THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
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error just pointed out, contain noth
ing mora than an uryt toward th
achievement of better work, and thU,
too, ia welcome.
A NEED
One of the highest honors that can
come to an American university stu
dent the Rhodes scholarship is
available again this year to some man
from Nebraska. Although it is an
honor to be chosen to represent tho
United States in an English univer
sity, it may be questioned whether it
is worth while for a man to make
the special preparation necessary for
successful competition for the schol
arship, if his purpose in life is not al
ready inclined toward those matters ifa
which are more advantageously stud- fce a graduate to feel the in
fluence of your school. I can only be
character and achievementa of their
student. And what is mora, the pub
lic is not entirely wrong therein.
Mr. Editor, your position ia a rea
sonable one. ' It requires aa much
thought aa you can give to it Will
you pardon my boldness in making a
concrete auggestion as to how to
think? The Greeks realised long ago
that doubt is the first principle of
thought Write your editorials, take
a pencil, put a question mark in the
place of every period, weigh every
statement carefully and send all your
friends away when you put your
editorials Into final shape.
I am writing this letter aa an
alumnus of the University, justly
proud of the influence of my Alma
You need not
icd in Oxford than elsewhere. This
and other considerations indicate that
ana oiner con5.aer.uon. pned to know that a Student of the
there is a place for a system of Amer- niveity , your poltion na8 been
lean scholarships with competition on
the same basis for all American students.
Oxford is considered, usually, to
be an institution in which it is im-
influenced so little, such that he can
make the superficial or careless state
ment you made with regard to college
training, without realising the full
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- After a careful consideration of
the letter that appears in the student
opinion column today, it may seem
that almost its entire structure rests
upon criticism of four sentences from
an editorial that appeared in The
Daily Nebraskan of October 15. It
seems to the editor that the contrib
utor has gone out of his way to place
on these four sentences the interpre
tation he discusses. To prevent the
possibility of inferences such as the
contributor draws, it would be neces
sary for everyone who writes to use
phraseology as redundant as that of
legal documents.
The first two' sentences quoted are
each statement of fact which no one
can truthfully deny. The fraternity
does pretend to influence its members
through the years they spend in col
lege, and it pretends to nothing more.
Nothing about this idea is ambiguous.
What a man does after graduation de
pends upon the training and character
acquired before he came to college.
The instruction in ethics received
from the parents, the traits inherited
or developed by the environments in
which he exists in the years of child
hood, shape the man's character. And
character is the most potent factor in
success or failure. Even such a pro
fession as engineering, success in
which would be expected to depend
largely upon technical knowledge, is
united in its opinion that 75 per cent
of success or failure in the profession
is dependent upon traits of character
and personality. These statements,
then, are true.
Wherein does the second sentence
deny the influence of the fraternity
over the years its members spend in
college? The second sentence refers
to what comes after college. The
editor is unable to see how this state
ment that the faternity influences
only the years a man is in college
should imply that the fraternity has
failed in its attempt to exert that in
fluence. It seems, then, that the con
tributor is superficial, rather than the
editor.
The connection between the next
two sentences quoted is not as clearly
made as it probably should be, but it
can easily be pointed out Just as the
masses of the population of a nation
are not expected to rise to the
heights of literary critics, for ex
ample, the majority of American uni
versity students should not be ex
pected to be near-authorities. The
university group is compared, in a
way, to a larger community, a nation.
A university student should, certain
ly, be more familiar with literature
than one who has not had his oppor
tunities for study.
There was no statement of pre
eminence of American writers in the
editorial criticism. There was a state
ment that American authors and
authorities are as great as those of
Europe, and the editor stands by that
as strictly true. The works of Long'
fellow, Sidney Porter, "Mark Twain",
Lowell, Byron, Irving and many
others compose the evidence offered
in support of this belief.
The "decision" to whkh the con
tributor refers, is the decision of Mr,
Johansen, a graduate student that
American students do not appreciate
the full significance of great works
of literature. His decision is an
opinion, the editor admits, but it is
none the less a decision, one that he
made for himself. Hence the use of
the term "decision" is not superficial.
The contributor assumes, because it
was not specifically stated that uni
versity training helps in after life,
that the editor considered universities
valueless. Does a positive statement
that simple food, clothing and shelter,
for example, are necessary to life
necessarily imply that a few luxuries
would no$ make man's existence hap
pier? The answer to that question is
possible to study to best advantage implication of i -ment I have
literature, languages, philosophy and mT delayed this letter so that
kindred cultural subjects. For this; 1 wlr. Ti
reason students of pure science and ,R8U0 01 in waiiy eor.n
of the more technical professions arc Pn to oiner graauates wno " "
not the most desirable Rhodes schol- "eve In universities in general and in
Manv of thnm. who would like the University in particular. oni
to carry their studies further, might you think about this matter for a
while, Mr. Editor, ana men wnie an
editorial without superficially telling
us what Nebraska has meant to you?
Yours, Mr. Editor, for a better
editorial column ; yours for a courage
that dares to stand alone; yours for a
definite conviction in the essential
mission and high purpose of our
American universities.
Yours truly,
A. H. J.
Cadet Officers Will
Be Announced Nov.
Tha remaining promotions to be
mad', by the military department will
be completed by November 1, accord
Ing to Major Sidney Erlckson, com.
mandant of the cadet. This will in
elude Una captains, staff officers, and
first and second lieutenants.
It was planned at first to appoint
the officers only in the acting capac
ity, but with the aid of the staff of
officers and by means of personal
observation of the work being done
on the field, Major Erickson felt that
the appointments could be made by
November 1 and would Include tne
most capable men in the department
for the higher positions.
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make valuable progress in research
but have not the means to continue
in university.
There is also a field for philanthro
pists in merely helping students
through the ordinary four-year
course. Many worthy students are
forced to drop study in order to earn
a living. Almost anyone with no
special knowledge or ability to earn a
living. Almost anyone with no spe
cial knowledge or ability to fall back
on can nevertheless earn enough to
exist while attending college. But
many would rather dispense with the
degree than slave their way to that
reward. v
Again, it is not desirable for many
men to spend three years of their
youth abroad, in a strange land
where they are likely to lose touch
with the customs and manner of
thinking of the people with whom
they will probably work the remain
der of their lives.
There is a place for a scholarship
fund that will enable American stu
dents to study in Airerica a scholar
ship not limited by the specific pro-j
fession the student intends to enter.
The adage "beggars cannot be
choosers" would apply here if any
criticism of the Rhodes scholarship
were intended. But it is the intent
of this comment merely to point
to a real need. It is probable that
this want will be satisfied in the
course of time, as it has been to
some extent in the older European
nations, but a systematic arrange
ment of the matter would bring far
better results.
Notices
Student Opinion
A REPLY TO A REPLY.
To the Editor:
"0 wad some Pow'r the giftie gie
us
To see oursels as others see us!"
sang Scotland's noet of the soil. A
graduate student told us something a
few days ago about ourselves but it
was quite impossible for our Editor
"to see oursels as others see us."
Especially did the Editor find it
impossible to believe that American
students are superficial. I have noth
ing definite to say on that one way
or another. Your editorial, however,
proved that the charge is not without
basis.
Willthe Editor kindly compare two
of his sentences which appeared con-
secutively? "The fraternity pretends
to nothing more than an influence
over the few years spent in college.
What a man does after graduation de
pends upon his training and character
acquired before he came to col
lege." I am saying nothing about the
fraternity system one way or another;
there are at least two sides to that
question. But in one sentence you
tell us that the student is influenced
by his fraternity; in the next sen
tence you virtually deny that in
fluence. If, by the use of the words
pretends to", in the first sentence
you mean "attempts to," you confea
the second sentence the failure of
that fraternity to make food in ita at
tempt. Isn't your editorial (lightly
superficial at least?
Will the Editor kindly compare two
other sentences that appeared con
secutively? "The decision that
American students do not appreciate
the full significance of great-works of
literature is unfair in that the literary
stars are not usually the 'social' lights
on the campus. The masses, -in any
country, are not likely to be literary
critics." What is the connection?
Isn't your comparison somewhat
superficial? Does the Editor honestly
think that it would be expecting too
much of university students to know
more about literature than one of the
masses? Doesn't your editorial ex
cuse the very superficiality it denies?
Isn't your statement with regard to
the pre-eminence of American writers
possibly superficial?, Isn't your use
of the word "decision" superficial?
Isn't your conception of a univer-
Agricultural College Y. W. C A.
The Agricultural College Y. W. C.
A. will meet Tuesday noon at 12:20
in the Home Economica parlors. Rev.
Hobbs, of the Vine Congregations!
Church will address the meeting.
Freshman Council.
All men on the Freshman Council
are to report at the Y. M. C. A. Tues
day at 6, for a dinner to be followed
by a meeting.
Girls' Commercial Club.
The Girls Comercial Club will hold
an invitation lor an new women
Wednesday, from 5 to 7 o'clock.
W. A. A.
A special meeting of the W. A. A.
will be held at 7 o'clock Wednesday
in the Social Science auditorium. A
board meeting will be held Wednes
day in Social Science 101 r roon.
Viking.
A Viking meeting will be held
Tuesday at 7 o'clock at the Acacia
House.
Corncob.
The Corncobs will meet Tuesday
at 7:15 in the Temple.
Lutheran Club.
A business meeting of the Luther
an Club will be held Thursday at 7
o'clock in Social Science 113.
Lutheran Bible League.
A business meeting of the Luther
an Bible League will be held at 7
o'clock in Faculty Hall.
Xi Delta.
The Xi Delta meeting is postponed
to Thursday, October 30.
Fraternities and Sororities.
All fraternities and sororities hav
ing houses are requested to either
deliver a complete list of theri active
chapter and freshmen, arranged al
phabetically, to the office of the gen
eral secretary of the University Y.
M. C. A. in the Temple, or to Fly
Lewis at 1724 F street by Wednes
day noon. This data is needed for
the Student Directory and must be
in on time.
Organization Presidents.
All organizations on the campus
are requested to turn in the name of
their organization together with the
name of their president at the earli
est possible time at the office of the
general secretary of the University
Y. M. C. in the Temple. This mate
rial is necessary for the publication
of the Student Directory and must
be turned in not later than Wednes
day noon.
Notice.
Union business meeting Tuesday
evening at 7 o'clock in the Temple.
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Contest
Fraternity
Standings
1 Kappa Sigma
2 -Acacia
3 Nu Alpha
4 Alpha Gamma Rho
5 Sigma Alpha Epsilon
6 Pi Kappa Alpha
7 Alpha Tau Omega
8 Sigma Chi
9 -Sigma Phi Epsilon
10 Phi Gamma Delta
Standings will be correct
ed Daily. Watch this
space for changes.
just aa obvious aa is the error of the sity superficial? "What a men does
contributor in assuminsr that a state- after graduation depends upon his
ment that character determine! what training and character acquired be-
a man achieves implie that knowl
edge acquired otherwise than by ex
perience ia of no use.
The suggestion of the contributor
"as to how to think," la excellent and
welcome. The last three paragraphs
of the letter, beyond repeating the
fore he came, to college. If a stu
dent's university career, Mr. Editor,
has nothing to do with what he does
after graduation, what's the use of
universities? The non-university pub
lic, however, expeets some I elation
ship between universities and the
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IET'S admit that all men are not born for
J gridiron honors, just as all men are not
born poets.
You can admire a man's grit for plugging
away at the thing that comes hardest to him.
He does derive benefit in developing himself
where he is weakest. But to achieve real success
it is only common wisdom to pick out the line
for which you have a natural aptitude and go
to it.
Particularly if you are a freshman it may be
useful to remind you of this principle, because
it can help you start off on the right foot in both
your campus activities and your college courses.
If your fingers love the feel of a pencil, why
not obey that impulse and come out for the
publications? You can serve Alma Mater and
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