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PAGE TWO THE DAILY NEBRASKAN, FK1DAY. JANUARY 7, 1938 THE DAILY NEBRASKAN THIKTY-SEVENTII YEAR EDITORIAL STAFF Mltar M MiM Awxielatr Mltnr .Don Magnet Manak-lm Editor , Helen Vtmra Ncwi tdlturt tuirrla Line. Howard Kaplan, Barbara Rnarwatar, Ed btetvea, Marjnrle Churchill, im tHky, BUSINESS STAFF Knitnrm Manatn Hob Wadhami Aaalalanl Manatrra ...Prank Johnwm, Art hot Hill Clrmlatloa Manatat Itanlcf Ulchaal O.N I HIM IStU'B Pel Lilltor . Msht rdlliir. . rafter .Kaplan Inder dlrrettun ol lh Mndent I'uhllcatlnn Hoar, tdllurial OWca lnlvrrH Hall 4. RunneM Off left I nivrralt Hall -. lelcnhnna llaj HI ml, Mghti Mills, imsn (Journal). SUBSCRIPTION RATE II. SO a rrar Klngl rtiy 11.00 rmnln 12. M mailed I etnti f l.M armratei mailed Entered at aeenad-tlan matter at Uta poitofflea la Lrnriln, Nehraaka, nndei art ot eonarrai, March g, IH1&, and at iprrlal rata ol poalaat provided fur In aertlnn UOS, act ol October S. mil, aolhorltrd Jannan to. IM. 1937 Member 1938 ftisocidod Cblle&ioto Press Distributor of Cblle6ioteDi6est Pobiuhed er luca day, Wadnatda. I'hnraday, frlda and MundH.v mornlnaa nl (ha academic year by attidrnta nl the linl verally f Nehraaka, tinder the anpervlftlna of i he Board of Pub lication a. National Advertising Service, Inc Celtic Pmbllsktrt Rrtrttntttivt 420 MADiaON Avi. NiwYork. N.V. Cnicaoo Sobton . San ynANciaco LOI AN1ILI rORTUAHO ATTkl Mr. Fling, Your University! Wentworlh. my friend, 1 see by the paper t7nt you're leaving your beloved alma mater. Since that fine course in second year French stuttered thru under you, I've imagined you as a man who would po ahead and do things. Besides a Utile more than an over-seas soldier's comprehension of French, T still remember some of the interestinp digressions on the effect the scientific study of phonetics is hav intr on t ho history of the language. Anyway that was an interesting and stimulating class. And 1 am glad you're going up in the pro fession. Hut Mr. Fling, speaking both yours and my official capacities, how could you have been persuaded to leave your position at Ne braska? If you will turn to-the Inquiring Reporter column for today you will find a number of reasons why your decision seems unwise. It is true that you have the prece dent, of a lot of other vigorous young men to follow in leaving Nebraska. Messrs. Donne and Stoke and Hicks and many others have gone out info the world to win reputations, which, of course, they expect to bring back to Nebraska for her glory and good name. There are reasons, however, besides the salient facts in the Inquiring Reporter col umn why you, Mr. Fling, should not leave Nebraska. Your teaching quarters were in the traditional educational atmosphere of the oldest building on the campus, University hall. How, Mr. Fling, can you trade your exciting life in Ye Ole Halle, paragon of architectural perfection and beauty, for a job in an endowed eastern school? What has Hamilton college in New York to offer to compensate you for the loss of your as sociation with numerous giant cockroaches? Your blood will stagnate without the stimulation of dodging falling bricks and mortar as you enter your building daily. You will miss interesting curves in the paint less and warped woodwork, to say nothing of the great rolls in the linoleum, and the homey melodies of the creaking floors. And too, you will probably develop a number of foolish hobbies minus the inordinate Ne braska teaching burden and plus the extra time you will have when the wind never comes thru the cracks and blows your papers helter-skelter several' times a day. And if you leave now, you'll miss the fun when the building caves in. Think about these things, Mr. Fling, and reconsider! Most significant reply in the Inquiring Reporter column today is the last, one, con demning the policy of no bonded indebted ness maintained by the state of Nebraska. The state is advertising Nebraska as the white spot on the map of the country, free from excessive taxation. The argument of the ad vertisements may be sound, but. the fact that Nebraska's taxes are low is reflected unfavor ably here at the universily. H is true that economy has been at the expense of youth. Incidentally, the "no bonded indebted ness" policy of Nebraska netted particularly dire results in the matter of the recent federal financing thru the YW'X and AVTA. The state's failure to match federal funds for buildings was a contribution to the 47 stales that did, which Nebraska could not afford to make. Other state universities got three and four buildings, financed jointly by federal and state funds. Nebraska needs buildings. The one charge in Mr. Englund's In quiring Reporter which is probably least well founded is the one pertaining to a poorly planned curriculum. Since several of the colleges have recently reorganized their curriculums, and that of the whole university is kept under competent surveil ance, the objections tendered in the Inquir ing Reporter are most likely little more than personal difficulties with the system. Concerning the charge of poor adminis tration as well as something of the reason for poor support of the university by the legisla ture, Paid T. lv bson speaking at the June 1937 alumni roundup, offered some good sug gestions. "This criticism of administrative leader ship," said Mr. Rabson after his statement that the middle west lagged behind the east in administrative leadership, is not personal, but a criticism of a system that makes it neces sary for a chancellor to devote more lime to politicians than to students." Mr. Rabson went to the heart of the matter when he laid the fault for the school's lack of support at the feet of the alumni, whom he charged with failure to attend reunion meetings, to boost the university with legis lators, and to make donations to the school. "I believe that a loyal body of alumni is essential to the good of the university," he declared, "and that such a body can be developed if the authorities set out to do it." Stepr Innes Prefers 'Goose v to Goose Flesh In China ....In yesterday's Daily Nebraskan an article appeared in which some worthy Montana muse and liberal was getting quite uneasy about bis inability to make up bis mind concern ing the Chinese situation. Finally, however, lie simmered it down to: "The liberal must choose between a hemic, gloriously foolish idealism and a sordid ami ugly, but very practical idealism." His conclusion sounded something like a young girl trying to decider v nether she should marry for money or love. His assumption is that if we don't dedicate ourselves to the business of ducking Japanese bullets in a gloriously foolish idealistic way, we shall all be doing the goose step in double quick time. Now, personally, I am an idealist; in fact, a gloriously foolish idealist I even believe in the limitation of human offspring, but when I find myself on the verge of offering my old Kentucky blood in defense of Chinese rights, including their rich, mellow culture one hears so much about, I just go to a news reel show ing the conflict, and somehow I become less war like. Despite the close up shots of the Amer ican flag flying on a sinking gun boat, ac companied by Gabriel Heatter's insinuations &nd the stirring background music, my red, white and blue emotions are curiously ab sent. All around me, however, thoughtful, patriotic liberals are shouting and display- by Merrill England f V, Catechism of Gripes The net gains of this university during the year 1937 may be sum marised by the various ratings she received. Ranking 16th In size among the universities of the United States, her football team rated the 14th spot on the na tional grid roster, and scholastic ally she ranked In the upper tenth, but what else did she gain? It might be a little strong to say "nothing;" but what Is there about this institution of higher learning that gives rise to the oft repeated definition, outside the ter ritorial boundaries of this state, which says: "Nebraska Is the state with Miss Louise Pound, the capi tal, and the football team." Facing the problem frankly, and one cannot say that there is no problem, we see that there must be something definitely wrong with the University of Nebraska, we must lack some things neces sary for the makeup of a truly great school. These student opinions are not offered as vitri olic would be witticisms; they were made by students who have an active interest In their university. From the student angle, the faults of the university are four fold: 1. Poor equipment, out of date phyiical plant, outgrown buildings. 2. Inadequate teaching staff of questionable administrative ability in places. An easy going executive department. 3. A poorly planned curricu lum. 4. Insufficnent fundi for keeping in step with education. These are directly traceable to: The attitude of the people of the state. At it is symbol ized by: The unicameral legis lature. J ing considerable animosity toward the Japa nese. All I can do is sit there and wonder at the Jaj facility for removing Chinamen from the landscape without having had the misfortune to have removed a few nationals before this late in the game. A little later, tho, my wrath was thoroughly aroused as a newsreel shot showed an old Chinese woman crying as she tried to wish her dead hus band back to life ; that is, I was mad after I discovered that the Nipponese were respons ible, and he hadn't starved to death after all in the fashionable manner of their rich, mellow culture. I cooled down a bit, when I observed the Chinese giving the Jap soldiers a hearty welcome to their city. Here I sat righteously indignant and the Chinese seemed to enjoy the idea maybe they like a parade. Rut we liberals must stick together, ns always. Last year we identified ourselves with the rich, mellow culture, or was it just votten culture of the Ethiopians: this year we feel the Chinaman is a fellow liberal in need of our moral aid. It appears that the next logical chromatic step will be to sympathize with white people somewhere, but not those unfortupate white people in America, of course that wouldn't be heroic, and gloriously fool ish ; besides, only a damned realist would notice that thousands of American children are undernourished. Rut we don't owe them a thing, because we know their parents have dirty communistic tendencies, ns they are al ways wishing for something to happen, in order that Ihey may buy their children warmer clothes. Even so, we liberals may give those people something to do. We may herd them off to defend the Chinaman's rights, and our fight slogan will be "Make the World A Cleaner Place to Live In every Chinaman You Save May Open a Laundry." Arts and Sciences senior: "I find fault with the saintly attitude of the deans. We college students aren"t exactly angels, but neither are we as immoral as we're cracked up to be. We ob ject to being told that we must go to bed at such and such an hour, and that we may smoke just so many cigarettes a day." Bizad junior: "This is a hell of a campus. If you traveled all over the United States and made a survey of col lege campuses, I doubt if you could find one in the country where buildings are in such rotten shape. I want to be proud of my school, and who can point with pride at this collection of con demned shacks? Arts and Sciences Junior: "We lack professors -I mean real ones. The poor pay given to professors here makes this uni versity just a proving ground for profs. As soon as an instructor gets to be good, ie is snapped up by some school which pays its men salaries, unless he has either a personal fortune or an overdose of love for Nebraska. So most of our profs are just cold potatoes, left overs- if they could get a better job they'd take it, but they can't, so the students are stuck." Arts and Sciences senior: "In certain respects, the cur ricula is all wrong. For example, why should a pre-legal student just because he is registered in a certain college be forced to take chemistry and a lot of other courses which will he entirely use less to him in his work? He is merely wasting his time and his money. The same is tnie of the pre-med student who, because of the college in which he is regis tered, must take such courses as biz org. "Courses should be correlated to form a vocational background fo? the profession. This can be done without narrow specialization. The pre-law student should be allowed to get aa much history, political science, journalism, Dnplish, eco nomics, speech and such courses a3 he can. His time is too short to adequately cover all of them anyway, so he shouldn't have to go off on a tangent nnd fool around with subjects like chem istry." Art and Sciences senior: "The trouble with the university is that instead of going forward with other educational Institutions of its kind, It has just stayed where it has been for the past 10 years and marked time. Com parisons are odious but inevitable, and when this school is placed be side others, that fact is provon. "Chicago, for example, with its marvelous equipment, can't even be compared with Nebraska. I'll admit that equipment doesn't necessarily make a fine school, but it helps." Arts and Sciences sophomore: "In the good schools of this country, students are offered the opportunity to study under inter national authorities on various subjects. Their interest is stimu lated by pride in their school, and an impetus to work is given by the fame of their instructor. We do have two or three, but there ought to be 20 or 30." "There, the competition for posts is terrific and instructors put everything 'they have into their work. The benefit goes to the student." Arts and Science junior: "So many of the instructors, some of the best ones in fact, have unpleasant habits which make it hard or even impossible for a student to keep up in his classes. For example talking too fast for accurate note-taking, cov ering material so slowly that it is boring, failing to discuss important topics, stressing trivialities, talk ing as if the class weren't even there, failing to speak loudly, clearly, and distinctly, putting his hand up in front of his face so that students hear only a mumble instead of words and a lot of other things." Arts and Sciences senior: "Even if we do have some men rather lacking in drive and initia tive at the head of things, it's not so much their fault as it is the fault of the attitude of the state in general. "Maybe we're too proud of that statement 'No bonded indebted ness.' I think it would be just as well to go a little into the hole to give the young people a chance to get an education. I read some where that last year, this state spent twice as much en relief cli ents as it did on the university and the normal schools. It seems sort of funny to concentrate on the ! result and let the cause go. It isn't J the trained and educated people who are on relief and it does seem that the state should be a little less proud of its economies at the expense of its youth, "This is an agricultural state, all riRht, but is that any reason why we can't have brains and ed ucation here?" If that means anything to you. The Song as She Is Sung. A running account, as it were, of the verse would read thus: "Of all the girls I've known and I've known some; until I first met you I was lonesome; and when you came in sight, dear, my heart grew light and this old world seemed new to me. You re really swell, I have to admit it; you deservo expressions that really fit you, and so I've racked my brain, hoping to explain all the things you do to me: "IW.l MIR BIST DU SCHON "Please let me explain. "B1CI MIR BIST DU SCHON "Means that you're grand. "HEI MIR BIST DU SCHON "Again I'll explain, "It means you're the fairest in the land. "I could say Bella Bella, "Even say Voonderbar; "Kach language only helps to tell me "How grand you are. "I've tried to explain "BEI MIR BIST DU SCHON "So kiss me and say you understand." AROUND AND ABOUT (Continued from Page 1.) are aware of the translated meanings, we may lose our en thusiasm sheepishly. As a former "Vienl Vieni" fan putt It, "You feel awfully silly when you know you've been saying 'Come, come come'." The almost magical appeal of "Bei Mir Bist Du Schon" bears close dissection little better than the swingier "Vieni Vieni." Altho the harmonies call forth glowing eyes from the musicians, it is supposed to be hard to sing. And altho the lyrics seem part of its fatal fascination, they are char htierized by repetitious simplicity. Sheet music for the pieces gives forth this information: "Original lyrics by Jacob Jac obs." "Music bv Sholom Secunda." "English version by Cahn-Chap- lin." "Copyright by Harms, Inc., New York." "By arrangement with J. and J, Kammen Music Co." "Featured by Leo Forbstein." ACTION! JACK RANDALL In 'STARS OVER ARIZONA' Alwayt a Seat for lot 2 BIG HITS LINCOLN'S OWN BENNY BAKER In "LOVE ON TOAST" LIBERTY MARTHA MORROW TALKS BEFORE FRESHMAN A.W.S. Martha Morrow, president of Tassels, spoke on th organization, work, and membership require ments of Tassels at the first fresh man A. W. S. meeting of the new year, held Wednesday afternoon at 5 o'clock in Ellen Smith hall. Edith Knight gave a report on parliamentary law. Jean Simmons presided. Judith Leonson acted as secretary. Miss Leonson will act ns president of the next meeting and Evelyn Long, aecreatry. Chicago' $ Greatest. Swing Sensation! 1IMMIE JACKSON with hit 11 matter tnttrttlntrt ten onu a radio network ttar. 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