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wo TTIE DAILY NEBRASKAN SUNDAY DECEMBER 6. 1931 The Daily Nebraskan Station A, Lincoln, Nebraska OFFICIAL 8TUOKNT PUiLICATION UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA Published Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursdsy. Friday and Sunday mornings during tha acadtmlo yaar. THIRTY-FIRST YSAR Entered aa second-elass matter at the Pottofflee In Lincoln, Nebraska, under act of conoreee, March 3, nri, and at apeclal rate of poetAoe provided for In eection 1103 act of October 3. 1917, authorised January W, 1U. Under direction of the Student Publloatlon Board EDITORIAL STAFF Marvin Von Seggtrn Edltor.ln-ehlaf MANAQINQ EDITORS Evelyn Slinpaon .'ji Art Wolf NEWS EDITORS Howard Allaway " trion Laurence Hall . . ..Jee Miller Murlln Spencer ..;8por,,, 2 . Bei enlace Hoffman Women'a Editor BUSINESS STAFF Jack Thompeon Bualneea Manager ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGERS Norman Calleher Carlyla Soraneen Bernard Jennings Activities Are Not All Bunk. The attitude that seems to permeate the popular mind of the present day is well exem plified in the letter to the editor by VT. W. S. wherein it is claimed that students have re cently become worldly-wise thru the exercise of good sense refuse to do anything except that which brines them immediate financial reward. W. W. S. claims that the lack of .student interest in enmpus activities is caused det'ly by this reason, and he implies that the student who thus reasons is exhibiting an in telligence superior to the intelligence of those Mho worry and fret their way thru college life in order to become the campus "big shots." AW this campus leadership and alleged impor tance o fcampus affairs is to Y. "W. S. extra ordinarily meaningless bunk; it gets one no where because it brings no financial reward. To some extent we must agree with W. "W. S.. for a good many of the things that are con sidered important on this campus are not ac tually so. The student often has the wrong impression of the purposes for which these ;i Ivities are maintained, and consequently docs not make the best or the proper use of them. .If the student is merely trying to gain a little fame and recognition, his time will be wasted; but perhaps well wasted; for he can not fail to gain something in the way of ex perience thru his endeavors. As a matter of fact, the whole object of campus activities is to afford an opportunity for young men and women to acquire a little practical experience that will supplement text book work. Students and young folks in gen oral are usually not in a position to get out in the world and immediately take over the re sponsibility of organizations; but this oppor tunity for taking over such responsibility is made possible for them in a miniature way by the extra-curricular activities of a university. Thru the medium of these activities students, if they are observing and possess a slight de gree of intelligence, can learn many things lhat will some day prove of great use. Activi ties are a substitute for experiences outside the collegiate world. Salaries, bonuses, profits, and other forms of financial reward arc necessary to hold the student interest, but this is merely incidental lo the purpose of the activity. The man or woman who spends two or three hours in the Daily Nebraskan office and turns in a news story may not get paid so many dollars and cents for the effort, but this docs not mean 1 hat br or she has not gained something by writing the article. In fact, every time one writes such a story or does anything construc tive he adds something to either his knowledge, his intelligence, or his skill. So we cannot claim that lack of financial reward means lack of all reward. In fact the financial reward is the small part of it, when school activities are concerned. Mr a and women come to this institution and pay good money to learn something; and yet we see many of them losing sight of this j'act. They read assignments in their text books and work out problems because failure 1o do so would mean expulsion and consequent disgrace. "When the lesson has been studied sufficiently so that a passing grade can be secured, then the education process ceases un til farther assignments have been made. Leisure time is not used profitably; it is merely killed. Card playing, shows, useless gossip or talk, and plain loafing become the chief diversion of the student. School work is done and lessons prepared because they cannot bo ignored altogether, but no extra-curricular work is wen thot of unless a good sized salary j,'ocs with it. To pick up a little experience out of the usual line of school work, or to de velop one's faculties and at the same time do something of service to the school, community or fraternity, is entirely out of the question. To be sure, we do not include everybody 3n this lazy class, for many students spend most of their spare time working themselves 1ru school, and a good many others occupy iheir time in one or more useful ways; but a considerable number remain who care not a whit for anything but what will give them im mediate reward. By their short-sightedness they are actually depriving themselves of what they desire most, but they cannot see this point. They cannot see the experience and knowledge which some of the non-remunera-1ivc activities will give them will develop their faculties so that they will be better able to take on a responsible position in life. After attending the opening event of the formal season we are quite well convinced that a stiff shirt is a modified form o f the cast iron shirt that the knights used to wear. Who Should Be Santa Claus? "With the approach of the yuletide season Gr&ek letter groups on the campus turn their attention to some philanthropic interest, usu ally a party for a group of unfortunate kid dies, among other festivities. Most frequently a blanket invitation is extended to a certain grade in a school where the children are thought to be most needy. The guests arrive and are royally entertained by members of the group, and pcrseuted with mitttens, scarfs or what not, as well as toys and candy. The children return homo and lavishly tell mother and father of the wealth of tho occasion, and unconsciously give that longing sigh when they think of Christmas at home. Vvho should be Santa Claus to theso chil dren? It is in the heart of every parent lo do everything within his power to provide for and make his children happy. It is instinctive with man. As Christmas nears perhaps the father is desperate and sonic group comes into the home with Christmas tree and many brightly colored toys that really work, and boxes of candy, fruit and nuts. AVhilc the father perhaps clinches his hands to control the feeling that he' has failed, and the mother quietly wipes away a tear because they have been unable to provide for their children at Christmas time, tho children wonder why mother and father do not give them Christmas gifts, and the group with the best of intentions selfishly work to seu Ihe joy in the faces of the small children. How much better at Christmas time to aid the parents so that they might get a glimpse of that joy because they had been able to give their children a merry Christmas. Fra ternities and sororities, working through an exchange such as the Community Chest or the Social Welfare Society, could do n great deal this winter to aid needy families with tho funds they would customarily spend on a Christmas' party for children. Many more in dividuals would be happy, and tho children would be led home for their joy, rather than called away. We read now that college students can take out insurance against being called on in class. For a down payment of twenty-five cents they may collect five dollars in case the prof calls their names. A visitor from New Zealand says that the women in this country have much whiter teeth than New Zealand women have. That's what Amos and Andy will do for the country. I TIMES u A college student at Cornell got drunk so that the profs could try out the sobering up effects of sodium rhordonite. This is perhaps what is meant by combining business with pleasure. MORNING MAIL Longer Examinations. TO TIIK EDITOR : Sometime ago the powers that be here in the university announced three hour examina tions for students to begin with this semester. That means that nine days will be set aside for examination "week" and two exams will be given daily, one in the morning and the. other in the afternoon. Not very long ago the University of Chi cago, and other institutions, announced a plan whereby loss stress would be placed on exami nations. They were realizing the inherent weaknesses in the tests that arc usually given they don't adequately cover the material, and are often unfair in their make-up and decided to do away with them as much as possible. But, the University of Nebraska, instead of minimizing the value, arc increasing the stress on examinations, by increasing the amour of time allowed for each course. An extra hour will not materially aid in the cover ing of the material, and yet the usual inherent weaknesses of unfairness and overemphasis will continue for a longer amount of time in stead of for a shorter period. Why not cut the. length of the exams in stead of increasing them? There are so many reasons why examinations should be kept that it is difficult to set forth very many of them herein. But the facts above given seem to point to but one conclusion, that of cutting down instead of increasing the amount of time and emphasis placed on tests. Q. E. D. Ao Money; IS'o Interest. TO THE EDITOR: Of late there has been considerable com ment by campus activity leaders on the lack of interest in activities shown by university students. They bewail the fact that workers for student publications, committees, etc., are increasingly hard to find. Younger students raise a supercilious eyebrow when urged by "big shots" to come out for activities. They snicker at the frantic attempts for some worth while action on the part of the Innocents, Mor tar Boards and others of their ilk. Why shouldn't students scorn the trans cendental glories of campus fame. They know that all these honors will bring them very little money when they get out of school. They also know that it is ridiculous to go to work, say, for the Cornhusker and spend several hours every day for the trifling reward of seeing his name in the columns of the Daily Nebraskan. The student of today is blase, worldly-wise, if you please. He knows that being a big man on the campus is all bally-rot and he also knows that if he puts in several hours every week he is entitled to some lucrative remunera tion. Perhaps the depression has brought this on but it's a sane view. Students have begun to realize that time can be figured in actual dollars and cents and if they have to piddle awtv their time there are many diversions much more interesting and probably much more instructive than in activities. All the berating, cajoling, threatening that the activity leaders can put forth is not going to make students spend their time on activi ties. In the face of our economic ills the idea of expensive services, gratis, is quite objec - able. If these publications, parties, etc., are business enterprises let those that do ti.o work have the reward. Let there be no more appeal ing for' help on the ricidulous ground of "school spirit" but let the appeal be made on the firm ground of "good old lucre." W. W. S. hv r.pnM n bar no nannrta lav that Russia has bought two cargoes of Australian wheut and that who is trying to cancel future delivery wi)en to Greece and Great Britain. Hum sia's unfavorable balance of trade is increasing. For tho first elpht months of last year It was $20, 000,000. Tho unfavorable balance this year is five tlmea that, $100, 000,000. Amtorg, tho soviet triulo agency in Manhattan, last year placed $102,800,000 of merchantilo orders In tho United States. This year the agency has placed $49,000,000. With United States this would muke the Russian bal ance of trade more favorable, Hut with Germany RiiHsla's purchases have increased 100 percent. Ger many is granting more credit than we. So with Germany tho un favorable balance of trade in creases. Quoting: "Governor Bryan will attend tho Nebraska-Colorado football game at Denver Saturday. Who will represent or misrepre sent him during his absence is not a subject for his worry as he says he will be across the state lino only a short time " There seems to be some question as to whether be can be repre sented. Things are being nald about the tariff in Washington. Senator Smoot. chairman of the finance committee says of tho democrats, there is "conspiracy to deceive the people as to the effects of tho Smoot-Hawley tariff." Crisp, a democratic Georgia rep resentative proposes to go back to the lower Fordney-McCumber act of '22. Belief is that President Hoover will be most certain to veto any general downward revision. Democratic House Leader Henry T. Rainey, suggests "lowering tariff rates with a reciprocity clause providing that none of the new rates can be called into effect unless and until, as to some item or group of items, some foreign na tion shall establish the same or lower rates." This modified the democratic program. Says Mark Sullivan, "Mr. Rainey has been an extreme pro gressive in bis convictions and by temperament. His record would cause bim to be described as roughly a democratic equivalent of tho progressive republican, Norrls. Senator Norrls is drafting a res olution for investigation of farm board activities. It will propose investigation by the senate agri cultural committee of every phase of the board's activities in the last two years. President of the American Fed eration of Labor William Green says, "There will be a permanent unemployment problem" if indus tries insist upon working employes fifty hours a week. He believes that a five day, thirty-five hour working week will eliminate un employment. We now have "The American Bible." It is just off the press and is printed and bound like any novel. It is the eleventh English version since King James' revision in 1611. It has taken sixty years to complete the work. The revis ers are: Professors John Merlin Powis Smith, University of Chi cago; Alexander Reid Gordi, University of St. Andrews; Theo phlle J. Meek, University of To ronto; Leroy Waterman, Univer sity of Michigan; Edgar Johnson Good.speed, cnicago. Hold out your hands for gold is coming back to United btaies. Aftpr Finirland susoended gold payments we lost $730,000,000 in six weeks, said to ne me uravirai. gold movement in history. France hns hd the largest supply ever. $2,656,000,000 since then. But now France has an adverse balance or trade. Her crops are poor and she has to purchase heavily outside. She has huge temporary invest ments by outsiders in francs. Last week found the franc declining while the dollar rose. A hnv fifteen vears old who liltv to the charee of mur dering his foster mother in Sa vannah, Mo., has been semenceu tn life imprisonment in tha state prison despite his age. Finland has had prohibition for twelve years. Thursday the Fin nish government asked the diet to authorize a referendum to deter mine whether prohibition should be continued, repealed outright, or modified to permit medim strength wines and beer. The government's statement said that the nation's habits have changed little. A secial criminal profession has come into being. 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Drys are still confident of a majority In tho house. The desire of wets is to bring the thing to a voto so that tho stand of all mem bers can be definitely ascertained before next year's general election. Perhdaps the world dlnarroft ment conference will not be held in February. Great Britain up un til two weeks ago was insisting that the conference should be held in February but now her attitude is changing. The London Times speaking of the conference says this, "It la not because its success Is not desired, but, on the contrary, because it is realized what an immense misfor tune it would bo for all Kuropean stability if It should meet and fall." For such reason as the Man churlan affair and French insis tence on "security" British people believe that it would be thlcally wrong to try to force the disarma ment issue, when there is not enough force In sight to promise success. Tho authority of the league has undoubtedly been shaken by it inability to control the Manchurlan trouble affalrms the London Times. This authority might be Ir reparably damaged if the disar mament conference breaks down. HAYSEED - - and -' HAYWIRE i o By CEORCE ROUND Lorenz Kay, senior student in the college cf agriculture, is griped. Perhaps he has a reason to be in such a mood. Upon his return from Chicago where he was a member of the Cornhusker live stock judging team, he learned that his dancing and skating pa vilion in Wayne had burned to the ground during his absence. In vestigation proved that Kay lost approximately $10,000 in the fire. It was only partially covered by insurance. Returning from Chicago where he attended tho annual convention of Ag college student executive boards, Charles Kellogg maintains that the Nebraska organization is not functioning nearly as pmoothly as some of the boards in the east ern colleges. 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