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THE DAILY NKIWASKAN
TUESDAY. MARCH 17, 1931.
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to be ousted iu a moment by the opinion of a
senator, or several senators. , ,
The public, so far as enforcement of the pro
hibition amendment is concerned, is indiffer
ent. They care not a great deal whether it is
enforced or not. And so long as this is true,
college folk will reflect that attitude.
This is no fault of the fraternity system, bui
of our legal structure. Isn't it a bit too much
to Hfek the fraternities to remedy . something
that is not their fault?
Without Fire
and Sword
By MEREDITH NELSON
And HOMER DSADMAN
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This
.dvertiaina by The Msbsaaka ttmm
Calling the
Senate's Bluff
Senator Axtell, of Fairbury. who voted
ii-ainst the seriate bill to prohibit smoking in
unit-riveitv Vmilriinirs. is now encased in the
pleasant occupation of calling that august
limit's Muff. Yes, indeed. He propose a sub
stitute that really covers the territory. And
then Mime. It would prohibit all smoking and
drinking on all university property, either
buildings or campus, and in all sorority or
fraternity houses and grounds. In fact, if the
measure passes, but one nasty privilege is left
the students. They may chew when and where
the please.
Incidentally, the substitute does not include
students living in rooming houses instead of
fraternities. The reason for this, according to
il;c Hon. Mr. Axtell, is just ibis: Fraternities
and sororities, not rooming houses, cause all
llie trouble.
-A make-believe' measure was the original,
he says, to placate the warlike, crusading W.
". T. 1, In other words, senators who voted
for the original ban of smoking in buildings
did so to win approbation of the women folk,
realizing that the bill as it stood would do
nothing, one way or the other.
Instead of this weak-kneed political ges
ture, lie puts a real, he-man measure, that
actually does the work.
It will give the state what it thinks it's
geiting, and not make it think it's getting
something it isn't."
Getting down to the bottom of the matter,
we-rat her think he proposed his substitute in
order to kill the whole business. Sorensen
i-aTher doubts the constitutionality of the sub
si iiute. After all, the legislature cannot pro
hibit smoking in private homes, and the attor
ney general considers a fraternity house a
private residence in the legal sense of the
lerni.
When asked if he devised the substitute to
kill all such legislation, Senator Axtell said,
with the faintest trace of a smile, 'Of course
not. I really believe in my substitute measure,
and intend to vote for it."
"Incidentally," he remarked a moment later,
-I wrote the state W. C. T. U. a letter suggest
ing that as a means of combating this tobacco
evil, they might do all they can to enforce the
legislation already passed on the matter. For
instance, they might aid in enforcing the law
against selling tobacco to minors, or against
smoking in public eating bouses. .
"The senate wanted to prohibit smoking
among students. Here is their opportunity to
accomplish that end. . ."
"Will it pass? It ought to. unless senators
who voted for the original bill were doing so
merely as a method of placating the W. C. T.
I' and at the same time shelving the whole
proposition."
The "unless' will kill the bill. Heuator Ax-
lell does not believe it will pass. He may
have proposed it as a means of squelching the
whole, question. Politics are funny, sometimes,
litir politics do get around things very nicely.
A more serious element involved came out in
1 lie discussion between Senators Axtell aud
Neumann, of Oakland.
"For that matter," said Axtell, 'I am op
posed to the continued existeuce of fraterni
lieh and sororities.'
"So am J," haid Xeuiuauu.
They leach bad habits,'' continued Axtell.
"Wight again," continued Neumann.
There, iu a nutshell, is the whole situation,
Legi iaiors do not as a rule, like fraternities.
They do all tbey can to restrict them by va
rious and sundry regulations, biding the time
when, with dormitories for men. they can be
dispensed with. Whether this is the idea of
i lie majority of the legislators cannot be deter
mined. At least, it is the attitude of more
iliau a few.
"The organizations do noLhiiig to prevent
driukiug and smoking,' said the Hon. Mr.
Axtell. 'They do pa mm rule aganist drinking
tn the house, but tolerate it outside. Jt is
their duty 1o prevent that too. When a man
comes in drtiuk, action should be laken to
prevent a repetition of the occurrence. None
. There is a great deal in what he says. Ac
cording to his own statement, however, there
is no law against drinking. The legal restric
tions rue ujiou possession aud welling of liquor
;nly. Hence, according to law, if a student
vants to drink, it is his own affair, and no
3ue else's.
- Here is the reason for the tolerance of or
ganized groups. Tbey have no desire to be
i heir brother's keeper. Let one man do as he
"pleases, until that action interferes with an
other's acts. . . This is the theory imbedded in
collegiate minds by a study of the governmen
tal principles of the United States, aud is not
"Why not," says a well kuown piitft-toi'.
"approach 1h trouble this way: pass n law
requiring all students to wear celluloid col
lars. Then they will be forced to stop smoking
on account of the fire hasard."
Undoing
His Work.
Kev. W. C. Fa well, the uiau.yuu know, who
characterieed the Innocents as a group dressed
in devil s robes, singing letween puffs of ciga
rette smoke. Cheer, Cheer The (.'aug's All
Here,"' has done some good work on tin"
campus. Although his Wesley Players. Phi
Tau Theta, and other organizations have not
been responded to by a large group of stu
dents, compared to the numlKT enrolled iu uni
versity, nevertheless some good has been ac
complished.
Jts too had J'everend rawell has to turn
right around now and undo all his good work
For that is what he has done. He has not only-
cast a shadow on his own efforts but of stu
dent pastors iu general. How can a man ex
poet students to have faith in him, listen to
him and work with him when he flings out
silly, absurd statements .which are simply pre
posterous? Possibly striving for their confi
dence, he has reaped only their disgust. And
it is too bad.
Reverend Fawell could have continued to do
many good things for his flock on the campus,
had he not fumed over the smoking law as he
did. He probably will still try to do those
good things, but accomplishment will surely
be impossible. Students aren't imbeciles. Nei
ther are they younsters who must have some
one do their thinking for them. They have
sense enough to know when a man is narrow
minded, when he has gone too far in making
silly, inconsequential statements. They prove
this by their show of disgust.
So, again, it is too bad. Reverend Fawell
might have continued an efficient working
factor among students on the campus, had be
ept his head and tongue.
The University of Chicago is abolishing
class system, fraternities, mid-quarter exams,
and all such. They didn't do away with the
faculty or the student body, however, and with
no outside interests these two should have
ample time to fight each other.
Wherein a Student
Cutset the Librarian.
There drifted down to the office the other
day an irate student, It seems he had just
isited the mam library, and bad emerged
therefrom bookless and full of wrath. His own
story of the eventful afternoon runs something
like this:
"We went over to get a couple of psychol
ogy references. The professor had given us
the titles, the authors' name6. and library ref
erence numbers. The girl at the desk 6aid she
was sorry, but they were both out just then.
"Later we went back again. The m-oman at
the desk that time said there were no such
books. If there were, they were in some other
library on the campus. We told her we had
called for them before, and tbey were out, in
use.
"She said, 'Young man, you can't get away
with that here. You are bluffing, and I know
it.'
"We said. 'We are sorry, but we are not ly-
ng. wax should weT
She grew quite angry. So did we. We
left. We firmly intend to flunk that course
rather than go back and ask for any more
books in that place. We do not like to be called
liars."
Evidently the student concerned had a mis
taken idea of why librarians are engaged. They
are engaged to prevent students' getting away
with anything. To emerge from the library
with a look. one must present his identifica-
1011 card, a certificate of good health, credeu
ials testifying to his innate honest r, and a
birth certificate.
Librarians are not engaged to please and
satisfy ihe studeuls. They are there because
someone must be on deck to hand out books to
the few who are qualified to receive them.
It is too bad if any student will prefer to
flunk a course rather than realize the actual
conditions, but the modern flair is all in favor
of the realists. Jt can't le heljied.
Coeds at the University of iJetroit have been
forbidden to converse with the male ttudeuts
at any time on the campus. It is no doubt
another forward step in the great Reforming
of Youth that neems to be in progress.
MORNING MAIL
''These Periodical Outbursts.'
TO THE EDITOR:
The recent smoking controversy which has
been spectacularly rekindled by the Rev. Fa
weli's outspoken remarks, is typical of some of
the men who make it their business to deal
and work with students without ever under
standing them.
We cannot but admire Ihe courage yf a men
who would so uncompromisingly express such
extraordinary views as those aired by the Rev.
Fawell in the face of an overwhelming public
opinion, student and otherwise, which is so
manifestly opposed to his ideas.'
Although the writer is a non-smoker (and
ho the proposed legislation mould make no
personal difference) he is at least sufficiently
well acquainted with the history of social leg
islation to know that to try to enforce tem
perance by lav is but inviting disaster.
The absurdity of the proposals it rivaled
only by their ridiculousness. However, I per
sonally am glad that the discussion has come
up. These sporadic outbursts afford all re
formers a chance to air their rrievances, which
a such should le heard and forgotten.
E. J.
I
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What a tragedy we would think
it to be if one of these days the
mailn?s of ihe Kord Motor fac
tories should suddenly go mad and
start turning uut ccaster wagons
instead of Ford tars! It is certain
that we would be highly critical,
especially if Henry tned to sell us
the coaster wagons under the name
or Ford tutiors and sport road'
tera. We would all insist that the
products were a fake and that
bomething must be done to the
machinery of production (for not
withstanding' wliat General Motors
may be to us. most of us really
preier even Fords to coaster wa
gons for ordinary purposes I. Nor
would we be satisfied if the fac
tories turned out one car for
every two or three wagons.
But what are we to say of the
human products of our colleges
and universities? Are we reason
ably sure that the machinery of
education does not tui n out coaster
wagons instead of motor vehicles?
Certainly it is the end of univer
sities to produce for society a con
stant and steady supply of intel
ligent individuals.
The most important distinction
between a coaster wagon and a
Ford car (but not the only one,
Henry ( is that the Ford has power
that which enables it to go up
hill or down. It is the power
which makes the Ford more or
less valuable, and as a result we
have less use for a coaster wagon.
Without pressing the analogy too
far, we may draw the same dis
tinction between the useful indiv.
duals who graduate from colleges,
and the useless. Those who are in
demand, and whose production
justifies the existence of colleges,
are the individuals with power;
they move up hill as wel! as down,
and if given a chance will get
some place. On the other hand are
the Individuals of coaster wagon
standard who muFt be pushed,
herded, and guided everywhere
except downhill where the going is
extreamely easy, and even going
downhill they must be guided, else
they run wild. (But here we must
drop the analogy before we gel
onto the subjects or rord drivers,
which is a most disastrous sub
ject).
.Now this concept of an individ
ual with power is not to be con
strued in any a Detract, unieal or
goody-goody manner. The man
who has power is the man who
has achieved mastery and under
standing of himself as a person
who has made the various parts of
his self fit each other so they work
together best in a common direc
tion. He is commander of his de
sires, emotions, and habits. Be
sides this, the man of power must
have a grasp of the great and
small social problems, understand
ing them and meeting them with
scientific attitude and strong, well
founded conviction. In these prob
lems he must see far ahead, in the
light of a good store of knowledge.
But beyond this personal social
understanding, the intelligent indi
vidual must have the habit and
will for acting definitely in accord
with the knowledge which be
holds. Without the ability and
Initiative for living in harmony
with truth, he falls chort of power.
Progress is not to be made by
dreaming dreams alone; it requires
leaders of activity, in whose lives
ideas become realities.
We need in no way be idealists
to agree that such individuals of
power are the ir lividual"of prac
tical intelligence. We need be only
the bitterest of realists to recog
nize that our society is far short
in the supply of thoroly intelligent
people. And the most direct kind
of inference from this fact is that
colleges and universities are not
producing a great stream of satis
factory products.
The machinery of education
needs overhauling. Or perhaps it
needs the addition of certain new
equipment ? What addition is nec
essary to better the quality of its
products ?
TWO ATTEND CONFERENCE.
Few Students, It Is Said, Know That
Library Has Page Of Gutenberg Bible
Practically every person ac
quainted with books and printing
knows that Johannes Gutenberg
printed the first book, a Bible,
from movable types, but few peo
ple on the campus know that a
page of this Bible is in the uni
versity library.
Gutenberg, credited with beinar
the inventor of printing from
movable type, did his famous
work in Mainz, Germany, some
time between 1450 and 1455. Dur
ing that time he is supposed to
have printed several copies of his
650 page, "42 line" Bible, of which
forty-five are now known to be
in existence. Practically all of
these are in public museums and
those in good condition are valued
at about $300,000 each. The Uni
versity of Nebraska has but one
leaf from the Bible, secured from
an Incomplete volume.
Other rare books in the univer
sity library include a copy of the
Nuremberg Chronicle, published in
1493 in Germany, an extraordi
narily fine copy since it contains
a portrait missing in most copies.
There is also a copy of the fourth
edition of Shakespeare's plays,
published in 1685.
With some 240.000 volumes in
the library, Nebraska has several
good collections of books, accord
ing to G. H. Deane, librarian. Ne
braska ranks with Cornell in hav
ing the best collection of books on
the French revolution and ranks
third in the Woodrow Wilson col
lection of some 1500 items. Prince
ton and Yale outrank Nebraska in
this respect. The William of Ock
ham collection at Nebraska, al
though very small, is considered
as the finest in the United States.
DR. AGARD GIVES TALK!
Wisconsin Faculty Man
Speaker for Meeting
Of Society.
Is
girls are Velma Hatch, Lilas John
son, Eula Bee Martin, Agnes Mat
tison, Margery Trott and Almeda
Jose.
Food Induces Rats
to Break Jail in
Psychology Class
They're not so dumb!
So say the students in Prof. Wil
liam E. Walton's comparative psy
chology class, which has recently
been conducting memory experi
ments with a group of susceptible
albino rats.
It has taken many a d.y for
an experienced convict o make
good his getaway and with count
less combinations at his finger
tips to aid him in his escape; the
innocent white rat has only his
under-developed intelligence to aid
him in getting out of the pens he
gets put Into. Just a bit of food is
all that is necessary to Indues him
to make his "break" for liberty.
A hidden spring suddenly re
leased by his accidental contact
opens for him a doorway in his
prison wall. Food and temporary
freedom are his. Repeated trials
taught him in an hour's time the
particular spot that flashed open
and he soon became a professional
jailbreaker.
PLAYERS GIVE 'BARABBAS'
Florence Corbin and Rowan
Eliff, members of the vocational
education staff in the home
economics department, attended a
regional conference on home
economics education at Chicago
last week.
Dr. D. A. Worcester and Mrs.
J. P. Guilford are the authors of
an article dealing with only chil
dren which appears in the current
innue of the Journal of Genetic
Psychology
Dr. Worcester Speaks
At (Jliurch Sunday Night
Dr. P. A Worcester of the de
partment of educational psychol
ogy spoke at the First Plymouth
Congregational church Sunday eve
ning. His subject was "Psychology
and Religion."
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Dr. Walter Agard of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin faculty
spoke at 5 o'clock Sunday after
noon under the auspices of the
Lincoln chapter of ihe Archaelo-
gical Society of America at the
regular Sunday program in the
Morrill hall auditorium.
Recent Discoveries of Greek
Sculpture" was the subject of Dr.
Agard s address. He was brourht
isociery oi America which took
charge of the museum program.
The children's program in Mor
rill hall at 2:30 o'clock consisted
of a three reel film entitled.
"Young America."
PLANS ARE MADE
FOR CINEMA OF
U OF CALIFORNIA
Plan for tie taking of motion
pictures of college life on the ram-
pus of the University of Califor
nia have been completed, accord
ing to The Daily Californian. The
scenario will be written by a stu
dent on the campus, and revised
by Hollywood scenario writers.
Tne film is to be silent the vari
ous roles being filled by students
active in campus dramatics. It is
to be used in a tour among several
high schools, and will also be
shown on the campus. A plUuie
travelogue of the nottd and popu
lar points ot the campus is planned
to accompany the feature film
when shown.
Methodist Dramatic Group
Presents One Act Drama
Sunday Evening'.
207 Coeds Prove
Skill, if Any, at
Roller Skate Rink
j Two hundred and seven girls
i proved their skill at the Varsity
l roller skating rink on Thursday
Wesley Players, religious dra-, night The time for skating was
matic organization of Methodist I divided into three one hour pe
students presented their one act I riods. Only sixty girls could be ac
plav entitled "Barabbas" at the j commodated each hour because of
V. M. INTER-RACIAL
CROUP BROADCASTS
The Y. M. C. A. Inter-racial com
mission broadcast a vesper service
over WCAJ Sunday evening from
6:30 to 7:30. There two short
talks and a program of music bv
negro students.
Six Women Enter Home
: Ec Management House
Six home economics students be
gan their residence in the home
management house last week. The
Emerald Methodirt church Sunday
evening. This religious drama por
trays the conversion of Barabbaa.
He is represented as a thief who
gives up the robber band to be
come a follower of the Naiarene.
The fast is as follows:
The cast is as follows: Barab
bas, Lee Scott; Simeon, Francis
Brandt Hamath, John Bishop;
Toras, Delbert Reefi; Thaddeus,
Gordon Williams, Mary Mag
dalene, Beryl Klahn.
The music for the evening's pro
gram was furnished by a group
of Wesley foundation musicians.
In this group were Quinn Lot
speich, cornet; Kenneth Lotspeich,
violin; Ralph Benton, trombone;
Lloyd Watt voice, and Miss Lu
cille Osborn, accompanist
ENGAGEMENTS ON
COMPANION BASIS
NEWEST AT OHIO
"Companionate e n g a g cment1?"
are popular with Ohio State uni
versity students according to the
Columbus Dispatch.
The traditional custom of hang
ing the fraternity pin ii retained,
but alter the initial act the prin
cipals are free to date when and
where they please. For important
campus events and particular af
fairs each must be available to the
other in order to observe a pro
vision of this companionate ar
rangement But after all. students see in the
whole aflair only a new and strik
ing name for an ancient custom.
Mahan Raj. a senior at the Uni
versity of Minnesota, whose home
is in Bombay, India, has a B. S. C.
degree from the University of
Bombay and is a fellow in the
Sanskrit Institution at Calcutta.
the limited space and equipment
This waa one of a series of nov
elty hikes planned by Ruth Kier.
hiking chairman, who is working
on ideas for variei and interesting
marches.
T. J. THOMPSON WILL
SPEAK AT VESPERS
T. J. Thompson, dean of student
affairs, will speak at vespers
at Ellen Smith hall Tuesday after
noon, at 5 o'clock. Marie Broad
will have charge of the progrum
this week.
College girls don't get enough
parties, don't go out enough, spend
too much time studying, is the
claim of the Dean of Hunter college.
The UNITARIAN CHURCH
Twelfth and H Streets
'The Church Without
a Creed"
Subject March 22 "The Mean
ing of History."
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