THE DAILY NEBHASKAN
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER ft. 1936
Daily Nebraskan
Station V Lincoln. Nebraska.
THIRTY. FIFTH YEAR
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ON THIS ISSUE
Editor Pipal Night Editor Murray
Epitaph to Insanity.
The United States has a hang-over. The
flairons of buncombe, propaganda, and exag
geration have been drained down to the very
dregs. Those who drank from the hooey vat
of the republicans may think they got rot
gut; those who drank from the democratic
trough may think it was the elixer of success
they received. Whether it was because the
hope potion of both barrels was poor stuff
or because we just about had to mix our
drinks a la radio, news reel, newspaper, and
public rostrum, as a nation, we have a head
ache. The campaign is over.
Humor Las it 1li;il when a umn Las a liant;
cTVr from a tough nock end. lie may reflect on
his cinidil ion in two ways. He inay make the
often lu-ard resolve, "Never again it's not
v. orlli the cliips." ( r lie may square Jiis jaw in
foolish defiance of the powerful coil l'.acclius
nnil ejaculale. "I'.oy. -when 1 get over 1his one
I'm iroin' on a good one."
It is our In lief that 1lic nalioii as a wl.ole
will proliahly adopt the latter attitude in re
gards its recent political flinar. The intense
and inane interest, taken in polities during1 the
past few 7rnmtLs will nin'louli1edly result in a
total eclipse of interest in governmental af
fairs on the part of a majority of the people
fur another ihree years, l'.ul when another
election year rolls around there will be another
ue of " I'oloney."
The eoiihirv will iro on another spree. .nd
ro tvss will probably not be too well served.
As for the attitude of college students
toward politics in the future, we might well
suggest the first reaction of the man with
the headache on the morning after.. This
campus might say, "Never again, it's not
worth the chips." The Nebraskan in opening
its columns to discussion by members of the
main political camps, thereby subjected its
readers to much that was not intelligent or
of sufficiently high caliber to show that it
was the product of college minds. Aping
their elders, the campus party moguls show
ed no aversion to misinterpretation or what
they knew to be plain political blather.
Jieeuuse its columns were so used 1he N'c
braskan received much adverse criticism. Pro
fessors and o1 hers felt 1 lint college sludenls
lui'j-ht weli spend iheir short, four year period
J 1 1 university trying to form some intelligent
lew of the nation's probclms. These critics
felt that ihe collce student should remain
divorced from ihe partisanship of platform
policies and personalities, and spend his lime
instead, gelling a perspective of fundamental
issues lhat confronl the nation.
Perhaps Ihesc observers of the campus
political battle were right. Hut the Nebraskan
stimulated interest, possibly the wrong kind,
liutinlercst, where there was apathy. Another
campaign vear may find students with a some
what deeper understanding, more intelligence,
and a more significant interest in national
polities. A definile hope for the future is that
1he college popnaicc will try to keep its poll
lies above that of the nation, instead of seek
ing 1o make thorn just as loud, senseless, and
assinine.
The two important issues that have our
elders over a barrel at present are states'
rights and freedom of speech. The republic
ans, political descendants of Hamilton, got
their wires a little twisted and advocated
more power for the states instead of a strong
central government. The democrats, great
grandchildren of Jeffersou, are assuming
more instead of less power for the federal
government. Regardless of this mixup in
traditional political affiliation, however, the
question of centralization of power must be
answered, either affirmatively or negative
ly. We will have to answer it.
The problem of freedom of speech is equal
ly serious. Should we protect freedom of
speech with our lives so Prowder can use that
prh ilege to advocate revolution and the de
si rud ion of freedom of speech itself? Should
we dap him in the hoosgow, and thereby re
pudiate freedom of speech?
If 1he nation's hangover from 1he cam
paicn i-csnlls in a stay nation of inleresl in trov
ernmental problems, ihe college populace
might, take a bromo-seltzer and lurn 1 some
of these issues. The answers must be found.
l
A Treat
For Music Lers
Fritz KreisleT, incomparable artist of the
violin, appears in the coliseum tomorrow night.
This means 'that Nebraskans will have the op
portunity of hearing 1lie best iu music. As a
UTiivcrsily town, Lincoln offers few such op
portunities. Studeuls who can possibly slrotch
1he eiyaret and knick knack allowance far
enough to cover the price of a liel;et In Ihe
TTieiler concert will not regret the sacrifice.
Tho we realize that such a reminder may be
amiss, since 1hose who can appreciate Kreisler
will probably arrange 1o hear him, we make it
in the hope 1hat a few olhers may be cnliecd
to the allar of euHuro.
Kreisler 's own belief is 1hat ihe world is
too much taken up with commerce and science
1o bolder about art. The attendance at his con
cert will disprove or prove his statement.
By MILDRED GREEN, Secretary, Y. W. C. A.
Howards are not always given out for the mind's creations
or the hand's handiwork. There is often a penalty awaiting the
creator of a new idea or a new object, much less a reward. Sev
eral hundred years ago in ancient Asia a beautiful transparent
glass was brought inlo a gathering of the royal court and pre
rented 1o the ruler. Peforo the eyes of the king this gorgeous
vase was held shoulder high and suddenly dropped to the shin
ing marble floor. There was no clatter of shattered glass. The
only injury to the piece of art was a slight dent in the 1hin
texture. The artisan who had created this process of making
thin glass pliable but unbreakable O
was haled before the King hi me
STUDENT PULSE
Brief, concise contributions pertinent to matter ot
student lite ana the univerntv are welcomed by th'
newspaper practice, wnicn exclude ell libelous matter
and personal attacks Letters must be signed, but
names vili be withheld from publication if so rtesirert
department, under the usual restrictions of sound
lalis or Irliirc?.?
Tho Eternal (Juolion.
TO THE EDITOR:
Some of us will never hear any eoiivoca
tious this semester or next, if 1hey are always
held on Tuesday at 11 o'clock, and if we have
a lab period on Tuesday from 'A 1o 12 a. m.
So far, it serins that 1he biology department
feels lhat ihe lab experiments are more impor
tant lhan the opportunity of hearing a well
known leelurer speak on some timely subjecl.
Perhaps 1he department feels 1hat 1here are
not enouyh sludents involved 1o relinquish an
hour of 1he Ihree hour lab period in favor of a
convocation once a month, allho each instruc
tor is given the opportunity of releasing his!
class for these convocations if he so wishes. J
doubt that a lab exi-crimenl siwh as be- j
p-'mncrs are makiny could not be completed !
in 1v hours, giving those students who are
unfortunate enouyh 1o have a lab on Tuesday
mornings ihe opportunity of hearing ihe eon
vocal ion. Certainly one is sadly lackiny in a
well rounded education if he is not allowed 1o
hear eminent speakers when they appear al
the university for the special benefit of si '1
dents. -- Helen J. K. Severa.
request of the glass-smiths. He
was sentenced to prison and sub
sequently sent to his death, since
the vested interests saw their eco
nomic end. And Ihe world lost the
secret of resilient glassware.
One evening at sunset, just out
side the city of Athens, some four
years before the birth of Christ
an old man of seventy years stood
in the red jays of the dying sun
with a cup raised to his lips. A
few days before the redoubtable
Socrates had been called to the
Greek assembly to recant and
apologize for his teachings. The
political interests were beginning
to feel the teiTifie impact of his
personality through 1he youth of
Athens. '.Socrates was upsetting
all of the accepted ideas, the tra
ditions and 1hIoos. and by bis
questions left the most learned in
disconcerting confusion. Socrates
drank 1he hemlock and gained
eternal life.
It would be ridiculous to main
tain that these social penalties
were the only rewards for these
creations of the hand and the
mind. Ci5uiety in its blundering
way often retards creation and
handicap it, but no society can
take from creator the joy of
creation. Only oni man in all
history has felt the thrill of
making a pliable glass vase. Is
there any teacher who more
loved teaching than Socrates?
His very work was itself the re
ward for him.
What of the rewards of the
masses for the more common cre
ations of life? The English crafts
man of the pro-factory era per
formed tasks in which the reward
was inherent in the work. Th.e car
riage maker fashioned every pait
in his carriage, and when the ve
hicle was computed it was com
pletely his handiwork and a model
of his skill. The blacksmith
smelted his own ore, beat out the
raw iron, and made with his own
hands the finished article.
Let lis shift to modern America..
The worker in a Ford factory
comes home each evening know
ing that during the day he and
thousands of other men have sent
out several thousand finished au
tomobiles. But his part of the
highly complex process was to
turn nut number seventeen and fit
on part number thirty-six. Not
once during the day had be seen
a finished product. No amount
of skill would make him a better
nut turner. He had become a part
of a gigantic machine whose size
made him infinistesimally small
and whose complexity left him no
possible creative outlet. He worked
only for wages. The joy of cre
ation has been replaced by the ef
ficiency of mechanization. Both
the rewards of head and hand
come from the same profit pipe
and fall only to these who are
there wailing to reive the profit
motive. There arc notable excep
tions, such as education, the min
istry, social work, and others, but
even these are making their last
stand against the onslaught of
money profits. We do not prose
cute new ideas which have a direct
bearing on profits, we prostitute
them. A glance through any well
known magazine will show how
far this type of cheap intellectual
ism has gone.
Wherein creations of the head
have found their way into busi
ness channels they have become
relatively much larger than re
wards of the hands. But where the
work of the mind has been don
for its own reward the returns
have been small indeed and often
smaller than the rewards of a fac
tory hand. Such is the price for a
business civilization.
headed by Mildred Cook, who live
at Meldveth hall, 1437 S. Assisted
by some of her roommates, she
went to a boy's boarding house at
1337 R. and made arrangements
for exchanging seven girls and
boys at a lYiday night dinner. The
inevitable result: concentrated dat
ing between the members of these
1wo houses.
A. W. S. Board.
Unaffiliated girls aie under the
leadership of the Barb AWS board
which is composed of Martha Mor
row, chairman; Fern Bioom, Carol
Clark, Dorcas Crawford, Elizabeth
Edison. Beatrice Ekblad. Thelma
Ekwall. Edith Filley, Adriene Grif
fith, Lois Uehleiter and Kowena
Swenson.
This organization sponsors j
group meetings of unaffiliated;
girls, alternating them with mass;
meetings, where large numbers'
will congregate for a general sum-
mary of the two weeks behind, as 1
well as those jxhead. At these two :
types of meetings the board mem- I
bers initiate projects, inform the
girls of the activities affecting
them on the campus, and keep de
tailed account of the activity
points of each girl.
Taking still larger steps for
ward, ihe board is attempting to
have the various rooming houses
organize as units, in order to
achieve more interest and enjoy
ment on a campus in which they
will then have deep political and
social interest. Already meeting
monthly at one of the Barb AWS
Board conferences, are organized
house representatives or presi
dents. They are then enabled to
take back first-hand information
to their hous"9 concerning campus
activities.
Regular
Grade
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OF STUDENT LIFE FOR BARBS
(nine lull (louneil, A.Vi'.S.
Cooperate in I'laiiniivz
For Social Kvinl.
By a Earb Member.
Hour dances, exchange dinne rs,
ri th'isinsrtic group meetings spon
sored by the Barb AWS board and
'he Ir.t. relub Council -these coin-
campus. Joining in co-ordinated
action, the board members of these
two groups are making plans for
an organization which would serve
as a central clearing committee be
tween the barb men and women.
Definite plans are not yet ready
for publication, but the Barb AWS
of which Martha Morrow is presi
dent, has selected Elizabeth Edi
son as chairman, and Carol Clark
Council has not made a final
choice of its committee. i
The tremendously popular free
hour dances held every Friday at
the Armory indicate awakened
barb activity. Three hundred pur
posely dateiess individuals attend
the dance, many of them leaving
with new found friends. Board
mem! of the two groups do
'the necessary things" for assur
ing a successful hour (and one
half l.
Unaffiliated individuals in or
ganized boarding houses have con
tributed enthusiasm and ideas for
the new social program of the
barbs. One of the best of these
'and Adri nne Griffith as members
;,: ise part of the new activity or of the women's part of the pro-isthe "exchange dinner. Iloneer
sJ;e u..'..rilii.tMj students on the 'j.ott.J w-:i:ii?u!.ois. The li.tcrcJuu J ia ifcis field was Uie croup of fcirls,
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