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1 i ;M t' 5 i.' X TIIE DAILY NEBRASKAN Thursday, December 7, i922 Daily Nebraskan J,;"'""" 1"'. uthoriwU Jan unry 20 Indw U,. Ur,., of (h ,,,., ,. llcutlon lloun.. Do"oi l"t"PC'"',-r'" rn.utor.Ht the poatorfh Lincoln. NYbraBkii. urnUr the Act nt ConitrcHii. Miiri-h s iuto eubKrlutlon rate tiM) yw BlnrU copy (nf. Addrong all coinuiuiilctitluns to T1IK IIAILY KKIUl.VSKAN -n,.SAlMon A- M""oln. Neb. TELl:rilONJi Inlrrrnlty 14 Kvonlnpr IIIMMIJ Ktlltorlnl and bimlnetia offliTR In Rout west i"Hr ul baiwmvot of Adiuliilatr tlon Itulhllnir. Belle Farman Kdltoi Office Honra 1011 and 4-5 dally Herbert Itrownell, Jr MuiiBRlna Kill tor Office hours. 3 to a, Mondiiv. Tucaday. neuneadiiy. Thuradny, Sutnrday. Nnrjorle W.vnuin Axaoriute Ktlltor Kdwurd Iliick Mitht Killtiir Hubert F. Oral Mitlit Kilitnr Chitrlea A. Miti-lirlt NiRht llillliir Chaunrey Klnxry Itusliit-n Milliliter Offli-e Honrs t to 0 Pally. Clifford M. lllcks. Asa't. Ilnnr Miimigi-r Frank F. Fry . Ir.iiliitl.in Mumiict-r Mailt F.illlor for thU liie. Edward M. Buck .Mcrrllt K. Krniton, Aant. Nliclit Filltnr. "EAST IS WEST." "East Is West," a play which is ranked by critics as the dramatic classic of modern play?, will be pro duced this week by the University layers. This is the second of a ser ies of exceptional plays which the riayers ore bringing to Lincoln this winter. The plays are primarily iri'en to afford the students the opportunity to see the high class legitimate pro ductions staged in a manner which rivals professional productions. Yet judging from the number of student at past performances of the Players the greater number of students fail to realize the opportunity which they are missing. Only one-fourth of those who attended have been students The reputation of Players lias won for them a large clientele among Lincoln theatregoers. The riayers give three evening performances and a matinee. This should afford ample opportunity for every student to at tend one performance. "East Is West," stands out in a list of notable plays as one of the greatest plays. It is the most ex pensive play the University Players have ever brought to Lincoln. Stock productions of this play have been given only to companies playing the larger cities. Lucile Becker Foster, well-known for her past achievements in TJni- itv rlramatie productions, will take the part of Mins Toy. A strong supporting cast will appear. Any play staged by the University Players should attract a largo stu dent attendance. The play this week offers particular inducements in itself, in the cast, and in the staging. A great deal of discussion has been aroused by the publicity given to the views of Thomas A. Edison on educa tion. His Intelligence tests and ques tionnaires aroused unusual interest. His latest criticisms on education, the condemnation of the present day college graduate, as brought forth many champions of the college man of today and critics of Mr. Edison. Among those is Frederick P. Latimer whose common sense editorial on the subject is quoted from the Evening Day, New London, Conn. MR. EDISON IS WRONG. By Frederick P. Latimer. If there is anything which makes rational folks tired, It is Thomas A. Edison's continual senile harping on the false Idea that American colleges are a waste of effort, and that most of the college graduates are fit for nothing but the cake dish and the lounge. Mr. Edison would be con vinced, if he would take the trouble to consult the various class anniver sary statistics, published every little while, that by far the larger propor tion of college graduates not only attain success Tar above that of the average man, both In business and profession, but enormously to the pro gress and benefit of the community. The New Jersey Wizard complains that when he gets a college man Into his employ he usually finds a lemon. This does not compliment Mr. Edi son's skill or method of selection. He does not mention what proportion of his non-college men are lemons. In the nveraira esuerfence of employers the proportion Is notoriously large. This would be discouraging If It were not for the fact that this was always so. The proverb "Good men are scarce" In one form of language or another was mossy with age before the celebrated ark of Noah was set afloat. It Ifl not just to condemn colleges because they have to deal with human nature and are not always able to reform it Neither ia It reasonable .nwrf that a college education Is the thing which ought to be had to t men psneclally for worn in a iac tory. Mechanical and chemical, or yen business talent Is primarily best taught for efficiency In a technical rhonl al thou eh if one can get the college foundation first, he Is all the better for it. even If there is a mue delay of time. There has been a good deal of dis cussion about Edison's notorious In tolligenco tests and his questionnaires which would flunk nlno.y-nlne people out of a hundred, young or old, wherever and however educated, and had chief value merely as furnishing pubiclty dopo for the Edison staff The man who has passod the highest genoral intelligence test was a col logo man. Nevertheless that fellow may as like as not perish Into ob ivlon. Nowadays, to succeed, It isn't so much a matter of how much you know as how much you apply how much you focus and adjust your informa tion to the business In hand. Rocke feller might not have known a rungus from a hoppy-toad, but he could or ganize Standard Oil and make a mil Ion pennies grow where there was only one before; not ony that, but mnke those pennies fall right Into his own pocket. Grant was a general, and not a general encylopedia. Stenmetz pro!. ably has a very limited knowledge of what is the usual size of Baker's cove smelt, or the proper percentage of cinnamon In an apple fie. Stinnes Is not a man who knows more about filis than fibulae. Few ear and throat sceciallsts are proper to consult for mumps or bad action in the auto-wir ing. Banking is not done by literary sharks, or are many books written by brick layers. The man who gets on in his line is the man who stays on it. A newspaperman, ot. .oursc, has to know everything. A country lawyer is not far behind him in this respect. But if you want to get an inventor, a foreman of a lathe-room, a traffic manager, or military expert, and have him while his trousers are still short, don't look for him among the boys who are trying to learn to be some thing else. He naturally won't be (hero. But a typical, bright, college lad of 21 will learn almost anything move rapidly and to better effect than he would if he had not had th3 discipline and limbering up mentally of several years of schooling. "They don't want to do dirty work." snys Edison. Well, who does? "I have found out that whatever a man is during the first six weeks after he gets a job he will be the same after sixty years." If so, Edi son has slept more than his reputa tion allows. "The main quality for success, in my estimation, iss ambition with a will for woik." This is exactly what all the colleges teach. Union. Open meeting Friday, 8:30. Harry F. Huntington will speak. Everybody welcome. ' Green Goblin. Meeting at the Farm House, Thurs day, 7:15. Delian. White Elephant party, Faculty hall, Friday, December 8, 8:15. Americanization. Girls are needed for Americaniza tion work under the auspices of the University Y. W. C. A. See Miss Appleby at Ellen Smith hall. Fraternity Scholarship. Meeting of the scholarship com mittee chairmen of the fraternities in Dr. Schulte's office, Thursday eve ning, 7:15. Every chairman be pres ent and intend to spend the entire evening. Student Council. Meeting of the Student Council, Social Science 107, Thursday at o'clock. refuse to lend a hand to the support ot good causes. It wishes merely to ask the public not to make too many or too large demands upon the var ious organizations which make up its membership." THE EIGHT O'CLOCK BLUES U-NOTICE Calendar Thursday, December 7. Viking meeting, 7 o'clock, Silver Lynx house. Lutheran club business meeting, o'clock, S. S. 107. Sigma Delta Chi, Grand hotel, p. m. University Players, 8 p. m.. Tempi rhrfstinn Science Society, 7:30 Faculty hall. Friday, December 5. Union open meeting, S:30. Phi Delta Chi fall party, K. hall. Y. W. C. A. bazaar, Ellen Smith hall. University riayers, S p. m., Temple Military ball, Auditorium. Acacia informal, Itosewilde. Saturday, December 9. University Players, 2:30 p. m., and S p. m.. Temple. Phi Mu formal, the Lincoln. Bushnell Guild house dance. Palladian Banquet, the Lincoln. Kappa Sigma house dance. Menorah Society meeting and inia tion. Sigma Nu pig dinner, Chaptei house. Big and Little Sister rarty, 4 p. m. Ellen Smith hall. University Publicity. V.flwia r,t n-nnarnl Jnfproat Trill hp printed In this column for two consecu tive days, tory should he In the Xe raskun office by live ociock.: Sigma Delta Chi. Sigma Delta Chil will hold an in- iation and business meeting Thurs day, December 7, at the Grand hotel at 5 p. m. DeMolay. The following will occupy the chairs during the ensuing term: Ronald Button Master Councellor. Howard Hunter Senior Councellor Wendell Borge Junior Councellor. Other offices as announced at the ceremony. Everyone invited to attend, espec ially the members of the Masonic lodges and Eastern Star. Parents and friends of Demolays are also invited. Teachers College. Preparations are being made by the Secondary Education Club for a ienor roast to be held Thursda. December 7. The students w ii fieoi at Teachers' College at .". V m. Tick- eta will be on sale Tuesday at 15 cents each. Big and Little Sisters. Every freshman girl is invited to a Big and Little Sister Xmas party at Ellen Smith hall next Saturday, Dec. 9, from 4 to 6 o'clock. All Big and Little Sisters and bring them to this party. Viking. Viking meeting Thursay evening at 7 o'clock at the Silver Lynx house. Commercial Club Meeting. Commercial club meeting, Thursday at 11 in S. S. A. Talk delivered by P. E. Campbell, general manager Miller & Paine. Club dinner will be held Thursday at 6:15 Grand hotel. Scabbard and Blade. Regular meeting, Nebraska hall, Room 205 at 7 o'clock, Thursday, De cember 7. Uniforms not required. W. A. A. Meeting. W. A. A. meeting at 7:30 Wednes day evening in Ellen Smith hall. Board meeting at 1 o'clock. Theta Sigma Phi. Theta Sigma Phi meeting, Thurs day, 7 p. m., Ellen Smith hall. Industrial "Research Club. Kenneth McCandless, Nebraska's representative on the Student Friend fblp Temr In Europe this summer, will speak to the club at 7 this evs nlng In the T" rooms In the Temple. His subject will deal with our rela tions to foreign 6tndentfl. Y. W. C A. Dinner. A Y. W, C A. staff dinner will be held at Ellen Smith hall at o'clock this evening. (University Publicity Office). .. The members of the sororities at the University of Nebraska feel that too much of their time this fall has been called for by various campus and city "drives." That these acti ities have interfered too much with studies, that sorority members have not "unlimited time at their disposal" and that the continual demands made upon students who live in sorority houses will, if it continues, force members to live elsewhere, are among the statements in a resolution passed this week by the Tan-Heenic Assol ciation composed of represertatives of all the sororities. The resoluion follows: "The ran-ITollenle Association of the University of Nebraska, prefers to take no formal stand as regards the participation of its members In 'drives or the solicitation of funds from its members in sorority houses It wishes, however, to remind the public that the women members of University sororities are not made of money, and that they have not un limited time at their disposal. They have given freely of both time and money in the past, for all kinds of public causes. Already nuring the present semester they have sold tick ets for men's athletics, flowers for veterans, secured subscriptions for publications, and campaigned for var ious humane and relief organizations. But there are limited to what they cap do. Many appeals have been re ceived by the officers of the Associa tion, both from members and from their parents, for some sort of pro tection from the continual demands made upon the memtbers of soror ities. During the present semester there has been neearly a drive a week. In these days fraternity and sorority houses are the first to be visited when funds are to be solicited or when drives are to be carried on. If this continues, it will become pro hibitive for many to live In these houses. Those who most need their time and money will feel that they must room where the calls upon them will be fewer. "Sorority women have done their share nosslbly more than their share in helping in public work, both on and off the campus. They have been glad to do so, and they hope to do so with no less readiness in the future. But they owe it to them selves to keep the largest share of their time for their studies, and they owe it to their parents not to call upon them for an endless succession of subscriptions. The Association has no wish to change Its attitude, or to Isn't it Just perfect to walk to school miles and miles on a cold Monday morning dragging libraries ot books, first in one paralyzed arm and then in the other, thinking ot all those unprepared lessons, and week end dates in one grand jumble! Then the happy thought that you have three minutes to make those nine never-ending blocks to that abhorred 8 o'clock creeps into your mind. Of course you hasten your pace but you just can't seem to make any head way, the blocks stretch out farther and farther ahead, and you have pleasant visions of cold glares and that dreaded honor of lowered grado3. At last you come in sight of the campus and oh my, you see Just mil lions of your fellow Biitferers trudg ing along, all looking' just as tired and martyred as you foci. You drag yourself up flights and flights of steps and finally come puffing and bedraggled to your doom. You slump down in your chair in abject misery, not daring to lift your eyes lest the professor might have a happy Inspir ation and call on you. Of course ha does, and after you stumble and stammer incoherently for awhile, h Advises you to give up the brave at tempt and you settle back in your chair to sleep in peace, for now he knows your unpreparednesa. But oh, you are just so tired you don't care for the present! Just think, we ara all of us Monday morning martyrs for the sake of education! Exchanges. Six speakers Baron Korff or Her bert Adams Gibbons, Scott Nearing. Will Irwin, Oswald Villnrd, Norman Hapgood, and Paxton Hibben, or six alternates in case these men are un able to appear will deliver a series of lectures under the auspices of The Round Table at intervals throughout the college year, according to an an nounccment made yesterday by L. L. Friedman, '23, president of the club. These men, all prominent in pre- sentday affairs, have been obtained through the International Education Bureau and the Speakers' Bureau of the National Students' Forum. Be cause of the difficulty in arranging the schedule, no sot dates can be ar ranged at this time, although there will probably be one lecture each month, the first being held in Janu ary. The Dartmouth. How coast universities can best combat the commercialization of st'i dent body activities constituted the chief topic of discussion at the final session ot the Pacific Intercollegiate Student Body President's association on Friday. Heavily scoring the tendency in some colleges to pay salaries to ath letes, H. F. Little, president of the association, declared that the brib- ng and buying of high school stars must be stopped if western colleges are to maintain the standard of clean sports for which they have become prominent. 'Professionalism, when practiced by Universities is the deadliest foe with which clean sport can contend," said President Little, "and an organ GRAVES PRINTING CO. Student Printing, 244 N. 11TH ST., Lincoln. Order Now Your Printed or Engraved Christmas Greet ing Cards. Boyd Printing Co, 125 North 12th St. Ized fight is the only .way to exclude the evil." The smaller colleges are load by the example of the larger schools and for this reason if for no other It behooves the big Universities to keep their skirts clean." The Dally Californlan. Members of the Varsity debating squad who will participate in the tri angular debate with Chicago and Northwestern on Jan. 19 wero yester day assigned the particular phases of tho question on which they are to speak. The team brief was finished several days ago and the two teams have been meeting regular. and dis cussing the proposition that will be used this year. The questioned that will be debated Is, Resolved: That the United States should adopt the British System of unemployment insurance1. Tho Mich igan Dally. Flagrant violations of tho point system of participation in campus activities now in vogue are being in vestigated by a committee consisting of Ernest Hedlnnd and Leonard Sut ton, appointed by tho All-University Council, at a meeting yesterday noon Reports of students taking part In more activities than is allowed by the roint system have come to the ntten tion of members of the council, and provisions of the system will be en forced to the letter, according to Le Roy Grettum, president of the coun cil. The Minnesota Dally. Dean Elizabeth Conrad In an inter view today defended tho average col lege girl against the charges made in a recent newspaper article by Alonzo B. See, president of tho Brook lyn Elevator concern. "Mr. See evidently docs not como in contact with many real college girls," Dean Conrad said, in response to his charge that college girls smoko, use superfluous quantities of rouge and powder, and wear to high' heeled shoes and Indecent .clothing. "It may be true that such condi tions prevail at some finishing schools and in some high schools. In his arti cle, he goes so far as to say that all womans colleges should be burned. Such biased criticism is far from con structive. Ohio State Lantern. March 1 is Ihe date set this year for the end of the Technology prize Song for the song which, in the opinion of the judges, Is most applic able to Technology. The object ot this annual competi tion, which was started last year, is to produce a song which will best represent the ideals of the Institute. There will be two more competition after this year's, and a loving cup will be awarded for the best of tho four songs thus selected. In this way a new song for Technology ma.f eventually be evolved. The main consideration of the com petition Is that the words should be the most important part. They should express the true Technology ideals in the best possible manner and the mu sic is a secondary consideration. The music accompanying the song does not necessarily have to be .orig inal. Any composition which can be adapted to malo voices may be used. Also it Is not essential that the song should be a long one, since only two or three verses are usually sung. A short, snappy song has proven most successful at other colleges, and wm probably be so here at TechnoloJ! It is desirable that both words music be submitted by contestant! but the words alone will be accents' The, Tech. 1 lea' Fable: Omo upon a time their lived, a popular girl who thought that she was neither-beautiful nor attractive Aosop's Film Fables. lim.HI BMI W ,1,1 ,, I.f.,,.., B Santa Starts From HereWtihaGift From You Diamonds Watches. Cuff Links. Eversharp Pencils. Ivory Toilet Set. Manicure Set. Ladies' Leather Hand Bap:s Gold and Silver Mesh Bags. Alpha Xi Delta Bazaar 1527 M 1 P. M. to 11 P. M., SAT., DEC. 9th. TEA and DANCING V MEIR LUNCHEONETTE for that SUNDAY EVENING MEAL Meier Drug Co. 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