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    THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1Q20
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UUfcRQ KEZER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
MANAGING EDITOR
Hammond Maurlco W. Konksl
, NEWS EDITORS
Jeye Ayr, Lyman Caaa
Killott Paul Nalaon
curt f. Sandahl Douglaa Tlmmtrman
ASSISTANT NEWS EDITORS
vtrr.in Katrine William T. McCloary
' ? Batty Thornton
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Ct.fl F. Sandahl Joa Hunt
Wlillam MtCltary Robart Lalng
Eugana Robb
Milton Mcqrew business manager
assistant business managers
William Kaama Marahall Pltaor
Richard Rlckatta
STUDY STARVED
Sympathy Inspiring placards appeared following
the war beseeching aid for starving peoples of many
lands. Similar material would be fitting, to adver
tise the university' crying need for library facilities.
Dreams of provision for student study and re
search on a plane befitting a university of this size
took a bad battering Tuesday when Governor Wea
ver in bis budget message slashed requests for ap
propriations for building purposes on the campus.
Hopes that the pressing needs would be satisfied
that an adequate library might be erected soon have
not been aestroyea. iney am receive a severe
shock.
An examination of the university libraries at a
number of Mlddlewestcrn universities reveals start
ling discrepancies between the meager funds allotted
the Nebraska library and that allowed others. J. J.
Gerould, Princeton librarian, has estimated that an
annual sura of $30 per student should be spent for
library purposes. At his own institution, where pri
vate endowments are available, $70 per student is
spent annually for library uses.
-- During the 1927-28 fiscal year, on the other
hand, the University of Nebraska library bad but
fg.75 to spend per student. Not only is this sum
strildagly low In comparison to Princeton's stand
ard, tout also "strikingly low In comparison to other
state university libraries.
The following table indicates the sums spent
per student for library purposes during the 1927-23
fiscal year in other schools: Michigan, $28.10; Mis
souri, $21.90; Minnesota, $17.10; Illinois, $16.70;
Iowa, $16.10; Kansas $9.10. The University of
Kansas and Kansas Agricultural college's expendi
tures are lumped and averaged in the list Kansas
is the) only state which even approaches as low a
library expenditure as Nebraska, and it allows
nearly a third more per student.
Mary educators place the library as the most
important part of any educational unit. Certain It
is, that it is the one portion of the institution which
offers utility to the entire student body and faculty.
Likewise, it offers the type of pleasure medium
which a university should encourage. There are
other needs of the institution. There always will
be. However significant development of the Uni
versity, its enlargement to care satisfactorily for
the youth of the state, can come only with proper
library resources.
THOSE EXAMINATIONS
Nightmares of swirling syllabi, of scattered lec
ture notes, of deranged hieroglyphic formulas and
of perplexing theorems are experienced by many
students regularly as cyclical forerunners of final
examinations.
Examinations for a number of students are the
bug-bears of an otherwise pleasant and indolent
college existence. Able to slide along through daily
lessons, they finally realize, often too late, the fu
tility of bluffing their way when It comes to the
semesterly review and then come to know that reg
ular study is more profitable by far than eleventh
hour cram sessions.
Viewed as they are by the majority of students,
examinations are not satisfactory. The average stu
dent, scrutinizing all back notes, rules and assign
ments In preparation for the coming "exam" thinks
only of conquering the questions his Instructor is
probably going to ask. The fundamental purpose
of a final examination Instilling in the mind of
every student the essential principles and informa
tion taught during the semester, he neglects quite
woefully.
Details of any subject cannot be remembered
always But certain principles, certain methods,
certain important morsels of knowledge that form
the basic foundation of every course can and should
be kept in mind. If university is worth attending,
its courses must yield some permanent knowledge
that will be a distinct help to the students in later
life. '
Examinations, as a rule, do not seek to review
meaningless facts which are non-essential, but us
u&Uf strive to impress the general aims and prin
ciples expounded during the semester's work. While
a two-hour test cannot hope to coverveven these,
the questions generally asked are truly representa
tive tad not superficial.
When reviewing for aa examination, then, the
f i.tvlent should thick not oUy of tha grade he hopes
to make in it but should be storing away in his
rr ind tie choice thoughts and most important in-fr-rEi&Uon
conveyed to him by his instructor in
t' s clasroons an through his textbooks in outside
fctaJy. Its examination is a general and final re
viw ami may be considered as the "last chance"
to Make a passing grade. But It should also fix
f ,vei- the i-QUals of the course in the memory
of Cue ttudem.
If th! is realised in preparing for these final
i'liaj"., the course will pay much greater returns
u;;a If the. mMiJtbt oil Is burned, simply to "get
tifV VVaiitber benefits accrue from examinations
f"T"T" solfly on the attitude of the student in
; .lying for them.
ONE FOOT IN
Moralists Are generally unpopular with youth.
-ffmas:y, Lowever, students come Into contact
U (i;oMs erring advice who have the ability to
phrase their thoughts in parables which entice stu
dent thought.
Ralph Pariette, Chautauqua lecturer and writer,
In his book published several years ago, "The Uni
versity of Hard Knocks," had that knack to no
little degree. His story, "Consider the Sticky Fly
paper" applies so well to life of youth and is
done so cleverly that it Is well worth reprinting.
it follows:
"Did you ever watch a fly get his Needless
Knocks on the sticky flypaper?. .
"The last thing Mamma Fly said as Johnny
went off to the city was, 'Remember, son, to stay
away from the sticky flypaperT That is where your
poor dear father was lost.'
"And Johnny Fly tremembers for several min
utes. But 'when he sees all the smart young flies
of his set go over to the flypaper, he goes over, too.
He gases down at his face in the stickiness. 'Ah!
how pretty I am! This sticky flypaper shows me
up better than anything at home. What a fine
place to skate. Just see how close I can fly over
It and not get stuck a bit Mother is such a silly
old worrycr. She means all right, of course, but
she isn't up-to-date. We young set of modern flies
are naturally bright and have so many more ad
vantages. You can't catch us. They were too strict
with me back home.'
"You see Johnny fly back and forth and have
the time of his naturally bright young life. After
while, though, he stubs his toe and land in the
stickiness. 'Well, well, how nice this Is on the feet,
so soft and soothing!'
"First he puts one foot down and pulls it out.
That Is a lot of fun. It shows he is not a prisoner.
He is a strong-minded fly. He can quit It or play
In it, just as he pleases. Afterwhlle he puts two
feet down in the stickiness. It is harder to pull
them out. Then he puts three down and puts down
a few more trying to pull them out
"'Really,' says Johnny Fly bowing to his com
rades also stuck around htm, 'really, boys, you'll
have to excuse me now. Good-bye!" But he doesn't
pull loose. He feels tired and he sits down in the
sticky flypaper. It Is a fine place to stick around.
All his young set of flies are around him. He does
like the company. They all feel the same way
they can play In the sticky flypaper or let it alone,
just as they please, for they are strong-minded files.
They have another drink and sing, 'We won't go
home till morning.' j
"Johnny may get home, but he. will leave a
wing or a leg. Most of them stay. They Just settle
down into the stickiness with sleeping sickness.
"The tuition in The College of Needless Knocks
is very high indeed."
THE R AGGER: Some Instructors are trying
to cover three weeks' work this week. Others let
their classes out on time.
The snap-shot editor of the Cornhusker should
be careful not to include the new mountain of the
campus when he snaps beauty spots of the campus.
Karly morning lecture courses do come in
haudy. If it weren't for them,, many students would
not have the time to read The Dally Nebraskan.
Some students are working on the Mystery
Awgwan. Others are working on term papers that
were due before Christmas. 1
A book was returned to the library at Okla
homa A. & M. after twelve years. It probably took
the student that long to find time to read it.
Grinnell college gives a course in original dance
composition. Who said the colleges weren't doinfc
anything for the country?
And perhaps in another generation the inter
fraternity council will start having more than three
meetings a semester.
OTHER STUDENTS SAY-
A FNSE
To the Editor:
In your copy of today's edition of The Daily
Nebraskan, I noticed quite a lengthy article on the
Inefficiency and the weaknesses of the Interfrater
nity council. 1
Your reporter seems to have interviewed many
alleged members of the council. All the men quoted
are new members of the organization and, from their
remarks, they seem also to be unaware of the true
facts -concerning the situation. They all seem to
emphasize student control, faculty tyranny, infre
quent meetings, and the like.
Had these gentlemen been present mentally as
.well as physically, at our last gathering they would
have heard one member ask about a plan proposed
last year tc make the council self-governing. And
had they had the initiative that they would fain
have, they might have inquired and found a few
facts which I will try to show. Before I begin lot
me explain that I am not a member of the geology
or chemistry department, nor will I ever be.
1. Last year Professor Schramm and a com
mittee purposely appointed outlined a plan whereby
the council would be self governing. This plan
was presented to the faculty commlttel on student
affairs and tabled.
2. This plan will again be presented this year.
3. Professor Schramm, Frankfurter, etc., have
tried to relinquish the position as advisory mem
bers of the council for the last two years. The
council has retained them of its own free will.
4. Schramm and others acting in an advisory
capacity have at no time "railroaded" a measuro
through. Those crying "faculty oppression" cer
tainly are not tongue-tied, and have every oppor
tunity for voicing their opinions and further have
the power to cast a dissenting vote. Where is all
this initiative they are talking about?
6. Meetings have been proposed weekly, but
the vote of the council has decided otherwise.
Please do not construe this to mean that I ant
defending the present circumstance. I realize and
am strongly in favor of a reorganization but I am
trying to defend the council from these unjust ac
cusations. The council must be made a stronger
governing and administrative body, but first we
must have cooperation. You know, that recently
we passed a resolution governing the hiring of mu
sicians, etc.,, and you also know that this has been
broken many times since.
Very well! Why have not these violations been
reported? Why are not illicit rushing activities re
ported? Does this run counter to our code of sports
manship? If so, you will always have a weak cen
tral council.
The minutes twrok lor the years back is open
to scrutiny. With the knowledge of the above facts,
I think that this matter will be cleared up tempor
arily until we see what the faculty committee 4oea
with our proposed plan.
O. W. H., Jri
TO
Political Science Professor
Plans Series of Talks
Every Friday Night
Prof. J. P. Senning of the Politi
cal Science department spoke be
fore the Axis club, a young busi
ness women's organization, Tues
day night, at the Y. M. C. A., on
the reasons and tendencies in the
development of slate and local gov
ernment. Mr. Senning is sponsor
ing a series of fifteen minute talks
every F.lday night from 6:43 to 7
over KFAB, summarizing legisla
tive procedure, discussing views
expressed by different legislators
and press comment In -relation to
Nebraska's legislative sessions.
The total number of senators and
representatives In states where the
legislatures are either in session or
about to convene slightly exceeds
the entire population of Nebraska
City, according to Mr. Sennlng'a
talk. Add to this the necessary
clerical force, attendants, bill draft
ers, research assistants and other
more or less necessary persons
whose combined effort is to keep
abreast with the times, law making
Is Indeed an industry which rivals
in size the largest private business
enterprises.
FIFTY STUDENTS '
WRITE NEWS ON .
NEBRASKA DAILY
ront'nned from Pao 1
Paul Grossman bas been the reg
ular reporter on the Y. M. C. A.
run.
In the realm of sports Jack Elli
ott has submitted the major part
of the reading matter, particularly
football. Robert Kelly took care
of all freshman football last fall,
Ray Murray is covering track,
Maurice Akin the Coliseum, and
Elmer Skov interfraternlty basket
ball. Feature material has been han
dled for the most part by five re
porters, Bill McCIeery, Helen Simp
son, Robert Lalng, Don Carlson,
and Neal Gomon, Besides submit
ting features the above named
have also done considerable gen
eral reportorial worts.
Six feature columns have ap
peared at regular Intervals in The
Daily Nebraskan during the cur
rent semester. They are "in tne
Valley." by Jack Elliott, a sports
column; "Other Campuses," con
sisting of items gleaned from other
college newspapers, by Cllfr F.
Sandahl; "The Winner," contain.
Ing intramural news, by Virginia
Faulkner; "A Student Looks at
Public Affairs." by David Fellman
"Religion on the Campus," by
Howard Rowland; and "Between
the 'Lines," a literary criticism
column, by LaSelle Gllman.
Others Do General Writing
Other students who have In the
main done general writing are
Arnold Kosit, Norman Fregger,
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