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Analyzing the Student
Labor Problem.
Recently the Dally Nebraska!!, in an editorial
"headed "Exploiting Student Labor," raised the ques
"tion as to whether student labor on the Nebraska
campus is being exploited. In it we quoted at seme
length statements made by Dr. F. S. Corey, fresh
man advisor and instructor in Teachers college. He
stated that the wage scale for student labor in res
taurants and cafes was not one dollar a day, as gen
erally believed, but actually amounted to fifty cents
in actual wages.
Today the Nebraskan prints a letter written by
J. D. Epp, secretary of the men s student employ
ment bureau cf the university. We quote:
"The Daily Nebraskan, in its Issue on the first
of May, carried an interesting editorial on "Exploit
ing Student Labor." The last paragraph makes the
challenge that at least an investigation be mde. Has
anything been done?
"Last August information was gathered from res
taurant operators to ascertain the number of hours
students were expected to work earning their meals.
If these requirements aeemed unreasonable, this of
fice endeavored to arbitrate and to secure an agree
meat fair to the ptudent. In general response was
favorable. Most restaurants required three hours
of service for three meals per day. A few of them
asked for four hours. However, before this general
business canvass was completed, the NRA codes en
tered into the problem. For the time being, nothing
could be done. A local problem had suddenly be
come nationwide.
"The student problem, however, had not been
considered in the making of restaurant codes. Asa
result, the restaurant men in Lincoln organised what
became known as the Lincoln Restaurant Operators
association. The association agreed that a standard
scale for student help should be set at an hour's la
bor for each meal, and twenty-six cents per hour
over the twenty-one hours per week. This scale
seemed satisfactory to everybody concerned. Stu
dents expressed themselves as being satisfied.
"Before the close of the first emeter, however,
rumors were heard Uiat students bad to work longer
hours than the association's standard scale required.
Subsequent investigation aeemed to ahuw that there
were such Instances. An interview with the presi
dent of the Restaurant Operators association re
vealed some interesting facts. There was on the
cne hand the still unemployed group of students
who implored restaurant operators to give them po
sitions. In return they gladly offered to work at
lesst four hour per day for three rneals. These stu
dents were naturally driver, to sjch action in order
to get an education in the face of the generally de
pressed economic conditions. Furthermore, many of
the restaurant operators, too. had their problem.
He said their economic turnover was small and the
margin of profit was meager Added to this was
the fact that a number of men had invested their
money in the business when everything was high in
price. As a reitult. economically they were only
marking time, if not actually losing money. In ad
dition, as winter came on unemployed men offered
to work for board and room or under condition
contrary to established ode. Under such circum
stances, the student might readily be replaced by
smoother person.
"la time a t'?w students themselves came with
complaints. We akd: Shall this office remind your
employer ol the etmdard srale of the association
and urg hiio to change your hours of work ? The
student would not have us take any such action be
cause It would simply mean a sacrifice of his job
and another student r.-ould take it under the same
circumstances. In a few cases however, w have
hn able to ft at tho situation by apix-aling to the
proprietors for Jairt-r treatment and better food.
Then. t o. we have moved students from one job to
another to their advantege.
"This offioe Is aware of the existence of some
Serious student employment problems. We are con
stantly trying to solve them. It is needless to say
these problems are often many sided. At times they
have been greatly exaggerated, as investigations
bare proved more than once. Many of them can
tot be settled at one stroke of the pen but require
.careful and considerate attention. Moreover, the
p4ecs where student employment problems arise
are comparatively few. Many employers are going
out of their way for the student because they real
iTt'tr seme are attempting to get an education un
der trying conditions.
"The right attitude of the people concerned will
fcelp. Let us assure you that we are Indeed glad to
know tkaX the Dally Nebraska is interest. Tour
tcierest helps-"
U&ejesUosatly Mr. Epp s analysis of the situa
tion ts a fair ore. The Nebraska agrees that the
overaupply of students desiring employment works
to their did vantage. It must ai be recognised
that students are in competition, in many I nuance,
mith unemployed men not included under the code.
These factors, to some extent, may account for the
present unfairness toward student workers.
At the same time, as Mr. Epp points out, there
have baen many instances which reveal plainly that
student labor is being subjected to some abuses.
While the problem has not been a serious one at
Nebraska, the administration's constant vigilance
against unfair practices among student labor Is to
be encouraged. Certainly the problem ts net an
easy one to solve.
With several hundred students In the univer
sity actively employed, however, the question should
be given careful consideration. At least, the poor
student working his way thru shoulj b given a
fair deal.
The Pulitzer Prize
hears Home. ,
According to Wednesday's Dally Nebraskan
James E. Lawrenoe, editor of the Lincoln Star and
instructor in the university School of Journalism,
was awarded honorable mention In the annual
Pulitzer editorial prize contest for his editorial
"Iowa's Disgrace."
Back in tha latter part of the nineteenth cen
tury there rose a great figure in American Journ
alismJoseph Pulitzer. Coming east from editing
an obscure St. Louis newspaper, this man took over
the reins of the old New York World and raised it
to prominence. For years Joseph E. Pulitzer wss
a power in the journalistic field, and besides his
memory be left behind him an endowment for es
tablishing Pulitzer prise contests. Each year out
standing achievements in the field of news and edi
torisl writing are awarded the Pulitzer prize.
Recognition in one of these fields is the goal
toward which all practicing and even embryo
journalists point their efforts. To win a Pulitzer
prize ranks one among the outstanding writers of
the country.
And now a university instructor, one of the not
able journalistic figures in this state, is awarded
honorable mention in this year's editcrial contest.
Students will recall the atttempted lynching of an
Iowa Judge which furnished the occasion for Mr.
Lawrence's prize editorial. They will also recall
that it was coincidental with his campaign against
slashing of university appropriations.
The Nebrasksn believes that university stu
dents and faculty members who know Mr. Law
rence, will agree that this lienor swarded by the
Pulitzer prize committee is a deserved distinction.
The Student Pulse
Brief, concise, contributions pertinent to matter a
pt atudent life and the umveraity are welcomed by
this department, under the usual restrictions of aound
newapaper practice, which excludes all libelous mat
ter and personal attacks. Letters accepted do not
necessarily Indicate the editorial policy of this paper.
Hotc About
It Seniors.
TO THE EDITOR:
Closely associated with the closing days cf
school are thoughts of reunions, when former stu
dents return to the scenes of their collegiate activ
ity. Only a few fortunate ones are able to attend.
But they never seen to tire cf relating past expe
riences and, with friendly rivalry, stating the many
mays the class In which they graduated is superior
to all groups before or .ce that period.
Now in order to demonstrate this affected pre
eminence more conclusively they repeatedly resort
to a material basis for their assertions. Pointing to
the whole hearted co-operation they lent the school
in the past or the unified spirit which constantly
directed their actions falls decidedly short of being
a cogent argument when dealing with other un
scrupulous alumni.
Therefore it is my opinion that something in
the way of a gift, presented by the senior class of
1934, would be a most appropriate method of dem
onstrating in a practical manner the class apprecia
tion for what is soon to become their alma mater.
Just what the gift itself should comprise would,
quite naturally, be left to the senior class as a whole
to decide. It might not be much, due to financial
circumstances, but even the smallest article of a
permanent character would go far In establishing
the class of '34. as cne to be remembered.
In order to raise money for such a donation it
need not necessarily come from the already empty
pockets of the seniors. It might be suggested here
that during commencement week, at whkh time
numerous alumni r.ill be back in the folds, a "Senior
Prom" could possibly be staged with the two fold
purpose of a farewell for the seniors and a get
together for the alumni. Funds from this would be
used to secure a lasting memorial to the university
from the claim of '34.
A SENIOR.
knowledge, but there is always mora to learn. They
must start at the bottom and work to the top.
If they are pharmacy students they can t ex
pect anything better than "Jerking soda" at first, If
they are forestry students tney must expect to build
forest trails for a few months. If they are journal
ists they must expect to be cub reporters for a while.
If they are potential teachers they must teach less
desired classes for a period. With very few excep
tions, graduates must start at the bottom in their
chosen fields and then wont up, having behind them
fertile years of experience which will always be at
their command.
They must follow the philosophy of success of
trans-Atlantic flyers: It's not where you take off
that counts; it s where you land. U. of Washing
ton Daily.
Classless Colleges
i AVtr Experiment.
Announcing a startling new experiment in edu
cation, Joseph Brewer, 35 year old president of
Olivet college, declared that beginning next year,
students will attend no classes. This college course
will give students the opportunity to be entirely "on
their own."
Private study will be accomplished in the morn
ings. In the afternoons, both students and pro
fessors will participate in athletics, while the eve
nings will be devoted to discussions, debates, and
sccial affairs. Students passing two comprehensive
examinations, both oral and written, will be
awarded degrees.
The method of this experiment appears similar
to the system of education in Europe. The student's
"desire to know" is the thermometer by which the
new project will be measured.
This system seems to prophesize the weeding
out of the superficial atudent, who so often sets
th false standards by which a university is run.
Does not this time allotted for private study in the
morning indicate a broader path for learning and
time for creative thought?
Does not the plan for athletics suggest a much
neglected but necessary part of our education the
care of the body? Is not this new experiment a
way of breaking down the student-professor bar
rier? This project will be watched with curiosity as
well as from the standpoint of instruction. In the
meantime, may we commend Mr. Br?wer on his
"classless college idea. Syracuse Daily Orange.
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short time ago Germany Issued a world-wide
invitation for tourists to spend some of the time
they were traveling thru Europe in Germany. But
right now Germany is showing her hospitality in a
vry unusual, to say the least, manner. The gov
ernment has issued a new financial regulation, un
der which it la forbidden to take a larger sum than
i mnnov nut of the country and
that only in silver, which is not negotiable outside
the Reich. It seems apparent that eventually It can
result only in making the situation harder for Ger
many, because tourists, who are already none too
well disposed toward Germany and dislike any more
trouble than is absolutely necessary, will avoid her
territory altogether, because getting out now threat
ens to be much harder than getting in.
The new regulation is resulting in some very
curious situations. A correspondent for a New York
paper was recently held and searched to the skin
at an airport when he was on his way to Paris. He
was leaving with only fifty marks, but unfortu
nately It was a note for that amount, and he could
not carry the paper out of the country. There was
no exchange office open at which he could change
the note for silver, but at the same time for some
reason no other country will cash German silver
money. Tips, baggage charges, and other things
cut into the fifty marks very rapidly, and he finally
left the airport with twelve marks in cllver and a
ten franc piece. In the meantime the plane had been
held up for half an hour while the search went on.
rjESCENDANTS of Tyrannosaurus Rex, four of
them, are on their way to this country. Con
sidered the rarest animal now in captivity, they are
believed by their discoverers to be direct descen
dants of the prehistoric monster the Tyrannosaurus
Rex. Two of the specimens will be given to the
Bronx Zoo and the other two will be taken to the
National Zoo at Washington. These four animals
"dragons" each about nine feet long and resem
bling giant lizards, were captured in traps on the
isolated Island of Kcmodo, in the Dutch East Indies,
and transported in heavy boxes to Java and from
there to Manila. They will be placed in heated zoo
cages when they arrive in this country and if they
are still alive. A few similar creatures have been
found but have been unable to thrive in this country.
Civil Engineers
Mix Work, Play
In Summer Camp
"All work and no play makes
Jack a dull boy," is the axiom fol
lowed by directors of Camp Ne
braska, summer surveying camp'
at Ashland, which is sponsored by
the civil engineering department of
tho university. Although tha
greater part of the time during the
six week camping period Is spent
In making topographic survey, sur
veying a highway or canal, there
is still time left for swimming,
movies, and skits.
The present summer camp pe
riod was established in 1929 to
provide the prospective civil en
gineer with practical experience in
the field. The National Guard
camp at Ashland was chosen as
the logical camp location since
there is a great deal of rough
country in the neighborhood.
Each year, the first three weeks
of the camping period are spent in
making a topographical survey,
while during the last three weeks
the campers are engaged in some
special project. Last year a topo
graphic survey was made of Camp
Harriet Harding, Omaha Camp
Fire Girls camp. The survey was
presented to Omaha engineers who
will use it in planning a new camp.
Camp Nebraska, which begins
June 2 and continues until July
13, this year is directed by Prof.
C. E. Mickey, chairman of the de
partment of civil engineering.
Prof. D. E. Harkness will be the
instructor. Registration for the
camp is taking place this week.
Along the same line, the American Museum of
Natural History is sending explorers into the Big
Horn Basin in Wyoming some time this month to
try to find a new species of dinosaurs that are
supposed to have lived there about one hundred and
twenty million years ago. The discovery cf dino
saur tracks in this region has given rise to the hope
that the investigators may succeed in recovering
two immense sauropod skeletons. The curator of
the museum recently discovered a series of several
hundred dinosaur tracks in the Painted Desert in
Arizona, from which he reconstructed many inci
dents. He said that in one place a three-toed dino
saur with long hind legs and short front legs had
walked across the muddy flat a creature estimated
as having a height of about thirteen feet. He had
made thirteen steps and then crouched down, leav
ing the impression of the hip bencs between the
two large hind feet and the tiny imprints of the
shorter front feet Then it began to rain, the drops
nf tinter maklntr little craters in the mud. "Evi
dently the dinosaur did not like the rain in its face ,
and got up and walked out of our horizon. This in- j
cident happened two hunred million years ago yot ;
it is as vivid as though made but yesterday," the i
curator finished. j
LOST
VALUABLE DIAMOND
RING
Tuesday, in
University Library
Liberal Reward.
DOROTHY BENDER
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PI K A'S GRAB
LEAD IN GREEK
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CONTEST
Farm House Second, Phi Psi
Third in Fraternity
Cinder Meet.
I'i Kappa Alpha assuiin-l a
leii'l of one thousand points
ovt its nearest rival in the in
terfralernitv track mei-t at the
end of Ihf sfco)n
petition Wednesday.
lav of coin-
inches necessary to score. First
place in this event was Just a foot
higher, a tie between McDonald of !
Pi Kappa Alpha and Ettlng of
I Alpha Tau Omega at 5 feet 9
I inches.
I Pi Kappa Alpha 8834 5-6.
i Farm House - 779S. :
Phi Kspna Psi-7450.
Beta Theta Pi 5269.
Theta Xi-4422.
Delta Tau Delta 4220 V
Sigma Alpha Epsilon 0710 2-3.
Lambda Chi Alpha 3242.
Acacia 3033.
Sigma Phi Epsilon-2975 7-12.
Alpha Tau Om-ga 287S.
Phi Signia Kappa 2111 1-3.
Alpha Gamma Rho 1582.
Sigma Chi 6.0.
Individuals qualifying for pointr
Wednesday are:
Discus Williams. Francis, and
I Smith.
j 440 yard run: Zu.pann. Burke.
Chittenden, Tifhenbury, Franz,
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Rice, White. Campbell, DuU. Mc-
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Clark. Harsh, Meyer. McLean, An
derson. Johnson, Arnfcs.
6t'-yard hih hurdles: O'Sullivan,
Hou-.al, Hammond, Younng, Eocek.
Halht, Whitaker, Morrison, Chap
man. Watkins. Garnick. Rice.
High jump: Myer. McDonald,
Watkinn, DeJarnett, Woolf, Swan
son. Martin. Lichtfndy. Housal,
Andeisrii. Haruinond. Wiemer.
BKtk. Morrison. Gavin. McLean.!
Whitaker. Scholl. Chapman, Mo
Garraugh, Joy.
Contemporary Comment
l Collefie Pretident
,ook$ at Life.
Sittifif in bis oil ice in Eour atjon haJ yrt-rday
afternoon, President Wiakerwerder was asked the
question: "Should stu-nts being graduated this
June take graduate work if they fail to find em
ployment?" The presioent wa not long in answering. "No."
he said. "no. unless they have ample financial sup
port. "Htudents in the times should Lake the first
job given tbetn. If they owe money for their -du-cutkn
they should pay it bark and start life with a
clean slate. If they hare plenty of money and can
n'l find work tbe best thir.g for tfctm to do is to
rvturn and specialise In their fiId. Then, when
conditions improve they will have that much more
k-wwledge.
Students upon bearing that siy think a presi
dent of an educational institution who suggfsts that
students Lake the first job offered them upon gradu
ation is disloyal to educaticn standards. Tbey may
ay that a college education is not worthwhile if
one must ' grab tlx first job'' tbtt is offered to him.
But tbey think incorrectly.
ThU is a day of lax times. This is a day w hen
millions are unemployed and are locking for work.
College graduates will join these millions.
"Attn Juse rolls around mother and father can
ardly be expected to kef their son or daughter at
fcome usUl eoaditiocs are better. Tbey are not ex
pected to and If tbey are the right type of parents
they won't
Of course. Precidext Winkrcwerder does not in
fer that tbe graduate take the first yb offered hlsa
such as digging a ditch, selling newspapers or mag
azine subscriptions. The first job offered should be
taken If It la in the student's field of endeavor.
CoDege graduates, despite their four years' of
training and social polish, are Immature. They nave
a lot crammed in their brains. Tbey have much of
total amounted to 6.634 5-8 points,
while Farm House amasaed a toUl
of 7.798 points for second place, j
Phi Kappa Psi finished third with :
7.450 points, pressing the Farmers ,
cloce'y as the second day of the j
roer-t drew to a close.
The dist.UB. 440 yard run. 50
yard high hurdles, and high jump I
occupied the time of the Gre'.s !
men Wednesday. No exceptional j
times were m'(t by rny of the :
competitors, who turned out in a ;
slightly lesser number Wednesday j
than in the first day of events
Tuesday. Approximately a hun
dred participated, but cn!y slightly ,
more than half that number quali- I
fied for points by exceeding the ;
limit placed on their endeavors by 1
the athletic department.
The discus espclally. calling for i
a toss of 105 fet before points
could be scored, proved to ! '
Wednesday's nemesis, as the kbit
yard run was Tuesday. Only thr j ah
men managed to heave the iron LOSS 01 BOD UUnlap 10 HUrt
piaiur lancer loan loa :eei. ana
only these throe scored points in ;
that event. Johnny William, of j
football fame, set the record tt I
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Sooner Passing and
Kicking Game.
11 f InchM. The rent of the
field was left far behind. Francis
of Sigma Alpha Epeilon came in
second with 112 feet, while Smith
of Acacia was the only other point
winner with 110 fet.
Score In 440.
The 440 yard run. ori the otrn-r
band, saw almost every entrant
core points The limit set on this
event was 6t seconds, but that did
not prove to be much of a handicap
to the hitherto untried Greek men.
Rite of Farm House, a regular
track competitor, led the fir-Id to
victory nl 53.3 seconds, the best
time of the dsy. Marsh of Beta
Theta Pi had the r.ext best time.
57.4 second. Majority of the
times were in the fifty second col
umn. Kenneth Chapman. Pi Kappa Al
pha, led the Umber-toppers to the
00-yard hurdle race, traveling
down the spdway and over the
barriers in t seconds. In a special
120-yard high hurdle race be cov
ered the territory in 15 seconds.
Height of Lambda Chi Alpha took
the neat best time in 6 :8 2 seconds,
while House! of Pi K. A. was not
far behind in S3 secoad. Scoring
time for this event bad to be bet
ter than 4 seconds. As a result
only a dozen of the 100 or more
competitors scored points for their
respective hous.
Tl In High Jump.
The high jump wound up Wed
nesday's program of events, with
a qualifying bright of 4 feet 9
NORMAN, May 8. Football
outlook at the University of Ok
lahoma for 1834 is generally en
couraging although loss of Bob
Dunlap, all Big Six quarterback
for two years, will hurt the Booner
kicking and passing game, opines
Lewie Hardage, coach.
"We spent hurt year developing
our sophomore material," explains
the Sooner head master, "We let
tered 19 sophomores and hope for
an Improvement in team play
through the experience these
sophomores gained. Now we have
twenty juniors and six seniors
ready to go and can take up more
advanced football."
Nine Sooner players who in
Hardage's opinion will bear watch
ing next fall are "Nig" Robert
son, Rob Robison, Beede Long.
Pat Page jr.. Cash Gentry, Mickey
Parks, John Miskovsky. "Red"
Stacy and Connie Ahrens. Be
sides Page, Parks and Ahrens.
Hardage thinks Elmo "Bo"
Hughes. Vivian Nemecek, Harry
Allen. Jay Thomas and Ford Ells
worth will be outstanding sopho
mores. Asked to rate the five strongest
teams In bis section for 1934. the
Oklahoma coach named Texas
Christian. Arkansas, Tulsa. Ne
braska and Oklahoma A. and M.
He believes Nebraska and Kansas
will be "Big Fix" teams bard to
top.
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Even glass insulators behave badly toward tele
phone currents when humidity is high. This has
been proved by experiments at Bell Telephone
Lalxjrarorics.
When it's humid, a film of moisture forms on
the glass. The more humid, the thicker the film
and the more electrical current escapes! Im
portant factors governing amount of leakage are
the chemical nature of the glass, its shape and age,
the amount and kind of dirt on its surface.
Through exhaustive studies, telephone men have
developed more efficient types of glass insulators
and are seeking ways to make them still better.
Close attention to every detail of Bell System
equipment leads to constantly improving service.
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KJTVEkSE THE CHARGES IP lOL'R rOLU AGREE.