wmTMFSnAY. FEBRUARY 26, 1936.
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Daily Nebraskan
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1935 Member 1936
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EDITORIAL STAFF
MANAGING EDITORS
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NEWS EDITORS .
Doroiny oenu
Don Wagner
I .ilia. KAanmm
Society Editor. ''' '..'.'.'.Reglna Hunkins
Women's Editor
Johnston Snipes
Jane Walcott Eleanor Cllibe
BUSINESS STAFF
ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGERS
ok r.mU Bob Shellenberg Bob Wadhams
grrculUt?on Manager Stanley Michael
Forum or
Against 'Em?
T TNCEA.SING has boon the war waged by
U two opposing groups on the sub.ied oi
militarism. Yearly there is the cry of fear
Som tfi on. that preparedness will ultimate y
lead to the capitulation of this country into
another horrible war, with the .assertion h at
past history has proven their point. The other
faction draws upon the same history to uphold
their conviction that were it not for military
preparedness wc as a free and civilized nation
would not exist. . ,
Tomorrow morning: at 11 o'clock in the
Temple capable speakers representing these
conflicting viewpoints will open the second
student forum of the school year m what
promises to be a lively debate, ith Col. K.
G Douglas, who is connected with the Ameri
can Legion and present Commander of the
134 National Guard Nebraska, taking the af
firmative side of the question "Does the Bond
to Securitv and Teaoe Lie in Trescnt Prepared
ness and Military Training" and Rev. Arthur
L. AVeatherlv, pastor of the Unitarian Church
here in the city, contesting the issue, those un
dergraduates who attend should bo amply re
paid for time taken.
Dean T. J. Thompson has notified all the
professors that they might excuse their classes
if they so wish. It is the sincere hope of the
Nebraskan that professors will cooperate m
making this second student forum a success.
The initial trial gave the student council the
courage to continue with such programs pure
ly because of the student support given the
affair. It should be pointed out in advance
that no late entrants will be admitted. The
doors are to be closed once the speakers have
taken the platform, which procedure is not
only fair to the speakers but also to under
graduates in attendance.
This is a student function. It is their par
ty. Only twelve minutes will be allowed each
of the main speakers. Two minutes is the
maximum time limit placed upon student ren
ditions. Students should come prepared to
offer suggestions or ask questions. No time
should be wasted. But paramount in their
minds should be the fact that the forum is
being conducted for them. Thoy not only
possess the right to take part but the pro
grain's essential purpose is to obtain student
action, stimulate student thought and arouse
student expression. If this is not done the
entire program is a failure no matter whether
there be uncovered the most startling of facts.
There are few questions that e;ui com
pare with the one selected for this particular
forum. Bitter, intense and constant has been
the action of both parties. Always of cur
rent interest and vital importance to people
residing within a nation the problem of mili
tary preparedness is world w id Internation
al tribunals fail to roach satisfactory agree,
ments when confronted with this di-lic.-ite
problem. The Loacrae of N;i1ions has oft dis
cussed it, defined it and attempted to rcneh
conclusive and definite action concerning its
major problems, but as yet to no avail.
Ultimately it is the hope of civilization
that the matter will lie settled to the satisfac
tion of all concerned. At present we shall
have to rest content with inaugural in? a sat
isfactory and workable program within our
own community, expanding then outside the
university and consumating, we hope, at some
future date with international arbitration.
To those realizing the necessity of such
tin intellectual source on this campus, the Ne
braskan pleas for verbal support in boosting
student forums.
STUDENT PULSE
Brief, concise contribution, P'lnent to matter, of
tudent life and the university are we corned by tnie
deoartment. under the usual restrictions of sound
newspaper practice, which excludes all libelous matter
"" personal attack,. Letter, must be signed but
names will be wlthneld from publication If so desireo.
as mental. After a day of this, what does
he return home to at night? An evening of
contentment, before a fireplace, with nothing
to do but read?
Quite the conlrary. Lessons for tomorrow
are due. Projects due within a week or so can
not be put off indefinitely. Even if the stu
dent does not study religiously, he is continu
ally burdened with the responsibility of pre
paring outside work sometime. Taht saps
mental energy. As a result, what does the stu
dent do for relaxation? Read? No, because
reading is no rest for the mind. He goes out
and "plays around," bringing criticism of the
general public upon him. In reality, such
action is only the human reaction from too
much mental effort activity not taxing the
mind.
Yet educators, clergy, and the general
public continue to condemn the college stu
dent as an ignoramus on current affairs. They
claim that college students as a class know less
about world affairs than the average person
outside of school. This charge is true. But
there is a reason. Reading is mental effort.
Menial effort is the student's constant dish
morning, noon, and night. For dessert, he'll
take a little carefree fun, not serious ponder
ing over magazines and books. He'll have
plenty of time to read when he finishes school.
Others seem to. E. R.
CONTEMPORARY
COMMENT
Student
Icadin".
People sronenillv read when they have
I
nothing else to do. L-'or the general public,
; thn fliief intellectual stimulus and
for many the only such mental stimulus. Hie
average man comes home in the evening from
a day of work the routine of which is but a
very slight tax upon his mental capacities. He
reads. Fiist. the newspapers, then maeazines
and books. As a result the averaee citizen ac
quires an unuMia knowledge of current af
fairs and literature.
Contrast this with the life of the college
student, he who is supposed to be well-read on
all current topics and is laughed at when he
confesses little reading. Classes during the
day are a constant drain on his mental energy.
In lectures the sludent must take notes; in
quiz section he must recite: and in laborator
ies he must do actual physical labor as well
Again The 'Freedom
Of the Press.'
One of the favorite topics for discussion
when editors get together was given another
airing at xne mct-im ui nn w.. , v.;
Press association in Sioux Falls recently, u e
refer to that hardy perennial, "the freedom
.is .1. Un.lc Wcolf r well and
01 11IC litM. MlllV.ll ICHWO .
so oiten to oratorical lngius niu ""
disspassionate appraisal and to sentimental ap
peal rather than to cold logic.
In this case, however, tne annuu.. -.
.. j 4T, mVioM war so fortnrigtit
speaKcr towhiu mc ou.i.. -
and so sane and his points so well taken that
thev are worthy of more than the passing
uu.v.. . A 4V Rtorv which
mention Tiven uicm in ...
Sppeared'-in last week's issue of The Armliary
He was Robert D. Lusk, managing editor of
the Evening Huronite at Huron, &. D., ana
his speech was one. of the main addresses of
the convention.
stronB politiMl tinst to some of the charees
S "the freedom of the press in dire
iK is menaced seriously, immediately and
ass rB" z
welfare in government. Ar,DarentIy the
What can be done about it . APParenuy
answer lies within the profession itself. If e ui. n
S. mt n't'timit trie of Jl h P '
wS .j ;es
we take advantage 01 dprencv in
'MerTor,lK.Mr. Lusk checks the re
sponsibility for maintaining V"'"?
r ght back 10 where it belongs-to the ? pioies
sion of journalism itself. In taking that at ,
tide heipparenlljr agrees with those who ho hi
that press freedom is endangered from it
in quite as much as it is from without. A d
it is thus endangered because of those with
in the profession who have interpreted li -eHv
to mean a license o go beyond the bounds
of decency and trood taste; to abuse its priv-ile-cs
in such matters as invasion of privac
(as witness the case of the Lindberghs), and
interference with the course of justice by
"triHl bv newspaper," and 1o flout the aw
vJu'iiove'r it pleases them 1o do so, coniidcnt
that thev can always resort lo an appeal tor
Ihe "traditional freedom of the press when
railed to an appeal for their misdeeds.
We b. licve that Mr. Lusk's views on this
subject are the views of ihe majority ol new
paper publishers in this country 1 hose who
imblish count rv weeklies and small city flail
ios At least, "relatively few of them have
taken part in Hie loud shouting of recent years
about the dancers to press freedom. Most ot
that shouting has been done by a few metro
politan papers which are admittedly powerful
and which have most often been under suspi
cion of having ahusen that power, ru. . .....
reason the American public has been rather
uniformlv indifferent to their cries.
Bruce 'Bliven, editor of the New Republic,
in giving last vear's Don Mellett Memorial lec
ture, declared": "Broadly .speaking. I can see
1,0 evidence that most ot the people ot the
!;.! titntoK f.;iie .1eel.lv Oil this subject of all
endangered press freedom." Closely akin lo
Hint statement is Mr. Lusk's declaration:
"The freedom ot the press rises or laus. iic
or dies not only with the rise and fall of
popular government, but with the rise and fall
of Ihe r -ling on the part of the public that
freedom of the press is of importance to its
welfare in povernment."
Until the public can be made to believe
that freedom of the press is of importance to
its welfare in government, the public will con
tinue to be indifferent. And unless American
journalism AS A VTHOLE can come into the
court of public opinion with clean hands, it
can not expect those hands to be upheld by
the public if ever the traditional freedom of
the press is at stake in a life-or-detth battle.
Editor and Publisher.
Mature Still Determine
The Destiny of Men.
It hue. been said that man's laws often
work to the advantage of those smart enough
lo break ihem without incurriliK punishment.
But Nature acquits no offenders her law arc
all-enforceable. And self-preservation is Na
ture's first lnw.
Every struggle has had a natural basis. In
human society men have been the instruments
for natural movements. But boiled down, wars
and revolutions have been based on class
struggle for self-preservntion. One part of
the populace had less of food and shelter than
the other; so the first law of Nature went into
action.
On every hand we see the effects of man's
violation of natural laws, and of his attempt
to stave off the penalty of violation through
institutional ties.
The world is on the brink of another
armed struggle because the necessities of life
have been withheld from thousands through
the rigidity of institutional hoo-doo and pre
judice; and Congress is endeavoring to set up
a neutrality policy to keep the United States
out of war.
Social co-operation in the distribution of
life's necessities has worked in circumscribed
localities from time to time. Through this
same plan nations have attempted to build
sj'stems to care for the wants of those living
within their boundaries. But the world is see
ing less of isolated economic localities.
The world has become more and more eco
nomically interwoven. Technological advances
have caused oceans no longer to isolate conti
nents. The dependency of nations has jumped
geographical as well as institutional boundar
ies. Electrical current has begun to carry the
necessities of life. War has ceased to ride on
horseback and has taken to the air and faster
mediums. The world is becoming more and
more one community, and no amount of neu
trality legislation will permanently avoid an
issue "that eventually must be met for the sake
of peace on earth, good will to men.
To end wars the world will have to bettor
co-operate during so-called times of peace.
Tariff walls must fall; for we are living, eco
nomically speaking, with the Japanese these
daj-s. The co-operation between Ihe United
States and other nations has become as indis
pensable to peace and prosperity as was the
relation between Mesdames Smith and Jones
in the exchange of flour for sugar in Ihe hill
country. Ve can't encourage iraue mui.'"
to indulge in neighborly throat cutting and ex
pect peace to be the outcome.
Civilization has necessarily become more
complex Ihrough the multiplication of me
chanical inventions, and institutions, of which
human legislation is a phase, have failed to
meet its natural demands. Nature still deter
mines the destiny of men, and self-preservation
is still its first law. Daily Texan.
Already Too Many Students
For Too Few Instructors.
"Figures don't lie," the old adage says.
But sometimes thoy do not tell all the
truth, either.
Ever since the registration figure for ihe
university has been playing around in the
thousands, studenls, faculty, and others have
watched the figures with interest, comparing
them with those of former years and estimates
of future years.
This spring there has boon chagrin in
some sections because registration dropped
fifty-eight whole new students below that of
last year at this time.
However, strength or progress in a uni
versity is not measured by how many students
are enrolled, but by the faculty and equipment
maintained to take care of the siudenls.
Individual enrollment for last year at this
time was 7,607. The teaching staff for last
year was made up of 3S7 faculty members of
and above the rank of tutor. Figures for 1 h is
j-ear tell us Ihere have been 8,320 individuals
em-olled in the university with approximately
090 teachers to instruct them.
The point is that although registration of
new students has dropped slightly this spring,
general enrollment is still above that of last
year and yet the teaching staff has not been
increased to keep up with the increase in stu
dents. Perhaps it is fortunale that enrollment of
new students did drop, because with teaching
facilities as they are students do not have the
opportunities they would under more personal
supervision. The Daily Texan.
INDIANA INSTALLS
SPEAKING BUREAU
WITH 16 MEMBERS
Encouraged by the success of
speaking groups at universities
throughout the nation, the Univer
sity of Indiana Division of Speech
last night announced the organ
ization of a Speakers' Bureau, con
sisting of 16 experienced student
speakers who will be available im
mediately for speeches to civic or
ganizations, high schools and ed
ucational groups in the state of
Indiana. The service may be ex
tended in the future to include or
ganizations in other states.
The 16 students who are now
members of the organization will
tour the state, talking on subjects
of general interest and national
importance. The speeches will be
entirely non-partisan on questions
involving religion and politics.
Robert B. Huber. debate coach,
will act as faculty supervisor of
the group and will be assisted by
other members of the speech divi
sion. President William Lowe Bryan,
in endorsing the new bureau, last
night said: "I approve of the pur
pose of the group of students who
are especially interested in public
speaking to secure engagements in
the state where they may speak on
subjects of public interest."
The purpose of the bureau, as
pointed out last night by Stanley
Valinctz, '37. president of the
group, is to nfford speech students
more opportunities to speak than
they would obtain by merely being
members of classes or dramatic
socitties. An additional object of
the plan will be to provide the
many civic organizations over the
state with speakers.
A wide variety of possible topics
tor discussion already has been
listed by the bureau. The students
will talk on such subjects as child
labor, disarmament, consumer's
research, censorship of motion pic
tures, a 13-month calendar, the
city manager type of government,
socialized medicine and other sub
jects of nation-wide Interest.
Organizations also may engage
two students to provide duo de
bates, arguing opposite sides of a
question, aceording to rules of the
bureau. All speeches to be given
will be paused upon by a speech
review committee which will be
appointed later.
Barton Hees Pogue, well-known
Hoosi.-r poet and lecturer who also
is an insiructoi in the Division
of Speech, said recently, "The or
ganization of a Speakers' Bureau
at Indiana university meets with
my hearty approval. Such an or
ganization will benefit both the
students and the groups before
whlrh they may appear. I trust
that clubs of every kind will plan
to use speakers from this bureau."
CALIFORNIANS VOTE
BAN COMPULSORY
MILITARY TRAINING
(Continued from Page li.
1. I am in favor of compulsory
military training.
2. I am against compulsory
military training.
3. I am against compulsory
military training but am in favor
of voluntary training.
On the last point on the ballot,
88 percent of those who voted
against compulsory training, indic
ated that they were In favor of
voluntary military training.
Two years ago two Methodist
students refused to comply with
the compulsory training regulation
and were expelled from the univer
sity. They carried their case to
the United States supreme court
but It was thrown out lecausc that
body had no Jurisdiction over the
case. It had previously been de
cided against the two students in
state courts.
Numerous protests have eman
ated from the Bruin Institution
in regard to this question, but none
were given much attention until
Provost Moore gave his permission
for yesterday's balletinj.
A similar poll was held t Berke
ley last month but less than s
thousand students cast ballots, al
though it wss declared "represen
tative." Ten Harvard students. Intrigued
with nude mow buttling, have
formed the Polar "Bale" club at
Cambridge.
FILES FOR REGENCY
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LEAVE THURSDAY FOR
MEETS IN COLORADO
Cornhuskers Perform in Two
Dual Contests, Annual
A.A.U. Event.
OFFICIAL
BULLETIN
Archery Club.
Girls archery club will meet at
5 o'clock Wednesday in the girls'
gym.
Sponsors Club.
Sponsors club will meet Thurs
day, Feb. 27, at 5 o'clock in Fal
len Smith hall. The tea dance for
R. O. T. C. officers will be held
Saturday, Feb. 29, from 3:30 un
til 6 o'clock in the Cornhusker
hotel ballroom.
Commercial Club.
Mens Commercial club will hold
an important meeting Wednesday
evening at 8 o'clock in the club
rooms in Social Science building.
Dramatic Hobby Group.
Dramatic hobby group will meet
Thursday at 7 o'clock in Ellen
Smith hall.
the Republican River Flood Area.'
The conclave will start at 7:30
in social science auditorium. Sta
ted Schroeder, "This topic will be
of interest to all engineer students,
regardless of their departments.
Members of the executive board
join me in urging all engineers
not to miss this event. If they
have true professional interest, the
auditorium should be welt filled
the night of the conclave."
Five members of the university
gymnastic team and Coach
Charley Miller plan to leave
Thursday noon for Colorado,
where they will perform in two
dual meets and the Rocky Moun
tain A. A. U. annual event to be
held at Denver Saturday evening.
The trip will be made by automo
bile and will be the second in-
TWO GERMAN SCHOOLS
GIVE SUMMER TERM.
Mu 11 ich , IT ei in ar-J eti a
Universities Offer a
Variety of Courses
To students who are interested
in studying abroad, two German
universities, the University of
Municr and Weimar-Jena univer
sity, are offering summer courses
in 193S. They will include lectures
on the German language and lit
erature, history, art, and music,
courses in philosophy and peda
gogics, visits to museums and art
galleries, social arrangements and
excursions. Credits of these uni
versities are acceptable in Ameri
can universities and colleges.
The first session will last from
July 4 to August 2 and the second
session will last from August In
to September 27. Anyone inter
ested in this type of study may
inquire at the German department
for further information.
What Do
YOU
Think?
Question.
Are you in favor of totally abol
ihintr Hell Week in Nebraska
From The Lincoln Journal.
Robert N. DeVoe, Lincoln at
torney, filed early yesterday for
election to the board of regents.
"Two things prompted me to
take this action," declared DeVoe
in a statement issued last night.
"The first is a desire to do some
thing for the school that has done
so much for me. The second is
to help maintain the university's j
sphere of usefulness in the life
of the state." !
"I am sincerely interested in the
welfare and progress of the uni
versity and am deeply concerned
with the efficient and economical
management f the institution."
"I favor extension as rapidly as
the financial status of the univer
sity and the state make it advis
able. I am definitely against any
decentralization of the university
and its departments.'"
Mr. DeVoe served as Lancaster
county attorney from 1910 to 1914.
and was president of the Nebraska
Bar association in 1928. At pres
ent he is editor ot the bar section
of the Nebraska Alumnus.
ishing Hell
fraternities ?
Answer.
TED BRADLEY: I believe that
hell week has a very definite and
cr.r.ifip function. It can be over-
vasion of the Cornhusker troup j d'one but I think it it is conducted
to Colorado territory in two years, j pr0perly thft it brings the actives
On Friday r.ight, the Huskers I laD(l piPfjgcs closer together,
will be entertained by the Greeley j D0N GLASS: 1 don't see any
State Teachers at Greeley in the ; point in it and I can't see what
first dual encovnterment. How- j ' (, jt ia going to do me.
ever, Saturday will prove the busy j fc JOHN WACHTER: Yes, I think
day as the gymnasts oppose the i ,t slK)Uld De abolished. I think Jt
University of Colorado at Boulder b,.jnoS the pledges closer together
in the afternoon and then journey but ,joe;.n't jo any of them any
to Denver for the A. A. U. affair. d j dor).t think the actives get
"Altho I am optimistic on the rUrar fun out of it be-
meet 1 ,.,", it ; i,.st an hard on them as
ELEVEN ATHLETES
MAKE IOWA STATE
FALL HONOR ROLL
AMKS, la.. Feb. 25. Brains
and brawn are not always totally
isolated from eRch other; proof:
Kicht Iowa State college varsity
and three freshman athletes
named on the scholastic honor,
roll" for the full quarter.
Dick Fleig, Des Moires, mid
west A A.U. diving champion, rep- j
resents the swimming team on the I
honor list, while two sophomores,
Bill Brown, Lewis, broad jumper
and sprintpr, and .Jim Henderson,
Coin. ouarLermiler. are a pair of !
Cyclone indoor track men on the
roll.
Two varsity baseball aspirants,
Dick McWilliams of Lehigh and
Francis Warrington of Garden
Grove, and Albert Emminger of
Turlock. Calif., javelin thrower,
were also named. Don Theophilus,
Smithland, Cyclone football cap
tain In 19:;4, not only was named
on inc nonor roil mil nan a i
Btralght "A" average. Dwight
Garner of Ida Grove, another 1934 :
football ietterman, was also hon
ored. '
A trio of prep ath ' tea, Koger
Fleming of Dinsdal-, baseball
player; John Cunningham of
Storm, track man, and Art Wahl
of Des MoineB, tennis player, had
all grades of "B" or above, also.
CIaios Professor Write
Article for Paris Magazine
Dr. M. S. Ginsbuig and Dr. C.
R. Forbes of the classics depart
ment have received proofs of their
article (A Latin Parody of the
Roman Empire) which will appear
in the Revue de Philologie Litera
ture et Histoire Anciennes, pub
lished Is Paris.
team's chances, the dual
against Greeley Teachers should
afford more opposition than we
have counted on,'' stated Charley
Miller yesterday. "The Teachers
have recently won the eastern di
vision of the Rocky Mountain dis
trict and they showed plenty of
power in doing so."
Outstanding entries already re
ceived by the A. A. I', officials
for the Denver m'.'et inclml: Wy
oming university, Coloiado uni
versity. Colorado Aggies, Greeley
State Teachers, and several Y. M
C. A. teams. Several athletic
clubs h-ive also served notice of
I their Intention of entering the
competition.
I The athletes who will represent
; Nebrska in the various events are:
Flying rings: Jack Green, Ed
1 Bignell. Ed Reynolds.
rarallel bars: Ed Reynold.1;, Bob
1 Bclka, Jack Green
Horizontal bars: Ed Bignell,
Jark Green, Ed Reynolds.
Tumbling: Jim HritIs, Ed Reyn
olds, Ed Bignell.
Side horse: Jim Harris, Ed
were j Reynolds, Jack Green.
ENGINEERS" GROUP.
TILLEV TALKS REFORM
it on the pledges.
PETE HAGELIN: No. 1 think it
is a good custom. It brings the
fellows lot closer together than
thev ever were before
THURSTON PHELPS: It really
doesn't make any difference to
me. As far as doing any good il
doesn't. It's a lot of fun tho, I
suppose
MAX MORN: Jt lm its points
but it should be modulated. 1 think
that if it was completely abolished
that there wouldn't be very much
fraternity life.
BILL CL1NE: 1 think It is a
good thing. It is a peiiod which
shows the freshman how a frater
nity is run.
VIC HERRMANN: 1 think
there should be rft least two or
three days of hell week. T oon't
think any fraternity life would he
complete without some experience
I like this during the freshman year.
I I think that hell week shows
i whether or not a fellow can "ta!
it." '
Illinois IVarlwrs Ili-ar
1 Bradford 011 Education
iteeonst ruction of the
lli )iihli( an Hirer's
Flood Area Subject
Of common Interest to all engi
neering students will he the con
clave, March 3. according to Ted
Schroeder. head of engineer ex
ecutive board. State Engineer A.
C. Tilley, as program highpoint.
will speak on "Reconstruction of
Dr. H. E. Bradford, chairman of
the department of vocational edu
cation, addressed members of
teachers associations at Rushville
and Carthage. Ill , Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday on the topics,
"Character Education" and "Edu
cation for a Progressive Age."
Regular graduate courses on ...
tomohile traffic control will be
started next fall by Harvard s
Bureau for Street Traffic Research.
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