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FRIDAY, JANUARY 1 19.11.
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Action?
rpHE sound trucks have been concentrated.
1
The
wires are cleared. Secretaries, joo-seeKera,
politicians, statesmen, diplomats, clerks, reporters,
observers, lobbyists, adventurers, philosophers all
are included in the great gathering of the clan that
centers at Washington.
For the Seventy-third congress has opened, and
even more color has thereby been added to the na
tlnnal recovery drama. It is color, too, with a de
rM.Hiv .riiipntional tinze. and that alone should
make observation and study of Washington affair!
of interest to university students, even though thej
may be unable to see the link between governmental
nativities and their routine school uvea
As a matter of fact, even a little inspection ot
government activities should be enough to convince
any alert mind of the very direct bearing of govern
ment on the lives of modern Americans. And the
ot.irtont nopri pxercise himself no more
UllCiCObCU uvuuv.".
than to make use of his assumed ability to read in
order to bring himself into actual contact with the
Washington scene. Newspaper, press association
and magazine correspondents and observers lurmsn
a veritable flood or material describing the scene
and its implications Implications that run the
gamut from things of International to things of in
dividual concern.
Government throughout the past few decades
has tended to interest itself more and more In things
directly effecting the material welfare of its citi
zens, and since the inception of recovery programs
on such a tremendous scale the lives of an unparal
leled number of citizens have come to be more close,
ly bound up with governmental action. Students-
tomorrow's voting, tax-paying citizens are in an
excellent position to take advantage of opportunities
to observe and study government as congress opens,
for It is during congressional sessions that clashes
of interest are most apparent. The next few months,
in short, furnish an opportunity to see legislative
government in action, to watch the operation of the
machinery and its gyrating parts.
More specifically, some observation should re
veal the reactions of . the group, sectional and na
tional interests represented at Washington to the
spirit of Roosevelt programs and their varied pacts.
Interests will conflict and careful investigators will
often be able to judge men or issues by the enemies
revealed in the conflicts, which will be inevitable
despite an unequalled democratic majority.
Growing, shifting, changing social forces center
in Washington these days. The plentitude of vital
ity and action at the national capital should be of
surpassing interest to the young men and women
who have so often been urged to stir themselves.
And students can have an Introduction to the action
at the nearest library or newsstand!
Describing the
Activities Tax.
CARRYING on with a project that was sponsored
throughout the greater part of last year, the
Student council has announced that it will continue
work looking toward the adoption of a student ac
tivities tax on this campus.
Each year's council studies the tax plan as it
ooerated at other schools, and reported the results
of its nationwide survey. Tentative formulation of
a plan for Nebraska was accomplished, and the tax
system was passed on by the student body. From
th rpsnits of the camDus balloting a schedule of
prices for the activities to. be included in the plan
was drawn up, and it was nopea msi mi
talis could be cleared up in time to permit of presen-
tatlon for regents' action during the summer. The
work proved more extensive than naa oeen wiu"
pated, however, and final steps were left until this
year .. . ....
At the present time the Student council is sua
. a i a aL. Minn and
working on the final rormuiauon oi ve -since
the Nebraskan Is interested in seeing the tax
on this campus, the paper desires to co-operate with
the council in informing the. student body what the
student activity tax is, and what it means lor u
campus.
The tax works on the very sound principle that
quantity production promotes decreasing costs. In
other words, the activity tax plan provides that
every student can participate in and have the ad
vantages of a number of student projects. As the
tax has been found to operate at schools where it is
in use, its result is that students pay considersb y
less for their "activities goods" than if relatively
few students participate in relatively few activities.
A SPECIFIC example of tax operation can be
seen in the case of athletic tickets. If these
tickets were sold to every student it would be pos
slble for the athletic department to receive the same
or greater total revenue from student ticket sales
by selling the tickets at a price lower than their
present cost Similar reductions are contemplated
for the CorJSusker, the Dally Nebraskan and the
Awgwan.
By combining costs of several activities, one
lump sum can be charged students, who will receive
all benefits now purchased separately at a higher
price. Proceeds would be distributed to partlcipat
ing activities.
Various arrangements are possible for the pay
ment of the tax, but in most schools, it was found,
the lump sum is paid each semester as part of the
registration fee. In return a ticket is Issued to each
student which entitles him to participate in or re
ceive the benefit of such activities as are included
In the plan.
While the Idea of a compulsory tax may at first
thought seem repugnant, it should be borne In mind
that exemptions to the tax would be possible. It
should be remembered, too, that economy is the
nian'B aim. If It is true that student activities are
worthwhile and the Nebraskan believes they are
. . ,rvt ho restricted to rela-
then their peneius ----
tively few because of prohibitive cost.
And if It is true, as It certainly is, that every
student naturally and willingly spends as much as
he can for certain student activities, why should he
not be able to secure more for his money by co-oper-ating
with bis fellow students under the tax plan?
Women in the
New Germany.
TTITLER'S Ideas on the proper sphere of woman
H continue to take form. As a result of the heavy
unemployment In the professions, It has been de
creed tnat German university matriculations In 1934
shall be held down to 5,000 and In the ratio of one
woman to ten men.
This forced decrease In matriculation means re
duction of 40 percent for all students and a 70 per
n reduction for women. In the year Ul 3 there
were six women In every 100 university students.
tZ proportion had so Increased that In 1931 there
were nineteen in every 100. The present regulation
permits nine out of every 100 students to be women
Last vear's admissions were very nearly 25,000, of
whom the women numbered 4,400. Next year the
women will be down to about 1,350.
As an attack on mass unemployment some sort
of case can be made out for removing women from
all occupations. As a matter of fact, voices to that
effect are occasionally raised In this country. When
a woman engages in a profession, she not only con
petes with men, but she is doing something alien
to her nature, the Germans believe. According to
this theory, woman's place is definitely in the home
and no place elafi.
With the exception of the fortunate nine,
German women of university age will have to de
velop a new course of study. This curriculum will
not include economics, mathematics, sociology, his
tory and languages, but will be based rather upon
favorite recipes for making meat loaf and white
cake The more ambitious will probably take up
such' hand work as knitting und crocheting as a
sideline. ,
We would In no way belittle or ridicule the
tasks of a homemaker. Generations will always hon
nr their mothers. The objectionable feature is the
nonsensical idea of refusing education for women
solely that men may be able to hold their own in
the business world.
Contemporary Comment
Success
Stories.
Besides tracing the technological
development of America, Inter
spersed in numerous personal ref
erences Chicago Tribune Publisher
McCormick had little to say about
the prospect for America in his
contemporary thought lecture on
Wednesday. It seemed, in fact, that
Colonel McCormick saw no pros
pect for America or had no time to
trifle with it.
Assuming a benevolent despots
attitude towards his audience the
colonel spoke of "doing all you can,
and being all you can." Somehow,
Mr. McCormick has a mistaken
conception of the maturity of the
student mind. And in his talk he
assumed that he was speaking to a
group of children.
So certain was he that his listen
ers thoueht that what Colonel Mc
Cormick said was unquestionably
true, that he wasted no lime in
strengthening his points with ar
gument. "This Is wrong," said the
colonel. Therefore it was wrong.
Government control or interfer
ence in business, communism, the
Tugwellian3, the NRA are all
wrong, said the colonel. Therefore
they are all wrong. Q. E. D.
The colonel was speaking to
children who wanted to learn how
to become successors in life. And
as a success ho spoke to them in
commencement day fashion on the
art of becoming a success like
Col Robert Rutherford McCormick
of the Chicago Tribune.
Those who heard Col. Robert R.
McCormick, Wednesday, now know
whence the greatness of the
world's greatest newspaper springs
The Daily Northwestern.
Riding the
Rods.
In announcing a ban on "riding
the rods" after Jan. 1, Marshall B.
Thompson, Texas transient direc
tor, recently brought to light some
startling facts.
Of the 30,000 transients in this
state, nearly 15 percent, he said,
are high school or college gradu
ates, who rather tnan aaa aeaa
wele-ht to overburdened families,
have hit the road to shuffle for
themselves.
No doubt, all of these young men
deserve a better fate, as likewise
do a number of others who are apt
to follow them In the year to come
It seems stupid to allow inspired
and capable youth to be crushed
by present conditions. It seems
foolish to allow the stamina of
educated vouth to eo to waste
when it could be utilized to the ad
vantage of the world.
It need not have to be dissipated
to darken an already gloomy hori
zon. For to every problem there
lies a solution. Among the multi
tude of other problems before you,
fellow students, this one too is
worthy of consideration. On that
solution may rest the destiny of
thousands. Daily Texan.
A Little
Learning.
We all know the old saying
that "a little learning is a danger
ous thing.' It is still sadder when
we realize as we sometimes ao,
that a great deal of learning Is a
more dangerous thing. This is
true when it warps the mind, robs
the soul of beauty, and leaves sor
didness Instead. How often have
we seen an example of this trans
formation from the unspoiled
leshman to the ultra-sophisticated
PhD.
The campus world Is generally
supposed, at least In its ideal state,
to be a preparation for the actual
world. Thore is its cause for ex
istence, letrning; there are organi
zations and various phases of so
coal life. There is also the church,
to present the religious side of life.
In other woras there is represented
on the campus every phase, tho in
modified form, of real life. This
is as it should be; for the univer
sity's great function Is to train
youth for life.
This, however, is the dange .. No
one is so blind as to believe that
the outside world awards its hon
ors and rewards to the truly
worthy. So many other factors
come into play, such as graft and
hypocrisy. The campus, as a
training ground, should strive not
to introduce wire-pulling politics
and similar methods even though
such methods might prove very
beneficial in later life, for at least
we can strive toward an ideal. If
youth gives up the struggle the
world is truly condemned. Dally
Tar Heel.
Ag College
By Carlyle HodsUin
Saturday Lasl Da
20 Discount Sale
ON OUR ENTIRE STOCK of
cMEN'S & "BOYS'
uits O'coats
SATURDAY Last Discount Day on
cMEN'S FURNISHINGS
20 Discount on All Ide and Kingly Shirts (Except White)
20 Discount on All Our Men's Fine Neckwear
20 Discount on All Men's Athletic Shorts
20 Discount on All Men's Lined Gloves
20 Discount on AH Men's Wool Hose
Ill
Men's Regular $2.50
Gloves
Slip-on Style
v.
Men's $1.00 and $1.50
Hickok
Suspenders
69
Men's 50c, 75c and (1
Fancy0
HOSE
Slight Irregulars
3 for
$00
Men's S5c
White
Linen
HDKFS
Hand Rolled Edges
V
for
$1
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Tims Will Prove to You That Any of This ' Merchandise
You Buy Now at These Discounts Is a Marvelous Bargain.
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IN HOT WATER
L. K. Crowe, ag college dairy
instructor, is at home today sit
tine on mostly nothing, and tho
he doesn't know how all the things
happened that put him there, he
ia keDt Dainfullv aware by the
burns over bis arms, legs and body
that he is there.
Tuesday noon, helping the dairy
students get their Dalryland cafe
teria organized for business, he
fell off a bnch, took with him
a ten-gallon can of boiling water.
The two laaded on the floor to
gether, and he found himself sit
ting in boiling water with more
boilinir water splashing over his
arms and legs. Luckily none hit
him in the face.
Promptly following the accident
he was taken to the Lincoln Gen
eral hospital, but was allowed to
be brought home late Wednesday
afternoon. Mr. Crowe is wise
inH if th other men in the dairy
department have to go down to
I his house with clubs and see to it
that he does he will stay at home
and be very quiet until the healing
of those burns is well on its way.
For years Mr. Crowe has been
faculty adviser to the Varsity
Dairy club, sponsors of the Dairy
land cafeteria at the winter meet
ings each yeer. Every year he has
taken the heavy resonsibility for
the organization and operation of
the cafeteria. This year he slipped
off a bench with ten-gallon can
of boiling water and went home
for a vacation. Ona thing is a
safe bet: His vacation won't last
anv lone'er than the doctor, Mrs.
Crowe, and the other members of
the dairy faculty can for mm
to make it last. After a few days
they'll probably have to tie him
in bed.
A STUDENT'S NOTES
ON ORGANIZED
AGRICULTURE
One of the first thoughts likely
to occur to a student when he re
turns from vacation to break in
upon the organized agriculture
scene is that, after all, agriculture
is really a big and vital thing.
Here arc a thousand or more
people from out In the state as
sembled to hear discussions on all
manner of subjects related to their
industry. Here are speakers, many
of them men of-national note, dis
cussing with the farmers all the
important aspects of agriculture
as it is practiced in Nebraska
livestock, dairy, crops, farm ma
chinery, horticulture, antomology.
And the women, meanwhile, are
discussing the particular problems
of the farm home.
In the big, general meetings the
speakers talk about all that has
been and Is being done in Wash
ington to cope with the "farm
problem." They point out the vital
importance of farm welfare to na
tional welfare. They give evidence
by all the things they say that
the farmer Is really in the national
spotlight
The student who plans to go
back to the farm or the one who
hopes to find work In Borne phase
of agriculture is inclined to regard
all this with real satisfaction. If
agriculture is to be his job, then
be likes to feel that agriculture is
Important And at no time dur
ing bis college experience Is that
fact brought out more clearly than
during organized agriculture.
To the student who observes the
mood and temper of the people
at the meetings this week. It is
apparent that since last year there
has been a dee'ded change in
spirit Attempts at optimism dur
ing the meetings last year were
mostly thin and effected and un
natural. It was eay, fur the most
Dart to see beneath them the real
discouragement and apprehension
that three years of depression naa
bred.
Not far away (March) was the
time when the whole spirit and
courage of the nation was to
break, and to be saved only by
the courageous and confident way
in which the new president wu
the reins. Perhaps in January last
year the guests at organized agri
culture anticipated that crisis, felt
that things were bound to get
worse before they got better.
January. 1934, most people be
lieve, finds us definitely past the
crisis and on the way, slow as it
may be, back to normal times.
The optimism and spirit of the
people on the campus, I believe,
can be attributed to that belief.
Students In the last year or two
of their college work have another
interest in organized agriculture:
Not lone now and they will be
having a far more personal inter
est in it. Some hope to be county
agents takine information back
fro mthe meetings to put to use
in their counties. Some look for
ward to the time when they may
have some part in such a program,
Others, as farmers, will be think
ing ot organized agriculture as a
place to pick up answers to the
specific problems that will arise
In his work, and as a place to meet
oo-nin the fellows who he had
learned to know in college.
A Dolnt noteworthy, I think, is
that it Is so much easier to learn
when there is an incentive to learn
A student who takes a class in
livestock feeding, and has no in
terest in the subject except to pass
thp course, will find it much
harder to learn the facts of ani
mal feeding than his dad, who has
questions on feeding vivid in his
mind,
When there is a sharp question
in the mind, it furnishes a place
for anv fact relevent to that ques
tion to land. If there Is no ques
tion, the fact lands In a void and
is lost.
Along that same line is the
thone-ht that the information
seems more interesting because of
the difference in the circumstances
of presentation. In the meeting
there is a Isrtre number of un
1 1UA
rosnnnw mere nas Deeu i" "'o
past."
Includes Survey Courses
Misa Veddo announces that the
survey courses to be offered the
second semester will include
Housing and Selection of Home
TTnrnishinO-S (H. E. 81). Nutrition
and Management Problems (H. E.
82), Child Care and i raining in.
familiar faces, men interested in
the subject from various points of
view. There pertinent questions
and the newness and unusualness
of the entire situation sets the
student's mind to work and he
thinks of oestions that he would
not have thought of in an ordinary
class discussion, prooaDiy not un
til that question arose some time
in his practical experience
Home Ec Department
To Present Courses
On Downtown Campus
What home economics courses
are you going to offer on the city
campus next semester v is a ques'
tion frequently asked Prof. Mar
garet Fedde, chairman or mat ae
partment.
"Because we have had a deman
for courses and also because we
wish to make it possible for stu
dents In other colleges to have an
appreciation of the place of home
economics in everydsy living we
have planned a number of survey
courses" savs Miss Fedde. "For
the convenience of the students
electing such courses we offer
them on the city campus. Since
most of these are two hour courses
they fit very well as electivea and
we have been gTati'ied with the
many activities at a greatly iow.
ered cost than Is possible In the
present system of paying for each
activity separately.
The committee headed by Byron
Colliding, consists of John Gepson,
Wllla Norris, Martha Hershey, Bo!)
Thiel, Dick Moran, Wilbur Erlck
son. Burton Marvin, Margaret
Buol, and Vernon Filley.
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FROSH FOOTBALL.
All freshman football men
must check In their football
equipment by the end of this
week, or forfeit their deposit,
according to an announce
ment made yesterday by
Coach Ed Weir.
International Relations Staff.
There will be a meeting of the
International Relations staff of
Y. W. at 5 o'clock Thursday in El
len Smith hall.
190) These are an two nour
courses and carry no laboratory
ork fine laboratory course, t.ie
ments of Nutrition (H. E. 150) is
also a survey course witnout pre
requisites but this year is offered
on the Agricultural college campus
for three hours crecui.
Tn oi,p rpcnlnr curriculum says
Miss Fedde, "we have a numDer or
courses which have no prerequis
ites and may therefore oe laiien
by any student in the university.
These include Textiles (H. E. 6),
Clothing (H. E. 1) ana nousms
H. E. 161), Jiniu jjevuiuijun.il.
h E. 291) has certain prere
quisites in psychology and biology
which can oe mei uy many un.
versity students."
Study Group.
"Philosophy of Life That Works"
will be the subject of a study
group to be conducted by Miss
Bcrniece Miller at Ellen Smith hall
Sunday at 9 o'clock.
Social Dancing.
The social danclne hour will be
at 7 o'clock Friday at the Armory.
Peace Committee.
There will be a meeting of tha
Peace committee Sunday at 4:45
at Ellen Smith hall.
Council of Religious Welfare.
The council ot religious welfare
will hold its monthly meeting
Monday at 4 o'clock, room 203
Temple building.
Freshman Commission.
A freshmen commission group
will meet Monday at 5 o'clock in
Ellen Smith hall.
Dancing.
Orchesls will meet Wednesday
Jan. 10 at 7:30
Intramural Representatives.
Intramural Representatives will
meet on Monday, Jan. 5, at 12
o'clock in the W, A. A. room,
women's gymnasium.
From Santa Monica Junior col
lege exam papers: A taxidermist
is a kind of thick fog, a toreador
is a really bad storm; pooling
a practice indulged in by young
men about town.
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A Warm Welcome back Call Us
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That Party
MINNESOTA
EDUCATION
Aid Students in Continuing
University Courses; Plan
Immediate Action.
ADVOCATE ASSISTANCE
MINNEAPOLIS. Final
approval of the application of the
atHiP ot Minnesota for federal
funds with which to finance the
education of 1000 students, who
because of economic conditions are j
unable to attend college, has been
granted by federal officials, ac
cording to word received at the
University of Minnesota this week.
Approximately 500 of the 1000
students will be able to enter the
university under the federal aid
plan immediately, it was an
nounced. Each will recieve $15
per month from federal funds, plus
an additional iu wnicn win iw
provided by the state.
Relief Rolls First.
UnemDloved youths whose fa
milies are on public relief rolls will
receive first consideration, it was
announced. Next will come those
now in college but who would
otherwise be forced to leave be
cause of financial difficulties.
Mai.y students who have been
forced to leave college during re
cent years also are to be aided.
Federal assistance for present
and prospective college students
has been advocated for many
months by leading educators, in
cludine Dr. Robert M. Hutchins,
president of Chicago university, as
a means of relieving competition
among the unemployed for existing
jobs, while at the same time aiding
worthy students who would not be
able to continue their educational
careers.
TAX COMMITTEE
TO HAVE REPORT
AVAILABLE SOON
(Continued from Page 1.)
universities use such a plan and
find it popular.
According to the present plans
the blanket tax will include the
Daily Nebraskan, Cornhusker,
Awgwan, Athletic Ticket and Stu
dent Council and will enable the
student to take advantage of the
voir
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