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TO THE POLLS.
VTITH student slf-fvnmftt as tbt tdtal
h!ch twm fr abov fctionaliam la today
Lotion. SfbtMkrt student body aauntere forth to
cbva a Studfit council and Student Publication
hoard. Women hav th further prtvUrga of vol
tnt on the Student council a 12 30 wk-nd nljhU
referendum proposal.
Sim the meeting of th faculty commute on
student affair Monday and the audden rejuvena
tion of tha dormant A. W. S. board a far aa
women jtovernreental problem were concerned.
he situation today la alightly altered.
Action ft the faculty commute jav tha
iVomena Self-Gove rnment association, which it
directed by th Associated Women Students board,
power to legislat concerning all matter pertainmi
lo university cords.
Whll thia mov 1 In accord with th trend to
ward vesting more authority In the atudent body
it eem a bit odd du to the polUin tha A. W. 8.
board ha held during th part four year. It 1
admitted by thou who know the truth concerning
women'a affaira at thia university that th consti
tution and re filiation of the Women' Self Govern
ment aamoation ar obaolete. that aa far aa legis
lating for Nebraska coeda la concerned, the A. W. S.
board ha been asleep, or at-least In a dazed condi
tion, for acme time.
While the Student council baa no record of bril
liancy or of complete leadership. It ha during th
past three year made lengthy stride in strength
ening it position with the atudent and in perform
ing the task of being a real atudent representative
body.
The Student council ask for a definition of it
powers and a correlation of ita activitiea. The fac
ulty committee refer th matter to ub-commlttees
and delaya action aa long aa possible. Yet to the
A. V. S. board without investigation it turns over
considerable authority.
IT IS very commendable that the faculty committee
has aeen to make thia move, but it Is hardly con
sistent w-ith it previou contention. It ha taken
the position that moving alowly in the matter of
student government was the wisest course. And it
has been right In that argument Studenta ahould
not be given power and authority until they prove
their responsibility and their representative qual
ities. The A. W. S. board cannot lay claim to either of
these prerequisities, however. It secured a total of
fi.'iO votes out of 2.600 women enrolled in the uni
versity. It ha performed efficiently in sponsoring j
the Corohuaker party, vocational guidance courses,
the Cornhusker luncheon on Homecoming day and
such activities, but its experience in legislation is
sadly lacking.
However, the A. W. S. board should have a very
prominent part in women'a activities on the campus.
But it ahould never overshadow the Student council,
which must be at the apex of the hierarchy of stu
dent organizations if ita position ia to be at all
effective.
QUEER It aeems that the A. W. S. board ahould
auddenly come to life when th 12:30 night
proposition arose. Peculiar It appeara that the
faculty committee should have so much confidence
in this proup of women studenta and ao little con
fidence in the Student council. The right of the
council to recommend on any matter pertaining to
sludent life should never be abridged.
It is the one place where petitions of any sort,
Introduced by any one, can be given an open airing.
Ita supremacy must be made more aecure and then
maintained.
Th A. W. 8. bosrd, to reiterate, is not criticized
for it quickening interest in women' activities.
If, once awakened, it doea not again fall asleep, the
cause of student self-government will be advanced
Just that much farther. If it Is a representative
group its action on 12 :30 night after today'a refer
endum will be based on the decision of the women
students who vote on the proposition.
Laudable ia the Student council'a action in hold
ing the referendum. It preaenta in addition to aa
election alate, composed for the most part of candi
date who have proven themselves leaders in some
way, a tangible issue that is not so important in
Itself but in the principle of atudeot self-government
that Is behind It.
.iih mava of toendinc their tim outside of claasea
They ar buued with cunttnuoua round of atudy
and aortal activity. IWaua thy ar engaged In
uth a buy lif t'Hlay. they do not think of th
futur.
Uiui tint can bring hour of thorough enjoy,
ment or period of utur boredom. It can b used
aa mental stimulant or aa Intellectual depreaaant.
Ita aatufarltona may b fleeting onea of th mo
ment or laMing oata that ndur. All depend on
hat th Individual wtabea to make of It. And that
usually depend oa bit Intellectual pursuit of col
leg d).
O0INO TOO TAX.
GAININO wld following la th intellectual cir
clea of th land la th "Individualist" move
ment applied to rearing children. A boat of psy
cholnguta and educator are leading in vanguara
wbk-b ia fostering th Idea that Mil boya and gtrla
h.mM allowed to rrow up In rurault of their
natural tendenciea. unreatrained by aa occasional
spanking and unchecked by anything other thaa a
augfeatloa from dad or ma.
This Idea, that releasing Inhlbltlona tenda lo de
velop th Individuality of children tbua avoiding
standarditation In education, la largely poppycot.
It la not neceaaary to turn back to th era of th
hirkorv stick nor to th reim of the domineering
father with hi word of abaolut law throughout bla
household.
But abdication to reckless youth baa awung the
pendulum to the oppoait extreme. Whatever th
youngater want to do. that la Inherently good Jut
because he wanta to do It, according to modern
Idea. Mor rational thought la neceaaary along the
lines of restriction for th advntureom and
lively youngster than baa been prevalent among
trusting" papaa and mammas who "know" their
boya and girla aimply can't do anything wrong.
That some control is Imperative cannot ba denied.
Johnny aimply won t atay out of the Jam In the
pantry unless the door la locked. It simply contro
vert human nature. Recklesa tendenciea are In
evitable In healthy youngster. Directed along the
right path, thia eurplua of pep and energy can be
put to good us, but allowed to develop la whatever
way It bappena to be pushed through association
with good or bad companions, may caua th pre
mature downfall of youth.
Increasing temptations today require even more
vigilance and auperviaion of chMren than when
today'a grandfather were sprightly young wain.
Parent of today can be "pala" to their children,
which la fine and good. But they must be aome
tfeng more. They must be adviser and counselor
wtasav opinion to be respected, whose word 1
to T followed.
X certain (?g C atandardization in training
children l neoa-'xrj .Xoral code must be followed
Judiciously and .-r- 'vfcualy by everyone. Re
spected customs t ie felled by the slashing
axe of individualism.
Thi standardlzatiot - to be achieved principally
through education and general ideaa of temperate
and conservative living which Involvea Inhibitions
and restraint especially in early formative yeara.
To discard thia theory altogether would eerve to
wreck youth befor it achieved manhood and
womanhood.
BETWEEN THE LINES
By LA8EIXE OILMAN.
LEISUEE MOMENTS.
IN THIS industrialized machine age when even
unskilled laborera seldom work more thaa ten
hours a day, much more time is spent in leisure
than before. Aa the productivity of capital con
tinues ita phenomenal increase, spare time increaaea
proportionately. It ia not too far-fetched to pre
sume that the six-hour day for most laborera ia just
around the corner; that as much time will be spent
at play as at work ia yeara to come.
The primary purpose of a university ia to give a
student a thorough Intellectual background that
will serve him, first, in the life work he chooses,
and second, as a cultural foundation that will be
beneficial la his leisure hours.
The vocational aspect of the university has been
emphasized in recent years to the sacrifice of this
broauer cultural conception. A a result, LLe uni
versity as a national institution has been turning
out men and women schooled la one specialized line
of work but practically ignorant of anything else.
Certainly the added Lours of leisure that will ac
crue with leas actual working time merit a cultural
education In order to know bow best to use them.
At the University of Kansas, the student dally rec
ommends a course in the use of leisure time. That
ia laudable ia one sense, but unnecessary if students
vU taice courses that give a general background,
that Inspire intellectual keenness, that promote real
thinking.
Taflugh university atudent arc not concerned
ROLLER TOWELS.
TIME waa when the family roller towel hung be-
aide the sink in almost every home. It was
changed weekly, or more often if company cam to
call. Everyone used it, and aa it became grimy in
one spot, they rolled it around to a cleaner place.
Those timea are obsolete. At least they ahould
be definitely over aa far as public lavatories are
concerned. Yet the University of Nebraska,
which trains the youth of the state in such things
as physiology and hygiene, persists in outfitting
part of its wash rooms with roller towels.
Nothing could be more unsanitary or more un
healthful than roller towels, free transmitters of
disease. Why aanitary paper towels are not sub
atituted seem unexplicable. A little care In the
matter of roller towel might lesen the expense
involved in supporting a student health service and
certainly would eliminate a possible aource of in
fection. The university is bound to taie reasonable pre
cautions for the health of the student body. Roller
towels still may be all right for the home, but there
are decidedly out of place in a public wash room.
EAT an onion a day to keep the chaps off your
l'ps, one of the brothers advised in talking over
matters of public health with a queenly coed
recently.
CORRECT this sentence: Only four more week
until school is over and all the fellows who have
borrowed money from me have paid me back already.
The Student Pulse
feigned contributions pertinent to matters of stu
dent life and tha unlvarstty are welcomed by this
department. Opinions submitted ahould be brief
and concrete.
CROOKED ELECTIONS.
To the editor: The Importance of today's elec
tion demands of the election committee the utmost
vigilance in aeeing that the ballot box is not stuffed
and that unfair and underhanded methods are not
used by any faction or any Individual.
There wa a time when it was considered smart
to carry on a crooked election. Alumni throw out
their chests in telling bow, in the good old day,
they engineered an election ao that their candidate
received mor votes than the entire school enrollment-
That was also in the days when the factions
met in pitched battle and when the editors and busi
ness managers reaped a golden profit from their
publications.
It waa not at all dishonorable to be dishonest in
elections. Campus politics waa a game, there was
no referee and the rules were -Might makes right"
That spirit dominated the practice of the time and
it ha not been entirely absent in business affaira
and politics of the outside world. Nothing else
could explain the apathy the American people
evinced toward the Teapot Dome scandals of sev
eral yeara ago.
Fortunately conditions are changing a little and
integrity is again seeking ita former place aa one
of the cardinal virtue a It is to be hoped that stu
denta voday will taice the election seriously, and yet
not too seriously.
n&tforxss of all three faction are demanding
more student self government. The faculty will be
in a better mood to grant student organizations
more power if it is convinced that they really want
it. Faculty members will be exceedingly reluctant
about giving privileges to a Student council if there
is any question concerning the integrity of it mem
bership or the methods by which members were
put in office.
Let a have a fair election. B. L
Invocation
A cursa on thoa who hem and
haw and purr:
-As It were."
And compromise their spoken
thought and squeak:
'So lo sH-ak."
And atraddl verbal fence hee
they biay:
That to say . . ,"
O happy day
When maa will make an uncondi
tioned speech
L'nembelliahed by a noncommittal
leech.
e s
AST year aome troupers at
Tlmpted to stag Shakespearean
i.lavs that were Jaaed up and
mad modern. Tb apeeches wer
left In peace, w understand, but
th coatumea were brought up to
date. Two of th undergraduat
players In Hamlet have don their
litll bit toward modernising tb
bard, after a fashion. The Vlesaera
Harlan Eaalon and Leland Ben
nett ar the author a of this little
ditty, which Is sung to tb tun
of "I'm Nobody's Sweetheart
Now." On must hear It aung to
appreciate It. however.
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Hamlet Blue.
My father's dead and buried,
My mother, ah got married,
I'm so blu.
You'd be too,
If your unci tried to kill you.
Ophelia waa my girl friend,
Sh aur want nut evr m;
I dont know why,
I could cry,
But in th nd I Just lay right
down and die,
Laertta atabbed m In th fracas,
I'v get thoa Hamlet blue.
Easton A Bennett,
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Question: Which ia the bet
ter man: the one who votes
twice in a atudent election, or
th one who votes once?
Answer: The one who
doesn't vote.
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THE fact Is, we're not especially
concerned about those who be
come members of the Student
council: In our own private and
personal opinion (which we make
public Just for fun I they don't
amount to a whole heluva lot any
way. But we are interested in
who gets onto tb Pub. board.
The Pub. board chooses the Corn
husker staff, the Nebraskan staff,
and. heretofore, the Aavgwan staff.
If the Pub. board next year ac
cidentally happens to be composed
of studenta and instructor who
are at least remotely concerned
with the English denartment and
the school of Journalism, and who
are gifted with a modicum oi in
telligence, it may see fit in Its
magnanimous charity and wisdom
to reinstate the harmless institu
tion of the AwBwan. which has
been Buffering for the indiscretion
of iu staff.
see
CTUDENT election )okt
Everyone knows 1L The atate
ment ia merely superfluous and
boring in thia column. How can
it help being: University studenta
are practically adults and can see
for themselves. A week after
election the majority of under
graduatea will neither know nor
care who was elected to what.
Yet we get frantic over them,
stage campaigns, parades, meet
ings, form platforms, make
speeches, and devote column in
the Rag to the subject. Life must
be awfully dull for us if we can
get pepped up over tbia trivial
trash every so often.
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fOME to think of it, however,
the student body isn't sunk
quite so low as we may be led to
think. The hurly burly and hulla
baloo is only on the surface, and
ia stirred up and carried on by a
few politicians. The student body
in itself isn't concerned and n?ver
will be. It recognizes the absurd
ity of the whole futile affair, and
refuses to get hot and bothered.
No one gives a dam and that'a
the way it should be.
And that merely harks back to
the old question of school spirit.
No, we shan't go into that moot
question. But we were beginning
to think this school was hsunted,
we heard so much about its spirit,
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"T"HE Prairie Schooner has been
signally honored by Edward J.
O'Brien. Two Prairie Schooner
stories appearing during the last
year will be reprinted in O'Brien's
1930 Yearbook of the American
Short Story. Theae are "The Voice
of the Turtle." by E. S. Draper,
and "Along a Sandy Road," by
Ellen Bishop. O'Brien prints only
twenty stories each year, and these
are the pick of American maga
zines and American authors. To
rate 10 percent of the entire col
lection ia an honor that few Ne
braska studenta appreciate. Out
here we are tough guys, and we
don't go in for no sissy scribbling.
Football ia our meat, not poems.
But the Prairie Schooner is fast
gaining a literary reputation for
itself despite th university,
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House mother, may I go out to
night? Yes, my dear coleen,
Drink and pet and emoke and
swear
But get in by twelve fifteen.
Y. W.Ci ESTES
PARK MEETING IS
TO BE DISCUSSED
Y. W. C. A. conference in Estes
park this summer will be the key
note of the vespers program this
afternoon at 5 o'clock in Ellen
Smith hall Sue Hall, former
president of T. W. C A-, will tell
of her experiences aa a delegate
to the conference last summer,
and will describe what conference
alms to do for those who attend,
and how much it means to them.
All those who are planning on
attending the conference this year,
or some time in the future, are
urged to attend vespers, as the
discussion will be of vital interest
to them.
Helen licAnulty, who ha re
cently returned from the national
Y. W. C. A. convention in Detroit,
will speak about her trip and some
of the events of interest on rL
The service is to be led by Vivian
Hildreth. bead of tb conference
staff of th Y. W. C A.
VESTALS INITIATE
TEN NEW MEMBERS
Arts and Science Honorary
Takes in Girls Thursday
At Meeting.
OFFICERS ARE ELECTED
Ten university women, enrolled
l art a mn,1 arlenr ColleC. Wer
Initiated Into Veatala of th Lamp,
arts and science women'a honorary
society, Thursday evening at Mor
rill ball. Newly initiated members
are: Bernlec Hoffman, itarnn
Branson. Hildegarde Stauss. El
eanor Deming. Margaret Peming.
Elaine Gibbon. Mary Ann Weaver,
Alfieda Auten. Victoria Clatfelter,
and Lucille Led with.
ktlaa Hoffman. Lincoln, sopho
more, la affiliated with Kappa
Alpha Theta. Miss Branson. Lin
coln, aophoroor. la a member of
Delta Gamma, while Misa Stauaa.
Lincoln, la affiliated with Delta
Zeta. Eleanor Deming la a mem
ber of Thl Beta Phi, while Miss
Clatfelter. sophomore, la affiliated
with Sigma Kappa. Margaret
Deming. Lincoln, la a freshman In
arts and aclenc- college, while
Elaine Gibbon, Scottabluff; Mary
Ann Weaver. Falla City: Alfreda
Auten. North Bend; and Lucille
Ledwith. Lincoln, are all Juniors.
Miss Lyndell Brumbach. Lincoln,
past president, waa In charge of
the ceremony. Tb organization
is sponsored by Margaret C Hocb
doerfer. assistant profeaaor of Cer
manic languages.
Newly elected officers for next
year are: Preaident, Miriam Wig
genborn. Ashland. Delta Gamma;
vie president. Helen McAnulty,
Lincoln, PI Beta Phi: secretary'.
Eleanor Deming; and treasurer,
Berniece Hoffman.
Outstanding women studenta in
terested Is tb arts and sciences
are eligible for membership in the
organization.
FACTIONS STAGE
PARADES TO GET
SORORITY VOTES
(Continued from Page l.j
repeated their Sunday night pro
gram.
The other politicians in me race
for ballots the bart were not
of the rallying kind Monday night
and therefore did not burst forth
on the battlefield. Since their
clientele ia more scattered than
that of the fraternity parties, the
barbs figured it was of no avail to
seek the support oi me soronues.
FACTIONS LOCK HORNS
HORNS AT POLLS
(Continued from Page 1.)
the open, whereas in former years
everything was done in the dark.
Then in recent times, the major
ity faction seems to have been los
ing it grip. The yellow jacket
have been putting up valiant bat
tles with the result that the dom
inance of three or four fraternities
in student activities haa been re
linquished. The Student council, too, al
though controlled by the blue
shirts, has come through with leg
islation that ha aided appreciably
the outsiders. Protection has been
afforded the latter as well as me
"ins'" all along the line at the
polls and at the time of the count
if ha lint hv allowing them
to have personal representative
present at eacn oi mese pincca.
Proportional Representation.
The latest and nerhaDS the
greatest improvement in student
government has been the institu
tion of a plan of proportional rep
resentation I or seating mcmucj m
the Student council. David Fell-
man, Omaha, graduate college
councillor, drew up the plan, wnicn
is to be put to a test at thia election.
Under the new scheme every
faction is assured of some repre
sentation on the council. Two bal
lots are given each voter one
upon which appear the name of
th mndiriates with their cartv af
filiations and the other upon which
appears only tne name oi we pany
with which the voter is affiliated.
The highest candidatea in the
running will be seated as before
but the faction will get as many
men as the total number of votes
cast for the party is divisible by
12D. These men are to be picked
from those running close to the
winners in the various colleges and
departments of this university.
Sororities Not Aligned.
Sorority women are not con
nected with either of the fra
ternity factiona and therefore have
filed independently. The barbs
however, have both men and
women on their ticket.
Strict eligibility requirements
have cut down the number who
have aspirations to be student
leaders. The relative strength of
the faction ha also been impaired
by these rules.
Several meeting have been held
by the barbs under the guidance
of Alan G. Williams, the meetings
dating back to last week. The larg-
Vacation
Boya between ae 17 to T. Free
Vacation durinf the month of Au
truat 11 necesnary expenses paid.
CaJl at Room 203 Fostoifloe Build-
GRADUATION
WATCHES
Why not make your se
lection now? We'll time
it and engrave it any
way you wish and have
it ready when wanteel
HALLETT
Estk 1781 117 So. 12
est and most acliv gathenng was
held Monday noon at the .Nebras
kan hotel fifty of tb baikM wr
gathered around th featlv board.
Barb Encouraged.
Talka by al Ith candidates ad
vanced by the barba wer given
and all present wer Instructed not
only to gel out and vol but to get
other out and vote.
'W'v got a rhanre now lo get
aom place on thia campus." aaid
on of th leaders, "so lei a gel out
and ahow them what we r made
of."
Because of lb new plan bring
brought into forre with thia alec
lion, th barba, who have always
been th "outa." will have an op
portunity to get some of their peo
ple In the tsiulent council. The
strongest candidate without a
shadow of doubt Is their own boss
Williams, who Is running for
senior member at large.
Th election of Williams is con-
reded not only by hla fololwer
but by hi political opponenta
yellow Jacket and blue shirt
members of whom have signified
their desire that h would make
the grade.
Georgia Technical University.
A Georgia Tech professor voiced a
preference for well-dressed stu
dents and three men came to class
next day dressed In tuxes.
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