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- ....mUM Vt -Vol. VI. No. 05. UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1907. Price 5 Cents vc Sbe Batlp mebraekan Ws t0 ,. f tg wtf :.-n v ' ' ' .. -? ' THE LAWS SPEAK MAKE t LONG ATTACK UPON THE NEBRA8KAN STAFF. Arguments Against the Nebraskan's Attitude Personal Attack-Upon Editor of the Cornhusker. X f t To (fie NebraBkan: -Your evident hostility to the .Law School is entirely unjustifiable. The attitude, you have taken in the .contro versy "or the lW School with the EDITOR of the Cornhusker is inten tionally malicious, and Is apparent to any one familiar with the 'events ' of the paBt ten days. The Item in the Is sue of Saturday, March 24, Insofar as it Btates that the "laws we're turned down" by the Publication Board and that they "lost the fight" Is falBe as your correspondent or Informant well knows. I will now take up some of these Items In detail and eadeayor to Bhow you where In your mjBguided, concep tion of your duty to the University you nave fallen Into the error of suppos-. Ing that you are responslbleto no one for "what you turn out In your depart ment. You have no more right to dis parage a department as you have the Law School in the ''Rag" than you could In a thesis or other production required- by the course you might pus sue. You receive credits from the University for both. The Laws were not "turned down" by ihe 'Publication Board. They went there for the purr pose of determining whether the edit-or-intChieV of the Cornhusker coilld refuse, upon proper request to call a meeting of theCornhuskor staff which the 'edlfor'in-chlef had theretofore de; nled; "The Publication -Board decided that they were entitled to such; a meet ing and directed' the editor-ln-chlef to call the staff together. The Publica tion Board decided that the Law .School was entitled to an uncondition al submission to. the editorial, staff of the question of a separate department In the Cornhusktr' for the Laws, which We had tried In vain for gome ten days io securefrom Mr. 'Meyers. Tile edlt-Jor-lnhlef had declared1 himself "afraid of the issue of such airieetlng Sasjng nls fears' on the 'fdctthal a cer tain Junior managing, editor ot , the Cornhusker would swing his Influence to the Laws In order to curry favor UK that department next year. I wantto say- a few. words with re- gard, to the "cbmniunlcatlon requested pf the Law School as to, their reasons toir'deslrlhg a separate department', We'VertoVdto'Tlmlt ouWjymrtor 150 words In the communlcaTlbn, Mr. Meyers was then given carte blanche as ''regards space, arid waslallowed to -r. consume five times the spacelvenHiB and' moreover, was permitled to ex amine the reasons assigned by' ua'.be- foe, giving his oVn Had we.beon al. . lowed to do, so we might,, liiive.t con vlnfced'tlie editors that1 there Is another iildd;tVhls quesUoiJlthatt'UiQ one "they .have been trying to help Mr. Meyers We were not permitted to maintain. s"eev lUs communication before'lt went taUress Vt? $ $l e. fNow lis: to thef editorial oj Saturday, March 24. You say we are unabto to understand Mr. Meyer's policy In ar ranging plans for the Cornhusker otherwise we would not have taken the stand we have. You are doubt less In the editor-in-chief's confidence and know what that policy has been. We don't. It certainly has not been public enough that we, who .should have known something of It, .could know anything about It. You say the "conservative editors of tho book" ap proved hs plan. You alBO know that there Is only ONE editor and some 30 odd "reporters" of tho CornhuBker and tho approval or disapproval of a "reporter" has had no effect on the editor whatever.. Ho does not con sider them significant enough to get their approval. The contention of the Law School If It carries, you say, will -not only mar the unity of the book, but will destroy the Integrity of tho posUlon of tho editor-in-chief. We' Will concede tho latter part. Tho Integrity of tho posi tion he lias taken should be des troyed If thero Is to bo a University publication that will hang together and be a success. Tho position he has takon Is Indefensible. This editor was self-appointed under a self-written constitution, which reposes In his filea ready for amendment of which It .has received a number, and I challenge the editor of the Cornhusker or the editor of the Nebrnskan to show the records of any, class meeting or meet ing of any other representative body of students authorizing or confirming Biich amendments. Here Is tho posi tion of the editor-in-chief of tho Corn husker: He reserves to himself tho right to nppolnt tho mombers of tho entire editorial staff which his solf wrltten constitution practically gives him a right to do. Ho admitted in the recent discussion with tho Medical de partment that there Is nothing to work for In these positions on the staff ex cept the honor thero is in it and yet ho claims tho right to go Into every de partment of tho University and appoint the honbrs to whom he In his exalted, wisdom shall see fit. What do tho stu dents ofthe various departments think of this? Are the classes capable of distributing these honors and do they know whom to honor? His position is that the staff are merely reporters to himself. That Position of his 'Is con sistent with the theory that he can ap point them all. Otherwise nobody with' any self respect would accept" service on such a staff unless" he !s held In a groat deal higher estoem than the present editor is. ' Your statement that Mr. Meyers has asked nothing more of tho Law School than of any other college does credit to the restof this. article. Are you bo benighted as to suppose that when we have a distinct Tight on the basis, of which we have been proceeding' Jn this work to help out a University book, wo will hunt up everybody else that might have such a right had it beea .'. . . -. ... so unuerstooa anu aavance ineir in terest's or claims for the purpose of en forcing our own rights? This might appeal to 'a Kensington Club as logic, but It does not appeal to a lawyor. This' Is not a doubtful right for which w,o have been contending, Ono of, the best evidences of its existence is the facbthatT the demand by-wttieLaw ! Ue- lh'H5 Mn EDITOR FAVORED. Laws Lose Their Case Before Corn husker Staff. What appears to bo tho final deci sion In the Cornhusker controversy, was reached yesterday afternoon In the meeting of tho gonoral Btaff held In U. 102, The combined staff of tho Cornhusker, Including representatives of tho Junior and Senior classes and tho Law School met and listened to both sides as thoy were presentod by the various parties interested nnd by a vote of 20 to 6 decided to stand by Editor-in-chief, Meyers. Tho arguments nnd discussions woro precisely thoso presented a few days ago In thoJPub llcation Board meeting and..in'..various Issues of the Nebrnskan. The subject upon which most of the discussion hinged was whether Mr. Meyers and tho Laws would abldo hy the diclston of tho staff or not. Mr. Meyers stated at tho outset that the Laws had refused to agree to abldo by this decision unless It woro In their favor and he wished to notify the staff that the' same attitude would bo taken by him, and that ho did not pro pose to abide 'by It unless the Laws agreed to do so too. It appeared to the staff that It was useless to prolong the discussion, if no- decision could be reached. Mr. Brown asked each side to state boldly whether thoy would abide. by the de cision reached or not. Mr. Meyers stated that he would do so, but the Laws stated that thoy would reserve the right to appeal tho question to the Publication Board and finally to sub mit it to their respective classes and withdraw from tho book. A motion was made to allow tho Laws a separate and distinct department In the Corn husker, and was lost by the vote men tioned above. ( . v It'Is not known what the notmovp of tht Laws will be. At tho meeting before the Publication Board, tho Law editors stated positively that thoy would not withdraw from the book this year, but would do bo in yeartf to come, while at the meeting of the staff on yesterday, they stated that tho prob abilities were that they would with draw from. tho Cornhusker If not given the concessions asked for." " ""V A NEW BUILDING STATE HISTORICAL 80CIETY MAY GET APPROPRIATION. BUI Awaiting Governor's Signature May Build on Hayrparket Square Furnas Collection Rejected. A bill for the appropriation of $25, 000 for the purpose of erecting a now building for the State Historical So cloty and Museum wont to tho .Qovorr nor yesterday afternoon, having passed the senato with only two op posing yotes and tho house by a unani mous vote. It is believed that the Gov ernor favors the bill and that It will that it will readily moetNwith Ills sanc tion. The site 'proposed for tho 'location of such building is the vacant block known as Hnymarket Square -on North Tenth street, 'but this matter 1b not yet definitely decided, as this property la now in tho hands of thp city. The Haymarket block' was set aside for tho Historical Society whon the city was laid out, but a number of years later tho the property, by an act of tho leg islature, waB ceded to the city to be used for pubtlo purposes. The present bill Is drawn up with the understand ing that the municipality shall return this block to the Historical' Society or furnlBh a suitable equivalent. It Is popularly believed that the railroad companies are desirous of lo-' eating a union depot on this block and ,' that they would bo. willing to pay a neat sum for it. ' It Is possible, there fore,, that the block may be sold and a more suitable place purchased for the Society, to the satisfaction of all, parties concerned. Another bill which had been intro duced, proposing that the state pur-, chqs.e, the Furnas collection of woods and relics now In the Historical Mus oum, was voted downcast Saturday. SENIOR "BLOWOUT' "HekWg, the 'Cellist,. ' Anton Hekklg, the world's greatest vlolincelllst, will give' a: ' concort'ln Memorial Hall on tho evening of April 19 .under the auspices of the .Y-W, C. A, The Baltimore News says the follow ing concerning his recital there: a , "The. great Dutch 'cellist demon strated beyond question his fight to tho title of 'Der Melster,' by which ho Is known jn Germany. He produced a puperb tone, which a ifinishedtach pique enables hlm to- use'-unerringly In tho expression of his musical con ceptlon," .- - ' ... ..-i No student can afford to miss this recital. . tK . J the -IcorSuskerfia as meatvJinaniiwiE The. various Academic ' Clubs w.ere well represented, in the Phi .Beta Kap- iap- elections. Three of the English Club, five of the Latin Club, and eight of the German TJIuu,- received thp honor. This Is au especially good showing for the German Club,' since tho-nunitier Includes iterYhairthe active membership. ANOTHER ' i , .i o v ' .'. !'; Class of 1907. to Continue 8oelal Policy. A movement, is pn fooJJfgr another Senior party to be given soonaf tor the spring Vacation. Tho attendance 'anil theVehthusIasm -of tho last' party were so marked that there sis'-great ' encouragement ' for ' other like events. , There 4sa strong social reason back of thesr partlesfiL May seniors, are about to leave school: wjthfa very limit ed acqualRtancolwlth their classmates. Every senior .feels' the need of widen ed frIondahIp,.and will-feel, it more and more afteqJieJeYcs' school. Such functions.; as j thee where especial plans are made.,by-. the1 committee to get people vto,.-''mjfx(" fln, the t needed place in uniting a class,, and surround ing the Senior year-' with pleasant memories, Mofltfof-us; are 'glad to feel that -we know a"hostrof '07 people. - 'It looks entirely practical, and tho plan, ho,s been suggested; that the class hold -three more parties this spring, twor in he ' country and one Indoor affair? 4 committee will soon be ap pointed to look up plans for a country party, as already urged by many sen-," lore. , " ,, ; . . , No one can take exception to. the (Continued on page 4.) ' " -; 4 "1 ,i& .- n r . P. . - "" , i
