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THE DAILY NKBRASKAN
WF.HNKSPAY. AI'HIL 15. 1931,
The Daily Nebraskan
Station A. Lincoln. Nebreek
OFFICIAL STUDENT PUBLICATION
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
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THIRTIETH YEAR
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This paper is represented for general
advertaunc fcy The Nebnuke Frees
"oeUtton,
Gone, But
Not Forgotten.
flone is the once apparent active agitation
for a student union building on this campus,
giiie at least for the time being. Gone is the
leadership in that agitation taken by the Inno
cents society. Gone is the active participation
in' th movement by a representative group
composed of the three major political factions.
But, let us express the fervent hope that
th union idea is not forgotten. To admit that
alt tha meetings held, all the addresses deliv
ered, all the discussions in which hundreds
took part were of no avail is to admit that it
is impossible to do anything of a constructive
nature on this campus, as many have so often
claimed.
Let's not admit that the inertia of collegiate
ejflstence has so paralyzed student conscious
ness that constructive work on a project
needed so badly as a student union building
cannot be taken over, directed, and accom
plished solely by students and thfir organiza
tions. Let's not admit failure. Instead let's
kerp the idea alive by any of a great number
dfCmeasures necessary.
t if, in our opinion, now too late in the year
to-really accomplish anything of an objective
nature on the student union project. The time
remaining between now and the end of school
'is far too short in which to undertake the stu
pendous task necessary to make even an ade
quate start on a drive toward the building.
Then, too. the year is not a particularly auspi
cious one in which to start such a drive. The
bugaboo of hard times is too close on the heels
of many, at least in their minds, to encourage
free giving to such a project.
So it seems that the best possible course is
upkeep alive the student union issue this year,
at least in the minds of students, and wait until
next fall before starting something of a really
constructive nature. It seems that a campaign
educational in nature must be continued this
spring, in order that students may know what
a student union building is, and thus under
hand the pressing need for one which Ne
braska faces.
Let's all go home this summer and spread
the gospel of the union building among parents
of students and friends of the institution. Let's
make them understand the real need for a
union building on this campus.
And above all, let's keep the union ideal in
our own minds until next year, so that when
students return to this university next fall, a
really constructive drive toward a union build
ing, which will follow through to a glorious
completion, can be started.
Such action seems to be best, judged in the
light of time and money situations. So why
not adopt the best course? Why not keep
the union project smouldering this year, and
return to school in the fall, ready to pick up
where the work wiir be left off at the end of
classes this semester, ready to start a drive
which cannot or will not fail.
dents can pick their friends and associates,
while under the tlormtiory system, these would
in sonic measure be thrust upon them.
All in all, it seems that the university would
have pleased more students had it centered its
work for the pust two or more years upon
obtaining new clussrootn buildings, wither tlimi
upon obtaining consent to build a dormitory
for which students are not overly enthusiastic.
Of course, the administration may feel with all
integrity that a dormitory is one of the great
est needs ot the school flt ihe piTbi'iil Lime
Without doubt, one would be a great addition,
and would serve many purposes, ror one
thing, iniil-Victoriaii parents would perhaps
feel more sure that their children were being
kept out of mischief's path if they were in dor
mitorics, although we arc more inclined to
take a reverse point of view.
But, we say may the dormitory bill puss.
The administration wants it. Guiding geniuses
of the institution think it best. They arc more
mature than students, more mature than we
are, so, again we say, may the bill pass the
house. '
ans Land
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ilt's a wonder our swimming teams ever win
any places in competition the way they do.
You wouldn' expect to find a hippotamus with
a goldfish bowl as his habitat, would you?
Do We Really
Want Dormitories?
; Yesterday Nebraska's senate passed a bill
which wouid authorize the investment of state
school and trust funds to finance construction
of university dormitories. This bill, long
sought by the administration, must now go
back to the house, for although it passed that
body once, it then had attached to it a pro
vision to invest state funds in irrigation and
drainage bonds. Now the house must approve
of the changes.
There seems little doubt that that body will
see fit to concur in the changes for the bill
was once passed by it. It seems likely, then,
that a dormitory for women, the first on the
pVogram of the university administration, may
Ihj constructed within the next 12 or 15
luonths. A site was purchased some time ago.
But out of all this, the question arises, do
students really want dormitories! The admin
istration has pictured them as beautiful struc
tures which would bring non-fraternity or un-viu-ganized
students together in groups, and
jfer an ideal college life, a sort of fraternity
vvirV.no admittance requirements, so to speak.
Officios claim dormitories will result in closer
contact of student with student, in greater
college spivt.
For some srange reason or other, all 6tudents
do' not seem t degree that they want dormi
tories, despite theosy pictures painted by the
chancellor and otherVA Daily Nebraskan in
vestigation some timeNgo disclosed the fact
that many non-fraternity -aen and women are
more satisfied to reside wherthey now are, on
the grounds of convenience, (finances, and
nf a host of others. Among thm was cited
(innminni sni.
Theory
And Practice.
Nebraska attempts to give those who attend
its state university a well rounded education.
Witness the annual trip of thirty-four senior
journalism students to various points in the
state, where they will have two weeks of train
ing in newspaper offices.
Such procedure seems to be well in line with
modern educational trends, for it gives stu
dents a chance to put into actual use those
things which they have learned in university
classrooms. Other departments carry out this
sort of practical training to an even greater
degree. The colleges of dentistry and medicine
offer even more practical training through their
cliuics and hospitals. The college of engineer
ing has its inspection trips to various indus
trial plants of one sort or another.
Indeed, such practical training is essential,
if students are to leave this university equip
ped to go out into life and perform their tasks
in a competent fashion. They must know some
thing of what is done in actual business oper
ation of the branches of industry which they
are studying. Training them in this way
makes them worth more to industry, worth
more to the world, and worth more to them
selves. Such training could be well extended.
On the other hand, however, in this day and
age when dollars are the end too often sought,
instead of the means to an end, this univer
sity and others everywhere must guard against
too much training for specific tasks. Our in
stitutions must not savor too much of technical
high schools, or of trade schools.
Universities must constantly guard against
turning out human machines capable only of
performing tasks like so many robots. Instead,
institutions of higher learning should and must
graduate individuals with well grounded ideas
of the world at large, well enough educated to
enjoy life, thoroly conversant with at least a
portion of the learning of the present day
world. Pity the poor individual who does not
enjoy reading, who has no knowledge of gov
ernment, of how to get along with his fellow
man. but who knows only his little task. His
life must indeed.be an unhappy ono.
To guard against turning out just such indi
viduals, colleges every where have group re
quirements, courses which must be taken be
fore the student begins intensive specialization
Most of these requirements are the socalled
"cultural" subjects, and whether the student
likes them or not, they are, in the main, good
for him. To live a full life today, when com
munication and transportation have been ad
vanced to such a high plane, a person must
known more than his little field, and to this
end universities do and must continue to re
quire of students that they study certain
courses of a cultural nature. Otherwise, our
universities must descend to the level of the
barber college.
'"Appropriations Bill Causes Mix in Legisla
ture," says a Daily Nebraskan headline. We
thought the legislature, aided and abetted by
the governor, had caused a "mix" in the ap
propriations bill.
From observation, we've decided that people
w ho mind their own business get along so well
because they have so little competition.
MORNING MAIL
'7:30 by the Clock.'
TO THE EDITOR:
1 am quoting f-om your paper,
Here upon my old worn desk
And may the words I mean to utter
Take a load from off my chest.
By the clock" now ain't that funny,
"By the clock," now ain't that grand?
And I chuckle and I gurgle
For the words do beat the band.
"By which clock? my worst -half mutters,
For experience hath taught
That the clock which ticks in Temple
Puts all other clocks to naugtit.
Well's the night that I remember
Firm it bides within my chest
I arrived in glorious splendor
Thrilled and hoping for the best.
"Doors closed," quoth wise Peter
Barring there our entrance quite,
Pointed upward, shoved us gently,
Jerked a mean thumb to the right.
Paused I not, but mounted duly
Tho my heart beat fierce and loud
Not a "clock" marked 7:30
In that whole disgusted crowd.
Mounted higher, ever higher
Poised we there 'tween earth and sky
Looked we down thru great, deep, blackness.
Bent an ear and cocked an eye.
Then too, there comes to me
A vision rare of one bleak night
I hurried there to wait
Fifteen minutes by th clock.
WHICH CLOCK?
M. POLK
ii has always been the custom to
1 complain of being exiled during;
senior Journalism practice, but
Omaha isn't a half bad place to be
exiled to. At lea.it No Man a Land
will go to a show on Sunday, Just
for tho pHvilpp. one of these days,
YK don't know just what the
be.it subject lot long distance
writing is, bwt we feel like talking
about the commencement address.
Last vear, out-zoina seniors were
subjected to an hour and a half
of Ene-lish ooetry writing: stuff
that might have been all right In
the class room, but could hardly be
calculated to inspire a graduating
class with the fire of obligations
to the world they are Just stepping
into.
We attended commencement last
year, though we know It is not
done by those who are not required
to graduate. We happened to go
because a room mate was graduat
ing, and it seemed that we ought
to do something to acknowledge
the fact. We sat for half an hour,
squirmed for an hour, perspired
for an hour and a half, but finally
got through that address.
It really would be nice if un
derclassmen would like to go and
see their seniors receive their dip
lomas, but that can't be expected
when speakers are secured be
cause they have forty degrees and
are heads of departments in other
universities. It would be nice for
a change to have a really appro
priate talk, directed at students
and young people something that
would make them think a little
about what it means to have fin
ished four years of college educa
tion, rather than something that
will keep them wondering for an
unearthly long time just when In
the dickens that old buward will
get through so that they can get
up and stretch.
Why can't the powers that be
get a minister from one of the Lin
coln or Omaha churches who can
really talk? There are a number
of such men who would doubtless
be available, and it would be a
boon to the school in general and
the seniors in particular if there
were some such innovation pulled.
It seems too bad tfeat the last con
tact they have with their school
has to be such a boring one as
last year's was.
Now that we are well out of the
reach of all phys ed majors we
feel able to drop a hint about the
dancing at the Ivy Day fete. We
have to stretch our imagniation
quite a bit to call what we saw
last year dancing. So did lots
of other people if anything may be
judged from the derisive howls
that arose all along the side lines.
Why can't that part of the Ivy
Day program be put on a compe
tition basis just as the Kosmet re
vues nre? We might really get
sometmg good then, for a change.
This column was written in the
World Herald office, where we
were trying not to look any more
unnecessary than we felt. Shortly
thereafter we were sent out to in
terview a woman about a dog. It
was really a woman and tbe dog
really was a dog, so we had a good
time, and felt rather important,
for a minute or two. Well, far be
it from us to kick about anything
that gives us a two weeks vacation.
Y.M.C.A. BEGINS
ANNUAL CONCLAVE
IN LINCOLN TODAY
(Continued From Page 1)
council, H. C. Gossard, Lincoln, re
presentative chairman.
Election of national council re
presentative.
A study of the message and pur
pose of the Y. M. C. A., Lowell
L. Walker, Columbus.
Renort of the commission on
church co-operation, W. A. Luke,
Lincoln.
Proposed constitutional amend
ments.
5:00 p. m.: Intermission.
5:30 p. m.: Convention banquet.
Invocation: Coburn Tomson.
H. W. Noble, president Lincoln
Y. M. C. A., presiding.
Chief Justice cnanes a. uoss,
toastmaster.
Hig-h school boy's octette.
Address: "Youth on the March,"
Francis S. Harmon.
Rpnediction: Louis J. Davis,
chairman of the state young men s
group.
GABLE'S EXHIBITION OF
BOOKS ON ROBIN HOOD
IN MAIN LIBRARY IS
ONE OF THREE.
(Continued From Page 1)"
a th Rohin Hood authority of
ih nineteenth centurv. These vol
umes bound in full tooled leather
repeat the 'Lytel Geste." the im
nortant ballads, and most of the
work done by Ritson. altho Gutch
has added to it materially.
Notable in the conecuon m
Robin Hood's Garland." a brief
collection of the most popular bal
lads. Mr. uaDie states mai cuyico
of the '"Garland" are elusive and
difficult to obtain, owing to the
fact that they were very popular
and much taumoed Dy meir orig
inal owners. This edition printed
hnnt ism at York. Eneland. is
not possessed by tbe Library of
Congress or tne ariuea juukuui
library.
Many Serials.
During the middle years of the
nineteenth century, many Robin
Hood stories were published ser
ially in penny numbers issued
weekly. Full sets of these stones
ranging from 35 to 50 numbers
wc.M then be bound by their own
ers. The exhibit includes three
urh works. Two volumes note
worthy for their fine printing are
included in the exniDit.
One book, "Five Ballads About
Robin Hood," is printed on hand
made paper with full page wood-
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cut illustrations. The book la
hnnnri in limn vellum and was lim
ited to 20o copies. The other, of
an edition nmitea to oou copies,
printed at Edinburgh, includes 12
stories about Robin Hood based
upon the old ballads. The collec
tion includes a great many of the
modern Juvenile editions in prose,
Of these, three are exhibited,
among them Howard Pyle's, which
according to Mr, Gable is the best
modern Juvenile edition, both for
style and illustration.
J'T. CaWc 1 h("rlf n, olnlnnt- of
Robin Hood legends and reads
each volume as it is added to the
collection. He has written several
articles on Robin Hood and is at
present collecting Robin Hood
fragments for publication in book
form. He has within the past two
years published three books of
science and adventure for boys.
Mr. Gable's library of 1,500 vol-
nmai stun rnmnrllM collections Of
Juvenile books and American hu
mor. His ravorite autnors are rep
resented by their complete works,
n tha lihrarv contains a general
reference section. An outstanding
feature of the library is a com
plete set of Alexandre Dumas, who
Is his favorite author. ,
STUDENT COUNCIL
HAS SIX LESSONS
TO COMPLETE WORK
(Continled from Page 1.)
presentation of the constitution in
its original form a number of stu
dent organizations had immedi
ately appeared with protests
against the bill. The member be
lieves, however, that the council
has satisfactorily remedied the
controversial items.
Concerning the addition of a
rlnnan nrnvirlinp' for the Creation
of a student judiciary committee
tn pvMMite council legislation it
was. reported that there would
. .- ... . i
probably qe noming oDjecuonauie
in that feature because it seemed
nerfeetlv lorteal that there should
be some administrative group to
give force to council legislation.
Would Be Blow.
Without question it would be a
distinct blow to the council's abil
ity should their constitution fail
to find ratification this spring. It
would mean that the work of an
entire year would have to be
dropped uncompleted, to be taken
up again next fall by a council
composed largely of new mem
bers, many of whom will be un
familiar with student legislation.
Both the council constitution com
mittee, of which Edwin Faulkner
la chairman, and various members
of the university administration
and faculty have expressed the
hope that the new constitution may
be finished up this spring.
As regards the coming spring
election it may be said that politi
cal activity on the campus is still
dormant in relation to the polling
when new council members are
elected by the student body. Al
though the "bosses" are beginning
to scratch their heads, converse
frequently on the spring campaign,
and wonder about prospective can
didates, the factions in themselves
are doing nothing. Within the next
few weeks the student body may
expect to hear the roll of much
political thunder. It will begin to
rumble gently at first, but as fac
tions get up steam a shower of
promises and pleadings will de
scend from the political heavens.
. . iHTf MvriTTNf!F',S
FEEDERS DAY READY
(Continued from Pas M
in the home economics mel1nS
will meet in the judging pavilion
where they will hear p" W- Jr
Coffey of the Minnesota ag ricul
tural college give the chief ad
dress. Others to arF,ar," then '
ternoon program "cud P
Hildebrand, Chancellor Burnett,
Dean Burr, W. W. Derrick, E. B.
Engle, and Prof. H. J. Gramllch.
Feeders Ask Questions.
As In previous years the leeu
ers present at the mens meeting
will have the opportunity of ask
ing question when the question
box period opens during the lsst
few minutes of the meeting. The
1931 Feeders' day will adjourn at
3:30 o'clock, Professor Gramlich
declared this morning.
Cattle, hogs, and sheep experi
ments deal with early and late
Feeder's day and will be ready to
report upon. The sheep experi
ments dal with early and late
lambing and altho not completed
Prof. A. D. Weber will have some
interesting facts to give out. Prof.
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