Thursday, April 2, 1942
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DAILY NEBRASKAN
fcORTY-MKSl VKAK.
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toln. Nebraska, under Act of Congress Mar.'h 3. 1879.
and at special rate of postage provided for in Section 1103.
Act of October 3. 1917. Authorial September 30. 1922.
Published Daily during the rriool year except Mondays and
Baturdays, vacations and examinations periods by Students of
the University of Nebraska under the supervision ot Ui Pub
lications Gourd
ri rices . Union Building
Day 2 . 1X1. Nii;ht 2-7193 Journal 2-3330.
Editor Paul E. Svoboda
Business Manager Ben Novkoff
KDITOKIAL OKI'AKTMKNT.
Managing Editor Marjorie Bruning, Hob Krhlator
News Kditors Choree Abbott, Alan Jacobs,
June Jamlejion, Heln Kelley. Marjorie May.
Sports Kditor . Bob Miller
Member Nebraska H.ss Aufcciation, 1941-4
H I M N t ! I) i ; r A K 1M i : N I .
AssiMant Bus Managers Hetty Dixnn, Pliil Kantor
Circulation Manager Sidney Si-.iiwaita
All insimied editorials are the opinion ot the editor and
should not be construed to reflect the views ol Hie ad
niiiuslralioii or ot the unixersily.
'Help Wanted'
Comes to UN
Campus Again
The power of smooth language ami high
pressure salesmen are known everywhere for
their aniazinj? ahility to sell-people of all classes
absurd products for which they have no use.
But probably as the most productive of such
lueralive localities, the average university cam
pus is uncontested. For gullibility and sub
mission to passing fads and fancies, the col
legian confirms himself as the prize sucker."
A few days ago the Daily Nebraska n ran a
Story concerning a certain company which
was looking for "representatives" from the
hundreds of students soon to be leaving the
university for summer employment. These stu
dents naturally want to make as much money
during their three months vacation as possible,
and, therefore, seize upon any lucrative prop
osition offered. localizing this fact, this par
ticular company working on the idea that the
"early bird gets the worm" gets ahold of
ambitious studenls and sells them on the idea
of easy nmney during the summer months.
The same company was down on the campus
In U.W at which time the Daily Nebraskan
under the editorship of Howard Kaplan under
took an investigation of the particular com
pany and found that the Federal Trades com
mission had ordered the firm "to cease and
desist from n presenting to prospective repre
sentatives that they will refund deposits or pay
any specific sums of money or salary .. .unless
they fully disclose all the terms upon which
refunds or payments art; actually made."
Since that time the commission rulings have
been changed, but this provision still remains.
So when the student signs an employment
contract with the firm he should take par
ticular care 1o scrutinize carefully all the pro
visions there, for the company rest rves the
right (it is entirely within ihe law) 1o abro
gate the contract at any time if ihe employee
Eleanor n Me
I By Alan Jacobs j
"Vilh campus conditions developing . they
are, the future for a private dcteetive is much
better than for a poor journalist, So donning
our mustache, applying some Max Factor van
ishing cream, putting on our brown tweed-detective
suit, and acquiring that innocent but
determined look, we notify all junior women
that we may be hired for a nominal sum as
special investigator, deluxe.
Here is the sovrce the evil and also the
inspiration for our decision to become a Sher
lock Holmes:
CLASSIFIED
LOST Brown saddle-leather, billfold
containing a couple of dollars and three
keys very important, on Thursday be
tween school of music and Morrill hall
from 8 to 10 in the morning-. Reward of
fered, because I want this back very much.
Call Shirley Russel, Cornhusker office, Stu
dent Union, or 6-1814.
We're not giving out any information or
anything, but we crawled on our nose from
Morrill to Ihe music school by every conceiv
able route. And although we are not saying
anything it could be !
So you junior activity girls who have been
wearing your eyes to a dot in every dark cor
ner in every remote part of the campus in
search of the wallet, this is to inform you that
we are the kind of super-detective who cap
tures the burglar before he steals, who arrests
th? murderer before he kills, who solves the
crime before it is committed, and who finds. ,
Our fees are reasonable for prospective
Mortar Hoards.
Now what do prospective Mortar Hoards
have to do wilh the loss of a billfold?
Ask Eleanor 'n Me.
sers are connected in any manner
with public schools or other edu
cational institutions, or that the
Volume Library or any other simi
lar publication is prescribed as a
text book or required 10 oe uaeu
in connection with school work."
Hire Many.
The Volume Library sell now
from $11.75 to $17.75 and are sold
thru agents. Over twice as many
agents are hired in summer than
the rest of the year.
The Better Business Bureau
has cases in its files which show
that canvassers have been found
to have gained admission to houses
by implying that they came from
the schools attended ly tne cnu-
dren of prospective purchasers,
and sales talks are so worded as to
hint that the book is a necessary
requirement in such schools.
Also on record are cases in
which students hired as solicitors
claimed that the contracts of em
ployment given to them were misleading.
The first complaint was issued
against the association on June 2,
1937, when the trade commission
issued a complaint against the
corporation, certain officers and 13
individual representatives charg
ing unfair competition in the in
terstate sale of the Volume Library.
The corplatnt a,s charged the
corporation with inserting mislead
ing advertisements in newspaper,
"Help wanted" columns.
does not live up to the letter of he contract
which he has signed.
For example, the BKTTEK BUSINESS
11UWEAU of Lincoln cited a ease where an
employee had been offered a special prize for
contacting customers early in the morning and
had fulfilled his part of the bargain except for
putting little stars by the names of the persons
whom he had visited. The company immedi
ately broke the contract for the bonus with
him, asserting that the employee had not
properly fulfilled his contract. Thus, by seiz
ing upon technicalities the firm was able to
save the money which had been promised.
There are many such concerns operating in
the United States. All of them are careful
to stay within the bounds of the law, but in
some instances various control agencies take
cognizance of their "illegal legal" operations
ami attempt to do something about it. Un-
explainably, there is always a loophole left
through which unscrupulous organizations
squeeze.
THUS. THE DAILY NEHUASKAN GIVES
FAIR WAKNINli. IT IS AN ADMIRABLE
TRAIT TO ASSERT "KUvHJED INDIVID
UALISM" BY SPENDING THE SUMMER
MONTHS EARNING MONEY FOR SCHOOL
NEXT FALL, BUT TO ASSERT ONE'S IG
NORANCE BY LEAPING BEFORE ONE
LOOKS AND LOOKS HARD AND LONG
DENIES THE VERY PURPOSE FOR WHICH
ARDUOUS HOURS ARE SPENT EARNING
MONEY To CONTINUE ONE'S EDUCA
TlON.
Association . .
(Continued From Page 1.)
formed into association, or that
th- business operated by them was
anything other than a private bus
iness enterprise for profit.
When the association petitioned
the U. S. Circuit of Appeals court
in N. Y., the court directed that
the order be modified to provide
that the petitioners might use
their corporate and trade names
if coupled with words "which do
away with their tendency to create
a false impression."
The court subsequently provided
that the specific words, "Commer
cial Publishers of the Volume Li
brary" be used with the name of
the corporation in carrying on its
business and be bo used that the
nature of its business be thus re
vealed. IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER
THE BETTER BUSINESS BU
REAU WARNED IS THAT ANY
VIOLATION OF THE CON
TRACT ON THE PART OF THE
STUDENT RELEASES THE AS
SOCIATION FROM ITS AGREE
MENT IN THE CONTRACT.
"If the students will live up to
the contract" a Better Business
Bureau official declared yesterday,
"1 have no doubt that the com
pany will fulfill its part. How
ever, students should know wliat
exactly is in the contract."
Many Requirements.
According to the bureau's infor
mation, daily reports and many
other orders are required of the
student workers, and in the past,
the corporation has broken the
contract, refusing to pay agents
full salaries, because of a technical
failure to hand in every order and
report promptly and according to
rules.
The terms of the contract which
each person signs when b agrees
to become a solicitor require him
to spend one week in the division
training office at Iowa City. There
is also an initial charge of $5.50
for equipment such as kita, pros
pectus, text book, etc.
The contract also states that
each solicitor is guaranteed $180
for his summer's work; he must
work eight hours a day for 72
days or he does not get the guar
antee. Any infraction of the "re
quirements" by the solicitor will
make the entire contract void.
Refunds for transportation and
board and room during the train
ing period is not made unless the
solicitor completes the full 576
hours of work.
The fee for equip-
Paltcrson
(Continued from Fage 1)
How can two people come to trust
each other unless they have first
learned to trust something else?
By putting their trust in some
thing worth trusting individuals
can learn to trust others and &
happy marriage cannot exist witlt
out the trust of each other.
Married couples should attend
church and take their families
with them. This binds the mem
bers of the family together and
gives them something common in
a spiritual and emotional way.
Speaking on the value of wor
ship by oneself Dr. Patterson
said it is easier to live up to ideals
when someone else is doing just
that than by yourself. For this
psychological reason he recom
mended that people attend church.
The "song" of religion comes
when you are tired or out of pa
Vence, he said. It is an emotion
which renews your strength and
revives your spirits.
Prayer is very important in
maintaining the ideals set up for
marriage. A visiting professor on
this campus not so long ago said
ihat it is necessary to "frequently
restate your ideals to yourself."
Prayer is one of the very best
riage to yourself, Dr. Patterson
ways to restate the ideals of mar-said.
Gifts reported to the University
of Michigan regents in the 1940-41
school year totaled $1,613,562 of
which $1,579,455 was in money and
$34,107 in other forms.
College students today are two
inches taller on the average than
students 10 years ago.
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This is just one way the Bell System is
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war-time service no matter when
or where the test may come.
ment is refunded only after 120
hours of woik.
Lantz Quotes.
Wnen the association was inves
tigated here in 1939, it was found
applicants at the corporation's of
fice were sold on the Volume Li
crary by the size of the organiza
tion and a number of quotes from
educational experts, including one
by Prof. E. W. Lantz, of secondary
education department.
When questioned concerning the
quote, Professor Lantz said, "J
have never in 15 years given my
endorsement to any book, and cer
tainly not the Volume library.
There is a university ruling
against the practice."
The 1939 order of the trade com
mission which was affirmed by the
court of appeals provided that cor
poration should "cease and desist
from representing to prospective
representatives that they will re
fund deposits or pay any specific
sun.s of money or salary to such
representatives unless they fully
disclose all the terms upon which
refunds or payment are actually
made."
It further orders the associatior
to cease and desist from represent
ing or implying that they or their
representatives, agents or canvas-
r
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