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13 THE DAILY NEBRASKAN The Daily Nebraskan Station A. Lincoln, Nebraska OFFICIAL PUBLICATION UNIVERSITY OP NEBRASKA UnJor direction ( ta Student Publication Board TWENTY-SIXTH YEAR Published Tuesday. Wednesday. Thursday, Friday, and Sunday asorning-s during the academie year. Editorial Office University Hall 4. Business Office U Hall, Room No. 4. Office Hours Editorial Staff, :00 to 6:00 except Friday and Sunday. Business Staff: afternoons except Friday ana TelephonesEaVtorial and Business: B6801. No. 142. Night B688 Entered as second-class matter at the postoffiee In Lincoln, Nebraska, under act of Congress, March 8, 1879. and at special rate of postage provided for in section 1108. act of October , 1117. authorised January 20, 1022. ft s year. SUBSCRIPTION RATE Single Copy C cents Ui semester WILLIAM CEJNAR Lee Vance Arthur Sweet Horace W; Gomon Rath Palmer . EDITOR-IN-CHIEF M.nxHnr Editor Asst. Managing Editor NEWS EDITORS Dwlght McCormack CONTRIBUTING EDITORS ,. Asst. Managing Editor Oscar Norllng Isabel O'Hsllaran Rormld Griffin lames Rosse Evert Hunt ASSISTANT NEWS EDITORS Lincoln Frost Dwight McCormack Robert Lasch Florence Swihart Mary Louise Freeman Gerald Griffin T. SIMPSON MORTON Richard F. Vette Milton McGrew William Kearns - BUSINESS MANAGER Asst. Business Manager Circulation Manager ... Circulation Manager FRIDAY. APRIL 8, 1927. TOO SNAPPY "Chicago University Comic Magazine Too Snappy; Suspended" headline in The Lincoln Star yesterday. Nebraska's troubles in this respect are tame as compared with those of some of the older, more cosmo politan universities and colleges farther back East. The editor of the Awgwan will probably testify to this. He gets txchange. copies of all the college comics is the country. He ought to know if anybody does on this cam pus. Nebraska's magazine is a model of respectability in comparison with some of the college fun tabloids re ceived in the Awgwan office. But that isn't the big point to this dispatch. The interesting thing to note is that a reaction against un restricted license on the part of students has arisen among college and university authorities. Especially is this fact evident when it is coupled with the announced declaration of several universities that henceforth the use of student automobiles will be strictly limited. Announcements such as these must gall beyond description exponents of the theory of education which exalts unrestricted freedom in all things for students, , professors, everybody. And yet the explanation is quite simple. The uni versities and colleges are simply taking precautionary measures to protect themselves and their student bodies against damaging public opinion. There may be a species of exalted searching after and expression of truth In a condition of anarchistic and unlimited freedom, but it often simply is not the most sensible thing to do. In other words the theory is all right until it runs square against the concrete wall of facts and consequences. THE OLD HOME TOWN The old home town perhaps no other theme furnish es so much opportunity for jesting and fun poking at friends. It seems that every town has some features about it which are not particularly appealing to outsiders. It also seems that every home town is dear in the hearts of Us citizens. Be they at home, in city, or just at school, the old home town holds for them vivid and rherished memories. It is their town. It is a good town. There is none other like it. Given these two contrasting opinions it is the easi est thing in the world to make witty remarks about the home town of some one else. Especially is it easy if the one making the wagg ing observations happens to have lived in the particu lar home town of his disfavor. He has just that much more ammunition for the fray. But maligned though it may be, laughed at, and ridiculed though it may be, the old home town is de fended to the very last by every one who claims it as his own. It would be a wretched, desolate old town in deed the. citizens of which would not rise up in its de fense against the caping disparagement of others. In this loyalty to the old home town, however hum ble it may have been, is displayed one of the finest traits of man. It is the sturdy stuff out of which is builded patriotism of the highest order. It is some thing of which every one may justly be proud. WHO'S WHO Running from day to day in this paper is a series of articles on University of Nebraska faculty members who are listed in the 1927 Who's Who. Over one-third of tho instructors of full professorial rank are listed there. This does not include t large number on the faculty of the college of medicine at Omaha. That such a large percentage of Nebraska profes sors should be nationally recognized for their achieve ments in the arts, sciences, and letters is probably sur prising to many. The professor whom we meet three times a week at 10 o'clock we hardly suspected could be known outside the confines of this campus. And yet he is listed among the nation's great leaders of thought and action. If we are surprised to find so many of the older professors on the role of the great, how much greater may be our surprise some day to find the names of the younger men, now only instructors or assistants on the faculty, and the names of many humble, unostentatious plodding fellow students in those same pages? Tea, life is an interesting, throbbing mystery, and the ugly duckling1 scarcely noticed at home often pulls the biggest surprise of the whole show. PROFESSOR WARD The appearance of Dr. Henry B. Ward, head of the department of zoology at the University of Illinois, as tine principal speaker at the annual Phi Beta Kappa Sigma XJ convocation, will bring to the campus one of the men who laid the foundations for one of Nebras ka's departments of natural sciences. The department of zoology of the University of Ne braska with which Dr. Waii was associated for many years prior to his going to Illinois, was developed u.i der his immediate supervision at about the same time that Dr. Bessey, for whom Bessey Hall is named, was doing his great work. These two men laid the foundations for their re spective departments so well, made their laboratory standards and requirements so high, that their influ ence is still felt, though they have long since departed from this campus, one to a larger field at a greater gcnool, and the other to God's own limitless reaches. When Dr. Ward returns to address the joint meet ing of tHe two academic i$cieMes he will have the satis. faction of knowing that the good work for which he laid fftir-t?0Ti end mapped out the ton is still prog ': '"', and bearing the imprint of Lia owtt pioneering Up. t:: ca: ius pulse s riilse contribution which The Nebras- p mt if the writer will only make known his identity to the editor was left yesterday on the editor's spindle. The letter contains views which meet with the hearty approval of this paper. The iden tity of the writer will, of course, not be revealed, but in line with established newspaper policy it must be known at least to the editor before the letter is printed. Believe it or not, but the first overgrown mosquito of the 1927 season was killed in U Hall last night. In Other Columns Notices The Grading System The University of California is the latest university to abolish the 'A. B. C system of grading, at least na far os marks for uDDerclassmen are concerned Teachers' college of Columbia university is one of the vio-oi- BnaHomii lnat.itiir.irtTis which for some time has -- maintained the system of using the letter 's', signifying satisfactory, and 'U', for unsatisfactory, instead oi me nsnnl five or six letters. The qualifying method of grading which exists throughout the University has decided disadvantages. Its worst feature lies in the fact that so many students strive almost entirely for grades, with the result that a thorough knowledge of a course comes eitner sec nnioriiv nr nnt at all. for so manv courses require only a superficial understanding for a good, or even excellent grade. With Phi Beta Kappa judging its candidates Dy the grades they have received the only standard that society has to go by it does not seem strange that the average student has "grades" rather than knowledge" foremost in mind. There are other evils of the present system. A change would do little less than revolutionize the educa tion and objectives of many students. Perhaps, the ex periment would be worth attempting! FRIDAY, APRIL 8 Tetinis and Freshman Men Meeting of all tennis and freshman men Friday at 4 o'clock 5 the Coliseum. Lufjerans The Lutheran Bikfc League will haye a social meeting at its parish hall at Tnti iity Lutheran Church. 18th and H, Friday. April 8th. Women's Athletic Association The General meeting of the Woman s Athletic Association scheduled for Wednes day will be held Friday noon, April 8, in room 181 of the Armory. Knmenolcy Club. The Komensky Club meets tonight at 8 o'clock in the Temple building, room 204. All Checha are invited. Coaviolion of Sin Refuting the Babbit-like twentieth ciMitury pro gressives to whom the phrase "inferiority complex" is little kss than anaihema, Dr. Irwin Edman, professor of philosophy at Columbia University, in a recent fo:um address at V'e3leyan University stated the opinion that a student's disillusionment with himself is the most hopeful indication of his ultimate worth. Unmodified, Dr. Edman's remark cannot go wnohnllonged. He says, in p. -t: "This kind of disillusion is a very hopeful sign. It represents a fall from any "delusions of grandeur" which the freshman may have had when he entered college. It teaches us that fame is after all nothing but a strange name uttered by strangers. It teaches us to start from where we are and go on with what we have. It teaches us, finally, to see our selves and other men in true perspective, as animals born in the slime, but sometimes catching glimpses of divinity in the stars." Obviously, Dr. Edman is not discussing an infer iority complex in its common interpretation. For any one suffering from the form of personal inhibition which the ordinary connotation of the phrase suggests would be apt to lack even the incentive "to go on" with the supposedly inadequate equipment with which God or nature has endowed him. Personal disillusion ment does not necessarily infer a consequent degrad ing in estimation of other men and their motives. There is a distinction between synicism and an inferiority complex. And Dr. Edman's suggestion concerning the "true perspective" of men as common dwellers in the slime catching occasional astronomical glimpses of the heights is not applicaple unless he means to infer that to the nelf-disappointing individual his inability to view the lair of the Big Dipper is a Tesult of his own innate failure and not of heavenly obscurity. The sane realization of things as they are which seems to be Dr. Edman's conception of the operation of the inferiority complex is without doubt an admirable indication of the character of any young perso-i- If this is the philosophic or scientific definition of the trait then Dr. Edman has proved his case. But if an inferior ity complex is the exaggeration of personal imperfec tions and the minimizing of virtues, which is the popular idea of its meaning, then the preservation of such an unnatural and artificial attitude is far from being com mendable and worthwhile. Br. Babbitt is much to be preferred to the 'umble and obsequious Uriah Heep. Syracuse Dally O rungs The Dollar Rub Next June the University of Minnesota will gradu ate more than fifty electrical engineers. Throughout the United States scores of other Universities will send out their products of the electrical schools. Great as is the need for college trained men in this profession, it seems a paradox to say that the industrial world does not welcome these graduates. An E. E. degree will mean to most of these 50 graduates, eager to start life as "doers", a beginner's salary of $110 a month, which may increase to $125 within five years if they hnvp dis l'iucu mure than usual talent. Five years ago two brothers in Northern Minnesota who had displayed a keen knowledge of electricity, de cided to enter that field. The oldest brother began work immediately for a mining company. The younger came to Minnesota for a four-year course in electrical engineering. Last June, the younger of the two was graduated, and he immediately began work with one of the great electrical companies of the nation at $110 per month. At this time, nearly a year later, he is making $112.50 His brother, without a day's training in colelge, has worked as assistant electrician, general mine electrician, and two years ago came to Minneapolis and secured work. He is today employed as wirer, and his salary is $1.00 per hour. He owns a small home, operates a car, and is well provided with insurance for the future. Meanwhile, the younger brother wonders if he made a mistake. Business men might say he had, but within a period 01 ten years, the coHege trained man may find reason to believe he is the more fortunate of the two. At least the young graduate is anxiously awaiting a remedy, for he too would like to establish a home for himself, but the training he has received makes him revolt at the idea of establishing a home at a ditch-diggers wage. There can be no early remedy for this. The fault lies in the fact that the great electrical companies need a vast force oi men to do routine work, and the youth ful and ambitious college graduate, awed by the idea of a connection with a powerful company in the electri cal industry, willingly lumns at their offer. Whn ho has worked one or two or three years, he begins to see tne iuumy oi it all. The greatest experts now teaching electrical en gineering will declare that one who fulfills bll the re quirements for an E. E. degree must have a good foun dation of knowledge in that profession and equipped with such knowledge he should have an earning capacity of at least $200 per month. The reason he does not get that amount mey be those who "hold the reins" in the electrical world are still of the old school those who worked hard, without schools to aid them in their climb to success, When the profession is once in the hands of col lege graduates it is probable that then the younger brother can look out from the window of his little cot tage and say to his older brother who is approaching through the garden, "See, I told you .0." Minnesota Dally Calendar Friday, April 8 Delta Gamma spring partyj Scottish Rite Temple. Alpha Sigma Phi spring party, Lincoln Hotel. Kappa Psi spring party, Ante ope Park. Xi Psi Phi spring party, Rose arilde. Alpha Delta Theta house dance. Saturday, April 9 Alpha Gamma Rho house dance. Theta Chi spring party, Scottish Rite Temple. Alpha Sigma Phi banquet, Lin :oln Hotel. Beta. Theta Pi house dance. Chi Omega Founder's Day ban quet, Cornhusker Hotel. Sigma Alpha Epsilon house dance. Second Edition of Prairie Schooner Out (Continued from Page One.) unusual article appears in this edi tion called, "Snake Lore in the Cen tral West", which 'is written by Louise Pound. "Laughing at or with the Ancients," by Jacob H. Cable, Jr. is also an article worth reading. Others are: "Cyclone Yarns," by George L. Jackson; "Ariadne," by Edward Morrow; "The Ox Cart," by Rois Ouest; and Shakespeare, "A Spectacle," by Lucius A. Sherman. At The Library Several new' books have been re ceived at the library. Because it is impossible to publish all of the books a representative list has been com piled including the number, and name of the author. The books are as follows: 813.49 Barrington, E. (pseud.) B38g Glorious Apollo. 823.89 Bendz, Ernst. C76Cb Joseph Conrad, an appre ciation. 821.79 Blake, Wm. B58p3 Prophetic Writings. (2 vols.) 821.17 Brusendorff, Aage. Db2 The Chaucer Tradition. 820.9 Chancellor, E. B. C364 Literary diversions. 728.81 D'Auvergne, E. B. D26 The English castles. 822.89 Gordon, Leon. G65w White Cargo. 973 Harlow, R. V. H22 Growth of the United States. Talks of eating at the T Avoidable Waste (continued) In our last instalment we spoke of the looses sustained by hotel and cafe operators be cause of pilferings by guests. To a very large extent small 6i tides are carried off by guests without larcenous intent. That is to say, many persons believe that "swiping a souvenir from a hotel or cafe is really not stealing merely an inter esting game of hide and seek. And still others carry off small articles inadvertently. But regardless of the intent, the hotel or cafe proprietor loses, and is obliged to recoup his losses or go into bankruptcy. And the public or those who patronize hotels and cafes pay the bill in increased prices. This is inevitable. At the Central Cafe there is one form of waste which adds considerably to the cost of oper ation: (man or woman comes in with the morning newspaper and takes a seat at one of the tables, opens the paper and be comes immersed in the news. By dint of keeping at it, the waiter succeeds in getting the reader's breakfast order probably toast and eggs and coffee. The order is delivered without loss of t.ss?, eggs, toast and coffee piping hot, and set before the consumer of the latest news about Browning and "Peaches" or the latest K O delivered by Monte Munn. Minutes pass, the food grows tepid or cold, and then the reader's gastric juices begin clamoring for something to digest. "Bah, g-r-rh," growls the breakfaster, "dipn't want pny food cold take it away end get me something hot." And the garbrre can gets what was a good breakiist when delivered, but ruined through no fault of the chef or waiter. 132S P (Te ha eeatlnuad) ' 822.S2 Hotson, J. L. Bh The Death of Christopher Marlowe. 928.2 Huxley, Leonard, ed. C211ca Jane Welsh Carlyle: let ters to her family. 029.6 Joseph, Michael. J77 The commercial side of lit erature. 978 Kelly, Luther S. K29 "Yellowstone Kelly." 915.3 Kennett, Austin. K39 Ecdouin justice. 830.9 Klenge, Camillo von. K673 From Goethe to Haupt- mann. 701 Langfeld, H. S. L263 The aesthetic attitude. 842.09 Lanson, Gustave. L29 Esquisse d'une histoire de la tragedie francaise. 822.89 Laurence, D. H. L43d David, a play. 923.17 Lawrence, Wm. L8212 Henry Cabot Lodge. 923.41 Love, Robertas. J231 The rise and fall of Jesse I James. 672 Malinowski, Bronislaw. M29 Crime apd custom in savage society. 81'.49 Millay, Edna St. Vincent. M61t Three plays. 973 Scott, James Brown. Sco8u The United States and France. 809 Smith, Paul Jordan. Sm6 On strange alters: a book of enthusiasms. 298 Snowden, J. H. Sn6 The truth about Mormonism. 353.4 Spers, S. D. Sp3 The labor movement in a government industry. 823.89 Swinnerton, Frank. Sw6s3 Summer storm. 110 Taft, Oren Byron. T12 Evolution of idea. 813.49 Wharton, Edith. W55h2 Here and beyond. BLOOD SPEAKS TO GIRLS' CLDB HERE (Continued from Page One.) George Brothers Monday, 8-10; Ne braska State Journal, Monday, 3-5; Rudge & Guenzel, Tuesday 1-3; Ne braska Farmer, Tuesday 3-5; Miller & Paine, Tuesday 10-12; Gold's, Thursday, 1-3; Lincoln Daily Star, Thursday 85; Grainger's, Friday 3-5. All girls interested are urged to sign up on the Bizad Bulletin, third floor Social Sciences, Friday, in order that the committee may make definite plans. Elaborate plana have been formu lated for the annual banquet April 23, at the University Club, and an effort is being made to reach as many alumna as possible with special in vitations. Hardy Smith BARBER SHOP Oeaa towel used ea each mt leaner. CHAIRS 116 No. 13th Street . 7 xhalll (MM Spot? Gall (Ml mm v 9 1 VADQfTV- CLEANERS AND DYTS avjBBBBBnnVBBBBUGaa Official P. B. K. 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