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The Daily Nebraskan
VOL XIII. NO. 78
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1914
Price, 5 Cents
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JOURNALISM AS A FIELD
HARVEY E. NEWBRANCH DE
FENDS NEWSPAPERS AND
TAKES RAP AT CRITICS.
REPORTER POOR BUT POWERFUL
Editor of Omaha World-Herald Advo
cates Honest Journalism for Con
sideration of University News
paper Men in "Ethics of
Journalism."
In a witty and gripping address last
night, Harvey E. Newbranch, editor
of the Omaha World-Herald, defended
the journalistic proreBBion before the
meeting of the Journalistic Seminar.
Admitting that it was not a paying
profesion from the common stand
point of the, dollar, he nevertheless
maintained that the reporter gained
in power and the satisfaction of
achievement what he might lose in
the coin of the realm. He narrowed
the field, accordingly, to fit the cases
of only those men who had an innate
love for the profession.
Speaking on "The Ethics of Journal
ism," he first turned to the criticism
which is often applied to the newspa
per man, that the reporter is not and
cannot he a gentleman. Seeking to
.find whether the amateur reporters
should not he turned into fields that
were wholly "nice and respectable,"
Mr New branch drew the conclusion
that e en newspaper men were hu
man That there were gentlemen and
gentlewomen in the business, and that
some were quite otherwise. But that
to brand the profession as not re
spectable was to assert a self-evident
absurdity
Papers Must be Independent.
In all cases, he Bald, the newspaper
must foster a spirit of plain decency,
honesty, fearlessness, and devotion to
the public welfare He cited the case
of the Chicago "Inter-Ocean" which
had been a power in the west, now
outclassed and thrust aside by the
journals of the people, the "Tribune"
and the "Dally News." In the matter
of editorial policy he disproved the
theor that the Interests would sup
ply the financial backing to a fetch-and-earry
newspaper Such profits as
can be made and great newspapers
are mints for their progressive own
ers go to the paper that surrenders
for profits its title to a genuine re
spectability, making that surrendered
not on the altar of special interests,
but on the altar of the people them
selves. Is "all the news that's fit to print"
the kind of news that will go well
with a progressive paper? How far
may the editor go in limiting his col
umns and concealing unpleasant items
from the public? These were ques
tions which Mr. Newbranch answered
by referring to the reforms that orig
inate from newspaper publicity of
evils. PitilesB publicity he advocated
as the most effective deterrent of
crime and the most potent means of
punishment. Pitiless, but not yellow,
publicity.
(Continued on Page Four.)
Every Live University Has One!
Will You Be One of the?
APPLICATIONS CROWDING
FOR CIRCULATION MANAGER
Applicant Will be "Tried out" Dur
ing Subscription Campaign, on
Merit System.
Several applications for the position
of circulation manager of the Daily
Nebraskan have been received at the
office of the secretary of the Student
Publication board. It is thot that many
more will bo received before the end
of the week.
An entirely new plan for selecting
the circulation manager will be tried
this year. Applicants for the posi
tion will be turned over to the new
business manager and the assistant
and together they will select from
the applicants the student who In their
estimation will make the best man to
work into the business management.
During the campaign of next week
the various applicants for the posi
tion will assist In soliciting new sub
scriptions, both among the students,
faculty and the alumni of the busi
ness section of the city. It is thought
that In a semi-competitive contest for
new subscribers, the best man can be
selected. The selection will be made
upon the merits of the various can
didates. Personalities and favoritism
will not be shown to any one.
Students, preferably Bophmores, are
urged to make application for this
position. Send your application to Mr.
T. A. Williams in care of the Admin
istration building or Been him person
ally. CAMERA ARTIST FROM EAST
" SNAPT JRAT HOUSES
Makes a Specialty of Such Work
and Travels Over Entire
Country.
An enterprising knight of the ko
dak from old "Noo Yawk" has been
out bagging the Greeks of Nebraska
the past week. He has "slipped one
over" on the local photographers by
taking five hundred dollars at least
of picture money out of their own par
ticular province. The Greeks and
their money are soon parted when a
photographer of ability who is a hust
ler dogs their path. This particular
camera man is traveling about the
country visiting all the larger schools,
shooting "gentlemen clubs" and
gathering lots of "moss," while the
local man rests in blissful security.
Second Girls Party
Scheduled for Next
Saturday Afternoon
The second of the series of all-university
girls' parties will be given In
the Temple Saturday afternoon from
2:30 to 5. Games, dancing and fancy
work will be the program of the afternoon.
J-PROM TICKETS LIKELY TO BE
IN DEMAND LAST OF WEEK
Sales Reported as Lively With Short
age Probable After Tickets
are Called In.
The committee In charge of the
Junior Prom announces that the tic
kets are selling rapidly and tlioso
who are planning on attending the big
dance should purchase the necessary
pasteboard as soon as possible. The
fact that there has been a cut In the
price of the dance hall enables the
committee to plan for more elaborate
details than had been anticipated, and
guarantees the dancers one of the
classiest dances of the year. There
has been some novel stunts planned
and the committee is enabled to do
this.
Old graduates that are planning at
tendance are sending in their orders
for tickets, and the number of alumni
attending Is expected to be large. This
will make the dance on the liveliest
that has been held in years. The
chairman announces that the tickets
will be taken off the market some few
days before the dance, after they have
been checked in it will be impossible
to obtain one of them.
The tickets can be obtained from
the following men, D. Mapes, It. Swift,
G. E. Reed, O. Zumwlnkle, M. Ror
baugli, K. M. Snyder, J. Grlmlson, P.
Southwlck, and W. II. Bauman.
Sororities Do Little
Rushing Because of
Nearness of Exams.
Rushing season for the sororities is
now open. However, the sororities in
general have not taken advantage of
the opportunity, to any great extent.
In a few instances, there has been some
slight rushing, yet the thing has no
where been done on a wholesale scale
or In the extreme. No doubt due to
the fact that semester exams are ap
proaching, In the too near future.
This is nominally "cramming" season
and rusliing is only a minor detail.
Toward the end of next week when
students will begin lift their flushed
and weary faces from the reams of
"foolscap," they will heave sighs of
relief and will turn all attentions to
rushing. Then it will proceed In real
earnest and will continue until sec
ond semester pledge day.
The victim to the rushing epide
mic will almost entirely be "old girls"
students who have been In school for
at least one semester past; because
scarcely more than n dozen new wo
men will matriculate in February. The
date of the second semester pledge
day is not at all definite. Suffice to
say there can be no pledging until
all of the first semester tirades have
been reported at the office.
UNI. APPEARS IN MOVIES
DR.
CONDRA'S EFFORTS TO CATCH
NEBRASKA 8TUDENT LIFE
TO BE SHOWN.
AT AUDITORIUM THIS LVENING
Is Part of Exhibition of 8tate Activ
ities Made for Organized Agrl
culture Meetings.
Tonight the moving pictures taken
by Dr. Condra throughout the state
will be shown at the auditorium.
These pictures will include campus
views showing Chancellor Avery in
ills office, Dean Bossey In the green
houses and ills office, views of the
museum and viewB of the campus at
the farm and downtown. The pic
tures of the Olympics football gameB,
the two debating teams and the Ne
graskan staff will bo included in the
reel. General views will also bo
shown, poultry and horse exhibits and
the power farming at Fremont. The
students that think of atendlng the
exhibition should get there early as
the show starts at seven-thirty and
there will bo a capacity house.
AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATIONS
HOLD FULL DAY'S PROGRAM
Something Doing Every Minute While
the farmers Hold Possession
of Lincoln.
The Agricultural associations put
In another busy day yesterday, their
program filling the entire day. The
meetings were held at the Llnclell
hotel, the State Farm and the state
capltol. The day's program included
the following features:
The State Horticulture society met
at the Lindell hotel. The State Live
Stock Improvers' society, Stato Short
horn Breeders' association, State Here
ford Breeders' association, Aberdeen
Angus Breeders' association, Red Po
land Breeders' association, Dairy Cat
tle Breeders' association, State Dairy
mon'B association, State Forlsts' as
sociation, State Homo Economics' as
sociation, and the State association of
Hural School Patrons, all met at the
farm, while the Nebraska tax commis
sion met at the state capltol.
Annual Y. W. C. A. Circus
Abandoned for This
Year Is Given Out
The "Circus," an entertainment
planned by the Y. V. C. A., has been
given up for this year because a bas
ketball game had been scheduled in
the armory for the same night
The girls had first spoken- for the
use of the building but gave up their
plans rather than cause any trouble
for the athletic management.
The faculty of the Ohio State uni
versity, by their own decision, will no
longer be addressed by the title of
"Professor," but a plain "Mister." Ex.
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