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n patt.v NFDRASKAN The Daily Nebraskan UNIVERSITY Or NEBRASKA OFFICIAL PUBLICATION EDITORIAL STAFF Howard Murfln Et,ltor Laurence 13. Slater Managing IMnor Mariaa Hennlnger ....t Associate Editor Carllale Jonei Newa Editor Torreat Kites Newa Bdltor 8adl rinch . Society Editor Orvln D. Gaaton Sports Kdltor BUSINESS STAFF R07 Wythori Buslnea Manacar Earl Coryell Circulation Manafar Fre4 Bosklng . AnUtant Business Manager Offlcei: Newa, Basement. University Hall; Business. Basement. Administration Building. Telephones: Newa and Editorial, D-2816; Business. B 2617. NUbt, all Departments. B 4204. rublUned every day except Saturday and Sunday during the col leg year. Subscription, per semester $1.25. Entered at the postofflce at Lincoln, Nebraska, aa second-class mall matter under the Act of Congress of March 8. 1ST! For This Issue CARLISLE JONES News Editor STUDENT GOVERNMENT IN THE BALANCE Those interested in student self government in the University of Nebraska will watch with interest the results of the meeting Sunday afternoon where representatives of almost every student organization met, argued over a question and made a decision by a substantial majority. It marks the beginning, or the end, of the hope that the student council has really come to stay as a power at Ne braska and of the hope that Nebraska has at last recognized the ad vantages of student government. The question decided is of indifferent importance, compared with the value of the method adopted to sound out sentiment in the college public. Thinking students will hope that the student council will follow this plan In many future matters and that the powers that be, and that have been for so many years in the university, will see the worth of the plan and ;he latent power of the system with which they experimented Sunday. After all it matters very little whether the students dance on Tuesday night or Wednesday night or perhaps on any night. But it matters very much if, after a fair and careful sounding of opinion from seventy representative students, almost all upperclassmen and almost all from among those who are soon to take places in a wet Id of self government and discipline, the student council fails to use its new power to put the will of that meeting into effect. And it would be equally lamentable if faculty supervision should arbitrarily override this first action taken by the students and the student council which called the meeting. Those interested in seli government for the University of Nebraska are watching closely the outcome of this meeting Sunday. It is natural that they should leel that no matter how trivial the decision may have been, that with its adoption student government is born, but that with its rejection student government has suffered a blow from which is may not recover. BETTING ON THE TEAM In former days the strength ol a football team was largely judged by the willingness of its backers to bet their money on a vic tory. Betting was considered an essential part of the game and in dulged in rather openly as good sportsmanship. Gradually, the ethical side of betting was brought to the attention of sportsmen and it lost favor until the leaders for cleaner athletics denounced it as a moral wrong. At present students generally are accepting athletics as it is, without the artificial stimulus created by gambling on the outcome. The moral ban on betting now exercised, is tending towards better and cleaner athletics without decreasing any of the enthusiasm. The Daily Kansan. WHAT IS PRACTICAL? Education has always received a pelt from some inadve-tnt stonethrower. In the old days even the three "It's" were condemned by the hard-handed wood-cutter and the sodden plowman. The uign school came next, and some men who had scarcely mastered arith metic themselves saw no need of a "higher learning" for their chil dren. Then came the time when universities were considered elite and highbrow. It is intresting to trace the evolution in popular thought as regards to the value of education. More men are in col lege this year than ever before; the question of the day is the practi cality of certain subjects. It is amusing to note how shortsighted are most attitudes upon the matter of practicality. Interested in some certain line, anything outside of its limited area looks 'mpractical to the enthusiast. A man may become so intent upon the details that are in the foreground of his chosen profession that he forgets the big background he needs. That, of course, is just what many subjects in general education give background and balanced schooling for thought. And therein lujes their practicality. The questions, "What do I really enjoy? What sort of work can I do best?" cannot be answered adequately until many subjects or branches have been touched upon. Choosing a career too often rests upon a radical modification of these questions, such as, "How can I make money most easily?'" or "Where have I got a pull?" And hese latter ideals too often are used to determine the practical. Specilization is a great thing; but it is apt to furnish only one tool that should become broken? The remedy is to have such other tools sharpened and ready for use. The Michigan Daily. PERSONALS Ulayds Ulacherlt. of Fulibury. whs a Sunday guest of Chi Omega. M. N. Rohr. of Sioux Falls. South Dakota, Is spending a lew days at Ihe Sigma Alpha Epsllon house. Mary Rogers, of Gibbon, and Har riet Collmar, of Tekanmh, spent Sun day at the Alpha Pi house. Sigma Nu observed memorial day, Sunday, for the men of the fraterni ty, who lost their lives In the woild war. Mrs. J. C. Hfnkley. of Knrnum, and Mrs. R. D. Clinks or Cheyenne, Wy oming, are visitors at the Gamma I'm Beta house. Helen Qulnn, '18, of Aurora, Lon Howard. '17, of Omnha, Bernlce Bntta, of the University of Missouri, ?nd Elizabeth Rldell. ex'22. of Fremont, were week end guests at the Knppa Alpha Theta house. R. G. Triwllder, '22, spent Sunday at his home in Hastings. Mrs. G. L. Griggs, of Alliance, is visiting her daughter. Mildred Griggs, at the Kappa Alpha Theta house. Fred Klepser, ex-'19. of Wet-ping ! Water, is a guest at the Beta Theta I'l house. Eloise Senile and Janet Wilmt.rth, of Omaha, were week end visitors at the Delta Gamma house. Alfred Nye, '04, of Kearney, who is an instructor at the State Farm. Is visiting at the Sigma Alpha Kpsilon house. Philip Hockonberger, of Columjus, A. S. Axtell, of Schuyler, and A. II. Beck, of the University of Kansas, spent the week end at the Sigma Phi Epsilon house. Zoe Schalek, '23. spent Sunday at her home in Omaha. Mrs. E. H. Harrison, of Sidney. Io wa, is visiting her daughter, Marjorie Harrison, at the Alpha Omicron Pi house. Lorin Caley, '17, and Wallace Spear. '18, of Omaha and Wilfred Miller, of North Platte, were week end guests of Alpha Theta Chi. Lee Yocum, '22. spent the week end at his home in Ashland. Leo Beckord, '21, spent Saturday and Sunday in York. Belle Cook. '21. went to Omaha, Tuesday. Truman Redfield, '222, spent Sunday at his home in Omaha. Mildred Griggs, '23, is ill at the Kappa Alpha Theta house. Mr.--. Hinkley, of Farnam, is visit ing her daughter, Blythe, at the Gam ma Phi Beta house. Gwendolyn Damerell, of Hastings, was the guest of Davida VanGilder at the Gamma Phi Beta house for the weekend. The Pi Phi Chi fraternity he:d a Lanquet for the new members at he fia.erniiy house, Saturday evening.! Dean Engberg, Drs. Lyman and Barker i and Harry Kretzler, of Omaha were the speakers of the evening. W. Biakeslee, Don Bodewell, G. O. Biodersem, H. F. Munson and Don Folleite. members of the Iowa chap ter of the Sigma Chi, at Ames, were guests of the local chapter at dinner Saturday evening. Soils management journeyed to Central city in autos last Friday anu Saturday to inspect the project tar ried on by the University to sop the blowing of sandy soils. This project is now under the supervision of Pro fessors F. D. Keim and Paul Steuait. Farm House announces the pledg ing of Arnold Fonts, '23, of Dillar, Ne braska. Manager Boles of the Ames la"d, Francis W. Reich and Oliver Tow oi Ames spent the week end at Alpha Gamma Rho house. MiBB Sparkt 8pakt Vespers MIhb Helen Sparks, who did Snlvu tlon Army work at the embarkation camo at New York and Is now a Mu- dent In the university, will meV at vespers In Art Hall 6 o'clock Tues day. The Y. W. C A. committee In charge of the program thinks It will be well worth ihe lime of every glri. AVERAGE STUDENT SICKNESS IS LOW Champaign. 111.. Oil. Uti.-An aver nee illness of less than two days for each student Is the health record of the student body of the University of Illinois for the last year. Out of more than five thousand students last year, there were only three cases of chlckenpox, one case of whooping cough, one of scarlet fe- er. two of typhoid fever, two wi rubella, six of measles, nineteen of diphtheria, twenty-four of muups. and sixty three of pneumonia. 9,715 Sick Days. The xitiilanie of the University Health Service held the number of sick days down to 9.715 for Ihe en- lie student body. The following summary gives a glimpse of the work of last year: Student lsits i77i Prescriptions 1391 Surgical dressings iOOS Advised to enter hospital ICS Referred to specialist 23 Sputa examinations 3 Diphtheria cultures 613 Medical histories written 3319 Complete physical examinations 1240 Including Student Army Training Corps. There was a total of 843 visits of employes in addition to the above. Of the 9.972 student visits, 1.7S1 were in the month of September and 1.76S in October. The other monlhs were more normal. During the academic year, the Uni versity Health service did more to ward immunizing the student body against communicable diseases, espe cially smallpox, than in all the years of its existence. There were 3,817 students given the immunizing treatment for smallpox, 3.576 for typhoid, S13 for pneumonia, and 206 for influenza. Vaccine valued at approximately $2,000 was used in carrying out this work. IT'S TIME FOR WOOL CASHMERE HOSE Men we have a line line of these hose at prices that are just 50 per cent below the present market prices. All wool with the beauty and comfort of real cashmere; ONLY 75c, 95c and $1.25 1337 LINCOLN 1337 ost HAT & SHIRT CO. ost WHO WANTS 'EM? ONLY ELEVEN NIGHTS LEFT.' We have but eleven open dates all next semester; the ret are all taken. Do you want one of these? The Original Southern Rag-a-Jazz Band BERT L. REED, Mgr. B2193 1141 H St Day and Night Classes Lincoln Business College Accredited by Nat'l Ass'n of Accredited Commercial Schools L. B. C. Bid. 14 & P St. Phone B6774 paraiiiiMiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiim One of the Many in Our Great $16. 00 Fine Shoes Stock BELIAN INITIATES Forty members of the Delian liter ary society visited Robber's cave on Hallowe'en for- initiation of nineteen new members and a program ol stunts ending with the time honored "Koast." BET COKES AND CANDY; CONSCIENCE HURTS 'EM Norman, Ok., Oct. 23. Should wagers of chocolate bars and "cokes" on results of football games be class ed as gambling? That's a question worrying Univer sity of Oklahoma women a few of whom, it is alleged, have been guilty of such conduct. The Y. W. C. A. w ill launch a cam paign to stamp out the evil. Miss Helen Montgomery, secretary, has r.ounced. All girlj admit it is wioug to make such bets she said, but in the excitement of the sport, they forget themselves. An effort also is being made to pie vent all betting on university games. It violates the fundamental principles ; economics and is entirely unethical, according to Frof. A. B. Adams, direc tor of the school of public and private business. Money acquired without giving value received is poor finance.'" he said "and betting does not formulate habits of careful handling of money." Manchester Last In Dark Tan r Black Ruttia Caff 1 J 'it-,:,-;. PATRONS of this shop, realizing that no detail of one's jrr.rb better ex presses breeding than correct ly chosen shoer, invariably ask for Nettleton'e. And in so doing they assure themselves a distinction in ap pearance and reliability in service well worth any differ ence in price. Let T v. t you with Nettleton Shocj the model shown above is typical of many ex clusive styles. G nir.i usszsjzt norm. Vtf ft IBI JM Mayer Bros. Co. ELI ShIRE,lPre. Pin m TV tSj J 9