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Friday, October 13, 1923 THE DAILY NEBRASKAN The Daily Nebraskan Pulllh.Ml Sunday. TiuIiit. Wcdiivmliiv J h.ir,l.ly ,, Fr.lny ,r , f week l.y the I'ulvorxlly ol N,l,?nHkn. Accepti-i! fr mulling at kmmIiiI rntr of jfOciote, a, 11.17. authorized Lnuary ruder li.o illrtHtlnn f .. stuil.nt Ub lirntlon llnnrrt. Entered iih Hviml-cl!iHn mutter nt the po.(offl,-e I.. Lincoln. Nehn.Nk,, . un.JlT be Act of c ontrcHs. March 3, 1S70. 8nbMTlillon rule ... Sl.M 11 itemrHter '"' ny Five Out year Aildivss nil coiniiiiiiilciiiionii to THE DAILY NKUKVSKW Rtiitlmi A, Lincoln. Nt., TKLEI'IIOMS I nlver.lly 142 Evening HUMS' Eilllorlnl iiinl luiKlncxg offk-eg In nouth west corner of basement of AilmlnlKtra tlon Hnlldlnir. Belle Furimtn Ktlltot Office Houtb 10-11 anil 4-3 dully Uerbert llrownrll, Jr Managing Kdltoi Office bourn. 3 to (I, Mmulav. Tins.la.v n ediii'uday, '1'hurBilny, Salnriliiy. Marjorle Wjinun ... Kdwurtl Ituck Hubert F. C'rnlg Churle -A. Mlulull . AHHoehite Kilitm Mb III Kililoi NiKlit Kilttii, MKlit Kiiilol Clisuncey Kintry Ituxliifnn MunuKe, Office Honrs I to 0 Dally. Clifford M, lltckx, Abh'I. HuIiich Miiiiuki. Frank try tireulallon MunuKe Mttlil Kdlior for lliia lue. Robert F. Craig J frrnnk II. erien .Aunt. NikIiI r.uiln. Stajium Ral.y II all students .a the lnivi rsi;.. tou.d s.e. as in u vision, whai ihe Aitaii.ri.il Stadium will bo wnen com pitted as planned, they would feci tUe urge to rus.i torward with then he.p auj make tins g.ei.t .lemo.;a possible. In order that all studem. may know what they will help i-i build, they should attend the lull Monday morning. They will be given a conception of how much the Sui diuni w.U mean to the University. Quarter Reports First quarter reports go into the registiar's ocice tomorrow. In a few days delinquency reports will bt given out. Those who have fallen down in their work will nd theu. fcelves confronted with the unpleasant tacts. In many cases the instructors have found it necessary to give numerous examinations to help determine how well the students are grasping the subject. Some have found, that, be cause of the nature of the subject It is almost, too early to make an ac curate estimate of the work the stu dents are doing. A lew unfortunate individuals fell down in the hist tests, not because they were syste matically "sluffing" their work, but because they had not yet found their stride. If you lind that at the end of the first four weeks your grades are not up to tne standard, do not lose heart. If you are a worker you can redeem yourself. Perhaps you think ou do study but still the grades are lamentably lack ing. If that is the case, talk it over with your instructor. He is ready to help you. The prolessor often can give just the suggestion needed to help the student start right. the Bt luteins. With this in mlml, and in view of the two campaigns this week, we nre moved to consider: "Why the W. S. G. A.?" and "Why the Y. W. C. A.?" In The Dally Nebraskan of October 11, the W. S. G. A. states that it "has for its prime purpose the governinc of women in sorority and rooming hoiiHes." Let us examine this pur pose. There is a member of the fac ulty whose duties Include the super vision of sorority and rooming houses the llean of Women. Obviously the W. S. G. A. Is duplicating this func tion. The W. S. G. A. sponsors the girls' Cornhusker luncheon and the girls' Cornhusker party, hut individual charges are made for them. Both the luncheon and the party could be equally well managed by committee.) from the various girls honor organiza tions, and they would not have to make a campaign for general ex penses. The W. S. G. A. collects a $2.")0 scholarship, a worthy cause. But to do this, it finds it necessary to organize 1,000 girls in the University, collects $2.'i0 for "general expenses," elects a governing hoard which se cures much Iionor and few duties, and sends two delegates across the coun try to a national convention. Isn't there a more efficient and sensible way of getting and handling this fund? As a defense of the organization, it is said: "W. S. G. A. is a national ( rganlzaiinn, represented in all tho largest schools." Hut our problem is to deal with conditions in Nebraska. Because this national orpanzaition is Installed in other schools, it does not follow that it necessarily can offer any solutions to our local problems. How about the University V. W. C. A.? This organization is best known through fts Vesper service. Yet it is a matter of common knowl edge that attendance at these services would dwindle to a mere handful if the sororities should cease to force the attendance of their freshmen by penalizing them a "date" for absence. The budget of the University Y. W. C. A. calls for S3. 200. Of this amount Sl.SOO is for the secretary's salary. My main point Is this: That tho University is being swept by over organization and over-driving. Few students can escape the effects of thin injurious tendency. Every reader can name at least one man or woman whose scholarship has been harmed by devotion to some sort of activity. Our school Is crowded with examples of duplication of executive machinery of students and faculty, and of time, money and effort being devoted to Inslgnlfcant causes. We have lost sight of the main purpose of a univer sity. Wo must stop this dizzy pace anil 'put scholarship above organiza tions and student activities as the aim of our college life, while there are still a few shreds of scholastic reputation left for the University of Nebraska. We must disorganize! D. T. O. To the Editor of the Nebraskan: The controversy over whether the demands made upcn students for money for various causes are too heavy has been one of the favorite arguments on the campus recently. N'early everyone hates to hand over money, so when he hears the ques tion discussed, he exclaims that hi ihinks that bis money has not been given away. It is always best to heai both sides of a story, and this cas is no erception. It is admitted that the student h ueen asked to subscribe for quite a e.v tliinss, and it is conceded that ihe unanticipated tax on finances may be rather heavy in some cases Jn the other hand, these subscrip t ions that have been solicited were not donations in any sense of th ivoul. The student gets his money back with interest, it sems to me. If anyone says that he does not get $7.5o worth of good out of a whole season of athletic events, he belongs ;n a category all by himself. What would this University be like with no publications, no Christian organiza- ions, or any governing body such as the W. S. G. A? Surely it is worth fifty cents to be allowed to have a werd in the making of the laws tT In the matter of aid and advice in which we conform. Verily, fifty cents employment, rooms, etc.. the secretary : for the sake of democracy! is. of course, duplicating the work of Every solitary student, whether he the Dean of Women. Tor conference snlierlhil m nv of ti,Q u,inc or not, is exceedingly willing to profit the Y. W. asks S2.10. That is. the girls of the University are asked to pay the expenses of several girls for some time at a general conference by the result of the other fellow's In vestment. I wonder if the non-owner of m athletic ticket leels auv hesi- There is an item of S2n0 for office, tuicy about basking in the glory of thnt everybody's Mail Mis Chatterbox, Diuly Nebraskan. Deer .Mis: 1 couldn't resist oppurtunlty to reply to yours of October th. Nut lining your eyedonity I can be per sonal, uf coarse. rid'Je no that the Unlveisity hasn't polished some cf the gentlemen of the in;:titooshun? Furinstance, I was quietly an' unassumingly getting (not grabbing) my "Rag'' the other morn ing when a big paw reached undei my nose and grubbed the paper right our of my hand; and walked oft. And say, if he hud a green cap he had it hid for I couldn't see any cap a tall. Maybe some day we'll all improve. U'hat'je think? I have a gold in my dose. Talk uf wavin' the white flag. It must be a universally adopted custom on the campus unless one happens to have a lashunably bordered handkerchief. We're a peaceful outfit; even If we do collect scalps. So you wept at the Rialto las! week. I did too, 'cause I couldn't go. being financially dislocated and with the aforesaid cold. The dislo cated part is the wurst. Did ya ever hear of anyone being in that predlca ment? Well I even heard of a feller attending school who couldn't eat. Nope, he wusn't sick; an elephunt had stepped on his pocketbook. May he he had taken Psychology und so improved his memory he could imag ine himself eating. Say, if yer tired uf your flapperlsh scarf why not tie it around your waist? It's been done. Yours mit hessitation, Boob McNutt. I U-NOTICE Bulletin Boards Many disappointments would be avoided if students would pay closer attention to the not ices posted on the bulletin boards in the halls of neaily every building on the campus. The majority of important university no nces are posted there with correct Information as to time and place. II au error has been mad", the correc tion is usually posted also so t.iat any uncertainty may be dispelled. Students oula to read thy bulle tin boards just lor the sake of the. in formation that they contain. It is a good way to learn j'l-t what is go ing on in the Uuiveisity, a subject on which every student should bi-wc-ll info:med. Club niij"-lings, campaigns, convoca tions, all are advertised on the bulle tin boards. Notices are posted there for the bent-lit of the students, and it is to their own advantage to avail them selves of this handy source of au:htn tic information. The Glee Club The organization of the University Glee Club this year will be a mateiial aid to Nebraska singing. A glee club Is a valuable organization. As well as doing a great deal within tho school, it is a good advertisement for tho school. The Giee Club was revived last spring to fill a real need in contrlbu ting to the lif of the school. The opportunity for helping the school Is a big one. May the Gleo Club this year achieve great success. Campus Comment. A Plea for Disorganization. To tho Editor: A pertinent question has been rai ' d by the unfortunate slogan of the V M. C. A.: "Why the Y?" In its cor. Ins campaign this organization will ask for a large sum of money. ;; seems only fair that tho students who are asked to subscribe should know how their money is spent. No organi tatlon Is Justified In asking 'or money, or Ten Justified in xlstinj;. " fjup. icates us won oi Boine one eme, oi condscta acuities which could be done as effectlTely and efficiently by per sons who its not asking money from publicity and printing. In this way the Y. W. spends 200, not to men tion the more important matter of the students' time. These students make cards and duplicates of duplicate-cards which are duplicates of those accessible in the office of the Dean of Womn and th Rgistrar. For service $100 is set aside. Such work is of necessity duplication. This city is filled with organizations, from the Junor League to the Salvation Army, which minister to the less fortunate. And what are the results of the work of this sociol service committee. In The Daily Nebraskan of October S, the committee says: "The social serv ice committee last year visited insti tutions in and near Lincoln and pro vided entertainments for the inmates on several occasions. The vesper choir sang several times at the city mission. Twenty-five girls co-operated with the public schools in Amer icanization work." The 4.10 national appropriation we must here pass by without comment, since justification of it rests upon the above consider ations. And, now, let us consider: Whv ihe Y? This organization has not yet issued its budget, nor m ide a state ni'nt of its activities. It would not seem out of place, however, to dis cuss what are known as University Y activities, and see if its existence is Justified. First, the Y helps in find-! ing employment. The Lions' club and ! the city Y are already doing this, j The Y assists In solving the housing problem. This consists of posting a I list of available rooms. The Univer- I sity Y issues the student directory- j Our present system of registration I make this mere routine. Universitv l night is managed by the Y. A rep-1 resentative committee selected by the Innocents and the Mortarboards fron I the honor pocleties could, r.o doubt, offer more satisfactory entertalnm' r? j than we have thus far had. Tho University Youtiif M n'- "l,r! tian AsoclnMon and Y'ru.r V.'i r.', Christian Association a- -:t t!.y pro claim their aim:-, i.ii l j.ijr;.'. - In ?!, ir names. They ;,r" or-ir.!z--d t-rimtir:! here, to prorr.ote ld-aN of ",ri .t:a:i life. Thi-: work i'h i. -; z done by fix Ktud"nt pa-tors, tuk'.v.e away t'.e work these f,rs.-i:i.z;.f;.,r.-( d.-n'm as their primary function. Six o; tbe fore-j most rrotes'ant hurhc-3 cf the state each have a pastor d voting his entire f of !. r iijMor, ; !,',,., is of the stu dent'. In addition, every church in LIv.oln makes special efforts to reach tho student?, to offer guidance, In spiration and entertainment ilere, t;,q main consideration Is not indeed, the few thousand dollars that hew organizations secure from tho student body. What I claim Is that they do not render for that sum serv ices sufficient to warrant even that expe Jiture. Furthermore the work wr.ch they do perform is not of gTeat enough value, and much that they claim they do, they either do not or, what Is more nsual, consists of duplication. champion football team. Does he feci any compunction when he borrows his Mend's Nebraskan five times a .veik ;o lind what is going on in school? Does he feel a bit guilty when he avails himself of the serv ices ci the "Y" to help him get a job? Yes. the University is supported by ;he state, but its spirit is not supplied gratis from the same source. What f everything except what the state .-upplied were dropped? Wouldn't it be exciting here then? A University with no spirit is about as a desirable , h:ce to be as a country with ):t a- triotism. If you absolutely cannot subscribe to these drives, there is no one go ing to force you to it. He very care ful, if you must kick, not to direct your kick so it will be construed as knocking the purpose for which the drive is bii.g conducted. ONE SUBSCRIBER. Donald DL-vries, '25, of Fremont, who underwent an operation last week lor appendicitis, is convalescing nicelv. Dearest Boob: Please allow me to congratulate you on your splendid letter writing, you are a wonder. Why don't you get a job in this University in the Eng lish department? I hear that an in structor is needed, you might be for tunate enough to get the "posish." I surely agree with you about the fellow being unpolished, wdio pro jected his Itching palm under your nose to grab for a "Rag," especially if he was not entitled to one. Y'ou know how tumble hard I work on this paper, don't you? Well, yester day I went to the Post Office to get the paper (I hadn't seen my column in print) the gentleman at the desk said, "Your face doesn t look familiar. whist's your name?" Miss Chatterbox," says I coyly, placing my hand upon one of the desired sheets. "Just a minute, there is no name of that kind listed on the column of subscribers, guess you had better get your receipt before you can get a paper." Now what do you think of that? I have to have a receipt! I wish that thev would be as careful of every-1 body as they were of me. I just wish I had as many pennies as papers that are given ont to persons who do no! deserve them. Awfully glad you wrote to me, Boob, try it again sometime. I have n't been getting as much mail as I want, tell everybody to drop me a line. I'll be very glad to answer them. You didn't ask me any ques tions so I guess that I can rest this time. Well, bye-bye for now, 1 send you my bestest love and smacks, MISS CHATTERBOX. F. R. Keubler, '22, of Milford, Is visiting at the Phi Delta Chi house. Conan Doyle's SPIRITUALISTIC MESSAGE Sir Con an Dfy.- La, v. riten a .30,000 word story dealing with lh last trip to ti.e Stales and his SPIRITUALISTIC MhSSA.;i; e,.:;-;,,,; '-OUR. AMKRICAX ADVENTURE" Begins in the Journal Saturday, October 14 OF SPECIAL INTEREST TO STUDENTS OF PHILOSOPHY ALL SOULS' UNITARIAN CHURCH 12th & H Strets SUNDAY, Oct. 35, at 11 m., Rev. James W. MacDonald will give the first of two addresses on the subject: "IS GOD A PERFECT, ABSOLUTE, BEING, or a DEVELOPING, STRUGGLING LIFE." A Beautiful Devotional Service Precedes the Address Catholic Students Club Tho Catholic Students nl will meet at K. C. hall Sunday at three o'clock. Alpha Kappa Psi There will be an important meet ing of the Alpha Kappa Psi at 5 o'clock, Friday, October 13, In the I'nlversity Commercial Club rooms. W. A. A. Hike Kvervbodv hike! C.irls. meet nt the Temple, six o'clock Sunday, ready for u good time. Hiking gives W. A. A. points. Baptist Students. All Baptist, students are invited to attend the Baptist Young People's picnic at Bronson's park, Friday, Oc tober 13. Take Lancaster car at 10 and 0 streets at 5:30. The very best of eats and a fine bunch of games and stunts have been planned. Tickets, 25 cents. Calendar Friday, October 13 Twins Club picnic, Antelope Park. Delinn open meeting, S: 15 p. m. Faculty hall. Phi Delta Chi house dance. Palladian open meeting, S, Temple. Lutheran club open meeting, 8:30 p. m., Y. M. C. A. room, Temple. Kappa Alpha Theta dance, Ellen Smith hall. Chi Omega freshman picnic, Cave. Saturday, October 14 Phi Tau Epsilon house dance. Xi Psi Phi house dance. Alpha Chi Omega fall party, the Lincoln. 01 1 i Coltons' 1301 O St. Special on School Dresser $14.75 See Our Window A Young Fellow came into our clothing department yesterday to get a fall overcoat "When I saw the shrubs wrapped in overcoats for the frost I knew it was time for me,' he explained. Fall Coats $30 upward. THE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MUSIC ADRIAN M. NEWENS, Director Offers thoronp.li training in Music, Dramatic Art. A larjre faculty of specialists in all departments. Anyone may enter. Full information on request. Opposite the Campus. Phone B1392 llth & R St8t featuring the new Two Button "Mary" Slipper Note These "Club Tea" Menus 20 cents Cinnamon Toast Tea Coffee C'hocolat.5 35 cents Fruit Salad Nut Bread Sandwich Tea Coffc Chocolate 50 cents Chicken Salad Toasted Ham Bun Ice or Sherbet Tea Coffee Chocolato Tea hoom Fifth Floor. for dress wear From Griffin and White, acknow ledged among: the leaders in footwear fashions, comes this beautiful dress slipper of black mat kid with the popu lar Baby Louis heel. An unusually pretty beaded design on the throat and strap. Comes in all sizes. Priced per pair, 13.50.