JL WO WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16. 1929 THE DAILY NEBRASKAN The Daily Nebraskan Station A, Lincoln, Nebraska OFFICIAL PUBLICATION UNIVBRSITV Or NEBRASKA Unfar direction of tha Student Publication Beard TWENTY. EIQHTM YEAR Publlahad Tuesday, Wednesday, Thuraday, Friday, and Sunday mornlnge during, tha aeadamlc year. Editorial Office Unlverelty Hall 4, . uelneee Office University Hall 4A. Offfce Hsure Editorial Waff, 3:00 to :00 axcapt Friday nd Sunday. Business Steffi afternoons axcapt Friday and Sunday. Telephone Editorial! B-1, No. 1j Business: U1, No, TTl Nlaht SMU. ' Entarod aa eeeend-claje matter at tha peetefflce In ' Lln6ln, Nstraaks. under act of Cn gross, March , Hfi. , nd at special rata of paataaa provided for In ontlan ' 1103, et af October t, 1117, autherlaed January SO, 1t22. SUBSCRIPTION RATS L5L,1 Slnflo Capy S canta S1J5 a aamaatar dinner. Fairly or unfairly, the Instructional force id likely to view athletic coaches with suspicion. Mr. Bible's remarks were so thoroughly appreciated by faculty members that continued requests (or publication of his remarks have come to The Ne braskan office. His analysis gives an insight Into the views and nature of the man who is next fall to direct Nebraska's football fortunes. Students In terested in either football or education (and who Is not interested In at least one!) should find his discussion bo h interesting and illuminating. RELIGION ON THE CAMPUS BY HOWARD ROWLAND THE RAGGER: This week is registration week, Students will register everything from English to anguish. Conversations between "students" looking over tha registration catalogue would Indicate that all pipes are not smoked. WHACK THE GRADES Grades have received more than their usual airing through the columns of The Daily Nebraskan during the past week. A general willingness on the part of the institution's instructors to follow the suggestion of posting grades at the elose of the semester has been indicated In daily interviews with members of the faculty. The closing interviews are published today. Ir. F. H. Fling strikes a keynote worth attention in today's interviews when he expresses the belief that there Is too much emphasis laid on grades. Ills contention that a student knows whether he is doing good work by what he is getting out of the course, is fundamentally sound. His general opposition to the grade system, shared alike by many professors and students, has strong support ing arguments. The fact remains that grades are an integral part of the present mats-scale educational system. They are not likely to be removed. The more at tention students give to their serious efforts to master a subject, the lets attention to the mark tbelr work receives, the stronger will be the educa tional product of the school. The fact remains that as long ss grades are t given, students are going to be Interested in them. More, students can derive some benefits from know ing how others evaluate their work. The more quickly students learn their grade at the dote of the semester, the less emphasis grades will receive. The Nebraskan reiterates its belief In the funda mental right of students to be Informed ss to tbelr standing as sooa as possible sfter the completion of their work. As has been Indicated in the interviews during the past week, many instructors already post their grades. Others have Indicated a willlagss to do so. There srs instructors on the campus who abso lutely refuse to give students this ln&vniatlos to which they sre so legitimately entitled. It is to protect the Interests of these students that The Nebraskan asks the University Senate to require release of grades as soon as they are completed. Only by such compulsion can students be given the right which Is denied them by the few professors who have been unwilling to cooperate with student Interest by supplying grade Information. FOOTBALL AND EDUCATION i'c-otbU and education have often been said ee&HJet. Many are those who bave felt that o-S'Mhini of that nature was causing grating noUei la Cort;!:ur.1ir4om from tlms te time, hoth those :.' fi.o ttd IHoet h don't can find somethiBg of i; ' : In i be sr.a-Sytsis f tb relation of football to ! r?e-'t:': mA by Coach D. X. Bible and : i it '-'i-r' rVr-mkss. ' ! '' -V F.'Mjy evening at a faculty MUNRO KEZESJ EDITOR-IN-CHIEF MANAGING EDITORS -n Hammond Maurice W. Kenkal NEWS EDITOR W. Joyce Ayre Lyman Caaa Jtck Elliott Paul Nal.cn Cliff r. SaMahl Dauflaa Tlmmerman ASSISTANT NEWS EDITORS Varnan Katrine. William T, McCloory Batty Thornton CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Cliff F. Bandahl j Hunt William McClaery Robert Lalng Eugene Rabb MILTON McORBW..... BUSINESS MANAGER ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGERS William Ktarna Marahall Fitter Richard Rlcfcetta SUMMONS TO ACTION Summons to a meeting Thursday of the Inter fraternity council were Issued to fraternities Mon day at the beginning of preparation for adequate handling of probation week. It Is the first step of several necessary actions to protect both the frat ernity system and the University. Faculty aid to the Interfraternity council this year has been woefully Inadequate. No meetings bave been called. No attempt has been made to organic the council's work. It has been utterly and completely impotent as far as any accom plishments are concerned. With the calling of Thursday's meeting, faculty responsibility does not end. But it does mark the beginning of an opportunity for strong fraternity leaders to work for Improvements in the Greek letter system. Discussion of probation week is vital to an understanding of the problem. The Interfrat ernity council needs on its rolls as fraternity rep resentatives thinking students willing to analyse openly the probation problem. Representatives on tjie council should go to the Thursday meeting pre pared to atture themtelves that the time set for probation is satisfactory, to change it If it is not. to see that probation regulations are adequate to protect fraternities from unjust criticism, and that reasonable enforcement measures will insure meet ing of the council's standards where cooperation falls down. Alms of the Interfraternity council need to be carried to the general fraternity memberships. Their attitude needs to be returned to the Interfraternity council. The Interfraternity council can well afford to meet each week from now until probation to in sure sn adequate understanding of rules and diffi culties. This transfer of Ideas from Interfraternity council to fraternities and back la no less Important on a myriad of other matters of fraternity interest than it Is concerning probation, it Is most regret table that to date this school year, tlie Interfrater nity council has failed to utilise Its opportunity for constructive cooperation among fraternities for their betterment which mutt always mean, the better ment of the University. It is not too late for the Interfraternity council to take an active lease on life and to work on some of the major fraternity interests. To do so will re quire the serious and hearty efforts and cooperation of the faculty members, alumni members, and stu dent members of the council. The one sure sign of spring the Cornhusker has started calling for photographs. It is now getting about that time of year when one fellow opens windows and a second fellow closes them after freezing for a few minutes. When it comes to taking about the Coliseum floor? hard knocks, how One big event which never rates a headline final examinations: And it came about that there was a certain student who dwelleth in the land of the corn and the wheat and the potato and the cow and the Kord. And this student had an ex ceedingly high I. Q. And bis intel ligence was of a delight to all bis teachers. Now it came to pass one day that this student confronted an old and bearded sage and unto him the sage sayeth, "Thou art a student?" And of reply the student countered "lilghlly you have spoken."- "Student." sayeth the sage, "what knowest thou of God?" "Ond.: answereth the student, "Is a higher power than man. Of this higher power I have not had expe rience." "Go." directed he sage, "do good unto your fellow men. Then thou shalt experience God." OTHER STUDENTS SAY A STUDENT ACTIVITIES FUND Tuesday's issue of The Daily Nebraskan car ried an article concerning a blanket tax to ralge money for expenses arising in student activities. The writer has struck something that has long been lacking on the Nebraska campus some fund to take care of various student expenses that necessarily arise during the school year. A good point is made In the article, when the writer mentions that a blanket tax would do away with drives that are put on throughout the year. The drive to send the band to West Folnt last fall is a splendid example. It should not be necessary for any organization to appeal to the students and friends of the University for funds with which to carry out such work. A small tax, levied at the opening of the year, would have taken care of the money for the band, and it would have apportioned the cost among all of the students. j The baud trip Is but one of many like situa tions that arise during the school year. Sending representatives to the recent meeting of the Na tional Federation of Student Councils is another example. And so on, there are many throughout the school year. If students will only realize that the paying of a small levy, at the beginning of each semester would eliminate them from bother throughout the year, they would be glad to pay the fifty cents or dollar that would be necessary. It would amount to many times lets than the money students pay out during the year because of the various drives. The way to save money is through organiza tion. And if the student activity expenses were organized under one head, and a fund created by a general levy on the students, the University would be aiding the students to save money. K. W. M. OTHER EDITORS SAY , COLLEGE AND SUCCESS By Charles W. Lawrence Editor, Intercollegiate Presii In a recently published brief editorial, Bruce Barton tells of asking a prominent scientist-business man what he got from his college education that he considered most important. The reply, accord ing to Birton, was that the scientist considered most important the ideas received from two speak ers on the college chapel platform. Those two ideas, he said, changed the entire course of his life, and to them he attributed all of his success in life. If fi Interesting fact that chance plays a great part in the destinies of men, and It Is one of ... . -tfuiu g to college Is of more Im portance than just staying at borne and reading books as some would have us believe Is possible and advisable. Some time ago I talked with an English pro fessor in the college from which Dr. Robert A. M1I likan graduated. According to his story, MllUkan came to college with no idea what he wanted to do la life. When It came time far him to choose bis major study, he approached this professor, and asked his advice. "If I were you," the professor claims to hare advised him, "I would major in that subject of which I know the least" The Idea appealed to Mllllktn, and while he bad been taking most of his work in English up to that time, he decided to major in physics, a subject which he had never studied in college. The result is well known. MIHlkan Is surpassed by none In the scientific world today, and is the poisettor of a Nobel prize In phytict for his isolation of the ion. A friend who Is now high in the world of fi nance tells of the manner in which chance has played Into bis hands. In prep school, he says, bo had a teaeber of French, who used to take up a half period now and then simply talking to the boys about interesting things In generaj the war, Ein stein, or whatnot, nothing to do with the subject. He so impressed my friend that the youth deter mined to go to the same college from which his teacher graduated. At that college he came in con tact with the professor who later recommended him for the position which lead to his present mag nificent job. . Chance, to be sure, has Its place in ordering our lives. But chance alone will not render us successful. We must have the will back of it to do something, an1 the ability to carry things through to the finish. The youth who goes through bis college years searching for a lucky break usually doesn't recognize the break when It arrives. It Is probably true that not until many years later will be fully realize that it was chance which en tered into his success if he was successful. And he will know that without hard work he would have filled In spite of the opportunities which knocked at bis aormitory door. We have a way Is college of sueerlng at the stories In the "success" magazines, and It Is true that too many of them on sn empty stomach pro vide plenty of Indigestion. It Is no use going about wishing always to be someone else a feeling which too muen reading of such material Is likely to bring about However, there is much valuable Inspira tion to be gained from such reading, even for the college bey or girl te wbom tbe pecuniary advan tages of life are not apparent. BIBLE CHOOSES 1929 . COACHING STAFF Continued from Page 1. It does not interfere with his other usual duties and activities," Coach Bible explained Tuesday. Kd Weir, all-American tackle Is the other new addition to the Cornhusker coaching staff. He has twice captained the Nebraska football teams and was selected for the all-American tackle posi tion during his Junior and senior years at Nebraska. Weir will coach the ends on . the Husker squad and although be played tackle during his football days wearing tbe Scarlet, there was a belief by many grid critics that his natural position was ended. Upon joining the professional football ranks. Weir played an end position and for the past two seasons was end and manager of the Frankford Yellow-Jackets, one of the leaders in 'pro' football circles. Weir replaces Leo Scherer, an other former Cornhusker player. Athletic Director H. D. Glsh In commenting on Weir's addition to the coaching ranks, stated he would also be assistant In track. the selection being In line with the university policy of building up a staff of full time coaches. Regret Seherer'e Leave Scherer has given us valuable service during tbe past football seasons," stated Glsh, "and we re gret to lose him, but his business duties "are such that he does not care to accept a full-time assign ment with the university coaching staff." Tbe former Nebraska cap tain will assume bis coaching du ties at once, assisting: with track work until spring: football opens. "Choppy" Rhodes has been named head freshman football coach. He will head up the fresh man program, being assisted by Capt. R. G. Lehman, former Washington and Jefferson player who was- assistant with the year lings the past season. Rhodes also will be delegated to keep books on the scholastic wyk of the frosh squad. "Choppy" made good at that ta;l. during the fall of 1927 w-hen a record Kroup of froeh were eligible for numeral awards at the close of the season. Charley Black, head basketball coach, who has served as fresh man coach during 1928. wJH be used as gene:? I assistant with the varsity reserves and freshman kickers. He will give as much time to this work as his basketball duties will permit. IS FOOTBALL EDUCATIONAL CaUwad froa 1. fetsion, and we may therefore hope to tee them lessen with time. But the irregular and sponta neous growth of college football (outside the curriculum) has alto given this activity at least one poil tive virtue one great advantage over other departments of educa tion. Whatever you gentlemen of tbe faculty may think of the edu cational value of football, you can certainly not deny the genuineness and vigor of tbe students' enthusi asm for it. Tbe football coach has at bis command an Inexhaustible fountain of unaffected zest and ar dor whjch may well arouse tbe envy of the teacher of English or eco nomics who considers himself lucky If, by bringing to bear tbe most consummate tkill. learning, and devotion, he succeed! in arous ing one-tenth of the interest dis played by the most languid candi date for a football team. Surely this boundless energy and interest placed at the coach's dis posal lay upon him a heavy respon sibility and offer blm a magnifi cent educational opportunity. If there Is any educational value in football, there is no danger of it being wasted because of the inat tention or tbe students. Modern ed ucational theory emphasises the Im portance of making the student feel that the lesson Is something which be is not forced, but privileged to engage In. This state of mind, to be obtained In the classroom only by the Instructor's Intense effort. Is merely normal on the football field. It Is to be expected, therefore, that whatever of value football has to teach tbe youngster, will Inevitably j get home to him. Football Has Rlsce All this leads ut to the central question: What it there of educa tional value that football hat to teach? It tbe desire of most coaches to become heads of regular teaching departments a just claim, or must football always be regarded at a mere diversion, or even simply at a collegiate nuisance. Without venturing upon what would be in this gathering a highly dangerous attempt to make a complete defini tion, we may say at least that ay aort of rounded education should, as Milton said long ago: "Fit a man to perform justly, skillfully, and magnanimously all tbe offices, both private and public, of peace and war." I believe that tbe game of foot ball has a place in such an educa tional program. I believe that the habit of thinking fast and real is'.lally, of disregarding pain and risk in pursuit of a desired end, of calling up and expending freely, in an emergency, last reserves of strength and courage, of voluntar ily subordinating one's Interest! to the Interest! of the group, of co ordinating one't activity with the activity of othera engaged In the same task, of disciplining oneself physically for thrve months a year at leas1, of pouring out of one's energy in furious effort 'and at the same time confining that flaming energy within the limits dictated by decency' and sportsmanship I believe that all of these habits constitute an Important contribu tion to the education both of thoBe who play football, and of those who see it played and who admire the players. The duty of the coach. It seems to me, Is to make these habits a part of the current ideal of tbe average college student. In order to do this he must drive himself and his teams. There must be no affectation about not caring for victory. He must care for victory and tight for it hard and cleanly. He must seek to make the game a thrilling exhlbiUon of skilli clever ness, daring, and finished techn- iaue. But in all his amoiuon to win he must never forget tne victory is a name and not an ena uai fundamentally his duty is to make sound, keen, decent men. And now, gentlemen or tne lac- ulty, I ask for your help. I have tried tonight to avoid empty phrases and to speak realistically of my profession- The educational claims I have made for football have been based upon the game as it Is now played, not upon ideal conditions which - may exist some day. And surely the best way to reach that ideal Is to keep ones feet planted firmly on the real. If the faculty of this university adopts an attitude of uncomprimis- lng and indignant idealism toward college football as it exists at present, they will simply widen the already formidable gulf be tween football and conventional education, and, gentlemen, I be lieve that both football and con ventional education will be the losers. If, on the other hand, you will consent to be friendly, criti cally friendly, if you like you will be helping the coaches to make football play a valuable part In the' moulding of good human beings. Nebraskan Photo Date Is Set for January 22 Group picture of The Daily Nebraskan staff for the 1929 Cornhusker will be taken at the Campus studio on Tuesday, Jan uary JJ, at 12: SO o'clock. Staff members, in both editorial and business departments, and re porters who have done work on the paper during the first se mester are expected to be In this group picture. LYMAN DEPARTS FOR Tl TEACHERS COLLEGE OFFERS MANY SERVICES Continued f rots lage 1. tra time of tbe department will allow. Helps Place Graduates The bureau of educational serv ice has as its function the placing of students in satisfactory teach ing positions. This service applies not only to students who are in school, but also to former students whose records of success merit a better position. Their positions in turn are filled by those without experience. It is the aim of this service to fit the teacher as closely as pos sible to the position. In order to assure a satisfactory placement In the past school year 1,171 calls for teachers of all classes were re ceived. From these calls. 757 teachers were placed by the serv ice. This is the best record made by the department, since the num ber in the past has never exceeded 60 percent of the calls received. Makes Surveys This service Is offered to the students without cost. Although fee of two dollars is charged. This serves only to pay the cost of securing and preparing the ap plicants credentials. The cost of this work was studied for several years, and the two dollar fee based on the results. The third activity Is the making of school surveys. During tbe past two or three years, surveys have been made at Ravenna. Ge noa, and Havelock, with a survey now in progress at York. - These surveys are made by tbe depart ment of school administration un der Dr. F. E. Henzllk. chairman of the department These teats, in which all the departments co operate, endeavor to determine how efficient the school operation is. Tests are made in each room, and improvements are suggested. Buildings and equipment are scored for their efficiency. Inspecte Schools Doctor Henzllk is frequently asked to check the plans and make recommendations In the erection of new school buildings. Requests for inspection for the various schools in the stale far ex ceed tbe number that the time of the instructors will allow. The fourth phabe of this work Is that of tbe Bureau of Educa tional Research. In the past years this bureau bas published four re ports annually under the title of the Educational Research Bulletin. Beginning this year it Is to be Is sued eight times, under tbe name of the Educational Research Rec ord, with Dr. C. C. Weldemann in charge and Prof. H. a Koch and Prof. A. A. Reed as editors. This publication attempts to give the latest studies made here and elsewhere on the various ' educa tional problems. It furnishes the school men and women of the state a summary of what is done here and elsewhere in scientific work. Thus the Teachers College at the University of Nebraska aids the state aa a whole by combining its work of service to the student with a program of direct service to the people. Students Take Library -Books As Term Closes The average number of books taken from the library is increased by a third at the end of the semes ters, according to Miss Jesse J. Class, chairman of the department of library circulation. Most of the additional books taken out are found to be used in writing term papers. Political science, philosophy, his tory, education and sociology are the principal courses in the Univer sity requiring term papers. The courses such as English or Science do not require term papers because in the case of English, theme as signments (ulrill that need, and in science, most of the work is done in laboratories. Wait Until Last Minute The difficulty experienced by students in obtaining reference books for papers, stated Miss Glass, Is that they all wait until the last minute and then a rush is staged for reference material. This is not necessary for many profes sors assign term papers at tbe start of the year, giving until the end of the semester for their com pletion. ' When asked her opinion of the value derived by a student from a term paper. Miss Glass replied that she thought tbe value received was not only from the information that might be gleaned from the paper but also from learning how to as semble material, how to make a bibliography, and how to use a li brary. Work in the library fluctuates a great deal from month to month, according to Miss Glass, but tbe month's statistics from year to year remain the same proving that the University's requirements re main tbe same. Pharmacy Head Will Give Two Addresses Before Southerners Dr. R. A. Lyman, dean of the College of Pharmacy, left Tuesday afternoon for San Antonio, Tex., where he will attend the annual meeting of professors from phar maceutical . schoojs and members of boards of pharmacy from the sixth district. Thursday, January 17. Dean Lyman has been asked to address the conference, although Nebraska la not in this district His topics in the two speeches he will deliver are: "To what Extent Should Commercial Courses be Given in the College of Pharm acy?" and "The Advantages and Disadvantages of the Present Ap prenticeship System in Pharmacy." The dean will return to his du ties at Nebraska the first part of next week. Minnesota Refuses to Buy Students More Ink MINNEAPOLIS. Minn. (IP) An "ink famine" threatens tha students at the university of Minnesota, fol lowing the decision of t'ae library authorities to provide no more ink for the students. "Buy your own ink" is the most recent order of the librarians. Y. W. MEETINGS OPEN WITH DINNER Continued from Fje 1, announces that the drive will begin er.rly in March. Au hour of entertainment and fun will follow the dinner. Musical numbers, readings and dancing will help assure the success of tbe en tertainment. The publicity com mittee headed by Helen Day, bas made arrangements for the dinner. RAMSAY TENDERS HIS RESIGNATION ntbd froe Page 1. phone, broadcasting football plays, substitutions and humor into the stadium during the football games. His work on the loud speaking unit in the stadium has been remem bered by the thousands of fans at tending Con husker football con tests. Mr. Ramsay, will continue some of his activity with the University Players through the weekly broad casting of a dramatic program sponsored by that organisation through KFAB. He is a member of Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity. Amherst Limits Awards To Conference Winners AMHERST, Mass. (IP) Only members of Amherst college var sity teams which are Little Three champions will be awarded gold charms in thefuture.lt has been de cided by the st4ent council. In the past all members of football, base ball .and basketball teamt have re ceived charms. 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