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JACK AUSTIN Managing Ed. tor
JESSIE WATSON Associate Editor
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DAILY NEBRASKAN'S SEC
OND SEMESTER PLATFORM
1. Clean politics in competitive
campus affairs.
2. More paid readers on the
campus.
3. A wider scope of news.
4. Realization of the new gym
nasium and stadium.
5. Lower prices to University
students.
6. Each student an "unofficial''
staff member of the Daily Ne
braskan. 7. Adoption of the Single Tax
System next fa'l.
.-ollcitors?
When the special election ia called
to vote upon the Single Tax it Is t:
o you to vote. At the Student Cou
cil election less than 400 votes we:
cast. This is approximately e ight p
nt of the .student body. Wo a
warned that unless the vote on tlv
Single Tax expresses the sentiiuen
'f the MAJORITY of the students, i
is likely to be rejected. HELP PUr
Tllfi SINGLE TAX ACROSS by wor'
!rg for it now and later on, by votin
for it at the polls.
OUR AMERICAN CO-EDS.
The Happy Medium.
Still again we present a little food
for conscientious consideratirn. Why
net strike a harpy medium? Why
not blend the qualities of the athlete,
the book-worm, the buttertly. and all
the other types together and thus
mold the typical American co-ed? It
is hard for us to believe tat the
average college girl in America Is a
member of a distinct type. To us,
she seems a blend of many qualities.
The ideal co-ed is the one who
plays tennis equally as well as she
dances, who behaves in a drawing
room equally as well as she beb.ive
in a class room, who knows Nw 'o
concentrate and yet knows when to
stop, who is a "good sport" and yet
who knows when to draw the line.
Collpge girls should try to typify
the true American co-ed. They should
not fall Into the rut of being a "jack
o!-all trades," yet this is better than
spending every minute along one Ln
of specialization, ignoring ail ot.ier
things Y. G. (Contributed).
SINGLE TAX AGITATION.
We hope that the Single Tax may
be voted ui.cn favorably by a ma
jority of the student body before the
end of the second semester, so that
it wi'l be in working order for the
opening of school next September. A
ccta'n campus organization Is al
ready behind this movement and
working towards its adoption. It is
expected that a popular election will
be called soon. In order that student
sentiment may be definitely deter
mined. After this election, the matter
will be put up to the Doard of Regents
for raiifieatien.
Several years ago sueh a movement
was voted upon favorably by the
students at this Universi'y and then
dropped. This year, through student
opinions, a large number of students
have declared themselves in favor of
the Single Tax. Through conversa
tions they have expressed the desire
to see the plan "go through" this
year.
The Single Tax Is the best scheme,
we believe, when applied to the larger
activities. Including footbalT games,
basketball games. All University
parties, subscriptions to the Daily Ne
braskan, productions by the Univer
sity Tlayers and the like. It is evi
dent that It will erentually put money
into the pockets of the students. You
can easily see that such a plan will
make drives and campaigns a thing
of the past and who Is there on the
campus who courts the attention of
THE "CIHCUS ADORNMENTS."
The big canvas posters in red an
black letters cn a while backgro in
that some students lia-e been knov
o term "circus adornments" certain'
lend a "small town atmosphere" t
the campus. This Is not merely a'
editorial for the purpese of "crnl
bing." Criticism without any on
truotive suggestions as to bettermen
is almost as bad as the proverblr
"crab" whose efforts can not even h
'oi mod "criticism." For that feasor
we wlH try to offer n solution to t'
"cntrpus bill-brard" p'r.n.
Why could we not build upon th
"orf of a prominent campus buildi:i
a structure several racks high fe
'hop or four lines cf letters iliat en
tie slipped into p'acc by much th
cine method as the scores of foo'
' a'l games are slipped intrt r.lace i"
adjustable score boards? These Itt
ters should be constructed of stee'
o that they will be able to withstand
the weather. With illumination at
iiiK'iil and a change of announcement
every few days, tiiey would serve the
purpose of advertising functions to a
better advantage than the present
igns that blow down with each gust
rf the wind and the letters of which
tand out like the patches on a
crazy-quilt.
WE ANSWER MR. BUCK,
Dean P. M. Puck of the Arts and
Science College recently wrote for
the Daily Nebraskan an article
entitled "Students Take Themselves
Too Seriously." In the main, we
rgree heartily with what Mr. Buck
ays. We agree that whether the stu
dent is studying, reciting or indulging
in his iecreation usually i is all
merely a part of a routine, a hack
neyed, bromidic existence. When
ime hangs heavy on the student's
'ands, he says "Let's go to the
movies" or "Ixt's rlay pool," simply
because there Is want of something
better to do. It is almost the routine
of these habits that has th? student
within its grip. Very seldom do we
see the Etudent reading in his room
when his work is done reading for
the PLEASURE of READING. With
his we heartily agree.
It is with Mr. Puck's closing sen
ence that we are forced to dissent,
lie closes with the statement: "But
".ow can it be said that one of a truth
oday enjeys going to college?"
In spite of the fact that college
stems to be running in a narrow,
routine orbit in spite of the fact that
although the unexpected things which
are present but which the student
does not see. are still left undis
covered we believe that the student
t i 11 ENJOYS going to college. When
!t is all over he will say: "Those
four years in college were the happi
est I've ever spent. I didn't realize
it then. But I would not give any
thing for them now."
College life may be a routine exist
ence, almost as hackneyed and bromi--iic
as a professional career, but It
till contains things which are dear
o the student things in which he
rnds a real Joy. When the college
annual makes its appearance, when
he Shun bows each year, when vari
ous traditions Hre reborn from time
to time then a college Is an enjoy-
ble place. These thinss make us
'orget the mediocrity of it all. They
-lake us ENJOY college.
EDITORIAL OF THE OAV
HUMAN SAUSAGES.
(From The Dartmouth.)
Men come to college to grow. They
"ome to grow In mentality and to
broaden and better their personality.
Yet there are few men on the campus
who are popularly credited with any
expansion In personality and ability,
ilthough It is obvious that they have
grown. Conversely, it is easy for the
man who has been too highly rated
luring his freshman year to slip from
his pedestal, but at the very same
,nio we nre confronted with a laro
oj.Ical situation where the under
nduuto who has been classed w.t'i
e "wetter" ones has to go Just twice
s far In the opposite direction to
art out cf the group in which he
as been placed. From accident a.
uch as from any other reason, at'
eshmen in the beginning a'e prob
biy classified in two groups.
p-tain clique, or perhaps enly cno o
wo influential individuals, take i
pen their shoulders to dictate the
-rial postion of the newcomer. Tin
ews spreads, and the campus ha
-cor ted this chance classification iv
'nnl.
One of the justifications for tlv
'rtence of slavery which has been
put forward In past centuries Is t'ia
'avcry makes possible the deve'op
"ent of a large number of b-illi:in'
atesmcn and extraordinary a tivan
ho could not bo produced in any
ther way. Democracy, on the othe'
and, has been condemned because i
-i asserted that it tends to reduce a'l
persons to a condition of hopeless
mediocrity. It is on the line of thH
'ast statement that the American col
lege is receiving its severest attacks
today. There is hardly an InMltuU"
, f higher learning in the country
which does not pride itselT o:i its
democratic traditions, but one doe."
not l;avo to look further than Dart
mouth to discover this tendenev
towards the production of a standard
ype. with the slightest deviation;:
therefrom meeting with instant dis
approval. The favored type is un
doubtedly a good one. but under the
system we shall forever be prevented
from developing anything better.
Something more than gloating over
an ancient and outworn democracy is
needed a this moment. Our hide
bound conservatism must be replaced
by a newer and more libor.il view
point. The college expects all men
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to conform to one type, yet oven after
three or four years of struggle to
reach the standard there nio very
few men who receive any degree of
credit for raising themselves from
the despised c'ass in which they
wcro placed during .the first months
of their freshman year.
Unless individualism does receive
the recognition which is its due, Dart
mouth college will not be turning out
each year 400 men developed to their
"iillest potentiality, but merety 400
'-uninn sausages, each one exactly
like the next. ,
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college bulletin board for list of ticket
sellers.
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