THE DAI LY NEBRASKA!
The Daily Nebraskan
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tmh! UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
Lincoln
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FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1915
COMPLIMENTARIES
There is little justification for the
policy of giving complimentaries, a
practice in vogue at Nebraska. It
savors of special privilege. It is the
same thing only on a smaller scale
which we so vociferously denounce
when we discover men in public office
doing it. Yet here in the University
we are encouraging and profiting from
the same thing.
There is an element of justice in
giving "comps'' for service rendered,
but if they are given to everyone who
renders service it is often impossible
to' make both ends meet. Then the
question arises where shall the line
be drawn? There.are certain events
such as Ivy Day where no complimen
taries are given. The members of this
committee do as much real work as
the members of any dance committee
or any other committee. Yet they are
content to do that work for their class
and for the school without remunera
tion. The people who take part in
plays give a great amount of time and
labor, in some cases even sacrifice
their school work in order that the
play may be a success, yet they re
ceive no complimentaries. Certainly
if anyone deserves them, they do.
But in a large number of school ac
tivities complimentaries are consid
ered a part of the game. Class presi
dents very frequently share in the
spoils by virtue of their office. What
justification can there be for the presi
dent of one class receiving a ,,comp"
for an event given by another class?
What right have the editors and man
agers of the Daily Nebraskan to com
plimentaries even though they have
in some cases received them this se
mester? This whole system ought to be abol
ished, and it should be done by the
students themselves. If there is any
work to be done that deserves re
muneration it should be paid for in
money. This year the "Cornhusker"
was managed on that basis. The edi
tor and business, manager had to pay
for their individual pictures the same
as anyone else. The complimentaries
given were paid for by the manager
and editor.
We need a student council at Ne
- braska to deal with such problems as
this. There are plenty of students
who are opposed to the idea of com-
An Explanation
In order to relieve the minds of the
readers of "the Daily Nebraskan, the
undersigned wish to announce that the
articles which appeared under their
name in the Monday, May 17, issue of
this paper were not the statements of
the editorial staff elect.
R. V. KOUPAL.
C. E. PAUL.
A. J. COVERT.
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plimentaries, but who feel that as long
as the system exists they may as well
benefit by it as the rest. It is certain
that If the students do not meet this
problem soon that the school author!
ties will. It is this failure of the stu
dents to adjust matters of this sort
that is causing them to lose control
of student activities. Frobably tne
best way for .the students to abolish,
or at least satisfactorily regulate, the
rather promiscuous distribution of
"comps" and to deal with other ques
tions of policy that arise in our Uni
versity life is for them to introduce
some form of student self-government
that will dealwith all these perplexing
problems from the standpoint of Jus
tice to all.
THE EORUM
"THE SUNKEN BELL"
(Continued from page 1)
1925
Donald G. Barns Fseudo Humorist
on S. S. Advocate.
Norma Kidd Campaign Orator for
W. C. T. U.
Marie Robertson Sorority Chap-
erone.
Waldo Hahn Writing a text book
on Code Pleading.
O. W. Sjogren President of Na
tional Order of Class Presidents.
Ethel Westburg Editor of "Forty
Beauties" section of Awgwan.
Lelia McNerney Secretary of the
American Association of May Queens.
II. A. Prince Senator from Arkan
sas.
Esther Bennett Y. W. C. A. Secre
tary at Wilber.
Marguerite, Farley County Superin
tendent of Cherry County.
Isabel Coons No one can guess.
Kirk Fowler Head of the Commis
sary Pancho Villa's Army.
Leon Samuelson Just ex-Editor of
the 1915 Cornhusker.
O. H. Zumwinkle Sheriff of Custer
County.
Mabel Sterne President Invitation
Engraving Co.
Esther Sterret Head of Personally
Conducted Tours to Europe.
Gladys Weil Attending the Univer
sity of Nebraska.
Darrel Lane International Presl
dent of Beta Sigma Beta. Also Repre
sentative from Custer County.
Ernest Graves Guardian of the Uni
versity of Nebraska.
Marley Sharp Proprietor of a pest
house.
vaa Haarman Re-announces her
engagement to Norris Tym.
Marie McKee Proud possessor of a
Carnegie Library.
Fannie Lane Starts on her trip
from Portland, Ore., to Fairfield, Nebr
Freshman Member Elected
Ralph Sturm was elected member of
the Student Publication Board for next
year at the Freshman class meeting
resterdav morning. Sturm and White
were the candidates. Sturm getting
the slight margin of three votes. The
we dream, our dreams do reveal the
latent possibilities of our character.
The fact that Helnrlch could have this
vision proves that he was an unsound
Idealist a master workman to be
sure bbut one who was in the clouds
today and in the mire tomorrow. It
is clear that be adored Magda, but In
his fits of depression he must have
tormented her unspeakably. His
idealism Is utterly unsound. He
dreams of making a set of chimes that
will ring of their own force. He
dreams that his work will redeem not
only mankind, but nature as well. He
dreams that his ideal will force all
nature to be at his service. He has
hii utterly hazy idea of the things lie
wishes to accomplish. When he falls.
he turns upon all that he has wor
shipped before. He blames his failure
upon everybody but himself. This
tendency is so pronounced that he be
comes the victim of a morbid persecu
tion mania, portrayed by the poet
with consummate skill. In his own
consciousness fails completely in
making that difficult adjustment be
tween his aspirations and his prac
tical duties. A man of real calibre
would have found a way to serve the
highest aims of his art without sacri
ficing Magda, the very incarnation of
domestic virtue. But Heinrich cannot
make this - adjustment because his
aims are foolish. Having unsound
ideals, he swaggers between Magda
and Rautendelein. Such a man must
fail in the nature of things, and there
fore "The Sunken Bell" must end in
complete gloom.
Attention has been repeatedly called
to the relation of Sunken Bell to
Faust. Heinrich of the Sunken Bell
somewhat resembles Faust in the first
part of that play. You will remember
that Faust has not saved his soul at
the end of the first part of Goethe's
play. In the second part he works
out sound ideals and in the end he
finds the fruitful philosophy that "he
who aspires unceasingly is not beyond
redemption." He learns that practical
ideals for the betterment of the race
give a man the means of redemption.
Heinrich of the Sunken Bell never ad
vances to such ideals and therefore
he ends in ruin.
But Hauptmann realized that the
Sunken Bell should be complemented
by a play that would correspond to
the second part of Faust. In his
"Poor Henry" he presents another
Heinrich who works his way through
pessimism, disappointment and inac
tivity to a joyous, productive philoso
phy of self-assertion. This Heinrich
can say:
"lt is a proud feat to understand joy
And be the master of your pleas
ures." This Heinrich does not flee from life
and its responsibilities. He plunges
Into them with a supreme confidence
that noble and sustained effort in a
really sound cause are the means of
redemption. (
The Senior class is to be. congratu
lated that 4t is attempting such a dif
fteult nlav. As we set difficult tasks
for ourselves we rise under the spur
of a mighty enort. juagmg irom uie
rehearsals, I conclude that every actor
who has a part in the Sunken Bell has
obtained valuable new insights into
life. The whole audience will be de
lighted with the play, and many will
be haunted by its thoughts long after
the performance. This, I take it, is
the real purpose of having dramas
performed."
Sophomores Elect
At a meeting of the Sophomore
class yesterday morning, Marguerite
Kauffman was elected as the Junior
member of the Student Publication
Board. Miss Kauffman has been on
the Nebraskan staff for the last two
semesters. This is the first time in
recent ears that a co-ed has been
elected to a position on the Publica
tlon Board.
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