THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1928
The Daily Nebraskan
Station A, Lincoln, Nebraska
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
Under direction of the Student Publication Board
TWENTY-EIGHTH YEAR
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MUNRO KEZER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
MANAGING EDITORS
Dean Hammond Maurice W. Konkel
NEWS EDITORS
W. Joyce Ayres Lyman Cass
Jack Elliott Paul Nelson
Cliff F. Sandahl Douglas Tlmmerman
AS8ISTANT NEWS EDITORS
Yemen Kstrlng William T. McCleery
Betty Thornton
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Cliff F. Sandahl Joe Hunt
William McCleery Robert Lalng
Eugene Robb
MILTON McQREW BUSINESS MANAGER
ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER8
William Kearna Marshall "itaer
Richard Rlcketts
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COLLEGE AND MONET.
"Go to college If you want to make more
money."
The urge for economic betterment coupled with
unbending confidence In that statement have un
doubtedly driven thousands of students to continue
school work for a college degree.
Whatever other causes there may be for the
astonishing growth In college and university en
rollments In recent years, the belief In such educa
tions as a means of Insuring a higher financial
standing has been a most significant factor. Under
its influence, thousands of students have been drawn
into America's plants of higher education who
would otherwise never have come. A considerable
proportion of these have gone back to the life of
the world, better citizens per se as well as better
qualified to do useful work, to perform worthwhile
services.
Yet this "golden aim" has not been all advan
tageous. It" has tended to create a materialistic
attitude In the midst of the old idealistic university
atmosphere. It has tended to make students more
self-seeking, less willing to fit themselves into
schemes for the common good. Hearing the pound
ing of the claims of financial advantages of college
through the grades and the high schools, It is not
surprising that students come back to look on col
lege as a place where they may gain special advan
tages for themselves.
In a state-supported institution of nearly free
education, such an attitude Is open to serious ques
tion. The state has the right to ask the question.
Is education for the benefit of the individual at
the expense of society? Or is education for the
benefit of society through the efforts of the indi
vidual If education is to be merely for the benefit
of the individual, if his effort! after graduation are
to be devoted entirely to his own ends, if society
Is to cover most of the expenses of college educa
tion, state support of higher education can hardly
be Justified. Students have more and more tended
to that rlew under the influence of the college-fox-money
doctrine.
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The educational world needs to cler its eyes.
Students need to awaken to the consciousness of
the obligations state-provided education details on
the recipients. If a student comes to the University
with such a conception, the institution cannot be
blamed. But if he leaves with such a view, the
Institution must share the blame.
Education In college or university, to Justify
continued state expense, must bring a consciousness
of the civic responsibilities which such education
demands. Education Is not an end, bat a means
to an end. That end is better ability to do valuable
work. The first mission of the University is to
train its students In ability for new and broader
fields of endeavor. Its second duty Is to develop
la their consciousness their duty to make return to
the state for that training In more significant ef
forts for the benefit of society. If the University
fails in the latter. Us failure In its duty to the state
which supports It may be as catastrophic as If it
filled to train its students adequately In their chosen
fields.
SOPHISTICATION.
College students often long to be sophisticated.
They carefully cultivate this form of glorified bore
dom. When unsuccessfully Imitated It becomes
merely deliberate rudeness and indifference. The
attitude, aloof and beautifully assurant, of the one
who does achieve It, conveys the subtle impression
that here is one who knows all that the world has
to offer and falls to find It exciting. Although he
may hail from Twin Oaks, Nebraska, he creates the
illusion of knowing all about night life in Paris, e
Anyone who consistently maintains an attitude
of sophistication deserves pity rather than blame.
Although he undoubtedly enjoys the pinnacle of
superiority on which he has placed himself, he Is
still a rather lonely figure because he has put him
self so far above mere friendships and the interests
of the proletariat. To relax for a moment and dis
play a sign of enthusiasm would be an unpardonable
weakness.
World-weary and self-sufficient this Individual
politely conceals his contempt for thos about him.
He very often tries to be democratic and to conde
scend to the level of others, but the effort Is more
obvious than any Impression of democracy. Unfor
tunately, his attitude of boredom eventually proves
to be contagious and he is obliged to assume a still
loftier superiority. In becoming more and more
bored he must finally either admit defeat or enter
into a comatose condition. Pity the sophisticated
person because be ha no future. He has exhausted
the pleasures of the world and hasn't a1 single thrill
awaiting him.
CHOOSINO ELECTIVE
"What shall I take next semester?"
Announcement has been made that registration
."or resident students for the second semester of
this year will be held January 14 to 19. At tha
liiije student must map out their couses of study
for the remainder of th school year.
For some few sludeirts, such a task Is compara
tively simple. Their courses are outlined for them
In advance, with practically all of their school work
planned. The requirements take up most of the
time. Others do not have so many required subjects,
and must decide what elective will be best for them
The requlreemnts for a college degree are lin
portant But just as Important are the right kind
of electlves. Some courses do the student little good
for his eventual life work. Others will, help him
as much as the required courses.
For most of the students, electlves make up the
majority of school work during the last two years
at college. Students should pay particular attention
to the selection of elective courses. And most stu
dents will do well to give the question of what to
take next semester some thought over the Christmas
holidays, Instead of taking a course because It fits
In with the schedule or because it is supposed to
be a "pipe" course. ' ,
THE RAOGER: The student who stayed up late
this week may not have been waiting for Santa
Claus. He may have been working on that term
paper that Is due before the holidays.
Fraternity pledge buttons will be polished up
for the home folks to see during the Christmas
holidays.
New ties after Christmas
the wearer spent a night in
will not mean that
a fraternity house,
Not al fraternities and sororities have held their
Christmas parties yet. rue ten cent stores were
crowded with university students agfcln yesterday.
Some instructors will make assignments over
the Christmas holidays, and will expect students to
work on them.
OTHER STUDENTS SAY
COACHES AND SALARY
To the editor:
Inasmuch as I am a student at the University,
I am keenly Interested In the selection of a coach
for Nebraska's football squad next year. The dis
cuaslon that has been carried on In The Dally Ne
braskan and papers of the state has been followed,
and I gather that from all of It that some persons
are In favor of paying from 10,000 to 112.000 a year
for a coach.
Such an enormous sum is entirely out of pro
portion to the other salaries that are paid by the
university. I understand that the chancellor of this
institution rPCfTves about $12,000', and that the pay
for professors ranges about 15,000 or $5,500. To pay
$12,000 for a coach would put the others far In the
rear, showing that Nebraska probably does put foot
ball above' educational studies.
- It is my understanding that the large sum Is
to be offered to a coach with a reputation. But
will a reputation do the Job Condltfbna here, both
athletic and political, are different than those where
coaches with reputations come from. No new man
could accustom himself to these conditions the first
year.
Even if a man with a reputation as a football
coach were secured, surely he could not be expected
to do much his first year. It takes time to drill a
football team Into a system of play. And at the end
of the first year, when the coach with the reputation
had lost a game, what would the wolves say? The
coach with the reputation cannot guarantee a win
ning team, any more than can a good coach who is
not so well-known.
Would it be possible for Nebraska to secure a
good coach, with an ace-high reputation, for $10,000
or $12,000? I don't believe that Rockne, Wamer,
Wade, Zuppke, Yost, Jones, or any of the other rec
ognized coaches would even consider Nebraska for
that price. They are receiving that much or more
where they are, and they are satisfied. 'They would
surely think twice before coming to Nebraska, wb,lch
is commonly called "the coach's graveyard."
The great coaches, like Rockne, Zuppke, Yost,
and many others, did not start at any school for
such a salary as $12,000. They started the same
as other men, reasonably paid and were picked for
higher salaries because they showed exceptional
promise. Why should Nebraska pay such a sum
when even the greatest coach in the country could
not guarantee as much success here as he has had
elsewhere?
If a roach with a reputation is brought to Ne
braska and given a salary of $12,000 a year, and at
the end of two years, or whenever his contract is
fulfilled, and he has had very successful teams,
what will the school be forced to pay to get him
to stay here? A good coach can demand his own
salary, and if he were good, and started at $12,000,
he could easily Insist on much more for a renewal
of the contract.
It Is true that the University does not want
any experiments, but I believe that the committee
appointed by the athletic board, or the board mem
bers themselves are capable of picking a roan with
ability and who has shown ability, rather than pay
$10,000 or $12,000 for a reputation that may not turn
out the winning team that the supporters of Ne
braska seem to want. Ahletlcs are a good thing for
the university, and a good boost, but let's keep them
secondary to the real purpose of the institution, that
of education.
N. S. G.
BETWEEN THE LINES
By LaSelle Gilman
Those who are supposed to know
say that the academic atmosphere
is not conducive to creative writ
ing. That is, in the case of profes
sors and instructors and such. Stu
dents themselves do not enter into
this atmosphere with enough seri
ousness to be affected by it. Peo
ple are always saytnthat the pro
fessor buries himself in his worn
to such an extent that he can't dig
out long enough to write anything
eood. and when he does, it is gen
erally weighed down with techni
calities and results in dry reading,
His youthful urge to write is lost,
they say.
However true that may De, it
doesn't seem to work out in prac
tice: at least here. Dr. LeRosslg-
nol. dean of the College of Business
Administration, has recently pub
lished his "Beaunort Road," and for
amusing, readable material, it has
few eauals. It is sub-titled "Tales
of Old Quebec," and centers about
the quaint French people of that re
gion; their life, legends, and be
Her. Dr. T.eRnmilirnnl has a Pic
turesque power of description, and
the stories are marked by their
simple beauty of legendary form.
How crude to say that a professor,
and a professor of business admin
istration, cannot write creatively
and artistically. If the feeling and
the urge and the material and the
expression are there, a hod-carrier
or a Lord Chanrellor will write and
write well.
O'Brien's Yearbook of 1928, which
Is out now, contains several good
short stories, among which "The
Gardeen Angel," "John of God,"
The Water Carrier," "The First of
Mr. Blue," "Lady Wipers of
Ypres," "A Telephone Call" and
"The Jew" are the best. Some are
rather long, such as "John of God,"
Water Carrier," and others are ex
tremely short. "The Jew," for In
stance, only covers two pages, yet
the plot and the story and the char
acteristics of the Jew are woven in
brilliantly with swift, vivid lines.
The anthology of the book lists the
Prairie Schooner as one of the
Big Four," standing with Harper's,
Dial and Bookman, with 100 per
cent. This result Is derived from
the fact that during 1927 the
Schooner published thirteen stories
and all were given asterisks of es
pecial merit. Thus, the Schooner
is rising in the world.
see
More than once has an author
found himself in the bewildering
position of possessing fame without
the means thereof. Not the pecu-
lary means; but the driving force
that caused him or her to write the
best seller. Some people, driven by
desperation, have suddenly and
surprisingly written something
good; it is published and repub
lished and lauded and praised and
great things are expected of the
author. But the writer has lost all
fervor and can't go on. He or she
still may sell the stories, but they
Townitnd portrait photographer-Ad
are Jar below par and only sell on
the author's name. Any day In the
week you hifey open some popular
magazine and read a story that Is
utter drivel but the name Is fa
miliar. Edna Ferber is a beautiful
example. Oh, it must be an easy
life, to be famous.
There Is a man called Joseph
Moncure March who wrote a book
of "poetry" called "The Set-Up." It
is selling In the fourth edition.
Well, perhaps it Is poetry. Who
knows? March has a power of de
scription that is to be envied,
strong, clear-cut, vascular phrases
but poetry? Consider this:
Behind the bar,
Herman:
Pompous,
German.
Huge:
An ox:
Six foot four in his socks.
Square head:
Face red,
Pitted with small-pox.
Lumpy nose.
Under it curled
A black moustache with the ends
twirled,
And down on his damp forehead
sat
One black curl
Pasted flat.
Why not attempt to plagiarize, In
conclusion?
A student stared at what he saw:
Words, phrases.
Stared In awe;
The lines kissed
A Journalist
And made him
Sick
To his
Stummick.
(That's ray
Weakness now.
And how.)
day rate for roast chicken was s
quarter, chicken a la king beingia
dime. ,
In the line of. wearing apparel,
the well dressed man could pur
chase a good suit for $10. An over
coat was $7. The freshman paid
but 35 cents for his green lid. The
tonsorial rates were also much
cheaper than at present. A shave
and a haircut cost two bits; and a
shampoo only 15 cents additional.
the best marcels
are at
Thompson Beauty
Parlor
B-2796 219 No. 12th
A Little Money
Brought Luxury
In Days of 1910
Syracuse. N. Y. (IP) With
$1.75 a week, the Syracuse student
of fifteen years ago could live In
luxury, according to statistics com
piled in those days before the war.
Those were the days when Hill
students could swagger into a lunch
wagon near the campus and par
take of a small steak for five cents
and finish his meal with a dish of
ice cream for three cents a throw.
At that time if a student was
flush, he could order a porterhouse
steak for 20 cents. A special Sun-
SJOGREN GETS YEAR
LEAVE FROM REGENTS
Continued from Paare 1.
him into various parts of the
United States and Canada.
Professor SJogifln came to the
University of Nebraska as profes
sor of Agricultural Engineering In
1909. He has been the chairman
of that department sin o 1920.
COMMITTEE FOR JUNIOR
SENIOR PROM NAMED
Continued from Pae 1.
mlttee, consisting of six men and
six women from the Junior class,
one fourth student council members
of the Junior class being eligible
There shall not be more than
one person from any one sorority
or fraternity, , and non-fraternity
people are eligible and desirable
The committee of twelve Bh'aii
determine the Joint chairmanships
-"""'"-"- ""j miu one girl
of at least five major committees'
sub-committees being appointed if
necessary.
It was also recommended that
the general chairmanship, consist
ing of one boy and one girl from
the commute- of' twelve, be sd
pointed by the general Prom com.
mlttee itself. n
The president of the Junior clan,
shall have the privilege of taking
an active part Jn all ger-eral com.
mlttee meetings with power to
vote.
Worth While Gifts
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TOILET WATER SETS
CIGARS CANDY
RECTOR'S
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C1ANERSANDIW1IRS
SIDEWALKS
The sidewalks of the University of Nebraska
are a disgrace to the school and state. Few of us
have stopped to notice it, but the sidewalks on this
campus are far below those of other schools and
are even worse than most of the walks in Lincoln.
In warm weather or cold weather, so long as
the campus is dry, we need little or no sidewalk
Toom. Students can trek across the drill field and
still keep their shoes in a fairly presentable con
dition. But when wet weather comes there is a differ
ent story. The sidewalks. In the first place, are not
large enough to carry the full quota of students
who must walk from class to class and back again.
The sidewalks that we have seem to hold more
water than the gutters. "Splash, splash," and so
on, we hear students coming down Twelfth street
to Social Sciences.
Trivial, perhaps, this question of good sidewalks,
but Just notice on some rainy day the dlUicultles
that students have in getting from one part of the
campus to aoother. The drill field which, In dry
weather, Is traversed by thousands of students, be
comes a sea of mud and water in wet weather.
Students resort to the sidewalks.
This great university, which has one of the
greatest football teams in the country, has sidewalks
that are of little practical value in wi-t veather.
Too bad, isn't It? Yet, with all the plans for a greater
campus, little is said about rebuilding or adding new
sidewalks to the campus. While the discussion of
greater athletics, new buildings, etc., goes on, stu
dents are forced to wade through the mud and
slush when going from one cla-n to another.
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Silk
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Guarantee Every
Purchase.
Your Money's Worth or
Your Money Back.
' PAIRS'
To
"She Likes
Magee'8 Stockings,
so that's my
weakness now!''
is a paraphase
many a man
could truthfully sing.
See Corner Window.
Cash Selling Saves.
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Men's Fancy Hose, 23c
33c, 45c, 89c, D5c.
Plain Color Hose, 25c,
35c, 45c, 75c.
Flannel Oowns, 95c,
$1-45, $1.85, $2.45. -
Lumberjacks, V? off,
now $2, $2.50, $3.
Sweaters, V2 off, now
$1.50, $2 up to $6.
Other Sweaters, $4.45
to $8.50.
Suede Leather Jackets,
$13.45, $14.05.
Black Leather Coats,
$11.95.
Men's Buckskin Coats,
$4.95. "
Men's Mackinaw Lum
berjacks, $5.95. ,
Men's Robes, $3.95,
$4.45, $6.45, $9.95.
Lounging Robes, $9.95,
$12.95.
Wool Hose, 45c, 75c, $1,
$1.50.
Flannel Pajamas, $1.45,
$1.85, $2.45.
Men's Muslin Oowns,
95c, $1.25.
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iMlMl 1 1 See Corner Window.
vW&PvM 1 1 Cash Selling Saves.
WHY OenTSX ;'TV 'L. -j
2adras Pajamas, $1.45,
$1.85.
Broadoloth Pajamas,
$1.85, $2.45.
Union Suits, 95c to
$6.50.
Dress Gloves, $1 to $$5.
Men's Belts, 45o and
95c.
Combination Belt Sets,
$1, H-85.
Suspenders, 60c, 95c,
$1.50.
Silk Handkerchief,
50c, 95c.
Men's Cotton Handker
chiefs, 10c, 15o.
Linen Handkerchiefs,
25c, 50c.
Garter and Hose set,
95c, $1.45.
Handkerchief and Tie
Seta, $1.95.
Silk MuffleTt, E5c,
$1.45, $1.95, $2.85.
Flannel Shirts, $1.05 to
$4.95.
Dress Shirts, $1, $1.45,
$2.45, ft3.45.
AT LOWEST-IN-THE-CITY PRICES
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