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Daily Nebraskan
Station A, Lincoln, Nebraska.
193) Member 1936
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Radicalism!
We Need More.
R VDIC VLTSM! That one of the most needed
and desired terms in the English language
should suffer from such an insidious connota
tion. If it were only conceivably P08Met
convey radicalism into our colleges ot todaj.
If it were only possible to institute that me
dium of learnin? into our present educational
system. Stagnation and lethargy instead play
the leading role. The horror the word implies
and often the very terror it instills in many
men's minds seems almost laughable when
fully considered and analyzed as to its true
meaning. , . ,
This evening Lincoln will be honored with
one of the foremost men of the nation. Not a
oreat politician; not an eminent statesman;
not a man of material wealth, but rather a
man possessed of that intellectual wealth of
achievement that has carried his name to the
far corners of the nation. Such a leader in
educational affairs is Robert M. Hutchins,
youngest college president, head of Chicago
universitv, who will speak tonight on "Dcmoc
racv in Education" at the Cornhusker. Mr.
Hutchins has figured consistently in the press
l.eeause of his revolutionary experiments in
'curricula and in university organization, and
for his championship of democracy in educa
tion. J lis talk should be worth while and
quite of benefit to those attending.
Honored with the distinction of being the
youngest college president, Robert Hutchins is
'doubly honored by being termed a "radical."
However those that so term him, for the most
part do not realize that actually they are say
ing he is a fundamentalist getting to the root
of" all the difficulties with which he is con
fronted. Of Latin derivation, the term is de
fined as the "fundamental constituent of a
compound," which definition still holds in sci
entific circles.
In that great intellectual effort (it
seems too bad that it had to be confined to
effort) of Elizabeth Dilling's "The Red Net
work," Mr. Hutchins grained quite an allot
ment of space. Branded as teacher of a
course including- Marxism and Leninism aad
again as signer of a published appeal for
Sacco-Venietti during- their trial, he occu
pies in the mind of Mrs. Dilling- that most
distasteful position of being- what she shock
ingly deems a "red."
Let h never be unid, however, that any
person in Nebraska achieve such eminence that
he r failed radical. In Mrs. Dilling's entire
book there is only one man residing in Nebras
ka who was named as a radical. That man
is Georg W. Norris. Other institutions thru
out the country received recognition by their
4cted few. But Nebraska, no. If such ad
Taneerr.ent of ideas was promulgated here so
as to place any one in Mrs. Dilling's undoubt
dJy well meant effort, which however is Ly
no means all inclusive, then there would be no
room for complaint. It seems tragic, however,
that we don't even have a recognized radical
on this campus. Or is it the fact that some
exist but because of necessary discretion must
withhold their theories for the acceptance and
inculpation of new educational programs? If
the Nebraska campus possessed only one it
would mitigate the slight to us on the part of
Mrs. Dillinir. The .Vebraskan hopes that in
future works Mrs. Dilling will try harder to
place Nebraska in the annals of history as be
ing a progressive institution, rather than one
following on the heels of convention.
Despite the fact that "The Red Net
work's" outstanding characteristic, accord
ing to the New Republic, lies in its inaccu
racy, the book, much to the tragedy of Ne
braska, is designed to become monumental
in its significance. Despite its general ab
surdities and roping together of all kinds of
oruanizntions and individuals and marking
Iheni with a single brand, as the New Re
public gets forth, the book "may easily ac
quire n social significance as well as an im
portance, for instance, similar to that which
might be attached to the original passenger
list of the Mayflower. A good many years
from now ancestor seekers will probably be
just as anxious to discover fhe names of
their forebears in 'The Red Network' as
would be our living admirers of dead revolu
tionaries to find the names of their ancestors
on the passage sheet of the Mayflower. Mrs.
Dillintr has produced, quite by accident,
sometning of a blue book of the newer aris
tocracy. She has collected the names of hun
dreds of members of that brave and hardy
band who have dared, by voice or deed or
printed word, to protest against man'i in
humanity to man. It is a service of consid
erable value and for that service the will be
remembered."
Kobert M. Hutchins is on that list. He
speaks this evening. He should be heard as a
foremost educator of the country. Pathos ex
ists in the fact that no individual on the Ne-
irnska campus will belong to the "newer aris
tocracy." The pioneer work of this institution
yet remains to be recognized.
by
Marvin Petersen
Wheel of Fate.
vwiiti-mcr that, the "wheel of fule turns
f.iwr" omt nnt niip never knows when and how
IIIDU a.111 law " -
war will coine, Mussolini, on the seventeenth
anniversary of the founding of his fascist
pnrtv, abolished the chamber of deputies and
mobilized ull large muusines m prepuruuuu
for war. . .
The chamber of deputies win oe re
placed by a council of guilds to be composed
of 22 productive, credit, transport, agricul
tural and professional corporations. Large
industries will be formed into organizations
called "key industries." Mussolini has now
completed his stranglehold on Italy and is
now not only a political and military dicta
tor but an industrial one as well.
Denial.
Following reports that Dr. Francis E.
Townsend and his followers had endorsed
Borah for president, the leader of the move
ment and advocate ot a $-UU per month pen
sion for old people, came out with a flat denial
that Borah or any other candidate had their
support. With the phenomenal growth of the
organization, its support is not to he ignored
bv anv presidential aspirant altho they are all
careful not to announce themselves in favor
of it since they realize its impracticability.
Changes.
The international naval conference in
London wound up its business yesterday by
making 20 more changes in the text of the
new naval treaty. The agreement, drafted to
take the place of the Washington naval limi
tation treaty, differs from its predecessor in
that limitations and the size of fleets are
abolished and limitations are placed only on
sizes of ships and guns.
At a time when all the world is rearming-,
a disarmament conference meets
and accomplishes nothing toward world
peace.
CONTEMPORARY
COMMENT
Marriage
And Education.
It is beginning to look as if girls come to
school to get a husband. That seems to be the
only prospect a college education oflers a
woman now.
A recent survey of a certain university
showed that girls spend about $3,000 for a
four year education. On graduation, the girls
end up by petting jobs and earning $ju a
year as an average.
Really, at this rate, a girl going to school
spends an average of $750 for nine months.
She finishes school, works, and has to live lor
12 months on $57."i. and work too. The simple
solution seems to be to marry and tho the girl
may have to live on less, at least she won't
have to work !
Now if girls all start coming to college to
get a husband, the boys will want sympathy.
Think of what it will est them to support
their wives. But who has been sayinir that is
the reason girls come to oollepe? The boys
would just be getting their due. University
Daily Kansan.
the influence has been good remains for our
grandchildren to discover, but we find that
the modern writers are doing the same things,
using the same public appeals as did Shake
speare. Appeal to public interest at n par
ticular period is the fundamental of success in
any of the arts, and the best written and most
brilliantly acted production has no audience
if it does not satisfy n public demand. Ma
chine production of drama, machine presenta
tion, and ninchiiie-like writers turning out
pages of good, bad, and indifferent scrip to
be read by equally machinelike actors, is all
the result "of a machine minded audience, liv
ing mass production every moment and not
particularly sensitive to the finer things in
literature and the other arts, but it is undoubt
edly true that machine age arts, brought into
the" reach of the common people by muss pro
duction, will make an impression on the art
history of the ages comparable to those of any
other period in ihe history of num. B. E.,
Daily O' Collegian.
A Letter
To Eden.
Dear Sir Anthony :
They just told me that the Argentine re
public has made you angry. My. what n shame
for them to think of placing the Fnlklond is
land on a stamp picturing the Argentine's ter
ritory. The very nerve of them, when all good
map makers always place the mark. "Br." by
the islands. But what I can't figure out. Sir
Anlhonv, is how you happened to discover
such a 'thing. With all of this worry about
Germany I really don't see how you found
time to get out your magnifying glass and go
searching thru postage stamps.
Another thing I can't seem to figure out
is whv you are worrying. Altho there are a
hundred of the islands in the one group, only
two of them are of any size. There are just
3.101 people on the islands, but yet Oreat
Britain and the Argentine have both been
claiming the territory since 1834. Ah! maybe
this is a clue. My encyclopedia says that their
main value is in" strategic location. "It was
off the Falkland islands that the British war
fleet under Admiral Sturdee defeated the
troublesome German fleet in the late war. com
pleting the elimination of the naval force of
the central powers in the south Pacific." Could
something like this have entered your head.
Eden, old pal? But, that's all right, we'll ex
cuse you this time, because we know that the
Hitler tangle really has you perplexed right
now.
Just to help you out. Anthony. I'll do a
little more research. I find that there are
large sheep farms on the islands and exports
of wool are high. "There is no public debt !"
What? Keep fighting for Falkland, my friend.
University Daily Kansan.
Argument Against
Sye-Kiale Bill.
Chief among arguments against the Nye
Kvale bill, which would end compulsory mili
tary training in universities of the United
States, is this proposition: It is impossible suc
cessfully to maintain a system of voluntary
military training adequate to insure our na
tional defense.
The obvious implication is that our mili
tary departments, for lack of volunteer c.-idets.
will gradually die if compulsion is lifted. Then
there" will be" no one to dust the rifles except
perhaps the janitor.
To examine the validity of this argument,
it is necessary only to consult the records.
When compulsory drill was abolished at Wis
consin in 1923. U4 percent of all male fresh
men were enrolled in the R. O. T. C. This per
centage dropped to 34 the next year, gradually
continued to drop until it was about 10 per
cent in 1932. Then, when one credit per se
mester was allowed, proportion gradually rose.
M'liiu V..IH- nlimil Ti nerceiit ot male I rcsliiuen
ore cadets,
At Minnesota, with the abolition ol lorced
drill in 11134 by the board ol' regents, the lntal
enrollment of' the military department lell
from 2,31(5 in the spring of 'X to .YJ0 in the
fall of 1034. This autumn the number nC ca
dets had jumped to 714.
In the advanced corps, however, the de
cline is relatively slight, and it is trained offi
cers that are most needed for our national de
fense in time of war. Here Ihe decline was
from 307 in the spring of 11)34 to 230 in the
fall of that year. 240 in the winter and l(3
for the fall of I !:.". Thus it is clear that since
advanced military training has always been
elective, our supply of trained officers would
not be jeopardized' if the Nye-Kvnlc bill were
passed.
Various inducements have also been given
the student under voluntary drill, some of
which have been questioned by not a few edu
cators. Credits have been allowed: uniforms
and overcoats have been supplied. Then, too,
military officials have improved their courses,
taking'away much of the shoddy teaching so
noticeable when drill was compulsory.
Taken cumulatively, indications of the
past few years preclude the idea that military
training is impractical under a voluntary
system. Those who use it as an argument
against the yc-lvvale hill are the extreme
militarists, few' of w hich are found in our uni
versities, l-'rom the viewpoint of American
education, compulsory drill in any college or
university is passe. The Nyc-Kvale method is
the easiest way out. Minnesota Daily.
Charm School Dale
Set Ahead One U eek
Announcement that tho regu
lar meeting ot charm school,
which was to have been held
tins evening, hag been post
poned until next week, was
made today by Jean Doty, pro
gram chairman. The speaker
who was scheduled to appear
for the meeting was unable to
be present this evening-
OFFICIAL
BULLETIN
CKchesls.
Orchiisis will meet Wednesday
at 7 o'clock in the Armory. All
members are urged to be present
since work will begin on the spring
recital.
Initiation Means
Hespon si b Hit y .
The time of year has come when Greek
orders are putting pins on those who have suc
cessfully passed the requirements of the fra
ternities as well as the scholastic regulations
of the college since rush week last fall.
The period of initiation into a fraternity
is one of the biggest, and perhaps the biggest,
event in the life of the average young person
who has chosen to become affiliated with a
social fraternal organization. And it is as it
should be. Initiation into a fraternity is an
important event.
In the first place, initiation marks the
achievement of a goal. The final attainment of
that for which one seeks brings one of the most
pleasurable sensations that occur during life.
Passing the tests of pledgeship to a fraternity,
a task which is not easy, gives the individual
confidence in his own ability to meet and solve
problems, it prepares for similar situations
which occur intermittently after college days
are over. It teaches the individual ihal he can
achieve that for which he works sufficiently
hard.
Initiation means that the membership of
a fraternity consider the neophyte worthy of
addition to their ranks. That alone is an honor.
It is always an honor to be picked for member
ship by those with whom one has slept, ate,
ami studied during the period of pledgeship.
Neither money nor sheer brilliance makes a
good fellow out of an individual a good fel
low as is wanted by the average membership.
Initiation means that the neophyte has
been deemed worthy by the membership of
something more than honor it moans that he
has been deemed worthy of carrying on the
traditions and responsibilities of the house in
a capable manner after those who have initi
ated him have left school. It means that the
new men have been chosen for the heavy re
sponsibilities of carrying on the functions of
the fraternity.
To you students who have been initiated j
or nr to be initiated soon into a Greek organi- !
zation. congratulations. You have indeed been i
honored. But you will find that there is much I
more to Iraternity lite than honor, and tha
w ork. Daily O' Collegian.
Tassels.
TasHela will meet tonight at 7
o'clock in .Social Science loom 105
for election of officers.
Delia Tln'la Phi, Lawyers
lYaW'i-nity. Pledges Five
Five men have recently been
pledged to Delta Theta Phi. pro
fessional law fraternity. They
include Henry Robeitus of Bridge
port, Bert Hartzel of Beatrice,
Hob Steele of Grand Island, John
Maher of Cambridge, and Allen
Bornemeier of Lincoln.
M CONNELL SPEAKS
AT WEEKLY VESPERS
SERVICE AT 5 TODAY
(Continued from Page 1).
vesper choir under the direction of
Margaret Fliillippe. will be an ad
ditional number on the program.
Food for Thought.
-Kach interpretation of the
Lenten observance has given much
"food for thought" to those who
have attended the meetings. To
most people the true meaning of
Lent i-. unknown and it would be
worthwhile to attend these services
sponsored by the Y. W. in order
to learn the sipTiificance of Lent.
Rvv McConnell is one of the most
popular ministers of the city and
we are fortunate to have him add
his interpretation to those already
Siven to us," Fiances Scudder,
chairman of the Y. W. vesper
staff, commented, in urging that
n large number plan on attending
the meeting
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Art Becomes
Mechanized.
We ore passing thru a greater revolution,
or perhaps it is a continuation of the same
revolution, of the arts than did the nation at
the beginning of the century. At that time
arts became mechanized, corresponding to the
mechanization of society in general, not only
in production, but in subject matter. With the
construction of fckyscrapers, the automobile,
electric and other mechanized units to replace
manpower and to generally conserve space and
energy, "canned music." produced by player
pianos, radios, phonographs, and similar media
were inevitable. Along with these develop
ments in the industrial fields, art became
mechanized with the general use of the camera
portraits, improved photo engraving, and col
or photography. Kvcn painters turned from
the subject matter of the Victorian era to de
pict the dramatic march of science and indus
try. Altho many of these paintings are not
yet recognized as art. they must be if we are
to consider the paintings of the old masters
as art, based on their interpretation of the life
of the people of their time.
Music has gone thru the same kind of
revolution. The modern American citizen does
not ordinarily lune in a symphony orchestra
on his radio. He tunes in his favorite dance
orchestra, playing the popular music of the
day, "jazz music,' if you choose to call it by
the name given it in its infancy by the "art
ists" of the old school of music who predicted
at the inoHt a very few yearg of popularity
with absolutely no future. The ridiculed
"jazz" has become an established part of the
life of the American citizen, and has invaded
with a (rreat deal of success the European
countries, origin of the classic. It must be
recognized that the classic compositions were
the product, of the ern in which they were writ
ten. Their composers wrote them to satisfy a
demand, perhaps not so much so as do the
modern composers, but they were written for
the people of a certain period of time, not for
the apes as' we have come to believe. Modern
American music, based originally on the nepro
spiritual, hfli become part of American life
in the twentieth century and gives tvery prom
ise of making a lasting impression on the ma
sic of the entire world.
Dramatic arts have been influenced great
ly by mechanization thru the introduction of
the motion picture, particularly the "talkie,"
and thru presentation over the radio. Whether
Y.W.C. A. Snap Shop to
Bet urn Unsold Books
Hours at which the Y. W. C.
A. swap shop will be open for
distribution of books to their
owners are the following:
Monday 10-11, 2-3.
Tuesday 11-12.
Wednesday 10-11. 11-12. 4-5.
Thursday 11-12.
Friday 10-11.
Vera Wilson Become iew
Member of Dancing Group
Orchesis. Interpretive- dancing
nre-anization. has recently accept
ed Vera Wilson as a member. She
was chosen from the understudy
group because of diligence ana
ability.
AROUND AND ABOUT
(Continued from Page 1).
odical, the Saturday Review, a
personal:
"Erstwhile Cosmopolite, still
broadminded now of tha Land
ed Gentry fast becoming Bu
coliccraves epistolary refresh
ments." Sunkist California Male.
"Oh, dar, I wonder if I was
ill-advised about this pedestal
it'a awfully hard and coldt And
tha landscape 0et mors and
more usual, it teems. Please
would someone strong come up
and comfort ma 7"
Snowdrifts.
A rotogravure picture of Eng
lish arhoihov lea skatlne in wide
atraw hats started ua in search of
Nebraska counterpart In Incon
gruity. We are practically sure
that we found It In the gesture by
which initiatea abandon their atud-
ioH pvnrpRainna of DUritV and
stretch out flat on the floor to ease
throbbing temples.
In the current Time, a para
graph concerns the late Huey
Long'a widow, who Is now at hia
niira In thm nat Rhe la a rather
comely Individual, those tradition
ally Southern liquid brown eyea
serving to straighten more than
one senatorial tie.
Among the stoiies which are
bandied about newspaper office.'
during the long hours of a "dog
watch" Is the one told in the cur
rent Esquire in an article on copy
readers It concerns the Gerald
Chapman hanging in Massai Mu
settes some years ago when a New
York copyholder put the following
headline on the story: "Jerked to
Jesus.'
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