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2 THE DAILY NEBRASKA H The Daily Nebraskan Station A. Lincoln, Kebrssks. OFFICIAL PUBLICATION ITNIVERSriV OF NEBRASKA Undor direction of th Student Publication Board TWENTY-SIXTH YEAR PnViUhiti Tuetdtr. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday mining during the academic year. Editorial Office University Hall 4. Business Office U Hall, Room No. 4. Office Hours Editorial Staff, 1:00 to f:00 except Friday and Sunday. Business Staff t afternoons except Friday and Telephones EditorUl and Business: B689I. No. 142. Night B6882 Entered as second-class matter at the postoffice In Lincoln, Nebraska, under act of Congress, Mrrch . 1870, and at special rate of postage provided for in section 1108, act of .October S, 1817, authorised January 20, 1922. $ year. SUBSCRIPTION RATE Single Copy 6 cents f 1.25 semester WILLIAM CEJNAR Lee Vance . Arthur Sweet Horace W. Gomon Bath Palmer . EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Isabel O'Hallaran Gerald Griffin James Rosse Florence Swihart NEWS EDITORS Dwight McCormack CONTRIBUTING EDITORS ' Asst. Managing Editor Asst. Managing Editor Oscar Norling Evert Hunt ASSISTANT NEWS EDITORS Mary Louise Freeman T.tni.nln Frnflt Dwight McCormack Robert Lasch system, in their efforts to correct the troubles before the situation has gotten entirely out of hand. It is entirely a matter for student thought and action. If the students fail to take care of the situation in a reasonable way, then there will inevitably be a reaction from some other source which will be likely to be injurious not only to the social system but to the University as a whole. We're highly in favor of the earlier and better movement inaugurated in serenades this spring. STUDENT OPINION Notices Gerald Griffin T. SIMPSON MORTON Richard F. Vette Milton McGrew - William Ksarns BUSINESS MANAGER Asst. Business Manager Circulation Manager Circulation Manager FRIDAY. MARCH 11. 1927 SCHOLARSHIP OR ACTIVITIES Scholarship or activities, which? That's a question often confronting college students. It is a question es pecially troublesome for those of a reflective nature, who try to evaluate the different components of their college life and to decide which is most worthy to con centrate on. Others who do not reflect on the situation slide into their particular grooves without any mental struggle, and come out either book worms or rah rah, bonfire boosters, as the case maye be. That activities, athletics and all the other extra curricular pastimes are of some value goes without saying. If they were altogether useless, no self-respecting college would permit them to continue year after year. But activities, athletics, and all the other sparetimc hobbies of college students are not the characteristic features of college life. The proof for this is quite simple. College could get along fairly well without these features, and still be a college in the full sense of the word. At the same time all the essential features of activities and athletics could be (and are) carried out quite efficiently in other walks of life back home in church, Y. M. C. A., national guard, dinner club, hunting club, country club, on the job and other secular activities. Scholarship, however, except for elementary stages in high school and academy, is a thing peculiar to col lege, and seldom found elsewhere. In other words it is practically impossible to concentrate on scholarship, or even to come in contact with scholars, except at some institution of higher learning. Since scholarship is the real characteristic and im portant feature of college life, as contrasted with ac tivities, athletics, and other side shows, there can be but one decision for the thinking student if he is here to get the real meat of college life, and that is, to con centrate first and last on scholarship, and to consider activities and the other sparetime hobbies purely sec ondary. .That such a decision in the end is worthwhile is indicated by the life records of Phi Beta Kappa grad uates who as a group concentrated most on scholarship in their college days. Quoting from a pamphlet recently published by Phi Beta Kappa we have the following impressive showing: Of the secretaries of state since Washington formed his ' first cabinet, fifteen have been Phi Beta Kappa men; of the great Americans included in the Hall of Fame, nearly one half belonged to the society; of all those in the long roll of Who's Who, Phi Beta Kappa has supplied one in five; it has in fact provided leaders, thinkers, poets, orators, statesmen, and scientists not only out of all proportion to its members, but so astoundingly beyond expectations as to impress one with a sense of wonder. With a total membership of not more than one in three thousand three one-hundredths of one percent of the population, Phi Beta Kappa has furnished nearly one half of the nation's famous men and over one hundred times its quota to the leaders of the state, the bench, the bar, art, letters, and affairs. That's quite a record. It may help some students solve the question: scholarship or activities? The Engineers and Farmers have their weeks but this week-end will be enough for the journalists. You ought to see the copy roll out of U Hall while the tour nament is on. COLORADO PARTIES Students who think that the social life of the Uni versity is not a matter of concern to the taxpayers of the state should take a hint from the present situation in Colorado; The whole educational appropriation program in Colorado is in an uproar at present, but the basis of the trouble is antagonism to the University of Colorado due in part to the excessive social expenses which have been permitted at that institution. Representatives from all over Colorado have been active in their opposition to the state university. They have not forgotten the publicity attached to the Junior Prom held there a few months ago, for which the stu dents were estimated to have spent (7,000. Opposition has also developed to the other state supported schools of higher education in Colorado. But the feeling of the state's representatives is not running nearly as high against the Agricultural and Teacher colleges of Colo rado, largely because of the more reasonable social life conducted by those schools. Most of the citizens of the state are willing to recognize that a certain amount of time and money may reasonably be devoted to social activities. But it is hard to convince the hard-working tar-payer that ex pensive party after expensive party is an absolute necessity to the proper development of the University student. t If the students of the university fail to realize the other fellow's viewpoint, fail to see how the wage earner looks on excessive social expenditures, the Uni versity of Nebraska will be in danger of incurring the same animosity that has been aroused in Colorado and possibly in other states. The situation is not at all crucial as yet. Although Nebraska's social system is suffering from acute pangs in several spots, they have not as yet endangered out siJe forces to any great extent. The greatest danger lies in the failure of the student body to realize how outsiders look on the University's social system. The Daily Nebraskan has opposed certain teriden- 2 j t'i pu-msnt social life of th University, not to e social life in general, but to assist those stu ' , who have awakened to the possibilities of ex- v ; r:d dl:nrchial tendencies in the present social In recent years the college press of the country has reflected a continuous and ever increasing demand for liberty of expression on the part of college students. Unfortunately, this demand has been made without any consideration of what the results of such freedom of opinion and expression might be. The whole campaign for student independence in their oral and written ex pression has been based on two factors, that they have the right to think and that they should have the right to express the results of their thoughts. Few would deny the students the right to think Fundamentally, that is what they come to university for. Unfortunately, the tendency of the advocates of free and unlimited student expression has been appar ently, not to think, but to re-echo the sentiments of representatives of other groups with whom they have been in contact. Examples of this tendency have been innumerable. One recent example is the case of the Milwaukee student conference held last Christmas. Nebraska was well represented at the conference. The bulk of the .delegation came back proclaiming the students' right to think for themselves. But curiously enough, the ma jor portion of these same students were giving as their sentiments, almost verbatim remarks of various speak- ers heard at Milwaukee. In some cases the students had really thought things out for themselves. But in many cases, they had merely accepted without question the affirmations of the speakers who had addressed them All of this leads to the principal difficulty in al lowing students unlimited freedom of expression. In the first place, the university student is immature. He is not only immature mentally but he has spent the bulk of his life within the walls of the classroom and is hardly qualified to deal with world affairs from ex perience. In the second place, the university student is going through a training process. His ideas are con stantly being confronted by new facts. The student is faced with the problsm of adjusting his ideas to the new facts uncovered or of entirely changing his ideas. As a result the average student, if he lives in a world of ideas, lives in a constantly changing world. What he thought a month ago may be at entire variance with what he thinks today. And the thought of today may be entirely altered by a new viewpoint of things which he may gain tomorrow. It is well for the student to think, But in a life in which his thoughts are steadily being brought under the fire of new ideas, it is often just as well to restrain himself in his desire to express his opinion. At least if he does express himself, he should realize that it is just a temporary expression, indicating his present state of development. He should realize that it is not all-important but merely the expression of one student. Student opinion is valuable, but only so long as we remember that it is student opinion. For the sake of one's own opinion, it seems that students should be interested in restraining their expression, that they may not make fools of themselves, as in demanding the right to fully express themselves. In Other Columns That Certain Professor There is an instructor in the University whose of fice is seldom empty. Students are cordially in every sense of the word invited and urged to come to him for consultation, one which lacks by far the morbid for mality of ordinary "consultations," whenever they fid it convenient and he expects to be there; and students come and have come again. Every day in class, that professor announces at what time he expects to be in his office that day. He has found it pays, for student and professor alike. That professor is doing the University a great good. FRIDAY, MARCH 11 Corn-cobs report to Jimmy Lewis In the Athletic Offices and check out programe to be sold at the tournament. All rresn msn Cobs must sell at theje games. Tit. limn I.Jl..r SncifftV The Del'an Literary Society will hold an open meeiing in lempie isu rriwi ting, :80. PalUilUn l.llra SocletV There will be an open meeting, Friday at 8:30 p. m. Members of the Junior class are in charge of the program. 1 ...h.r.n. The Lutheran Bible League will have Its next social on Friday the 11, the parish hall of Trinity church in IS and H. You are welcome. Junior-Senior Prom Junior-Senior Prom committee picture at 12:00 o'clock Friday noon at the Campus studio. Union I HarirY Society There will be an open meeting of the Union Literary Society in Union Man, rn., March 11. The Annual Boy's program will Talks of eating at the The Working Student It gives many of us a thrill to read about the grent men in the news-feature stories of the day who started life as a newsb y. Many are the times that we peruse an article which tells of how the outstanding individual "got his start" by selling newspapers on the streets or . Many of us, perhaps, will get no fur ther on the track of advancement than th npwshnv figuratively, but at least it is consoliner to know that some have started in the "pit" which produced many successful men. But then there are those who got their "starts in other wavs. But all, you will notice, who started in the lower pit nave roared forth with that mighty motor of de termination: raced around the circular track of lifp with bellowing, flaming assertions; opened exhausts of self -belief ; pressed on the accelerators of initiative, and sped across the line of true leadership and successful ness with the purr of a motor of determination that has put forth its best. And thousands, yes, hundreds of thousands of those individuals of the Great Donulace nf America -nllpo-p students now are in the depths of the Dit from which they must roar forth. It is true that many will stay there With dirty 8DarkcIu?s. bad casino's, shattered pn gines, but many of them will spurt from the pit to the circular tracs and speed on until they reach the tape. To that stoud of American college studenta whn are working their ways thru the various institutions of tnese united Mates, a tribute as high, if not greater than the one to the man who started as a newsbov. will be due someday. You now read of the great leaders who waited on tables, fired furnaces, cleaned houses and swept floors so that they might gain a more compre hensive education. And in years to come you will read of these men and women; They are those who now have thn fnnnHa. tion of the world at their command. And thpv thnco who will apply the upper stones to the foundation and progress i Why it is that some of these students should be apprenencied in carrying out their intentions of ambi tious resolve is more than we can comprehend. Of course, no p Tson would do it thotlessly, yet many are tnose who nave gone before and be self-styled "self- made men, but yet they should not make it difficult for those who now are striving as they did in days of yore. Even these persons remember the days of hardship thru which they existed. Might not it have been in a prairie schooner when the strip was opened in Okla homa? Might not it have been in earlier days than those, or in days later when privation and hardships still were prevalent? 1 A majority of those persons who are acquainted with conditions then, now are in sympathy with the youth of today who must strive for existence. That is as it should be. O'CoIleglan Dinner When Do You Eat It? Perhaps no two words in the English language are more variously interpreted than "din ner" and "supper". To a great many, dinner means the meal eaten near midday. To many others the noon meal is merely "lunch" or "luncheon", the longer word implying a longer price paid for the meal. One rule of interpretation says that time does not enter into the definitions of dinner and supper, but the character of the meal eaten at noon deter mines whether it is lunch or dinner. And so, too, as to the evening meal, its nature will tell you whether to call it dinner or supper. That is to say, a meal consist ing of Soup, Entree, Roast, Rel ishes, Salads and Desserts, is dinner, whether you eat it at noon, at five o'clock or seven thirty in the evening. So that if you eat a full meal at Tioon, you have dined. And your evening meal, perhaps of c6ld meats, sandwiches, and other somewhat informal dishes, is supper. But, after all, names do not count for so much. The big question is, do you enjoy the meal? At the Central Cafe the mimeographed menus are sel dom marked; but the character of the food offered is such that you may eat "dinner" any time after eleven o'clock in the fore noon to about three o'clock in the afternoon. Or you may have dinner any time from five to eight o'clock in the evening. Or you may call the latter "sup per" if you prefer the menu gives you a wide choice of foods. And always "Food Prepared As You Like It." (To be continued) be put on by the boys of the society. All games will also be managed by the boys. Everyone is invited to attend Engineers C. E. Burrig '11 has been elected depart mental chairman for Engineer's Week. Komenskl KJub An entertainment will be given Friday evening March 11 in 204 Temple fildg. After the program a lunch will be served and there will be fun for all. School of Journalism Basketball Correspondence Bureau Students are directed to watch the bulle tin board In U10DA early Friday morning for assignment to second-round games; and for the semi-finals, early Friday afternoon. Assignments fo rthe final round of play will be posted Saturday morning, SATURDAY, MARCH 12 French Club French , Club meets 7 :80 Saturday in Temple 202. MISCELLANEOUS Notice to Engineers All departments ire requested to select their departmental chairman for engineers week. "A complete report for every home newspaper" is the slogan of the School of Journalism this week. With the exception of the last few classes, all tournament games are be ing held in the Coliseum. 'Speaking of Good Eats how does this sound Virginia Ham baked in cider, mashed or baked potatoes, creamed corn, peas or fresh carrots, toasted pecan mayon naise sandwich and caramel pudding and coffee. Meals 25c to ? 1.00 The Exclusive Place to Eat Fine Candies Cut Flowers Luncheonetta Phone B1540 We Deliver O & 14th Sts. pillilllllllllllllllillllllllO YOUTHFUL SHOES I r miiiii i itil i ii in l ii iiiiimi 1 1 tin in mi ill rti ill m ill i til i mi ii il i ill ii ii i ii i Mttiltiiii i ill i ill i li i li i i iltili 1 1 rii i ini i til 1 1 Ml i in iijii ill i iiii Ml ill ii i llll lllllllll Mill lflll i t Patent Leather OF NEW SHADES s PARCHMENT I OPAL ROSE BLUSH PASTEL GREY i PASTEL BLONDE i SEASHELL PEARL I One of the principal adjuncts to beauty is beautiful : E shoes. Where the importance of beauty and smart : : attire is emphasized, our shoes will greatly compli- I ment the occasion. 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All of MY hn town is here, and of course we Tr out showing them the bebt of tim f you want to know where to 72 the girls shopping for the best J values, just read on kind reader Li on. ' real Spring Vacation Time Is Coming Take something home at sprinir vacation time that will make mother and dad look twice and then-say, "My, but doesn't OUR daughter look nie?" Of couW the first thing that they look t is your face, and the l0frjCal conclusion is that YOU mast have a new hat. Right you are you certainly must, and you will be even more right if you go down to Hovland Swansea to select it. For instance there is green and tan lattice work straw, as soft as it can be, to pull down close over your eyes Then there is a new silk beltine hat that no matter how small a space you pack it in it WON'T wrinkle. Yet it ha3 style and comes up smiling every time No matter what you want vou'li fint it at Hovland Swanson's Last Night It Rained and this morning when Elice happened into the Vogue Beauty Shoppe that new place at 1216 M street she saw something that completely con vinced her that a permanent was "t luxury but a necessity. Mr. Cooney was just cutting a new permanent for a swirl bob The result was just darling. In the first place, the permanent, which she had gotten there, looked like a perfectly trained water wave. The waves were as even or more so than if she . had been born with her "per manent", but instead of run ning straight around her head m the orthodox fashion they ran up one side and down the other m a manner which baffeis ex planation. Mr. Cooney and Loy Losey are cutting swirls, and Elice has made her appointment for Monday. Eventually! Why Not Now? Eventually in your search for campus togs you'll go to Stern berg's, for Mr. Levy's system for $25.00 suits worked so well that he had to send for some new ones at the same price. Elice got her's there and wouldn't part with it for the world. There is nothing that can compare with a suit for wear day after day, and class after class. At Sternberg's you'll find tweeds and mixtures as well as navy blue which is now coming in stronger than ever. Tailored models with three pockets on either side and lots of buttons, double-breasted ones and jackets which barely meet in front. And I must not forget to mention the smart touch which bindings of braid or satin or leather give to this year's suits. Does Your Bank Account Object? to seemingly necessary expendi ture? Are you wondering how you can look different by wear ing clothes that are different, and OH so good looking, with out overstepping the line dic tated by a shrinking bank ac count? You can do it if you only know how. First you buy that material you saw in a win dow last week, but didn't know what to do with. Then you phone F2408 for a real French , modist to plan and make your dress for you. Yes, she is out at Evans Service Station No. 2, 2788 South Street. You have been using Evans Cleaning ser vice all along; this new service dressmaking is installed for your special benefit and is just as efficient as their cleaning ser vice. Have clothes that are dif ferent by calling F2408 NOW. Did You Have Those Slippers Rejuvinated? Remember, not so long ago, I told you about the best place to have your shoes fixed no matter what their ailments may be. You know that slippers are said to never be the same after their first 4 "in to the repair shop, but that frue if you take them to the ht place. The City Shoe Ruuilding Company, 321 No. 12, have a special thin lea ther that they use for repairing the daintiest of shoes. It is easy to leave them there on the way to class, and you had best stop long enough for thino. They have a "boy that's a genius. A pair of shoes that my room mate objected to one day, she made no remarks about the next the only difference was I had them shined THERE.