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    THE DAILY NEBRASKAN .
TUESDAY, MARCH 3. 1931.
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The Daily Nebraskan
Station A, Lincoln, Nebraeka
OFFICIAL 8TUDKNT PUBLICATION
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
Publlihed Tueadav, Wedntaday, ThUriday, Friday and
Sunday mornlnge during tha acadamle year.
THIRTIETH YEAR
Entered at eecond-claaa matter at tho poatofflce In
Lincoln, Nebraaka, under act of congreaa, March t, 1879.
and at apaelal rata of poataga provided for In atction
1103 act of Octobar I, 1917, authorized January SO, 1922.
Under direction af tha Student Publication Board
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EDITORIAL STAFF
Elmont T. Waita Editor-in-chief
Robert J. Kelly Aaaoclata Editor
Managing Edltora
William McOaffln C. Arthur Mitchell
Nawt Edltora
Arthur Wolf Boyd Vonleggorn
Evelyn Slmpeon Eugena McKIm
Leonard Conklin Sporta Editor
Fiancee Holyoka Women' Editor
BUSINESS STAFF
Charlea 0. Lawlor Bualneee Manager
Aaalitant Butlneat Managara.
Norman Gailelier Jack Thompeon
Edwin Faulkner Harold Kube
ma paper t lepeeewted for tMrl
adMrtiaina ay m Weeraau
Aa-eciattoa.
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Policy-
The Daily l)Ntkftu has lax ethics. Jt puts
a .rl.s into the mouth of the colonel that he
iifver dreamed of uttering. It is being run by
'.someone in higher authority'' who desires to
do all the dirt possible upon the campus. The
former editor was used as a tool by eoniuiun
its. to advance their own idea. The bait was
: picture of the affluent position in later life
which the personal publicity would afford him.
We are also leaping eagerly to that same bait.
tumors ar coming ''from all Hides so there
must be some truth in them." A little investi
gation into the policies of the "students' voice"
is iu order.
We shrink and grovel beneath this fiery ti
rade appearing in a student opinion printed iu
Sunday's issue. JVell, John, here goes for the
policy.
To be really frank and truthful, we did mir
darnedest to get this job because it is good
newspaper experience. It is good experience,
iu the main, because of you, John. If there
were no such people, our job wouldn't be worth
much as experience. So if you wish to combat
this great fil the idea of our eventually get
tiug a position, you had best remain silent. For
the more you accuse us, the better goes our
great personal publicity campaign.
All Joking aside, we are here for a reason.
It is our obligation, and less frequently our
pleasure, to comment as intelligently as possi
ble upon emits of general campus interest. In
addition, The Daily Nebraskan will favor any
plan or development it deems to be for the gen
eral welfare of the student body, whether that
student body Is interested at first or not. Xo
one asked vs to begin ft little agitation for a
union building. No one asked us to favor one
Mide or the other of this preparedness-elective
drill warfa,
W foeided that a nion building should
be constructed that K would greatly benefit
the studeot body. We decided, also, that elec
tive militaiy science rather than compulsory
would bB-beneficifiJ to the student body. Ac
cordingly," presented oor arguments in both
instances, tvalwmg tbat so matter what the
outcome, v WOM he accused r.f everything
under the sun.
In the ease of the drill argument, we were.
And, if anything is begun in the way of a stu
dent imion building, we have no doubt we will
be charged with ste&Kng the corner-stone, or of
some other soch erkne. It seems to be part of
I lie game.
But such wild-eyed accusations should have
n effect. Shall we drop the union building
project, because someone will accuse us of
boosting it for selfish reasons? We don't think
we should and we know quite well that we
won't.
We cannot eomment intelligently on any
thing or eomment at all, in fact, if we spend
our rime and fill our columns with this type of
editorial content. And then, too, it is personal
publicity. . . .
We quote below from the first isue of The
Nebraskan for this semester, and say here and
now that we are not to continue this practice
of arguing personalities. We shall argue is
sues, instead:
"TheJDaily Nebraskan, as a student newspa
per wilKrjrint letters on. and comment on any
topic iu .which student interest is manifest.
The Daily Nebraskan, as a newspaper, will
push editorially any project which will result
in ultinuite benefit to the studeut body,
whether extreme interest in such drives is dem
onstrated or not.
"We are not subsidized by any organization
or persons. Nor are we bound by obligations
to any student group or groups.
"We shall print what we think and hope
von like it 1'
Some people used to believe in tianta Clans.
Now tliey are found here and there, predicting
an appropriation to replace University hall.
Social situation terrible. Always that lin
gering idea that maybe your date s married to
someone. . .
Millenium!
Announcement is made in The Daily Ne
braskan today of a joint meeting of the three
political factions Blue Shirt, Yellow Jacket
and Barb, to be held in the interests of a stu
dent union building campaign. Also, in the
news columns is a story which reads as fol
lows: "Fred V. 4rau, president of the senior class,
William T. McCleery, president of 1 lit Inno
cents society, Art Wolf, president of the Blue
Shirt faction, ami LHphian Nash, president of
the Barb group, will pak iu behalf of the
student union building movement Tuesday
night at the Yellow Jacket faction meeting. . ."
Just what, if anything, will come out of these
meetings, remains to be seen.' At least, they
are a step toward the promotion of more and
better co-operation on the student union pro
ject, bv taking it out of politics. It would eem
as though the millenlnm had arrived, If any
major constructive project may possibly be put
across without a certain amount of politics,
dirty or otlierwHe, connected with. It.
The Nebraskan is not attempting a Polly
anna role in any sense of the word. But . the
paper is rather glad to see campus 'politicians
nppnreutly awakening to the fact that a little
more co operation and a little less throat-cut-ting
Is the best recipe for getting things done.
This is probably the first time razors aud
butcher kuives have been laid aside by all ma
jor political factions in the interests of a really
constructive project. Let us hope said razor
and knives are kept iu the dark closet, at least
until some decent start has been made on the
student union building campaign. A little coin
petition, later, might do no harm.'. .
"A (Joed Speaks'' In Morning Mail column.
Don't they always?
Weather, money and amusement are 'the
three most interesting things in the world, says
Arthur Brisbane. Well student union build
ing ought to rouse lots of interest. 11ns all
three qualifications: Costs money, provides
1 daces for amusements; raises the question,
weather well ever get one or not.
MORNING MAIL
Ethics ISeuispaper and Military.
TO THE EDITOR:
1 wonder if John Beatty, the gentleman who
cracked vou and me in Sunday's Nebraskan.
knows what communism is. 1 don't. I missed
that part of this university's economic curric
ula. Would It I nice frr yon or me to accuse
Brother Beatty of licking the military depart
ment's boots in order to elevate himself In that
body's esteem? I think our journalistic eth
ics, low as they seem to appear, would forbid
stooping to nasty insinuations like that. If
Mr. Beatty could be on the level about things,
he might' understand that anyone who ex
presses himself in public lays himself open to
violent criticism. Some people are unethical
enough to attribute, out of a clear sky, rotten
motives for any act. I doubt if Beatty shall
we call him John? is trying to get a drag
with the war department. I'll give him credit
for being sincere.
Now. John just what the devil do I want to
get a big pull with the communistic party for?
Do you think the Husslan government sent me
a check every tune I wrote about compulsory
drill last semester? With these rumors, which
you mention so politely, floating around, I sup
pose the publicity I received in connection with
the discussion will make a millionaire out of
me. Then, being a buddy of Mussolini and
Norman Thomas and all those swell gents, I
will endow a college. I shall give every cent
to that institutionand I'll bet the last fifteen
cents you would accuse me of doing it for pub
licity. John, you should be more generous in your
estimates. How would yon like to have all the
instructors in the university who oppose com
pulsory drill talking about you behind your
back? Before you question The Nebraskan'e
ethics, look into your own.
LAST SEMESTER'S EDITOR.
(If 1 signed my name, you'd accuse me of
hunting publicity so I could step into a good
job next year.)
A Coed Speaks.
TO THE EDITOR:
Well, I see by the papers The Daily Ne
braskan in particular, general and especially
that a controversy over coed rushing rules led
to an article bv "Nou Compos'' entitled "Don't
Tangle With Coeds."
First in regard to the rushing rules. Every
rule has a definite object. It is there for a
reason. The rules are to give different groups
the fairest possible chance in rushing and to
give the new girl time to make up her mind.
The rules, although complicated, are made to
serve a purpose.
Like all outgrowths of organisations that
make rules and give thought and considera
tion to the making traditions are built tip.
But do not think these traditions are unalter
able. The Pan hellenic council is constantly
alert to improve them.
As to penalizing groups this is done in the
fairest manner possible. The ca6e is presented
to a group, composed of alumnae from differ
ent croups, and thev make' a decision WITH
OUT KNOWING AGAINST WHICH GROUP
TnEY ARE MAKING JUDGMENT. They do
not find out who they have ruled against until
after the penalty has been announced in Pan
hellenic meeting.
Ho much for the defense of the coed rushing
system. But as to the accusation That there
is no use trying to inject any sense into rhe
coed self government on this campus. I claim
the charge to be untrue. Of course, coed gov
erning groups will not fake the suggestions
made by Joe Colleges who know nothing about
the existing conditions aud who make charges
against them without trying io enlighten them
selves further. An intelligent study of the sit
uation with a little constructive suggestion
might be met by the coeds with due considera
tion. As to the fact that "women are funny, and
will fight for their own peculiar way of run
ning things'' I would like to ask, Non Compos,
who broke a date on you to give you such a
bleak outlook on the girls around this town?
OMNIS MENTIS.
Destructive Patriots.
TO THE EDITOR:
Mr. Frank W. Reiser's letter to Colonel
Oury that appeared in the Morning Mail col
umn recently seems to me to be a glowing tes
timony of its author's lack of information on
current social movements and his narrow out
look on world affairs. Mr. Beiser shows alarm
at the situation at Nebraska and attributes the
movement for optional drill to '"'subtle propa
ganda"' that has leen circulating in our col
leges anil universities since the; war.
It seems logical that those lersoiia express
ing like views would finally stumble upon the
truth and see that the optional drill movement
is not subtle propaganda, but the result of the
liberal education to which Mr.' Beiser, like the
rest of us, was exposed when he was enrolled
in this university. I do not suppose that it
ever occurs to those persons that now and then
a university education "takes," and despite the
grip that militaristic philosophy has upon our
thought ftiflhre n tw persons to the nnso
lute futility of preventing war by preparing
for war.
When Jesus of Nazareth decried war and
preached the gospel of the brotherhood of man
kind, he was not the tool of Moscow or Hie
medium for the spreading of "subtle propa
ganda." In view of the fact that a few persons
still read the Bible, does it not seem that
therein lies some of this "propaganda" that the
militarists are so desirlons of eradicating?
If Mr. Beiser is so zealous of preserving our
government fr future generations, It is high
time that he broaden his outlook and come to
realize lhat the militaristic program will not
only destroy this country, but western civiliza
tion as well, "if civilization cannot end war,
war will end civilization."
How can any ierson be so blind as to fail
lo see that iho preparedness policy has beeu
used unsuccessfully since society first evolved
from barbarism? Inevitably it leads to war;
it hastens war, and makes the struggle more
intense and more horrible.
Is this Communistic propaganda, or is it loy
alty to country, rising above the primitive con
ception of security for America through a fleet
of battleships patrolling the high seas that im
H)se a ruinous taxatiou upon the citizens for
their support?
A LOYAL AMERICAN.
College Comment
College Youth Is Mo Exception.
You sec a university sophomore driving a
high powered touring ear down a crowded
street nt breakneck speed. You see a bottle
thrown from a. ear parked in sonic backyard.
You see young men and women vioiatiug laws,
customs, conventions, creeds. Do you call ibis
"collegiate" and promise that no offspring of
yours shall ever enter a university
If you do,. something is wrong with your
perspective. Youth's frivolity is neither more
limited nor more extended in college than in
life. Stenographers smoke as much as college
girls; college boys do not have a monopoly on
dissipation in its various and colorful forms.
There is something wrong with the educa
tional system, we admit. We have attempted
to build a huge structure on the foundation of
a small one. We are worrying along on the
same basis that our ancestors found satisfac
tory, but we have outgrown it. That does not
brand college youth as criminal, vicious ami
brazenly w ild, however.
If blame is to be placed for collegiate trans
gressions, levy it squarely on the shoulders of
parents, guardians, society. How can sensible
people, which eliminates the semi-righteous re
formers, point an accusing finger at college,
life as if it were a thing apart? When the
ship sinks, the cabins go with it; if society is
slipping, its institutions nre on the same (le
tup. College morality is the morality of in
telligent youth and the scandal sucking popu
lace may always quench its thirst where young
men and women are. brought together in largo
numbers. Daily Kansan.
PLANS NEW COURSE
Weekly Half Hour French
Lessons Will Soon Be
Broadcast.
A new radio course in beginning
French has been arranged by the
xtension division in co-operation
with the department of romance
language. The first lesson is
scheduled for Wednesday. The
course will be given weekly for
half hour periods from 2:30 to
3:00.
Professor Emile Villemeur Telle,
who obtained his "Baccalaureates
Sciences Languages" at the Uni
versity of Toulouse, will instruct
the course which will be broadcast
from the university radio studio
through station KFAB. A loud
speaker will be placed in me
Tempi theater where students
may gather each Wednesday dur
ing the broadcast and obtain bene
fit of the lesion if they desire.
The new course is given without
credit and without any registra
tion charge. The extension division
is prepared to register students
wishing to enroll. The book for
this radio class, "A Modern
French Course," by Dondo, may
be obtained from the extension di
vision office for 1.72 plus mailing
charges.
GRAPHOLOGY CLAIMS
Oregon University Tests
Character Study by
Handwriting.
EUGENE, Ore. Because indi
vidual handwriting can usually be
identified with remarkable cer
tainty many people think that the
writing must give a clue to the
personality and character of the
writer. These beliefs and claims of
graphologists need scientific inves
tigation In the opinion of Howard
R, Taylor, professor of psychology
in Oregon university.
A test of some of these theories
by Mr. Taylor' class in employ
ment psychology is being worked
out as a class project to demon
strate the way in which psycholo-
rists would investigate such
claims.
The experiment, it was pointed
out, is not a careful research study
but is of value to the students In
demonstrating research procedures
and the scientific attitude of rind
ing out the facts rather than dog
matically condemning or approv
ing such theories.
Graphology Theory Explained.
The principles of graphology,
according to an explanation of the
basis upon which graphologists
work and which appeared In
very reputable magazine, are of
this sort a slant slightly to the
right means that the writer is af
fectionate, whtle a slant to the left
signifies a cool and calculating
person.
In the same manner, a vertical
slant means that the head rules
the heart, while a slant sometimes
to the right, sometimes to the left
means that the person is inconsis
tent. If the letters are spaced wide
apart, the person is generous; if
medium spaced the person is care
ful in money matters, while if the
letters are very close the person Is
said to be miserly.
Class Collects Signatures.
Class members collected signa
tures of the two persons most af
fectionate and the two most cold
ly calculating of their acquain-
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tance. Similarly they collected the
handwriting of people who were
most unlike in the other traits
mentioned.
The handwriting was then ex
amined to see whether the slant,
pacing and other specifications,
according to the theories of graph
ology, corresponded with the per
sonalities of the examples chosen.
A member of the class is working
on the results, which do not seem
to support the theories.
SIXTY FOOTBALL MEN RE
PORT FOR SPRING PRAO
TICE
(Continued from Page 1.)
Hubert Bnnwell
I Roy Col
H. Schulti
leff Wataon
Lorn Nuller
Robert Jor
W. Wenke
Roaer Wolcntt
Warren Sroirrin
Riiuel Frerman
Don Morris
Carleton Anderson
Floyd An fin
Dtlbtrt LaBounty
Harold Homereck
Jobn Jlohy
Marlon Scott
Robert DoukIim
Bob WanMrman
Krn Foaartv
Clair Wiloon
Otort: Swinion
Jack Singer
Raymond Scott
Everett Kreizincer
Bruce Kilbourne
John Kerlnkedea
Warren DeBim
Chnrleii Armstrong
Tlalr Hlnhnp
Henry Bauer
Corwln Hulbert
Ludwln Oartney
Tim Kittaerald
J. Peterson
Charles Row And
Bernle Maaternon
Melvin 8-anion
1-ewls Brown
Berne Packer
Lee Penney
Olen Jones
Wayne Norwood
Claude Austin
Kd Uptesrove
Pant Chambers
Norman Shield
Foster Owen
Frank Throop Speaks
Before Phi Tau Theta
Frank D .Throop, manaeer of the
Lincoln Star, will talk to the Thi
Tau Thetas tonight at a dinner
meeting at the Wesley Foundation
parsonage. Fifty places have been
reserved for the dinner, which will
be served at 6 o'clock. Those in all-intramural trophy.
attendance will include some
twenty guests of the organization,
in addition to the members. Mr.
Troop's subject is "Religion as a
Newspaper Man Sees It.
FOUR FRATS SCRAP
IN
Three in Social Division
And One Pro Team
Are Survivors.
The intramural bowling cham
pionship lies between Alpha Theta
Chi, Phi Gamma Delta, Sigma Phi
Fpsilon, Rnd Lambda Chi Alpha, in
the social division, while Alpha Chi
Sigma will compete in the finals as
sole survivor of the professional
fraternities.
Last week the Alpha Theta Chis
defeated the Tau Kappa Kpsilon
bowlers in three straight games.
As a result of this victory the
Alpha Thets met the Sig Eps in
the semi-final round yesterday.
The Sig Eps drew a bye for the
first round.
Phi Gamma Delta upset the dope
wagon when they defeated the
Kappa Sigs two games to one.
Lambda Chi Alpha, after also
drawing a bye will compete
against the Phi Gams in the lower
bracket of the semi-finals. The
winners of these two matches will
meet in the final round for the
championship of the social division.
This champ will vie with the chem
ist of Alpha Chi Sigma for the
aris Land
Ok
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NOW that the Prom Is over wo
can start kicking about tha pre.
sentatlon of the Prom girl. Let
it be understood that it Is tha man
ner of presentation and not ths
prcnrr.tei that mea wlfh our
condemnation. It wai doubtless a
novel idea that of running ths
Prom girl aiound the floor in
baby buggy, but it wasn't partic
ularly dignified or entertaining--
or safe. And to make matters
worse. Beasley got interested and
laid down on the job after the
Prom girl ascended to tha plat
form. Rather awkward. Better
luck next year!
We wish to take this opportun
ity to repeat that Prom girl
should not wear black dresae and
that a good-looking one girl, not
dress for a change, la appreci
ated. DUT as lo the Prom proper, we
Dare going to kick about thos
who kicked about it. Does any
body who hasn't worked on some
such committee know Just how
much work it really is 7 All right
then. Quit squawking about it.
The committee worked and so
the decorations were 0. k. A for
Beasley, some thought him beastly
and more thought otherwise. Ws
thought otherwise.
CO MUCH for the Prom. Ws are
u tired of answering phone call
for Awgwan staff members down
here in the Rag office. So ws are
remarking that the Awgwan really
has a new office. It's in the base
ment of University hall, where
Stepanek used hang out. You
can tell it by a sign over the door.
It now contains a desk, a hunk of
blackboard, and, at times an edi
tor. Look it over some time but
refrain from calling in because it
doesn't have a telephone. Please,
Charlie, a telephone for the Aw
gwan office.
YE DON'T know much about
" the Industrial conference, but
we wonder what has been done
about the problem of the unem
ployed basketball player.
Happily for the newspaper ths
elopement bug ha suddenly struck
the campus. We have been need
ing a run-away marriage or two
for variety speaking for the Rag
staff in general. Your co-operation
is appreciated, we assure you,
only remember, it's better to be
safe than sorry.
MISS METZGER GIVES TALKS,
Miss Evelyn Metzger, assistant
profepsor of design in the home
economics department, is conduct
ing a series of round table discus
sions on interior decorating for the
Lincoln American Association of
University Women. The group
meets every other Friday morning.
a11 Souls UnitarianCwxhl
I SUBJECT MARCH 8
I "The Organization of 'A
the Self
STEPPING INTO A MODERN WOULD
Nothing small about this work
Reaching out to tlicfar corners of the
earth for raw materials of telephone ap
paratus, is a Western Electric function
in the Bell System.
To assure adequate sources of supply,
men engaged in this work of mass pur
chasing continually search the entire
globe. To buy wisely, they study all
factors affecting prices economic and
labor conditions, transportation facil
ities, freight rateson a world-wide
scale. Each year their purchases, worth
many millions of dollm, include such
diverse products as platinum from
Russia, mica from India, asphalt from
Venezuela, flax from Belgium and
France.
All in all, a vast and fascinating task.
For men of keen business judgment,
the opportunity is there!
BELL SYSTEM
A NATION-WIDE SYSTEM OF INTERCONNECTING TELEPHONES