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    THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
The Daily Nebraskan
Station A, Lincoln, Nebraska
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
Under direction of the Student Publication Board
TWENTY-SEVENTH YEAR
Published Tuesday. Wednesday. Thursday. Friday, and Sunday
mornings during the academic year.
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Munro Ker.er ....
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Dorothy Nott
Pauline Bilon
Dean Hammond
W. Joyce Ayres
1 Editor-in-Chief
Managing Editor
..Asst. Managing Editor
..Asst. Managing Editor
NEWS EDITORS
in ideas, bizarre and otherwise, are expressed in the
most astonishing ways, all in the noble but some times
desperate effort to be original and interesting.
Real originality is a pure joy, but we would like
to make a plea for the "hackneyed" but sometimes
very useful word or phrase. Often times a word that
has proved itself by its very popularity to be useful
and appropriate, must be regretfully rejected when it
comes to mind, because its bloom has been rubbed off
it is literally worn out, and a synonym, or near syno
nym has to be substituted.
One must not new use the word "interesting" in
writing a news story, reporters are told. Everybody
uses it? loosely, and it has become colorless. And of
course the word "marvellous" now describes anything
from a new dress to Mary Pickford in her latest picture.
A word artist turns away from the word with a shudder
when he meets it The latest play is "intriguing." The
street car service is invariably "terrible" and freshmen
are inevitably "verdant."
It seems to be the fate of any good descriptive
Notices
Tuesday, March 13
Pershing Rides
There will be regular drill at 5 o'clock.
Newly elected members are to be present.
Rough initiation will be held in judging
pavillion at College of Agriculture at 7:80
o'clock. The fee of $6.00 will be paid at
this time. Bring ten paddles.
Wednesday, March 14
Green Goblins
Green Goblins will meet Wednesday at
7 o'clock at the Beta Theta Pi house.
Farmers' Fair
All chairmen and members of executive
committees for Farmers' Fair will hold a
meeting in the Home Economics building,
Room 2 IS, at 6 o'clock Wednesday evening.
ASSISTANT NEWS EDITORS
Maurice W. Konkel
Paul Nelson pm.aS6 to run the risk of being banned altogether by
Richard F. Vette .
Milton McGrew
William H. Kearns
J. Marshall Fitter
-Lyman Cass
Business Manager
..Asst. Business Manager
.. ..circulation Manager
ulation Manager
MORE DISAPPR si
Sororities and fraternities along Sixteenth and R
streets voiced their approval last evening of the resolu
tion passed by the Student Council regarding the park
ing situation. The general opinion stated by the or
ganizations was that the present regulations are defeat
ing the efforts made by the University in keeping as
much traffic as possible from the streets adjoining the
campus.
Such an action would indicate that the movement
to restore diagonal parking and to discourage city
traffic on Sixteenth and R streets is not the propa
ganda of a few radical car owners. For the state
ments made last evening represent the opinions of ap
proximately six hundred students.
A suggestion that meets the almost unanimous
approval of such a number of persons must certainly
contain a solution that at least merits the attention
of city authorities. That the City Council will be
urged to consider this matter is now inevitable. The
action taken last night proved that there is sufficient
interest in the problem to take such steps.
The more studetit and faculty disapproval voiced
the best writers -in time not so much because of over
use as because they have become loosely used. There
is a certain delicacy felt about describing a sunset with
the same word that is in common use to express appre
ciation of the cut of an actor's nose or the lines of
the new Ford.
If words were always used correctly, probably no
word would ever become what we call hackneyed. We
would not like to advocate a nations of precisians of
speech. The inference is analagous to that of a "prig".
Rather what is wanted is an understanding of the mean
ing of words, a feeling regarding the right use of a
word that comes from an adequate acquaintance with
the English language and its better writers.
At the present time some of the best words in the
English language are being destroyed by the careless
and the ignorant, and writers find that they must con
tinually be changing their only tools, the words of the
English language in order to preserve the freshness of
their edge. McGill Daily.
We were just wondering if it wouldn't be profit
able for the government to put more gum on the pos
tage stamps and less in the machinery. The Midland.
THE SCHOLAR
The Ohio State Lantern has heard criticisms of
students who spend their time doing other things than
against the present regulations, the greater will be the studying, and concludes, after some discussion of the
chance for a revision of the rules. Those who are in- situation that:
terested in this controversy are urged to voice their
opinions now.
Apparently some papers have yet to learn to dis
criminate between the uncommon and the common
place. Here is a headline from a New York news
paper, "Screen Star Sues Husband." Michigan Daily.
EDUCATION PAYS
Government statistics bring out the fact that the
uneducated man has only one chance in eight hundred
to attain distinction.
Not all men and women, of course, need to go
through college in order to become educated. Through
out history great leaders have risen from the ranks
of the uneducated. Some few persons are born with
a capacity for great intellectual powers. They de
velop their minds themselves. But many others lose
this ability through failure to use and develop it. The
ordinary person needs a college education to train and
develop his mind.
But merely going through cojlege, taking -the
prescribed courses and getting grades will not prepare
the mind for the real test of intelligence. The peTson,
as he studies, should have the conscious thought ever
before him that is if he is to succeed, he must be
better than his competitor. With the great spread of
education today, the uneducated person is left behind
and the educated man comes to the front.
Education today is cheap. It may cost a con-
"When we hear the monotonous plea for more
scholars and the singing of praises for students who
manage somehow to get high grades, we are inclined
to demand that the standards of intelligence be changed
and other criteria than mere grades be used in decid
ing who is intelligent.
"Perhaps the ideal type is the one who can get
his Latin, apply the Platonic theories, and still attend
the Junior Prom." Ohio State Lantern.
The man who lives from hand to mouth has a
son who lives from gas station to gas station. Wis
consin Cardinal.
DR. LITTLE'S CONCLUSIONS
Take half a dozen sane but disturbing ideas, di
lute them well in printer's ink and sprinkle them out
on the avid general public and the result is a mixture
whose explosive properties have not as yet been probed
by even the most erudite of our scientists. It was this
combination, apparently, which in a varying degree
of saturation broadcast President Little's speech at the
Princeton religious conference into the far corners of
the land as a radical attack on the church, the clergy,
and the general public.
To be frank is generally to be unpopular, and it
is the frankness of the opinions which President Little
expressed which doubtless accounts for their unpoular
ity. His depricatory expressions toward present day
attitudes toward marriage, birth control, toward law
siderable sum of money at the time, but the person, if and politics, toward international responsibilities, and
he studies, will be more than repaid for the time and toward materialism, are inevitably distasteful to those
money spent. When buying something in a store, the
individual endeavors to secure all and the best he can
for his money. He should do the same when buying
an education. The instructors and the text books
offer the chance. It is up to the student to make
the best of the opportunity.
"Do you folks live in Chicago?"
"Don't know. I haven't seen the paper today."
Intercollegiate Press.
who hold these views. Still they are not necessarily
radical or revolutionary, but are plain statements of
his conclusions. His bold statements, if sensational in
a sense, are no more than those at which the person of
average intelligence would inevitably arrive were he
given the facts and scientific data upon which to base
them. Michigan Daily.
Well, prohibition is better than no liquor at all.
Wisconsin Cardinal.
Th Cynic Says:
I am planning on including a synopsis of the day's
news for those who read only the editorial page.
In Other Columns
HACKNEYED WORDS
One of the major crimes of today is to be hack
neyed to express oneself or to behave in ways that are
called worn-out or old fashioned. It is a consequence
that the columns of our newspapers and magazines are
frequently filled with the most elaborate blurbs, where-
COLLEGIATE HONESTY
Aware of the fact that Yale has considered the
abolishment of the Honor system, the Brown Daily
Herald comments:
The great majority of students are not dishonest
and the presence or absence of watchful professors
will not affect in the least their behavior during ex
aminations. There is a small group who will always
cheat and the Honor System, plus the indifference of
personally honest students only guarantee absolute suc
cess to their activities. There will never be a change
so long as student opinion permits a man to be at once
a good fellow and a cheat in examinations. Brown
Daily Herald.
Hicks Gives Speech
On Nebraskans
(Continued from Page 1)
Adams, in Jefferson county of that
state, and the date, April 22, 1832.
His family was of English 6tock on
one side, and Scotch-Irish on the
other. His father Julius D. Morton,
soon after the birth of Sterling, fol
lowed the tide of westward immigra
tion and embarked upon a business
career at Monroe, Michigan, later
moving to Detroit
He first moved to Bellvue when he
came to Nebraska, but after a shoit
time he decided to locate at Nebraska
City, where he made his home there
after. Morton early interested himself in
territorial politics, which was at first
mainly concerned with the rivalry
between the North Platte and the
South Flatte regions for the . state
eap'tcL Representing the country
south sf ths Plattt, hi, W the lead
ia & sight against acting Governor
Thumas B. Cuming, a partisan, of
Oii.'ta ad the North Platte.
As a member of the territorial
I: jjniature, Morton even advocated
t 'it congress oepaxate the South
v:.fte region from Nebraska and add
to Kansas. Ultimately the hold
i Cmuh had on the capitol was
, Int w!:ca the removal was
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-'''.,!' s !oi;-,ted by Pres
ident Buchanan to be secretary of
the territory, an office which he held
until 1861. For six months of that
time, owing to the resignation of the
governor, Morton served as acting
governor.
Morton was a democrat when he
came to Nebraska and he remained a
democrat to the time of his death.
As such, he ran for territorial dele
gate in 18C0, and on the face of the
returns defeated Daily, his republi
can opponent, but Daily contested
Morton's right to the seat, and the
House, being republican, seated
Daily. During the Civil War Morton
did not change his political alleg
iance, in spite of the general unpop
ularity of the democratic party in
Nebraska, and in 1866 he was again
an unsuccessful democratic candi
date for territorial delegate.
This same year a statehood move
ment was launched, an impromptu
constitution was adopted by the leg
islature, and state elections were or
dered, pending action by congress on
admission. Morton protested the
whole procedure as a "scheme of office-aspiring
politicians" but he was
nevertheless nominated as demo
cratic candidate for governor, con
ducted a hot campaign for th of
fice, and lost by a few hundred votes
to his far less able opponent.
His highest political honor came
in 1S53, whri fce yHt made Secrfi-i.u:-y
of A.tfriouHui'1 by President
Cleveland, an honor wholly unanti
cipated, inasmuch as Morton had pre-
viously expressed a strong dislike for
Cleveland. He was not out of place in
the Cleveland cabinet, however, for
he was an earnest low tariff advo
cate and, in spite of an early ten
dency towards greenbackism, he was
now a thorough-going hard money
man. As Secretary of Agriculture he
distinguishod himself for the econ
omical administration of his depart
ment, and especially for the aboli
tion temporarily of seed-distribution
by congressmen.
Morton's political and agricultural
activities made him a well known
figure in Nebraska. His aggressive
personality, so well reflected in his
sturdy physique, his keen blue-gray
eyes, and his prominent features,
won admiration even from his ene
mies. His emergence into national
prominence gratified the pride of his
fellow-citizens, who, before the ad
vent of William Jennings Bryan,
were not accustomed to such honors.
Tli r. .... i r. - . .
. Kiwab uuuiiLim success 01 his
four sons, Joy, Paul, Mark, and Carl,
also attracted attention to him. Up
to the time of his death, April 27,
1 902, he was generally regarded, by
friend and foe alike as Nebraska's
first citizen. Years later Morton's
heirs gave his Nebraska City home,
Arbor Lodge, together with the sur
rounding groves, to the state as a
memorial and park.
IVom th very year of John
Cro-jmse's arrival in Nebraska, he wa
active In politics. He was chosen to
the legislature as a republican in
1864, and two years later served as
one of a self-appointed committee
to draw up a constitution, under
which the territory might be admit
ted as a state.
On the adoption of the constitu
tion and the admission of Nebraska
in 1867, Crounse was chosen asso
ciate justice of the state supreme
court, an office he held for six years.
His opinions were well-written and
well-reasoned, and owing to the fact
that many precedents had to be set
for the guidance of the new state,
they were ot great local importance.
Later Crounse became governor of
the new state of Nebraska, and its
representative in the House. He was
also at one time a candidate for the
United States senate but was defeat
ed by the railroad interests which he
bitterly opposed.
"John A. Creighton was born in
Licking County, Ohio, October 15,
1831, the youngest of a family of
nine. He derived his formal educa
tion from attendance upon the local
district school, and from two years
work at St. Joseph's, a Dominican
college at Somerset, Ihio.
"He had hoped to fit himself for
the profession of engineer, but in
1854, after only two years of col
lege, he entered the employ of his
elder brother, Edward, whi built
telegraph ilnes and took grading con
tracts. "In 1856 his brother Edward met
with some reverses in business in
Missouri and Iowa, after which the
two brothers and several other of
their relatives settled in Omaha.
Here John secured employment in a
store.
"When on the fourth of July,
1861, the actual construction of the
eastern half of the projected tele
graph line to the Pacific was begun,
Edward was the contractor and John
A. was in charge of the work. There
after the interests of the two men
centered in the far west for many
years.
"After falling heir to seven hun
dred thousand dollars, Mr. Creighton
invested in numerous enterprises
both in Omaha and in tne west and
has given liberally to church insti
tutions, especially to the Catholic
faith.
"In politics he was an ardent dem
ocrat. He was distinctively a west
erner, always fully alive to the in
terests of the west, and always sym
pathetic with its point of view.,
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Covering Games Is
Harassing for Co-Eds
(Continued from Page 1)
ly renew her acquaintance and re
peat her tale of maiden helpless
ness, i
Information is with difficulty
wormed from the shy and reticent
country lad, probably suffering un
der his first feminine assault, but
toward the end of the second quarter
he is put in the game to replace the
star, who has rolled up enough points
to put his team safely in the lead for
a time at least. The new boy is very
obliging and sees that every thing is
carefully explained.
Friend; Deserts Reporter
After tho half, during which the
co-ed has munched a couple of sacks
of salty pop-corn to soothe her fraz
zled nerves, the red-head is again out
of the game and he has settled in a
place as far away as possible from
his friend the reporter but after
frantic and ver yobvious gestures she
at last lures him back to the care
fully reserved space beside her.
He has warmed several degrees
and volunteers the information that
Reiniccius spells his name with two
c's instead of with an "sh" and that
the forward's name is really Brock
enecky and that they call him the
Prince of Wales for short.
The last of the game drags along
very slowly with no spectacular play
ing and the co-ed heaves a thankful
sigh when she knows she can escape
from the ringside seat where sweaty
players bump against you and make
you drop your pencil, and where the
ball occasionally comes smacking
against your face.
"Thank goodness I didn't have to
cover 'a game on one of the big
floors. But how much fun it would
b to describe those nice little innocent-faced
boys with their cute little
knobby legs, their tense expressions;
those proud fathers and mothers and
other relatives who stood up and
shouted encouragement to the illus
trious son, or cousin who was playing
such a perfect game; and last but
not least those tittering sweethearts
who chewed gum violently."
Huskers Point
To Relay Meet
(Continued from Page 1)
for these feats and Coach Schulte is
concerned with Cornhusker perform
ances. Trumble, Husker sophomore,
stepped the 50-yard high hurdles in
the winning time of 6.5 seconds for
Nebraska's best performance in the
meet. The Cambridge runner also
scored second honors in the low hur
dles, Carmen of Oklahoma setting a
new record of 5.9 seconds to beat
him out. Much can be expected of
Trumble in the Illinois Relays as
shown by these performances.
Thompson also placed for the Hus
kers in the low barriers running
fourth in the event.
The Nebraska mile relay team took
fourth in the event which was won
by Oklahoma. It seemed to be an off
night for the Husker quartet and
Coach Schulte hopes to polish them
off for Saturday's event
Fleming Scores for Huskers
Fleming placed the IITiskers in the
scoring column when he placed
fourth in the broad jump event
Easter placed fourth in the finals of
the fifty yard dash when Lud Grady
Kansas flash, broke the tape in the
record time of 5.2 seconds. Parks of
Drake ran second in thd event and
with Easter pushed the winner hard
all th eway down the boards.
The other Husker runners did not
fare so well. Captain Wvatt n,,n
fied for the finals of the 440-yard
dash but did not place. Coach Schulte
has ordered the men to work out
only three times this week so that
they will be full of strength for the
Illinois games.
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