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DAILY NEBRASKAN
Friday; October 16, 1942
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Editor Robert W. Schlater
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EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT.
Managing Editors Marjorie Brunlng, Alan Jacobs
News Editors Gecrge Abbott, Pat Chainbcrlin, June Jamieson,
Bob Miller, Marjorie May.
Sports Editor Norrla Anderson
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Member Nebraska Press Association, 1941-42
BUSINESS DEPARTMENT.
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All unsigned editorials are iht opinion ol the editor and should not be
Construed t reflect tbe views of the administration or of tua university.
An Old Story . . .
Student reaction to the cancellation of the pep rally this
week-end before the Minnesota frame will probably be nil as
usual when the subject of pep rallies is brought up. These ral
lies which require planning and hard work on the part of the
Tassels and Corn Cobs have been met so far this year with in
difference or complaint.
Most students prefer to remain at hour dances or stay at
home long enough to listen to favorite radio programs instead
of turning out for a pep rail'. If this is what the students on
this campus would rather do than turn out for the team that is
most definitely what they are going to get this week.
Granted that it is hard to work up the Necessary pep and
enthusiasm for a team that has not had too successful a season
so far, students would be mighty disappointed if they went to
the game and found no team spirit at all exhibited on the field.
The same should apply to rally spirit.
Rallies in the past have been based upon novel stunts and
features such as fireworks displays, but this is hard to main
tain week after week because of the immense amount of work
and expense involved.
The reaction shown by students to this cancellation of the
rally this week will serve as an indicator as to whether rallies
will be held in the future to a great extent. There are plenty of
students who will be upset over not having a rally but many
of those students would be among those who did not attend if
one were held.
For those who really wish to show school spirit as should
be exhibited at a rally, Saturday afternoon will be a good
time to shout your lungs out. Cheer leaders have a thankless
job when it comes to drawing a sound out of most of the stu
dent section. These cheerleaders have been instructed not to
lead too many cheers but when those cheers are led, it is the
duty of every student in the section to lend his voice to the
din. The impression this would give to the team and people in
the west stadium would probably be so surprised that they
wouldn't know what was happening since student cheering is
never heard farther than the boys in front on the bench.
The Daily Nebraskan, in order to help out the school spirit,
distributed 1,500 papers with cheers printed on them through
out the east stadium. Those papers were never utilized but were
made into hats to keep the sun from student's eyes. That is the
height of student spirit.
There will be no rally this week. If we really want to show
that Nebraska has a spirited student body, it is up to us to make
a good showing at the game Saturday. If we can't even do
that much, there is no need for cheerleaders or a student
sect ion.
Quotable Quotes
'in crr.Tir.rsi1 npws1 writinc in colleire newspapers has
been improving constantly. Sentence structuce is tighter, the
thought is more concisely set down, excess wordage has been
eliminated. Paragraphs have been made shorter to sustain
reader interest. And still the writing isn't of sufficiently high
quality. Here, perhaps, is the greatest single opportunity for im
provement. Only by the paimul drudgery of learning words
and their uses, only by mastering spelling and grammar and
syntax, only by writing and writing and writing and then re
writing, can the student learn to write. There is no short-cut."
Fred L. Kildow, assistant professor of journalism, University of
Kinnesota, underscores the point that writers are made, not
born,
"If the present struggle between force and reason has any
lesson for educators, it is that the development of personal free
dom must be accompanied by the development of a sense of re
sponsibility to and for those democratic ideals and institutions
which alone can gv,e meaning to freedom." Dr. I. L. Kandel of
'ColtOflbia Teacher tollege urges greater emphasis on moral values.
'S MATTER?
By Carton Brodcrick
Well, they really messed up this column in
yesterday's paper and boy was I griped about
it. They left off some important matters which
1 brought up at the end but I guess I will have
to tell you about it today .instead. I also told
the editor of this sheet off in the same breath
so 1 guess my stuff will come to you as it's sup
posed to from now on.
Anyhow, Callie and me after we had our
root beers in the Union yesterday, we was sorta
tired so we decided to go home. Anyhow, she
was sorta worn out and 1 told her I'd take her
home because I had a lot of meetings to go to
but 1 didn't tell her nothing about those meet
ings on account of because girls gossip so much
in their cow sessions which is the opposite of
bull sessisons which frats have, sexually of
course. , .
Well, I really had a plenty busy night last
night. First 1 had to go to the barb meeting of
which I am now chairman of the big fight com
mittee which takes care of that bloody mess be
fore the election. Nobody there still don't know
that 1 am a frat man and it sure works out
swell. We reallv had a good meeting last night
and we had a little fight right in the meeting
too. We couldn't decide whelher some skirt
named Curley should be ornery colonel or
whether Callie should be.
Well Curley and some babe named Phelps
was finally denominated artd we went on to
such stuff as Hob Stewey for junior class pres
ident and other guys for other stuff. Every
body wondered and wondered who I was at
that meeting too because nobody knew my
name and they kept asking some babe named
Marjorie Will who Carton Brodenek was and
there I was sitting right there in the meeting.
They sure had a good meeting though ami
right afterwards everybody had tea and crum
pets just like they do in England which is a
very high class kind of lunch.
Well, that meetine was over so then it was
limp to en to the V mectine: which may frat
sent me. (This which is the short for frac
tion meeting is sure quite a thing to go to and
I was sure glad I got to go). There was some
jerk standing at the door wilh a box of ten
cent cigars that cost 2y2c apiece if they cost a
nennv. well anvhow this truv stands by the
door as we come in and gives us all a cigar.
There are other guys who are there irom an
the frats on the eamnus and they sure arc
swell fellows I liked those guys just as about
9 . . . .'A 1 -II
as well as the barns oniy noi quue uecause an
they gave me was a cigar at the y4 meeting.
Well I sat down between two swell guys
and they even told me how to vote when it
came time to nominate or whatever we did
about the class guys who plant some damn lit
tle plant on Vine Day in May. I was sure glad
those guys told me how to vote, too, because
I didn't know how to write those -tfuys names.
They was sure hard names to spell. The guy
we' nominated at the y4 meeting for junior
class prexy was some guy named Abolisky who
is a big shot football player and the other guy
we nominated was Smith which I knew how to
spell on account of because Callie's old lady's
third husband was named Smith.
Well, by then i had smoked that cigar clear
to the bottom and so I went home and relieved
myself of what 1 had ate at dinner because I
must have eat something that didn't aerce with
me and then I went to bed. Boy was l'ever
tired after two meetings like that.
DEAR EDITOR:
I want to express to the Student War Coun
cil my deep appreciation for its splendid atti.
tude toward the possibilities of student par,
ticipation in the War Bond Program and for
the efforts it is making in stimulating interest
in such a project on the campus. Such a proj
ect will provide another, means by which the
student body can contribute reguVarly to th
war effort. It also offers a plan of thrift which
will help each student who participates to build
a valuable savings account.
Sacrifice is becoming a very real thing in
all our lives. Luxuries and conveniences that,
under normal times have been taken for grant
ed, will gradually disappear from routine and
bur standard of living for the duration. Every
one will be called upon to do four things in
reference to his daily living:
1. Make it do.
2. Wear it out.
3. Eat it up.
4. Do without.
Our government is also asking us to reduce
our spending and to invest in War Bonds a
great share of that which ordinarily we spend
on non-essenlial things. If the students invest
a part of the money which they normally spend
on recreation, and non-essential accessories in
War Stamps and eventually in War Bonds,
they will not only be contributing directly to
the successful prosecution of the war, but they
will be providing for themselves a savings ac
count with 3 interest that may some day be
a boon to them during the period of readjust
ment and dislocation that is bound to follow
the Avar.
I sincerely hope that a practical program
can be worked out which will enable the stu
dent body to participate voluntarily in this
phase of the war effort whu-h is becoming in
creasingly more important as the extent of this
total war shows in its magnitude the terrific
job that lies ahead of America.
Cordinally yours,
E. F. DuTeau Chairman.
War Savings Committee.
State of Nebraska.
So It Was Monday
So Sunday was a lovely day. The breezes
were "breezing" gently, the air was fresh and
everyone was out strolling or riding instead of
studying. Meaning, of course, that the leaves
are turning, that the campus is again coming
to that season when, if you hadn't been there
in the spring, you would say it is certainly
most beautiful.
If you are a freshman, you realize for the
first time that nature is a wonderful thing, es
pecially on the campus. If you are a sopho
more, you realize that nature is a wonderful
thing, even on the campus. If you are a junior,
you are vaguely aware that there is a change
going on about you.
If you are a senior, you realize, with a lump
in your throat, that this probably is the last
time you will be on the campus when it is at its
most glorious, when the trees outdo the poets in
poetic splendor.
You get to thinking how in a few years you
will be thinking of how beautiful the campus
looked in the fall in its riotous best. You will
cut the few classes and skip studying to scuff
through the leaves and out of town to think
some more.
So it was Monday, wasn't it a beautiful fall
day i I'gh ! Indiana Daily Student.
For Gopher Game . . .
Scrap-for-Grid-Ticket Plan
Announced-by Selleck
Scrap piles once again will adorn
the UN campus this football week
end; but this time Mr. Cornhusker
Rooter will make the contribution
Instead of the students.
Athletic Director John K. Sel
leck announced yesterday that
knothole and general admission
tickets to the NU-Minnesota game
tomorrow may be obtained by
bringing scrap as part payment
Knothole rooters may obtain ad
mission by bringing 23 pounds of
scrap instead or tneir usual quar
ters. General admission tickets
will be given to the fans who bring
100 pounds of scrap and 50 cents.
Corn Cobs and Tassels will have
charge of weighing up the scrap.
The collection depot will be on the
mall opposite the coliseum and
east of the Memorial stadium'. The
depot will open to scrap en
thusiasts at 0 o'clock.
This exchange will cost the ath
letic department hard cash, Min
nesota will not bear any of the
financial brunt that this Bcrap
drive will have on the proceeds
from the game as the scrap piles
will be solely a Nebraska contribu
tion to the war effort. Mr. Selleck
hopes that the metal collected will
help factories produce, war mate
rials for the former NU athletes
who are fighting abroad.
Methodist Student
House to Hold
Picnic Saturday
A picnic for all Methodist uni
versity students will be held Sat
urday, according to Rev. Mr. Drew
of the Methodist student house.
Student will meet at the house at
S :4 , with trarmportatiea to the
picnic grounds furnished. .