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THE DAILY NERRASKAN
FRIDAY. OCTOBER 14, 1932.
Campus
Becomes Politic.
JEVERSINU the attitude of nonchalant indiffer
ence to all that goes on outside his own little
classroom and social world which has long char
acterized the American college student, an encour
aging interest in national political affairs is being
increasingly evidenced on college campuoes over the
country as the presidential campaign draws to a
close.
In this, Nebraska students are close in step
with those in other schools.
Ix-aders in this movement on this campus, as
elsewhere, are the three student political clubs.
Campus socialists having recently added their or
ganization to that of the democrats and republicans
completing the setup for an intensive campaign of
political education. That these organisations are
not mere additions to the large number of lethargic
clubs for the campus "joiner" is indicated in the
active programs they have adopted.
Challenges and counter-challenge,- for debates
have been hurled and accepted. On Tuesday, Oct
25, representatives of the democratic and republican
groups will debate the issues and candidates in open
meeting. A similar challenge from the socialists
has been rejected by the democratic club, but has
drawn attention to the genuine desire of members
of the respective groups to get their policies before
the student public.
Political insignia on the collective collegiate
lapel is a common sight "
To lend purpose to this campus miniature of
the national campaign, the Daily Nebraskan will
sponsor a presidential poll Wednesday, Oct. 26. Re
sults from this along with similar returns from
some fifty straw votes held on other campuses will
be compiled by the Princetonlan, student paper at
the New Jersey school, and released to the school
papers of the participating institutions for publica
tion Oct 28.
Tha democratic-republican debate will be held
the day previous to the Nebraskan poll. The Ne
braskan, having no other motive than to stimulate
student interest in the campaign, urges the demo
cratic club to reconsider the socialist challenge and
add that debate to the program planned to gener
ate that campus Interest.
In addition to this direct work by organized
political groups which is stirring up interest within
the student body, several non-partisan organizations
and discussion clubs are conducting political educa
tional courses, consisting of a series of lectures by
representatives of the major parties.
In short, the campus has become political con
scious to an unprecedented degree.
HILK all this student interest in affairs politi
cal, as regards the Nebraska campus, may be
directed at the Daily Nebraskan poll late in Oc
tober, the real purpose is to bring out a one hun
dred percent vote of voting students in November.
But merely to vote is not enough. The aim of this
intensive campus campaigning is fundamentally to
provide the student with an intelligence basis for
his selection when he does vote.
The Nebraskan commends the student body of
Nebraska for its demonstration that they are at
last awakening to the momentous importance of the
daily events which are the expression of a chang
ing world. It is indisputable that there is a gTtat
need everywhere in this country to interest the stu
dents in thinking about current politics. Too often
we lose sight of the paramount importance of con
temporary affairs in our search for long-lost and
well buried history of other days.
Students in America must realise sooner or
later that the success of forthcoming elections de
pends upon their interest and intelligence as the
future voting population of the United States.
Therein lies the importance of an active interest la
the current campaign for those who are not voters
as well as those who have the privilege of helping
elect the president who must face one of the most
serious crises in the history of the nation.
Unused
Library.
J THE main library on the campus of the univer
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suy contains iwu fctums. un iuw mat nuui mniijr
students find a place to study and with this their
understanding of the purpose and possibility of the
library stop. Some students never discover that
the library offers a large selection of material of
every kind; and many of them who vaguely do
comprehend the possibilities of the library do not
appreciate it because they have no direct contact
with it.
The card index which is placed at the back of
the reading roora is complete and gives information
of works by numerous authors on each subject. An
understanding of how to use this card index is a
rare thing among students, and so what it offers
to students is entirely overlooked in many cases.
On the second floor there are several small
rooms, each of which serves a special purpose. One
room is occupied by current periodicals which are
open to inspection, and are placed there for the
convenience and benefit of students who wish to
take advantage of the opportunity to use them. Few
students know about this room until they have been
in the university for two or three years. Then they
come into contact with it only because some ln
structoc has made an assignment which has
necessitated their making use of this room and its
magazines.
Also on the second floor there is a reference
room where books for many courses may be
checked out. This room is better known to the
students but is little appreciated and is not used as
much as it might be.
The other room on this floor is the reading
room where it Is poss(ble to select books by num
erous authors. This room like the periodical room
gets practically no attention from the underclass
men as they never suspect that they are missing
anything.
It would be well to install a freshman course
in this university and so conduct it that it would
be necessary for freshmen to use and become ac
quainted with the benefits offered by the library.
This course should be a freshmen requisite so that
students could learn of these things during the be
ginning years of their college career.
The present system of acquainting students
with these benefits is too haphazard and few stu
dents make use of the service offered by the library.
This is due to lack of interest which is caused by
lack of understanding.
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Change On
The Horizon.
piLINGS for the fall election bring into the open
a factional alignment which will probably de
termine the political control of extra-curricular
campus affairs for this year and perhaps next.
The barb bloc has definitely lined up with the
Yellow Jacket fraternity faction and, by repeating
the arrangement of last spring, sets a precedent
which will presumably be continued. The effect,
unless something unforeseen at present occurs, will
be to give that coalition the upperhand in voting
power and result in a half and half distribution of
the spoils to the exclusion of the other fraternity
faction.
The immediate effect will be a beneficial stim
ulation of interest in extra-curricular affairs of the
campus in which unaffiliated students will play a
larger part. But the barb group, by continuing its
alliance begun last spring with the Yellow Jacket
faction, has set a precedent which it may find a
handicap when it has had time to organize its full
strength.
By nature the barb group is the largest single
element in the student body. Organized with the
efficiency of the fraternity factions, it could control
student elections as against either or a combination
of both fraternity factions. But by thus binding
themselves to act with one fraternity faction and
to divide the offices with it the barbs have limited
the exetent of their possible power.
For the present, however, the bargain looks
tempting to both contracting parties. For it will
mean one class president for each where under the
old regime the Blue Shirts would have taken both.
The Nebraskan, nevertheless, commends the
interest in campus activities taken by the non-fraternity
men this year and looks to this new interest
as a prediction of rei'italization of interest in these
activities thru the whole student body.
PEOF. AYLESWORTH DE
CLARES STUDENTS
SHOULD TAKE PART IN
COMING ELECTION AND
CAST VOTE.
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affix the seal and then mailed
back to the county clerk, who will
then send the absent voter's ballot.
This ballot is marked before
someone authorized to administer
the onth in the same manner as
the blank application was filled
out. It is then left with that per
son to be returned by registered
mail to the county clerk.
Can Vote By Mail.
Students living in any one of
the eleven Nebraska cities of 7,000
or more where registration is re
quired must be registered to vote.
Registration cannot take place by
proxy oi- mail; it must be done in
"person. If a student is not reg
istered, he will have to go home to
register in order to vote by mail.
Those who are not yet twenty-one
years old but will be on oi U-fore
Nov. 8, may register up until ten
days before election day, that Is,
.until Saturday. Oct. 29.
Students residing where regis-
-tretion is required must secure a
certificate of registration from the
clerk where their registration Is
recorded and mail it to the county
clerk along with the letter asking
for a blank application for as ab
sent voter's ballot Otherwise Use
procedure is the same for both
tudents living in one of the eleven
-cities having regiatratioa and
-those living outside them.
Out-of-state students may also
.vote by mail because nearly all
states provide for absent voting.
- Every one of the states bordering
on Nebraska from which students
come hsve liberal absent voting
laws. ach out of state student
should write to the county clerk
of his home county for definite in
formation and direction hew to
obtain a blank application for se
curing a ballot. The general pro
cedure will be much the same as
here in Nebraska with the prob
able exception of a few details.
Nteds Little Effort
Practically alTthe students can
vote with very little effort on
their part, that is, by writing to
the home county clerk for infor
mation as to the procedure. There
are fifteen days left in which to
register and twenty-three days
for getting Manic applications for
ballots into the hands of the
county clerk. The laws of Ne
braska state that applications for
absent ballota have to be made
not more than thirty and not later
than two days before the election
date, Nov. 8 We are now within
the thirty days and have until
Nov. 6, to have our applications
in the hand of the county clerk.
As the population increases, as
industry grows, and as the prob
lems of regulating the economic
activities of our country become
more difficult as all these changes
come' aoout; our ivtiumeul
grows more complex. Gradually
the government is finding it
necessary to tep in and regulate
for good of the whole country,
certain econoric activities such as
corporations and trusts. In the
future we will see more regulation.
There is no other way to prevent
a few capita) lata benefitting at
the expense of the general public
and now is the time for young
people to become Interested in pol
itics, learn while they hsve the
opportunity, and vote rationally
and Intelligently.
Candidate Discue
Democratic Platform
Phi Delta Phi honorary legal
fraternity, heard an address by
Psul F. Good, democratic candi
date for attorney general of Ne
braska, at a dinner which was
held Thursday night at the Delta
Tau Delta fraternity house. Mr.
Good's subject was the democratic
party platform.
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play, which will pave the way for
others of the same sort, might
have been inspired by "The Pri
vate Life of Helen of Troy," al
though book and play are in no
sense alike.
However, both are laid in an
cient days, and both offer food for
thought in the subtle, witty, up-to-the-minute
speeches put in the
mouth of the ancients. The lines
are sparkling, sly and even risque,
and will amuse a sophisticated
audience.
Speech Modern.
A few years ago, Horace Liver
right offered his "Hamlet" in mod
ern drcM. Here the process is re
versed, and historic personsges are
presented clothed in the garments
of their time, but with present day
speeches In their mouths.
The author. Robert Emmet
Sherwood. Is a distinguished editor
and playwright After the war. he
Joined the editorial staff of Van
ity Fair. Later, he started work
for Life. In 1920 he became Life's
movie critic, and In 1924. Life's
editor. He has dose a great deal
of magazine writing, and one of
his abort stories. "Extra. Extra,"
was included in O'Brien's sst
Short Stories. His play, "The Road
to Rome" opened In New York In
1927. and ran a year on Broadway,
before taking to the road. A new
plsy of his. "The Love Nest"
opened in New York la 1928.
The Student Pulse
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oiind newiimper practice, which include nil llbrloiin matter and lruml
larkn. letter mom be algnrd, bill namra will be withheld tn.m publication
If m denlred.
Wanted: Cheaper
. i ll-Vniversity Parties.
Once again comes the opportun
ity for discussion of all-university
parties, given each month In the
university coliseum and sponsored
by the Brrb council. Already two
such parties have been held this
semester.
All well and good for all-univer
sity parties. They are a com
mendable function. The Barb
council is deserving of much credit
for its supervision and success of
such social activities. The all
university parties in past years
have been very successful. They
afford an opportunity for students
to enjoy an evening of dancing and
entertainment but more important
they offer a wonderful opportunity
for students to get acquainted with
one another. And the friendships
and acquaintances that are formed
in a student's college life should be
dear to the student and cherished
deep down in his heart.
Since the specific purpose of
F.arb parties in the past has" been
to afford a chance for all students
t become better acquainted with
one another the writer hopes to
sue mat purpose retained. But the
writer has, also, a few comments
to make relevant to this year's
tsaro parties.
Last year. It will be recalled,
the admission to the parties was
in the neighborhood of 35 cents for
gents and a similar or lesser
amount for ladies. This year the
price or admission has been raised
to 50 cents for gents and 35 cents
for ladies. The increase Is slight
but In view of financial conditions
existing among our college stu
dents this year, this writer cannot
justify an increased admission to
the parties, which, after all, should
be made accessible to all students.
In the first place, isn't the ad
mission, as it stands, out of pro
portion with depressed conditions
that exist? It is evident that
countless students have to squeeze
their nickels and dimes in order to
make both ends meet. A half
dollar is a lot of money to some
students and they hesitate to part
with what little they do have.
We all know that the depression
is not yet over. In view of this
very evident fact, why not try to
make it as easy as possible on the
student? Why not reduce the
charge to all-university parties so
that all who care to may attend
and not feel that they have been
too extravagant or lavish with
their small reserve of "cash." The
writer is prompted in his actions
by a comparison of present all
university parties with those held
during the summer session. Dur
ing the sumer session, all-university
parties were given, no decora
tions were used and only a thin
dime per person was charged. In
that way every student felt that he
or she could afford to attend the
parties without serious deflation to
the pocketbook. If such a program
could be carried out during the
summer with a smaller number of
students attending, why couldn't
the same plan be utilized during
the regular nine month session?
Ten cents a person, music by an
orchestra that does not charge an
exorbitant amount of money for its
services, no need of decorations,
and every student would have an
opportunity to enjoy an evening in
dancing and becoming acquainted
with his college neighbors. Let's
give this a little serious con.-idera-tion!
A. J. V.
EDITOR'S NOTE: A. J. V.
is misinformed. The all-university
party price, according
to the Barb council which
sponsors the affairs, has not
been raised this year. It is
the same as last year; and an
attempt to lower it met dis
approval from the faculty bus
iness manager of student ac
tivities. As to the summer ses
sion dime parties: A deficit
incurred was met with a $250
appropriation from the univer
sity, the Barb council reports.
The dimes went entirely to the
orchestra.
The Nebraskan still thinks
the price could bt reduced
somewhat this year, but an
attempt at this by the council
seems to hsve been frustrated
by the superiors who supervise
the financial side of student
activities.
. The Challenge Stands.
TO THK EDITOR:
Bluntly refusing to debate pub
licly the socialist club on funda
mental Issues of the campaign,
Howard Holtzendorff, democratic
leader, explains his party has no
thing to gain by discussing party
principles with the socialists. His
discussirn Is quite correct in fact,
the democrats have much to lve
by debating the socialists.
Holtzendorff said, "Since the so
cialists are making no campaign in
Nebraska." This is either gross
ignorance or gross misrepresenta
tion, both equally bad. Socialist
candidates are running for practi
cally every important state office
and the state organization Is cam
paigning as vigorously as limited
funds and publicity permit. Mr.
Holtzendorff attended our last
meeting and knows that the fo
cialist club had a larger turnout
than his own club. Vet he evades
public debate by saying we "are
making no campaign in Ne
braska." The democrats like to debate -If
they can hand-pick their oppo
sition. It is perfectly safe to chal
lenge the republican record, but
extremely unsafe to face the so
cialist platform.
Mr. Holtzendorff says socialists
won't win, so vote democratic. To
sacrifice all principles and a con
structive program merely to climb
on a political bandwagon is harcTy
our idea of patriotism.
Holtzendorff refers us to the re-
nublican club. Yes, we likewise
will challenge the republicans. I.it j
by thus passing the buck, T..e
democrats can not escape our
clear-cut challenge, which still
stands: We believe your program
is unsound and challenge you. as
democrats, to defend it. Further
refusal can only be Interpreted by
the campus at large as cowardly
retreating and fear of open do
bate. The challenge stands!
CHARLES EDWARD GRAY.
President-Socialist Club.
individualism." But alas, colleci
vization is an inevitable corollary
(,f the industrial revolution,
whether under socialism or cap
italism. Alack, you would have to
turn back" history several decades.
And we hardly think your party,
backed by men like John Raskob
and Owen D. Young, would follow
you in that.
To help you clear up the hope
loss confusion in your own think
ing, we advise you to consult an
elementary textbook in political
theory, economics, or history. Auf
wicder schen, lieber Freund!
H. D.
See Sophomores!
TO THK EDITOR:
A certain Sophomore In an ar
ticle in the Daily Nebraskan of
October Mh, states that the wear
ing of Freshman caps will be en
forced by the use of puddles if
necessary. This is all right; how
over another article in a previous
issue stated that the freshmen
would be compelled to wear their
raps until the first snow fall or
until they won a tug of war from
the sophomores.
To make it short, the first snow
of the season has fallen, even
thought it was the earliest ever
recorded here, and therefore It is
the duty of the upper classmen to
let the freshmen remove their caps.
An article in Tuesday's paper ac
knowledges the snowfall, so fresh
men if you don't want to wear
your caps, remember - no one can
make you, as a promise is a prom
isewe hope. A FRESHMAN.
Ansuer Tit: A Freshman.
TO THE EDITOR:
By offering ye old time editor
a sweet bribe' the writer of this ar
ticle was able to get a hold of the
article written by "A Freshman,"
pertinent to the' wearing of the
caps traditional of being freshmen
In this Institution.
He states that it was stipulated
that at the fall of the first snow
freshmen might remove thes."
badges of differentiation. It might
interest that freshman and all
others to know that the ruling of
the Innocents society on this mat
ter is about as follows: "All fresh
man mnle students at the Univer
sity of Nebraska shall wear their
freshman caps until the Dnd's Dav
game at which there will be a tu'
of war held between represents'
tives of the freshman and sopho
more classes. If successful th,,
freshmen may remove their capi
at that time. If th? freshmen lose
they must wear their caps uptii
the first snowfall following thin
game." Need more be said.
Every sophomore on the campus
is asked to report to the Vigilance
Committee the names of any fresh
man not complying with the abovu
ruling. Action will be taken by
that committee immediately.
Freshmen WEAR THOSE CAPS
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TO THE EDITOR:
Hats off to Professor Cunning
ham, who is one member or me
faculty not afraid to express nim-
self politically. But pardon our
candor what a way to express
one's self!
We were entertained bv the pro
fessor's gripping fear of socialism,
especially since it seemed to us
that his fear, like most human
fears, arises from ignorance. Far
be it from us to imply that the
good professor is ignorant, but be
has given us reason to believe that
his knowledge of architecture is a
bit more profound than his knowl
edge of politics.
Now, Professor Cunningham, let
not our caustic remarks hurt your
feelings, but you know that Tues
day night you told your budding
democrats how the big socialist,
Mussolini, had crushed freedom by
his socialist dictatorship. Tsk.'
Tsk! Dear professor! Even ele
mentary poly sci students know
that Mussolini is not a socialist
Evidently to you in your confu
sion fascism, socialism and com
munism are one and the same
thing. Every on knows that fas
cism arose in Italy to combat so
cialistic trends.
And surely, professor, vour al
lusion to worn-out professors was
not aimed at any one on our
campus! Tsk! Tsk! What would
John Dewey say? What would
Albert Einstein say?
We were moved to tears by your
plaintive plea for good or "rugged
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