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HARMONY
THIS week ths faculty committee on student af
fairs la due to bold oue cf lt occasional meet
ings, tht Student council will listen to report on
rallies and tbe election of future May Queens, tba
lanocenta society will ba conaldti!!. possible
abuifta io methods of sele-.tlng its member, while
Mortar Boards, undoubtedly, will be culling over
their nomlneea for Ivy day manning.
Tba signlficsncs of tba meetings of these groups
la a-realer than It anpeara to be. After a period
of unreal and agitation for chsnge. It seems that
the cogs are moving to bring about noma alteration
in manifestation of student life at Nebraska.
Now Is the time for a general reconstruction of
tbe modu operandi of student government. Al
ready mu h baa been done. Proportional represen
tation goes Into effect at the spring election of tbe
Student council. The council will undoubtedly have
a band In conducting the election of the next May
Queen. Innocenta are really considering ways of
democratizing the eleition of members of their
society.
The faculty committee this week cannot fall to
take cognisance In some way of the recent action of
tbe Student council which abolished minor clasa of
flcea without aeeklng faculty sanction. This act
waa the first the council hss taken on its own In
many a moon.
OUT all of these organizations Student council,
Innocents, Mortar Board and faculty committee
are proceeding with the relationship between them
Indefinite and vag-ue. Heretofore each has feared
that codifying student activities might bring a loss
of power. Each baa guarded the part it played in
university affairs Jealously, realizing that any lim
itation on Its functions would Impair the prestige
of the organization. Each has wanted to be su
preme la its respective field.
The difficulty lies In the fact that the field is
uufenced and occupied by all. Each organization
grazes where it chooses. Sometimes the entire
range la covered. More often large patches go un
touched. The Student council at its last meeting ap
pointed a committee to determine its limitations of
power and what authority the faculty commltee on
student affairs haa over the council. At Its meet
ing this week, the faculty committee probably will
put a similar committee into operation to work with
the council's committee.
This gives tbe council an opportunity to go one
ateD farther. It haa a chance to Invite representa
tives from the Innocents and Mortar Board to join
its committee In an attempt to codify deflnitly
powers, purposes and limitations of student govern
ment after a thorough study of the situation. Cer
tainly the senior honoraries should be happy to co
operate In any such enterprise.
COME such codification and organization is inevl
table sooner or later if a wholesome spirit of
school loyalty and an active participation in campus
affairs by the best of the student body Is desired.
This Involves scrapping the present constitution of
the council and introducing a new one that cov
ers mora than mere rules for student elections, as
does the constitution in effect today.
It must be a constitution that deals with more
than organization of the Student council. It must
state the relationship of other groups, i. e.. the fac
ulty committee on student affairs, the Mortar Board
chapter, and the Innocents society, to each other
and to the council. It must set forth the real pow
ers of the council, where faculty interference is jus
tified and where it is unnecessary.
When harmony, peace, and correlation of activi
ties far from unattainable are found to reign
among campus organizations, between faculty and
students, and within Influential student groups, then
the university will be ready to deal effectively with
problems that arise therein.
A WILL AND A WAY
CTUDENTS In colleges and universities over this
nation earn an aggregate of $26,000,000 a year
while going to school, according to a national survey
of student employment just completed. An investi
gation into the local situation reveals that several
hundred of the 6,500 students at the University of
Nebraska are working their way through college.
The real significance of this is that any person,
regardless of financial status, can get an education
if he wants it. If a young man or woman is will
ing to work while obtaining an education, he will
find numerous persons and institutions ready to co
operate with him.
Fellowships, student loan plans and free tuition
scholarships, besides the numerous positions of em
ployment are only a few of tbe various channels
open to the student with a will. The new era in
which youth is given work so that he may continue
his search for knowledge completely expels the old
wornout phrase, "he never had a chance." The
chance is waiting it is the student's job to take ad
vantage of it.
Conditions at the University of Nebraska are
especially favorable for student employment. Lin
coln Is large enough so that the scarcity of Jobs to
be found In smaller localities give no cause for
worry. Many of her Industries are of a nature
which permit the employing of student help. Stu
dents In this way derive a benefit over a smaller
town which would not have facilities to offer em
ployment to students. Nebraskans are also at an
advantage over students In larger cities where few
besides technical workers can find employment.
The democracy of Nebraska In companion to
other Institutions of a like nature is marked when
it comes to the attitude students here assume to
wards those who are compelled to work. Rather
than assuming a superior snobbish air. most young
men and women enrolled at the University of Ne
braska feel that those who work are just as good as
those who do not.
Young men and women the world over no longer
need to stand afar and regard the university with
envious eyes as above their grasp. The old adage.
"Where there's a will there's a way," still holds
wh.a it comes to getting a university education.
WHAT CAN THE MATTER BE?
"tTHATa the matter with the university?" ft B
Mulllu of Fremont a.ks pointedly In an arttc
to the sunday State Journal. Mis concern Is over
currtcuiuiu requirements and dismiulng student
from school to be sent borne disgraced.
Mr. Mullins la quite bothered about the Idea of
having a state university that demands students to
leant foreign languages, a requirement la which he
sees no good, lie thinks a young nun or woman
should be able to enter a buaine lbs day after
commencement as Its lord and master without bav
Ing w hi led away a couple of years browsing ovei
rYentb or Latin. First, be has a very shallow con
rentlon of what a university purports to be. Second
be doesn't know what he's talking about when be
declares students are sent home disgraced because
they can't get passing marks In foreign languages.
From tbe tenor of bis article, Mr. Mullins doesn't
comprehend what a university purports to be. What
ha waata la a technical vocational school He Im
plies that tbe university has no vocational training
as now constituted. Obviously he Is one of the ape
rla that rets un and waves his rear flaf without
bavins: lven any serloua thought to the true make
up of this Institution, or without having made any
sort of an Investlsatlon. If Mr. Mullins thinks ne
haa thousht about It. be simply can't think.
Studenta who have a rrasp of the fundamentals
of a university know that foreign language study Is
imMniivt if nnt la to nrorreaa very far on bis
chosen field. They know that other subject, not
directly germane to their picked vocations, are nec
essary to form a background. They realize that It
Is well to know a little more about what life offers
than the rudiments of some business or profession.
They recognize the cultural values afforded through
the university curriculum. Because some students
would not choose some of these Important cultural
foundation stones, but would pick an easy path to
follow, they were made requirements. And they
shall be kept aa such despite the bickering of Tax
payer Mullins.
As figures released from the office or the dean
of student affairs show In a news story In this issue,
Mr. Mullins' lament about dismissed and disgraced
students Is one thst deserves no sympathy. Young
men and women who get their walking papers from
this Institution get them, not because they can't
learn the required aubjecte, but because they won't
learn them. There are a number of others allowed
to remain as dead welsrhts in this Institution who
should be home at work Instead of raising one con
tinual round of whoopee here.
There Is more merit In trying to figure out a
way to eliminate some of the worthless fun-chasers
who persist In hanging around the university In
search of a big time than In trying- to keep them
In. They should go back home. And Mr. Mullins
well, Mr. Mullins might go to Halifax.
MILESTONES
AT NEBRASKA
April
112.
Lauio I His of Kme
wae a con vocation siteaker
Ur
ltalv
The new V. W. C. A. cabinet
ua In.tallr.l at VMvtt Smith hall
Turrit v.fiva menibrra of the
illee rlub left for their annual 10-
day lour.
1120
The university chorus presented
selections from liounou s rausi
. " .....
A. N. Juhn.n of Chlraco told
enrlneerinir students that roncret
was the best material for siaie
nm, Is.
Dr. H. M. Hays eilalnel the
meaning of Kasier at the Y. W
C A. vespers.
1915.
Vacation, no paper.
1110.
Nine studeuts were expelled for
scholastic reasons.
The editor wondered If everyone
had heard the Junior's red caps.
Th liinhnmnri rl.ua nrealdenl
- .
appointed an Ivy day committee
1903.
Tbe sophomores attempted U
hri.sk nn a freshman class meel
in by force, but were successfully
repeura.
The Chicnco National league
baseball team defeated the Var-
city. 0 to 4.
Final tryouts for the debating
team were held.
The Student Pulse
Slants e.nlrlbutlon. p.rtln.nt I. maM.re af atud.nt
llf. and th. university ar. welcomed by thl. d.part
m.nt. Opinion, aubmltt.d .h.uld be brief and esn.i...
CHAINED FREEDOM
To tbe editor:
"Man Is born free and be is everywhere In
chains."
Thus do anonymous writers borrow a phrase
from Rousseau to preface their publication, "With
Fire and Sword.
It seems paradoxical to me that they should
wave the banner of freedom in making- their accu
sations against responsible persons and organiza
tions on the university campus. By the very act of
publishing their paper they are limiting freedom on
our campus.
What do we mean by freedom? Is it wholly the
lack of exterior restraint that constitutes the free
dom for which civilized man is ever seeking? When
Rousseau made his classic utterance he was think
ing of the struggles of mankind against kings, dic
tators and governmental tyrants. But persons In
authority are not the only ones that can limit the
freedom of individuals.
Oftentimes Irresponsible and despicable persons
can limit the freedom of free citizens. In a state
of freedom every man haa a right to an unblemi
ished reputation so long as he does nothing to Im
pair it. He has the right to be considered an honest
man and if any charge of corruption is made against
him the state demands that it shall be proved or else
the one who made the charge shall be punished.
Do we have freedom on our campus when cow
ardly writers accuse administrative officers of cor
ruption, impute in them dishonesty and bring them
into disrepute? Are they not entitled to some free
dow in respect to reputation?
Ta there anv freedom on our campus when un
known persons charge the staff of a student publi
cation with corruption without giving any actual
evidence? Don't the editor and business msnager
of that publication have any right which free citi
zens are obliged to respect?
I accuse the editor of "With Fire and Sword'"
of being cowardly and contemptible and af trans
gressing the freedom of free citizens on the univer
sity of Nebraska campus. A FREE CITIZEN.
CURIOUS
To the editor;
The appearance, perhaps timely of that startling
pamphlet not inappropriately called "With Fire and
Sword." was exeeted with avid curiosity by some
students, with amusement by some, and with serious
concern by others. It is an indisputable ract mat
the reason for such outlaw journals can be ascer
tained by t.a examination into the conditions that
give them birth.
It would be absurd to suppose that any saga
cious, wide-awake student is oblivious to the "weeds
that grow in our university garden." It is still quite
frMh in our minds that the first semester of this
year brought an expose of various undesirable and
unhealthy conditions. Certainly it is widely De
hfved bv manv and notoriously known by a few that
there are certain organizations on this campus that
would be hard-put to justify their existence u u
came to a showdown.
Impersonally, I believe that the Nebraska stu
dent body is beginning to see a bit more clearly
through this pseudo-intellectual mist, which has
served as camouflage for the operation of certain
distorted forces and the existence of certain unde
sirable conditions. Until recently, the movement to
ward thia enlightenment has proceeded slowly and
clandestinely. But of late it has obviously gathered
momentum.
It is idle to suppose that "With Fire and Sword"
is an empty taunt. No man risks scholastic suicide
for nothing. But on this point one must not be too
free In his assertions lest he incur the displeasure of
those lord-keepers of our individual rights.
It is rumored that a second number will quicwy
follow the one already released. It should be In the
nature of a substantiation or a refutation or tne
drastic charges rraae in the first number.
STANLEY J. MENGLER.
BETWEEN THE LINES
By LAS ELL E OILMAN.
OUR NOBLE EXPERIMENTS
NUMBER THREE.
JJKREWITH ws proceed to be
eeot st cal. we are aooui w
congratulate ourselves. We may
be wrong out we inina we re
right. In short: a Thought baa
burrowed its way Into our mind.
Wei think to ourself our Noble
Experiment concerning the free-
om at sneccn ana press nas
brought about results astounding,
startling, amazing, unbelievable,
ad infinitum.
In short again, we refer to
tbe mimeographed newspaper
entitled "With Fire and
Sword." (Perhaps we
shouldn't say newspaper, but
it waa paper, and undoubt
edly it was news, of a sort)
If you haven't heard, a sheet
was distributed about tbe
campus on that memorable
day. Friday, March 28th.
which demonstrated the prin
ciple of freedom of speech
and press so vigorously and
noisily that this this colyum
blushes for shame at its
feeble efforts and tries to
crawl back Into Its pigeon
bole. . .
MOW THIS is the reason we
1N are feeling egotistical. We
want to think that our campaign
for the Experiment was at least
an indirect cause of the appear
ance of the new sheet. We want
to think that the minds of the
editors of this paper were con
sciously or unconsciously in
fluenced by our mild laboratory
experiment. We want to think
that our colyum Is a power for
good (or evil, which ever way
you care to regard it.) Con
scious or unconscious Influence,
it's all the same to us.
By the by, why all this "we"
and "our" stuff? Feeling ego
tistical, let us say "I," "me," and
"my." Therefore: I would like
to think that MY colyum brought
about, indirectly, the birth of a
new and independent publication.
In short a third time, the un
known editors were, I hope, In
fluenced by ME. (All this "I"
business is put in here primarily
in order that someone can clip
the colyum, mark red rings
around all the "I's," "me's." and
"my's," and send it to me.)
Now let me be explicit. I sit
here reading "With Fire and
Sword" and I find a great many
glaring faults with it. It makes
broad and general statements and
gives no concrete Illustrations
(save for an illustration of a
crossed torch and dagger.) Call
ing names is not polite. I doubt
very much if the editors can back
up everything they have said
concerning the administration, the
Student council, The Daily Ne
braskan, et cetera. For one thing,
I consider the attack on the ath
letic board unjust. But I don't
know enough about the Inner
sanctums to express any definite
opinions.
THE SHEET went beyond all
my preachments. A radical
student paper that tells the
truth, backs it up, is Independ
ent, and vigorous in its denuncia
tion of existing flaws is H good
paper. But it should so be edited
that the names of its editors may
appear on its masthead. In this
case, the editors outdid them
selves. They undoubtedly wish
to publish another issue, and con
sequently they keep themselves
behind the screens and work the
puppets before the audience.
Though it must be admitted that
we should be more interested in
whether the puppets are true to
Beta
Kappa
"Sigma Xi
"Alpha Rho Jau"
"College of Business
A (1 m in istrut ion"
Honorary Keys
of All Kinds
it
HALLETT
University Jeweler
lEstb. 1871
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life than la the namra of the
string pullers.
...
LJOWEVK1L I would like to
' 'shake aforementioned and
hidden editora by the hand.
(Corns In, genllemru. I'd like to
shake yuu by the band Thl
first sup Is a pour one, and ex
tremely shakey, for the founda
tions It stands upon are rotten,
but It may prove to bo some-
thine some day. Who know
If the Towers do not promptly
ferret out the anonymous scrib
blers and squelch tbem with a
loud and squelchy sound, a new,
Independent and aloveUard stu
dent newspaper may develop,
Therefore I say that 1 am nt
In favor of a par auch aa this
embryo "Fire and word. out i
hope, though my hopes will prob
ably be dashed. Ihtit out of it
may grow a real paper. Com
petition for The Nrbraskan would
be the spice of life.
...
Thus one can see the reason
for my egotism. My Noble Ex
periment had some Influence with
a few students, If they are stu
dents, at least. But I may be
all wet This "liberty" snd "non-
suppression" controversy has been
rsglng foe quits some time, wit
ness the front page of last Fri
day's Nebrsskan.
...
A LL IN ALL, the new publics
tlon Is but a splurge. The
only castlnesa In the entire ludic
rous affair will be the possible
attempt of the Towers to hound
down a few undergraduates, post-
graduates, faculty or alumni. Law
studenta, poly scl students. Eng
lish students, journalism students,
and those young gentlemen work
Inr on official publications will
probably be under suspicion. Mo.t
of tbe university considers It only
as a ludicrous affair and nothing
more, but the rowers have no
sense of humor.
Herewith I tender my own de
fense: I don't know nothln' about
the politics mentioned, and what's
more important, i haven t got
the vocabulary these unknown
editora possess, though I wish I
had. All anyone knows, aa Will
Rogers would say, is what they
see by the papers.
AMES CHEMICAL
ENGINEERS GO ON
INSPECTION TMP
AMES, la Twenty-five sen
iors In chemical engineering at
Iowa State college will leave to
morrow for Chicago on an an
nual one week Inspection trip.
They will make the trip by bus
and will be accompanied by H.
, Webber, associate professor.
While In Chicago they will visit
the Grasselll Chemical company.
the By-Products Refinery cor
poration, the Natural Oxygen
company, Corn Products Refin
ery company, and several other
companies whose methods and
products are of Interest to the
men.
Sleep With a Hat Pin Under Your
Pillow-A Prisoner lias Escaped
It had brril a Wtld night. 1'rl.
oners had ewaxtd but weie i'it;ht
and returned, everything was
quirt lu Kan Menouin penitentiary,
now, except for the drone (if some
hull dorm a propira con vermilion
What a men. II. iw would It ever
turn out? Why do eople Insist
on getting tliriiiM-lvt-a milked up In
ant h a manner.
This has gn '" rnough.
Mary, w-e ahnll leave at once."
"But mother"
A violriil crshh wat lnniid out
side. It wan somewhere near
Homeoiie groimed as though a
knife had Jut leen jabbed deep
Into his hm k.
"Did yon hear that?"
"W but Is It ?"
Another crash this time
nearer. The sound or running
chains and Iron barred doors be
ing hurriedly unlocked.
"Do you siipMise were surer
"Don't I silly. Of course' we
are. They couldit l get inrougn
thiwe doors."
A guard hurried in.
"Take cover everybody. A pris
oner haa gotten loose and Is shoot
ing his way out."
There what did I te-ji your
Aw rate, he'll probably not
come here.'
A faro appealed behind the Iron
bars which enclosed the room.
This was his way to rrr-v.oiu. u
was the only way. Well, who w mid
xt on him.
Tve got n gun and me irimw i
who trie, to top me will hear
from It."
Til fixe that unto. Ilea not the
only one who has a gun."
-.stop don't shoot, lie's harm
less." Anl proving what he had
jiiHi said. Hob Young, one of Mr.
Hible's flushing backs. In a new
role of hero of "Sob HiNter." Kos
met Klub bpring musical comedy,
walks, up to the deseiate escaping
convict and . . . wH. "Uil have
to see the show for the rent of It.
riii)rr l Knlcrluin
Cliumlx'r of tniiuitr-
The iunlor division of the Lin
coln t hantlier of commerce; will be
eiitrrluined Tuesday noon by tho
University riayers. wno win pre
sent a play entitled "four Old
Jim."
rhe Oldest Trade
Known at thia time Is barbei
Ing. You must expect excellent
work for a good haircut sets
off the mnn. Wo specialize In
only the berL Your girl will
notice the difference.
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WHEN IN
ROME
m a - 1
Do a the Romans do and wear as little
as possible. But when on the Nebraska
Campus, lo as the Greeks do and wear the
most appropriate
RALLY HAT
3 bucks
A challenge
to the imagination
To provide telephone service of na
tional scope, to manage and develop
properties valued at more than three and
three-quarter billion dollars, to maintain an
organization of more than 400,000 people
at highest efficiency such work spurs
the creative thought cf men 'of the high
est calibre.
Within the Bell System many have
achieved outstanding success. Their work
is not only in pure science and engineering,
but in organization and management, in
salesmanship, financial administration, eco
nomics and the many other fields vital to
the growth of so great an enterprise.
Because of these men the Bell System is
able to furnish the best all-around telephone
service in the world. A progressive policy
puts at their disposal every aid that a great
organization can give.
BELL SYSTEM
A nttiin-widi lytim of inttr-ttnnttting ttlephmtt
OUR PIONEERING WORK HAS JUST BEGU
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