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FOR FUN.
T 1TE for the fun of It."
That la the counsel five a chiefly to young peo
ple la an article by the renowned Harry Emerson
Fosdlck in the April numlx-r of the American mag
ulne. Some university students will seize throe
a-orda jladly and upon academic failure will con
sole, themselves that they are 'living for the fun
of It."
Rlfbtly Interpreted. Doctor Koedlck could give
bo better advice to college men and women. Ry
fun. however, be does not mean a perpetual round
Of thrills and. excitement, ever tempting to the nnl
veralty student. In the find place, that kind of
un Is fun only while It last. There In a much
more lasting, a much more wholesome, and a much
finer type of fun that all can realize if they will
put forth the effort.
No one can live entirely unto himself. Kveryone
hu a certain Job be muxt perform-a Job that re
lates to other people and bas to do with their hap
piness r weirare In some way. The young man
and woman who elect to come to univernity have
a four year J-b ahead of them. Puring tho.e four
years thry roust "live for the fun of It" and ob
tain genuine enjoyment from their college work If
Jt Is to bt worth while.
Many students apparently enjoy lamenting over
the drvneis and the difficulty of a course they are
taking. Nearly even,' one bas some subject that
to htm. seems almost despicable. There are two
ways of remedying this situation. If the subject
lies entirely outside ones Interests it fhould be
dropped. But that should not come to pass until
after the student has made an earnest and sincere
effort to like It to get something of value out of
the coutk.
It la so often the expectation of the student that
knowledge will be dished out to him wholesale on
a silver platter and that be will have nothing to do
but to digest it. He fails to recognize that in many
lines of learning, knowledge can he gained only
:hrough diligent and persevering effort on his part.
If the Instructor seems a bit uninteresting. If the
text Is dry and bard to read, there is an even greater
opportunity for the student to master the subject
thoroughly.
Few subject will be obnoxious if an individual
will adopt this point of view in surveying the
course. Those few would be even less if he would
peer Into what they offered before registering for
them.
Outside the classroom and the university, men
and women are encountering obstacles that to them
often seem Insurmountable. They become obsessed
with the Idea that they don't like the work, that
they hava made an error in choosing their life
vocation. Just as university students may do if
they so desire, these people can look a little deeper
and find something really interesting and absorb
ing in that work.
Everybody can "live for the fun of it" if he tries.
RETURNING PAPERS.
10ST seekers after knowledge who undergo mid
semester examinations this week may expect
to have their papers returned and corrected shortly
after spring vacation or about a month hence.
This rapidity with which instructors and their
assistants work is little short of remarkable. To
imagine that within thirty days students will know
Just what mistakes they have made and what
grades they have received seems quite wonderful.
Of eourse this speed record is not demonstrated
in all departments of the university. Some get
papers back within a week after they have been
handed In. Even the gadflies of "Fire and Sword"
could not criticize them. But there are plenty of
others who seem to delight in compelling .students
to wait four or five weeks before returning the blue
or red penciled efforts submitted long before.
Seriously, the value of having assignments re
turned within a few days after they are handed in
is unquestioned. But this value is too often tor
gotten perhaps because the readers and instructors
are la too great a hurry, perhaps because the de
partment budget is running short. The student
who wants to know where he erred in written as
signments and In examinations should not have to
wait a month to find out what they were.
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"WHO IS HE? '
(Two gallant University of Nebraska
men stand on the steps of Social
Sciences. A third man walks along
the broad sidewalk, nodding at the
Idling pair. He continues in the di
rection of a campus building. .
Nice fellah.
Looks all rights What is he ?
What do you mean?
Well what fraternity?
Gamma Kappa Theta.
Oh. (Significantly) I see.
See what?
Well, I see what kind of a fellow he must be.
You must be a good judge of men.
Oh, you can always tell. Now if he's a
Gamma Kappa Theta he has plenty of
money, makes rotten grades, cakes a lot
and dabbles In politics.
Yeah? Well, you missed it this time. He's
not that way at all.
Don't fool yourself.
You're fooling yourself. If you always judg?
people by their fraternity affiliations or
lack of affiliations, you're going to make a
big mistake some time.
Don't be silly.
You ought to judge people by what they are
not by the fraternity Hardware th ; carry
around. When you get out of school you'll
probably divide all of your business asso
ciates into Kiwanians, Rotarians and Elks.
That's a swell idea.
Maybe you're right. (Looking at parked
oar.) Say who's that girl?
Alice Farnham.
What Is she?
Curtain.
UNIVERSITY PRISON GUARDS.
17ROM the office of tha superintendent of pruton
In the lepartmrnt of Justice at Vahlngtou
comes announcement that the federal prison service
la being professionalized. Ffforts are being made
to Interest university graduate In working up In
the prison service system.
Hanford Dates, the superintendent of pii.toim,
writes: "An urgent appeal la made to the under
graduates and recent graduates of American col
leges and universities to consider entering the fed
eral prison service at this time."
The endeavor to get university men In the primm
service marks a forward step In the outlook of the
United 8lates government. This nation has been
a laggard Id utilizing its best trained men In gov
ernmental positions. Big buMness and the profes
sions have always taken the pick of the crop of
graduates. Terhaps a few have drifted into gov
ernment Joba but It has not been the better few.
It does seem strange, however, that one of the
first concerted efforts to enlist College trained men
In governmental agencies should be from the priso;i
division. Men who go Into this work will Mart as
ordinary guards, afier a four months Instruction
course in such subjects as causes of crime, proba
tion and parole, modern penology, and sociology.
If there Is a place for university men as prison
guards, there is certainly even a greater service
they can perform In other branches of governmental
work. But before the moat promising graduates
are going to accept federal positions, a revision of
the civil service laws now In operation la necessary
to assure them of advancement. As Is shown by
the situation today, many are very likely to te
pigeon-holed In some drab job where they will re
main until eligible for retirement.
That is not the kind of work university nun
are looking for. They want to be unchained and
free. Maybe they won't get so far but they
want the chance which today Is not offered them
to a very great extent In government positions.
AMLESTONES
AT NEBRASKA
The Student Pulse
Slgnad eenlrlbutlena partintnt to ntattara of atudant
Ufa and tha univcraity ara w.icom.d by thta dpart
mant. Opinlona aubmltt.d ahouid ba brief and concee
FOR A SWIMMING POOL.
To the editor:
A few days ago you published an article which
made plain the need for a swimming pool at the
University of Nebraska. This need has long been
f!t and has become more acute In the past two
years.
Not only should there be a pool for tbe women,
but there should be a pool which should enable the
university to offer instruction to both men and
women. A pool should be large enough to meet the
ever-growing popularity of swimming and should be
modern In equipment and sanitation.
The only pool now available Is the one in the
Y. M. C. A. It is small and out of date. Very little
of its time now can be spared for university instruc
tion. Many who would like to learn to swim do not
register for the courses offered because of the un
pleasant conditions. These conditions, of course af
fect only the men. The women have nothing.
Then, too, the university swimming team won
the Big Six championship this year. These swim
mers who broke four conference records and made
such an admirable showing worked under almost
impossible condit ions. Sometimes they got no more
than thirty minutes' practice for a sport in which
condition is everything.
Even these precious moments were net undis
turbed as small boys were playing in the pool, mak
ing a practice workout impossible. Should the Big
Six champions be unable to swim at home or must
they continue to have all competitive meets away
from home because we have no pool ?
Swimming is admitted to be the best all-around
sport that there is for physical exercise and pleas
ure. What a pity, then, that a school like Nebraska,
boasting of a wonderful athletic plant, should fail
to provide for its students a chance to enjoy this
wholesome sport. R. O. Y.
"BROTHER PRESIDENT."
To the editor:
This, Mr. Editor, is what we hear every Monday
night at fraternity meeting. What do you think
of it?
"I don't like to take up the chapter's time with
things like this that seem pretty unimportant ,but it
seems to me that the sophomores could be doing a
lot more around here than they are.
"Naturally, they don't know what the score is as
well as the upperclassmen do, but they might at
least get out and try to find out something. All I
ever see of the sophomores is Brother Slank at the
Gamma Kappa house every afternoon and Brother
Slatch on the telephone every night at 10:30.
"We used to be right up at the top in activities
and scholarship now look at us. Brother Cartsell
is about our only big man on the campus this year
and by the looks of the sophomores he'll be the last
one. As for scholarship just look at the hours
down.
"Brother Linney is down in one hour of freshman
lecture that he was too dumb to get last year. Par
don me. Brother President. Anyway, he was. All
right. I won't tell all the others, but all the brothers
know just how many sophomores were down.
"I'll grant that the sophomores are the best pitch
players in tbe house; at least they get the most
practice. It seems to me, Brother President, that
the sophomores certainly are making a mess of
things all right, I'm almost through anyway and
they better snap into it."
RASKOB II.
MUSIC HAS CHARMS ?
To the editor:
In this great institution, none can deny the value
of music and artistic things of that nature; but does
that excuse the wild youths who stalk through the
quiet halls, whistling with all the vigor and energy
of their boundless wind ?
Most colleee students have a tendency to allow
the slightest disturbances to detract from their at
tention from lectures. When some well meaning
youth, his attention held to the business in hand by
the merest thread, hears the piercing whistle of
some contemporary collegian from the halls, it re
moves all scholastic thought from his mind.
The atmosphere of quiet which exists in the halls
and corridors in university buildings provides temp
tation, to be sure, for the whistle-conscious youth.
He should, however, be more considerate of his fel
low students in their respective class rooms. Instead
of stalking boisterously through the hall, his hoof-
beats accompanied by some tuneful melody, he might
walk through like a sensible, conscious human be
Mil.
K. K.. Hems, 'he nrw head coach.
HMike at thtt Woild Fomm
Prof. K. II. Harbour and Prof
K. II. Hchramm returned from the
national convention of petroleum
geotogiMs.
Tlu editor t v pi l the view
that collide comic magazines had
reached the pinnacle of stupidity.
19J0.
Spiing vat at ton: no paper.
1915.
Spring vitiation; no paper.
1910.
The tia.k team was victorious
in the Omaha Athletic contest.
Statistics from the registrar's
office vhowi-d that the percentage
ot scholastic tit iiiiipiem ies anion
fraternity men was becoming less.
The etlitor pleaded with sluden's
In vole In the coming city elec
tions. 190 V
The Black Masque society was
organized.
fioneial Itallmuton Booth, com
mandant of tbe Volunteers of
America, addressed a large convo
cation aiiilicnce.
The second nunilier of the Uni
versity Journal was sent to various
public schools over the state.
WANT PRIVILEGES FOR
WOMEN.
NOIITUWKSTKRN V N IVKR
S1TY. Kvanston, HI. Petitioning
the faculty for permission to bring
women nnchapcroned Into frater
nity houses, the fiaternities of
Northwestern university are class
ed as favoring social reforms.
The students request 1 o'clock
permission for all parties with 1:30
as the tlm for returning the
women to their dormitories on
week nights and 2 o'clock on Sat
urday nisrhts. The students also
wish to be able to stage their par
ties any place In Kvanston or Chi
cago, sanctioned by the dean of
women, instead of being forbidden
to have their parties south of Bel
mont avenue on the north side of
Chicago.
Along with other reforms, fra
ternities wish the number of par
ties to be raised from two, as at
present, to six, having two of these
formal, and the other four In
formal. Contending that the rule that no
women be allowed in the fraternity
houses nnchapcroned is archaic
and degrading to both the coeds
and the men on the campus, the
men ask for definite hours during
the day when they may be allowed
to bring friends into the houses.
Now a sister or wife of a member
or alumnus is not even allowrd in
unt haperoned
The fraternities pivnua to come
to a 'gentlemen's agreement" not
to present frvors at any of their
paities In return for the granting
of their wlnhes. These fa vol a ai
alwava an expensive pait of any
social function ard aie frowned
upon by the school.
DEFEND SMOKING At HARM
LESS. BOUTHWKSTKRN COIXKV.K.
KVANSTON. Ill Smoking doea
not Impair a student s mental
power In class work or in Intelli
gence, according to (mythological
investigation made recently by a
group of students at Southweotei n
college.
Two out of every three men on
tbe Southwestern campus smoke,
and by taking a representative
group of 100 smokers and fifty
non-smokers. It was determined
that the smokers made as good
grades as those who did not smoke,
liirls were not allowed to partui
pate. EXAMI BECOMING "RACKKT"
NORTHWESTERN UN 1 V K K
SITY, KVANSTON. 111. Commer
cialization of examination and
quiz paper in Indiana colleges
has reached the status of a racket,
according to administrative offi
cers there who are taking steps
to curb the evil.
The rracllce conmals in buying
up the returned pnjera of the liest
students and syndicating them to
the dullards the following semes
ter. Wholesale rates have been
given to large purchasers, espec
ially fraternity and sorority
houses.
Prices vary also with the in
structor. A "tough professors
quizzs, being greatly in demand,
command higher prices. Where
English professois assign the same
themes year after year, a mimeo
graphed "A" theme proves effica
cious.
Advanced courses, sciences anl
foreign languages claim the lush
est tariffs . Since an under in
structor or a student corrects most
of the quizzes, detection of repi
tlon Is easily avoided.
DISCOVERS "PERFECT CRIME"
OKLAHOMA CITY Page the
shade of Sherlock Holmes. The
"perfect crime" has been discov
ered. Despite the sleuthing dished out
by imxlern fictionists ranging from
Dm bltKxi-iiil-iiiunier type to
soliloquies on pseudo-phycholocy.
modern criminologists have found
a murder that can t be punished.
The case in point is the prosecu
tion of a killer for a murder com
mitted in an airplane. Two gov
ernment attorneys contend it can't
be done.
Modern court procedure being
what it is, establishment of venue
la fully eitM-ntial aa the corpu
delicti, or proof of tnme.
How." the lawyers ak. "could
the author of murder committed
in an airplane engaged In Inter
state commerce he brought to Jus
lue?" Hailey Sxmelow. of the lr;al
department of the bureau of
aeronaut lea anwers promptly. "It
ran t be done."
Itoy St. wib United States
dir.! net attorney, nays it could be
tried
Oklahoma Paily.
PROFESSOR OR MINtTREltT
UNIVERSITY OF NEW M EX
lt AUU'WUEUgi K. N. M
The fatuity o Ithe University of
Nrw Mexico plana a minstrel how
to pay off the del incurred by
the 10.'9 issue of the year book.
Where To DANCE
Lincoln's New Ballroom
Featuring the Best Available Orchestras
And a Large, Perfect Dance Floor a
Dancing Every Week Night Except Monday
Wednesday Night, Couples Only Admitted, at 75c Per
Hunters Serenaders Playing Every Tuesday and Friday
Going Park-ward
Wednesday night?
We might have said 'Tark-ingM but we
didn't want to detract your thoughts too
much from these 2 and 3 piece novelty
knitted suits.
They are just the thing to wear
for the Park opening!
$16-95
Co-Ed Campus Shop 1123 R St.
Davis Coffee
Shops
Day and Night - 108 N. 13
Facieg Campus 1131 R
Fountain Service
The profentors will paia.ie is
blatk fieai and low cut rvenmf
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by K t idental college beie. Thomas
h'ynnot. wealthy Philadelphia,
jav MlOHl lo endow the depart
n.ent of reliRion Twenty-five
thoiimn.l was (jiven fi .holai
khip fund
Wc mil rtt-lniin" and
of all kind for
paitica anil li.ilk-.
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MEXICO is one of the greatest storehouses of
undeveloped natural resources on the face of
the earth. In addition to that it is a land cf
charm for the tourist. The people not only are as
hospitable and courteous as any their hospitality and
courtesy is developed against a background of 400
years of Caucasian civilization and culture.
Basic soundness of Mexican institutions has been
demonstrated ti the remarkable 'vay our Sister Re
public has survived turmoil and trouble since 1910.
There is no visible evidence today in any quarter
of the years of strife. On the other hand, wherever
one goes, there will be found happy, prosperous, con
tented, aggressive, patriotic, home-loving and God
fearing men and women who welcome the stranger
within their gates.
Mexicans realise they need and must have outside
assistance in their development. They are prepared
to welcome and reward such assistance in every legi
timate way, and the citizens of our country visiting
Mexico will be repaid in many ways.
Few realize how easily and comfortably, quickly and
economically a visit to Mexico can be accomplished.
Excellent train service, that compares favorably with
that throughout the United States, enables anyone now
to visit Mexico City, for instance, on through trains
from St. T.onis in less time that it takes to go from
St. Louis to Los Angeles.
Mexican railroads are marvels of engineering effi
ciency and their equipment and service compare fa
vorably with any in the United States.
Recognizing all these things, the Missouri Pacific
Lines, in addition to endeavoring to help develop the
territory directly served by these properties, also
acknowledges a responsibility to assist in every pos
sible way in the proper development of our great
Sister Republic of the South.
Any 'Missouri Pacific Man will gladly provide any
one interested with any and as much additional infor
mation as may be desired.
I solicit your co-operation and assistance.
President
"A Service Institution''
ing. Everyone wo old be benefited.
A NON WHISTLER,
