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The Daily Nebraskan
talion A, Lincoln, Nabraaka
OFFICIAL STUDENT PUBLICATION
UNIVKRSITV OF NEBRASKA
Pubtlahad Tuaaday, Wadnaaday, Thuraday. Friday and
Sunday mornlngi during tht acadamle yur.
THIRTIETH VtAR
IntirtJ aaeond-elaaa matttr at tha poatefflca In
Lincoln. Nabraaka, iindar act ot congraaa, March I. 1879,
and at apaclai rata ot poataga providad for In Motion
110J act ot tfctobar S. 1917. authoriied January K, 1922.
Undar dlrtctlon of tha Studint Publication Board
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Editorial Oftlea Unlwaralty Hall 4.
Bualnaaa Offlca Unlvaralty Hall 4A.
talaphonaa Dayi 88911 Nlghti B.6882, B-3313 (Journal)
Aak for Nabr.iakan ad I tor.
EDITORIAL STAFF
William T. MeClaary Idltor.ln-ehlaf
Managing Cdltora
. Nobart Kally E,ITn w,lu
Nawa Edltora
Franeaa Holyoka Arthur Mltchall
William Mcdaffln Eugana McKlm
0uy Cr,,fl Sport. F.d,tor
. Baranlaca Hoffman Society Editor
BUSINESS STAFF
.Xharlaa Lawlor Acting Bualneaa Mancgar
Aaalatant BualnaM Managara
" Norma.. Oallahar J Thompaon
Get Dates-
Toast Marshmallows.
A monstrous skeleton has been erected on
the drill field to contain material for a bon
fire tonight, prior to the homecoming football
game with Missouri. A few industrious souls
are fretting and working in a mad attempt to
fill the gigantic frame with boxes, barrels and
other forms of fuel. ,
Some fraternities are co-operating by send
ing their freshmen down with instructions to
obtain boxes for the conflagration. Still the
pile is embarrassingly small and the bonfire is
only a few hours away. Are Nebraska students
to dummy out on this project as they have on
so many others T
We do not condemn those righteous souls
who consider rallies silly and undesirable.
They have a right to their opinions. But we
resent the presence of so many lazy students ;
those who are really interested in seeing a
gigentic bonfire, but arc too busy with their
cakinj or cardplaying to help provide fuel.
It goes back to the same old disease student
unconsciousness and the lack of unity and
organization within the undergraduate mass.
Everyone passes the buck, ignoring his vol
untary responsibilities with the idea that some
one else will do double work to offset the
slacker's-inactivity. The practice has become
so universal and well developed that all extra-
curricular work on tne university 01 4h'ui
1 descends upon the shoulders of a few men and
- women. They toil in the circles of student
activity, dictating policies and running the
J 7,000 undergraduates as they please,
t It ia impossible to deal with every matter
that comes up as an individual pruuiei
fire rallies, special trains, parking problems
all of these things may be traced back to the
condition of student spirit and faculty pater
nalism, -unconscious as it may be. e might
dvr-eU'at length on the spectacular beauty of
bonfire rallies and tne need ior ,'
f but students would ignore the affair if it did
not afford them some cheap, effortless entcr-
tainment. . ,
Radical changes may come. We mentioned,
however, a small group of interested students
I upon whose shoulders rests the work and re
f sponsibility of .the undergraduate body. If tins
group grows and extends into all campus or-
ganizations and schools of thought, then the
situation will be remedied to an appreciable
I extent. Revolutionary changes, so far as the
1,-stjj.dent body is concerned, will not be essen
i tial. . . . ....
Five straight poles .ire planted in tne cemei
of our wind whipped drill field. Wires are
stretched around them to form a huge waste
basket. A picturesque assortment of papers,
cardboard, crates and bcrreis has been tossed
into the receptacle. The bottom is covered. Is
the student body sufficiently interested in and
' proud of the University or .eorasKa iu
f " the pile of wood! Or shall we run over and
toast marshmallows on the feeble blaze to
night t
) The Aicgican Ghost
) la Walking Once More.
1 The Awgwan is stirring uncomfortably be
t neath the marble slabs of its sepulchre. Sigma
UeTtrChi, professional journalistic fraternity
on the campus, is iormuiauuij i '"0
the deceased humor publication back into ex
istence. . . , . A,
No matter how active and interested tne
journalistic club may be, the Awgwan will
never succeed until the student body wants it.
Support is necessary and if the Cornhusker
credit makers refuse to back the publication,
it will slide once more into its habitual grave.
Realizing this, Sigma Delta Chi is petition
ing the Student Publication board for permis
sion to begin work on the first issue. PRO
VIDED: that 1,000 undergraduate subscrip
tions may be contracted; and that enough ad
vertising may be sold to insure the financial
success of the magazine. These are larpe pro
visions, Stranger! And of course it must be
free from any suggestion of obscenity.
There is an undeniable tendency in modern
college comic magazines toward smuttiness. It
is easy to understand this when one considers
the essentials of humor. If a story shocks its
readers it is more apt to be considered laugh
able. The average dirty story is much more
comical than the average clean one. And a
suggestive story is easier to write.
Since Nebraska has taken her fling with the
risque stories, she is determined to eliminate
such undesirable material from the Awgwan,
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if its resurrection is successful. This .means
that tlio staff must provide clover, clean jokes.
Aro there enough clever students in the Uni
versity of Nebraska to knock out this sort of
copyt One might reasonably doubt this, since
there has been no boisterous clamor for the re
turn of the humor magazine outside tho walls
of student organizations which feci a spiritual
need for it. If a sizeable group of undergrad
uates who had a knack for laugh-provoking
composition were enrolled in the university, it
seems logical that they would demand the
return of the Awgwan.
The law of averages might prove that a
school of Nebraska's size contains many tal
ented humor writers. But the law of averages
will not satisfy the publication board.
Like many college comics, the Awgwan has
had a speckled career. Banished and revived,
suspended and reinstated, it has come down to
the present time as a blundering white ele
phant. That, however, is no reason why it
cannot be successful.
College life contains plenty of luughs. Tliry
provide fodder for publication if they are
properly presented. We believe that tho Stu
dent Publication board should grant Sigma
Delta Chi permission to attempt tho much dis
cussed continuance of the Awgwan. However,
if the journalists are unable to provide a mag
azine that is witty, clever and decent, we nom
inate the Awgwan for another period of rest
less hibernation.
Being Courteous
Isn't Getting a "Drag."
The average student is so desperately afraid
that someone will accuse him of trying to get
a "drag" with a professor that ho ignores one
of the most important opportunities to edu
cate himself. He denies himself the profitable
pleasure of chatting with his various instruc
tors for fear that his professor and fellow stu
dents will misunderstand his intentions. This
timidity is the cause of much lost time and
effort on the part of students.
Faculty members, as a rule, are rather hu
man. Some may have their glaring eccentrici
ties, but many are goodhearted souls, anxious
to help their" individual charges along. They
have time for personal talks with students, but
the cautious students are too shy to cross the
dividing line.
We rave and tear our hair over the problems
presented bv large colleges and universities.
It is impossible, we declare, for each student
to get the necessary attention from his in
structors. This is true to a certain degree, but
it is not entirely the fault of the educational
system. Students fail to recognize the value
of this contact. - - .
Joe College would be wise to summon up nis
courage and beard the faculty lion in his den.
These pedagogues sometimes appear more at
tractive away from the instructional rostrum
and their informal conversations may be
more useful than the canned textbook statements.
MORNING MAIL
You Knotc Them!"
"College Parasite
TO THE EDITOR:
Statistics compiled in the office of the reg
istrar show that annually many students re
enter Nebraska for their sixth or seventh year,
after having received one degree, and yet not
working toward any particular additional de
gree or vocation. These reports also show that
the majority of these "old grads" still in col
lege drive automobiles to school and carry but
five to eight hours.
To the- average student or observer and
critic of higher education, this-condition raises
the question whether these particular students
are receiving enough beneficial gam from
their additional schooling to balance the
amount of dollars and cents which is annually
advanced by their parents and state for this
knowledge. .
Higher education in the form of vocational
institutions, coeducational and schools of
either one sex or the other has always and
should appeal to the preparatory school grad-
. -.1 i AAA in nf "fininn-
uate. ror wiiiwui m; uu - -
ing," the high school education provides only
a basis for common understanding and re
search into the field of knowledge. Four years
of college training should be required of every
high school graduate who can so afford to
broaden his point of view, to teach him how
to live, give him social mien and an under
standing of art. literature and music.
And, too, if the high school graduate wishes
to enter any profession he has small chance
without sufficient schooling plus the college
degree. The world respects its college grad
uates and concedes that the majority of them
arc fitted for their stations in life.
But the college graduate who hangs on to
his school life two and three years after he
should be doing something for himself and
establishing his independence, gets general
condemnation. To stay in college with no ap
parent purpose, with only the thought of hav
ing a good time, and spending father's money,
is to deprive both parent and state. The state
of Nebraska endeavors to give its youth an
education if they so desire it, but they do not
purpose to harbor "college coeds and joes
who cling to their alma mater year after year
for the simple reason that work offers no at
traction and the lure of independence and re
sponsibility makes no impression upon them.
Parasites in college, students without pur
pose or desire to be successful, seeking only
the thrill, can well be likened to the boll
weevil which destroys the crop. For the col
lege parasite to lend his influence to students
who enter university with aims and ideals is
to poison ambition in youth and produce an
evil which is too easily recognized by oppo
nents of higher education.
CARL S.
LIVESTOCK MEN
ARRANGE ANNUAL
INSPECTION TRIP
Omaha livestock market men
will make their twenty-fifth an
nual trip to Lincoln this Saturday
to visit the univeraity and acquaint
themselves with the latest livestock
feeding: and breeding methods at
the college. They will come In a
special train, bring their own band,
and will attend the football game
In a body.
The visitors will spend the fore
noon at the university farm. At
noon they will be served a special
RENT A CAR
Forda, Raoa, Duranta and Auatln.
Vour Bualneaa la Appreciated
MOTOR OUT COMPANY
1120 P St. Alwaye Open. B-6819.
luncheon in the student activities
building at the college. Flatea are
reserved for 400 persons. The In
stitution management class, under
the direction of Miss Bernlce ail
well, college caieteria director, la
planning and will supervise the
luncheon. The color motif will be
red and white and guests will carry
clever favors to tne game.
delicious, refreshing
fountain
specials
at the
tasty pastry shop
hotel cornhusker
University Students
You are invited to attend the services of
THE UNITARIAN CHURCH
At Twelfth and H
This church has no creed or dogma.
It welcomes all the light modern science can throw on the
fundamental problems of life.
Sunday, November 1 6, at 11
Dedication of
Miss Elizabeth Dolan's mural painting
"THE SEARCH FOR TRUTH"
Address by Trof. Taul IT. Grummann on
"RELIGION AND ART"
Special Music by
Mrs. Ray Lehnhoff and Mr. Herbert Gray
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