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An anonymous article appears in this
month's Alumnus under the heading of "Nee
dles and Pins." In a few short pages is re
lated a seemingly exaggerated abundance of
trials and tribulations which have impeded the
path of two young persons who light heart edly
left their university life in 1936. Exaggerated
and unfair as the hardships seem, they never
theless are true, if the sincerity with which
the authoress writes can be any indication of
the authenticity of the facts.
The article opens with the phrase, "Back
in the gay, glad days of 1936, I was one of
several hundred unsuspecting graduates of
the University of Nebraska who swarmed out
upon the business and professional world."
. The story of the struggle that follows in the
attempt to live a happy married life in spite
of the bugaboos of unemployment, illness,
and constant thwarting arouses more sym
pathy than any fabricated movie screened
for the purpose of giving ladies a chance to
weep a few silent tears and men a chance to
shake their heads in sympathy.
But the fact that the story is sad is not the
important part of the article. Rather it is the
indictment which the article levels at univer
sity training which is significant. Believing
that many young college graduates are in the
same predicament as she and her husband, the
young authoress bitterly accuses educational
institutions of failure to accept the tremendous
responsibility to fit one for living. And by
proper training the authoress stresses the fact
that she means training not just for holding
; jobs, but also for meeting with a well adjusted
mental and emotional outlook the kind of
; struggling existence which youngsters fresh
out of college are being more and more forced
to accept.
One of the major criticisms which the
writer levels against the school is the fact
that negligible attempts are made when a
student enrolls in a college to ascertain his
vocational capacities, and even less actual
guidance is given him thruout his coiiig
career. "Also," the writer explains, "little'
knowledge of the really desperate employ
ment situation existing today seeps inside
JOURNALISTS HEAR GIL
MAN'S VIEWS ON CHI
NESE SITUATION. ,
(Continued from Page 1.)
and two British dailies there are
cores of tabloid or "mosquito"
sheet published by native Chinese,
the returned American related!
"These scandal sheets print any
sort of libel or Juicy bits of gossip,
and are forced to move their of
fices almost every other day to
keep ahead of the police."
GUman pointed out that news
papers in China play up details cf
ex crimes and print pictures
Arrow New Trump
has a
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1 A specially woven toft collar far long wear.
2 Mitrga shaped-ttvtt.
3 Scnforixed-ShrurJc for permantnt fit
i Authentic tyl.
S-All thii for only $1
ARROW SHIRTS
A new thlrt If ent trer-shrinl
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Thumriay. Friday and
Sunday tnrniiiKn of
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vrrslty of Nrhraftkn,
undrr the fiuprrvlftlmi
of thft Hoard of Publications.
the sheltered classroom walls. No university
can be expected to say to the deans of is
colleges: 'Cut your enrolment for the next
few years. . . Our graduates are standing m
line 30 deep for every potential job.' "
The authoress enlarges her statement by
going further and commenting, "I am not eon
testing or belittling the value of a college edu
cation. Indeed, an A. B. degree today is equal
to a high school diploma of 10 or 13 years ago.
Nor have 1 any idea of how a collegiate insti
tution can go as far as present day circum
stances demand that it should in equipping stu
dents to hold their own in a 1938 in which un
employment figures alarmingly." She does,
however, condemn the university for its lack
of vocational guidance and consequently its
output of misfits. As an example she points
out the work of her husband. Trained in po
litical science and economics, his job now, after
four years of arduous collegiate study and
eager anticipation, is stuffing envelopes. He's
done it for months, and unless something
breaks he'll prolmbly go on stuffing envelopes
until his hair turns gray. Consequently his
ambition is being slowly stifled and his sense
of values is becoming warped.
How should one view such an accusa
tion? It, is undoubtedly as real and true as
the writer has suggested. There is undoubt
edly a need for a change and a new interest
in the vocational capacities of the individual.
However, such a change could not be
wrought immediately and until university
officials could alter the setup to meet the
new need the student must try to do some
thing about the situation himself. There is
no restriction which would prevent an in
dividual from conferring with members of
the faculty in order to help him straighten
out his vocational plans. Neither is there
any restriction which would prevent a stu
dent from doing a bit of studying on the mat
ter himself, so that in future years his voca
tional outlook won't appear quite as dim
and blurred.
The conclusion drawn from this regret
table situation is that the university is neglect
ing one of its major responsibilities. But. we
must add sorrowfully, the student is not shar
ing his part of the burden either. A change
on both sides of the fence would help prevent
further tragedies such as that which has been
enacted in the life of the young Alumnus
authoress.
which would not be tolerated in
America,
Sino-Jap War at an End.
Hesrers at the luncheon were
surprised to find lengthy ac
counts of American and European
sportrng events written up on the
sports page and also section de
voted to American "funnies." Sub
scribers to the paper include the
severs thousand English speak
ing Chinese as well as Americans
and Britishers.
"They are fighting their last
battle." said Oilman reparding the
Sino-Japanese conflict. "From
now on the fighting will consist
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only of guerilla warfare which
'makes any kind of accurate re
' porting doubly hard for the news
papermen. 1 "Though the people are loyal to
the Chiang Kai-Shek regime, they
itre nevertheless realists If lhe
Japanese offer them p ce and a!
chance to make a living they will '
: submit passively and forget their i
loyalty."
disillusioned Grad, Faculty
; Member, Dorothy C. Fisher
Write for Current Alumnus
i (Continued from Tape J.
! the vital questions of the day. He
! quotes the dissenting articles of
i well-known alumni on the peace
question and adds his own plea
for international organization.
A'o in this issue, Delmar L.
Thombuiy writes the concluding
chapter of "My Years at Nebras
ka;" the (iist of a series of "Notes
' in a tirthday" appears; Kathleen
' G. Henrn, graduate of 1KP6. writes
: a sketch on Pu'grave Manor, the
. home of Washington's ancestors
I in England; and the usual "Caro
, pus Circle" and "Alumni Para
graphs" appear.
We have the Collar
-that wouldn't wear out
JN recent tors, the amsz
x ing new toft collar on
Arrow's New Trump shirt
fctill looked gnat after its
fiftieth trip to the laundry.
Fifty washings are ecjuaj to
two years of ordinary wear
which is some going for
the collar of any shin.
Like the rest of our
Arrows, the New Trump is
jvuiogi lorm-ct and Mnior-ired-Shrunk
. . . a new shirt i
tree u one ever shrinks.
ARROW SEW TRUMP
NEBRASKAN, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1938
r -. I
Harold f J
Niemann
THE MARTYR OF
THE POINT SYSTEM
Four years ago a smiline. black-
haired young man left the hills of
Hartington, the home of newspa
per men, to become a journalist
This popular, nonchalant young
man had had his share of experi
ence. He had worked behind the
plow; he had a fundamental knowl
edge of the functions of a news
paper. This young man was Willard
Burney, the "popular young first
semester senior in journalism col
lege" who Is spoen of in the cur
rent issue of the Alumnus. And
when he saw the greener field on
the side of the fence opposite the
school of journalism, of arts and
science college fame, he set out
for them. Because of his popu
larity and his knowledge of jour
nalism, he found his own fields,
went to them, and is making a
success of himself.
Caught In a Taught Line.
Altho we are anxious to watch
the success of anyone with a
stew of arts and science knowl
edge, Willard Burney's case has
created some new thought In a
different light. The "tightening
up along the entire line of edu
cation" caught Burney and oth
ers of us. But Willard was an
Innocent, a Daily Nebraskan
managing editor, Sigma Delta
Chi president. Corn Cob presi
dent, student rally head. Stu
dent Union Board of Control
member, and many other minor
things. Willard was an activity
man who was buried so deep
with important campus positions
that one wonders how he with
stood the ordeal physically.
He Was Only Human.
Now, and in years to rome, we
will tiiink of Willard Burney as
somewhat of martyr on this
campus. The new-deal activity
man Burney, finally showed other
members of extra-curricular as
sociations that one man wasn't
capable of doing everything. For
that reason, then, the Innocents
are undertaking to establish a
point system in activities similar
to that which women of this
campus have at the present time.
The Innocents can well afford
to attempt something construc
tive such as this. Their attempts
to become nationally recognized
into affiliation with the Blue
Key, national senior men's hon
orary, have been futile partially
on this account. To become an
Innocent on this campus, the
candidate Is forced to stick his
finger into every curricular-cake
on the campus. Like putting his
finger In the neck of a small
bottle, the activity man gets it
and can't get out. And it isn't
the point of not being able to get
out, it's the point of not want
ing to get out after three full
years. Only one member of the
present senior honorary has had
the courage to drop some of the
activities which put him in his
honored position.
AND EVEN THE COUNCIL
The social Student Council, too,
has been thinking about the point
system. Like the other functions
of the student representative body,
however, the usual committee is
working on the matter.
Byt Burney's absence, as the
Alumnus points out, shows
clearly the responsibility which
can be placed upon one man's
shoulders. Burney's prominence
in the field of activities is now
being difficult to match by any
two men. His case was the turn
ing point, we hope. "The best
minds of Nebraska" will not be
neglected if the Innocents will
be constructive this year and
institute a men's activity point
system.
Because he took a cow to college
with him, a atudent at Presby
terian Junior college, Maxton,
X. C, has been able to pay his
way thru college.
is
STUDENT
PULSE
A Plea
For the Facts
To the Editor:
Due to the rapidity with which
the Lincoln Cathedral choir is
sue has developed, not only have
many questions remained unan
swered but the points which have
been most discussed seem, to me,
to be relatively trivial.
It would seem, if the choir Is of
any real value to the university
or to the students, that Such mat
ters as practice rooms, financial
arrangements, conflicts with other
departments, and other such de
tails could be settled with little
difficulty. The questions that real
ly matter are, what do the stu
dents get from the choir that
is at all valuable; what particular
benefits would the university and
students as a body gain from the
affiliation; what is the real, fun
damental purpose of the choir?
Many of us do not yet under
stand these things. I would sug
gest that Nebraskan print a se
ries of articles, written by some
one who knows the facts, telling
of the true nature of this organi
zation. Then I believe there might
be some real basis for the crystal
lization of an informed student
openion.
G. K.
E
Coed Counselor President
Features on Program
Wednesday.
Jean Marvin, president of Coed
Counselors, spoke to the Freshman
A. W. S. society Wednesday after
noon at 5 o'clock in Ellen Smith
hall. Miss Marvin listed the pur
poses of the Counselors as a basis
upon which to establish real friend
ship among students, an intermed
iary for organized houses, and an
aid in orientation of new stu
dents. The Coed Counselors, formerly
known as the Big Sister board,
were begun about 20 years ago,
Miss Marvin said, and changed
their name because of similarity to
another organization's name.
There are 12 girls who head the
organization six affiliated, and
six unaffiliated. Six of the girls
are seniors, four juniors, and two
sophomores. The board is chosen
from prominent members of the
group, and positions are deter
mined by the number of votes re
ceived. About 100 new member
are chosen every year.
Every fall letters are sent to
prospective freshmen, and infor
mation is eiven bv the HH In vp.
rious ways during Freshman Day.
a party is given in the fall, and
unaffiliated freshmen girls are as
siened to the euldanre of
Coed Counselor. The society also
aismDuiea rresnman buttons, and
maintains a number of hobby
groups throughout the year.
RAMSAY TO ADDRESS
PALLADIAN MEMBERS
ABOUT 'OLD MEXICO'
(Continued from Page 1.)
after the basketball game.
Mr. Ramsay was in Mexico last
summer for some time and he will
talk on everything of interest In
our neighboring country from the
natives, the climate, and tourist
accomodations, to bullfights. He
will describe the pottery, mention
the Pan-American highway, and
has brought along colored slides to
illustrate his .lecture.
Sneaking: on Mexico the land
of contradiction, Mr. Ramsay will !
point out that it is exceedingly rich i
in natural resources, yet its people
are amonz the Doorext. With it !
prehistoric civilization it is one of
the oldest countries in the world,
yet it has one of the most modern
of capitols.
Mr. Ramsay la a well known
speaker, on this campus. All un
af.'iliatej university students who
are interested in attending, are
welcome to come.
Also on the program, which is
under the direction of Faith Med
lar, program chairman, is to be an
impromptu speech, an old custom
wnn ine society. Malcolm Hayes,
a member of the organization will
plav several fciano aelections. the
names of which he will reveal at i
the meeting.
Wearing shoe is a terrible price ,
to pay for an education, according '
to ingrid Larsen. coed at the Uni- ,
versity of Minnesota. At home in !
Hawaii she never wore shoes, so I
she doffs hers as soon as she gets
home from classes. !
Starts Tod ay 1
I'rimilire romance!
Children of nature living
enchanted lives In th
romantic land of "Mu
tiny en the Bounty."
4.
with
DOROTHY LAMOUR
JON HALL
MARY AITOR
C. AUBREY SMITH
THOMAS MITCHELL
JOHN CARRADINE
AiMara
tat
for
IS
All In Tchnito:r!
"THI MAN WITHOUT
A COUNTS"'
Xavlar CugM anf His
Orchaatra
reaulr k'r" Nawa
Coming! "Snow Whits
and ths Seven Dwarfs"
.
NEWS
PARADE
Tsrni Marions u ,
WHAT! NO
BELGIAN BABES!
The horror, the humiliation of
it all! An American citizen
being forced by a Japanese in
terpreter to sweep the floor! Like
the hot-headed Allison who had his
face slapped by a Japanese sentry,
the Wisconsin man who was "in
sulted" by an interpreter in Shan-
hat is getting a lot of publicity and
probably feels pretty much abused
about it all.
It seems there is no Belgian
Baby to be cut into little bits by
inhumanly cruel Japanese soldiers
and to be publicized with many
and lurid variations in all Ameri
can newspapers. And so all the
face-s!app"ing and floor-sweeping.
Accounts of the incident are
flaunted before the eyes of the
home public so that its wrath may
be aroused toward the atrocities
being performed.
That war will ever exist with
out the same sort of "incidents" is
a misguided sort of belief. For
eign troops in a warring country
may expect a sort of untouchable
immunity, but it is seldom forth
coming depending, of course,
on how precariously the chip is
unbalanced on a touchy shoulder.
Things aren't going so smoothly
for Hitler's plans, it seems. Nazi
followers are set up in several im
portant governmental spots. But
they're not in the departments of
finance and propaganda. And
what these departments mean to a
spread of the nazi influence can
easily be reen.
Hitler is insisting on the remov
al of Victor Kienboeck, governor
of the National bank of Austria.
Kienboeck is blamed for the break
ing off of trade negotiations. Then,
too, he has objected to having Aus
tria embark on Germany's four
year plan for economic self-sufficiency.
What seemed to be a rather soft
situation for der Fuehrer becomes
a little more complicated. But it
cannot be hoped that he will fail
to push the advantage he has
gained, and Europe is on edge
again, wondering exactly how far
he will go and just what is due to
happen next.
Johnny (id
Your Gun . . .
Haii-tripger congressmen are
ro-D.iv
V
Oh, hote thr tin , . .
and Urt, AM) IM S'.
CAROLE
LOMBARD
MacMURRAY
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Madeleine Carroll
Herbert Marshall
- "I WAS A SPY"
Twa Or it ttara at thlr
Emotional trill
once more waxing eloquent about
preparedness ana the peril the
peril the United States is in rt
the hands of unscrupulous f; ...
nations. Representative Scott of
the naval affairs committee points
to Japan's epionage on the west
coast and to the "dangerous pi0.
paganda" being spread througnout
South America by Germany ard
Italy. He urges passage of bills
to re-establish an army reserve ot
enlisted men and to increase the
authorized number of regular
army commissioned officers.
SCHOOL OF MUSIC
HONORS DR. COOK
THURSDAY EVENING
(Continued from Page 1.)
awarded to Nebraska students.
At the present time, Dr. Cook
is making a tour of institutions
thruout the nation, keeping in
touch with musical activities in
colleges and universities. He will
come here from Iowa, and after
his stay on the Nebraska campus,
will continue his tour thru Kansas!
"Ortho-Arscnated rhenoxyal
kanols" is the subject of an ar
ticle by Stephen B. Binkley, grad
uate student and Dr. Cliff Haniil
ton of the chemistry department
published in the Journal of the
American Chemical society.
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