TUESDAY. OCTORKR 18, 1932.
titf: daily nerraskan
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The Daily" Nebraskan
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Students
To the Polls.
pAMPUS politics takes the spotlight today for the
fall election of two class presidents and honorary
colonel, first of the several campus queens to be se
lected for the current year. If last spring's election
which drew one of the largest votes In Nebraska
is indicative of a continuing trend of more general
student Interest in extra-curricular activities, today
should see some 1,500 or more student voters troop
to the polls and cast their preferences for these
three offices.
Fractional alignments this fall assume a new
character with the formal alliance, begun last spring
and brought into the open with this election, of the
barb bloc with the Yellow Jacket fraternity faction.
This coalition, with a pre-arranged division of of
fices, stands to carry today's election, placing a
barb In office as junior class president and a Yel
low Jacket as senior president. The Blue Shirt fac
tion, long dominant in campus politics, faces defeat,
unless some coup unforeseen at this writing is ac
complished. The rise of the unaffiliated student group In cam
pus politics began last year when the Student
council, on recommendation of the Innocents society,
took steps to organize non-fraternity students for
participation In extra-curricular affairs. That barb
club organization forthwith established a working
agreement with the minority fraternity faction
which resulted In a division of Student council
seats almost evenly between the two fraternity
factions, with the barbs Holding a balance of power
In two council representatives.
This condition was acclaimed at the time as
marking a new era in campus affairs, whereby all
elements within the student body will exercise a
voice in the administration of matters pertaining to
the students. The fact that an unusually heavy vote
was cast was taken as pointing towards concrete re
sults already being shown in the campaign to revive
Interest in activities.
Developments within the week indicate that this
process of stimulation student-wide Interest in ac
tivities, as against their control by a few ambitious
groups, is making further progress. It seems only
equitable that the non-fraternity element should
play a larger part in the control of student activ
ities. An absolute prerequisite to that condition,
however, is organization. That organization has
been provided and is rapidly growing. Danger of a
split in the barb ranks between the inter-club group
and adherents of the old Barb council seems to have
been averted.
Equally important with this change in the pol
itical atmosphere Is the change in the nature of the
elective offices which was made by the Student
council last spring. Until that time there had been
a president for each of the four classes elected each
semester. Duties of those elected were negligible
until the positions were mere political plums or hon
orary posts.
Last spring, however, the council abolished the two
lower class presidencies entirely on the grounds
that they had insufficient duties to justify continu
ance of their existence. The junior and senior presi
dencies were, moreover, made elective for a full
year's term and additional duties assigned to these
offices to make them more than sincecures.
When the students vote today, then, they will be
voting not a honorary position into some ambitious
boy's possession, but really electing a student of
ficer to exercise some definite functions.
The Nebraskan predicts a larger vote even than
was cast last spring anrt commends the student body
en the increased interest being shown in matters of
vital interest in extra-curricular activities and
elective student offices.
While it is doubtful whether the barb element is
acting wisely in allying permanently with one of the
fraternity fatclons, the arrangement Is unquestion
ably advantageous to them for the present and pro
vides a practical method, for the time being,
making their presence in campus affairs felt.
of
Football
Paradox.
pUNNY thing, this game of football.
What is the object? To win, of course.
Well, Nebraska wins from Iowa State and what
happens? Everybody disappointed. Team is no good;
looked rotten; coach would make a good Sunday
school teacher. Wolves howl.
The next Saturday Nebraska losus to Minnesota.
Everybody happy. Great team. Fine coaching.
Paradox? Oh, no! It is all very logical. We even
have a name for it -moral victory and moral de
feat. So far this season Nebraska haa played two
games. But on the book there are two wins and two
defeats: One moral and one actual defeat; one ac
tual victory and one moral victory.
The success of the season depends on which kind
of victories and defeats you figure the percentage
on.
Herr Einstein got his name in all the papers one
time for connecting a theory of relativity. Maybe
he was referring to college football?
Contemporary Comment
.Came
Broadcasts.
JJOLDING that the practice is band Tor business,
several eastern school have prohibited radio
broadcasts of home football games this year. John
K. Selleck, business manager of athletics here, ex
presses the opinion that the same prohibition should
be made at Nebraska.
Theory of the antl-broadcastists is that radio re
ports of games reduce attendance at games; that
many people would otherwise pay their $2.75 to see
the game now do not do so because they can save
their money and enjoy the game almost as much at
home. Mr. Selleck sanctions this opinion, adding
that since football is the only sport that yields a
substantial revenue, everything possible should be
done to get larger gate receipts in order that minor
sports may be maintained.
From that point of view, broadcast prohibition
may be the prudent means of protecting football as
a business. But to discontinue broadcasts of Ne
braska football games would take from all radio
listeners a privilege which is rightfully theirs.
Newspapers had to fight many years before they
received freedom of the press. No person, or corpor
ation of persons, can tell them what to print and
what not to print. Radio stations should be riven
this same privilege of broadcasting what the public
wants to hear.
Perhaps more people would attend football games
if the newspapers discontinued devoting space to
these contests. On the other hand, newspapers pro
vide the free publicity which permits football to op
erate successfully as a commercial enterprise. May
not radio be providing the same advertising service?
Many persons who have not money to buy football
tickets derive a great amount of enjoyment from
listening to the radio reports of the games. The ad
ditional money the university might receive by dis
continuing this practice would far from compensate
for the disappiontment of the radio listeners who
cannot possibly attend the games.
Moreover, people who have a whole-hearted Inter
est in football and are financially able to do so, will
attend the games despite the broadcast. A radio an
nouncer's description of a game can never provide
the complete thrill and enjoyment derived from sit
ting in the stadium and watching the same game.
Finally, to forbid radio broadcasts of football in
order to protect gate receipts is an obvious admis
sion of the commercial statis of the sport which is
even now doing much to stifle interest in intercol
legiate football.
Walk a Mile
For Exercise.
pHE whirl of collegiate activity continues un
abated, and the first milestone, quarterly reports,
are past. Lovely weather meanwhile clamors for at
tention, and the student who orders his life to take
advantage of that weather is doing a tremendous
favor to himself.
Not everyone, of course, can take part in the or
ganized physical program offered by the university
it3clf. Intramurala and extra-curricular sports are
participated In by only too few students. But even
so, there remains a wealth of outdoor activity by
which to seek health ana recreation.
Unfortunately America, and particularly youth,
does not seem to regard physical exercise as whole
some. Such a mundane thing as walking seems ab
horrent to the average sophosticated college student.
It Is unfortunate, but it can be remedied.
For walking is scorned only thru ignorance of it
as recreation. Once persuaded to give it a trial,
there is no reason why an ablebodied human being
should fail to appreciate pcdcstri&nlsm, for man was
given legs witb which to walk, and walking is there
fore natural, free and easy.
Meditation, purging fatigue, clarification of both
ersome problems all these can be attained by a
walk thru autumn air. To the collegian, of course, it
sounds so fanciful as to be the work of a pansy, but
take a walk and see.
Election Rules
i. So vote sli a 1 be solieitpd nt. the tjoIIb or in the
building: ia which the election is being held during election
iay. .No money sluill be snent on behalf of any cautlKlnle
No printed, inimeoinpliej, typed or otherwise published
material in behalf of any enndklate shall be permitted except
the impartial announcements of the candidates appearing
in the press. Any candidate violating these rules either in
person or through his supporters shall thereby become in
eligible. 2. Only students classified as juniors, i. e. having be
tween fifty-three to eighty-eight credit hours, may vote for
junior elass president.
.'. Only Mud. 'tits classified as seniors, i. e. having nt
least eighty-nine credit hours, may vote for ' senior class
president.
i. A student graduated in one college shall be classi
fy according to the number of hours earned in his present
college plus the number of hours required for entrance in
his present college.
5. All students are etib'- lo vote for honorary colonel.
6. No student may rA. ,pt upon presentation jf his
identification card bearing the validation stamp of the fi
nance secretary. -
7. No student may vole whose identification card has
been punched once.
8. No student mry rote if his identification card bears
evidence of erasure cr other siens of change as to the name
or classification of that student.
9. Any stndent whose vote is challenged at the polls
for any of ihcsc reasons by any of the eleetion officials shall
not be permitted to vote unless a written statement from the
registrar' olTi. e in ahown to the eleetion officials indicating
that the challenge wa not justified.
STUDENT COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
The Student Pulse
Brief, tontine runtrlbutlnlia prrtl
nrnt it, nmlti-ra of .tudrnt life !
Ilir unlvrll are wrloomrd by lh.
iitiwrlmi-iit, undrr thr uaual rratrlr-
luna of auund tirwapaprr prnrllri-,
tvlilrh rtriuilr. all llht-lnoa matter
nil Ix-nmnal ntlnrk.. Iilm mini
b atriwl. but namra win h with
hrM from pulillmOoa If aa dmlrrd.
College Romances.
One of the most popular sub
Jects for discussion is that of
"flamlntr youth." l'crhaps in no
other age the younger generation
been so severely criticised as are
the younger people of today. It i
the general connenus or opinion
that we are speeding down the
road of perdition. Judging from
the articles appearing in the press
and the heated sermons originating
in the pulpit, we are beyond salva
tion. Newspapers take advantage
of everv "tin orirv" to print
screaming headlines. We are con
stantly beinc admonished of our
wardn jsa and wrong doings.
College men and women in par
ticular have received the brunt of
these heated diatribes. The average
citizen has come to regard colleges
with the deepest suspicion and of
ten hesitates in sending his chil
dren to an institution of higher ed
ucation. He is not in a position to
judge college life as it is and the
exaggerated movies, ieature ar
ticles, and sermons convince him
that college is just one week end
debacle after another.
Statistics have been published
which throw an interesting light
on this bright picture of modern
vouth. It will be hard for the yel
low jourr.alistls and reformers to
reconcile them with the hue and
cry they are constantly raising.
These figures, the result of a sur
vey made by Rita S. Halle in 100
coeducational institutions, were re
cently printed by "Good House
keeping" magazine. Miss Hall dis
covered that while the general di
vorce rate has increased until there
is now one divorce for every six
marriages, the record of marriages
resulting from college romances
show only one divorce for every
seventy-five couples.
It was also found that college
men and women marry at a later
age than the average, that college
graduates have equal advantages
and have come to regard each
other as intellectual equals. Most
important, however, is the fact
that college boys and girls have
the opportunity to judge each
other under many conditions and
over a long period.
As college courtships have thir
teen times the chances for happi
ness that others have, conditions
cannot possibly be as bad as they
are pictured. Figures of this na
ture give a truer picture of college
life than all the denouncements of
the press and thunderings of the
church. Meanwhile the same ex
posures will be made, the same in
vectives will make the air blue, and
the public will continue to fear for
the younger generation. Purdue
Kxpoiient.
drinking is even smarter than
smoking.
Another odd thing is that some
men refuse to smoke, stating that
It is costly and unhealthful habit,
but turn right around and get
"tight" before the night is over.
Is alcohol supposed to be healthful
and inexpensive?
The way to solve the situation is
for all voters to get out and vote
intelligently, and get the tools of
political bosses out of office.
INNOCENT BYSTANDER.
Sisters, Beuare!
STUDENT PULSE
Now that the Yellow Jackets
have definitely merged with the
Barb party, the ticket is running
a barb as bait for that group.
When, do you think, will they be
gin running a Barb coed as bait
for the votes of the unaffiliated
ladies? When will a barb coed
register to run for Student coun
cil, or some such post? Perhaps
the new party would try to dis
own such a candidate, but wouldn't
the name barb swing the majority
of the coalition votes to her re
gardless? Believe me, Lady
Greeks, here is something for you
to think about.
A BLUE SHIRT.
Prohibition Solution.
TO THE EDITOR
I have read, with much inter
est, Dr. Lyman's scholarly letter
on the use of alcoholic beverages
and also the reply on the editor in
the editorial column to hlB letters.
I can agree with all of Dr. Ly
man's statements, and with part
of the editor's.
It is true that prohibition has
and is not completely successful,
altho statistics show that there
are less "addicts to alcohol" than
there were before prohibition cane
Into effect. The re-son fo- its not
being completely successful as far
as the government is concerned is
theg reat amount of political
graft. This is due entirely to the
people's indifference to voting.
The reason for student s want
ing to use alcoholic beverages is
the same reason for their smok
ing namely, to be smart and to
do as the Joneses do. Never have
I heard a student cncour&re a
classmate, who did not drink, not
to get off of the water waon. But
time and time again I have beard
smokers encourage non&mokers
not to start smoking, "ny the dif
ference? Perhaps this la because
High Cafeteria Prices.
TO THE EDITOR:
The university, realizing the
students' need for clean food, well
prepared and wholesome, opened
the Temple cafeteria. As the stu
dent has a very small earning
power while attending the uni
versity, and the school is a no
profit state institution, it was in
tended that the cafeteria should
sell its food on a cost basis. This
should mean lower prices than
are to be found in eating houses
organized for profit. Unfortun
ately for the student who is look
ing for a healthful and desirable
place to eat, the cafeteria is one
of the highest priced places of its
kind in the city. A dinner of
meat, potatoes, bread and butter,
saiacl, vegetable, and a drink will
average about forty-five cents or
fifty-three to fifty-five cents with
dessert. One doesn't have to be a
cost accountant to know that this
extraordinaryily high price is due
either to profit-making or ex
tremely poor management. Full
dinners are being served in profit
intended eating houses for twenty
to thirty cents. Surely the cafe
teria should be able to meet prices
with the profit-intended eating
places.
The students should be within
their rights In expecting reason
able prices in the cafeteria. I for
one think that some measures
shoold be brought about to effect
lower prices. If the cafeteria prices
could not be cut 50 percent and
break even, something Is decidedly
wrong with the organization, for
even then the prices of food
would be double the wholesale
cost.
Let's bear more about this.
A STUDENT.
For Your Noon Day
Lunch
A hot plate lunch
With Brverag end Dvtert
For only
25
Buck1! Coffee
Shop
Facing Campus
7 Be or Not
To Be Sophisticated.
College students are liable to the
error of cultivating sophistication.
Especially is this true of the first
year men and women, who are
frequently mistaken in the values
which confound them upon en
trance into a new world. The gulf
between high school and college is
too wide.
As a vaccine against such an
error one might consider the doc
tor who discovered the cure for
the incurably Insane, and whose
discovery was admittedly possible
onlv because "he lacked sophisti
cation." A phenomenon among scientists
who had struggled for years with
the problem, Julius wagncr
.Tauregg was so unsophisticated
that he believed what he saw re
gardless of the fact that it did not
tally with what he had learned. .
He was so unsophisticated that
he was not afraid to say that he
believed it.
Ho was innocent enough to In
fect insane persons with a deadly
malaria fever germ, and cure
them of both diseases.
Wagner-Jauregg was an edu
cated man, to be sure, but lie was
not sophisticated.
Ho had no false notions to stand
before his judgment and twist It
into a semblance of itself. Ho was
innocent enough to see what was
happening. He was not afraid to
admit that the many could be
wrong, and tho unbelievable possi
bleThe Dally Oklahoman.
Mary Irene Wilson, former Ne
braska student and pupil under
Miss Gertrude- Kinscella in the
university school of music, has ac
cepted a position as head of the
piano department of the govern
ment Indian school at Chllocco,
Oklahoma.
Important Meeting
. Of Sigma Delta Chil
Urgent business necessi
tates a meeting of Sigma
Delta Chi Tuesday afternoon
at 4 o'clock in the Dally Ne
braskan office. It Is Impera
tive that all members be
present.
A dating bureau is a flourishing
Institution at Arkansas Polytech
nic college. Trices range from 2.Vj
for "first choice" to 10c for "fourth
choice dates."
Correction:
The Queen-Make Dresses adver
tised by us in Sunday's NEBRAS
KAN were priced, by mistake.
2.95. The price on these dresses
is 5.95.
RudgeGueizelCa
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