The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, May 22, 1931, Page TWO, Image 2

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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
The Daily Nebraskan
Station A, Lincoln. Nrbrik
OFFICIAL STUDENT PUBLICATION
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
Published TueieUv, Wednidy. Thursday. Frldv 4
Sunday morning during tht cdimlo vtar.
THIRTIETH YEAR
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Lincoln, Nabraaka. undar act ot congraaa, March 1.
and at apaclal rata of postage provided for In aection
1103 act of Octobar S. 1917. authorized January 80. M22
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EDITORIAL STAFF
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Aitoclate Editor
Manaqlng Editor
Elmont W.it . .
Robert J. Kelly.
William McGaffin
-Arthur Wolf
Evelyn Simpaon
Newt Editor
C. Arthur Mitchell
Boyd VonSeggcrn
Eugene McKlm
Leonard Conklln - 8prt J!.'?!
France Holyok Women' Editor
BUSINESS STAFF
Charlea O. Lawior Bulne Manaqsr
AaslaVint Budne Managera.
Norman Galleher J Thompo
Edwin Faulkner
MEMBERi II
19 J I
Thla papv la repiaaasud for ftami
dwrtuin by Tha Nebraaka fnm
Aaaociaooa.
Two
Parades
tritv, ih n,iiv( ti martial music, the parade
Y 4 I ti IUV " - ' -
begins. Over the barren drill-field marches
platoon after platoon company alter com
pany, in the annual R. 0. T. C. compet. Spark
ling sun gleams on shining sabers and spurs.
Brilliant uniform of honorary colonel matches
the undertones of brown leather and olive
cloth of the officers. Symbolical of all that
touches the passion in man of all that over
rides his reason, the countless squads of school
boy soldiers go marching on, in nothing more
harmful than a yearly compet.
With the noise of the baud, too, another
parade beeins. Black-robed graduates wina
their way to the coliseum, row on row. to the
annual Commencement exercises. Sparkling
sun again, but in this parade it touches noth
ing more shining than the dull black of reason.
Both are memorable events in the lives of
Nebraska collegians and both are as diamet
rically opposed as the poles of the earth.
Two irreconcilable elements exist in man;
passion and reason. For unnumbered centuries
this conflict has continued. In the beginning,
passion alone held sway. Then there was but
oue parade the call to arms! Reason had lit
tle chance to make its appearance, and was
ubordinated and dominated by the. stronger
rorce of passion and emotion. If a man take
vour possession, strike him down! If you can
,iize his property and belongings, take them!
Gradually, however, reason has evolved.
True, it has not yet reached its goal: the gov
erning of human conduct, and the subordina
tion of passions to its ends. Even in the uni-,-erities
of the land, where reason can be ex
pected to hold forth over unmindful, unrea
sonable passion, there remains the conflict.
for the parade on the drill grounds is the
symbol of passion of ugly hatred stirring be
tween peoples. The soldiers themselves, bewil
dered by the glamor and the tinsel of the mock
warfare' of the university campus, are. nothing
more than food for cannon, to satisfy the
blood-lust of an unreasonable world. It is dif
ficult to picture these men now on parade
dropping right and left it is hard to visualize
whole companies wiped out by the bursting of
a shell yet it is for that purpose that they
are now 'being trained. And fulfill that pur
pose they will, though it mean the sacrifice
of all that they hold precious.
Perhaps a few would refuse, and perhaps,
1 oo, they would deserve the greater honor. But
the majority would go without a second
ihought, because reason has not yet come into
its own.
For ynturk-s more, perhaps, these two pa
rades will continue side by side upon our uni
versity grounds the one, black and somber,
the symbol of reason; the other, flashing and
glamorous, the symbol of hasty, unthinking
passion.
The Commencement parade goes forward to
da the thinking of the world. The men and
women comprifing its ranks have feelings, but
their feelings are not masters. Insofar as they
are true to the costume they wear, their pas
sions and their instinctive urge to irrational
battle are subordinated to their reason. And
reason governs their conduct with temperance
and wisdom.
Between these two, the military review that
glitters upon the. drill field, and the procession
of sober, black-robed figures, humanity must
rhoose. And to live, it must choose rightly.
There are many methods of assisting when
that choice is to be made. Today the issue is
still a dubious one: today much can be done
:o eliminate the tinsel and to replace it with
'.he solid metal of rational human thought.
If humanity is to live, the. R. 0. T. C. must
lie. Already it has vanished from the campuses
jf twenty-five of the leading educational cen
ters of the country. True enough, it lingers on
it Nebraska and at many other universities,
'jut so long as it does linger it invites disaster.
For after all, there is nothing that incites
in angry man to violence with such eff'ective
.ress as the means to do that violence, and the
iiiowledge of the power of the physical
, .veapon.
Regard the R. O. T. C the standing army,
:he navy, as toys if vou like. They are not.
They are vocational tnlr fields; useful only
in preparing future food for the guns of the
battleground.
Strip them of the gaudy. pe8ce-time decora
tions remove honorary colonels, the military
balls, the coed sponsors. Give the recruits,
eager for the romance of battle, a taste of
cooties and trench rations. Let them see the
real reason they are being sought to swell the
ranks to kill men, and in turn to be killed
When that is done, they Mil no longer swell
those ranks. Reason will have won its just
battle.
crn restaurant." We wonder about thul. Do
their prices com pure with those of all our
Proms?
Rouud-1'p Week must have started. Sonic
one culled The Dnily Neb rusk an office for
Morris "Mud" Gardner yesterday afternoon!
Jim Croir
Stuff Afain.
In Wisconsin, a negro is the outstanding fig
ure in forensic circles. He was honored above
all other members of the debating team upon
his own campus.
Yet Delta Sigma Rho, national forensic hon
orary, includes in its membership clause this
limitation: "Any person, not n negro . .
The University of Wisconsin chapter of the
honorary opposes the disqualification of their
negro star, but finds that it can do nothing
until the convention of the society in June.
Then an attempt to change the ruling will be
made. .
The Daily Cardinal, incensed at the unfair
discrimination, comments on the situation
forcefully and to the point :
"The University of Wisconsin cannot wait.
Now is the time to act. Any public speaking
society which designates itself as honorary
should be prepared to recognize nil individuals
on the campus who have been outstanding in
that field. If national rules are to the con
trary, disregard them ... If the national ousts
the chapter, organize a local and pave the
wav for an unbiased fraternity which will be
honorary and not conditionally honorary!"
"It is contrary to every liberal principle of
the University of Wisconsin to permit the ex
istence of such a society as Delta Sigma Rho
(as it now stands) and recognize it as an hon
orary." Upon our own campus no similar situation
has arisen. But it might arise, and when it
does we too shall be handicapped by such rul
ings and by precedent. It would be well, then,
to discard them, and to do it now.
Young people ought to be paid to go to
school. Henry Ford. O. K. Henry, start our
salary right away. And could you slip us ten
in advance"
HI
ARE DUE
APPLICATIONS
23
A. If . S. Board
Makes Progress.
nt.w nnint svstem has been adopted for
women students' activities upon tin- Nebraska
.... -ii
campus. In briel. it makes it lmpossioie xor
one woman to hold more than "a reasonable
number" of extra-curricular offices. The dan
ger r.f vnli n sit nation, through diolomatic
wire-pulling and political maneuvering, has al
ways been averted by the point system, mix
the" present, revision makes an even neater job
of it.
TV, i a V S board deserves the con emula
tions of the student body for its capable hand
ling of the situation, .den students nave tnus
far been unable to devise any practical system
for regulating their participation in activities,
though the men have always needed such rules
even more than the women.
TVip action of the women's board is an m-
dioatinri nf what, it can do. whenever the awful
bogie ''Public Opinion" is not present to hin
der their eiiorts.
Cin such tonics as coed smokinc. ihouah. the
bogie rules. And, it seems to us, receives just
a degree or two more consideration man n
merits. After all, are the people of Nebraska
a -far frnm rnrnroorpssivp stat 6 ffoill B to rise
u. u . -' . C C-
up in rebellion against the university if coeds
are allowed to smoke in their rooms.
Questionnaires submitted by A. W. S. to all
sororities reveal a preponderance of coed opin
ion in favor of some change in the smoking
regulations. Why not follow the obvious path,
rather than tremble at the thought of what the
Squab Center clubs may write to the Chan
cellor, or shiver with "legislative" misgivings?
It is worth a trial, in all likelihood.
University Night was banned but they still
hold the Rag Banquet.
Thompson Sets Saturday As
Final Date To Ask For
Scholarships.
Applications for tuition scholar
ship); for next semester must be in
to the dean of student affairs by 12
o'clock. Saturday, May 23. rather
than May 2 as was erroneously
stated In yesterday's issue, accord
ing to word from Dean Thomp
son s office.
Eligibility to tuition scholarships
consists of the following, require
ments: The student making such appli
cation must have made twenty
four hours credit in the university
during the two previous semesters.
The student must have a weight
ed average of 80 percent.
He must be carrying twelve
hours or more when the award is
made and he must have actual
need of financial aid.
The scholarship committee
granted eighty-nine students free
tuition for the current semester.
Sooner Baseball
Squad , early Gets
Triple Hay Friday
NORMAN. (Special). Coach
Lawrence "Jap" Haskell's hustling
Sooner baseball team nearly mane
a triple play against Iowa State
here Friday.
With Cyclones on second and
third in the third inning and none
out, the batter drove a ground ball
to Shortstop Lobaugh of the Soon
ers, who threw him out at first.
Meanwhile Huntbach, Cyclone run
ner on second, hustled down to
third only to find that Gustafson,
his teammate, hadn't left the bag.
Andy Beck, Sooner first baseman,
ran across the diamond to third
base, tasked out Huntbach, who
tried to dodge back to second, and
thin threw out Gustafson at the
plate, Ray Watson handling the
putout. The Sooner team ran to
the bench.
However Umpire Roy Fisher
ruled that Beck hadn't tagged
Huntbach and the Sooner triple
play was scored only as a two ply
killing.
Editor of the New York University daily
received orders from the higher-ups that he
was to print nothing whatsoever about spring
football. That was that.
PLAN DAYJQH SENIORS
Baptist Church Sets Aside
Sunday Services For
Senior Day.
Sfninr T v will be observed
Sunday with services at the First
Baptist church. Fourteenth and K
streets. At the 12 o'clock student
class each senior will give a short
talk concerning their plans and ac
tivities for the coming year. Misses
Ruth and Naomi Randall will sing.
The evening cnurcn service ai
7 no will be in charee of the se
nior Snprial music will be fur
nished by the choir. The Scripture
lesson will do reaa Dy miss aiu
dred Stannard, followed by the
evening prayer by Miss Mable
Bignell.
Three seniors wiu speak. Kaipn
Gemmel! will talk on "A Senior's
Chances." "The Jesus of Experi
ence" will be. the topic of Miss
Ethel Person, and Louis Swingler
ot Mount Zion church will close
the service with "Choosing the
Better Fart. All senior suiaenis
are given special invitation to at
tend this service.
The rep-ular B. Y. P. U. social
hour at 5:30 is in charge of the
Service commission. The young
people's service at 6:30 will be in
charge of Miss Madge McNees.
Current events wui De aiscussea
and special topics have been as
signed to Miss Marie Olson. Miss
Goldie Johnson ana Aioerc n.ing. j
SIX NEBRASKANS
ATTEND MEETING
EXTENSION GROUP
(Continued from Page 1.)
who spoke on "The Status of Ed
ucation by Radio in the United
States;" Dr. Walter C Eells, Stan
ford university," on "The Junior
College and University Extension;"
Dr. Frederick L. Whitney, Colo
rado State Teachers college, on
Recent Legislation Affecting the
Junior College."
Dean Jacob Vanek. University
of Colorado, spoke on "The Fu
ture of Extension Classes on the
College Level;" Mr. E. G. Plow
man. University of Denver, on
"The Future of Extension Classes
in Non-credit courses;" and Mr. R.
R. Price, University of Minnesota,
on "Scholastic Achievements of
Residence and Extension Stu
dents." Dean Elmore Peterson, Univer
sity of Colorado, president of the
National University Extension as
sociation, also gave a number of
speeches and presided at the meet
ings. Discussion for the four days
durine- which the conference lasted
was divided into tne touowing
topics: The Future of Radio in
iTxtpnsirm Education." "The Jun
ior College and University Exten
sion. The Future or taciension
Classes in Adult Education." Next
vtb conference will be held in
the spring of 1932 at the Univer
sity of Minnesota.
FARM HOUSE PICNIC
SET FOR SATUF .
The annual Farm Housr . M
nity picnic will be held on Satur
day, May 30, at the auto club. The
picnic will start at 4 o'clock in
the afternoon and extend until late
in the evening when an orchestra
will play for a dance. Prof. Har
old Hedges is making arrange
ments for the picnic for the alum
BAGGER STIRS GREAT
INTEREST AT BANQUET
(Continued from Page l.)
managing editor, the news editor
and the ' printer's devil, (Ray
"what-a-man". Casfordi we have
been allowed to report the out
standing events of the evening as
we darn well please newspaper
ethics or no ethics at all!
Wandering Toastmaster.
First of all, the forty in attend
ance nearly starved awaiting the
arrival of the esteemed toastmas
ter, Gene Robb, who according to
the Ragger, has been wandering
about the news service room in a
daze since allowed to hold the
hand of a popular D. G.
Secondly one cannot pass up the
banquet without at least passing
comment on the contents of the
Ragger. For your benefit we pass
a few of them on the public hop
ing that the rtaft ot the Ragger
has no copyright on the publica
tion material. Here are a few of
the excerpts concerning prominent
campus journalists: The Ragger
refers to Editor Waite: "The dap
per sartorial splash, the suave,
smiling exterior, and the wistfu
gestures which Editor "Casanova
Waite effects have thrown myr
iads of girls Into secret spells of
love."
Another excerpt reads: 'Ray
mond 'Water-Wagon' Casford. deb
onair cord-pants model of ele
gance in male wearing attire? And
so on and on until the entire staff
came in for their fair share of
publicity that Is, all except those
fortunate few who edited the
paper.
Not Spared.
But even they were not to be
spared! At the close of the toasts,
Gene Robb called for a few ex-
temperaneous speeches from
guests. Among those who an
nwtred was Rav Casford. who
loanlncr htavilv nn a table for no
reason whatsoever, launched Into
a tirade against student control of
the varnish and paint remover in
dustry! Pressed for details he re
fused to divulge definite informa
tion but hinted that a prominent
FRIDAY. MAY 22. 1931
woman editor of tho Daily Ne
braskan had acquired a miJiwp.uy
on the varnish in Lincoln during
an evening spent at the residence
of a sorority sister some time a;;o.
immediately following the close of
the banquet a petition was handed
to Robert Kelly, president of the
student council, asking for a full
and complete investigation of the
affair, the report to be given
within the very near future!
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College Comment
Ad from Purdue Exponent : ' Announcement
of opening of the Prom, Lafayette's niobt mod-
Honorary Without Honor.
''Any person, not a nepro . . ." "With these
words the national constitution of Delta Sigma
Kho. honorary public speaking fraternity, de
fines the limitation of its membership rolls.
The University of Wisconsin chapter, op
posed to the disqualification of G. James Flem
ing, outstanding figure in forensics in the class
of 1931 here, finds that it can do nothing other
than wait for the national convention in
Jun. At that time, it intends to bring about a
change in the rules provided the southern
chapters will co-operate.
The University of W lsconsin cannot wait.
Now is the time to act. Any public speaking
society, which designates itself as honorary,
hsould be prepared to recognize all individuals
on the campus who have been outstanding in
that field. If the national rules are to the con
trary, disregard the rules and elect the man in
direct violation. If the national order ousts
you. organize a local and pave the way for an
unbiased fraternity which will be honorary
and not conditionally honorary.
Mr. Fleming has Avon many honors in foren
sics He has been honored by Phi Kappa Phi
and Phi Beta Kappa, both true honorary so
cieties. He has been elected to membership in
Sigma Delta Chi, professional journalism fra
ternity, and if professional organizations de
sire to discriminate, it is their own business.
No society may call itself honorary and dis
criminate against any student at the university,
who has the qualifications for election.
It is the duty of the officials of the univer
sity, the board of regents, and the legislature
to take immediate cognizance of the situation.
If there is a lapse, the affair will blow over
and be forgotten in the course of time. Delta
Sigma Rho, which cannot change its rule with
out a vote of ail the chapters, must drop it or
be dropped by Wisconsin. It is contrary to
every liberal principle of the University of
Wisconsin to permit the existence of such a
society and to recognize it as an honorary.
Wisconsin Daily Cardinal,
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