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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN.
The Daily Nebraskan
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MUNRO KEZER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
MANAGING EDITORS
Dean Hammond Maurice W. Konkel
NEWS EDITORS
W. Joyce Ayree Lyman Cass
Jack Elliott Paul Nelson
Cliff F. Sandahl Douglas Tlmmerman
ASSISTANT NEWS EDITORS
Vernon Ketrlng Leon Larimer
Betty Thornton
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Catherine Hanson Jo Hunt
William McCleery . Robert Lalng
Eugene Robb
MILTON McGREW BUSINESS MANAGER
ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGERS
William Kearna Marshall Pltzer
Richard Rlcketts
LAND AHEAD 1
Strained eyes are a popular method of account
ing for the disappearance ot friends from the Uni
versity following the compilation of mid-semester
reports. Strained eyes may have been the fate of
Columbus during the long, weary days when he first
crossed the Atlantic while he anxiously scanned
the horizon for signs of land.
True, there Is no analogy between the strained
eyes of the delinquent student 'and the strained
eyes of Columbus. Bnt his discovery voyage is, in
a measure, analagous to the scholastic voyage of
many students.
The student sets out at the beginning of the
semester on an uncharted sea. As the weeks ac
cumulate, the path traversed may be clear but the
meaning ot the course. Its values, its applications,
may be obscured. In other words, the 6tudent may
fail to see the land ahead. Ultimately successful
is he who, like Columbus, goes on, giving his best
efforts, even though unable to see the land that he
feels confident, is ahead.
In the column "In My Opinion" today, It. O.
questions the use of examinations in the University.
Granting that occasionally examinations may have
some of the faults enumerated by R. O., they do
have a moat essential merit Often they help the
student to see the land ahead, as well as the course
covered. Theoretically, students should do their
own synthesizing of their work. Ordinarily, how
ever, examinations have been the major incentive
for a synthesis. In fact, many students, in the
crush of assignments, would find difficulty taking
time for a proper synthesis were not time set aside
by the instructor for such efforts. With the com
pletion of the first quarter and its quizzes, students
should begin to see land ahead and perhaps, the
value of examinations.
PLAY AWAY
"Nebraska Will Play the Army." When this
report sped over hundreds of special sport wires
Into the offices of ten times as many newspapers
last spring, a faint, yes very faint, hope was in the
making. That hope has ceased to be in the vista.
Uniformed bandsmen are now makfng the final
strides to send the Nebraska R. O. T. C.N band to
West Point.
That vista must be kept from passing into the
glimmering. The fate of the Band Ball, Saturday
night, will answer the question, "Will the band go
to New York?
When Nebraska goes on the field against the
Army, thousands of eyes will be focused on that
field at West Point. Thousands of ears will be
ready for the loud speaker. Thousands more will
read the account of the game the next day. But
the importance of that game has already been con
ceded. When Army enthusiasts rock the stadium
stands, when cadets bolster their team with the
famous cap waving stunt, and when a well-trained
and experienced radet hand marches the field, blar
ing Army spirit to the utmost. Just where will the
handful or the few hundred, perhaps, Cornhusker
rooters find their cheers? A band, and a band only,
is the thing that Nebraska needs at the Army game.
Sixty pieces can do the task of ten thousand rooters.
A face missing in the Coliseum, Saturday night,
means a face that would countenance the Army
"Mule," peacefully eating on a Nebraska pasture.
WHAT PRICE CREATION
Creation is the supreme achievement. The
moulding of masterpieces from raw material con
stitutes the last and greatest act of man. Art is
the ready example of this type of creation, but the
power and satisfaction of creation is not restricted
to the field of art.
Proportionally as its effect is great, so is the
deed worthy of commendation in this as In other
actions. Agreed that the moulding of a beautiful
statue from lifeless and unbeautlful clay is an ac
complishment. Think then the glory that belongs
to him who makes a man from the raw material
that is represented in youth. The deed is in Itself
the ultimate of creative genius. The product is
the greatest thing in the world a man.
Rome was not built In a day. Ntltrer can the
fine characteristics and attributes that form the
superstructure of a great man be formed in one
year. It Is popularly believed that the yean a young
man or s young woman spends In college act as the
moulding period in his or her life. If this principle
were accepted what a difference It might make in
the financial recognition accorded those entrusted
with this development the faculty.
A TRIBUTE TO MISSOURI
Temporary bleachers will probably be neceisary
to provide seats for the enormous crowd expected
at the Missouri game Saturday. This announce
ment In Wednesday's Nebraskan warrants more
than passing notice.
Never In the history of Memorial Stadium have
temporary bleachers been necessary for any games
oJier than those with Notre Dame. Interest in
football reached its peak la this section when Notre
DMio came t Nebraska. Stadium and temporary
bleachers were strained to capac'.ty. Parking places,
selling at two-bits a throw, were not to be had.
Last minute fans were met with a terse "All sold
out." Thousands of people came hundreds of miles
to see Notre Dame play Nebraska.
Times are changing. Notre Dame would not be
less of a drawing card. But Missouri is gaining fast
Friendly rivalry between the Tigers and Hus
kers; the sportsmanship of Missouri teams and
students; the Missouri-Nebraska Bell; the fact that
tho Bengals have defeated the Cornhuskers three
successive times, all contribute to the increasing
interest.
Missouri has a great team this year. Football
. interest will reach its climax when the Bengal Tiger
meets the big Husker team Saturday.
NAME OMITTED
The "In My Opinion" published in yesterday's
issue of The Daily Nebraskan appeared Inadver
tently without the name of the author. The writer
of the opinion was DAVID FELLMAN, varsity de
bater, law student, and author of the column of
comments on current events which has been appear
ing twice a week In The Daily Nebraskan. The
Nebraskan regrets the omission of Mr. Fellman's
name at the close of the opinion, realizing that much
of Its interest aud value to the reader was thereby
lost.
THE RAGGlilt: In all respect for sport nomen
clature, it really doesn't make much difference
whether we "Take the Tiger" or just plain "Beat
Missouri."
Passengers on the Graf Zeppelin were not al
lowed to smoke. That would have been hard on
those fellows who can't wait until they get outside
Social Sciences.
Because the reserve library is located on the
second floor of the library, it doesn't necessarily
follow that lofty thinking Is done there.
In this age of marathons, it might be an idea lo
have a marathon rally.
"In Union There Is Strength." The new sor
ority combine candidate polled seven votes In the
Tuesday election of Junior class president. Rep
resentatives of the sororities supposed to be in the
combine claim that that is proof sufficient that
there was no combine, a fact they have been busily
asserting for seven days some of them at least.
TN MY OPINION
Time It Wasted"
"Henceforth there shall be at least one class
period a week devoted to a written quiz." Such
are the words of a professor in the University.
Evidently he expects to keep an accurate check of
the standing of each student In the class. Likely
many weary hours will be spent In recording and
averaging grades. These grades will determine to
a large extent which students shall be sent home in
a few more weeks. This is probably one of the
main reasons the professors are "shooting" so many
tests at the present time. Examining these tests
one will usually find a combination of disorganized
questions which can only serve as a basis upon
which to grade students. Every one will agree that
tests have an important place In the University.
Could it be possible that university professors are
devoting too much time to giving tests?
The university student pays his fees to acquire
new Information, not to tell what he has learned.
A test is necessary at times and It helps the student
sum up new knowledge gained, but the disorganized
questions which are most often given appear to be
given merely to determine what shall be the grades
of students. These tests are given so frequently
that there Is considerable time and energy spent in
answering them. Often the larger part of the class
period Is devoted several times a week to testing.
To an enterprising student time Is very valuable.
Thus the time spent In writing out examinations
could be spent much more profitably by gaining new
information through a lecture or 6tudy.
Of course there will be some students who will
not know what or how to study and a test serves
as a guide. Theso students are not the normal type
of university student even though it appears that
they are. The university student Is a much more
serious student than his outward appearance por
trays. ThoBe students who do not know how to
study might be advised to take a course in "How
to Study." Thus they would derive their benefits
without encroaching upon the rights of others.
Tests have a place in the University, but they
have been given a larger place than they Justly
deserve. The more time devoted to giving tests
cuts dowu on the time spent in acquiring new infor
mation In the class room. The class room is the
ideal place to verify one's opinions, and verifying
opinions is acquiring knowledge. Since tests inter
fere with the gaining of knowledge would It not
appear that it Is unfair to the student to lay so much
stress on a test which only informs the student of
his ranking in the class? R. O.
THE GRAD
By Robert J. Kelley, '31
The alumnus sat In the Nebraska stand
And he thrilled to the music of the 80 piece band.
He was proud of the team, knew of its fame
For he had come back to the Missouri game.
Ten years back he had gone to college.
He did have some fun but acquired some knowledge,
He and his wife, for she was there too,
Were products of dear old Nebraska U.
He came, he saw, his head went In rings
As he noted the change that had come in things.
He heard the cheers and noted with pride "
That the old flghtln spirit had not yet died.
As the song of the Cornhusker greeted his ears
His mind wandered back to former years.
He was then a carefree college boy
And never since had he known such joy.
But there was something gone, that happy gang
That had started the spirit agoln' with a bang
When he was at school he thought his main job
Was to g") to school and to(be a Corncob.
But where vere the Corncobs, not that dejected band
Who were meek'y sitting in the opposite stand.
"They don't have the pep they formerly had"
Was the doleful complaint of the Nebraska grad.
The stand where he sat, to be and his wife,
Contained little or nothing of college life.
"And then they say as If It were truth
What shall we do with our flaming youth?"
"Give them some freedom worthy of the name.
For there Is more than football, In a football game
The antics ct the students Is what we love mos
Hurrah for f-.e student body. It Is our host."
seems to be popular, but they have
been left behind. It Is only a wave,
after all, and the crest Is past.
FROM OUT THE DUST.
Amid tUr rmh nf aotrHle, soclnl
and rurrlrnlnr, I repair to my room
and from the diint covtrrd boekxltelf
I draw n vnloiitf. scarcely noticed
before. Here 1 find Hurcemse from
t lie monotonou ffi-intS of the lny
which Meent to ati'tnl'l upon tlielteeln
of thone preceding.
Interpreted by Phil Blake
and LaSelle Gilman.
Someone on the campus ap
proached us a few days ago and
asked us if we could tell him where
the i'alladian and Union Literary
Societies were located. After a mo
ments hesitation, we remembered
Anyone who attempts to follow
the book reviews at all is unboubt
edly acquainted with the Crime
Club. As an original and going
concern, it has lew peers, it would
seem. Let not the uninitiated be
alarmed, however, for -we do not
roter to something new and glam
orous in Chicago or New York un
derworlds, but to a corporation
dealing in mystery stories. In
brief, the Crime Club is conducted
by a group of men and women who
lay their predatory hands upon
each new mystery novel which
comes forth and lists it as good
bad, or indifferent. This critical
body then recommends the best
thrillers to members of the Crime
Club. Members have no card; they are
the American public whose secret
ST
vice is tales of horror and sudden
death ,or desperate and witty crim
inals and of equally desperate and
witty detectives. They only have
to hie themselves to the nearest
bookstall and inquire there for the
latest Crime Club books. These are
supplied, aud the buyer is assured
that his purchase will furnish him
with another delightfully gruesome
evening.
Why are so many of the new
best sellers of the back-to-the-soil"
type? Why hasn't this fad died its
natural death, as it should, and I
gone the way of all should be say j
flesh? There has been a flood of;
it and tho rather interesting at j
first, it palls on one after two or!
three books of It. There was "GI- i
ants in the Earth," which was j
good Norwegian pioneer in Amer
ica stuff. Then "Growth of the
Soil," a Knute Hamson wood-print
of primitive, near-to-nature people.
.nd a dozen ntiierj" or more. Yet,
they flood in. Short story writers
have grasped at the theme for it
Townsend portrait photographer-Ad
What
shall I
An tvirh
,V that
ft Spot?
Gall
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Fur Collars of
Raccoon
Jap Raccoon
Wolf, Fox
Caracul
Opossum
Mushroom, Shawl and
Johnny Collars
BJffl
VTLlCiJl 1 A WTTHEHS
CLEANERS AND DYERS
fa a
Typewriters For Rent
All i-tandard nink. aperlal rate to
students for loritf term. Used
mai-hlnos portable typewriters
monthly payments.
Nebraska Typewriter Co.
1232 O St. B-2157
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Send ttHae Band to the
We Want Tlte Band to Go
. Remember That Old Song?
We all sang it every day for six weeks before Nebraska
played Notre Dame at South Bend four years ago.
And The Band Went!
Now we start it all over again
Send the band to the Army game
Army game Army game
Send the band to the Arny game
We want the band to go
Oom-pah Oom-pah, etc., etc."
Now is our chance to help
Attend the
COLISEUM, SATURDAY, 8:30 P. M. 1 Buck
Herb Fick's
Missouri Quadrangle Orchestra
that they were on the third nooi
of the Temple.
In the "good old days" (that s an
other hackneyed byword) most stu
dents would have been ashamed to
profess Ignorance about these soci
eties. But hot many know a thing
about them now. Question. What
does it imply? Student's loss of in
terest or?
For Travel and All-Occasion Wear
These Smart
Novelty Coats
characterize the new mode
When the first real cold arrives you will (if you have
: taken our advice) slip into your new top-coat warm
light weight and comfortable. We have taken special
pains in assembling a noteworthy collection chosen fine
woolens to fashion them meticulous care in their making
and an individuality of style to mark them apart. With
fur or without in imported and domestic woolens in
tvery effective color and combination.
Including a
special pre-
mentation of
coat fabrics
whicn were
hand-loomed
in Ireland bv the makers
of "Royal Ulster," "Don
egal" and "Kirshnioor"-
EUGS AND SHAWLS
Featured Colors are
Tans, Browns, Greys
Priced $39.50 to $98.50
Women's Wear Floor Two.
ivfl-
Mew IPa&'e
Them hats all you kids have been
so worried about just blew in the
door. And they really are not so
bad at all- a pretty A air go for a
Buck and a Half which is no mis
take, aren't we.
IHIav a 23e
Come and stay, take 'em away,
there's plenty of 'em in those
very nifty grays and blues, not
much shape but lots of sex ap
peal. And by the way, an old
friend of ours at the Universitas
of Ulinoisius sold no less than six
hundred of these babes last week.
Oh, they are the very best.
Sum? 9lrtoS
Did someone ask, are these Crush
Hats? No less, Percival, and none
other. These here now hats
said in a deep bass voice in no un
certain terms are the really,
really crushs. Soft like a pillow,
and no end smooth. You can't
beat 'em for a Buck and a Half
per each.
CAMPUS
CRUSE3EES
The Rage at Illinois
dirndl Say
You'll see everybody wearing
them. In a few days these chaps
will be all over the campus like a
mess of pups. They're good,
awfully good for all kinds of
weather, for every purpose, for
every occasion. Just the thing for
that big Homecoming celebration,
or anything you may have in
mind.
E3)im'tl: IFopgetJ
Imagine us as if anyone could
forget our Neckwear, featuring
the correct thing for University
men in small figures, stripes, plain
colors and what not. Fresh ship
ments quite often. And Shirts
the pleasing kind in finest broad
cloth and oxford weaves. Very
nice.
Just One Tiling
After another like parallel park
ing our east window shows you
the new fall Scarf. Beautiful
plaids, plain colors, too, and
warm and oh, you have no idea'.
This Scarf speaks for itself.
You'll have to see them to appre
ciate them. The colors are no
ess than wonderful, to be quite
conservative about it.
"SOB"
HBENNETTT
"BILL"
ACROSS FROM THE "CAMPUS
Bill Flugstad Officiating
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