THE nAll V MEBRASKAN
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Ortlclul Tupor of th
University of Nebrauku
IVAN G. BEEDE Kdltor
LEONARD VV. KLINE. .. .Mng. Editor
FERN NOnLE Associate Editor
KATHARINE NEWBRANCH. . . . .
Associate Editor
ARNOLD WILKEN.. Associate Editor
GEORGE NEWTON. .Sportlug E.litor
RUTH SNYDER Society Editor
M. L. SPRINGER. . .Business Manager
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So willingly and well have Nebras
ka student organizations entered int
the campaign for reduction of social
extravagance and ostentation that it
might seem almost carplngly critical
to suggest further reform. But while
it. is probably true that Nebrank
leads all middle-western universities
in the reduction in the length and
character of its social calendar there
may still be occasion to whack off
some more of the frills before the sea
son reaches it meridian. It might be
well for students to keep In mind al
ways the fact that changing the
vogue in dress for men from formal
to informal does not necessarily de
lineate between an extravagant and
economical party. As we plunge
deeper and deeper into the reason
which ordinarily would be one contln
nous round of "formals" let us re
member that the time worth while is
the one that brings silent rebuke
from no one and enjoyment for all.
Nebraskans will be glad to give
their support to the Cornhusker bas
ketball team in its benefit games
with Camp Funston and Camp Dodge
the proceeds of which will go toward
securing athletic equipment for the
two camps. Neither of the contests
is to be considered a part of the
regular schedule; both are extra
games and student athletic tickets
will not be recognized at either for
that reason. The Missouri Valley
conference recently authorized the
playing of these extra benefit games
with soldier teams, for the represen
tatives saw the desirability of sched
uling games with service teams and
wished at the same time to help the
campaign to provide recreation equip
ment Nebraska owes Camp Funston
a special concession anyway, for she
once agreed to. play a post-season
football game with the soldiers and
was forced to call it off because of
the enlistment of so many players.
The basketball game has been sched
uled to replace it, and will be played
next Friday in the auditorium. - Stu
dents who attend will support a good
cause, as well as see the Cornhusker
basketball team in action against an
outside competitor for the first time.
Beginning today The Nebraskan
will publish from time to time short
student criticisms of some of the
paintings of the annual art exhibition
not because the criticisms are con
sidered masterpieces, but because
they will reveal some interesting
facts which may prove worth while.
The papers were required in a course
in philosophy; the assignment was to
choose a painting which was deemed
beautiful, and write down the rea
sons why. Cf the thirteen members
of the class only two selected the
same, picture, and these two saw por
trayed in this one picture something
as widely different as Joy and sor
row. In such ways as these is the
diversity of human predilection re
Tealed. It is probable that if twenty
six instead of thirteen had been sent'
on the assignment, twenty-four would
have chosen different subjects, for
every man has his own preconceived
ideas of beauty and his own pre
established mood. The old proverb
that no two human beings are alike
is nowhere mire clearly shown, and
yet the universality of human sym
pathy, of appreciation of beauty, of
a vague ideal to which specific lives
easily adapt themselves, may also be
found in this amateur venture at
criticism. The most interesting thing
to be found In tbe papers, however,
is that every one of them treats the
chosen subject romantically. For the
cold, technical, two-by-ix judgment
of art tbe average student has little
time nor patience. A painting is
prdiuuuteil good or bad by him, if
it be well executed at all, by the geu
eral effect it produces by the power
and nature of the emotions it stirs
in his heart, which is only natural
since It is in youth that we see most
clearly our ideal and fight hardest for
its attainment. Because this is true,
bocause youth does find in art this
stimulus, this stirring of the depths
of the groping Belf studtnts should
develop now an appreciation of the
inspiration of art.
IF i ONLY
"if I only had my college life to
live over again ."
And then the senior sighed. He
was one of the most popular men on
the caranu. well known and well
liked. He was actively identified with
several Michigan organizations a
typical college big man.
"First, I wouldn't try to make my
self believe that my university couia
not do without me. I have no espe
cial talents, and yet I have dabbled
In a dozen activities. I discharged
them the best I could, yet l am posi
tive that there were a score far more
capable than I was. The result was
that my work took a slump and that
I Just 'got by.'
'i thought that a man was Judged
by the number of society pins that
he had on his vest. I went after
them and I got them. And when I
got them, I found that I didn't want
them, for they represented very lit
tle or nothing.
"When I was a freshman, I literal
ly worshipped the upperclassmen who,
as I thought of it then, amounted
to something on the campus. And
now that I am one of these, I look
upon the freshman who tries to keep
in my good graces with a feeling of
pity. Pity, not for the individual,
but because the individual is, too, on
the road to become a big man.
"If I had my college life to live
over again, I would put my studies
first, the very first. If I saw that any
activity in which I entered might in
terfere with my studies, I would drop
it as though it were red-hot. I.would
not try to become a big man, for the
big man is usually the big fool.
Michigan Daily.
THE REWARD OF MERIT
By a Nebrsaka Co-Ed.
It has come to be quite generally
admitted nowadays that grades, or
marks, furnish an unsatisfactory
method of Judging the merit of stu
dents. "Young people should learn
to work for the benefit they derive
from the study and not for the sake
of a grade or some other mark of dis
tinction" we are told. The old cus
tom of giving prizes In the schools
has long since passed into oblivion
and even the ancient and honorable
institution of Phi ' Beta Kappa has
come into disrepute in recent years,
being branded as an unworthy ideal
for students to strive toward.
But the critics who frown upon
school systems which use this effec
tive incentive to bring about the de
sired results, nevertheless avail them
selves of the same Instrumnt when
they appeal to the instinct of rivalry
common to all mankind. They, like
the schools they have censured, hold
out a prize, a medal, a badge of honor
for the performance of some duty and
'grown ups" like children, respond.
Little Johnny goes to Sunday school
every Sunday and contributes a penny
to the collection box. For this serv
ice he receives a tiny gold star which
he pastes in his book and Jealously
guard 8. On the way home he proud
ly displays his stars to his envious
friends and hopes for the day when
he will have more than any other boy
In the school. "What a foolish sys
tem," says Johnny's mother. Yet only
yecwrday she accosted the Red Cross
worker and demanded a red cross to
display in her window, saying she
would withdraw her membership If
the insignia were not forthcoming at
once.
"I got one hundred per cent in spell
ing," boasts Mary or Bobbie, "and
thats more than any of you got." But
no adult would boast so or wilfully
humiliate his neighbors. And yet
the Smith family which has a 100 per
cent sign in their window snubs tbe
Browns who are only 25 per cent pa
triotic. "Shocking. The council of
defense should be looking into it,"
they whisper.
Polk county has adopted the card
index system for recording the pa
triotic activities of each citizen: Work
ing on tbe same principle a Univer
sity professor recently announced that
a black list was being kept, made up
of the names of ttudents who failed
to contribute to the Y. M. C. A. fund
or the Red Cross.
Minding one's own business seems
to be an unpopular procedure in war
times. If any one hat assisted in any
way in bearing his share of the bur
den, he should advertise the fact and
devote himself to finding on if hi3
neighbor has don as e!L
BASKETBALL TOURNEY
REACHES SEMI-FINALS
(Continued from rage One)
Delta Taus are doped to have an
equal chance with the A. T. O.'s of
winning the meet. Bekins and Hubka
starred for the winners, and Collier.
Howarth and Phillips for the losers.
The llnc-up follows:
Delta Tau Delta Delta Upsllon
Strohmer f Harlan
Gilliland f rattv
Bekins c Phillips
Hubka g Howarth
Richards ........g Collier
The semi finals will be played to
night, when the A. T. O.'s will meet
Delta Tau.' and the Phi Psi will play
the Sig Eps. The final game will bo
played Wednesday night.
PROMINENT SPEAKERS AT
WAR CONFERENCE FRIDAY
'(Continued from page one)
dred branches of the Nebraska Four
Minute men have already indicated
their Intention of attending the Four
Minute men conference, which will
meet on Friday and Saturday. To
this conference the division of Four
Minute men of the committee on pub
lic information is sending MacMartin
of the advisory council.
THE PROGRAM
General Sessions, Friday January 18
Afternoon, 3:00
Address Director A. E. Bestor,
speakers division, committee on pub
lic information. "The War and the
Making of Public Opinion.'
Evening
Governor Keith Neville, presiding.
Address Rt. Hon. Frederick E.
Smith, bart, attorney general of Great
Britain.
Address President George E.
Vincent, the Rockefeller foundation,
former president University of Min
nesota. Saturday Evening, January 19
Address Dr. Vernon Kellogg, Bel
gium relief commission.
Section Meetings
(Program Incomplete)
. Friday Morning
S: 30 State Council of Defense and
County Councils of Defense.
Women's Section
Address by Mrs. Philip G. Moore of
Washington, member of the women's
committee, Council of National De
fense.
State Council and County Councils
of Defense.
Saturday, January 19
9:00 State Council of Defense and
County Council of Defense:
Address Gurney Newlin, repre
senting Council of National Defense
and the U. S. Shipping Board. "The
State Councils and the .Work of Na
tional Defense."
Food and Fuel: .
Address Gurdon W. Wattles, Fed
eral Food Administrator for Nebraska
Address John L. Kennedy, Federal
Fuel Administrator for Nebraska.
A. E. Bestor.
Committee on
NEBRASKA FOUR-MINUTE MEN
CONFERENCE
(Program Incomplete)
Friday Afternoon, 100 -Greeting
Director Wm. Mccor
mick Blair, Division of Four-Minute
Men, Committee on Public Informa
tion. -
' Address Director
Speakers Division,
Public Information.
Address Mac Martin, Advisory
Committee, Division of Four-Minute
Men, "The Four-Minute Men and Its
Military Organization Behind the
Lines."
Roundtable Conference.
Saturday Morning
Address and Report Prof. M. M.
Fogg, State Chairman.
' Address Mac Martin.
Roundtable Conference for Chair
men and Speakers.
Saturday Noon
"Four-Minute" Luncheon.
8aturday Afternoon
Roundtable Conference for Chair
men and Speakers.
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