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THE DAILY NEHRASKAN
SUNDAY. NOVUM HER. 2.1. 1930.
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The Daily Nebraskan
8Wtien A, Llrw.ln, Nebraska
OFFICIAL tTUOBNT PUBLICATION
UNIVSRSITV OF NBBKAeKA
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THIRTIETH YEAR
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William T. MoClaary Bdllor.ln-chlai
Managing Kaltore
Roban Kaiiy Elment Walla
Nawa Bdllora
Francaa HolyoVe Arthur MIKhall
Wtlliam McOaffln... Eugana Mo Kim
Rax Wagnar
Guy Craig Sparta Bdilar
F.velyn Simpaon , Women's Sparta Editor
Bertnitce Hoffman Bociaty Editor
BUSINISS STAFF
Charlaa Lawler Acting Bualnaa Managar
Aaalatant Bualnaaa Minagara
Norman Oallahar Jack Thompson
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AeinfiB a
council Hurrouilem to the A. W. 8. campaign it
will forfeit its opportunities to beconio
strong organisation. If tho council is to have
more powers than it now possesses, eertnm
groups arc due to loan some prestige.
AH rules of student conduct should hu up
proved or rejected by the Student council.
Thia steps on the A. W. S. toes, but coeds
should be willing to sacrifice, some of their
rights in tho interests of effective student gov
eminent. Under our proposed plan, the A. W. S.
board would function in its present inimncr.
Its list of rules, however, would be presented
1o the Student council for discussion and ap
proval. We doubt the contention that tender
subjects of coed conduct would bo made politi
cal issues. Male representatives of the Student
council would not drag in tho mire those
"ideals" which the A. W. S. board has cau
tiously moulded.
A few coed suffragettes demand that the
Student council have an ciiial number of men
and women in its assembly. We see.no logical
reason for this innovation. It is our desire, to
see strong, reasonable Student council, niauc
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Education
At Cut Rates.
State universities are faced by the annoy
ing task of securing large enough appropria
tions from their respective state legislatures
to maintain an effective educational institu
tion. Whereas endowed colleges have suffi
cient resources at their disposal to insure pro
per facilities, state universities must neces
sarily bend to the Mill of the legislators.
Education is an expensive business. When
a university fails to receive adequate financial
backing it suffers a slump, losing valuable pro
fessors and slighting its cultural obligations.
If it is forced to economize beyond the limits
of efficiency the institution suffers directly
and the state is an ultimate loser.
Researches have been conducted to deter
mine the approximate cost of education
youths along various branches. Medical train
ing costs more than fine arts, engineering more
ihan business adminslration. Why not make
use of this available material in the prepara
tion of-a budget!
For example, the university administra
tion might go before the legislature and ex
plain to that body the minimum cost at which
one person can be educated. When the ap
propriations were decided upon, this amount
could be divided by the average cost of one
education. The result would show how many
students the institution was qualified to en
roll: the size of the. student body should be
limited to this number.
Wholesale, haphazard education has been
condemned generally by those, who recognize
the problems of modern collegiate administra
tion. We believe that it would bo far more
profitable for a university to educate 3,000
students thoroughly than to make an inef
fective, blundering attempt at 6.000. If these
tacts were presented to the legislature, that
bodv would realize that a slash in the appro
priations meant a reduction in the number of
educational berths in the university.
Nebraska has her problems of finance. We
do not contend that the administration has
been lax in its attempts to secure operating
expenses or that the legislature has been arbi
trary in its allowances. The. fact remains,
however, that miserly appropriations slit the
academic throat. If the University of Ne
braska is to fulfill its obligation to the state
which supports it, it. must receive from the
suite's representatives a reasonable amount of
money.
Charlotte Joyce Is Pleased
Vith Cooperation Given
Undertaking.
NEGRO GIRLS ENTERTAIN
Big Sister board was hostess to
170 big and little sisters in th an
nual banquet held Friday night In
the Armory which Ih uponsored by
them to establish friendly relations
between girls new to the school and
upperctnsamen of the university.
We are very pleased with (he
results of enterprise, and enpeuaiiy
Droud of the cooperation afforded
us by big sisters who put forth so
much effort to persuade ineir m
tle sisters to attend the banquet
mA r .1,,-nnl a lntfat thm In
up of representatives who are capable of con- campUg affairs." stated Charlotte
ducting; its affairs. If women arc neiter quan- joyco, president or tne ooaro
fied to serve than men, we recommend a fem
inine council. It seems absurd, however, to
base representation upon sex instead of capa
bility.
Finally, then, ihe discussion centers upon
one point: shall the A .W. S. board be re
lieved of its final power in the preparation f
rules regarding coed conduct T Or shall it be
an organization working in a secluded field,
holding special powers and ignoring the will
of the Student council t
We believe that the A. W. S. board should
swallow its pride and assist in the provision or
a much needed system of representative self
government.
which la near the Iocs Illy where
Einstein will make his headquarters.
Clifton Hill Students
Visit Museum Tuesday
Clifton Hill school in Omaha
sent a delegation of thirty-two stu
dents to go through the university
museum Tuesday afternoon. F. U.
Collins, assistant curator, was In
charge of the group.
D. C, where he attended the
meetings of the American Soil
Survey association last week. He
will carry on Investigation work
In Texas and other places in the
south before returntng to the uni
versity the second week In IV
cembe r.
Aha! Someone is violating an old Ne
braska tradition and smoothing the road in
front of the stadium. Football season is almost
over, though.
Large Attendance.
The) number of those In atten
dance exceeded that of last year
and the number of big sisters who
actually accompanied their little
slaters to the affair was a much
larger proportion aa compared to
that of other years, according to
Miss Joyce.
Following the dinner entertain
ment was presented by Alpha Kap
pa Alpha, negro women's sorority,
who gave a akit; LucllleReilly and
Peggy Perry, who gave vocal se
lection; tap dancing by Katherlne
Warren; and two dialect readings
by Sally Green.
Leek Toward Successful Year.
"If the enthusiasm manlfeat at
this first affair of the season can
be taken as a criterion of the sup
port which will be given big sis
ter projects throughout the year,"
stated Miss Joyce, "Big Sister
board can look forward to a big
year."
The next enterprise, which the
board will sponsor will be a vesper
serve to which all bisr sisters are
expected to bring their little sis- !
Who Is to Blame
For the Dishonor System?
Replying to an editorial on cheating and iters. This service will occur aon.c-
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cribbing in college classes, . n. d. bsmwih i ivc...,, .......
his opinion that professors should be acquitted I win J noUf, so
ot any Diame in me mauer. m ruining itake tneir lttle Biaters.
letter declares that The .Nebraskan s statement
that "distrust invites dishonesty" should be
reversed.
Our editorial was not a rank criticism of
professors, blaming them for the display of
dishonor during examinations. We believe,
however, that instructors could do much to
relieve the situation by using intelligence and
tact.
One student reports that an
EINSTEIN, WORLD
FAMOUS SCIENTIST,
VISITS AMERICA
Professor Albert Einstein, fa
mous scientist who was named by
Georjre Bernard Shaw as one of
the elrht great "makers of the
inslruetor universe" in history, has accepted
an invitation to undertake special
research work at Mount Wilson ob
servatory at Pasadena. Calif. He
will spend three months in Amer
ica. Einstein expects to sail for the
United States late in November.
He will travel strictly Incognito,
and he will remain in his cabin
when the ship calls at New York
on its way to California.
Einstein will be accompanied by
tried the idea after its suggestion hy the .Ne
braskan. It worked. This professor did not
leave the room with an expression of resigna
tion and despair on his face, but explained to
his students that they were being left to their
honor. Unfortunately such an explanation is
rather essential; a well planned oration on
honesty and honor would not be out of place
in the elassroom.
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Whnn student cheats beiuiiu tne uhck m. -ir. i.tnt nmH rr
of a faculty policeman it is not considered dis-1 Meyer, and a woman secretary,
honorable in the eyes of many students. It. in it was considered likely that
i . , . ,,.. ,., " .vli,,tiiiff i Einstein would meet Professor Al-
plain language, is a ' fast one But cheating Abranam Michel.on on hl8'
when one has been plainly left to his honor ; vMt to the WMt coaat of the
that is a different matter. An understanding j United States. Michelson. head of '
of student moral values might help the pro-1 the depaitment of physics at the;
" , . University of Chicago, has devoted I
lessor- , ,. , ! most of his life to the measuring ;
We hope ihat an efteetive honor sjstein j of the Kpff6 of light and now is j
mav be established at AeorasKa in me uem preparing for important teats on
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future. First, however, let us try u mi mhbh
doses. This is a job for professors.
ranch near Santa Ana, Calif.,
Some interested student wants lo know
just what duties the Nebraska Sweetheart per
forms. Well we. haven't noticed any indica
tions of ambition or efficiency in the Statue
of Liberty.
Nebraska may have a tough time with j
student government and parking, nut she has
a splendid system of getting out delinquency
reports.
One who was uninformed might take the
stumps and logs in the center of the drill field
ioi rustic benches part of the campus beauti
i'ieation plan. For their benefit, may" we ex
plain that any stumps to be used in thi plan
are very, very young trees today.
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Pride and
Student Government.
Discussion over the pending Student coun
eil constitution has simmered down to an awk
ward argument between the A. W. S. board
and champions of council power. Members of
the coed governing group arc reluctant to let
any privileges or powers slip through their
fingers. Student council members are deter
mined, in many coses, to put the board in a
shadowy place beneath the towering eouncil.
We recognize the splendid work done hy
the A. W. S. board and understand its unwill
ingness to bow down before a Student council
which has not proved its competence. This
organization is. and should be, proud of the
things it has accomplished in the past two
years. It has set an example of effective self
iftivcriiiiient while thp Student Council has
uurjrlcd and fanned the air in a deplorable
fashion. Today, however, the council is at
lempting to lay the foundation of a cainpus
wide self government movement and the A. W.
S. board is due to surrender some of its hard
ejirued powers to a body which is more rep
resentative of the eutirc student body.
Sun-eying comments made during the past
week by members of the A. W. S. board, we
find that coeds of this group are unwilling to
forfeit any privileges to a body which is domi
nated by men students.
"The matter of making rules regulating
women students is a matter which should con
cern the women students only."
This precept has not prove, true in gov
ernment experience. Matters of coed conduct
which have previously been handled quietly
and efficiently by the A. W. S. board have
seldom been of sole concern to women stu
dents. We believe that the Student eouncil
since it is to be the supreme student governing
assembly, should have the power of approving
rule made by the A. W. S. board. If the
Turned Around.
TO THE ED1TOK :
The subject of student honor was dis
cussed editoriully, in Wednesday's edition of
The. Daily Nebraskan. It seems to me that
cause and effect in this situation have been
more than a little confused. The instructors
have been invert the credit, ot more truthfully
the discredit, for the present status of student,
honor in the t'niversity of Nebraska. Accord
ing to the Editor of the Nebraskan. the atti
tude taken by the professors is mainly respon
sible for student cribbing. To use his exact
words, "distrust invites dishonesty."
But when we stop to analj'zc the whole
situation, isn't this phrase stutcd backwards?
Shouldn't it read: Dishonesty invites distrust '
Instructors have tried to appeal to stu
dent honor end have found, much to their
chagrin, that there isn't any. The results of
examinations which have been conducted
without the presence of "wandering profes
sors" have been most exceptional. They have
been characterized chiefly by an unnatural
uniformity of answers and the surprising intel
lectual brilliance of the class as a whole.
Within a week I heard a university junior
say : "The exam wasn't bad. The old boy left
the room for about fifteen minutes, and what
I didn't know the girkbeside me did." This
is typical of the general student attitude, and
it indicates the amount of co-operatiou that a
professor may expect. When students know
that an instructor will not keep close watch
upon them, they do not even bother to pre
pare for an exam, any further than the cus
tomary preparation of a "crib sheet."
This has been the reaction of students
when placed even partially upon their honor.
Can we blame our instructors for becoming
distrustful T Can we expect them to go right
on closing their eyes to the cheating that takes
placo at even the slightest opportunity!
Obviously, there is something wrong
something very much wrong- But the trouble
is not on the part of our professors. They
hare given the students mote than a fair
ehanee to prove themselves worthy of trust and
confidence, and each time the students have
proved conclusively that they are not worthy.
The result Is a moat natural one dishonesty
invites distrust
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