TWO HE DAILY NERRASKAN The Daily Nebraska Station A, Lineoin. NabraaKa OFFICIAL STUDtNT PUBLICATION UNIViRSlTV OF NKBRAftKA pjbllh Tuaadiy, Waflnaaday, Thuraday, Friday and Sunday morninga during tha academic year. THIRTIETH VEAR ntaraJ aecond-claaa matter at the pottoffice In Lincoln, Nabraaka, under aol of eongreee, March I. leva, and at apecla' rate of poataga provided for in mciot 1101 act of October 3. 1117. authorned January 0, 18. Under direction the Student Publication Board SUBSCRIPTION PATE 2 a year fclnflla Copy S ctnte 1 .M e emf"'V l i year mailed 1.7S a eemceter mailed Editorial Office Univerelty Hall . Bueineee Off ice Univerelty Hall A. Telephone Day! B-6891 i Nlghtl -82, B-S333 (Jouinal) Aak for Nebr.iekan editor. EDITORIAL ETAFF William T. McCleery . ..Editor-in-chief Managing Editors Robert Kelly Elmont Wite Newe Editore . t ....... . i .""nur IVT.lcneM .! Eugene McK'm "Rei'wa'gnar , ..Sporta Bd'tc ..' ..'."...'..'.. Women's Sporte IrtHoi Society Editor France Holyoke.. vvilHam McGaffln. Cuy Craig r.vaivn Simpaon Dcrenicce Hoffman I KlMMt RTAPF Builnese Manager i. .!. Biiainnu Manaaer Aill.h.i- jaCK 'nmp... Edwin Faulkner i... :harle Lawlor. . . ..Harold Kub Hire a HalU University Realtors. Three bucks a dance, that's wluit tlicy iy me. . K.lncatlon is a line. uplifting proposition, hut we feel sorrv for the Xebriinka collegian who nuist go through college with one hand on his billfold And a pistol iu the other hand to keen from being "exploited." This twin has lun d bv The Nebrnskau and the admin istration several times during this semester, with the inference that Lincoln firms should lop trviug to drain the collegiate purse. Now. however, the scramble for student gold lias been dragged into the campus itself. ( , Paul AYhiteman. famous '-king of jn.z." ) plnvingr in the university coliseum next week r,r a Junior league dance. We have no criti cism of the league itself, nor of its motives in staging a charity dance. Since charity begins at home, however, we are wondering if the urn versitv is giviDg its financially depressed stu dents a fair deal in allowing this Lincoln organization to use its coliseum. Does not the university frown upon Rubscrip tion dances? When students attempt to pro mote such dances, they are quickly silenced, vet the Junior league is allowed to bring au expensive dance to the campus itself. Three dollars may be a fair price for tickets, but Nebraskans are not rolling in wealth. And the bor who has a date for that particular Friday is apt to be "stuck." Another angle to the coliseum-renting prob lem is drawn out br an understanding of circumstances attending King Whiteman's momentous appearance on the campus. Al though official announcement was never made, the Interfraternity council nearly completed a plan to bring the Whiteman orchestra to Lin coln for the annual Interfraternity ball. By dint of strenuous efforts, the council secured necessary permission from the faculty commit tee and made a contract with the band, only to find that the arrangements were impossible. The university had rented its coliseum to the Nebraska hardware dealers for their annual conclave! Since floor space had been sub-i-euted to hardware men for their pot and pan displays, it wss considered a physical impos sibility for the Interfraternity council to hire the hall. So the Greeks used the telephone wires again to cancel their engagement with King Whiteman. Just how the Junior league managed to talk the Hardware association out of its convention quarters is beyond our understanding, but the tacts remain. The coliseum should never have been rented to hardware dealers, the Junior league or any other organization of that nature. This is not the first time that students have been inconvenienced in regard to the coliseum. On the night before its Thanksgiving morning icvue this year the Kosmet Klub scheduled n dress rehearsal for the coliseum stage. After the floor space had been properly engaged, it was discovered that the Lincoln firemen had rented the coliseum for their annual dance. The Kosmet Klub bad a few censored Avoids with the fire fighters and retired to the base ment, which may be a passable gymnasium, but will never be a decent site for dress re hearsals. Lincoln is probably a fine town, but the university should not play host to the Greater Lincoln Exposition by renting its coliseum for tin; occasion. We feel the same about automo bile shows, flower shows, and other activities of that sort. The University of Nebraska coliseum should br used for educational, cultural and student social events ouly. It should not provide the titv of Lincoln with n convention headquar ters, or the village civic organizations with a public dance hall, properly located to stimulate student interests. As a state university build inir it should not srive Liucoln mi advantage over other cities in t" state who support the institution nnd might crave a convention now noil then. If rentinc the coliseum for Greater Lincoln rrtnirs did Hot interfere with 1he affairs of niveisitv students, it might be excusenble, Ut it does. Further, the university has no .ouimIh to complain about exploitation when Ms a party to such practices. Why not adver--e the university with an electric sign on the '!;.-eum, saying: "Hire a Hall!" If the principal is 1o be reduced at nny reason-1 lug the advanced course. . libit- rate or progress, and if replacements and Please, colonel, since you claim to love youth, L i.iv b,. less ill.... 4.00ll ner month. . ' 'crimps we can amuse you if we cannot eon- ihm. i f.-nt-w i .',! i i , il,,. Htiiileiii. ince you. 1 1 m . it K. V, w. We oi.csl oil tilt lUlVI.-nilllllV Ul Mir move. The present university dormitories are not full, small an they are. Arguments respect ing the uusiglitlv aspects or the present build iifgs mav be advanced, but there remains this point: d'.i student desire t: pay niotv t" tn habit palatial structures of imposing design'. Can thev afford to do it '' Alter all. the present dormitories are prob ably as well and as attractively arranged inside as Ihe hometown resilience of the aver age student. Nebraska is an agricultural state. We wonder how many rami homes in ihe stale are equipped with the splendid facilities pro posed for the new dormitories. 1 We do not profess to be authorities on in terest rates for dormitory bonds. It is pos sible that the S.llMl.tHMI may be secured at a considerably lower rate than the regular i percent. The situation, however, remains the same. The students pay the larger portion of the expense of the building. Greek letter organizations on the campus pav for their own buildings, it is true. But many studenis do not affiliate, we believe, because thev fear added expense. If the uni versity offers them three alternatives n fra ternity, which pays for its own house: a dormitory, which the inhabitants pay for: or the present rooming houses, which are unde niably cheaper we wonder which they will choose. Ami we cannot build houses witli university appropriations as a starting point for the well-to-do students, even if they are able lo linish "paving off the mortgage" themselves. We need appropriations for buildings on the cam pus u structure to replace I'niversity hall, falling slowly to pieces buildings at Omaha and on the Agricultural campus au observa tory, large enough to house ihe expensive telescope bought years ago and still lying in its crate because we have no suitable building for its use. The attitude of the students on this question should surely be taken into consideration. Thus far the administration has proceeded blindly on the theory that dormitories will till ihe worst need . . . the other wants can be taken care of later. So far. no one has attempted to discover whether students even want dormi tories, much less if they want the privilege of paying for them. ex , if the V'omen Who Pay University women, evidently, will be ected to tiav KtOO.OOO for living quarters die plan suggested by the chancellor proves workable. Lund lor a dormitory is in sion of the university. If the legislature ap proves a request for another 100.0((t, then work on a new dormitory, to Louse eomtortani.i nearly 400 women students, will begin . . . With a bonded indebtedness of 30l.0M re maiuhig, to hv paid off by profits of the build in ir. Interest on these bonds, at n moderate rate will total at least 2.000 per month, when .IM-I'ml il n niimnrr ll.P 1li.ll lUDl.ths of 1 lit1 IIJ.AUl'A ' M-hool vear. This menus, Ihen, that the tn i..,.i livinir in iIih dormitory must im 2,0Mi mute than their room and lniurd riciuiilly costs MORNING MAIL ! I 1 ALUMNI SOCIETY PLANS TO THE EDITOR: A Leg to Stand On. ,iniittinir ih:if enforced military drill is in effective in preparing university students for war. Prof. 11. F. C. t Lieut, ioi. ..umn inimn... U IS. Armv Beserves-! justities- the training because he believes it teaches. Hie. young men to be courteous. As one who is nuiy laimnm with all the phases or military training ue defends it on no other grounds. T crini.1.1 like lo ask Ihe colonel if he does not think a course in bull room dancing would be a more efficient, and easier process ot et eai in,r iM.lished pcntlemen out of raw recruits'. Would not university men become more adept in the art of social Braces if ihey were herded into Ellen Smith hull and taught to miiancc 1ea cups on their Luces? Not that I advocate such a thing, but could not such a process attain the des-ired end in n more efficient anil effective measure? It also would have none of the undesirable effects of militarism. Military traiuing at Nebraska laws to n -eomplish'the desired result, of making gentle men out Of ils students. The editor has already cited the instance of the cadets' conversation during the break lietwecn hours, which centers largely on the women who pass by. In addition 1 would like to mention the incident which occurred with the pet il ion proposing the aboli tion of enforced drill passed around in Ihe companies of our local regiment. A cadet offi cer got bold of it and tore it up; a fine exam- In the Mnv l!.', issue of The Daily Nebrasl.au ing the Stadium " for last year, a student Iclls how he saw a little crippled girl fall on the slipiery drill iield. She laid there until two girls at the fat side of the field can.e lo her rescue, even though an entire company of It. O. T. C. cadets were stationed nearby, enjoying the customary break between hours. Numerous instances could be ciled lo prove that military training at Nebraska does not breed courtesy. W Offer You Congratulations. TO THE KMTOK: The Student council is going to vote on com piiUo. t wililaiy titilii'uiK pi" P cn. Jndg ing from Ihe floor debates, ihe council will go on record as being opposed to compulsory drill. U this occurs, steps will be taken to rid our campus of this prevailing evil. Cninpulsorv military training in Hie scope that has been provided for at Nebraska is necessarily an evil. Freshmen and sophomores have enough worries without having to toler lite three of the week's most unpleasant hours on the drill field. If one is ignorant of mili tary tactics, it is criminal to be herded around a dirtv field by a bunch of incompetent offi cers if one has h knowledge of these tactics, the procedure approaches the nigh unbearable S'W' . . , r 1 I can best explain my situation and my teei iugs bv idling what happened lo me. 1 drilled lour venrs in an Omaha high school regiment. I served my fourth year as an officer in the corps. This school regiment was not an B. O. T. (.'. regiiuenl. because the school didn't want the government lo meddle with their appoint ment. Nevertheless, it defeated all surround ing high school regiments year after year in competitive military drill. With drill for one hour three days a week f.i ii i i.'i-ii til i ,f lour venrs. I felt that I had had enough military training. Upon entering the University of Nebraska I sought a reprieve from the' commandant. This was refused on the grounds that my regiment was not an I!. O T. C group. 1 argued but lo no avail inever argue with a military man). And so 1 drilled for two long years. I served in the highest capacity a second year niau can serve in his company! The training did me no good. I was forced into my drill. Distend of culti vating a friend, the B. O. T. O. has made me into a bitter opponent. Just because I had my eye act on receiving a degree, I was forced into two venrs drill. And it was drill under offi cers who knew less about the drill than I did myself. This is adding insult to the injury. Man is au independent creature, and when forced to act against his will, he is sometimes sullen and never interested. In the best inter ests of our regiment, the compulsory measure should be removed. This will do away wilh insolent bolsheviks such as myself who mar ihe smooth running of 1 be campus army. 1 will graduate this Juue. As 1 look back over the courses in this university that have been of intrinsic value to me, I hang my head when it comes to military science. This com pulsory drill brought out all my bad character istics in a big way. Therefore, 1 do not hesi tate to condemn military science in the forced form as an evil in this or any other university's curriculum. May 1 offer my congratulations to a wise Student council for advocating its flbolisliuieiil. G. L. K. not our experience. In fact, if personalities can be permitted, quite the reverse was true. Among the chief benefits the writer derived from the military science course was Ihe ability to 'chaw" tobacco neatly, and spit with dis patch. That, iu fact, is about the only thing learned in nmuy dreary hours. Now let's see. Is the ability to masticate Masterpiece in any way related 'to "courtesy, precision, nnd order liness?" Mavbe, but we don't think so. Mr.yb.-i Mo rltr h.um-d another ib.ng. find if he did. that was to sneak out at any and every occasion. The course represented nothing but. a waste of time, so why not? Who wouldn't rather sleep on a fraternity house davenport than on a hard chair while some sergeant who murdered Ihe king's English did his best to keen Ihe class awake through a dreary lec- lure? And where, oh where, is the "courtesy,! precision, and orderliness" in that? In fact, it seems,' upon careful reflection, that Prof. II. F. C.'has let his emotions rule his intellect. O. A. M. TUESDAY. JANUARY 20. 131. fown'thTe,"ln ' article in Srrlb- C.ompletc Vncoveragc. TO THE EDITOK: The Daily Nebruskan has really made a good suggestion iu advocating a legislative investigation. 1 understand that in the !0's there was no school west of the Mississippi that could compare with it although the uni versity was as poor as it could be. Now look at our university. Inquire of good authority bow Nebraska rates. Need I say further? What is the reason for this lamentable sana tion? Is the group requirement system just a scheme to provide all the members of the. fac ulty with jobs? Why couldn't zoology" and botany be combined into one course for the lower courses? The same would go for chem istry anil physics and probably several others? I aiso understand, if my information is cor red, that the Nebraska arts and science col lege is tbe only one in the country 1 lint does not accept geography and geology as sciences. Is this "because the geographers and geologists do not have enough votes on the faculty board to remedy the sil unt ion ? Sonicthintr is wrong ami if it is possible to remed v the sit mil ion it is the snored duty of the state legislature to do it. A pecuniary panacea will do little good but a complete un eoverage of the facts nnd some action probably would. W. W. SPKA1?. We Don't Think So. TO TUE ED1TOB: Now comes before us one who siyles himself Prof. 11. F. . Lieut. Ool. oOtith Inf., U. 5. Army Beserves. with the message lhat com pulsory military training courses inculcate iu young men who take them "ideals of courtesy, precision, and orderliness.'' Mav we ask how? As we recollect, such was Re Chiralrou. To THE EDI TO K : Every so often some girl or other voices bowl about 'be hick of courtesy and chivalry iu the boys of this school. Here comes another one. I have a (lass in 1 lie law college building which has a heavy door. It is very difficult to get that door open when the wind is blowing against it. and more times than I can count I have wrestled wilh it while eight or leu men students have stood around smoking and haven't lifted n finger to help. I have a poli sci class in which there art; only three other girls and it is. always ihe girls who gel up to open and close windows. And in that class the girls wriggle in and out of their coats with no help from the boys around them. The last ihing 1 lie girl of today wants is ihe return of the armored knight. I'm not kick ing about ihe lack of minor formalities such as hat-doffing, and as to chivalry 41s such, that is out of the question. But it seems prelly punk when a fellow can't even bother to extend the slightest courtesies to coeds. ETTA KETT. Hecltlng hia eqerlence with a croup of young collfge ir.nn and worwn at a resort last summer, Mr. Beer gives a list of forty ques tions nd from tHe poor record in answers concludes that modern youth is not aa omniscent as ita supporters contend. The question were given to twentv-four young men and wom en. Tha largest number of correct answers to any question waa aeven. On several questions there waa only one correct answer. Only atx knew who James G. Blaine was. "The ten worst papers were by the middle westerners," report Mr. Beer. "In moat cases the spelling was simply chaos, al though all participants were either college graduates or were going to college. The girls all fell down on the musical questions completely. These young people do not actu ally read anything. 'Not only do they not actually head anything, but their informa tion, as far as I can see, is all acquired by word of mouth. Some one mentions something, a book or a play. They ask about it, taut or It to someone else for the sake of an effect and then forget about IU At bottom, they do not reany know anything. I am afraid I find it juat a Jittle sad." A few characteristic questions are as follows: 1 Who is George saniayana : i. What is the normal period of ges tation in human beings? 3. Who is A. S. Eddington? 4. What is a chromium? 5. Who were the Plecolominl ? 6. Name the authors of (a) In Our Time, (b The Siege of London, (c) The Enormous Room (d) The Blythedale Romance (e Virgin Spain. 7. What ia meant in finance by "Gresham'a Law?" S. Who dis covered the circulation of blood? 9 Who was Tillman Riemenschnei der? 10. List five motor cars manu factured in England. 11. Who ia president of France 7 12. What ia the oldeat golf club in the United States? 13. List three composi tions of Brahms. 14. Who invent ed the phrase "Categorical Imper ative?" 15. What modern novel ends with the words "Walked back to the hotel in the rain?" 16. Name three living American architects. 17. Name four pioneers of aviation all now dead? 19. What ia known as the Newlands act and what does it authorize? 20. Name two books by the following authors: tal Edmund Wilson, (b) Rachilde. (c) Francis Carco, Id) Conrad Aiken, e) Bertrand Russell. 21. Who is Stanley Baldwin ? Twenty-nine years ago in Franc in the universities there were no papers, no fraternities, no ath-. letlcs and no commencement exercises. The Unitarian Church Twelfth and H Streeta 'THE CHURCH WITHOUT A CREED" Subject Life." Jan. 25 "The Value Ot L ANDSCAPE SIADIl $10,000 Left of Pledges From Grads; Entire Building Paid For. Editor's Note: Following is an article, written by Cliff t. San lahl, 'SO, which appears in the .Unuary issue of the University Alumnus. It is entitled "Complet- To prove his contention that it docs. 1he colonel savs that the young men who wore hats into 'his office were without exception, those who had in some way escaped military training. Now I would not for one moment doubt The colonel's veracity and yet to me it would be very interesting to know just how the colonel made his calculations. Has he made a practice of iiniuiring from ihe young men whom he sees conversing wilh iinremoved hats to voung women, as to whether or not: they have had military drill? Since practically all male studenis in this university are compelled to take military drill, the men on our campus should be poiished gentlemen to the nth degree. The colonel uscribes laziness as the motive ti..ii of military drill. I am I nay, all people are, but the colonel is mistaken in his diagnosis. Many of the students who are pushing the movement for the abolition of compulsory drill are women, who could not be affected by the outcome, by any stretch of the imagination. As for me, 1 have already bad my stunt with the musket, as have many oilier of the male students who oppose compulsory drill. Students should be credited with just a little bit of seuse. The underclassmen who are supporting the present movement for abolition fully realize that drill cannot be done away with over night and that they will have com pleted the basic course which they are required to Take, before any fruits from Iheir abulitiou efforts could possibly be born. IT we pacifists are so buy, would il not be easier for us lo idle away our time and forget our convictions? It requires 1.0 little time, courage and perseverance to nl tempt to get signer lothe petition which i being circulated on our campus. One who attempts it is derided bv l.i- inililiiristic friends, ridiculed by cynics. and actively opposed by students who are tak entrances. We had the plana all drawn up and were ready to start last summer but were unable to get enough dirt to bring the sur faces up to grade." Work on the landscaping project will begin as soon as excavations Hre started for the new dormi tories on North Sixteenth street. The dirt will be hauled directly over from the irormitory site to the stadium entrances. After the "filling in" process is completed, (hp mirfflce will be supplied with pod, grass and shrubbery. There will be a layout of ten-foot side walks, connecting each of the indi vidual gates with the main fifteen foot sidewalk. Two flagpoles are included in the plans, both of them to be placed on the east terrace. What to do with the two unfin ished ends of the stadium proper is still a question of much concern among the alumni. The biggest problem is to decide which, end the south or the north should be completed. As matters now sianu, arguments are about equal on both sides. Would Finish South. "For cultural purposes, Ramsay intimated, "the south end should be finished as then the main en trance would be placed there and a court or man leaaing up m With the besrlnnine of a new year, a number of the universities and colleges in the countiy are being confronted with the problem of getting the "wherewithal" to mePt payments due on their half million or million dollar bU'"' is. The general depression anc .aer related factors have led to a de cline in the amount of gate re ceipts at football games the last few seasons. Consequently the in stitutions have experienced no lit tle difficulty in acquiring enough ready cash to meet their stadium PaNotnso with the University of j ft Wd be put in v.kok. hivr nt course It wucie uuith, -- daily on the outside, were found to be spreading apart. This neces sitated the application of specially prepared calking material. The eamc was found to be true with a number of floors inside, which had become -nothing less than "water pools." The biggest single job to be ac complished during the summer and autumn was the installation of a new type of drainage system and its attendant waterproofing appli ances. More than t o.ouo was spent on this one endeavor. Two carloads of iron cement have been applied to the surface of the in teriors already and indications are that as much more will have to be applied on the outside next spring and summer. All repair expenses are borne by the athletic department. Besides that, it pays interest on six notes of $10,000 each, which sum, $60, 000 constituted the department's pledge to the stadium fund. The lirst of these notes came due on Dec. 1, 1930, and was promptly taken care of hy the department. is .true that Nebraska was not able to escape the general tendency in football attendance the past sea son. Yet there are no signs of any "payment problem" on the $500, 000 memorial stadium, where thousands of spectators each fall gather to watch the Cornhuskers perform. All Paid For. Recorda in both the alumni and athletic offices show that the en tire stadium project, as it now stands, haa been paid for in full. In addition, the building has been repaired to the extent that it is in better shape today than it was the day it was built. "It is true," stated Ray Ramsay, alumni scretary, "that the stadium aa orifflnallv planned has not been completed there are the two end wlmrs vet to be built but as the structure now stands, every cent of it has been paid." All payments have been made by popular subscriptions and gate receipts. None of the money ap- tiroDrtated from the state legtal ture for the maintenance 01 van university has gone Into the con struction of the stAdlum. Pledges made by alumni, students ana friends of the university have car ried the brunt of the building ex pense. Though there are unpaid pledges aggregating $4,933.40, half of which are uncollectable, the records show a balance of more than $10,000 in the treasury from that source alone. Plan to Landscape. "What we hope to do with this " j balance of $10,000," said Ramsay. j is to landcape the terraces lead- j j ing to both the east and the west , However, for practical reasons th - - . , . north end should be omr. as mm would afford protection to the spectators from the north winJ." Another plan, Ramsay has an nounced, is not to have either end for seating purposes. Tnis wouia call for finishing both enas, nut having a brick building at the north wing for the military de partment. The south end would be set aside mainly as an entrance. "But." he continued, "we can't do anything about it for some time yet not nntil we can get more people to come to the football games." Last fall and summer, according to John K. Selleck, business man ager of athletics, nearly $20,000 waa spent on both the eaat and west stands. Tightening up of the loose places, and making the floors of both stands absolutely water proof, the first time since the com pletion of the project in 1924, was accomplished. Calking Required. Many of the connections, espe-' They Can Not Answer the Questions' He Asks Them. Thomas Beer, noted novelist and biographer, nccuses the younger generation of stupidity about the leading figures and event 01 their Notice I to our j Subscribers! : Now is the time to renew your j subscription to the Nebraskan. This being the last week of pub- lication this semester, it would i be wise to reserve yours now! : Last minute rushes always cause confusion ana annougu we can handle tj scramble, we do not want you to miss any issues. Get your order in NOW ! Renew Tlicm at LONG'S CO-OP Or This Office Mailed application will be filled promptly. Just enclose your check and address and send it in. BALANCE OF YEAR $1.75 DAILY NEBRASKAN U Hall BOWLING 1 i You'll like the appointments,! 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