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FALSE CODS
The supremacy of intercollegiate
athletics has given birth to a sort
of religion which is centered around
the abstraction of "loyalty to the
School." It is almost entirely an ath
letics cult in which the ritual con
sists of attending rallies, cheering
loudly for the team, serving on ticket
selling committees, etc. That its fol
lowers are sincere is proved by the
scorn with which they are wont to
regard those who do not suscribe to
their faith. At some schools these
ur believers are paddled or . thrown
into convenient ponds. At others
their names are placed on a black
list and they are prohibited from
participating in extra-curricular acti
vities. At the University of Nebraska the
heretic-hunting rarely reaches such
extremes. There are, nevertheless,
those among the students and the
alumni who would not be averse to
seeing this religion gain the same as
cendency that it enjoys elsewhere.
Any one who is inclined to doubt that
this is true, would do well to notice
the large number of students whose
interest seems to lie entirely in the
thltic dprtment. He should also
visit the campus in autumn when, be
fore the important contests of the
season, the whole work of the insti
tution is side-tracked for the more
vital business of football. Rallies are
held between classes sometimes in
classes and those who publicly and
loudly refuse to take part in these
rites are regarded with an almost
mediaeval intolerance. He might also
use his memory to recall the senti
mental insanity which characterized
the drive held two years ago to raise
funds for the Memorial Stadium. We
are not free from this worship of
athletics which pervades, to a greater
or less degree, the campus of every
college and university in the conn
try. Since this religion centers around
a dity labelled 'loyalty to the
school," it presents a philosophy of
collegiate life not to be taken lightly.
Loyalty to the school would seem to
be a commendable conception. The
question is merely one of determining
to what degree the athletics cult
are justified in insisting that loyalty
to athletic teams is synonymous with,
or even a part of, loyalty to the
school.
How shall loyalty to the school be
defined? We assume that it is loy
alty to the purpose of the University
and that this purpose is education.
If this is governing purpose of a uni
versity, it will be relatively easy to
determine the extent to which inter
collegiate athletics contributes to it.
It is here that the believers in our
present athletic system must face a
fact which is as unpleasant as it is
true. That fact is this: intercol
legiate athletics, as it is now organiz
ed makes no appreciable contribu
tion to the work of a university.
Sports, in their usual and normal
form, have healthy and commenda
ble aspects. However, when they be
come characterized by the deadly
seriousness, the desire to win, and the
semi-professionalism which are the'
earmarks of intercollegiate contests,
there are valid grounds for denying
their worth in an educational insti
tution. What is more, from an en
rollment of 5,000, for example, no
more than one fifth, at the best, ever
train for intercollegiate contest.
From this group an even smaller
number is chosen to participate. If
there is any benefit derived from
rcich participation, it is confined to'
so small a number that its value in a !
m?rsi4.y is alight indeed. 1
It will not suffice for the defend-!
ers of athletics to plead that if there
vi re arcple physical equipment,)
: g would be offered to a larger;
t ' r. If that were the case, the,
r'.TttTit of r'hjV.cJ ei'ation
' t frr.ction more effectively but
t c ; --'.H.er.t is quite distinct
'. f : ics. Ir.tercolleg'iite
""td not sr.'.i (du-j
t ' ry. T.'e have;
built a stadium and engraved thereon
the sentiment, "Not the goal but the
game," but our loyalty to It is merely
nominal. If evidence is needed to
support this contention we have but
to wait until one of the gentlemen
now coaching at Nebraska loses sev
eral contests, and we shall see a
large part of the students and many
of the alumni demanding his head
with a fair chance of getting it Our
(department of intercollegiate athle
iics, like all others, is supposed to
win games; its relation to the real
work of the university is only inci
dental. This is the department to which all
are asked to pay allegiance by those
who confuse school loyalty with loy
alty to athletics. In describing it as
it is, this editorial makes no demand
that it be abolished. But our local
followers of the athletics cult have
been worshipping false gods. It is
time that a vigorous and emphatic
protest was made against the increas
ing tendency to glorify athletics and
to insist that loyalty to it is synony
mous with loyalty to the schqol. Loy
alty to the school involves loyalty
to something more fundamental than
a football team. It is perfectly
conceivable that a student could be
a loyal Nebraskan without ever hav
ing attended a pep session or
bought a student athletic ticket. If
the heart of the University lies in any
one building, that building is the
library and not the Armory or the
Memorial stadium. It is time that
some of us were realizing this.
THE EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT
A different system of require
ments and courses for honor stu
dents, such as that described in the
current number of the Nebraska
Alumnus and in this column last Sun
day, is an addition which might be
made to advantage to the present or
ganization of our College of Arts and
Sciences. Increased attention to the
honor or exceptional student has
been a part of the policy of leading
educational institutions for some
time.
The plan as outlined in the Alum
nus, proposed by the president of
Wesleyan University (Middletown,
Connecticut), would seem to be inad
equate in that it frees the student
from the administrative checks and
compulsory attendance on lectures,
on the theory that a college or uni
versity upperclasman of proven abil
ity ought to be able to work out his
own salvation but does not offer him
quite the guidance and discipline as
is offered by the honors courss.
It would seem more to the point,
in pre posing such a svstem for the
Arts college at a state university; to
recommend that students of excep
tional ability for independent study
be freed from required class-room
attendance, its tests and examina
tions and its emphasis on courses. At
the same time they would be given
tutors or advisers with whom they
could consult about reading in the
study of related subjects, with whom
they could meet for seminars and
discussions on the field of their
study, and under whose direction
they could prepare for rigid, compre
hensive examinations covering whole
subjects and based on a year or two
years of study.
In a state university the difficul
ties of such an honors course might
seem great, but leading educators of
middle western institutions, repre
senting some which are state-supported
have agreed that the thing can be
done. They agree that it should be
tried in some departments first, thut
it must be done carefully and that
the interested cooperation of all the
faculty is needed. The problem of
the exceptional student exists here as
elsewhere, and there are many se
potentialities are worthy of develop
ment beyond that which will result
from the present class-room routine
and adhesion to courses. Sucn tim
ber is worth saving and developing
for from it will come the intellectual
leadership of the future.
V. VAN V.
bargained for sooner, or will be fill
ing jobs awaiting them.
The three or four months of vaca
tion granted us are teeming with pos
sibilities. Unless we art numbered
among the "Idle rich" who fly to the
mountains and sea resorts the day af
ter finals, we can take any one of
literally a hundred paths to income.
Much of the criticism directed
against college training Is that it Is
too theoretical. For this reason,
which we consider true to some ex
tent, we advocate that students use
their summer vacations In doing work
which Is In direct line, If. possible,
with the business or profession they
are pursuing In school.
Often, because of financial straits,
it is necessary for students to take
work which pays the most, regardless
of what it is. But if it is at all pos
sible to make the summer's work a
laboratory, where lessons learned In
classes are put into practice, it should
be done. We know from personal ex
pcrience that actual work on a city
paper is indispensable to getting the
most out of the journalism courses
taught here; and by the same token
medics, law students, and commerce
folk need actual experience in their
respective lines of work.
At this time of the season, when
most students are wondering what
they will do during the summer,
clever agents are subtly working on
them to do certain kinds of selling
and soliciting. Some of these offers
are good, we have no doubt. But
there are hundreds of offers, and
perhaps no more than a few are
good. Contrary to common propa
ganda, house-to-house agents have no
easy time of it, and with the commis
sion plan under which most work,
it amounts to either usually strenu
ous work or else meager income.
With smooth-tongued business rep
resentatives dogging our footsteps
every day, and with each load of the
mail clogged with enticing post-card
offers, it is up to the student to be
wary, and not get entangled jn any
work which seems now to be the only
way to fame and fortune, but which
inevitably turns out to be a baga
telle. Ohio State Lantern.
is spent in telling friends just how
busy we are was used to enjoy some
of the beauty and friendships, which
lie just beyond the circle of our petty
troubles, we would have several ra
diant memories to help blot out the
horrors of these devastating finals
University Daily Hansen.
THE KNICKERS DISPUTE
The editors of The Daily Nebras
kan have felt justified in avoiding
partisanship in the controversy over
knickers which is evidently brewing
on the campus. Attempts to reason
and to argue about clothes are rarely
successful, clothes and styles being
rather unreasonable subjects. Three
letters have been sent to the Student
Opinion column in regard to this vital
problem. One of them the resolu
tion of the Engineers was admitted
because of its semi-official character.
The other two were barred for rea
sons which have been indicated.
The interest in the subject shows
that if there is any question on which
the undergraduate is sensitive it is
clothes. One may attack his religion,
his politics, his ideas about education
or football with impunity. But tr.e
appearance of a new style of trous
ers and a criticism of it. will stir
THE SAME PATTERN
The pattern tells how to talk, think
and dress, in. order to be one of the
crowd. The man who forges ahead
is he who has the courage of his con
victions and original ideas, and yet
because of silly customs we discour
age any deviation from the general
pattern drawn up for college life.
Fads in thought, in talk, and in
dress. We follow the herd instinct
and become followers instead of lead-
ders. In various ways we are made
to realize as graduates, that the col
lege model may not be complete in
itself, but how much time would be
saved if we could realize it before.
Bright colored raincoats are now
the fad in dress for rainy days.
Therefore everyone wears one. Noth
ing that is not the accepted pattern
is seen. In some months past, red !
ties were "all the go." Your boy j
friend found it necessary to buy one.
And so on with everything.
It is more collegiate to grumble
about courses than to think of dis- j
cussing them intelligently. Even in :
our social life we follow the pattern.
One must dance to be "in the swim."
The pattern spells improvement for
some, but its very monotony means
that education is not doing its part.
We will unconsciously, perhaps, help
to make the patterns later on. Our
college training is to help us to ful
fill a purpose. We have none if we
have no individuality. Ohio State
Lantern.
Exchanges
Four University of Texas men are
paying part of their expenses by
hair oil vending machine in the lock
er rooms of the gymnasium.
Georgia Tech has a new form of
intramural competition. A silver lov
ing cup is given to the fraternity
which has, a member elected the ugli
est man on the campus.
A class for the cure of stammering
students meets daily on the campus
of the University of Southern Cali
fornia. No credit is given toward a
degree.
The Minnesota Daily, publication
of the University of Minnesota, is
mnking a plea for clean politics in
their campus elections which will be
held in the next week.
Charles Dana Gibson, internation
ally known artist and editor of Life,
has Indicated for the college annual
the nine most beautiful coeds on the
Iowa State College campus.
The first issue of the "North Da
kota Engineer," a magazine written
and published by engineering stu
dents at the University of North Da
kota, will be off the press soon. It
is planned to make the publication a
quarterly next year.
High school teachers attending the
summer session at the University of
Indiana cooperate with the Bloom
ington High School in conducting a
summer school for high school pupils
who wish to make extra credits. Tui
ition is apportioned among the pupils
who enroll.
To encourage student interest in
exhibits the museum at the Universi
ty of North Dakota is undergoing
renovation. The work consists most
ly of rearranging of exhibits.
Salaries of mayors in Badger cities
and towns range from $25 to $8,500,
according to a survey made by the
Municipal Information bureau of the
University of Wisconsin.
Nearly fifty deans of women in
high schools and colleges enrolled in
one class at the University of Wis
consin Summer Session.
Notices
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alitorM rUeo, U Hall 10, by 4i00
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ligations
Dramatic club meeting in the club
rooms Tuesday evening 7 o'clock In
the club rooms.
Tassels
Tassels will meet Tuesday at 7:10
in Ellen Smith Hall.
Union
There will be a business meeting
of the Union Tuesday at 7 o'clock.
Freshman Commission
Important meeting of the Fresh
man Commission will be held Tues
day at 7:10 in Ellen Smith Hall.
Lutherans
The Lutheran Bible League will
meet Wednesday at 7 o'clock.
Business meeting of the Lutheran
club will be held Wednesday at 6
o'clock in Social Science 102.
Pershing Rifles
Meeting of the Pershing Rifles
Wednesday at 6:45 on the third floor
of Nebraska Hall. Initiation will be
held.
W. A. A.
Special meetings of all W. A. A.
members having participated in hik
ing, dancing and track for this year
will be held in the following places;
hiking, Tuesday at 12 o'clock in So-
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SUMMER JOBS-AND OTHERWISE
A summer job has become almost
as usual a thing in life of most
students as residence in coDeg? dur
ing the winter and spring. When
June comes with hg glzi release from
curriculum, thousands of students
from all universities in the country
will be seeking jobs they should Lave!
DRUNK WITH MUCH DOING
"I would, but I'm so busy. Why
I'm so busy " and so on ad infini
tum. Every one on the campus is
completely convinced that he has
more to do than any other possible
or imaginary student And he al
ways has the leisure to explain to
you just how it is that he is so busy.
He progresses with increasing mo
mentum in great circles of his own
worries with term papers and re
ports. He has no time to enjoy our
beautiful campus, a short hike, his
friends, an entertaining lecture, or
anything whatsoever. In fact, he
scarcely has time to be civiL
Every student is so busy hustling
around in the realm of his own im
portance that he is drunk from the
hustling rather than from the in
creased work.
Examinations cannot be extermi
nated by philosophical comment nor
can term papers be picked from
Lovers' Lane. But if all the time that
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at 12 o'clock In the gymnasium and
track, Tuesday at 7 a. m. In the morn
ing. Home Economics Students
Students in Home Economics de
partment should, make appointments
for registration on Tuesday. Blanks
for applications are posted on the
bulletin board in the Home Econom
ics building.
WANT ADS
FOR RENT House suitable for sor
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FOR RENT A house suitable for
fraternity or sorority. 1248 J St
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Mv.on 4crkvutraAaln Tlififnrv. Encliah. Mathematics. Chpmistrv
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Northwestern University
Law School
SUMMER SESSION 1925
June 22 to August 22
Summer Faculty Includes
Fred B. Branson, Justice of Supreme Court of Oklahoma) Benjamin
W. Colman, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of Nevada! John F.
Main, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Washinftont Andrew
M. Morrissey, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nebraska) Earl
C. Arnold, Faculty of George Washington University Law School)
and the following members of the Northwestern University Law
School Faculty)
Dean John H. Wigmore Stephen Love ,
Herbert L. Harley Jasper F. Rommel
Elmer M. Leesman Charles H. Watson
For Bulletin and detailed information address:
SECRETARY NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL
Northwestern University Building, 31 West Lake Street, Chicago
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