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The Daily Nebraskan
Station A, Lincoln, Nabraaka
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION
cl tha
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
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Board
ICMBCRr
tj 1925 jp--J
Publiehed Tuesday, Wednesday. Thureday,
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Entered aa eeeond-elaea matter at tha
postofflca In Lincoln, neorama, unoer aci
of Congreaa, March 3, 1879, and at apacial
rata ol poetaga provinea ror in oecnon iiva
ct of October 3, 1017, authorized January
20, 1022.
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EPITORIAL STAFF
Hugh B. Con - Editor
Philip O'Hanloa - Managing Editor
Win. Card .... , ...News Editor
juliua Frandean, Jr. ,r ,.Nai Edftoi
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uth Schad Aaat. Newa Editor
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BUSINESS STAFF
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COMPULSION AND RELIGION
The institution of compulsory cha
pel has become the center of contro
versy in a score of American colleges.
A straw ballot at Brown University
showed that 460 out of 750 students
were opposed to the compulsory cha
pel service and at Amherst College
the students presented a petition for
the abolition of the service which
they described as "antiquated." The
discussion has now become wide
spread and college newspapers from
coast to coast are taking editorial no
tice of it
The most common objection to
compulsory chapel seems to be that
religion and compulsion are incom
patible. It is pointed out that stu
dents rarely derive spiritual benefit
from a chapel service which they do
not wish to attend and, that if they
do wish to attend, compulsion is un
necessary. There is something al
most ironical, it is argued, in literal
ly cramming religion down the throat
of the individual when religion is pri
marily a personal matter.
The idea which underlies this ob
jection is the same one which led the
University Y. W. C. A. to request last
fall, that sororities cease requiring
their freshmen to attend the weekly
Vesper services at Ellen Smith Hall.
It was felt that there was somethinp
incongruous in compelling students to
attend a spiritual and religious ser
vice. If the present agitation against
compulsory chapel service is carried
to a successful conclusion such a poli
cy will be followed in many of the
leading colleges of the country.
many are not so content, even as
you and I.
For a long" time it was a puzzle
to me that the young fellows are
content with things as they are.
And I finally came to think that
Youth is just as Tory as age. And
there can be little doubt that that is
the case. But there are different
reasons underlying the conservatism
of you. The young man is conserva
tive because he has never seen
things as they are, and has never
been sufficiently exposed to. the dis
cipline of the industrial order of
things. He dwells In a land of fic
tion and his actions are largely imi
tative. He is a manikin moving at
tho control of those who have gone
before. While the older men, who
have pierced many a sham, which the
boys are Bubject to, conform to the
customary standard out of motives
of prudence. They lack courage,
while the youngster lacks knowledge.
Generously assuming that our
ground so far is safe we come to the
issue as to what is to be done. It
seems to me the noble, vigorous in
tentions of the vounarsters must be
hooked up with information. And
this information must come from
svr.orii.nri and not from the books.
Every man must strike out for him
self, to live such a life as seems best
to him. And most potent in start
ing and encouraging such a move
ment, would be the example of the
natural leaders of the group. But
under the scheme of things as they
a tho nAtural leaders (from whom
variation and individuality might bei
expected) are gobbled up by the go
ing concern of activities, athletics.
etc. Men with stamina enough to
break away from these usual holds
and go it alone are most rare. I
would sooner undertake to find you
a man who could back a skittish team
up a narrow alley. For such a one
must suffer, and through suffering
find himself. And it is quite likely
that in the end, he will find himself
soured. Per aspera, ad astra, and
the blues.
Individuality for those who like
it is like the ham in a restaurant
sandwich. We never get enough of
it. And it is only individuality which
will solve the problem as I conceive
it. And to regard the situation as a
"problem" bespeaks the attitude of
the reformer. We are discontented
with moderate achievement and
yearn over our hopes like mothers
over children. In the nature ol
things such hopes must be dissapoint
ed. And perhaps we can learn to
become happy stoics.
F. H.
a book was based directly upon itt
bulk and weight. Assorted with dull
paper and light volumes were the
dime novels which one was supposed
to read behind the barn or the wood
shed. The book that did not burden
the hand which lifted it was unworthy
of a place in the library of a discrim
inating person.
The reading and publishers are at
last outgrowing the myth that light
reading is found in light books. The
value of the binding is not contin
gent upon the difficulty with which a
book can be moved. Ornate leather
bound volumes of highly glossed frail
Tinner are becoming things of an age
which is passed. Publishers no longer
strive to contain the work of a Mil
ton or a Shakespeare within a single
binding.
Reading is after all, a mental and
not a Dhvsical exertion. It is a conv-
fort to read at least, and not be forc
ed to combat a fatimie arising from
the almost immovable bulk of a book
Minnesota Daily.
To reduce crowding in one of the
buildings at the University of Wis
consin "traffic rules" are being used.
Notices
All notice for thia column mutt
be written out and handed In at tho
editorial office, U Hell 10, by 4:00
the afternoon previous to their pub
lication
The College Press
LIGHT READING
Modern editions of old authors are
putting an end to a pleasant bit, of
fiction. It is a never ending source
of delight to be able to take up a
book and find that it does not weigh
as much as a brick of the same proportions.
In the auaint old days of grand
father and grandmother, the value of
Big Siater Tea.
The Big Sister Advisory Board
will give a tea for all Big Sisters
Friday afternoon from 4 to 6
o'clock at Ellen Smith Hall. All
Big Sisters are urged to come, es
pecially those who intend to con
tinue the work next year.
Student Council.
Student Council meeting Friday at
5 o'clock in U Hall 102.
Delien.
There will be a meeting of the
Delian Literary Society Friday eve
ning at 8 o'clock in Temple 202. Thi
program will be given by old mem
bers and the public is invited.
Phi Upailon.
Regular business meeting of Phi
Upsilon Friday at 12 o'clock in the
Home Management House.
Organization!
All 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.
Varsity Baieball
Members of the Varsity baseball
squad are expected to be ready for
practice at 8 :00 daily at the Armory.
Freshman practice will bo announc
ed later. .
'
Komenskv Club.
Meeting of the Komensky Club
Friday evening at 8 o'clock in Fac
ulty Hall of the Temple.
Ag College Students.
Ag College Mixer Saturday eve
ning at the Ag College Cafeteria in
the Home Economics building.
Union
Meeting of the Union Friday at
8:30.
Fencers
Picture for the Cornhusker will
be taken at the campus studio Tues
day noon. All members of the class
for the first or second semester be
there with foil and mask. Wear
white ducks and white shirt.
Girls' Commercial Club.
Girls' Commercial Club will hold a
mixer at Ellen Smith Hall Friday eve
ning from 6 to 8 o'clock. There will
be initiation of new members at 5
o'clock and dinner at 6 o'clock. All
members are urged to come.
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MORE ABOUT THE BIG MAN
F. H. in his letter in the Student
Opinion column touches on one of the
most regrettable aspects of the Big
Man myth when he remarks that the
natural leaders among the students
are "gobbled up by the going concern
of athletics, activities, etc." It is
largely because the men who have
chosen to devote their intellectual
and physical energy to activities are
men who have some talents and abili
ty that the Big Man doctrine holds
the place it does on the campus. It
will not be until those men who have
intellectual independence and inhVa
tive devote their abilities to some
thing besides activities and athletics,
that the dominance of the Big Man
idea will begin to wane.
In view of the recent discussion at
Nebraska of the question of compul
sory military drill, it is interesting to
rotice that a bill has been introduced
in the Minnesota legislature making
work in the R. O. T. C. optional at
the university of that state. Wiscon
sin is the only state at present in
which drill is not required. The Min
nesota bill is sponsored by the Wom
an's International League for Peace
and Freedom The League holds that
the Morrill Land Grant Act, which
applies to the University of Minneso
ta, requires only that courses in mil
itary science be offered and that it
contains no provision which makes
the training compulsory. ;.
Student Opinion
The Daily Nebraskan assume no
responsibility for the aentimenta ex
pressed by correspondents, and re
serves Uie right to exclude any com
owni cation whose publication may
for any reason seem nndesirable.
Except by special arrangements,
communications cennot be published
aaoaymonsly.
Dear Editor: Very pleasant to me
waa your editorial, "The Big Man
Myth." You have teen and se( forth
sanely and lucidly the harmful as
pects of the situation. But did your
probe reach far enough? The cen
tral question is as to the cause of
tha condition pictured. Why is it
so? And arising out of that comes a
challenge for ehaxi, and a further
option. How shall we change it? Of
course neither the question nor the
challenge exist for one who Is con
tent with things as they are. But
When better Candy
can be made
JOHNSON
will have it
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