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The Daily Nebraskan
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AN EASY CHANGE
Grades, the only recorded record of a student's
work for the semester, will be the focus point of
interest again In less than a month. Professors will
be besieged by students Interested In learning their
marks. Students will be driven to desperation by
failure to find out their standing for the semester.
Certain difficulties will always He in the handl
ing of the 'grade situation. Many professors will
always hold that it Is an evil rather than a value,
even though admitting that it is perhaps a neces
sary evil. No system of averaging will ever Insure
entirely accurate grading. But, without undue ad
dition of red tape, some Improvements can be made
a the present handling of grades at the close of
a semester.
As long as grades are part of the University
system, students are entitled to know what they
made. A few professors post the marks of their
students. Some teachers give grades to those who
can find them to raise the question of semester
standing. A few refuse to give out grades, forcing
students to wait a month or more when the official
grade cards are mailed from the registrar's office.
All of these groups are constantly bothered by stu
dents anxious to learn their grades.
e a e
If these difficulties for both students and in
structors were necessary, it would be bad enough.
But these troubles are not. A slight change in the
procedure would enable every student to learn hla
grade as soon as the marks in that class had been
determined, and free teachers from a steady stream
of inquirers. To accomplish this end, The Dally
Nebraskan proposes the following plan: ,
1. All examination papers when handed In will
be numbered. The professor has the student's name
and number on the examination paper. The student
can readily remember his number for each course.'
2. As soon as the papers are graded and the
semester grade determined, each Instructor will be
required to post a list of the, grades for his clas3
using the examination numbers to let each indi
vidual find ti'.a grade without revealing it to.others.
3. Previous to the posting of the grades, it
will be understood that there would be no use ask
ing for information as the grades wouldn't be rendy.
Such a plan Is neither original nor unique. It a
working successfully in other institutions. It would
relieve many unpleasant difficulties of the present
tack of system.
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, )2J
lty or any of the multitude of other virtues with
which colleges used to be so concerned, Mr. DeVoto
declares emphatically. In other words the he-man
of the campus Is viewed by DeVoto as void of ap
preciation for anything except what has to do with
his chosen taslness or profession.
But that chlo and alluring bit of feminity the
co-ed: Ah, it is she and only she who Is under
scored favorably in Mr. DeVoto's student directory.
At first, he suys, he didn't think they (the co-eds)
were In university for any other purpose than to
catch a husband not a resident of the home town.
He changed his ideas quickly, however, and now
finds them the torchbearers who will carry aloft
the light of liberal education.
He claims It Is they who are the most receptive
to new ideas, the most free from emotional bias,
the most Insistent for a logical demonstration be
fore accepting a truth, the most skoptlcal of fads,
the first to throw by the boards the yoke of tradi
tion. In short Mr. DeVoto Is disposed to believe
that the co-eds, described In his own words aa
"those irresponsible and over-dressed young nit
wits," who alone can save the colleges from the
prevalent idea of mass-production and salesmanship.
Mr. DeVoto's concepts of the co-ed and ner m.
admirer are enlightening. How much truth there
Is In his Ideas Is hardly possible to estimate. It is
fine, though, that he is such a staunch supporter
of the co-ed; She needs him. There are so many
gray heads a wagging today who see little of value
to be found under the bobbed or "growing out"
hairs of the powdered and pampered females who
dart hither and thither about the campus, that his
opinion Is refreshing, and it Is hoped, correct. But
It Is unfortunate that he couldn't see anything
worthwhile In the other portion of America's much
maligned youth.
RELIGION ON
THE CAMPUS
BY HOWARD ROWLAND
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THE RAGGER: After thinking before vacation
that maybe the University was going to Install some
sidewalks across the drill field, It was nn awful
blow to return and flrd that It was Just an addition
to the heating system.
College alumni have come In for no little criti
cism In magaslnes and the public press in recent
years. A sample of the kind of alumni action that
doesn't often attract such discussion occupied space
In The Nebraskan yesterday. The three donors of
gifts to the University announced yesterday were
all alumni of the institution.
There's many a slip twlxt Social Sciences and
the Armory since the recent snow.
Perhaps it is true that some students labor
through an entire school year Just to be around
when the picnic season starts.
Boarding, fraternity, and sorority houses will
start the new year with art displays. Calendars
almost Justify themselves with pictures.
New Year resolutions not to make any bonu
heads were in order after the California-Georgia
Tech game.
"Crash!" he cried when asked how he woull
attend the most fashionable formals.
OTHER STUDENTS SAY
THE FUTURE
What is the present generation dreaming into
the future of Nebraska? This question comes to
mind after reading excerpts from Mrs. Bess Streeter
Aldrlch's "A Lantern In Her Hand," as published
in an editorial in Tuesday's Nebraskan.
Dreams of the present undoubtedly play a big
part in the developments of the future. The dreams
and visions of the pioneers of this state are being
realized in present day developments. . And the
future bids fair to be a repetition of this process.
At the Tuesday "afternoon meeting of the Ne
braska State Farm Bureau federation, as part of
the program of organized agriculture, visions of the
future were expressed In terms cf present and near
future achievement. The redistricUng of counties,
and the union of small rural school districts, to
piovide better rural schools at less cost, was pre
sented as a workable plan for the future. This
dream will probably be realized in the course of a
few years.
But how about the day dreams of the average
college student? The tendency seems to be that
these dreams and vlHlons are of a personal nature.
They visualize the student himself as a man of
prominence, a man of wealth and a man of power.
This sort of dream Is only natural for any
normal young man or woman. The urge for per
sonal achievement Is strong in any of us. And the
man who has visions of an influential future for
himself is laying the fundamental foundation for
the future welfare of society. Individual men can
not prosper, as individuals or as groups, without
some Kood resulting to society.
Realization will soon come to the man who
seeks personal aggrandizement, that his welfare Is
contained in the welfare of the community. This
realization will change his dreams from those of a
strictly personal nature to dreams including his
fellowmen and his political state. These dreams
have always been dreamed, and the results are now
hinir Rchieved. Such dreams are still being
dreamed, and the result will be progress. K. L,
8PIRIT AGAIN v
The king of winter sports at Nebraska has
made its bow. The men fighting for the University
to bring it recognition through Its basketball team
have had their first bit of competition tor tne year,
This is one of the most Interesting games on
the lists. It is not only exciting for the players
but for the spectators as well, and it Is not unusual
to see both groups let their spirit get the best of
them. This leads to an unsportsmanlike attitude,
More than ever if it is the spectator who forgets
himself. It Is not intentional of course but the ef
fect is the same. Many a team has been given a
bad reputation by spectators who have refrained
from controlling themselves.
" In the Big Ten conference the students have
THE CO-ED 8AVIOR Dledned themselves to accept the decisions of the
The sparkling co-ed with her shiny silk stock- eferees without the not uncommon hisses and boos
OLD AGE AND 8PORTS
Old "age does not prove the popularity of a
aport. Both football and basketball are fairly mod
ern creations. Track, glossed over with modern
word nomenclature, was a Greek pastime. Wrestling
is a descendent of Homeric times.
The indoor track season for Nebraska opened
yesterday beneath the east stadium stands, and
wrestlers have been thumping around on the mats
In the Coliseum since pre-holiday days. The season
onens for the Nebraska wreBtlers, Saturday, with a
niktch with the University of Indiana.
Just aa football captured almost every ray
from the sport spotlight but a few weeks ago, so
will basketball bid for that part of the stage that
gets the glare from that same spotlight. And it is
not a rank speculation to forecast the monopoly of
the second major sport at Nebraska beginning Sat
urd.y night with the Missouri basketball game.
But the Intensity of the rays from that sport
i spotlight does not determine the benefit and the
significance of a sport for the individual participant.
Track, indoors, and wrestling find Justification upon
the grounds of this premise. Skill and perfection
in these two lines of physical activity are more
nearly traceable to the perfect physique than any
of the sports that have been the products of recent
times. The appreciation and devotion of the
Athenians of old for the annual games, and for
physical strength and beauty, strengthen this con
tention. Regular candidates for the mat team so far
this season total but slightly over a dozen. Coach
Sc'hulte Is expecting a turn-out of more than two
hundred men for indoor track. In the eyes of a
following of students, and in the eyes of a sport
minded public, wrestling and track are dwarfed.
The competition, the conflict, is not appreciated to
the extent that the activities merit.
Different individuals hear the calling of differ
ent sports, and the value of thoee sportB Is present
regardless of the supporters who fall in line behind
the ballyhoo;
CREEDS AND TOLERANCE
The greatest need In religion to
day .is tolerance.
At no time In the world's history
have we had more creeds, sects
and differing religious bodies than
today. The birth and growth of a
creed or sect is a natural soclul
process. It Is the logical result of
a tremendous growth of the human
community.
The student In biology takes as
commonplace his Mudles in natural
variation, but does not apply these
fundamental life principles in at
tempting to explain the "Isms in
the religious grouping of man.
Tolerance must accompany sec
tarianism. It does not imply unl
fornltv. Tolerance Implies great
variation. In fact variation is a
first essential to tolerance.
need of religion to
day Is not ii united church. Too
often plan for church unity have
their roots in inioiemi.ee.
According to Charl.33 Sears Bald
win, "Ho who doen tot differ or
who doos hot care should not be
called tolerant . . .Intolerance has
no higher vlBlon than uniformity,
and has never attained even that.
Tolerance sees something better
than the reduction of men to a
common denominator. It nmkf
common cause among men of dif
fering views because goodwill
must begin in free will." "The
Commonweal," November 21, 108.
The church of today needs toler
ance more than ever before. How
ever, tolerance is not the end of
religion. Truth is the ultimate.
Tolerance will lead to truth
through growth by the sharing of
personal and cultural heritages.
Intolerance is competitive con
flict. ,
Tolerance is sympathetic co
operation. Botanists Keep
Hot in Tropical
Winter Hangout
"In the spring a young man's
fancy lightly turns to thoughts of
no, not love, but flowers and
green growing things. In weather
like this what could be more satis
fying than a stroll through the cam
pus greenhouse. Didn't know there
was one? And don't know Mr.
Snlthers? Better get acquainted.
The greenhouse, by the way, is a
laboratory for experiment by stu
dents of botany. In one room, Doc
tor Weaver and members of his
classes conduct interesting experi
ments with sunflowers, balsams,
wheat and beans. In another, Doc
tor Hlmmel and Doctor Brunner do
experimental work. Testa are
made with the soil, temperature
and cultivation. The study of ecol
ogy Is pursued In the west house.
Plants, a multitude of them, are
found in the greenhouse, ranging
from the (strongest tropical palm to
our vagabond of flowers, the dande
lion. Thf palm room is filled with
a variety of strange and beautiful
palms, soini' large and fanlike, tall
and outspreudlng, suggesting Egyp
tian Inoons and hot sand, fsumor
ous cactus plants are also culti
vated. Odp Interesting variety Is
called The Old .Man because of Its
growth of white hair as it ages.
The century plants, an orange tree,
rubber plants, croton plants, fig
trees and glorious ferns are abun
dant In the greenhouse.
Beautiful trailing vines are re
miniscent of other lands bucIi as
the Cadena de Amour which is a
native of the Philippine islands.
The Bougain Villa Is another plant
with delicate flowers.
One finds the attractive little
plant Coleus with its red and green
leaves, wide and heart shaped, the
dainty orchid,' and the Begonls
with Its strange purplish cast, the
dragon plant, and the Norfolk Is
land pine.
And last of all, a pool dark with
moss, and brightened by the splash
of goldfish. And In one unknown
corner, a Bleeping frog.
DAIRY STUDENTS PLAN
TO AVERT FAMINE
Continued from Pace 1.
salad, apples, coffee, malted milk,
doughnuts, pie and ice cream will
be Included in the menu. The line
will be open at 11:30 o'clock and
it Is expected that more than 300
plates will be served by 1 o'clock.
Dwlght Anderson, George Pow
ell and Frank Sampson will be in
charge of the cafeteria one day
R. S. Phillips Conducts Show
Of Products To Display
Modern Usages
A cement school, under the aus
pices of the Portland Cement as
sociation, was held in the Mechan
ical Engineering building, room
206, on the evenings of January. 7
and 8. The program was made up
of a short course In design and
control of concrete mixtures.
R, S. Phillips, an experienced
field representative from the re
search laboratory of the Portland
Cement association at Chicago,
conducted the work which la based
on present standard practice of the
engineering profession.
The first session began at 7:30
o'clook January 7. Some of the in
teresting topics taken up and dis
cussed were: Requirements of good
concrete, fundameutal water-cement
ration law, elements of de
slim of concrete mixtures, water-
cement ratio speclflcatloai, trial
method of designing mixture, cal
culation of yield by absolute vol
umes, bulking of aggregate.
Durlna the second session ontue
evening of January 8 the following
subjects were taken up: Control
of concrete In the field, effect of
factors other than proportioning
on quality of concrete in struc
tures. hl:h early strength concrete,
display of available publications.
ings. abbreviated dresses and big baby-blue eyes
so often contemptuously railed for these modernistic
developments has found champion in Bernard
DeVoto, writer on topical subjects and professor In
an eastern co-educational university. In a recent
issue of Harper's magazine Mr. DeVoto deplcta her
aa the hope of liberal education.
On the other hand he seen the male populace
of co-educational colleges as present only to get
through the prerequisites of a professional or busi
ness school. In either case, according to. the co-ed
defender, be Is intolerant to all flapdoodle what
aoever that does not contribute d'rectly to his voct
tional training.
He finds nvi time !o waste on wisdom, knowl-
that usually accompany the unsatlsfactorr decisions
of the officials. This Is a big thing and it would
be advisable If more student bodies would take the
same attitude.
Nebraska students have not been unfair in their
attitude very many times, but last year there were
several games where they seemed to let their emo
tions get the best of them. The officials understand
the thlnas they are supposed to notice. They are
better situated to observe the actions of the con
testants and their Judgments should beN accepted
as fair.
The students of Nebraska should make a name
for themselves by keeping a sportsmanlike attitude
at all times. Let everyone pledge good clean
each. Glen Hedlund, winner or
dairy Judging honors at Waterloo,
has been in charge of posting signs
and arranging the necessary equip
ment for putting over the under
taking. Howard Alexander lettered
the Blgns. Raymond Nixon will be
crier, using his vocal powers to In
crease the crowd.
The meetlnKS of organized agri
culture draw large numbers of ag
ricultural people every year. Or
ganizations representing all phases
of agriculture hold their annual
meeting at the College of Agricul
ture each year. These are open to
all who are Interested. Authorita
tive speakers appear on the program.
PLAYERS CHOOSE FOURTH
SHOW OF SEASON
Continued from Pass 1.
found Its basis In Shaw's comedy,
"Arms and the Man." Presented by
the New York Theater guild, it en
Joyed success which regularly
marks plays by George Bernard
Shaw.
The cast as selected by Univer
sity Players has not yet been an
nounced, but will appear in a later
issue of The Dally Nebraskan.
Tickets will go on sale immediately
according to Mr. Lerner, and may
be procured at the University Play
ers' office In the Temple for se
entv-flve cents each. Saturday mat
inee tickets will be sold for fifty
cents.
TOLSTOY GIVES STORY
OF FATHER'S LIFE
Continued from I's 1,
new conditions that this upheaval
brought about.
'I was very mucn aisappomiea.
declared the count. "I looked for
freedom, but what freedom mere
had turned to anarchy. Today,
twelve years later, in looking back
upon what Bolshevism nas aoue, i
nan onlv see that they have suc
ceeded in destroying KuBsia. There
is more unemployment than mere
ever was before. The whole coun
try is financially bankrupt and all
taxes are tern Die.
Prefers Father's Btory
"T m absolutely sure, however.
that this state of affairs cannot go
on forever. Bolshevism must i
way to a democratic form of govern
ment, in spite 01 mis lemmo
son. Russia still survives, it wm
probably take her about ten years
more to recover, but at the end of
that time I hope she will again
take her place with the other civil
ized nations of the world."
Tolstoy began the tale of the lire
of his father by saying that he
would rather tell that story than
the one of Bolshevism, for he could
speak with love of his father while
he could not of the political move
file told some of the peculiarities
of his father as a child to show that
he had always had the courage of
his own convlotlons, and that even
then he had been the possessor of
a brilliant imagination. Among
other things, he told the story of
how the elder Tolstoy had once
conceived the idea of being able to
fly, trying out his idea by JmPnS
from the roof of a high building,
with rather disastrous results.
As a student, Leo, Tolstoy, upon
the confession of bis son, was any
thing but a success. "Some of his
grades could have been no worse,
declared the count. "Once, an in
structor made a notation upon one
of hla examination papers to the
effect that he was especially weak
In the Russian language and In Rus
sian literature." After trying two
or three different universities, the
elder Tolstoy finally left school
without having secured his diploma.
Translations Are Inadequate
"My mother was always my fa
ther's secretary," continued the
oount, "and such a task as she did
have. My father had the habit of
writing between the lines and in
the corners of his paper until some
times not even he himself could de
cipher what-he had written. My
mother recopled Anna Karenlna
from beginning to end eight times
and some of the chapters many
more times.
"I am sorry that you have to read
the writings of my father In Eng
lish because the translations are
not good and you lose much of the
beauty of the words upon which
my father spent so much time."
Father Accapta Belief
The first fifteen years of hla fa
ther's married life were filled with
untrammeled happiness, declared
the count. It was not until Leo
Tolstoy reached the age of fifty
years that the moral struggle which
dominated the later years of his
life began. Then he turned hla at
tention to thoughts of death and
God. He sought relief from this
problem, first, in the. Russian
church, but found there only super
stition and hypocrisy. He turned
from the church forever and was
very despondent for many months.
Finally, however, he found in the
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simple philosophy of the Russian
peasantry that which he was seek
ing He accepted as his own belief
the'conceptlon of God as Love, held
by these primitive Working people,
irnd it Is this thought, said Count
Ilya, that Influenced all the later
works of his father.
"The world today," concluded the
count, "Is trying to find a method
of avoiding war in the future. My
father gave an answer to that prob
lem. It is the same one that Christ
gave. It is simply this: "Do not
fight. And if you are compelled to
choose botween the laws of govern
ment and God, always put the dic
tates of God above those of man.''
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