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AN ELECTION OR A POPULAR
ITY CONTEST?
The president and governing board
of the Women's Self-governing As
sociation will be elected Tuesday and
Wednesday of this week. In a news
story announcing the coming eelc
tion, it was stated that outgoing
members "hope that a large number
of women will vote, in order to ob
tain a choice representative of the
stand taken on campus problems by
the women students as a whole."
Every election sees a campaign for
a large vote. Eligible persons are
urged to vote; little is said about
voting intelligently. Now the out
going members of the W. S. G. A,
board come forward and ask for a
large vote. Can it be that there is
any value in voting per se, or is
there something more which leads to
this continuous call for voters?
An examination of the problem
shows that there is little to be gained
from mere voting. Unless a selec
tion of candidates has some guiding
principle, it is little more than piling
up of activity points for some popu-
liar woman. Some one is nominated,
and if she has enough friends, she
is elected. There is no declaration
of principles which will be followed
in office, and there is no clean-cut
decision on controversal matters.
It can hardly be sair, though, that
this is the fault of the candidates.
The troth is, there is little of a con
troversial nature in the policies of
campus organizations, simply be
cause they never take a stand on
anything. Students at Nebraska can
hardly be called active in the ad
ministration of their own affairs.
But whatever the actual facts are,
it is certain that there is no reason
why student elections should not be
interesting. There is no reason
unless students are satisfied with the
present state of the University, and
with administrative control of stu
dent affairs why the W. S. G. A.
members should not inaugurate a
program of principles for the regu
lation of women's affairs. Then the
candidates could take a public stand,
and a real expression of student opin
ion could be reached.
It is true that the Association al
ready has a set of rules for the gov
ernment of women. If these rule?
are satisfactory to the women, there
is no need of changing them. But
if there is any possibility of a con
troversy over anything, then mem
bers should start it. Nebraska needs
an election made interesting by con
troversy over real issues a election
with something besides the politics
of Greek letter organizations to lend
it spice. If it does not happen more
than once every four or five years,
it will do no harm to the students
to force them to make a decision on
some clean-cut issue.
s the belief of Americans that only
foreigners can sing anyway,
But it is a great dream that tho
members of the American Operatic
and Allied Arts Foundation have.
They hope to produce grand pera, in
English, sung by Americans, ih all
the large cities of the land, perhaps
beginning next fall.
We Bhould like to see that. We
disagree with those who say that
opera loses its charm when the words
are translated into English. We be
lieve English can be sung with as
much beauty as German, for example,
and we surely can understand Eng
lish better, no matter how the singers
murder it.
As for the American singers. It
so happens, we are told, that the
American singer of no matter how
great promise is at a disadvantage
when competing with foreign sing
er of no matter how mediocre tal
ent. And it is not particularly be
cause the managements are set
against the American singer, but be
cause the audiences of Americans do
not seem to like to hear their com
patriots sing.
There must be some American
singers as good as a good many we
have heard who bear voweled names,
and if the A. O. A. A. F. can find
them and give them a chance, excel
lent. Here is a chance for America to
demonstrate that it really wants a
national culture. If the venture suc
ceeds, it will be something like a ren
aissance. But we refuse to grow op
timistic. Americans want no nation
al culture. Ohio State Lantern.
HANDS FROM ACROSS THE SEA'
Folowing closely on the heels of
John R .Mott's plea for world under
standing comes the Student Friend
ship drive for the purpose of aiding
students and professors in European
countries.
It is very significant that these
events follow each other so rapidly.
Their difference in motivation, and
yet their essential sameness in
thought argue that thinkers in terms
of world affairs are realizing and ad
vocating the necessity for universal
fraternity of spirit.
That idea is certainly not a-new
one. Here at Minnesota there is a
strong local sentiment based on that
foundation. It has had its expres
sion for long in the Minnesota chap
ter of the Cosmopolitan Club, which
has for its aim the bringing together
of all the racial elements on the cam
pus vith the view of eradicating un
founded prejudicial feeling.
In the recently established inter
racial commission which is sponsored
by the Y. W. C. A., and whose pur
pose is the promotion of better feel
ing between the Negro and the white
student on the campus, there is an
other outcropping of the broader at
titude. The Y. W. C. A. and the Y.
M. C. A. are manifestations of the
same feeling.
With that very intimate back
ground of daily activity, it should be
easy for even the most unfeeling stu
dent to gain the wider outlook of a
world community of interest, if not
for man to man, at least for student
to student. Such an outlook is de
sirable not only to determine the spe
cific good of the drive, but to help
evolve that broadness of mind which
is admittedly the determining char
acteristic of the true student
Today the VStudent Friendship
drive begins. Its success at Minne
sota, as at every other institution,
will depend directly upon the
breadth of vision of the student body.
If Minnesota is a truly big institu
tion, its response to the "hands from
across the sea" will be in accord with
its mental size. Minnesota Daily.
Notices
First Semester Grades
The first semester grades for Jan
uary and June seniors have been
mailed, out from the Registrar's of
fice. Grades for all other students
will be mailed out later in the month
and will not be available until that
time.
Class Officers
All class officers including presi
dent, vice-president, secretary and
treasurer should have their individu
al pictures taken for the Cornhusker
at Townsend's studio before Wednes
day, March 18.
. Union
There will be a business meeting
cf the Union Tuesday at 7 o'clock.
Green Goblins
Green Goblins will meet at the
Alpha Sigma Phi house, 16 and S,
Tuesday at 7:15.
Tassels
Tassels will meet Tuesday at 7:15
in Ellen Smith Hall.
Lutheran
The Lutherans Bible League will
meet for Bible study Wednesday at
7 o'clock in Faculty Hall.
Pershing Riflei
Meeting of the Pershing Rifles
Wednesday at 7:30 in Nebraska Hall,
307. All men who have been absent
from drill may attend and present
their excuses.
Senior Chemical Students
Major C. W. Mason, chemical war
fare officer of the Seventh Corps
Area Headquarters, will deliver a
special lecture to the senior students
of Advanced Military Science Tues
day in the Social Science Auditorium
at 3 o'clock.
Organizations
AH organizations, clubs and so
cieties must pay for the space in the
Cornhusker which they have reserv
ed by March 25 or their picture will
not be printed.
AVa drVa rVw
Special meeting at 7:00 in Social
Sciences Auditorium. Election of
officers and voting on the constitution.
Varsity Baseball
Members of the Varsity baseball
squad are expected to be ready for
practice at 3 :00 daily at the Armory.
Freshman practice will be announc
ed later.
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THE CAPTAIN PROBLEM
The catalogue of one of the uni
versities in the Big Ten Conference
shows how the problem of electing
athletic captains has been met in that
school. The election, according to
the catalogue, is still left in the
hands of the members of the team.
There are, however, certain rules
which are in tended to make parti
san politics difficult, almost impossi
ble. Thus, without taking away
from the team members their right
to choose a leader, the athletic board
of this institution has found a means
of checking political jockeying.
A compromise of this kind might
well be considered by the athletic
board at Nebraska as it makes its
search for a policy to govern future
athletic elections.
The College Press
A VENTURE IN CULTURE
Two things will conspire to make a
failure of the proposed venture to
have an American grand opera. One
thin is the American's apathy to
ward opera generally, and the second j t
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