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THE DULY NT.nn AICAV Tl'F.SnY. WWW. 2K lO.tn. The Daily Nebraskan kudos A. l.lnl, N(brka OFFICIAL tTUOfNT PUBLICATION INIVtAkll Of NtHNAkMA Pybllt Tuy. Wddy. ThurtSty. Friday n kun(lv wmmai '" IM c' Vtt'. Udr rXKOX cl IK SludtM Pwblit ' TWIMV-NINTM YIR Mi Enltre wo'il dut maittr it p1tfK I" Lincoln. ,. wor a I ot c8'. Micn I. t at l'l H '' ': tUl Ml ! OUot' y 1l7. eulftaiut Jw' 0. ft.toritl O'fift Uivatf- Httl 4. Aik tor Nbrlktfl Ml.lar. SUBSCRIPTION ATI. bing't Cap I ttnie l t MMilir Otns Hobb Edgar Backus EDITORIAL TArr IdiUf ..Ahkuii Idilor . MORE ABOUT INNOCENTS. PIE day after lomorrow li Ivy dey-lredillonal cllrosjc of the extra curricular year at the L'nl- vrity of Nebraska. Thl year, arrivlnj; aa It does la th mld.it of third quarterly examlnatlona, na iow, i" punch by which It wa formerly characterised. It ,. only an event. And rrent prediction. Indicate U 111 be a damp and somber ona sandwiched In between cram sessions and showers ai insu Along with the regular Ivy day program, tradi tional in Ita routine, cornea the Inevitable tapping f th. innorenti. The pa.it year boa brought criti cism galore on the shoulders of the aenlor mens honorary society. It received tne onwi 01 ib- tack of last semesters editor of The Nehreskan. It waa excorrugated In the virulent 'Kir and Sword." It hu been caustically chastised by ad- nlnlatraliV offldRll. Criticism this semester has been clnfined to two editorials, one recommending a 75 perccm graue average, the other espousing a change In the method of election which would permit the student body, which It theoretically represents, to have aome voire In picking the Innocents. Further objections to the present organiratmn of the aoclety were withheld when It was learned that proposed changea were being aerlously considered by the Innocents. For a time It looked aa though tangible results would be the outcome of the dis cussion. Innocent alumni and the administration were consulted and called in for a series of confer ences. Different methods of selection were pro posed, criticiied, defeated or withdrawn. Today, however, sees the Innocents society ready to elect new members under the same autocratical and political system as has always been employed. This one fact, nevertheless, must not be lost sight of In adverse comment on the Innocents society for Inability to agree upon a new plan. A majority of the Innocents recognized the need for some change. They realize that Innocents, as now elected, are not getting the support of students nor the backing of the faculty two essential things If their claim of being representative student leaders Is a valid one. Friction between the Innocents and the admin istration, and Inability to agree on any plan has resulted in failure to effect any change. But this year has marked the first time that any serious consideration given to making any alteration. The Innocents society, however, Is not to be exon erated. It haa not taken adequate steps to secure the necessary ro-operatron to make it a true aenior honorary society. It haa made no public attempt to refute statements made against It. It haa not acted aa If It cared a whoop about what the rest of the world thought about the society. It has clung tena ciously to the exalted pinnacle of tradition rather than recognizing that this tradition, though com mendable, must be changed and expanded with a changing university. Ita work haa been conducted under cover. It has failed to take the students as a whole into its con fidence enough to let them know something was being done to try to improve the organization. Its passive action If there has been any action haa not been what the students were looking for. The altuatlon today la this. The majority of the Innocents feel something should be done to improve the present method of election. The administration of this university likewise Is dissatisfied to the ex tent that activities of the Innocents next year are to be much curtailed. But the Innocents have been unwilling to face the issue squarely enough to really take action. Bickering haa resulted in blotto as far as improvement is concerned. No compromises that , satisfy everyone have been agreeable bridges for the gap that Is apparent between Innocents, faculty, administration, and students. And so the Innocents waddle along, singing their song of tradition and story. And the administra tion emits grunts of disgust along with the faculty and many students. QUIET HOURS? Social fraternities include in their list of worthy objects, as a rule, something to the effect that cultivation of the intellect is desirable. These con stitutions, rituals, and secret laws were written many years ago, it is true, but the need for recog nition of this attempted attainment is more neces eary today than ever before. Outsiders and alumni do what they can to pro mote scholarship In fraternities. Loan funds, scholarship awards, and various prizes are offered. There is something lacking, however, in the indi vidual fraternity which fails to recognize the fun damental Importance of study. That such condi tion do exist is plainly evidenced in the absence of studious atmosphere in most Greek houses. Vigilance committees, scholarship committees and fraternity officers attempt, usually, to enforce quiet hours in fraternity houses during week nights. Most of them fail miserably in their attempts. Slamming doors, ' boisterous singing, shouting, screeching phonographs make it practically impos sible for the fraternity man to study. No amount of police duty on the part of frat ernity members will remedy the conditon. The in dividual Greeks must realize the necessity of study and must co-operate to some extent with their acholastically inclined "brothers" if any lasting so lution ia to be worked out. "BUSTED" BALLOONS. to the meeting of the faculty committee on stu dent affairs Monday went a copy of the resolu tion recently passed by the Student council request ing 12:30 hours for women in dormitories and so rorities on week end nights. It was referred to a aub-committee. as is customary, jvhich will con sider the resolution. From all indications it appears that this balloon blows by student sentiment, apparently almost unanimous in favoring the change from 12:15 to 12:30, is going to be pricked by the faculty pin be cause Miss Amanda Heppner, dean of women, was not consulted and because the irate citizenry, hear ing of such a "preposterous" notion, doesn't like the idea. No one but the students themselves, it seems, can understand and see any validity in the argument asking estenaion of IS minutes. The proposal ha brought telephone call end letter from regenis 10 housemother, branding Ih plan a folih. ridicul Ing university ptudrnt for starting so late to partus, and recommending the parties be Mopped at 1119 or even 11 o'clock. Of coma partie could be ended at 11 13. 11 o'clock or 10.15 for that matter. Better ull. tea dances trting at S o'clock In the afternoon could be arranged umveiity by and gill could be put to bed right after dinner. nil oeonle out of touch with the student inl of view cannot understand why patties dnt earlier, students tent see why anyone aiumu oe come so incenaed and fued over a rejuel for 15 minutes extension of time. The trmpeM tn the tea pot, proverbially eakug. that ha been biewtng over this proposition seem quite supeifluous. Social custom are hard to change. In fart there U no need of changing them. All over th country college folk are going to partie at 9 and 10 o'clock. They are dancing until midnight often later. They are getting In at hour ranging from 12.30 to 2 o'clock In the morning, except at Nebraska where the deadline Is 12:15. If people so demre. they might begin campaign ing for a complete change in social tradition around the university. Hut such a move would gain little headway. There I nothing Inherently wnng with youth because It ge to parties at 9 o'clock and gets home at 12.30. Home person have foolishly and without the slightest provocation read a moral inane Into the arguments. There Is none, pumrni want a convenience granted them. They have a rieht to make such a reaucHl. But the breaiitn or the vision with which some Individuals view the sit uation I distressing In it narrowness. The ramnairn for 12:30 nichta la not over. The faculty committee may hedge on the matter or turn ita thumbs definitely down. But aa long a student sentiment la for a change that ia legitimate and desired for convenience sake, agitation will con tinue. Terhaps some day, some time, the request will be granted. Who knows? IIAHHIS. HOTANY w:ai who si'oki: on campi.'s. nii:s tr. J. Arthur llarrla. noted botanist v. ho recently spoke to th joint meeting of hi(ut Xl and I'hl lit a Kappa on the problem of and and seiiuarid lands, died laat Thursday, April 24. after a major opeiation. lr. lUrris waa th head of the botany department at the fniver oitv of XlinneiVa. and had a na tion! reputatitn in hia field of scientific endeavor. II waa for merly botanical inveatigalor at the station for experimental evo lution with the Carnegie inalltute. In 1921. he was awarded the Weldon memorial prise by the Uni versity of Oxford. Kngtand. DElWDSIED OPT GETTING OUT OF CLASSES. piQUED because a professor Informed his class on a warm day not long ago that he could not excuse It from regular work because of university regula tions, R. S. B. in a Student rulbe article Sunday on "Dismissing Classes" criticizes the administration for enforcing such a rule. The truth is that as far as the administration Is concerned, there are no rvlcs governing instructors In the matter of dismissing classes. Either R. S. B.'s instructor was kidding the students or he was being prevented from following his own Inclinations by a departmental ruling. But as far as general regula tions pertain, a professor can hold class or let the youngsters go, Just as It strikes him. Even if there were a university rule on the mat ter, the objection of R. S. B. is way out of line with standards of high scholarship. Classes cannot be dismissed or transferred to a shady nook every time a warm day dawns. Besides the departments which do have rules requiring their Instructors to hold all classes probably know a great deal more about the work that should be covered In one semester and the need of regular class attendance than the stu dent who is eternally yearning for some excuse to get out of an hour of quiz, lecture, recitation or examination. Sometimes the most optimistic believers in the youth of today must wonder what 6,500 young people are getting out of the University of Nebraska and if their purpose in going to college is one worth while. Some parents, we understand, think students always talking about pipes are taking courses in smoking. Nero was a Roman emperor for thirty-one years. The Christians did not do much singing in the reign. The Student Pulse. Signed contribution! pertinent to matter! of Mil. dent life and the university are welcomed by this department. Opinions submitted should ba brief and concrete. WHO IS AT FAULT? To the editor: Miss Heppner is paraphrased In The Daily Ne braskan of April 18 on the subject of the 12:30 time limit as follows: "She also stated that she did not believe that the men wanted more time to eat and get their wraps, but that they were pushing the measure for other reasons." If Miss Heppner is understood correctly two con clusions are possible. If the men and women of Nebraska are average decent folk, they have been insulted. If they are not, then the fault lies with the Ideals and standards which this university is P'irtly responsible for giving them. The fault really lies with those who arc most directly responsible for student conduct, a living expression of student standards. Fifteen minutes has nothing to do with the case in cither event. G. D. STRIKE UP THE BAND. To the editor: A few years ago it was customary for the R. O. T. C. band to make annual statewide tours. Trips were taken every year and various towns in Ne braska were visited by the musicians. This was part of a University week program. Different or ganizations of the university including the band, glee club, and University Players toured the vari ous towns, spending a night in each. The glee club is now extinct and it probably would not be practical to send the Tlayers on the road since they are now enjoying successful seasons in Lincoln and probably could not spare the time for such a trip. Therefore, a University week such aa was once was observed would probably not be a wise venture now. There is no reason, however, why the R. O. T. C. band should not be sent on toi:rs like those in the past. Such bands in other universities make annual trips through not only their own state, but other states as well. Reports from these schools Indicate that the trips are successful financially as well as otherwise. Proof of this is found, in the fact that they are con tinued year after year. The value of such tours are twofold. First, they provide good advertising and interest people out in the state in their univer sity. Second, they serve the same purpose as county fairs and other exhibitions in that they give the taxpayer some idea of what he is getting for his money. A band such as Nebraska's would have no finan cial trouble on such a trip. And a band with a reputation such as Nebraska's could do the univer sity considerable good on tour. The Idea seems worth reviving. ORPHEUS. Nebraska Man Preeminent For Scholarship and Ability. The Who's Who In America lists each year the most notable ana the heat known living American In all part of the world the men and women whose poaiUon or achievement make them of gen eral Interest. One of the moat eminent men hated In Who' Who In America for 192S-29. also Hated In Who's Who In Britain for 1030. 1 Roacoe Pound, dean of the law school of Harvard university. IVan Pound stands preeminent for broad scholarship and versatile ability. Both heredity and oppor tunity opened the way to thru man of genius. His rare preparation for a very early entrance upon uni versity studies was gained entirely in the ho. ne under the efficient tuition of his gifted mother. At her knee the child drew Inspiration from Homer and grounded himself in the elements of modern tongue. Attended Nebraska. His career has teen swift and brilliant. He received his A. B. decree from the University of Ne braska at the age of eighteen, his M. A. at the age of nineteen and was admitted to the bar at the age of twenty. A dozen universities have hon ored him with degrees, including Cambridge in Englund. He is one of the most distinguished Jurists in America, and is a writer of high authority in the field of law. As a side issue he has done work as a botanist. Before coming to his present position, Dean Pound taught law at the University of Nebraska, Northwestern univer sity. University of Chicago, and also had years of experience in the practice' of his profession. When President Hoover ap pointed a law enforcement com mission several months ago. Dean Koscoe Pound was made one of its members. Born in Hutker State. Dean Pound was born In Ne braska sixty years ago and was reared here. His mother's people were New York abolitionists of New England stock before the Civil war, and his father was a Quaker. Dr. Pound hasn't it in him to be afraid. "The 'genius' has a hard time convincing people he's a worker," Dean Pound told Charles Lane Callen when he interviewed him four years ago In his office In Cambridge, Mass. Mr. Callen was looking about for an authority on training a reliable and active memory and he went to interview this man who is reputed to have one of the most surpris ingly accurate memories in this country, or elsewhere. Developed Memory. "I worked in my own way to develop my memory," says Dean Pound. "It is not a 'natural gift' that came to me already developed. Dut one of the most difficult things in the world Is to get credit for work. A writer will sweat, worry, starve, go in rags during the apprenticeship that eventually qualifies him for his great work. When it appears the world says, 'he's a genius.' "A business man will start out in youth as a coal heaver, toil twelve hours a day,' sacrifice pleasure, study until past mid night, and after forty years of ef fort gain a fortune. 'He's a lucky dog,' says the world. One man will spend sixteen hours a day at his desk; the man next to him will spend eight. Yet when the eight hour man is only half-way there, people look at the faster traveler and murmur something about 'pull.' " The dean resents being called a genius. He says he does not write with great ease but with much ap plied effort and long hours of work. "I am what you would call a 'plugger,' " he tells his interviewers. PUPILS OF FINE ARTS COMPLKTi; DESIGNING WORK Etching, china painting, cross stitch work on pillows, and the painting of hankcrchiefs and wall hangings are a few types of ap plied work being done In the de sign classes of Louise E. Mundy, assistant professor of drawing and painting of the department of fine arts. Students are required to com plete one project for each semester hour of work done in the course. Special work in Easter design for cards and Easter eggs was done before spring vacation. Con ventional Maybaskets have been assigned for this week's work. Seniors in School Return From Two Weeks' Work On State Papers. Wandeiing in from various ixunii over the state, senior jour- nalium at.ident returned to school Monday after two weeks of practi ral training on daily and weekly newspapers. With but on excep tion, the embryo newapaper men and women who could be found gave enthusiastic reporta and de clared themselves In high favor of the training plan tried this year for the second time. K.lmer Kkov languished In Ord under the Influence of the grey akira ovetht-ad and found himself longing for hi typewriter tn Th Nebraskan office long before the two weeks were up. Chased By Woman. Cliff Sandahl. reporting for tr Omaha Bee-News, had a bad scai when he was chased by a worqs with a gun. Cliff says that was ..... only story that he went after that he didn't get. "Gus" Larson found Wahoo lather an exciting place when half a doccn bank failures, an attempted suicide, and other unuaiial news chanced to occur during his stay In the town. Other reported more common place happenings, but found their trips no less enjoyable for that. A few comments gathered on the campus yesterday afternoon Indi cate the general tone of opinion held by the seniors in regard to the training plan. Mary Nichols "It was all right as long a I had something to do." Helen Day "I enjoyed It a lot." Moselle Kleeman "It would have been better if there had been more work to keep me busy." Ed Backus "I had an excellent time and consider It a profitable experience." Great Stuff. Harl Andersen "Great stuff. I'm sorry that I have to come back to school." Audrey Muslck "I'm very much enthused about the entire plan." Elmer Skov "I can't say that I got a great deal out of it." Katherine Allen "I'm well sat isfied with the work but hate to think of making up the school work lost during the two weeks." Gene Robb "I picked up some good pointers and enjoyed myself at the same time. I do think, how ever, that one week is long enough and believe that all students should be sent to dally newspapers." Cordon Larson "I learned a. good deal during the two weeKs and am well pleased with the en tire plan." LaSclle Gilman "I was well satisfied with the trip." Cliff Sandahl "I certainly be came acquainted with what is known as the big city racket, but the timo was too short for me to acclimate myself to the change and my nerves still tell the story." Kansas, Oregon, Wyoming Join With Nebraska in Honoring Mcadoivfork fl Farm Student Receives $400 Danforth Foundation Scholarship. Emory Fahrney, '31, Curtis, stu dent In the college of agriculture, has been awarded the Danforth foundation summer fellowship, ac cording to a report from Dean W. W. Burr. The award grants $400 to cover expenses for this summer course. The Danforth fellowship pro vides an eight weeks course which will begin on July 7. It includes a study of nutrition and the manu facturing of feeds for farm ani mals, and a study of modern busi ness methods, In which salesman ship is stressed. Thirty Awarded. Thirty of the best qualified juniors in agricultural colleges throughout the United States re ceive this award each year, Dean Burr Htated. Six weeks of the course will be spent at St. Louis in the Purina mills. The two remain ing weeks will be spent at the American Youth foundation camp at Shelby, Mich. Clifford H. Jorgenson, Minden, is alternate for the fellowship. FIELD HOUSE MADE READY FOR HONOR DAY FETE (Continued From Page 1.) Honors convocation was origin ated on the Nebraska campus last spring in an effort to bring to gether the announcement of honor students of each of the classes and to create a tradition of recognizing superior students. According to the plan in use at Nebraska, seniors In the upper 3 percent of the class, students in the upper 10 percent of each of the four classes, student organizations that have maintained high scholas tic standing and the winners of the numerous special awards and prizes during the year are to be announced. Like Plan Used Other Places. This is similar to plans used in other universities and colleges, ac- Good Haircuts Make A COMMON LOOKING PERSON t' 4.NDS0ME This theory has been proven time after time. Massages clean the skin and add attrac tion. We are experts In all lines of barberlng. The Mogul 127 N. 12 B7830 STOP AT HOTEL D'HAMBURGER - for SHOTGUN SERVICE "Bnj 1m by the Back 1141 Q St 1718 P Bt Nebraska I not the only state to choose the weitern meadowlsrk for the elate bird, according to Mr. Collin, asaiitant i orator of th museum. In hi Thursday morning radio talk, for the state of Kan sas. Oregon ana Wyoming as wen pay honmge to this little songster. Nineteen of the forty-eiht elates in the union bae adopter stale birds. "Alabama ha chosen one of the family of woodpeckers, the flicker. The bird goes under a dozen dif ferent aliases as golden-winced woodpecker; pigeon woodpeck yellow-hammer; yellow-h woodpecker, enumerated inc rator. The quail wae chosen to repre sent California, according to the speaker. The District of Colum bia haa the wood thnmh for ft state bird. The versatile mock ing bird hold sway In Florida and Texas, and la known as the prince of musicians. "The beautiful brown ltm... is the state bird of lllino". cardinal 1 th ut bird of kit? tucky." Mr. Collins stated siana bordering on tated. Menlco. has appropriate tl a maritime bird, th hr.1. I can.1' "u In th northeastern corner t the country, the tst of Ha. abounding wtih both biru inc It is habitated wiih -..r1 harbor, and land bird, bm ubV peetedly chosen the chirk. . cording to the curator. Wry'w chose the oriole. LnrH ni..J V -J to whom the colony of UtnuZ il wa first granted used the clo,, Siof th oriole for his famiiu and In thl wsy th bird bec.ni known as the Baltimore oriole The robin, well known in th. western states, la the symbol bire of three elates, that of MirhltiL Mr. Collins. "Last on the S comes Missouri with the bhifhirj ding to Chancellor Burnett. He k'k d he was not sure whether ludent recognition 1 1 the honors list for high scholarship was the true test of what a person hss done for his university or not. "It Is hard to be exactly accu rate In giving recognition on echolamhlp alone berau: " f the variations there ten be In grad ing." declared Mr. Burnett. "Per haps soma students should be rec ognized In the honors list who are not because their grades will not warrant It. "I believe, however, that there are other honor societies such as the Innocents, for example, which care for some of those who deserve recognition but do not get it on account of scholarship. There probably should be one honor group on the enmpus bused on scholarship alone.' Chancellor Burnett will preside over the convocation which will be attended by deans of the colleges, directors of the schools and a few invited guests as the official fac ulty group, benides the parents of students and others. Principal speaker will be Dr. Jay William Hudson, professor of philosophy at the University of Missouri. "The Larger Terms of Culture" will be the subject for his talk. Dr. Hudson is well known both as a scholar and an author. AKT SOKOUITY WILL CONSIDER PKOGKAM Plans for the spring Initiation and banquet will be discussed at the regular meeting of Sigma Lambtia, honorary art sorority, Tuesday evening at 7:15 in room 21 J. Morrill hall. The banquet lU probably be held early in May will follow the Initiation ceremony A program for next year worst will also be considered. Nfi elected officer who were Installed at the Isst meeting will preside i ucminy rvrning. TOOAY'a aPICIAL lkid Hum Teilett Ctioica ef Pit Any 6c Orlnk 25c RECTOn'S 11 A P 11th eV P u. Easter Gifts Mother pins Sister pins Sweetheart pins Official pins Pledge pins Recognition pins Guard pins HALLETT . UNIVERSITY JEWELCR. Low Cost Student Service TO AND FROM THE RIENT Go the short, fast, luxurious way, at no extra cost. 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