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The Daily Nebraskan
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA OFFICIAL PUBLICATION
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Oaylord Davis Editor-in-Chief
Howard Murfln , Managing Editor
Jack Landaie -News Editor
Clarence Haley .......................... Acting News Editor
Ruth Snyder - Associate Editor
Oswald Black Sports Editor
Helen Olltner Society Editor
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mail matter under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879.
THE ELECTION
At the eleventh hour, events in the university political world,
have so shaped themselves that we will witness an election battle
today attended with at least a small amount of interest. Two co-eds
have entered the race for senior president This feature is unprece
dented, and has already injected a spirit 'of intense rivalry into the
contest. Both candidates are popular co-eds with a host of friends
working for their cause. The seniors are to be commended for
giving the students a voice in the selection of their president. With
the exception of the freshmen, as much cannot be said for the other
classes.
We cannot criticise students for not taking an Interest in political
campaigns in which they are allowed no active participation. Their
case is similar to the American patriots of 1776 who were allowed no
representation in Parliament. University politics are machine-maae.
However, if there are a few students on the campus who can over
look the shortcomings of our political system, there may be a small
number of votes polled today. Perhaps a better day is coming when
students will be recognized as possessing the right to decide on the
merits of the aspiring candidates for office.
HERE AT LAST
At last, the Students' Directories! After a long and somewhat
impatient wait, students may now enjoy the excitement of looking
for the names of all their acquaintances, and discovering what fra
ternity or sorority they belong to. We may also find their phone
numbers when we are pressed for time, and may even find the town
from which they hail. The society editor may now determine tb
class of which each student is a member, without disturbing the
peace of everyone in the office with her steady stream of interroga
tions. We are truly thankful for the publication of the Directories.
The recent crusade of the Dean of Women against the promiscu
ous use of the cosmetic brush, has been the cause of much amuse
ment and mirth in university circles, and even in the pages of the
city dailies. The application of the damp cloth to the delicately
tinted cheeks of "the unfortunate thirty five." has brought grief and
despair to the heart of many a well-meaning co-ed. The outcome of
the crusade, we cannot predict, but. we watch with interest the
success that may attend the efforts of the Dean of Women.
PROFESSORS IN CLASS
No, friend professor, you are not getting by! When you think
you can come to class, slide down in your chair, cross your feet, and
gaze out of the window while you are conducting a class, you are
fooling no one but your poor deluded self. Your very attitude shows
a lack of interest and indifference, and you may be sure, if you are
not interested in the subject you are attempting to teach, that your
class will not be.
Remember the big problem in putting an idea across is the
intense desire to communicate the thought to the audience. If you
do not have this desire, do not blame your students for going to
sleep or looking bored. And what is more, if your students get any
' thing from your course it will be because they are very conscientious
or because they are intensely interested in the subject and are wilhng
to do much more outside reading. It is much the same with teachers
who read their lectures lectures which have been copied in whole
or in part from textbooks, and which contain many high-sounding but
meaningless phrases.
The best thing for you to do is to take a course in public speak
chnnirt hfi a law to the effect that no one shall be
permitted to obtain a teachers' certificate until he has had thorough
.Mtinn in nnhlic BDeaking. If you are unable to appear before
a class and talk so the members will remain awake, then your voca
tion in life is not teaching and you should overcome your iaumg
or ro into the landscape-gardening profession. If. on the other hand.
you know your subject thorougmy ana are so umUuuulB D -
m;,. enpine ability, then publish a textbook and !
nave uu uwuv o
someone teach it who has the ability to get the ideas across.-
University Daily Kansan.
FACULTY WOMEN PLAN
BIG SOCIAL EVENING
The women of the faculty will en
joy a social evening in Woman's Hall,
1340 R street, at 8 o'clock Wednes
day evening. February 19. One fea
ture of the evening will be a varied
and interesting program, given under
the direction of Dr. Louise Pound- A
real treat Is in store. The assess
ment for the evening is 20 cents. The
committee in charge follows: Dr.
Winifred Hyde, Maud M. Melick, Vir
ginia Ziiiiiuer, Clara Craig, Mi.
Thompson.
Vespers
The Rev. Jas. B. Brown of the
University Place, Presbyterian, church
will speak at the Y. W. C. A. vespers
In the Woman's Hall today at 5
o'clock.
HAND GRENADES
"A Winter' Tale"
Some one gave us a cruel blow the
other night A certain man asked
why the "Rag" did not run a hu
morous column. We wilted. Who
wouldn't? Then we explained at
length that Hand Grenades were real
ly supposed to be scintillating out
bursts of wit and humor. Much sur
prise was registered on the face of
the heartless man, who said he al
ways thought that the Hand Grenades
were merely advertisements for pat
ent medicine or something like that
There was another fellow with him.
He said h rd n Htd Grentdei
once in a while, but he couldn't give
them much. He furthermore said,
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that he wished. Hie fellow who wrote
them would lay off the dainty, girlish
stuff as he had no idea how to depict
feminine characters, his work being
bunglingly masculine. Maybe he was
right. Maybe a fellow six feet tall
who tips the scales at on hundred
and eighty cannot accurately .portray
fluffy-ruffle, ladylike, personalities,
but then we would like to meet any
who who really understands maidenly
mannerisms. We are sure such a
fellow would be hard to find.
we can neither forgive nor forget his
We could forgive him for this, but
remark to the effect that he wished
that once in a while that Shrapnel or
Hand Grenade or whatever-he-called
himself fellow would take his stories
from life, rather than forever giving
want to his distorted imagination.
After that, we needed a few "ruby
rays" yes, we went to the Orpheum
last week what our imagination re
fuses to distill in the laugh line we
glean at the Tuesday matinee.
Well, today were going to tell a
true story a breezy one about the
blizzard. (Please read the last of
that sentence again we don't want
you to miss the Joke!) Out in the
wilderness in the little town where
our family tree is firmly planted, the
blizzard blizzed lots harder than It
did here. The wind howled and the
snow drifted. In one of the deepest
drifts was buried a lady a beautiful
lady with golden hair and a rose
petal skin! The snow piled over her
and the icy blasts raged about her.
Ever and anon, a stalwart man
would struggle through the storm.
All looked at the' unfortunate lady,
and a few would-be heroes started to
help her, but no one really rescued
her. Thpre. durins that awful day.
DAILY DIARY
RHYMES
"To a Prof I"
No soul has ever said that I
And Shakespeare's kith and Kin
I simply write what passing thought
My brain has gathered in;
I"ve had no fortune, fame has never
Given half a sign
But I know this much, and that is,
just
What feet should make a line.
And you, professor, what a bore
These rhymes must be to you
Accustomed as you are to those
Whose poems hold them due
To take their place in the cultured
world
While I, I sink to the lowest plane
In the efforts of paper an4 pen.
What a bane It should be if at every
time
That I scanned a poetical verse
I should see no thought of the mind's
lnscrlpt.
But rather be griped with the curse
Of finding no thought in the lines I'd
read
Just a mania, born as of wine
Of wasting good time in a graceless
way
By counting the feet in the line.
So, good friend, student of English
prose
And a critic, as well, of verse
Your life, perhaps, Is a worthy life
While the good In my life grows
worse;
Life, as you see It, Is nothing to me
A glimpse of the best I've no sign
And why? Just because In the scrib-
I've neglected the feet in the line.
At kings In the world of men
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FIVE PURDUE MEN GET
THE CROIX DE GUERRE
Five members of the Purdue Ambu
lance Section, No. 598, now at Ivry
Sur Seine, France, have been honored
with the French CroJv A Guerre, for
bravery In action, according to an
offclal communication received yesterday.
A letter was received at Alumni
headquarters from Dr. F. F. Tucker,
who has arrived in Chicago from
China. Dr. and Mr.. Tucker will be
present at the next commencement,
after which they will return to China
to take up their work again, m
missionary field-