WO THE DAILY NEBRASKAN TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2. 1932. .4 The Daily Nebraskan Station A, Lincoln, Nebraska OFFICIAL STUDENT PUBLICATION UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA Published Tuetday, Wednaiday, Thursday, Friday and eunaay mornings during tne academic year, THIRTY-FIRST YEAR Entered as second-class matter at ths postofflce In Lincoln, Nebraska, under act of congress, March 3, 1879. and at special rate of postage provided for In section 1103, act of October 3, 1817, authorized January zo, izz, Under direction of the Student Publication Board SUBSCRIPTION RATE S2 year Single Copy 5 cents S1.2S a semester J3 a year mailed 11.75 a semester mailed Editorial Office University Hall 4. Business Office University Hall 4A. Telephones Day: B-6691; Night: B-6882, B-3333 (Journal) Ask for Nebraskan editor. if J i Ik This taper Is rptMnUi far ceaeral aaWtieJiic by The Nebraska Prase Aaeoeiatloa. EDITORIAL STAFF Arthur Wolf Editor-in-chief Evelyn Simpson Associate Editor MANAGING EDITORS Howard Allawsy Jack Erlckson NEWS EDITORS Phillip Brownell Oliver De Wolf Laurence Hall Virginia pouara Joe Miller Sports Editor Ruth Schill Women's Editor BUSINESS STAFF Jack Thompson Business Manager ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGERS Norman Galleher Frank Musgrave Bernard Jennings War Is Hell! Rumors that the I'niU'd States ami Eng land are soon to declare war on Japan drive lionie to university students the fact that war is no lonjrcr n thine to be read about in books nor a thing to be admired from afar. War, if it comes, will involve us. It will no longer be n pleasant and romantic fable, but a grim stark reality. No longer are we children tc stay at home, the subject of the dreams of the soldiers. Rather will we be the soldiers, per haps even the fighters, of the next war. "War, if it embroils the United States, will cease to be to us a fabulous bit of romantic brutality portrayed in moving pictures, on the stage and in books. It will cease to be a beau tiful and sentimental time filled with martial music, weeping women, and parading soldiers. It will take on its true aspect that it is a sentimental mass of lies bound together by blind patriotism. The stupid sentiinentalisni that is war, although we may not recognize it as such, will cause us to forget our reason, and emotionalism will reign supreme. "Winwoodc Reade, in his "Martyrdom of Man," says, and rightly, we believe, that, "by means of "War the animated life was slowly raised upward in the scale, and quadrupeds passed into man. By means of War the human intelligence was brightened, and the affections were made intense; weapons and tools were invented; foreign wives were captured, and the marriages of blood relations were forbid den: prisoners were tamed, and women set free; prisoners were exchanged, accompanied with presents; thus commerce was established, and thus, by means of War, men were first brought into amicable relations with one an other. By War the tribes were dispersed all over the world, and adopted various pursuits according to the conditions by which they were surrounded. By War the tribes were compressed into the nation." Speaking loosely, primitive times are past and the benefits derived from War as ad vanced by Mr. Reade are no longer possible nor necessary. War then and war now are not altogether parallel nor comparable. In primitive times Avar may have been a weapon of progress, but now it is surely a retarding influence. It might be made into a weapon for social betterment, but a suggestion as is about to be made is hardly less than heresy. The selection of those who are to fight is made upon the basis of physical, and supposedly, mental excellence. Thus, when the casualties are totalled, on the roll will be the cream of ihe nation's manhood. Those that are left re main because they are not suited to the fight that is life. They remain at home because of That very fact. And they are to carry on, not only commerce and industry, but the race. If. on the other hand, the armies were to be made up of the lame, the halt, and the blind, then some very great benefits might be derived irom war. There are students of the question -who believe there are too many people in the world. War, then, might be made an instru- Tnent for the betterment of the world if some -were to be put out of the way. If war is to come, then there is no earthly power which can prevent it. Human greed, -iweuised under the name of "safeguarding the national integrity," is a tremendous force. Nothing con be done about it despite the nu- - 'tiiVrous disarmament conferences in Ihe last twelve years and the so-called "revolt against war." Tin; question is serious as we will see if America enters the lists. We may grin and welcome the chance to find out for ourselves, but when it is over, if we still live, then we will have the correct attitude that war is brutal, cruel, savage, and h trrible. overwhelming, when they are compared with the closed stack type of library management Educators everywhere are swinging toward educational methods which allow the students a maximum of individual work. Some super vision, of course is both necessary and desir able, but strictly supervised study-by-rote is on the decline. Is it not reasonable to suppose that the number of library-goers would be in creased if they knew they would be allowed to browse at will among those fascinating vol umes in which are concentrated the world's great achievements? Under the present system of laborious dol ing out of books, the book-seeker must waste precious minutes while the library machine gets under way and brings from distant, and closed, shelves, the book he desires. Univer sity students, because of the variety of the activities which to them are as necessary as food and drink, are notoriously pressed for time. But institution of the open stack would eliminate the necessity for that waiting inter val at the desk, and as students familiarized themselves with the shelved sections, they would become acquainted not only with the one book which they sought, but other vol umes on the same subject. It is not fantastic to imagine that some of, the titles glanced at would prove irrc: ..tible, that students would return to do unplanned reading. The humaii animal is fundamentally curious, and once stu dents were allowed fk?ting glances at the fas cinations of the library's great variety of books, they would certainly be impelled to do more reading. More reading, of course, means better cultural background, and isn t that one of the reasons we are here at university? Action to do away with the Nebraska clos ed stacks may be long in coming, just as a new l'brary building too is something in the remote fut"rc. But the changes will undoubtedly come eventually, and every step to hasten the time of their coming should be taken. There remains no shadow of doubt that, abolition of closed stacks would mean increased student reading. h TREND OF THE U TIMES U I by GERALD BARDO Regents File for Reelection war At least it elves news papers a break. Yet it is war? China has not declared it so. With the moving: of the Chinese govern ment from Nanking to Honanfu it was expected war would be de clared. Chinese have withheld the declaration evidently feeling the comrort or American and British troops arriving in Shanghai Attempts by American and British consuls general to bring anouc a truce failed. Saturday morning rifle and machine gun fire again drew blood. In the meantime martial law became ef fective in the international settle ment. There was enough of a lull Friday night that some reckoning- oi tosses couia De maae. Eleven Japanese soldiers were counted killed, 100 wounded. 300 Chinese soldiers and more than 1,000 civilians were dead. Over a square mile of the Chapei district or snanghai is in flames from DomDing, trapping nunareas in nor- r in 4 a . yr iff fOK Courtesy of Journal. STANLEY D. LONG. With the marines in Shanghai it may be that we will not have to worry about the depression long. Wonder if the depression will affect a war. Think how odd it would look to see men killing each other with forks or some other cheap weapon. Three Dollar Late Fees. In the Morning Mail column this morning one S. 0. S. casts a few flowers at The Daily Nebraskan and a few brickbats at the office of the registrar. Lamenting about a three dol lar late registration fee he bemoans the fact that no notification was sent to him of the date of payment of fees. However, the Nebraskan itself may be slightly at fault. It may be that the registrar's office depended upon the paper for notification of students. The change in the examination plan necessitated a change in the printing dates and the paper suspended publication almost a week before it was planned. Having no other adequate means of notifying students and being able to find none the registrar's office is not altogether at fault. Authorities, however, say that the number of .students who delayed the payment of their fees was not much greater than last year. This fact would seem to discount the lament of S. O. s. FRANK J. TAYLOR Who have filed for reelection to the University of Nebraska tible death, the loss of property oa 01 Kegents. Long, whose nome is co-vies, was recently la otimnti of nnn nnh . Tw. cnosen president or tne Doara lor tne current year, Tayior, oi at. 9 OHO iimiinHoH .li.ill i '.. Paul, is past president of the board. Terms of both expire this year, 1 tt h ..tti. Long represents the old fifth congressional district, while Taylor rep- ment for relief but hospitals are re8ents tne old Sixth congressional district. Two regents are elected alreadv over crowdt-d every two years for a term of six years. They serve without pay " I VfAfr Aw Ik. rri I - . 1 HnH nAlltiaI It is war but we hardly realize c ' 1 cjc!ioea. iucj biv muocu uu mc uuu-pinvoi it. l heard a group of older men talking in a small town store the other day. Said one of the situa- general taxes will noon be de- tion, "well if they would take cided. Testimony in the case, be LYMAN REPORTS VERY FEW INFIRMARY CASES some of us old fogies it wouldn't gun in 1930 when Douglas county nun mucn. hsut as yet war for placed fraternities on tax rolls, the United States does not look will be heard In a hearing soon likely. Still it is peculiar what at the county courthouse. An economic interests alone can de- injunction to prevent the county mand. seizing property for non-payment While Great Britain and the of taxes until the trial has kept United States have come to defi- the Greek organizations from nite accord in their attitude toward losing their bouses. Japan, the rest of Europe is cau- tiously standing-by. "Student beer drinking is harm- A former Chinese foreign min- less physically and advantageous ister. Euirene Chen, looks imon the socially," stated Prof. Yandell conflict with great pessimism. He Henderson of Yale when he says Japan seeks war with China, appeared recently before the sen Mr. Chen is not alone in thinking ate committee which is holding that Japan is imperialistically war- hearings on Senator Bingham's ring for enough of China proper bill to permit manufacture of 4 that she can trade it back for percent beer. Manchuria and part of Mongolia. Dean Clarence W. Mendell, also Mr. Chen s words: ' The present or xaie, backed up his colleague Japanese policy toward China is I by a similar stand in a letter motivated by two purposes: first, which was read before the com- to force Nanking to agree to the mittee. annexation of Manchuria, and, sec- Adding to the weight of testi ondly, to compel the Chinese au- mony for beer came the statement thorities to suppress the anti- of Dr. Charles Norris, medical Japanese movement and to reopen examiner for New York City. Said China as a market." Dr. Norris: "When I was a student At Geneva the Sino-Japanese at Yale in 1888 there was no hard struggle will occupy the mind of liquor and I never carried a flask, the World Disarmament confer- Now once a year I ro to the Yale ence for at least the first week. Bowl and one has to step high unina nas xorcea me league oi over tne Dottles, and one sees not Nations into direct action under only boys, but nice looking girls obligatory previsions of the cov- intoxicated. If good beer was enant. Previously both parties available we should undoubtedly have had to agree, but now under return gradually to the simpler article XV a separate inquiry is and easier social relaxations that ordered at Shanghai with Japan were associated with college life objecting. in the past." THE power of organized labor is DEAN HICKS RETURNS (Jeology student in recent examination paper replying to the question, "Give two methods of surveying land," said, "One is by leaps and bounds and the other is with a sextet." Oregon Daily Emerald. MORNING MAIL great. For one year only repre sejitatives of nearly two million rail workers have agreed that they will take a ten percent wage cut in the hope that business may somewhat be revived. But while this event "marked an entirely new nhaaA In tho rahnnchm hplivupn rii,aw nnH mhr,r" i.nnr. Two of my best students at Har o.ai,. low mntii..,.. i r. i,fff.r vard last semester were from this afnt-o" Tta i-q fffla oro fircf- frt Hmn last Ia vu.oco nmv,u oiuucuia Hi una university would elect as "pipes" are carefully avoided at Harvard, . ! rionn ITIrlra ni-irvi monfml Th. cyan. company s sake President 7 , ,r . FROM SEMESTER AT HARVARD; COMPARES DIFFERENCES IN STU DENTS AND METHODS OF STUDY. (Continued from Page 1.) rise. Consumers prices are last to fall, first to jump. ; Why iYof Be Modern? The director of the Syracuse library school has come forward with a proposal to reorgan ize the library system at Syracuse. Like the plan in operation at Nebraska, the present or ganization of the Syracuse main library is based on the "closed stack" system, according . to- which students are not allowed to select their books from the shelves. The eastern li- bVary director's plan would open the stack to students, although such a change will neeessi- ta-te complete reorganization of the library. - Explaining the proposal, the director brought 1 out that the tendency to change to the ''open slack" system was growing all over the coun " try. Students at Nebraska, however, are still - forced to waste time waiting for librarians to " select their books. Whether a reorganization of the system here would be feasible under V frfesent reduced legislative appropriations is ..doubtful, but the plan is at least something to Uiink about, so that when the time for action -mes, it will be action built on a foundation investigation. Idvantnges of the open stack system seem A Small Bouquet. TO THE EDITOR: Let he who is skeptical about the value of a campus news sheet lend his attention to my tale of woe. During the hiatus between semesters, while students were cramming and expelling the knowledge they were supposed to have ac quired during the first half of the year, the publication of the Daily Nebraskan was sus pended. It was during this period that word crept around that students in the arts and science college would be required to pay their fees on Monday and Tuesday of the second week of I examinations. Although this was contrary to the practice of several years standing, no ade quate means of spreading this information was exercised. Here is where the college newspaper eomes in. f the Nebraskan had been published dur ing examinations, students would have known of this departure from precedent and, inci dent all', I would have saved three bucks. f do not wish to crtitcize the Daily Ne braskan, because I do not believe that the complaint is due in that direction. Instead, I firmly believe that the registrar's office should have taken steps to circulate word of their new plan. It is upon the registrar office that responsibility for the injustice done stu dents falls. The insufficiency of the announcement in the catalog and schedule is manifest by the large number of students, who were victims of the registrar's oversight. Word of the change was spread -in the fraternity and so rority houses, but the university does not usually depend on such channels for circula tion of its announcements. Returning to my opening statement, I wish to say that I, for one, believe that the college newspaper serves an important function in university lift. The incident, which I have related, illustrates this admirably. S. 0. S. .oi.tl. .11 ..... Hoover in his budget cut the " "vc' Rn7nn?P L 11,2 I rhin J ' hi caP UP0D st ho have chosen But now the crisis in China has ,, ,, ,,, , . . , arisen The navv is troine to fieht Snap courses of study. nd this arisen, ine navy is going 10 ngm . fuiv .n bv th ofiidpntH much cutting. Moreover the GOO themselves students million dollar naval construction riQ' . . , bill is more likely to be passed by ks explained tha a pe- ! Congress. . cedure at Harvard fs a "rparlino-" p THE house subcommittee on ma; ffio 'continues war department appropriations tnr or . fi, has its way 2,000 officers and 8,000 aminations are given Durlng thls eniited men will be dropped from time n0 casse e t m few the army, following the presi- frPHhman nr crartnat Hivt dent's budget estimates reserve hlfJ A .tn7iinf nHr tim' officers activities would also be .., nvB. fn Baaitrrioj ...r. curtailed and Citizens' Military and general gtudy. The libraries, Training Camps would be suspend- botn on tne campua ln tne ed for one year. Harvard 'houses' are completely Question of peace or security, fiii- rtpnir this im and jobs or more unemployment "Students who have neglected make this question more than one their studies during the semester of economy. After all, it's a Townsend photo graph that you want. Adv. If the cold weather gets under your skin just think how much fun you could have on a pionie, in Ponn woods during sub-zero temperatures. At the University of Paris a popular course, "Appreciation of Rare "Wines and Other Liquors," is offered. The Dean of Boston university estimates that a college degree is worth $75,000. Several hard-pressed alumni, we arc told, arc seeking to have theirs cashed in. The College World Racketeering methods have been exposed by campus police at the University of Ohio. Operatives 2JLS"Si 2231 SSS-?ttS often go to a special tutoring school outside the campus for 'cramming' sessions during the reading period," Dean Hicks said. "This institution, which is frowned upon by Harvard authorities, is dubbed 'the widow.' Here are kept complete sets of lectures by each professor, reading notes, and other academic 'helps' for students who want to digest enough material to pass their 'final.' Good students, however, need never go to . 'the widow' for help." The "tutorial" system at Har- v.n d .tr.ion fmm ln lnla manner. ri :"n T'h At each Harvard "house" are a LUC Llll-I.nl U"' 1 ' f5 " coming dance. number of faculty members, some of them full professors and others A new system to reorganize the of lesser rank, who act as tutors. Syracuse university library has ineir capacity is not to coacn a been proposed by the director of student in any particular subject the library school. The plan, ' if but rather to keep him ln constant put into effect, will do away with preparation and review for the the "closed stack" system now in comprehensive examinations over use, and will allow students to his field of concentration, select books from the shelves. Last fall the new Harvard "house" plan went into effect. A false start five years ago This plan, sponsored by President netted $2,000 toward the erection Lowell and made possible through of a student union building at the benefactions of EdwarH Hark- Syracuse. But $10,000 was needed, ness, provided for the construction and the drive died, the funds hav- of five luxurious dwellings for stu- lng lain dormant since that time, dents. Furnished study and sleep- n T7 tK .,., ing rooms and private baths are Because Dartmouth students avaiIable for the residents of these were forced to vote by the city ..houses" ad each is presided over of Hanover, N. J so that poll by a "master" who is a member of taxes might be collected, the stu- tne facuUy and who 8ets cul. dents passed measures of their tural pace for gtudent8 Uving in own in indignant reciprocation. each partiCular "house." Bills passed by the students, who The student8 also dine at the comprised a majority of the voters, -house,' and It Is customary to have provided for the erection ol a city an after dnner corfee' ,n the hall a foot square and a mile 0XingDg rooms where, if a stu- high, and the construction of a dent kn0Ws what he is about he wall eight miles high around the never asks for tne cream," Dean city. The municipality appealed Hicks remarked. "There Is this to to the federal government before say about tnc -house' system, how- tne measures were annulled.- ever it is undemocratic ln that When Conrad Nagel' movie star, only well-to-do students can afford visited Ohio State university re- lt.-therom cn""e alone Mng cently, he was the guest of his J a cultural heritage which most Nebraska students lack, in Dciin Hicks' opinion. Coming from pri vate or preparatory schools and raised in an atmosphere of leisure, students at Harvard as a whole present a polish which is less in evidence on this campus. Most students there are easterners, but a great many come from other parts of the country, he said. Fraternities Second Class. Fraternities, according to Dean Hicks, are classed in a second rank status at Harvard. The best class of students stay at the "houses" and belong to highly exclusive clubs. Those who cannot "make" a club have the alternative of join ing a fraternity or remaining un affiliated. Dean Hicks had this to say con cerning the club parties which he attended : "The conduct of those who at tended was very cxempiary. If there was drinking, there was at least no obvious drunkenness. Club members made it a point to see that the conduct of members and guests was above reproach." The fact that Harvard is a non coeducational institution was cited by Dean Hicks as one of the rea sons for the scholastic seriousness of students on that campus. "Women seem to be able to at tend school in company with men without scholastic injury but the reverse Is not so certainly true. Men more often come out on the short end of scholarship at a co educational institution." Despite the fact that Harvard is not co-educational the men have no trouble in finding companions xor social ariairs, Dean Hicks ex plained. Many girls are imported from Wellesly, a girls' school not far from there. Then too there are many debutantes in attendance at every fete. Harvard men are always in demand at the 'deb' parties, according to Dean Hicks. At every party there is a stag line and girls are in constant circula tion. Relations With Professors. "One marked difference in Har vard students as compared with those at Nebraska is their attitude toward after-class relations with the professor," Dean Hicks added. "At Harvard it is customary for a professor to be surrounded by from three to a dozen students who ask him intelligent questions. There is no implication that they may be fawning for a grade and consequently that element does not even enter in. It might be well if this was a standing practice at Nebraska." Dean Hicks definitely committed himself on his future plans. He said: "I was not asked nor ever considered, so far as I knew, for a permanent position on the Harvard faculty. My capacity there was merely that of a visiting professor replacing a man who was on leave of absence. Although I was asked to instruct during th-ir coming summer session I shall be unable to do so as I already have an en gagement at the University of West Virginia." The work of Dean Hicks at Har vard Included lectures to a class of 185 students in American his tory and a course in the history of the West. The latter course he also taught at Radcliffe, a wom en's college not far from Harvard. Students Free of Contagious Diseases; Flu and Bad Colds Frequent. YEAR HAS BEEN GOOD "Conditions this year have been. remarkable concerning contagious diseases," stated Dr. R. A. Lyman. chairman of the Student Health. service. "No cases of these have been reported and there are few throughout the city." Infirmary cases are very rew, according to Dr. Lyman. Thirteen cases have been the maximum with ten being the usual average, lie said. All of these with the ex ception of one ear case are stu dents with the flu. Colds are frequent. Dr. Lyman. recommended that students take good care of themselves and stny awav from those inflicted. Many Have Athletes Foot. Athletes foot seems to be tha most undesirable and most fre quent disease on the campus nt present. This in prevalent among the men and only two women are reported to have it. According to Dr. Lyman, this is because tha women take care of their feet, bathing and powdering them. If the men would wash their feet with alcohol frequently this disease would soon disappear. "At pres ent we are attempting to keep this disease out of the swimming pool, and only those who have passed a physical examination are allowed to swim," stated Dr. Lyman. Miss Faulkner to Talk On Beaux Arts Pictures Kady Faulkner, instructor in the school of fine arts, will give a talk concerning the pictures on exhibi tion by the school at the Beaux Art ball. The ball, which is a cos tume affair attended by invited guests, will open the annual exhi bition of the Nebraska Art association. TWO FRESHMEN NAMED 4-H CAMP DELEGATES (Continued from Page 1.) exhibited 176 products, and have been members of eight judging teams. Donahue has been the leader of two poultry clubs, and the assistant leader of one pig club. Miss Long is a pledge of Alpha Chi Omega. Mr. Donahue Is also president of the 4-H alumni organ ization of the Inland community. UNITARIAN CHURCH 12th and H Streets Arthur L. Weatherly, D.D., Mlniiter The Church Without a Creed Not the Truth but the Search for Truth Sunday, Feb. 7 Must Religion Be a Confession of Defeat? Meals 25c to 40c ranssu is Home-Made Pastries For Sale SHORT ORDERS QUICK SERVICE GRAND HOTEL COFFEE SHOP 12th Q We Do Repairing Rclino overcoats, put m now pockets of pants, take wear off cuffs, re pair slinks nin tears. Prompt Service Reasonable Charges Modern Cleaners Soukup & Westover CALL F2377 for SERVICE fraternity brothers at the Sigma I Alpha Epsilon house where he talked on "The Fraternity, Its importance to the Graduate." More than 75 percent of the famous men he has met recently, the actor stated, have been active workers for their fraternities. 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