THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
TUESDAY. DECEMBER 20. 1932.
TWO
Daily Nebraskan
Station A, Lincoln, Nebraska
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hearken to the small ominous
voice. Hearken! And spread the
gospel of enlightment.
A 1'oice and a Gospel
TRACING . desertion, the campus
can be heard making a last
plea of homeward bound collegi
ans. Altho almost buried under
talk c? vacation and holidays,
there is nevertheless a small voice
reminding of things to come.
It is a small voice, now, but it
is insistent, and it will grow in im
portance at an amazing rate of
jspeed. For it tells of a curtain
scheduled to rise on Jan. 2.
On that day the legislature will
convene, and collegians may find
themselves the center of contro
versy even more spirited, than
usual. For "Slash" is the order of
the day in legislative circles, and
the order includes or engulfs, the
university as well as other tax
supported institutions.
It would be well then, for stu
dents to give audience to the afore
mentioned small voice. By doing so
perhaps they may be able to avert
some of the controversy almost
certainly impending, and that
would indeed be worthy service
to the university, to the state, and
to themselves.
"pHE method is easy enough. It
consists merely of letting the
needs of the university be known.
Few taxpayers out in the state
realize what those needs are, and
very few have an accurate concep
tion of what the university is do
ing for them and for their state.
Tell them something of the edu
cational problems involved; let
them see how vital to the welfare
of the state higher education has
become. In a word: Educate them
to education.
Perhaps this seems too ambi
tious a program, inasmuch as it
has taken hundreds of years for
education to make even the pro
gress it has. But the enormity of
the erroneous impressions about
the university is amazing, and
students can do much to correct
those false views by making some
thing of the true picture be known.
And there can be little question
that now is a most opportune time
for revelations which will tend to
offset some of the mistaken pre
judices about the university.
YUR service may seem small.
1 Perhaps your parents are al
most invariably taxpayers if you
doubt it, ask them and if enough
taxpayers are converted, their re
presentatives convening here Jrn.
2 will have small excuse for misus
ing their power to the extent of
plashing too dangerously far.
The necessity for some slashing
is not denied by the Nebraskan.
But in the last two years the
budget has already been cut en
ormously, and regents, themselves
elected by taxpayers, have recom
mended to solons a financial pro
gram for the next two years that
has been further pared.
Further cuts, with the axe in the
hands of men and women who are
almost completely out of touch
with university needs and condi
tions, might prove distinctly un
fortunate. It therefore behooves students, if
for no other reason than to help
their own educational welfare, to
Vm7 lie Surprised.
For twelve years a group of
Columbia university workers have
devoted themselves to a study of
economic and governmental prob
lems in their relation to the Ma
chine age. The plan they have
evolved has been christened tech
nocracy, and it bids fair to chisel
more than a niche for itself in the
popular attention.
The word itself means "govern
ment by technicians." And the
idea, enchanting to people already,
according to Mark Sullivan, to
snatch at straws, is sweeping the
country.
But it is meeting with criticism,
too, at the hands of many writers,
"It's just a fad," they declare. "It's
not sound," they charge.
The Nebraskan is not in a posi
tion to refute these charges, or at
tempt it, but from what we've been
able to discover about the plan, the
prospect advanced is most allur
ing. It is so alluring, in fact, that
our interest in the thing is defin
itely aroused, and we shall watch
developments with interest, altho
there seems little chance that the
present governmental and eco
nomic structure will be very pro
foundly changed within the imme
diate future.
Technocracy, however, offers
much Whether its offers can be
substantiated is yet a matter for
controversy. But if you want a
pleasant vacation, include in your
reading everything pertaining to
that newest phenomenom techno
cracy. And to get in the mood to
receive it, try Stuart Chase's
"Mexico" first
If all the students who slept in
classes were placed end to end they
would be a lot more comfortable.
Trumpeting Angels.
LAD in striking cover, Noel
greetings to all, the Christmas
issue of a humor magazine of
which the campus can be proud
went on the stands today.
From the results of the first day
sale, it would seem the campus
stood in little need of being told
the merits of the current Awgwan,
but it is doubtful if the editor
and his staff will find themselves
bothered with excessive congratu
lations. People are like that ever
ready to howl, but seldom inclined
to praise.
So let us record a little apprecia
tion for the benefit of the humor
publication's staff.
Their magazine this month
copy, cuts, ads and all makes a
classy showing in the ranks of the
college comic sheets of the coun
try. Individuals of course, will not
see eye to eye with the staff about
some of the material, but those
persons must remember that after
all the staff itself is made up of
individuals. And that is an im
portant point, to be especially
stressed for undergraduate and
metropolitan newspaper critics.
At any rate, the Nebraskan ex
tends congratulations to the Aw
gwan for a rather excellent pro
duct in a field beset with innum
erable Sloughs of Despond and
fiery dragons.
THE STUDENT
PULSE
Greek Letter
For Everyone.
A glance at the list of extra
curricular societies on the campus,
as on file at the office of Assis
tant Dean of Men W. C. Harper,
reveals an aggregation of Greek
letter clubs which is staggering in
its length.
What strange, innate desire is it
that causes nearly every college
organization of any description to
adopt Greek symbols as a means
of identification ?
t would appear that a group of
home economics students or psy
chology students, for instance
would be proud enough of their
chosen pursuits to adopt the re
spective names of Home ECO'
nomics club or Psychology club
for their honorary organization
Instead and this is merely one of
a hundred or so examples which
might be cited they must assume
those pupposed subleties of collcgi
atism and call themselves Phi
Upsilon Omicron and Psi Chi. The
whole situation has become ridicu
lous, profiting no one except fra
ternity jewelers and national of
ficers of said honoraries.
In this age of assumed pro'
fundity you find it wherever you
turn - it seems that there is really
nothing quite so profound as
frankness. Nor is there anything
quite so rare. On the basis of the
present condition on college cam
puses, (or campi), the Greek al-
phabet in all its sublime magnifi
cence is regarded in childish awe
by students in the large. This al
phabet goes into temporary hiber
nation during the summer months
only to sprout up, in the manner of
rhubarb stalks as far as multi
plicity goes in the fall, constanly
increasing in number.
In a sense, perhaps, it is of little
importance whether the number of
such Greek-letter clubs continues
to multiply like so many rabbits or
whether it is decreased like dande
lion heads before a lawn mower.
Yet let this question be left with
the reader: Isn't it perhaps only
another manifestation of the con
fused American civilization?
J. E.
Hayseed and Haywire.
By George Round.
OFFICIAL BULLETIN
Phi Sigma.
Members of Phi Sigma have an
nounced Jan. 13, 1933 for the in
itiation banquet to be held at the
Y. W. C. A. club room, second
floor. Dr. E. R. Walker will be the
speaker of the evening. Tickets
are priced at 65 cents.
Awgwan Staff.
A meeting of the editorial staff
of the Awgwan will be held today
at 2 o'clock sharp in the Awgwan
office.
MESSIAH SOLOISTS
LOUD IN PRAISE OP
UNIVERSITY CHORUS
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the voice department of the Hor
ner institute in Kansas City.
"So seldom in these days does
one get the chance to sing in the
"Messiah," declared Mr. Hedley.
"It is one of the rare opportuni
ties a tenor has. I have sung in
the 'Messiah' a good many times,
and have not enjoyed it more than
I have this, because of your excel
lent chorus, fine orchestra and
sympathetic and capable conduc
tor; and although I have sung in
oratorios under Eugene Goosens
and Albert Coats I was never so
thrilled by the Hallelujah chorus,"
he concluded.
Mr. Nelson stressed his surprise
at the size of the audience, saying
that he enjoyed the orchestra and
considered it to be a highly suc
cessful concert." Howard Kirk
patrick said that the chorus sang
with enthusiasm, and he was more
than delighted with the voices and
work of the guest soloists.
The "Messiah," composed in
1741 by George Frederick Handel,
is an extremely lengthy work, and
was condensed for Sunday's con
cert into four themes: "The
Prophecy," "The Nativity," "The
Passion," and "The Resurrection."
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Facing Campus j
Those college of agriculture stu
dents who go home for vacation
will nrobablv do but little vaca-
l ioninsr. Father down on the farm
will probably find some fence to
fix or some barns to ciean out or
some pigs-to feed. At least there
will probably be but little "caking."
The annual Junior Ak-Sar-Ben
held Saturday was a success
despite the fact that the attend
ance was very poor. Floyd Hed
lund, manager, laid the blame at
no one's doorstep, however, and
the Block and Bridle club broke
even on the evening's activities,
so they were satisfied.
Harlan Anderson's .winning of
the grand championship marked
the second consecutive year that
a freshman has won the title.
Howard White won it last year
when but a freshman.
Ann Anderson, Phi Mu, is a
reader. . . . That makes three. . .
Evelyn Romberg is the fourth
reader. An Alpha Xi Delta. . . .
Things on the rectangle are quite
dead these days. ... Is anyone
going to swipe the horse tank at
the college this year ? . . . Aside
to Dick Moran: A moratorium has
been declared. No more until after
Xmas.
And the next big thing for col
lege of agriculture students will
be the Organized Agriculture meet
ings. Scheduled to be held in
January, Beveral thousand are ex
pected to attend. The waiters
and waitresses' dancing contest,
especially for students, will pro
duce some new faces and perhaps
some new winners.
As jret very few co-eds have
subscribed to the "pleasingly
plump" fad. Wonder what Dorothy
Cook thinks about it? . . . "Hank"
Armatis, former Husker base
ball star, was in town last week
end. He loitered about the Alpha
Phi hquse most of the time. . .
Tom Snipes and Irv Walker are
going great guns on the B basket
ball team. . . . Coach Knight is
one of the better coaches in the
state. . . . Chet Carkoski, former
Ag coach, is teaching and coacn
ing at Hartington now.
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