If the campaign
is continued and directed against the
other extravagant practices of Uni
versitv students, the original boost in
Maun and without college train- Rent-a-Ford prices will prove to have
ing. The fact that Mr. Maun did
not succeed when he accepted a job
racing up and down aisles and wrap
ping bundles, does not indicate that
his professional courses were "made
auate." We would laugh at a law-
college graduate if he blamed his
alma mater after failing m an at
tempt to practice surgery. There is
no more justification for a journal
ist howling because his training does
not bring immediate financial great
ness in the mercantile business.
But what of his constructive criti
cism? Not having Mr. Maun's great
faith in the power of money, we
do not believe that an individual can
be obtained for $15,000 who will en
tirely eliminate the alleged evil.
There are few persons who "know
men" well enough to lay out their
lives on as systematic a plan as
would be prepared for a big adver
tising campaign. It is true that
some valuable vocational guidance
may be given by expert psycholo
gists, educators, and. experienced
money-grabbers. The business of
determining what trade or profession
a bov should enter is still in its in
fancy. It may be a great day for
some people if the science is per
fected. So far as the writer of this arti
cle is concerned, they can hand out
advice until they get good and tired
been a blessing in disguise.
"The raise in rates gave rise to the
impetus of the movement, but it will
not stop there," declare the promo
ters. "The Rent-a-Ford owners need
not think that the reduction of rates
will restore business to its former
status, for the students are deter-
minoH in loupn thp exnense of social
life. Not only Rent-a-Fords, but are heeding, listening, smiling,
other things will be considered in
making the entire social system less
extravagant and superficial
ent drive will be like a snowball and
gain even more weight and moment
um as it progresses.
nenptrate the doom of weakening en
thusiasts and lighten the atmosphere
around the cynics, who, thank good
ness, are few in number. It is a
surprise that will stir the voices of
the rent-a-Ford combination units to
surly statements. I'd like to see ev
ery one. happy and since the rent-a-Ford
companies revealed to us the ex
travagance of our social transporta
tion and thereby made us happy, I
surely wish they, too, might be hap-
nv. Someone said once long ago,
though, that you make the bed you
sleep in. If the owners of the rent-
a-Fords are having any sleepless
nights it is not the noise we are mak
ing that is keeping them awake but
the noise thev themselves manufac
tured for us to play with and to use
in the furtherance of a healthier
sleep for ourselves (result of much
walking.)
Dean Enebere has voiced the ap
proval of the administration regard
ing our movement. L. E. Gunderson,
university bursar, chimed his satis
faction almost in the wake of the
dean's musical approval, for it cer
tainly sounded musical to the stu
dents who listened in. The Omaha
News is going to take a picture of
the foolish lookinsr cars this after
noon and the picture will be taken
just outside the social science building.
Why even the air currents are
whispering "Walk, walk walk".
Even the new notes of spring, evident
in the things of nature as they take
change of color are calling to us
to stroll, not ride, and we why we
Notices
Cosmopolitan Club
rAamonnlitan Club dinner lit 1:00
Sunday, February 28, at the Grand
hotel.
We are ahead of spring this year,
we are awakening from a sleep mat
has lasted almost four long, dreary
"The students have for some time years. Drowsiness clouds the vision
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has grown up at dances and other af- phere about us a little hazy in aspect.,
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lairs, ana oeiieve mat iuc i.c.i.--iout our eyes win ec mc
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The former happy custom of trading 0w of an extravagant custom is fad
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dances ana general amiaoiuiy nasi ing as unaersuinaing glimmers
disappeared." grows. The steps ahead are no long-
It is our sincere wish that the pres- er a conglomeration of figures, they
Other Opinions
stand out, each in their place and in
their relative srgnlficance.
The campus will tie ready for a
surprise party at i :du o ciock. At
tendance will be granted to anyone
with a smile and a right hand to
Mr. Maun was a student in the
College of Arts and Sciences and also
carried work in the School of Jour
nalism. It is evident that he expect
ed the A. B. degree which he re
ceived to qualify him for a job that
would pay a wage sufficient" to es
tablish a home, pay debts of honor,
and maintain credit. Of course, it
does no such thing.
Statisticians, uneducated college
eradicates, maeazines and even some
University officials, are largely to
blame for this very incomplete con
ception of the purpose of the college
Mr. Maun, like thousands of other
prospective college students, probab
ly heard that the average earnings
of eight grade graduates are so many
hundred dollars, the earnings of high
school graduates so many hundred
dollars more. and the earn
ings of college graduates so many
thousand dollars more. Nearly ev
err week someone drags forth fresh
figures to prove the monetary value
of a collece education. Mr. Maun
no doubt came to the University be
lieving that the state taught the
young men and women here how to
make money and succeed financially
His feeline that the University has
cheated hira is justifiable insofar as
the University is responsible for his
erroneous ideas.
But only a small part of the blame
can be shifted to the institution's
shoulders. Every student should in
quire into the purpose of the courses
he takes and examine the funda
mental theory of the college in which
he registers. The College of Arts
and Sciences is concerned even less
than the others with the money-
making capacity of its graduates.
It U very difficult to define tLa
exact purpose or tne Arts uoue?e.
Rumor has it that even the faculty
disagree. In a general way, the col
It re strives to train the minds of its
students, develop their thinking pow
er, elevtie their plane of living, and
develop them as individuals so that
they may "see life steadily, and see
it whole." But no one whe has
studied the Arts College would as-
ff-rt that it is designed to mceate
tl" flr.anfibl income of its rradutea.
No t'r.ir.l g fctmknt would labor lor.g
The Daily Nebraskan assumes
no responsibility for the senti
ments expressed by correspon
dents and reserves the right to
Iron Sphinx
Iron Sphinx meeting
March 2.
Tuesday,
Chi Delta Phi
Chi Delta Phi picture will be ta
ken Wednesday at 12:00. One dollar
fine if appointment is not kept.
Theta Sima Phi
Thota Sigma Phi meeting at 5:00
o'clock Wednesday.
Fraternity Group Pictures
The campus studio has received
many inquiries irom iraterniues
and sororities in regard to group pic
tures. These will be taken H ap
pointments are made during March.
$4.00 is the charge.
Phi Delta Phi
A picture of the Phi Delta Phi will
be taken Wednesday at 12 o'clock at
the campus studio.
Advertising Club
Advertising Club will meet at the
Grand Hotel Thursday at 6 o'clock.
W. A. A. Notica
The remaining sport group pic
tures, basketball, base ball, tennis,
and track will be taken at the Cam
pus Studio at 12:00 o'clock Thurs
day. Everyone wear middies and
ties.
Delta Omicron
Delta Omicron meeting, Thurs
day, February 25, 7:15 o'clock, at
the borne of Jeanette Olson, 1405
South 16 th street.
Corn Cobs
There will be an important prac
tice for the Corn Cob skit at the
Temple Wednesday at 7 o'clock. Ev
ery member is requested to be pres
ent at this rehearsal.
Union Literary Society
Mr. Kiener, student from Swits
crland, will give an illustrated talk
at Union Hall in the Temple, Friday,
at 8:30. All friends of the Union in
vited.
School of Journalism Pictures
The School Thursday, February
25, at 12 o'clock at the west steps,
Administration rfuilding.
Senior and Junior Student Managers
Thp Senior and Junior Student
of Athletics picture will be
taken at 12:15 Wednesday, February
24, at the Campus Studio.
Daily Nebraskan Staff
All members of the editorial staff
(both semesters) report to the office
at 4:45 Thursday when a picture of
the office and the staff will be take
Physical Education Clnb
Physical Education Club picture
will be taken at the Campus studio
at 12:00 o'clock Thursday. All wo
men please wear middies and ties.
Lutheran Bible League
Lulheran Bible League will meet
in Faculty Hall for Bible Study on
Wednesday, February 24.
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From Rio down to Baenoe Aires
A student guy forgets his care
Afloat, there's Joy on every hand
Ashore -Oh, Boy! Its simply grand.
Something to talk bout for the rest
of your life if you make this glorious
Two Months Student Tour to
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STUDENT
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YOU ARE INVITED TO
A
College Display
of
Florsheim Shoes
February 25 and 26
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
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an ideal combination of
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individual task is at
work the world-over,
relieving workers more
and more for better and
more profitable pursuits.
A new series of G-S ad
vertisements showing
what electricity is doing
in many fields will be
sent on request.
Ask for Booklet GEX-1.
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ml Colmtrip, Hontmtf.
Work without Toil
Ten or twelve hours a day toils the coolie. If he
carries all he can, he moves one ton one mile in
one day. For that he receives twenty cents.
Cheap labor! Yet compared with our American
worker, receiving at least twenty-five times as much
for an eight-hour day, the coolie is expensive labor.
In America we move one ton one mile for less than
one cent. The coolie, working by hand, accomplishes
little; while the American, with electricity's aid,
accomplishes much.
Plenty of electricity and cheap electricity these
are two great advantages "vhich America enjoys
over the rest of the world. Vvhile our present gener
ating capacity is 20,600,000 kilowatts, new develop
ments call for 3,000,000 kilowatts more per year.
To college men and women potential leaders will
fall the duty of finding more and still more work
for electricity, with less and still less toil for our
workers. For the task is but begun!
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The Apex is a sure Cure
for Apparel Blues!
you're down on the world
perhaps, everytime you go past
a mirror! What) do you see
nothing but a curly-edged
coat, a dull looking dress,
or a shapeless suit. No
wonder you're developing less
and less respect ton your pul
chritude! But cease repining,
for the Apex Cleaners and Dy
ers can brighten up both your
clothes and your attitude to
ward life. Just call B3331
and send any and all apparel
that you would have expertly
cleaned. Ladies plain dresses
and men's suits are $1.50
other prices proportionately
low. Located at 123 S. 23rd
with P. M. Plamondon aa presi
dent, and William John as
manager.
The Very New in
Spring Attire, Awaits
you at Colton's!
no matter when you feel in
spired to shop for new spring
clothes, you may feel confi
dent that Colton's have just
unboxed a coat, a suit, or a
dress, without which your
wardrobe would seem less in
teresting. You see, as one link
in a chain of stores, Colton's
receive shipments from New
York every two or three days
containing new Eastern fash
ions that are priced a little less
because of advantageous buy
ing. Just now the store
abounds in smart new suits,
coats and dresses, so hurry
down today, because the very
style you'd like, may be gone
tomorrow !
Special $5.95
Group of Hats
at the Famoutl
exceptional values every one,
and as cleverly styled chapeaux
as you'll see this season. Im
agine being able to buy "Mon
ogram" exclusiveness for only
$5.95, and yet that is. exactly
what you may do in this sale,
for many of the hats bear this
soughtfor label. There are
silk hats, silk and straw combi
nations, crocheted hemp braids,
in tam-like styles as well as
trig snug fitting modes. The
co-ed whose brains occupy lots
of space needn't feel handi
capped in this sale either, for
there will be. a special group
of large headsizes available!
Everything to Aid
and Abet Beauty
at the Comhusherl
from a simple remedy for
the oft too shiny nose, to the
rarest of imported perfume",
it's the Cornhusker Drug Store
at 13th and N that has the
sought-for toiletries! Powders,
toilet waters and perfumes
from Houbigant, Pleville and
Coty, as well as the products
of prominent American houses
like Hudnut, Djer Kiss n4
Princess Pat. You'll find yoor
favorite compact at the Corn
husker, the right shade oi
rouge, the talcum and shampoo
you prefer, and) many cosme
tics that you'll want to try Jr
a first time. So be beautiful
it's easy the Cornhusker
wayl
Kinney's Spring Shoes
are Style and Value
Marvels at $3'98
and $4.98!
gaze into their windows if
you want to see clever foot
wear! YbuH see patent pump
perhaps, in as many differ"1'
styles as there are ways oi
joing the Charleston; one strap,
high throated and strip model
all exceedingly good looking
Then there are the kid slip!"
in liht gray and the blonde
shades; slim attractive f"ir
of black satin; and walking ox
fords that will give yo
trim looking foot as well
solid comfort. AU these W
$3.98 and $4.88 at Kinney t-
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