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Daily Nebraskan
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STAFF
tw,.r.,.rhil Phil Browrel
managing editors !
D.ck Moran Lynn Leonard
news editors !
George Murphy Lamome B.b.e
Sports Edi'.or Burton Marv.n
Society Editor Carolyn Van And a
Woman s Ed'tor Margaret Tr-iele
BUSINESS STAFF
Business Manager Chalmers Graham
assistant Busies,
Bernard Jennings George Holyoke ,
Fran Musgrave
An Intellectual
Iiasis for Religion.
rELIGION has
been so mixed
with various ethical doctrines
and with interpretations of beliefs
which contradict each other and
which are irreconcilable with
known facts, that it is little won
der people in general and young
people in particular are confused.
Perhaps the natural reaction to
:his feeling of confusion, and of
ioubt. is the failure to subscribe to
ir.v belief. Perhaps this in turn
r the basis for the charge so fre-
r.uently beard that colleges breed
Uheists, and that students are ir
religicus. The Nebiaskan lays no claim of
Wing able to inttipret the feelings
and ideas of Nebraska students,
tut we do believe that it is a fair
statement to make that college
students are not icligious in the
ense in which many people con
ceive of religion. College students
are but little interested in church
work, and in church teachings.
They are tired of the stereotyped
theological catch phrases which
are usually meaningless to them
as expressions of real religious
feeling.
Eut college students do feel the
lack of a belief, and of a sense of
the meaning of things. If they do
r.ot subscribe to any doctrine, they
wonder about the reconciliation of
certain facts with the doctrines to
which other people subscribe, or
to which they once subscribed on
V.linr! faith alone. They are in
clined to scoff at religious prating
when it has no connection with
!ai)y living and behavior.
TN other words, the student's con-
ception of religion is an ethical
conception. He believes that reli
ii n should be put into practice in
h social sense. This is probably a
'f.!se conception, for religion is
oove all a personal faith and emo
:cr,al reeling. It is something
a huh the individual should work
: ut for himself if he is to be sure
of his belief.
From the point of view of the
ir..iividual who has been disillu-M'r..-d
in his former beliefs, or who
has seen t'O many practical objec
!.r,", to subscribing to any partic
ular doctrine or belief, it is essen
t.al that a firm intellectual foun-.-.tion
be established on which a
jaith immune from doubts can be
stablished.
Thus, if he has been taught that
i he story of Jonah and the whale
is a part of religious belief, he was
tasily disillusioned when he con
sidered the story from the point of
view of scientific probability. He
must find some reason for includ
ing this story in religious teach
ings, or else he must discard it al
xgether. THE religious teacher who has
illiterates with whom to deal
ran more easily foist upon tbem
tis own religious interpretations.
If ihey believe what is told them.
r,d aitr never in danser of doinfir
THE
any thinking on their own account,
this grafted religion should be sat
isfactory for them; it will provide
for them an emotional experience
and a faith in the meaning of
things.
But the thinking individual must
work out his own beliefs. These
beliefs must be secure against
practical doubts. The interpreta
tions of others are probably not
satisfactory.
The Religious Emphasis week of
conferences and speeches planned
unucr i iun. . u., ..w-e
Welfare council this week end.
should provide an opportunity for
those students who are doing their
rhinkine- eatrerlv to take ad-
Sown thinking eagerly to take ad-
! vantage of. According to the spon-
I t Ua affair tVlA lnnferPTlfP 1 5
not an attempt to convert students
not an attemot to convert students.
I nor to drum into them any stereo-
typed religious beliefs. It is rather
. t llfW sin on-
portunity to clarify their beliefs
or to stimulate their thinking. The
Nebraskan hopes that the confer
ence will really be of aid in carry-
ing out this purpose.
6 r r
;
The Cynic i
Has Had His Day. !
WHEN doomsday rolls around,
and the process of singling
out the sheep from the goats is be
gun, it is our fondest hope that
consigned to the nethermost re
gions of the bottomless pit will be
a certain class of people whom w e
now set about to describe.
These are the individuals with
! dour faces and perpetual leers who
feign disillusionment with every
thing. It is their mission in life to
go about making cynical com
ments about every project which
they see undertaken.
Their greatest satisfaction is
achieved in pricking the bubble of
someone eise's idealism. Their
very presence puts a blight on any
contemplation other than that of
the mean and the horrid. They
point gnarled fingers at everyone
explaining the underlying motives
of greed which actuate him in
whatever endeavor he may be en
gaged. Never an object is sought but
that they can demonstrate the
hopelessness of its attainment.
Never an object is gained, but that
they can clearly show its worth-
lessness.
THEY have enjoyed a preaomi
nonA in the era. since the
UUUVb .
World war. Many of them have
been too clever to incite disgust.
They are frequently wisecrackers
who draw a big laugh with their
caustic remarks.
But their popularity is waning.
Colleee students, among the first
to take them up and exploit them.
and the last to get rid of the dis
ease with which they themselves
have been inocculated, are at last
becoming weary of the stale cyni
cism. Few, if any, who scoff at the ef
forts of others as Quixotic, are
able to demonstrate any accom
plishments of their own, or even
any attempts at accomplishment.
Their sneers are usually expres
sions of their own inability to ac
complish, their lack of ingenuity
and energy in attempting.
The goal of complete achieve
ment is seldom reached. But life
is unbearable without the feeling,
illusion tho if may be. that some
things are worth working for. if
accomplishment stops short of its
goal, the activity is still worth
while. It at least provides the
semblance of a reason for living.
I THE STUDENT ffl
PULSE
TO THE EDITOR:
Forgive me for taking liberty to
voice an opinion of the Sunday col
umn "Whata the Odds." I do not
know the author, but it seems to
me to be a most senseless con
glomeration of the mother tongue.
Yes, dear Artemus, there is very
grave danger that the "dear little
oeds" would stray from the
DAILY NEBRASKAN
straight and narrow (it isn't half
narrow enough) if they were per
mitted to remain out later than
12:30. It's meant for a preventive,
not a cure.
The argument for cigaret smok
ing seems to be on the theory that
one should be permitted to do as
they please so long as they harm
no one. Which would be very nice
indeed if it were possible to deter
mine when you were overstepping
the line. And harming no one in
cludes yourself as well as the other
fellow.
The whole column indicates the
Nebraskan is sorely in need of a
couple of thoughtful editorial writ
ers. (No slur toward the editor-in-chief
is intended.) I'm no Bris
bane, either, but little intelligence
or common sense is needed to
equal the column under fire. Col
lege students aie supposed to be
sensible and not a bunch of ga-ga
nitwits. Maybe it's just my old
fashionedness. J- H. B.
iilrs the
8tlds?
By Artemus
AT last I am a success. Some
one has taken the time and en
ergy to call me a nit wit. Anyone
with enough ambition to copper
anything of mine is either stirred
mighty easily or has one of those
complexes from whence springs "a
letter to the Times." Even so, I
thank Mr. J. H. B. He has brougni
nnr-p ncain to a disintegrating soul
the realization that there are prob
lems to solve and causes ior wnicn
to fight.
And now a story.
Once I went to a night club. I
hecauses it didn't cost me
anything the publicity agent for
the master or ceremonies was
friend and. under the impression
that I might be able to put in a
good word at some newspaper, wjc
management cancelled my check.
Most e-enerallv the atmosphere
of night clubs bores me to extrac
tion. They seem to be inhabited by
a conglomerate mass whose imag
inations have atrophied. The enter
tainment is dun, me music umy
fair the natrons' faces take on a
deathly pallor which is too remin
iscent of a morgue, ao, given
choice, I attend places other than
The Pirates uen, aie ur
Paris" or "Barney's." However,
when things are free my sense 01
what is morbid leaps into a very
rapid reverse.
At any rate, i uia ancuu mi
particular night club and sat.
mind you, right next to the chief
entertainer. As the evening wore
on, he got sentimental. It was due
in part to the ragging his publicity
agent (my friend) was givinghim
over his physical condition. Fi
nally, this renowned gag man
(whose jokes had fallen uncom
monly, flat, grew meditative. He
was, admittedly, growing old.
might be going stale. Perhaps he
might join some retired punsters
group or try the two-a-day in the
hinterlands. Life was after all, he
argued, none too good and the
young make it difficult for the old.
I joined in with the spirit. My
job had only recently been snatch
ed away by the rigors of economy
and the machinations of a comely
female. The atmosphere became
oppresive, I wondered why I had
allowed friend publicity agent to
convince me that the evening would
be filled with music and laughter.
As I was about to leave the
very mournful presence of this
funny man, he suddenly perked up
and, out of a clear sky, said: "Well,
anyway, my son s ecmor 01 bis
school's paper. That's more than
Arthur Brisbane can say of bis
son."
The party resumed. I got home
at 4 -?.0 a. m.
P. S. This Master of Ceremonies
isn't thru as yet either. It was
only a few weeks ago that I heard
him harkinc over the radio on the
qualities of someone or other's
pork products.
FEATURES FOR FAIR
RECEIVE ATTENTION
(Continued from Page 1.)
pus all during the fair, and would
make special excursion trips to
various places on the campus for
large parties, ine committee De
lieves that the "Farmer's Fair
Limited" will be one of the feature
attractions on the erounds.
The committee is also consider
ing the possibility of securing art
ists to make pencil or pen and ink
drawings of fair visitors, and of a
marionette show in the afternoon.
Two of last year's concessions to
be cut out .are the "African Dive"
and "Scrambled Eggs." "They
it IS RESOLVED.
That because it is wise i
provide for a period of reflec
tion during any age, particular
ly during an age e'i chaos, the
student body of the University
of Nebraska, in respect to the
fine sentiment underlying Reli
gious Emphasis week as plann
ed for March 31 to April 3,
should give it serious observ
ance. The Student Council pledges
its complete sympathy which
this movement and extends to
those in charge such services
as it may render thru its Forum
committee.
STUDENT COUNCIL.
don't quite come up to the stand
ard of entertainment we want to
maintain at Farmer's Fair," Mott
said.
The following are in charge of
concessions:
t oneeloim.
Beatrice Donaldson
Gerald Molt
General fland,
Helen New berg
Henrietta Hatfner
Maxine Courtmash
Valeda Pavls
Mary Dodrill
Virginia Krickson
Maiie Foremean
Kdna Hansen
Leah Mecham
Thelma Lunger
Janice Campbell
Virginia Copenhaver
Ruth Henderson
Chariotte English
Elaine Wilson
mu,a shoemaker
Alice Marie Kltchie
Alma Freehling
Katherine Agnew
Margaret Sievers
IXirothy Zeigenbusch
John Smiley
Oletus Reinmlller
George Keller
Charles Jenkins
Pon Joy
Wllford Kohn
Kitrbrn hrrk.
Lucile Hlle
Lorraine Swanson
Sunday Ft.
Teresa Llbershal
Florence Downs
Tea Boom.
Dorothy Luchsinger, Ch.
H. EC. 273 Class
ropeorn Stand.
Grraid Tool
Torn ftaine.
Tavid Rice
Ravmond Kmch
Milan Austin
Horn Shoe.
Merrill Lee
Bill Howell
Edmund Anderson
Bab) Show.
Roy Blaser
Ardelle Jamei
Lima Wallin
Freak SIkht.
Wayne Hill
Elver Hodges
Uarold Larsen
COUNCIL WILL LEARN
LIMIT OF AUTHORITY
(Continued from Page 1.)
r-iro recommendation that the
Ivv day oration be moved up to
the morning, ana ut nuiucu w
teen minutes. The resolution passed
without a dissenting vois.
Aiiaix-av rpnorted nrocrress of
the student activity tax committee
in its investigatory work on a
blanket tax for Nebraska.
"Present indications are, ne
said, "that a tax can be worked
out totalling about $7.50 to 58 a
year. This would include the
three major publications and the
athletic ticket."
A conference with managers of
publications is planned before the
the council, he
said, and indicated that Director
of Athletics John K. SeiiecK migni
be favorable to a lax sucn as pur
posed.
A report by Virgene McBride
listed tentative dates on the cam-
mis calendar for next year, dui
no action was taken.
The complete resolution enaors
EmDhasis week ap
pears elsewhere in today's Daily
Nebraskan.
ENGINEERS SELECT
THEME FOR DISPLAY
(Continued from Page 1.)
Dick Edwards, chairman of win
dow displays; and Ldwara u.
liott. in charge of traffic.
General committee chairmen
who were selected recently are as
follows: Jack Hutchins, banquet;
Cail Goth, activities; Iouis Ether
ton, field day; John Hossack, pro-rram-
Afjo ' Dc -Klotz. convocation;
Frank Fawlings, publicity; Bern
ard Donolan, tickets; cnaries ue
Vore, window display; Marion Ball
trAffie
Department chairmen are: Clar
ence Pedersen, applied mechanics;
Albert Molenoor, agricultural en
gineering; Kenneth Schmidt and
Cedric Richards, architectural en-o-inffrine"
Georee Gates, chemis
try; Alden Ca risen, civil; Arnold
Coffin, electrical; and jack bieeie,
mechanical.
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Don't forget, they all My our
Sandwiches and Fountain Service
are the best. Come where your
mother and siter enjoy the aiirtos
phere of freed company.
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THURSDAY, MARCH 30. 1933.
MISS FEDDE TALKS
TO CHARM SCHOOL
Home Ec Head Speaks on
Etiquette at Dinner
Table.
fia.q Fedde. head of the hnm
economics department, in connec
tion witn me agricultural college,
addressed the regular meeting of
the Charm school sponsored by the
Big Sister board.
The general topic of Miss Fed
H'a discussion was concerned with
the etiquette at the American din
ner table. She explained the gen
eral setting of the table and finally
the placing of the chairs.
These points were shown by a
properly appointed table set before
the group. Two girls were seated
at this table and one illustrated
the correct table manners while
the other showed incorrect prac
tices. A third girl acted as wait
ress, conducting the service prop
erly of placing upon and removing
from the table, the chinaware.
As this was being carried out.
Miss Fedde explained the reasons
for various uses and practices as
well as the difference of the use
of the fork in England and the
United States. She also stressed
the important point of the neces
sity of carrying on only a light
and friendly conversation.
These points in etiquette were
followed by an explanation of the
correct way of introducing people.
Actual examples of these definite
rules in etiquette were carried out.
Entries for the interfrater
nity debate tourney will be
received at the athletic office
until Friday at 5 o'clock.
IMiss Faulkner Talks
Before Camera (lluli
Miss Kady Faulkner, instructor
in the school of fine arts, discussed
portraits in her address before the
Lincoln Camera club at Morrill
hfc.il Tuesday night.
Comparisons were drawn r
tween paintings and the photo
graphic portraits. Arthur Carlson
was appointed chairman to ar
range for future meetings.
Official Bulletin
Rifle Club.
There will be a meeting of the
men's rifle team and rifle club to
organize the rifle team for next
year at 5:00 Friday.
Y. W. Activities.
Ag. Freshmen commission will
meet in the Home Economics par
lors Thursday, March 30 at 12
o'clock. Miss Bernice Miller, sec
retary of the Y. W. C. A. will
speak.
The Study groups conducted by
Miss Bernice Miller will not meet
on Friday, March 31 and Sunday,
April 2.
The Y. W. C. A. cabinet retreat
with Paul C. Johnston will be
held Saturday, April 1 at Pioneer
Park. All cabinet members are
requested to meet at Ellen Smith
Hall at 3 o'clock.
There will be no social dancing
hour in the armory Friday. March
31 because of the Religious Prob
lems meeting.
Mr. Allen K. Foster will r.jt;k
at the convocation on the A p.
campus Friday. March 31 at 2
o'clock in Ag. hall.
The opening talk and reception
for Dr. Allen K. Foster and Mr.
Jim Hardwick will be held Friday,
March 31 at 7:30 o'clock.
Friday.
Week Committee -
Engineer
12:00.
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