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BY ED STEEVES.
An infernal mar of criticism rose from ihe
state of Nebraska last spring when a sudden
1 1 1 1 1 l; of football coaches laid t lie institution's
ledgers open to public auditing:. At llie time
..Major "Piff" .hums replaced 1). X. Uilile iis
director of atliletics here,
the populace was shocked to
learn that the little colonel
1 1 . i 1 received a larger salary
for his tutorial services on
the gridiron than had Chan
cellor Hurnett, (iahricl of
the university.
In defense of the univer
sity's action, metropolitan
newspapers over the niid
. west lieu a n easting valleys
'of lead explaining the situ
alion. In spite of this help,
there arc s! ill many who be
grudge the pecuniary out
put to .loues for siieh frivol
ity as footltall.
Many are unable to por
ccive why a "mere" coach
should receive more llian a
n m m o n professor, who
teaches the sterner and more
valuahle stuff of the aca
demic educational program.
AKove all, the comparison
of the mentor's salary to that of the chancellor
seems fantastic to these disapproving individ
uals They charge that this university and other
eniii schools have no sense of evaluation.
They infer that rewarding a common teacher
of the ilouhle wingbaek and punt formations
more than a tutor of Caesar or lioyle's law is
i.iialo'.'ous with a small hoy trading; his father's
watch for a piece of led string. Ill other
v ords. it is plain treason !
Tim ihe Kilter's salary has never been of
ficially announced, I have been given to un
derstand I iy memlicrs of the athletic hoard of
control that he is paid on the graduating scale,
receiving $1(1.1 Km the first year ami a .tl.OOO
increase for each of the two ensuing.' years.
The chancellor is paid .Hl,OU(l. In other words,
Hurnett 's yearly income can compare favor
ably with .lones' this year only. (Ither pro
lessors of the school arc paid enough to drive
a second hand car and have dessert one meal
ii week, if they scrimp.
Is it just? 1 believe it is. and I have ihroc
i vy definite reasons to hack my conv ictions.
First of all. .lones' hand is not the omni
present hand lhat is inserted into the tavpay-
rs' pocket. Tho the il foot 4 inch major was
officially made a member of the university
faculty, he is not state paid in the same sense
as other members of the staff. His salary is
stipulated hy memlicrs of the athletic hoard, of
which several numbers arc professors them
selves, and drawn from the coffers of the ath
letic fund.
This condition compares to a hypothetical
case in which you work for "A" company and
I work for "P.". Coaches am teachers are not
i.t all on the same payroll.
If there are still dissenting.' people ill face
of this argument, they shoiih observe the fact
lhat. as mentioned ahovc. representative pro
fessors are directly responsible for the price
paid the foot hall coach. Thus if the teachers
themselves do ti"f resent their suhord mat ion.
v l y should outsiders '
Another criterion for the indicted .loios
is. Who is the most fame. of all Fiiivcrsity
of i braska employes'" Tho it may not he
ihe answer we li sire. "Coach '.iff' .lons" is
1 tie inevitable reply. His name is spread from
-.,;. st 1o coast. Fvcrv dav this fall l is- praises
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pliant fossils is fine, and paleontologists all
over the world recognize it as one of the hest,
yet does it have the hoxoffiee appeal that the
11 usher foot hall team has ? Of course not !
In other words, our coach and many other
coaches are merely reaping; the crop limy havT.'
sown. Jones has hnilt a team
that fans are eager to see
each Saturday; one that they
will pay to see. Py packing;
40.00(1 fans into the stadium,
as he did a few Saturdays
ago. the Puffer not only pays
his own salary, hut also gives,
the university a tidy sum for j
other expenditures.
A jiood coach has hoxof
fiee appeal, something; that
a professor obviously cannot
have. If a trigonometry in
structor could get a capacity !
crowd .luring; three hours a
day at 2" cents admission, j
perhaps he could amass an i
astounding; income also.
Jones' task is no simple :
one. It is one of constant ,
study and research. It is one j
of p a i n f u 1 anxiety at !
t imes. He deals with men ;
BiFF" JONES ,en of all kinds. For ;
this reason he must he a
leader, a diplomat, and a pent leniail. Iiesnles
a scholar of football. Should he slip from any
of the named standards, his football clubs
would undoubtedly also slip -and thus his Sat-ui-l'iy
crowds would dwindle. Then he would
he unworthy of his salary.
To further justify the major's larur sti
pend, let me ask, "To what does ihe Univer
sity of Nebraska owe its fame? With what is
ihe name of the school associated?"
Is it law? Is it art? Is it engineering'?
No. it is none of these nor any of the oilier col
leges of this institution. Tho Nebraska may
rank high in various academic categories, none
of her colleges appears with the leaders as
rated in the Carncpic research statistics.
This school of the plains is one of versa
tility, but one of mediocrity, in educational
measures. It has a food business administra
tion college, a good arts and sciences college,
and is food in many phases, but exceptional in
none. No one treks across the nation to get a
specialized training; at Nebraska.
I maintain that football is the symbol of
the Cornhusker university. .Mention in the
fall that you hail from Nebraska and imme
diately a stranper will slrike up a conversation
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CAMPUS STUDIO
Tuesday, Dec. 14, 1937.
12:00 Ag. Eoarding Club.
5:00 Home Economics Club.
Daily Nebraskan
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IT'S l)OM
WHAT AKK WK
(;oi(; to do
vnoin it?
The American gunboat, Panay
is at the bottom of the Yangtze
river, sent there by bombs
dropped ,rom J.ipanese airplanes
Sunday. Eleven persons remain
unaccounted tor. One seaman is
dead as a result of wounds suf
fered in the bombing.
Japan follows up the incident
Willi most profuse apolopiis. laltes
full Maine for the damape, and
promises full reparation. The very
cB.se and smoothness of the apol
oj;y following; immediately after
the incident, almost as if timed,
pives one the feelinp of whlchinp
a well planned scries of events
which are poinj off pretty much
on si hedtile.
Japan "Oismayed."
Fnt'Tefl r s f' oinl-rliiss mitt?r at the
tn.ttwtu'c in Linoiln, Nchraskit. uniur
n conrts. Mjin-ft 3. IlitH. Mil at h spt
clal ral) ut tuuiK lluvili'tl lot in S0v!l n
llo:l. act of Vtor 3, 117. ntl)ori?u
lanuarv 2". W.2.
of foreign policy is entirely up to
the administration.
Congress Apprehensive.
Statements of several senators
give a rather accurate slant n
their views:
Senator MeCSirran: "We should
have been out of Oiinese w-teis
loop apo."
Senator Phistead: "What vvete
they doinp over there anyway?"
Senator Borah: "I don't see any
thing; in the situation that calls
for drastic action."
Senators from inland states
are most vehement in their in
sistence that we stay out of the
embroglio. They do not see that
protection of the some 100 mil
lion dollars of private industry's
investr.-ents in China are worth
the farce of seeing hundreds of
American men again dashing off
to a foreign war, to be blown to
bits by shells which, ironically
enough, were vary likely manu
factured in the United States.
WILLARD BURNEY TAKES
EDITOR'S JOB IN TEXAS
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dent representative on the athletic
boar.l of control, member of the
Fluent explanations are offered memb,.r (lf tnp student council, and
that the Japanese fly. is were tin-; , pr(.si(1(,nt f)f tn men-s professional
able to see the foreign flaps and an1 nonornry journalistic society,
they
did not know that they had filed
upon an American' vessel until
Monday morning; when
"found to their dismay'"
where the Panay ano the Stand
ard Oil eiaft were located coin
cided with the scene of the air at
lark. Japan's purpose in the attacks
is seen as a rather direct warn
ing to foreign nations to keep
out of her war. That she does
not wish to draw them into the
struggle is seen in her immedi
ate apologies for attacks. Yet
there is no doubt about her in
tent to keep them on their own
side of the fence. Speculation
runs riot as to what the United
States will do.
What About Neutrality Law?
The administration's policy is so
far one of ignoring; the neutrality
Sip ma Delta Chi.
As his reasons for leaving
(hat school, Biimey stated that the of-
rer or a K'D wa oi prime mi
1 port a nee. He decl!red that he ws
! uncertain as to what he would !o
j upon graduation in the spring, and
! that th incentive of a job now
i was sufficient to cause him to
j forego his A. B. drpree. Having
: sufficient houis to enter the law
J school, he hinted that he may re
i turn latir to enter the study of
I the legal profession.
al'out vour gridiron prospects. It is the eleven
. . - , . , . ir oiif oi ignoring llie neuiiHiiiv
men who pound the Saturday sod who gam ,aw )if kavjnR rn;ress out of the
llie recognition lor .Nei.raska ly piaving' liner- pu-ture and undei taking a deter
sectional games. They are the amliassalors
of r.nrtiett's establishment, traveling.' east to
Pittsburgh, west to Oregon, north to Minne
sota, and south to Oklahoma.
Where the railroads di not carry the fame
of the lluskers. newsprint and radio f.n. Ne
braska and its football are universal.
You may say, "Is ihis not true of all
'foot bailie' iiislilutioiis?" say no. for Har
vard's gridiiien share fame with the mhryonic
attorneys of that school. So do the footballers
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las-room tutor.
liven tho.-e
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not ball eleven
l,e v.Mrie as the
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hi- ilaMy iievv -pajti r or
J an mail cones tu the
agfull. Tins, we oiiist
liable in the
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halve honors with engineers at Georgia Teh.
the journalists at Columbia, and the soldiei-s
at West Point. Nebraska lias but one press
agent and that is football!
If this school were suddenly stripped of its
college of football." what would its reputa
tion be in five gears' Would it still be a na
tionally known ins! it ul ion of pnstigc Would
its eiiiollmi n1 st,J be propoi t innately large'
Pil'sonaliy. I doubt It. I believe ;f ihe
lluskir gridiron were allowed to grow tall
ttitli needs and the stadium allowed to crum
ble with inaetii ily. that ihe uiiiv i rsil y's name
would drop from 1h- nation's tongue. Thus
we must vow the situaltoti here in Lincoln
somewhat as tic comedian. .Iimmo- lliitantc.
i v.-.rds I. is oviigrown olfactory nri-an: it is
not pnttv. but he eapitaliis on il. It is not
com tort mg for us to know that seholasl n a ii v
t l.e I i,nrsit v of Nebraska does not rank high,
but let us iecognie football as our present
s;. I . a1 ion. and not begrudge Major .lorn s the
sal;, iv which l.e li'jhtlv earns!
. mined stand in the Kar F.ast. Con
gress is in a turmoil, with the
ever present fear that an unwis
I juggling of troops and naval forces
I hy the commander in chief may
involve the United Stats in the
Oiint:il fiachs.
i The Ludlow war referendum re
' mains in congress, with 23 signa
! tures required of the 21.V before
; the lull can be biought l.efoie the
i house. Slow moving as are most
procedures of such magnitude, it
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is unlikely that action on the bill.:
so vitally necessary in the present
inn rpeney, will lie forthcoming.;
As matters st;ind. determination ,
NEBRASKA
TYPEWRITER CO.
IV) No.tn 1 ifrtt E2
COMPOCERS FILE
FOK K0SMET SONG
CONTEST TONICHT
i 'o.t .fjijeii from I :::i 1 i
t m the 'hi iMinait holidays. This
w.tl give Cot:!, staf,'h ihe H'lVHIit
t.-.i of us.r.g tl.e v.'o .ilc.n pi rind
tu uiixh to work op tfe ii i nl M'-s
f.g wiitirs k'iouI'1 eof,i r,'r'
I'".! e'Jnrtc jainly on tui.ts f.nci
that if Hie ba'is on vilJ' ti tin y a ill
1 J J' .gcl Wnldf V. ill not tie
I . d i, ol 1 1 ltr f tec ti.n of fe
f l.;,l U, t use.g !i ol.J.-r lhat 'lc-5
j.i'iy l- a; pi op i late to the p!.,t
Al V'OIH- (oniielled 1 h t h- urn
rrsilv in any rajiaeity u e!igitl
f f tiling 'Ihir may I- dode
i; a,, t Kli.b off n. c ;;. f - .u 1 1
of the t.afa riiet t of the hool
Music building, or dirotly with
film- merulM r of tl Kluh.
14 SPEAKERS VIE
FOR DEEATE TEAM
POSTS TOMORROW,
inritimi d from Cage J
by lot. but will not te annouiKed
utitil uaidialily In fine 11, f try
outs. Ju.igii.g will It- basi'l i,u
d livery aid leg a of ar guri.i r.t .
ai. I the jijdgii. w.ll l,e thri-i-laiial
i;iiiveiMly dt.at.is
l "j; bt n ,' uli will t- h.
c..i h fi-agif i..,t ,. f ji it t
tu iio-.t iv-. Mis ar gun.er.'n will '
pit S" tiled in i.w- Jive r'il"i''e core
.l 'K'l'.e . i li. JoJIowi J I y .1
four minute rebuttal, to U
Iivered afler the dilivny ,f two
rn-gative Sfn -tVers
I MLhters must I"- present al
7 l.Y Anyone wishing to attend
the tryouts is invited.
ni i u i ai. lu i.i.i: i in
Kotmrt Klub.
All ailive im-rrilji-rs of Kosnie!
Kluh W'll meet in the rvniety s
ronir.s Hi Ihe hool of ri.usK at .'
p rn today for an oi,-.ilai.t s -i-
ion.
Sc.il.tinrd and Blade.
Ail pledge of Sabbard and
111; il.' w.ll lor.vi ne for a vi iv irn-
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; at Me l'J,t vla Tln-ta Imu'
Lounging
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for tin' ymiii'j
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.Ml ItV fellow a Hiirm
robe to r-lin am in t lie
morning, or when lir'n hludv.
Uig at nigbl. I lie l or plains,
in brown, Itlur or maroon,
(iood rpialilv of eolliiii liljri
keting. Mes 6 In 2(1.
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