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THE DAILY NEBIMSKAN
THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 21, 193.1.
Daily Nebraskan
Station A, Lincoln, Nebraska.
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THIRTY-FOURTH YEAR.
Published Tuesday. Wedneeday. Thureday. Friday and
Sunday mornings during the academic year.
EDITORIAL STAFF
J.CK Fischer Editor-in-chief
MANAGING EDITORS
Irwin Ryan Virginia Selleck
NEWS EDITORS
George Plpal Marylu Petersen
Arnold Lavln Johnston Snipes
Dorothy Bentx
SOCIETY EDITORS
Dorothea Fulton Jan. W...tt
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BUSINESS STAFF
Truman Oberndorf Minsgar
ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGERS
Bob Funk Bob Shellenberg Bob Wadhama
Training
For Voting.
AMID its strenuous activities o campaigning
for a union building, the student council
is takitiR timo to sponsor forums on contro
versial subjects arranged for student bcneiit.
There are many persons who appreciate the
merits of a student union building, but few nre
those yearninjr for a source of mental inspira
tion and exercise. Thus material needs often
nre given the only consideration, and develop
ment of intellectual sources is neglected. But
this year's council evidently realizes that tho
campus needs both and is possessed with in
domitable perseverance in order to secure
them.
The forums and convocations committee
proposes to evolve a scries of meetings which
will consider vital issues and will include dis
cussions on subject matter substantiated by
qualified speakers. The first, one scheduled for
the middle of December will invade the ever
controversial political field. It is proposed to
have a prominent democrat in the state uphold
the term of the new deal, and a republican to
refute his claims. On the basis of these presen
tations, a half hour's discussion will be held,
with the floor open to anyone in attendance.
The timeliness of tho issue is uncontested, and
its significance to the nation cannot be over
looked. The faculty-student committee has
chosen well for this first convocation in select
ing a subject of popular concern to citizens of
even the United States.
Every year there are a goodly number of
university students coming of voting age, this
year's crop being fortunate enough to vote for
a president their first time at the polls. It is
deplorable but true that a very small percent
age of this group is in any way prepared to
vote intelligently, though most of them have
a natural interest in the forthcoming cam
paign. Why don't these individuals make this
forum their first lesson in adult citizenship?
It is to awake students to consciousness of
fundamentals outside of university life that
discussions of this kind are meant. If this pur
pose were the only one, and if this opportunity
of training potential voters were the only ad
vantage, sponsoring of student forums would
be justifiable.
The forums should have much more sup
port than from just this one group of students.
Besides those who are belatedly learning their
political lesson, there are students who already
realize their responsibility in knowing what
the world is doing, and are ready to learn now,
any time the opportunity is offered. Unfortu
nately they are in the minority; their comrades
go blithely on devoting energy to extra-curricular
activities and football games. But there
is always hope that they may be educated to
think and to want something to think about.
And this is the admirable task to which the
student council committee has set itself.
To those who already realize the neces
sity of such an intellectual source on the cam
pus and endorse the council's action, let this
be a directed plea for your verbal support and
boosting of the forum project.
STUDENT PULSE
Brief, conelse contributions pertinent to matters of
student life and the university are welcomed bv this
department, under the usual restrictions ot sound
newspaper practice, which excludes all libelous matter
and personal attacks. Letters must be signed, but
names will be withheld from publication If so desired.
Where Does
It Go?
TO THE EDITOR:
I take great interest in reading the edito
rial page of the Nebraskan every day, and I
am especially interested in the Student Pulse
column. After all the students are the ones
who patronize the social functions of the uni
versity; this column furnishes a very good
means for expression of a cross-section of stu
dent opinion on the social problems of the
university.
I was particularly glad to read the Stu
dent Pulse article of Nov. 17 titled "Can War
Gods Make Music? since the author, B. W.,
certainly hit the Military ball situation right
on the head. He has expressed the opinion of
a large percentage of the student body who
have become disgusted with the way the mili
tary department is running the military ball
evidently for a profit that accrues to some
"unknown recipient"! Ferhaps it would be
better if the war lords, since they are not ca
pable of giving those who enjoy a good dance
an orchestra worthy of the $2..)0 charged for
admission, would discontinue the practice of
trying to go into the dance business every
year.
Each successive year has more surely
proved that the place for the colonel, majors,
captains, and other Nebraska hall instructors
of the cannon fodder, is out on the mall bawl
in; orders instead of engaging in the dance
business to the tune of 72 percent profit 1
SEVENTY-TWO PEECENT that does seem
like a pretty fair profit, almost unbelievable
for a dance; but let's analyse it. The expenses
of putting on the dance ran about as follows
last year;
Orchestra $400
Coliseum rent, including electricity.. BO
Tickets and their printing 50
Decorations 100
Public Address system BO
$025
Plus all miscellaneous items 200
Total ...$825
Last year tho income from the ticket salt',
both of dance tickets and spectator tickels,
was very close to $2,W0. This figures 2 per
cent of the income went to pay for the dance.
Where did the remaining 72 percent of the
money go that was paid in by the student
body supposedly to pay for a dance? Yes,
the war lords claim that it went to pay mili
tary deposits for those who were financially
unable to meet this obligation, and to aid some
of the advance drill students nearly $2,000
went for these purposes $2,000 per year! The
number who ask for this aid is so small that
it is hardly worth mentioning! The remainder
of the money, shall we say $1,000 (putting it
nt a conservative low) goes into the coffers of
Ihe military department. THE STUDENT
BODY OF NEBRASKA UNIVERSITY PAYS
$1,000 A YEAR FOR THE SUPPORT OF A
DEPARTMENT THAT RECEIVES ITS COM
PLETE SUPPORT FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT!
The remedy for this deplorable condition
is simple. A boycott of the Military ball and
every other function that the military profi
teers sponsor would soon put a stop to this
Weeding of the students of this school. Since
tho requests of the student body for good or
chestras for tho Military ball have been ig
nored continually, this body is surely intelli
gent enough to see that they have played the
part of suckers long enough! If tho military
department is incapable of giving a square
deal let's go where we' can get one! Let's
spend our $2.50 1o support the worthy organ
izations of the campus who really arc working
for 1 be good of the students!
The editorial of Sunday, Nov. 17, about
the Military ball question, is so true and well
stated that it deserves the commendation of
every progressive student in the university.
Yours for a New Deal, J. B.
An Answer
Wanted.
TO THE EDITOR:
This letter is written to acquaint the offi
cials of the university with the fact that I and
the many other undergraduates of this institu
tion with whom I have talked, heartily agree
with the editorial comment in the Sunday issue
of the Daily Nebraskan of Nov. 17, 1!W..
It, is our belief that a statement from John
K. Selleck would be very much in order to al
lay the doubts which have arisen in the stu
dent body.
Why is it lhat the type of orchestra gen
erally procured for such an important affair
as the Military ball cannot be on a par with
the exhorbitant price of admission? It is not
our part to say bow much or how little should
be spent on the orchestra; but it is our part
to ask why so high an admission price is
charged and so little money spent on the en
tertainment. To be specific, why is it that only $300 as
a maximum is to be allowed for the orchestra
for this year's ball? It is a well known fact
that this function nets far more than is possi
ble to be spent on the type of entertainment
that has been furnished us so far.
As yet no answer has been forthcoming to
the charges made in Sunday's editorial.
Is this year's ball to draw and disappoint
more than 3,000 people as it has in Ihe past?
W. H. T.
Class
Attendance.
In the University of Nebraska catalog it
states, "Students are required to attend regu
larly all recitations, laboratories, and field
work . . . Any instructor may deduct three
points from the student's soinesler grade for
each unexcuscd absence." Instructors on the
Campus vary greatly in their tendency to take
advantage of this privilege.
The absurdity of such a statement is as
tounding. To begin with it is assumed that stu
dents are in college because they wish to be
there, and it is further taken for granted that
a student who is of college age is old enough
to know what he wishes to do and is capable
of making an intelligent decision. The long
cherished idea adherred to so firmly by an
older generation that college is a "four year
loaf" or a good place for indulgent parents to
imprison youths during those dangerous years
from about seventeen to twenty-two or three
are rapidly becoming obsolete.
The majority of the students are deserving
of the name and that small minority who are
not are too insignificant to merit attention. One
should, therefore, give the student the privilege
of deciding for himself whether or not he shall
"cut" his classes and just how often. It is
conceded that an intelligent student is capable
of judging just how important a class may be
and of determining its relative value in respect
to some other activity. For instance, it would
surely be advisable for a student of music to
"cut" an economics class to go to a good con
cert. So would it be wise for a student who is
very tired to go home end sleep in a bed rather
than doze in a class room. It is foolish for an
intelligent person to go to a class where the
specific purpose is to drill for the express pur
pose of helping the dull pupil. Then, too, there
is the very regrettable but frequent case of the
student who is taking a course solely because
it is required and can actually gain little from
the lectures because, he is already familiar with
the subject matter. As a specific example of
this there is the Education 41 clas3 on the
teaching of science. It is a simple course in be
ginning, but a requirement for the teacher's
degree, and nothing short of boring to that
student who may boast of many hours in
science and is already familiar with the work.
I could mention several cases like this where
four out of five of the classes could be "cut"
to the student's benefit.
I would suggest, however, that before any
student be given credit for a course in what he
is registered that he be required to pass a most
rigid examination creditably. After all, the
purpose of a University is to assist the student
in gaining knowledge and the rigid rules con
cerning class attendance established by so
many institutions actually defeat this purpose.
Off llic
p) Campus
; Lynn Leonard
Still in Session
are the Nebraska legislators. Lust week's
hopes for an early adjournment of what is now
the second longest special Nession in the his
tory of Nebraska law making were shattered
when the solons settled back to their previous
position of indecision and disagreement. It
has become inadvisable to venture any sort of
a prediction but the possibility of finishing
everything this week becomes more remote
every day.
Alcohol Blend Cos v
occupied the attention of the senate. one day.
In the morning members of the upper house
favored a one cent refund to on comiwi..
blending alcohol and gas, but before tho day
was over the senators sent the bill they had re
called back to its committee for reconsidera
tion, Ihe majority evidently intending to vote
against even tho one-half cent refund for the
special gas for which the bill originally pro
vided. Reconsideration of the bill showed the
members that other changes were necessary
before it could be passed, including provision
of penalty for violations.
Old Age Pension
with tho emergency clause, was endorsed by
the members of the house by an overwhelming
vote. Passing of tho bill was accompanied by
apologies to their constituents from several of
the representatives. Numerous members con
sidcred the bill inadequate. One said, 'This
is a feeblo attempt at paupers' aid. It is not a
pension." Desire to expedite matters resulted
in Ihe bill's being passed as it is. There is still
the possibility that it may end in the confer
ence committee since the senate will act on it
next.
Weed Keports Showing of
Oil Made in lYeniont Well
Eugeno Heed, of tho geological
survey, who is observing tint
progress being mndo In tho deep
well being drilled as a tost for oil
and gas near Fremont, reports ii
small Bhowlng of oil was evident
Tuesday.
Mr. Heed will continue to watch
the sinking of this well until It 1
completed. .
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Thanksgiving
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HONORED AT BANQUET
History of Pi Lambda Theta
Outlined in Speech by
Miss George.
Pi Lambda Thcta, honorary edu
cational sorority, held its annual
founders' day banquet Tuesday
evening, Nov. 19, at the Y. W.
C. A.
The main part of the entertain
ment consisted of a short talk
given by Marie Oeorge on the his
tory of the national organization,
Tl Lambda Theta. Miss Hill gave
a similar talk on the history of
the local chapter.
Eunice Bingham and Lucille
Rellly furnished the banquet with
a few musical selections. Miss
Gaering gave a short report on the
national convention which took
place this summer.
The arrangements for the ban
quet were under the supervision of
Lois Pierson, chairman of the pro
gram committee.
RIFLE CLUB TURKEY
COTEST WSDER WAY
Anyone in University May
Enter Annual Shoot
Competition.
Annual turkey shoot sponsored
by the University Rifle club is now
under way on the range in An
drews hall with Sgt. C. McGimsey
in charge.
Anyone connected with the uni
versity is eligible to compete for
one of the two turkeys to be given
for the high and low score fired
on a special "Lukfitz" target.
Those interested should apply to
Sgt. McGimsey for a rifle and pay
a ten cents fee to enter this unique
contest.
The target is so constructed that
shooting ability or experience have
no bearing on the winning score
as one is unable to see the objec
tive at fifty feet, hence the element
of luck Is' the predominating fac
tor in picking a winner.
Tuesday, Nov. 26, is the closing
dftte lor the contest and entrants
are advised to do their firing at
their earliest convenience. Winners
will be announced at 4 o'clock the
same date.
OFFICIAL
BULLETIN
Gamma Alpha Chi.
There will be a meeting: of
Gamma Alpha Chi Thursday eve
ning at 7:30 In Ellen Smith hall.
All active members must attend.
Frosh Commission,
Freshman commission groups of
the Y. W. C, A. which are sched
uled to meet at Ellen Smith hall
today includes a meeting at 12:20
p. m. under the leadership of
Emma Mauch; a gathering at 1
o'clock led by Marian Holland and
a discussion group at 4 o'clock
sponsored by Anne Pickett.
Y. W. Staff.
Staffs of the Y. W. C. A. which
will hold their meetings at Ellen
Smith hall today are: Ag. Upper
class commission at 12:20 p. m.;
Membership and Ncbraska-in-China
staffs at 4 o'clock and the
Vesper Choir at 5 p. m.
IIUSKER ADDRESSES
EC,1 SEERS SOCIETY
Ted Schroeder
Construction
Eines.
Discusses
Rural
Modern technique In construc
tion of rural electrical lines was
explained by Ted Schroeder, EE
senior, to members of the Ameri
can Institute of Electrical Engi
neers Tuesday evening. The speak
er told of his experiences last
summer when he helped survey
and construct rural lines for the
Nebraska Power company.
Kural electrification is now be
coming a topic of importance In
the state, Schroeder told the elec
trical engineers, because of the
prospect of cheap power being
furnished by the various power
plants now being constructed in
Nebraska.
Schroeder stated the cost of set
ting up rural lines has been great
ly reduced in recent years. Im
proved methods of construction
and the use of copper plated steel
wires are mainly responsible.
REV. ROBERT DREW
TO SPEAK THURSDAY
Pastor Gives Second Talk
On ''Religion That
Works.'
Rev. Robert E. Drew, Methodist
university pastor, will give the sec
ond address of a series of three
on "Religion That Works," at the
Agricultural College Boarding
Club, at 7:15 p. m. Thursday, Nov.
I 21. All Ag men are invited to tnis
discussion, especially the Fresh
man Council members.
These meetings have been held
weekly under the auspices of the
Ag College Y. M. C. A. The last
one was held at the Alpha Gamma
Rho house. The next will be held
at the Farm House on Tuesday,
Nov. 26.
at Tin: CAMPUS
STUDIO
Thursday, Nov. 21
12:00 Phi Alpha Delta.
5:00 Barb A. W. S. League.
5:00- Theta Nu.
Friday, Nov. 22
12:00 Alpha Lambda Delta.
5:00 Home Economics Ass'n.
Monday, Nov. 25
12:00 A. I. E. E.
12:00 Pershing Rifles.
5:00 National officers.
5:00 Crack Squad.
5:00 Cheer Leaders.
Tuesday, Nov. 26
12:00 Freshman Cabinet.
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YOU have made great progress in the past 10 years.
Let's see some of the things the Bell Sjlcm has been
doing in that time.
Since 1923, we've cut the average time for romplet-
ins
j.jonr uisiancc connections irom i'i io ivz
We've made the service more immune to leather
our wires arc now in cable. c ve
increased the telephone's (.rope
about 807o j on ran now reach
nearly 31,000,000 telephones, in
every quarter of the globe.
The next 10 year period may
brin equally important advances.
That is one of the ever-present
thrills in telephone work!
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COUNCIL ATTACKS
FACX LTY RULE ON
PARTY EXPENSES
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mittee, asked that a committee be
appointed to investigate the plans
of theg roup, with the result that
the organizations committee was
appointed to take action on the
proposal and prepare a definite re
port within two weeks.
Elizabeth Moonaw and John
Parker were appointed to assist
Mr. Lantz In compiling changes in
the Student Council which have
come about in the last two years.
These will be sent to the registrar's
office to be put on file. ; ; ;
Kenneth Young Announces
Engineering Club Meeting
Sigma Tau, honorary engineer
ing fraternity, will hold its regu
lar monthly meeting at 7:30
o'clock this evening in ME 204.
according to an announcement by
Kennith Young, president.
Business matters of the organi
zation will be considered, Young
stated.
Howe in Duquesne Post.
T. D. Howe, '21, who received his
M. A. degree from this institution
tha following year, ia now in
charge of the botany coursea .&t
Duquesne university at Pittsburgh,
according to word received by Dr.
Leva B. Walker.
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The Formal Fashion Edition
of the
Daily Nebraskan
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ill
nu7 appear
Friday
A feature of the Formal
Fashion Edition will be
"vogue Type" photographs of
University students wearing
the latest of formal clothes
from the various local stores.
Besides interesting fashion
stories about both men and
women's fashions, this paper
will carry advertisement of
formal clothing which is be
ing displayed by the "collegs
catering" stores of Lincoln.
Consult this
Paper for Fashions
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