PAGE TWO
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN, SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 6, 1938
Club Formation Hits
A Saturation Point
Our colleges, emerging from the medieval
cloister, thru Oxford and Cambridge with a
dash of Heidelberg, in architecture from Gothic
thru early Georgian and middle American
cheesebox back to Gothic again, have come a
long and interesting way. Not least interest
ing is the fact that thru the whole history
runs a conflict between the corporate body and
the individual, between formality and informal
ity, between the classroom and the extra
curricular. And it is the attempt to hitch the
latter conflicting elements into the same har
ness that has resulted in an oversupply of
needless clubs on the university campus today.
In the hope that additional student in
t terest may be aroused in a course, practically
"every department of the university organ
izes and maintains a departmental club to
supplement its classroom work. What is
tragic about this sort of situation is not the
fact that the clubs are organized, but that
the clubs in most cases are only half-heartedly
supported. At the same time that one
can picture a harassed and embarrassed
teacher trying to glow with enthusiasm over
cathedrals, castles or culture, one can usually
see a student group coerced, bored and un
responsive. Thus, the formation of most of
our campus clubs merely ends in the ac
complishment of nothing and the waste of
time which might have been utilized to bet
ter advantage.
Since the practice of forming a club for
most, every course is so prevalent on the cam
pus, the result is vsually a merry-go-round of
club activity for the average student. And the
net result of this merry-go-round is a lack of
enthusiasm for any club activity. Thus, what
might have been given advantageously to the
student in classroom procedure merely ends in
futility. One need not gainsay the part played
by organizations scholastic, fraternal and so
cial in enriching our colleges, and yet be con
vinced that, in the small school especially, a
saturation point, has been reached and a reac
tion may be salutary.
The question rises finally: If interests
are not awakened in the class, what is the
use of trying to make a club supplement
classroom work? Students and faculty mem
bers interested in their subject and by them
is meant the small and valuable band of the
truly interested ought most easily to find
their common interest in the atmosphere of
study and (daring to use the word) labor.
It seems to be forsaking the real interest of
a subject far too often by trying to generate
a false exuberance thru get togethers, pic
nics and steak fries.
An older generation seemed to find occu
pation for its leisure despite a comparative lack
of campus diversion. The later educational
school considers, on the contrary, that the
greatest evil that can befall a student is to be
let alone. It is the present belief, however,
that our boundless faith in the education value
of high power campus organization rests on a
fallacious mistaking of youthful animal spirits
for true enthusiasm. The latter is a quality
altogether too rarely brought to our colleges
and our life. The system of campus club estnb
lishment might prove safer if it were to take
note of this fact.
Daily Nebraskan
EntfrfO at rccnd-rlkii mutter it the
pnttr.f fi,-e in Lincoln, Nebraska, under act
of congress, March 8, 1879, and at apectal
rate of postage provided for tn aectlon 1108.
act of October S, 1617, authorized Janu
ary 20. Wli.
Last Ponca Chief Brings
Tribal History to Dr. Bell
(Continued from Page 1.)
SO years younper than his chief
tain, and who is a member of the
Ponca tribe, attends the old man
with the same watchful and im
passive care that a well trained
prime minister mipht give his lord
and monarch. Birdhead, in turn,
in spite of his shabby working
men's clothes and moccasins,
treats LeClair with with gracious
condescension of a European ruler.
According to LeClair, who is him
pelf three-quarters French, Bird
head is the onlv full blooded Ponca
in the tribe of' 300 or 400 Indians
in the Niobrara region.
Bell Gather Material
Through his daily visits with
Birdhead and LeClair, Dr. Bell ex
pects to gather the information to
write another book in the series
of "Chapters in Nebraska Archae
ology," and later the archaeologist
may write Birdhead's biography.
Dr. Bell also plans to have Bird
head's hands holding the peace
pipe and the chieftain's head mod
eled in clay and later in wax to
be presented to the university
museum.
When the pipestone quarries
were first discovered by the
Poncas shortly after their migra
tion into the Niobrara territory,
more than ten generations ago, the
tribe fashioned a peace pipe in
which to smoke the peace offer
ing after skirmishes with other
Indians. The pipe has been handed
down from chieftain to succeeding
chieftain ever since. Soon after
Birdhead and Dr. Bell worked to
gether this summer, tbe chieftain
gave the pipe to the archaeologist.
No white man and few Poncas
have ever seen the pipe un
wrapped. Dr. Bell has offered the
pipe to the museum to be kept for
future Ponca Indians.
Pipe Similar to Bible.
"The pipe is more sacred to the
Toncas than our holy Bible is to
us." Dr. Bell declared. "The 'way
of the pipe' is the good life, their
symbol for right living:. The chief
tain has a name that means 'He
who holds the pipe.' "
Besides acting as interpreter
and minister to B-- dhead, Pete Le
Clair adds a few reminiscences of
his own to the picture of Indian
civilization which Dr. Bell is try
ing to piece together. The children
of white pioneers may have been
frightened into behaving them
selves by threats that the Indians
would scalp them, but LeClair
gives a different slant to the
matter. "My grandfather used to
rcare me by saying the white men
would kidnap me," LeClair remembered.
CHERRINGTON SPEAKS
. ON TUESDAY EVENING
ABOUT U. S. DEFENSE
(Continued from Page t )
fif the Geneva School of Interna
tional Studies.
While a student at Nebraska,
Dr. Cherrington was unusually
active In athletics as well as aca
demic organizations. He is a mem
ber of Piij Kappa Psi, Delta Sig
ma Rtio. and Kappa Delta Pi. Fol
lowing his gradurtion from here,
he went to the University of Cali
fornia as general secretary to the
V. M. C. A. For several years he
was BHHisUtit football coach and
couch of the t'niverbity of Cali
fornia basketball team.
Dr. Cherrlrigtnn has spoken be
fore the principal education
groups m the United States and
has presided over several notable
round tables. His frequent trips
abroad and his prominent position
in International academic circles
wiill qualify htm to speak on the
subject which he will bring to the
rpen meeting on Tuesday nl'ht.
CHIPS
(Continued from Pag 1.)
Ualrie: Tea, and am I ever
hungry:
Then, after the date, tha ques
tion undoubtedly arises as tc
whether Jot should be put en the
blacklist and hit photo In tht
Rogue's Gallery, or whether bit
nama should be written In tht
Slue Book.
Tht enslrtt way to avoid red
tape, of course, it to datt a
oo -c (4
Board to Hold State-Wide
Scholastic Compet
April! 1-1 2.
April 11 and 12 have been set
as the dates for the University of
Nebraska's ninth annual regents
scholarship contest in the high
schools of the state. A total of
250 scholarships, valued at about
$70 each for the freshman year,
will be available for 1938, says Dr.
A. A. Reed, director of the uni
versity extension division.
Last year 1880 student in 428
high schools participated in the
competition and more than 200 of
these studenta are in school at the
present time. More than 1,000 stu
dents from over the state have
been awarded these scholarships
since they were made available
nine years ago.
Following the custom of other
years, awards will be made on the
basis of scores made in several
testa, including an English classi
fication test, two psychological
examinations, an English composi
tion test and another test of read
ing ability. Aji equally large num
ber of contestants are expected to
take part in the competition this
spring, as each fully accredited
and each minor accredited school
is eligible to enter those students
who are in the upper fourth of
their graduating class.
Dr. Reed announces that in addi
tion to the 250 scholarships, niim-,
ber of honorable mention certifi
cates will be given, recipients of
these being in a position to use
any of the unclaimed scholarships
after next Sept. 1. All entries in
the contest must be In the office
of the university extension division
by Monday, March 14.
Teachers Really Normal
College Survey Shows
(Continued from Page 1.)
probably an expression of norm
alcy that the women are primarily
interested in homemaking. Furth
ermore, the ratings indicate that
the majority of women have aver
age feminine interests and that
they are quite homogeneous in the
interests which they exhibit."
A high degree of correlation was
found between the interests of
people in the occupational groups
ol general office worker, stenog
rapher and housewife, but this
sameness of interests docs not nec
essarily mean the same abilities
to carry on any one of the three
types of work. The scores revealed
that 73 of the women tested
wanted to be married. 35 didn't
know and 6 answered in the neg
ative. Only 11 said they wanted
to follow a career after marriage,
while 71 did not.
While 06 of the women tested
had a stated interest in leaching
at the present time, only 14 listed
teaching as a chief interest 10
years hence as compared to 32
men who listed teaching as an ob
jective at the present time and 7
of them who listed It as their chief
interest 10 years from now.
In order to devise tests that
measure the student's interests in
various occupations, Interest jiat
tems of individuals now employed
in the various occupations are re
corded an compared with the in
terests shown by the students.
Such examinations, says Dr. Stuit,
are important because they help
the student to not only know his
interests but to more accurately
analyse them.
"Men appear to b more varied
in their interests, although they do
.seem to be more definitely inter
ested in education as a Ufe work,"
says Dr. Stult "While the inven
tory test does not give conclusive
evidence concerning a student's
vocational interesta. It does throw
considerable light upon vocational
problems."
Marian Cmhing Fills
Vacancy in Executive
Council at Ag Campus
Marian Grace Cushing was
elected to fill the vacancy on the
Ag executive board at the board's
meeting Thursday evening. The
vacancy was created through the
resignation of Naomi Domingo.
Plans are under way for the
spring party, which the Ag exec
utive board promises to be the
biggest ever staged. According to
word received from the board, an
orchestra shell will be purchased
for the stage out of the board's
permanent fund.
(fandoA.
By 1
Harold f"( ,
Niemann
BON VOYAGE.
GUNNER BACK
BURNETT TO ADDRESS
Rev. R. A. McConnel to
Assume First Plymouth
Post Friday Night.
Chancellor E. A. Burnett will
speak before a dinner to be held
at 6:30 o'clock. Friday, Feb. 31, at
First Plymouth church in honor
of the installatijn of Reverend
Raymond A. McConnel as pastor
of the church.
The dinner will be one of the
three meetings scheduled for the
installation day. In the afternoon,
ministers and delegates to the in
stallation will review proceedings
and will hear a paper by the new
pastor setting forth his experience
and beliefs.
At 8:00 Friday evening, the
formal installation service will
take place, with Dr. Rockwell Har
mon Potter of Hartford, Conn., of
ficiating. All university students and other
rerst.ns interested are invyted to
any of the three meetings.
j PROF. WINN ACKER
TO ADDRESS P. B. X.
TUESDAY EVENING
(Continued from Tate 1. 1
'courts in the Dreyfus rase, and
j will show that all information con
cerning the case tends to prove
j-reyrus innocence.
With the knowledge that many
Frenchmen still believe Dreyfus
was guilty, Professor Winnacker
will discuss some of the mysteries
remaining in ihe rtinru u.
j also tell of the influence that the
case has had in French political
affairs.
Another highlight of the session
will be two vocal solos Ty Mrs.
James Wadsworth, accompanied
by Professor Wads-worth. Mrs.
Wad-worth will sing "Carmena"
by H. Lain Wilson, and "J'ai
pleare en revu" by Hue.
JOURNALISM SORORITY
PLEDGES 13 SATURDAY
(Continued from Page 1.)
Miss Mamie Meredith, and Mrs.
Charles H. De ford, Jr. The tea
table was set In the colors of the
group, green and purple.
Guests at the service were R. J
Crawlord, Lawrence Pike, and
Gsyle C. Walker, the group sd
viaer. Nationally known women from
the Nebraska chapter of Theta
Sigma Phi include Dorothy Can
field Fisher, Ruth Rryan Owen,
Mart Sandoz, and Bess Streets
Aldrich. Marjohe Heller, author of
"Live Alone and Like It." and
Zona Gale also belong to the or
ganisation. Dr. Jay Jonea, instructor in
English at the Vniveislty of Tenas,
got even with some "blight boys"
in his cla. Before Dr. Jones came
to class, one of the students wrote
on the board, "Dr. Jones will not
have classes Wednesday." By the
time he arrived, another student
had applied the eraser to leave.,
'Dr. Jones will not meet his lasses
Wednesday." Not to be outdone,
Dr. Jones erased one more letter.
Yes, Mr. Back, we know the
trials and tribulations that you
have gone thru while you were
here. We have read about you,
heard you, but, on the whole, think
you're pretty swell. Of course we
don't know whether it was your
idea or the idea of this institution's
higher officials with whom you
commonly associate. We mean the
idea of instituting a new course on
this campus that was beginning to
keep the university abreast with
the times. We wouldn't have to
take our hats off to you, like we
would the higher university offi
cials, but we're going to anyway.
We think, Mr. Back, or we
would like to think, Mr. Back,
that it was your efforts that In
stituted your semester-old course
in radio continuity. And vi
know that you know that if this
school is to be even a period in
the "white spot of the nation"
we must continue where you left
off. Probably you wouldn't go
so far as to say that the spark
of advancement is gone, but that
is just bow we feel, and we cant
help it, Mr. Back. We had some
big ideas and we know that you
did too.
Why, do you know that univer
sities and colleges all over the
country even institutions not in
the "white spot" are emphasizing
radio to a greater degree? Well,
we know you do because we heard
you say just that thing one time.
In many places, courses in radio
technique are being given for
credit while in about 200 schools'
officials take hrg of campus
radio activity.
Tune In and Learn.
But our big ideas, Mr. Back,
were a lot bigger than just your
radio continuity course. After all,
even the student council was going
to utilize that medium in order to
give itself some free sdvertising.
We think that we are capable of
looking to the futureto the fu
ture when many -university classes
will be conducted by radio. You
see. Mr. Back, then we wouldn't
have to get up so early in the
morning, we would have more
time to eat, we wouldn't catch cold
in wintry weather, and we could
concent! str in the solitude of our
homes. We could take a final
examination to test whether or not
wc had tuned in regularly.
They Just Do.
We have conoluded, however,
that Nebraska people arent like
that, Mr. Back. They like to get
up with the chickens, swsllow
toast and coffee en the way to
classes, and get out in the wide
opes spaces. They would prob
ably come to class Instead of
tuning in because, ynu see,
everyone feels thst be must de
vote an hour to social sessions
In the halls of Social Science.
We know that you know that
we're not building air castles, too.
Mr. Back. Altho we have plenty
of air out here in which to do our
building, it's back east where we
can already see the realization of
our dreams. Even in Iowa several
courses are taught by radio. As a
method of weeding out those indi
viduals who are at school merely
because there is nothing else to do,
instructors there claim this system
is unbeatable. There is no com
pulsory attendance and no records
sre kept except the results of the
final examinations which ai-e not
given by rBdio.
Now Back East.
Those people back East always
seem to grab on an idea before we
out here in the "white spot"' can.
At Harvard, after years of experi
mentation with the broadcasting
of college lectures and other fea
tures, the university has adopted
the rsdio as a regular part of its
educational machinery.
Yes, Mr. Back, we think you
had something in your course
that scratched the surface and
would eventually grow Into one
of our big ideas. We hope thst
your efforts were only the begin
ning. Yet, we know thst our tola
ideas were your hope. Wf also
know, Mr. Back, that our hopes
are that those higher officials
with whom you associated think
In the same channels as you.
In Defense of Recent
Diplomatic Action
a.
TO THE EDITOR:
In the Contemporary Comment of yester
day's paper appeared an article written by
one Boyd Innes with regard to the "diapered
diplomats" in the pay of the stale department
of the United States.
- We feel that we should first point out
that any individual has a right to his own
opinion on any subject, with the reservation
that some context of the truth must he found
in the original premise upon which that opinion
is postulated.
In s&id comment by Innes we find little
of inch context of the truth, and it is to a
fallacious opinion be ted upon entirely an er
roneous concept of the policies and duties of
the members of the state department that we
shall refer in the following: lines.
Upon approaching members of the edi
torial staff of the student newspaper, we were
informed that the Daily Nebraskan would be
glad to print opinions on both sides of any
question. In this instance, we again feel failed
upon to point out that in the ease of action
undertaken by the state department, there can
be no dual interpretation.
International comity, those rules and
usages which develop from past actions under
taken by states in the conduct of their interna
tional relations, must be differentiated from
international law. There is only one interpre
tation of those rules under which representa
tives of the government abroad, may, and
do act.
It must be nnderstood before we enter
upon any discussion of the particular case in
question, that diplomatic representatives
abroad are not in any way acting" ai individ
ual citizens abroad, but are acting- in the
best interests of the commonwealth from
which they receive their appointments. In
the United States, these representatives are
appointed by the president, by and with the
consent of the senate, and in that capacity
they are acting as representatives of the
president and the entire populace of the
United States, and do undertake such actions
as would be commendable in the president
himself. In brief, individual and personal
interests must be subjugated to the impor
tance of national interests.
Innes. in his criticism of the assistant sec
retary of the Nankins legation, the post held
by Mr. Allison, and the conduct of that oi'fi.
rial with retard to Ihc "slapping" incident
has based his comment upon one of two
premises:
. Kither Allison should have viewed sui-h
affront to the American government as di
rected toward him. personally, and undertaken
satisfactory personal reprisals, or
2. Allison should have immediately over
looked the entirely of the incident.
It (the "slapping" episode) was not an
affront directed at any ti year old youth who
consequently ran crying home to mother, but
was an affront directed toward the govern,
ment and ihe peoples represented in China ly
Mr. Allison. Such "slapping" administered
by one in the uniform of the Japanese govern
ment can only be construed as an attempt,
either undertaken jof the soldier's volition or
following upon governmental or official edict,
to impugn the authority of the tinted Statu 5
e 1 llllllill ninj in miqi irnin, willed
rights had been granted thru international law
and coinily.
The report of Allison to the state de
partment was not that of a whimperer, but
that of a man honestly attempting to convey
such news as he saw fit regarding the tense
ness of the SinoJapanese situation, to his
duly authorized superiors, and in line with
the duty of his post.
Such an interpretation.- which we believe
verified and strengthened by perusal of inter
national relations and ihe conduct thereof,
leaves no room for ihe type of criticism voiced
bv Bovd Innes. Kcspectfullv submitted.
DAVID BLANCHARD,
B. A. TINKLE.
PROM COMMITTEE
ABOLISHES OLD
DOORWAY VOTING
(Continued from Page 1.)
25th. The committee will submit
the candidates' pictures to various
publications before the prom.
Those in charge of the annual
dance intimated that they had
numerous plans for the elected girl
that depend on her selection pre
vious to March 4, the date of the
party.
Built around the prom girl
elected at the newly Inaugurated
election, the committee disclosed
thst it is laying plans for a more
impressive presentation than em
ployed in the immediate past. The
plot will be coined from a student
contest, the winner of which will
receive a prire of $10. All plans
must have a maximum production
i cost of $25 and should be handed
I to the co-chairmen in the Pailv
I Nebraskan office before February
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