1 It" TWO THURSDAY, JANUARY i v THE DAILY NEBRASKAN The Daily Nebraskan Station A, Lincoln, Nebraeka OFFICIAL. PUBLICATION UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA Under direction of tha Student Publication Hoard TWENTY-EIGHTH YEAR Publlahtd Tuoaday, Wednoaday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday morning during tho academic year. Editorial Office Unlvorolty Hall 4, ualnooo Office Unlvorolty Hall 4A. Offlto Hour--Editorial Staff, 3:00 to S:00 oxcept Friday nd Sunday. Buelneaa Staff: aftarnoono oxcipt Friday and Sunday. Toleohenee Edltorlali B-M1, No. 142; Bualnosoi SU1, No. Tt Night B-6U2. Entered a aocond-cia matter at tha peetofflce in Llneoln, Nobraeka, under act of Congroao, March 3, H7, and at apodal rata. of pootago provided for In oectlon 1103, act of October X 1(17, authorised January 20, 1I2. SUBSntFTION RATI 12 a year Single Copy S cento U5 a eemester abort stories, jokes, and moving pictures over the country all of which pretend to portray true col lege life. Of course there Is little that 'can be done to dUpel this mallmpresulon created before the eye of the public. Undergraduate students, however, have taken a step in the right direction by protest in: the showing of such moving pictures. The ef fect of their protest is somewhat limited. As a consequence the public at large is still left to en tertain erroneous ldeiu regarding college life. It Is indeed disturbing that since the American public is so avidly Interested in the matter, it is impossible to get before it a correct impression of what college life really consists. BETWEEN THE LINES By LaSelle Gllman MUNRO KEZER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF MANAGING EDITORS Oean Hammond Maurlca W. Kenkel NEWS EDITORS W. Joyce Ayree Lyman Caea Jack Elliott Paul Neleon Cliff F. Sand&hl Douglas Tlmmorman ASSISTANT NEWS EDITORS Varnen Katrlng William T. McCleery Betty Thornton CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Cliff P. Sandahl joe Hunt William McCleery Robert Lalng Eugeno Robb MILTON McOREW BUSINESS MANAGER ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGERS William Koarna Marehall Pltsor , Richard Rlcketta WATCH OUT I Probation is scheduled for the closing days of final examination week according to an interpre tation of the Interfraternity council's regulations given yesterday by . F. Schramm, chairman of the council. The rules which are published in today's Nebraskan are subject to two interpretations as to th time probation la to be held due to confusion aa to whether the registration week referred to is the present registration period or the regular regis tration week for new students which coincides with final examination week. The questionable phrasing needs to be reclari fied. The rules should be stated so that there will be no doubt aa to their meaning. Fraternity rep resentatives to the council should be on their guard at the council's meeting tonight against misinter pretation of rules. They should be on their guard against probation being set at an undesirable time. The period at which it will come Is the close of final examination week, according to E. F. Schramm. It will come then, that Is, unless frater nities take action to the contrary tonight. The period set offers two disadvantages. Preparation for it would tend to Interfere with final examina tions. It would start before finals would be com pleted, a most undesirable arrangement The other objection lies In the fact that many fraternities use the closing days of the week for rusMng new stu dents to the university. Rushing and probation should never coincide. If the other interpretation Is given, probation would come the second week-end of the second semester, the same time in which it has been held the last two years. This period is probably the time Intended by the committee which recorded the rules last spring and which were passed by the Interfraternity council. Fraternity representatives should be on the alert to protect their own interests and the Inter ests of fraternities in general. Not only concerning probation does the council need to give its atten tion to fraternity matters. Serious consideration could well be given a host of other fraternity prob lems. Student representatives should demand the cooperation of faculty and alumni members of the council for the holding of regular meetings and a systematic approach to tha myriad of problems of interest to campus fraternities. DECREES AND SALARIES Numerous students will receive their degrees and leave their Alma Mater at the graduation in February. The mid-year class is usually small, but the members of the class have the same general ideas of the outside world as those held by the larger classes In the spring. It may not take these graduates long to find work. College men and women are always In de mand. But this demand Is not necessarily due to the fact that they hold In their hands college de grees. The knowledge that the student has ob tained while in school Is not the main reason that he is in demand. If this were so, the college grad uate would receive a large salary as soon as he graduates, while his knowledge is still fresh in his mind. But It Is not the fact that the student has taken a certain number of prescribed courses that gives him the chance for work. It is the fact that by taking courses In school he has improved his ability to learn and to act The technical courses taken do not give the individual so much retainable knowledge. What they do give is the ability to know what to do, or to learn what to do. Statistics show that for four or five years after graduation, the college student Is not much better than the worker who did not go to college. This Is the period during which the men are learning their work. Both show a tendency to learn the early work with about the same amount of speed. But after the four or five years, the advantage of work in school, the ability to think and work out problems, shows Itself, and the college man ad vances much faster than the other. This advancement comes from the college stu dent knowing better how to apply himself. His school work has taught him that. Although he may have forgotten most of the fundamental theories set forth In text-books, he has retained the fundamental thing be learned in school, how to think. This abil ity to think will push him ahead of the man who has not attended college. COLLEGE MOVIES Following vigorous protests on the part of un dergraduate students at Princeton university, the showing of the recent film, "Varsity," was tinned on that campus. Similar action has since bn taken by other universities In the country as to that picture and other pictures of college life. The thief ilMclirn advanced by these schools has been to the effect that these pictures have portrayed col leff as a ilaygrtund of America, youth, to the ezr'uulon of the alJe f college life that is sane and (Joceat, ' . t-juWtn there are no institutions la the ' -,- ? h ''t more publicity of the unfavorable ' v, -.a ''.-t-e. The supposed wlid life of col- : ;''.'rM of public attention. Bust i r Mi eopiHartfy of material of '. 1 on it fey flooding novels. THE OFFICIAL'S DECISION "Nebraska respects the official's decisions, win, lose, or drew." Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Herbert Glsh made that statement between the halves of the Missouri-Nebraska basketball game Saturday. A Nebraska crowd booed a decision early In the game. Nebraska students are famed for their sports manship, but it will, take but few instances like Saturday night for that fame to be destroyed. The Missouri-Nebraska game was the opening of the Big Six basketball year. Students have come Inside from the gridiron where there is much noise, and no one in particular is heard. In a building like the Coliseum, one person can easily be heard by all pj-esent. That N'ebraskans noisily objected to the offi cial's decision is to be regretted. It was not an exemplification of the high ideals of sportsmanship whose practice must be the real aim of Nebraska fans if her athletic spirit is to deserve commendation. (Taurnallsm as a vocation is dis cussed in an article in the Jan uary American Mercury, by Rich ard Owen Ifcyer. Boyer who Is a journalist hlmBelf, won the J500 prise In the Journalism contest. He writes tersely and at times iron ically, yet he fills his paragraphs with truths a. -a leavens them with keen humor. He says that most people think of newspaper men as hard-boiled cynics, yet he asserts that every news man, from the editor down to the rough", tough police reporter, is chock full of romance and seeking after beauty, or else he wouldn t be in journal ism, and there would be no news stories. He upholds the progres sive, independent papers, he scorns the self-rlchteous sheets that re' fuse to print crime news, and he chuckles over the tabloids and the yellows. He tells of his exper iences on these three types of pa ne. He takes his scalpel and cuts into the news-man's psychol ogy and exposes It deftly. The ar ticle is worth any embryo journal ist's time, THE RAGOER: "What is so rare as a day in June," is no less expressive than, "What is so cold as an open dormitory." West entrance of Social Sciences will start seeing much activity now in spl' of the cold wea ther. The Cornhusker editors have announced that there will be a larger and better student life section. Speaking about last-minute rallies, there are a lot of students who would do well to get In on some of those last-minute affairs in classes. It wouIJ probably be a difficult task for some instructors to post grades early, for they never keep a grade book. Another one of the inconsistencies often no ticed Is the presence of weighty material for the grid squad, and the equally noticeable absence of the same kind of candidates for the wrestling squad. .Many people think they are ambitious, but a lecent story in the columns of The Daily Nebraskan suggests that the really ambitious student Is he who ttays in school seventy-eight and one-half years tak ing every course that is offered by the university. That's one college tale that won't be told grandchildren. OTHER STUDENTS SAY 1 ' - 'CHAPERONES AGAIN Cbaperones are human beings and appreciate being treated as such. Too often they lead a bored existence at parties, are neglected or ignored by those present and are immensely relieved when the midnight hour rolls round. A little thoughtfulness on the part of the stu dents could easily remedy this. One faculty mem ber, who is frequently called upon to supervise social gatherings, confided to the writer that he and his wife had turned down several invitations to chaperon parties. He stated that although he considered it an honor to be asked to chaperon, that he and his wife preferred to attend a movie, play bridge with their friends, or motor to Omaha. His reason was that usually everyone has a good time at the party, everyone except the chaperon. He has several good suggestions for helping the situation. At the school which be attended, a corner was reserved for the chaperones at parties, where a card table was placed, on which there was a deck of cards and other essentials for bridge playing, so that when the chape rones tire of danc ing, they can enjoy a game of bridge. It was also customary to place a plate of candy on this table and a bud vase containing a few flowers, which the chaperones of the fairer sex pinned on their coats upon leaving. These little acts of courtesy would not work a hardship upon the organisation giving the party and would be greatly appreciated by the cbaperones. ' This faculty member thinks that it would be desirable at Nebraska to discontinue the practice of not exchanging dances. At the school which he attended programs were supplied at formal affairs. The chaperones were given programs already filled out early In the evening. At informal affairs the gentlemen took it upon themselves to find out if the lady chaperones wished to dance and saw to It that they were supplied with partners. . "And chaperones do like to dance," declared this faculty member. "They may look old and decrepit end their joints may creak but they feel just as young as the students." 'It seems at though there has been a dearth of chairs at some of the parties given at Nebraska. If the chaperones do not have fore-thought to pro vide themselves with a seat before the Intermis sions, they are likely to find themselves standing awkwardly in the middle of the floor, while a seeth ing mast of students struggle for seats, as though the gathering had suddenly commenced to play "marching to Jerusalem" or "fruit basket upset." It Is not usual for the ladles present to offer their eats to the chaperones, while the gentlemen seem ingly are occupied with something more- interesting than providing the chaperones with chairs. The reservation of a corner for -the chaperones would do away with this situation. When the party adjourns for taking nourish ment before the "good night," the cbaperones would like being ashed to go along. These tow acta of courtesy would be appre ciated by the cbaperones and would make them feel that they were welcome at gatherings and not conallered just a necessary evil. Those suggestion were not made in a fault-finding or grumbling spirit. This faculty member Is a fraternity man, and his wife Is a member of a sorority. He understands that the ue gleet of chaperones has been wholly an oversight and not intentional. He hopes that these suggestions will make things more pleasant for both tbe students and the chaperanes a jd that they will be helpful to students In planning parties In the future. u. w. And while on the subject of the renowned American Mercury, whose Independent editor is THE Mr. H. li. Mencken, one is for cibly reminded that one of the charges made against college stu dents by ranting critics is that the same Mercury is the student's Bible, and Mencken is his prophet. I'ndoubtedly Mr. Mencken and Mr. Nathan and the rest of them would be quite put out to ..hear it, for they wish to be no Bible to any one. The Mercury, on the con trary, appears to renounce reli gion of any kind save philosophy. Its pages are full of sarcasm when it speaks of the church and when it speaks of prohibition and Mr. Hoover. Why, Mr. Mensken, most college students don't even know what color your magazine is, in side or out, and they don't care, especially. They are not for or against your doctrines, they are indifferent. Let tbe shouting and the tumult die, and let the mob disperse. We are too busy drink ing cherry cokes to be bothered. Those who read "Giants in the Earth," by O. E. Rolvaag. will re member its exceptionally outstand ing quality and beauty, and will hail the new saga that has just come off the press "Peder Victor ious." Rolvaag, who is a Norwe gian and a professor at St Olaf college, In Minnesota, wrote "Giants in the Earth" something over a year ago. It was a story of the Norweglpa pioneers in the Dakota territory, and centered about one particular family, with the hardy, happy, carefree vision ary spirit that carried him out into the flat sea of grass and made him build a sod shanty and till the soil, fighting heat and cold and in sects and Indians. Beret, the wife, is a delicate, sensitive woman whose spirit revolts at the rough, monotonous life. The children love it. And then Per Hansa, after years of -work and building, dies in the blizzard. Now comes "Peder Victorious," which might be called a sequel to "Giants of the Karth," for It con tinues with the Holm family after Per Hansa's death. The territory is being settled and civilized and made into a farming country. Peder, one of the sons, is thor oughly American; he wants to for get that he is Norwegian, be wants to speak English. Beret, the mother, like many of the older immigrant women, clings tena ciously to the old customs of her native country'- She hates Eng lish speech. She bates American manners. Peder is continually at war with her. The story comes to a climax when Beret tries to burn the EnglUh school-house, but fails. And to top her defeat, Peder marries an Irish Catholic. But the story is unusual and well written. It is as truly a saga of the prairie pioneers as its predecessor. While one Is about rough, wild country and the other Is about the taming of the country, the theme of great strong forces battering at each other for mas tery is carried on ; on tbe one hand the men who fight for a living and for a state, and on the -other hand the hostile, bleak plain. Of the two stories, perhaps, "Giants in the Earth" is more powerful, but they both raise one's esteem of Rolvaag. He is not a writer, but a chronicler. Yet the story has beauty and depth and charm for anyone. While speaking of these stories that center about the struggles of Immigrants and pioneers; about the Middle Weat; about the "back-to-the-aoil" theme, one might men tion "An American Saga," by Carl Christian Jensen. Jensen, who is an American writer of renown, is of Danish descent, and the book is his autobiography. It is so strong In appeal that one might even classify It with tbe "Amer icanization" histories one reads. Jensen has felt the buffetlngs of life, be has had his trials and trib ulations, yet he writes about them In a raim. dispassionate manner that almost takes one's breath away. Born In Denmark, he ran away to sea at twelve, and sailed before the mast for several years, leading the hard, rough life of a tramp sailor. Coming to New York without funds or an education or a know ledge of English, he worked-on the docks and slept In tbe bowery. He married' after lie had picked up enough knowledge to be an elec trician. Then he came west and peddled books. The Doomsday sect got hold of him and for some time he studied their strict funds-, mentalism. but saw with a keen eye their weaknesses, and took to the peddler's road again, in Can ada. At the age of thirty, be en tered the University of Minnesota and worked his way through, sup porting his wife r,nd himself. !n ellentally, this part of the story would prove of special Interest to college students, for he shows the snobbery and the prejudice and yet the kindness withal, that comes to an "outsider" who min gles with young Americans. At pnsent he Is engaged In writing on sociology. In Nv York. But his account of his rise from an Ignorant peasant to an educated nnd respected American is truly Inspiring. If nothing morf. Healthy, Thin, Tall Are Iowa Freshmen Girls AMES, Iowa, Jan. 16. Although she has the same appearance as her predeccessor of the year be fore, the average freshman girl at low state college lor mzs-za is HItlnrHvy at least Dhyslcally. According to statistics compiled this fall by Helen Berg, secretary of the hygiene department, me freahman eirl of 1928 is younger, weighs less and Is taller than the average freshman coed of 1927. She also has greater lung capacity. Comparison of the freshman girls of 1927 with those of 1928 has been tabulated by Miss Berg as ronows: 1M Ai.riife are l0-t Avi rairA Wfllffht 119.7 Ave-aga height Average lung capacity J.7 111). Kit ia. 03.66 172 ABOLISHMENT OF BOARD NOT FAVORED Continued from rase 1. chancellor. "I see no occasion whatever in the change of the method of selecting the board, as the present scheme has proven to he verv successful and abolishing of the board would likely precipi tate a lot of questions that would not arise otherwise." Board Would Number Six The number of members consti tuting the board of education would be the same as the board of regents with the exception that the state superintendent would be exofflclo member, thus making seven In all Instead of six as the present board. The state superintendent would act in the capacity or chairman of the board. He is now an exofflclo mem ber of the normal board, but is in no way connected with the board of regents. The members of the proposed board would be elected from con gressional districts, two in every even numbered year, as the regents are now, for terms of six years. Under the present scheme, mem bers of the. normal board arc ap pointed by the governor and are subject to confirmation by the state legislature. 8alary Discussion Arises One of the questions arising dur ing the discussion of tbe ohange has pertained as to whether tbe members of tbe new board would be paid a salary, or merely allowed per diem and expenses. In Iowa, where the state board of education plan has been effect for several years, 164,569.09 was the operation In the past two years for the main tenance of this system, according to figures obtained from the bien nial report of the Iowa State Board of Education Issued June 30, 1928. Tho total expenses for the opera tion of the board of regents at the University of Nebraska, according to Chancellor Burnett, during the past two years amounted to S3, 590.90. The chancellor Indicated no pros pects of the second year fraternity pledging bill being Introduced at this Session as was stated in news paper account a few days ago. BIZ AD COLLEGE MAKES OUT STATE CONTACTS Continued from Puce 1. UBuaily give addresses, uartlcinate in the discussions, and take every opportunity of enlarging their ac quaintance with business men and general business conditions. The college has rendered a serv ice to tbe state through the Inves tigations of the department of Business Research and the bulle tins which have been published from time to time on various phases of Nebraska business. Twenty-two of these bulletins have been published, dealing with such subjects as "Stock Turnover In Nebraska Retail Stores," "Labor Turnover in Nebraska Department Stores," "Operating Expenses of Retail Grocery Stores." "Operating expenses in Retail Shoe Stores, "The Control of Retail Credit. "Trade Practices and Costs of the Retail Coal Business." "Credit Control in Wholesale Distribution." "Causes of Grocery store Fail ures." "Expenses of Life Insurance Companies," "Consumer Demand in Lincoln." "Special Sales In Re tall Merchandising." and "The In fluence of Automobiles and Good Roads on Retail Trade Centers." The college .has also published bibliographies on banking, retail ing, Insurance, and other phases of business. These bulletins are read throughout the state, as well as in' other states and in foreign coun tries. They enable business mon to eet a broad view of methods and results In various lines, to as certain the best business practice, to analyse their own situation, ana to find out to what extent they do or can conform to the best busi ness practice. Room for Growth Although the college has made a beginning in this direction, the field for business research is wide and offers many opportunities for sclentlflo study and helpful serv ice. Many suggestions and re quests have been made for the study of particular problems, which the college has been able to take up as yet, for lack for funds. At present several important studies are under way including investiga tion of the effects of chain More competition on grocery stores, the growth and effects of transporta tion by truck, and two studies of the relative backwardness In Ne braska of the manufacture of flour and leather, notwithstanding the large production of the raw ma terials, grain and hides. These two studies were under taken at the request of the Nebras ka Manufacturers' association and are expected to yield Interesting and useful results. The problem of the utilization of cornstalks, also, Is likely to be taken up in the near future from the com mercial point of view. In view of the success of busi ness research carried on by Har vard, New York, Columbia, Ohio, Northwestern, Illinois, and other universities, and the work which the University of Nebraska has al ready done, the prospects for fu ture development are considered encouraging. Consult With Business Men Another way in which the faculty of the College of Business Admin istration has served the state is through consultation with business men on particular problems. In such service the College of Agri culture has set the example, but the College of Business Adminis tration has also acted in this direction. LACK OF MONEY STINTS SCHOOL Continued from Page 1. work for their needs. A depart ment of vocational guidance would help them find their places, and would make it possible for many more students to finish their work here." Chancellor Burnett began his talk with the statement that he believed every student that comes to the University of Nebraska should do so because that student believes the university would be great constructive force in his life. The faculty shohld have the same idea. "Unless early in yqur University career, or before that, you i -i; i, nlze the fact that you are ;;(; u of free choice, and your 1'f v. I! depend on. your choice, you v ! not SMcceed," added Mr. Durui-i. "The faculty Is not a stream u' knowledge that pours out educa tion, but a reservoir from which you can draw. You cannot get knowledge unless you seek infor mation." Loss 134 Teachers In Four Years In speaking of the $330,000 In crease asked for the enlargement of the faculty and the faculty pay roll, Chancellor Burnett stated that In the . last 'four years, tho University has lost 13-1 faculty members. Seventeen of theso wen full professors and twelve of thest professors went to positions ul other institutions with an average Increase In salary of $1600. per year. . "Although we expect some' change in the faculty each year, it hurts the University very much when a "key man," who knows the organization of our school, luaves and must be replaced by a man who is not as capable in the posi tion," continued Dr. Burnett. In closing. Chancellor Burnott pointed out that really not much money was asked from each tax payer. The University now re ceives only 64c per $1,000. If the increased appropriations go through, the University will re ceive 93c per $1,000. Out of $26.64 per $1,000 paid as taxes in Lin coln, only 64c goes to the Univer sity now. Wednesday's World Forum meet ing was the first of a series deal ing with every day student and University problems. Over eighty students and faculty members wero present to hear the chan cellor's talk. Julia Rider. Y. W. C. A. chairman for the World Forum, introduced the speaker. Next week's meeting will take up some other phase of university' problems. ALL fie vviidi V hall I W do with V that WIM Spot? CM' VI 53367 vxraciJA A A WYTHEHS CLEANERS AND DYERS MBKiaaaaMBM The Teapls Cafeteria Operated Sly tha University FOR YOU Typewriters For Rent Ail etandard makee epeclal rata ta BtudenU for lone term. Used mafhlnee porta bU typeerrltara monthly Barmanta. 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