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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1931
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THE DAILY NF.RRASKAN
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If 31
This MP is npremM tor general
tdmtulnf f The Mekraaka
AKMlttoa.
Scholars
And Activities.
Fhi Beta Kappa, (pronounced Phee, if you
please) has made its formal announcement of
newlv elected members. The imposing list in
cludes fortv-six seniors, thirteen men and thirty-three
women. The figure, make the reader
ponder for a moment.
YYhv more women than men.
Ts is because they are more intelligent than
men? Or is it because they study more dili
gently their assigned readings? Or is it be
cause there are more men instructor than
there are women? And then again, maybe it
is because women are involved in fewer extra
curricular activities that require any appre
ciable amount of their time.
more important point brought to light by
the list is the general exclusion of students
prominent in campus activities. Is it because
tLev are less intelligent ? Granted that some of
are' less intelligent? Granted that some of
ihem are, but we doubt if the statement will
hold for the majority, or even a fair minority.
"ot a member of Innocents in the list. Not
a member of the staffs of the major campus
publications. Not a major or even a minor
athlete in the list. Only two members of Mor
tar Doard in the list.
A clear separation of activities and scholar
ship, if in fact V. B. K. and scholarship ate
leallv jivnonvmous.
There must be a reason for this. Now if. as
i f;i-.iientlv stated by members of the honor
arv. attainment of that glory is a prerequisite
success in life, then the present campus
Iwulers iu extra-curricular fields will be fail
ures. This would make failures of most of the
.called campus leaders. We say so-called,
because it is evident that there are many mis-fin-s
in extra-curricular activities. The big
majority, however, can be taken as a safe cri
leriou for judging the group. And for this
;rmup to have attained even a small measure
Tf leadership among six thousand other stu-.b-uts
must mean something, and must indicate
at least a reasonable chance for success in
lanr-Hfe.
Considering the activities men and" women
and the Phi Beta Kappas in this light, there
is very little to choose between them. Both
have Very fair chances to succeed, the one
group no more than the other.
The puzzle, of course, depends upn what is
meant by the word "success." If it means a
more or less confined, isolated, intellectual-research,
continuous grind sort of a life, with
success depending rerr little upon social con
tacts and relations with other people, then the
average P. B. K. will win and the average ac
tivities man will fail.
If, on b other hand, success means enjoy
ing social eoatacts, getting along with people,
liking item, helping them, and even knowing
how to fight with them on occasion, as well
as concentrated brain-work and development
f new ideas in whatever vocational field is
hosen, then tb activities man will win and j
the honor student wfH fail. j
Both rf these examples are perhaps a bit
exaggerated, for they represent extremes, and
extremes are seldom reached in actuality. They
do, however, represent what we believe to be
a fair criterion.
To most of us. there is do percentage in con
fining or learning to books alone. More than
half the knowledge of the world, and useful
knowledge, too, cannot be found in looks. Vet
looks are the only doorway to Phi Beta Kappa
honors. Psychologists perhaps might find some
fundamental ''defense activity" causing stu
dents to plunge the more deeply into books
when discouraged at their progress in other
lines of endeavor. It has been done, at least;
how truthfully and accurately, we cannot say.
Incidental sidelights on the process of hon
oring scholars bring to the fore many other
joints ff interest.
And does Phi Beta Kappa select scholars,
For example, do high grades necessarily
mean scholarship? No, always, it is admitted.
And dos Phi Beta Kappa select scholars,
or .does it make a blind choice of all those with
high grades? The answer, self-evident, brings
with it thoughts of occasional cribbing, oeca
Monal cultivating of instructors with an eye to
securing higher average, frequent cramming
for, examinations rather than careful study for
tlifc sake of knowledge, and other practices
eHJ"''y prevalent.
Phi Beta Kappa sits complacently on top of
the Leap, and sits with folded- hands. It pre
sents keys for grades, and fails to account for
the more than occasional discrepancies be
tween high averages and real scholarship.
Osteoid
lfake$jt Hit!
1A contributor deplores the lack of any good
music" od our campus. Why on earth, he la
ments, can't we have a little light opera, put
on by students?
There seem to be no reason. The Glev Club
has, indeed, languished. Likewise university
chorus work. Likewise a little classical music,
once in u while, nt the downtown theaters
or rather, theatre is evidently out of the
question.
Student-produced light opera. It's an idea,
whether it would be called good music or not.
And we rather believe it might not be so bad.
The difficulty, Oswald whisked in our ear,
was in trying to persuade the director of the
school of fine arts that such' a feature was
needed.
Thumbs down! said the director. No rea
sous. Oswald thinks perhaps no one wants to
take up the matter because it would mean a
little extra work for the victim. Perhaps, again,
Oswald is not so dumb!
Clearly jt is a worthy project, and might
be pushed without much opposition, even from
professional reformers and itinerant critics.
Of course, the costumes would of necessity be
carefully censored by the society for the pre
vention of cruelty to coeducational eyes. Oth
erwise the productions might give rise to a
Great Moral Issue, of which we already have a
plenty, thank you!
If all the college students in the whole wide
world were laid end to end, we imagine they
would be just as ornamental and fully as use
ful as they now are.
MORNING MAIL
mm
mm
Aha! Another Movement!
TO THE EDITOR:
We are being told everyday that the world
is headed for the bow wows, and then the per
son who states the hypothetical idea elaborates
bv talking about the depredation of music, art,
drama, etc. I have always thought that such
psuedo reformers have been playing around too
long in rain storms or swimming pools, but in
in one of their assertions they are quite right.
Music, such as we have inflicted on our ears,
is generallv not so good. We get --jazz" at gui
dances, "jazz" for a nearly steady diet over the
radio, and in fact, "jazz" is practically all we
have an opportunity to hear.
' Jazz" is quite all right in its place, but why
doesu't someone realize that it does have an
nir r,in,- an not the whole field? There is
a "Teat collection of fine music that has been
written bv excellent composers, but we haraiy
ever get a chance to hear such things played or
sung- . ,
Last vear an effort was made to start hav
ing some light opera productions, but as usual,
the effort came to no good. Dean Thompson
was in favor of the idea, and he even suggested
that it might be jwssible to stage a light opera
in place of one of the University players pro
Hurtions. The idea sounded mighty fine, but
like most good ideas, cold water was thrown
on it.
There are a creat number of young men
and women who come to our university, fresh
from light opera productions in secondary
schools, and in all probability, would enjoy
continuing the same work in the university.
The facilities afforded the average student iu
a musical way are decidedly poor.
We never hear of our Glee Club any more;
in fact, no one in the office knew whether it
was still functioninz or not. We have a chorus
class or two that meets rather spasmodically,
but the tvpe of music that is sung does not ap
peal very forcefully to the students. Why isn't
it possible to have a light opera duo or some
thinff to that effect, with a glee club large
enough and versatile enough to put a
show worth watching:
Arthur Babich. director of the tuart thea
tre orchestra was talking the other day about
the type of music he received orders to play.
He said that his manager practically insisted
that he give the public only "Peanut Vender-
ish" songs, and then he started a lengthy dis
sertation in which he stated that the only rea
son he had to play such things, was the fact
that his manager did not know the true pulse
of the theatre public.
Mr. Babich was high in his praise of the Kos
met Klub productions, for be recognizes the
fact that it is a step in the right direction.
Why isn't it possible to listen to some of the
'hits' that were written by Victor Herbert,
"Rudolf Friml. or Gilbert and Sullivan? Whv
can't an organization be started that can pro
mote the production oi one or two oi tne truly
fine light operas?
OSWALD.
! M 1 BEHIND
THE
DOOR..
-lrr Rolard Miller
Signs of Spring.
An apple pie calling to its young-.
A musk ox out musking.
A couple of banty roosters getting
the low down from an Austin.
The swaggering walk of a couple
of young "blados" of grass.
A young maiden doing her wishy
washy. Nature usually "springs" from
winter to summer. From all in
dications so far she's just going to
step from one to the other thiss
year.
The old oracle -said, "Beware of
the ides of March." Must have
been thinking of the peroxides.
The discontinuance of trolley
service to Uni Place and Havelock
has already caused its share of
grief. Last Sunday a young man
was seen standing on tne corner
of Thirteenth and O. An officer
who watched him for some time
finally arrested him and took him
to the station on a charge of vag
rancy. When the magistrate
asked the young man to explain
he said, "Believe it or not, judge.
I was only waiting for a street
car."
He entered the restaurant. His
eyes wandered about and finally
came to rest on the cash register.
It cost him $3.60 to get out of
there.
A caution to hridgc players - if
playing with any young lady never
lead diamonds they seldom re
turn them.
Little Susie was a drug addict
but strange to say when she went
to New York and made the stage
she became a great, success. What
part lid she play oh, she took
the heroin part. (It snow use,
you mignt as well give up.)
The electric chair is a fine ex
ample of period furniture. It often
comes at the end of a sentence.
Bill's father was on the section
gang, so the boy, deciding to fol
low in his father's footsteps, came
down to the university and took up
track.
Quite often soapbox orators see
red. but they beat it at the fir3t
appearance of the "bulls."
Clothes make thp man but how
about Gandhi?
'
The sweet, young thing married
the old man because she believed
he was rich. He was really broke,
the discovery of which led her to
believe that she had taken his
name in vain.
A prisoner recently assaulted
the warden as he was being re
leased from prison. It seems that
it was the prisoner's birthday and
the warden merely wished him
many happy returns.
The national health authorities
report a great decrease in sickness
since the advent of prohibition. The
greatest item of reduction is the
number of colds caused by
draughts from swinging doors.
A certain young man was headed
towards a wrestling championship,
until he became bothered with a
weak stomach. After that he
couldn't keep anything down.
In the Kentucky derby it's the
horse in a stew well sometimes
we think it a the same thing.
MISS LEE TELLS OF
NATIONAL MEETING
(Continued From Page 1)
prevailing conditions of unemploy
ment in the larger cities.
While in Chicago, Miss Miller
also visited the New World's Fair
building which is being erected at
this timo on the lake front The
Aircraft, a temporary building, and
Administration nail, a permanent
building, were almost completed
and were of modern architecture.
Chicago also was astir over the
present mayoralty campaign.
Play and Work Related.
Further stressing the relation
ship between recreation and indus
try, Dr. Lillian Gilbreth a promi
nent consulting engineer spoke on
"The Effect of Motion in Indus
try" in which she stated that she
hoped that workers in factories
may eventually come out at the
end of a day's work physically
weary but not mentally fatigued
and dull, attaining such an effect
by putting the spirit of creation
and competition into the day's
work.
HAVE INVESTIGATION
Governor Woodring Defends
Institution in Public
Statement.
LAWRENCE, Kas. The Uni
versity of Kansas will not be put
to such an investigation as Okla
homa university is now having, if
conditions do not change and
other factors enter to change the
attitude of Governor Harry Wood
ring who made public part of a
letter which defended the univers
ity against the attacks of an ir
ritated parent who had withdrawn
his daughter from the university
because of alleged conditions
there.
Governor Woodring in his re
ply said:
"I have been in close touch with'
the authorities and student coun
cil at the University of Kansas
and I personally know that every
effort is being made to correct
any undesirable conditions that
may exist there. I think our state
university in its moral environ
ment is far above many others,
and I feel sure that conditions
there do not justify many of the
reports." .
Chancellor Speaks.
. Chancellor E. H. Lindley, in
speaking of the letter this noon
said:
"It was a thoughtful and gra
cious act of Governor Woodring."
He went further to say that
Governor Woodring, when Chan
cellor Lindley was in Topeka last
week, showed him the letter
which he received and said that
he wished to stop such reports.
Accusations Strong.
Reports which had reached
here earlier today indicated that
the parent's letter was rather
strong in its accusations against
the university. One faculty mem
ber said this morning that hau
Brinkley been governor the (uni
versity would certainly have been
given a thoro Investigation. He
went further to commend Gov
ernor Woodring quite highly for
his stand.
It was rumored today that the
woman withdrawn was not the
only person who has been with
drawn from the university this
have been spread over the state.
However, It was felt in most
year because of reports which
places that Governor Woodring's
statement not only showed his con
fidence in the present administra
tion of the matter but also that
it would decreass rumors going
about the state.
MILESTONES
April 7, 1901
Members of Kappa Kappa Gam
ma spent a pleasant afternoon at
the state farm. From the end of
the car line the party went a la
hay rack to the farm. Once ar
rived, they were presented with
the key to the farm, and converted
the butter and cream at their dis
posal into fudge in short order.
A picked team from the scrubs
defeated the varsity baseball nine
by a score of 4 to 0.
1911
An article in the Nebraskan de
scribed the old boulder which is
still located south of the sun dial
and fountain between the library
and administration buildings. The
rock, of granite, and of glacial or
igin, is worn and polished, and the
uppor side in almost perfectly flat.
On its surface there are numerous
markings and heiroglyphlcs,
among which are a perfect impres
sion of a human foot and a less
perfect one of a hand. The general
design covering the upper side is
that of two creased lines, one
curved into an arc and the other
straight, so that the imprint re
sembles that of a crow foot The
stone was believed to have been an
object of worship among the orig
inal Americans.
1921
Orders fr the 1921 "Everybody's
Annual" were received from the
heart of India, Japan, the Powder
River country, Long Island, the
Cascade range, and southern
France.
The varsity show given at the
Orpheum presented a program of
nine feature acts. They included
"Bachelor Days," a short musical
comedy, "Hints to the Heavy," a
tumbling act which featured Glenn
Preston, varsity quarterback. "The
Crystal Gazer," in which an un
known male portrayed a female
seer, and a mystery act entitle
"The Mystic Zaxa."
1926.
Chancellor Avery teceived num
erous letters from civilians
throughout the state and middle
west including presidents of land
grant colleges in defense of com
pulsory military training. All of
them were categorically in favor
of the compulsory feature of the
drill, and stressed the value of the
training as well as its use for sup
plying an adequate civilian reserve
force.
Letters from New Zealand and
tthe Samoa islands expressed ap
preciation and commendation of
the anniversary radio program
broadcast over KFAB from the
university.
IS
BY STUDENT ATTIRE
Visiting Instructor Says
Great Contrast Here to
Own Country.
PALO ALTO, Calif. Slouching
attire of Stanford men and coeds
find an appreciative critic in Prof.
Gllberto Freyre. Brazilian scholar
and new member of the history
department, . who has come here
hi. mmrter after sDendine last
fall In research work at the li-
braries of Lisbon and Coirobra in
Portugal.
ThA arnhttAritura find thA nalnift
of Stanford suggest Brazil," he
said in giving nis impression, ouc
(n outward appearance your stu
id not offer a creater
contrast to the formality of uni
versities in Portugal, where all
students go about in DiacK nereis
ar.A inner hlnrlr mhfls. substituting
politics for football the latter
characteristic also of Brazilian
students."
Portugese Practical.
Th tmditional American-born
idea of the Mediterranean college
student serenading, with a rose
above the ear, is exploded by Pro
fessor Freyre. The Portuguese
student is most practical, he de-
rln rpa
Freyre has been a recent specta
tor of revolutions in both Brazil
and in Spain.
Here to conduct a lecture course
on the history of Brazil, Freyre
gives a significant glimpse of the
possibilities of South America.
Engineers, Industrial chemists,
geologists, and medical students
are in demand, he says.
For the Stanford student with a
yearning for fame and fortune in
the relatively unexploited southern
continent, Professor Freyre rec
omends knowledge of adaptability,
a good general education, and a
fluent knowledge of Spanish, un
less in Brazil, where Portuguese is
spoken.
Summer School in Rio.
A summer school for American
students has been established in
Rio de Janeiro, with some of the
best Brazilian scholars as lec
turers. Increasing attention is
being given in Brazil to American
history and literature, and modern
American economists and sociolo
gists furnish popular texts.
"As a Brazilian I am delighted
to find at Stanford an excellent li
brary on Brazilian history and lit
erature, the Banner collection of
fering rare and valuable books,''
Freyre concluded.
Ames to Play Luther in
Initial Baseball Game
AMES, la. Luther college of
Decorah has been scheduled to
open the Iowa State home baseball
schedule, April 17 and 18. Luther
has met Iowa State three times on
the diamond, winning three vic
tories from the Cyclones. Nego
tiations are also under way for a
game with Central college May 20.
ALL SOULS
UNITARIAN CHURCH
Subject. April 12 "The
Twofold Nature of Beauty."
12th & H Streets
sncit
Current Comment
Rulet for thp. A'wf War.
A new world war will kill off surplus lalr.
Thin ili ir.iif.lv is the easiest way of wiving .
difficult problem; it U so much easier to ftart
a war than to uity common wnw 10 unu
ills.
Well, if we are going to have another war,
we might as well have Home rule for it. AVe
therefore offer for public approval this model
set:
1. That all congressmen and senators
voting for war be given tbe choice of en
lifcting in the shock troops or being shot
on the Capitol steps.
1. That each battleship, cruiser, de
stroyer and submarine shall carry as ex
cewT baggage, one or more stockholders in
battleship building concerns.
3. That all manufacturers of war sup
plies be hanged when their profits reach
the million-dollar mark.
4. That all holy men who announce to.
their congregations that "God U fighting
with. us' be dicpattjed to interview God
lersona!lj on the subject and find out.
5. That college professor be elopped
from delviDg into history to prove that the
enemy always was a low-down scoundrel,
anyway.
C. That the secret service be restrained
from the discovery of "enemy plots" every
time somebody turns on a light in the par
lor. 7. That tbe cause of tbe war shall be
clearly stated to the nation as the reduc
tion of unemployment, and not disguised
as "a holy war to save civilization."
Many more rules will be needed. But tbete
will suffice for a starter. From The L An
geles llecord .
IF YOU
want to be
HI l .
WELL DRESSED
This Spring
THEN YOU
should by all means
READ
Friday1 sissue of the
DAILY
NEBRASKAN
It will be full of style notes for men and
women. Don't forget, Friday is the day of
the big
SPRING EDITION