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T II E DAILY NEBRASKAN The Daily Nebraskan Station A. Lincoln. Nbraka. OFFICIAL PUBLICATION at th. UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA Under Diractkm of th 8tudnt Fublieatloa Board Publihd Tundir, Wdnwdar, Thur lay, Friday and Sunday morning during lb acadrrow year. Editorial Office Uniirit7 Hall 10. Offic Hour Afternoon wit th -caption of Kiiday and Sunday. TcWpbon Day, B-Sl. No. I4t (Editorial, 1 ring; Bullae, t ring). Night B-t81. Entrrca1 a aecond-claa matter at th poatoffir in Lincoln. Nebraska, under art of Congreaa, March I. I ft 9. and at apecial rate of postage provided for in Section 110S. act of October I, KIT, authoriaed January 10. l2t. SUBSCRIPTION RATE ft a year !.. a ineter Singl Copy, i cent EDITORIAL STAFF Edward Morrow Editor Victor T. Hackler Managing Editor J. A. Charrat New. Editor Julia Frandaen, L. L. Pike Ruth Scbad Doria K. Trait Millicent Ginn - Arthur Sweet Jr ..New Editor ..New Editor Nw Editor ..New Editor A"U New Editor At. New Editor Alexander MrKie, Jr.Contribuling Editor Volta W. TorreyContributing Editor Darin K. Trott Contributing Editor V. Royc Wet Contributing Editor BUSINESS STAFF Otto Skold Buine Manager Simneoa Morton Aaa't. Buines Manager Nieland Van Art dale Circulation Manager I Richard F. Vett Circulation Manager COMPULSORY DRILL Considerable of a tempest has been raging in some colleges of the . country recently over the matter of compulsory drill. Students at the College of the City of New York car- tenance of at least one college where the object shall be, without exclud ing other scientific and classical stu dies, and including military train ing, to teach such branches of learn' ing as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts, in such manner as the legislatures of the states may respectively prescribe." The As sociation of Land Grant Colleges, at its last two meetings, has passed resolutions strongly recommending the continuance of the compulsory feature. The presidents of these schools have maintained that making drill compulsory is a moral obliga tion because, at the time the Morrill act was passed in 1862, all college courses were compulsory and it was assumed that .drill should be also. On the other hand it is claimed that nothing in the Morrill act requires that drill be compulsory, but merely that it be offered. To strengthen this contention a statement of for mer Secretary of War John W. Weeks, made while the action at Wis consin was still in the air, is quoted: The National Defense Act does not make military training compulsory at any of the institutions which receive the benefits authorized by the act. So far as the War Department is concerned, it is optional with the authorities of the schci, college or university whether military training shall be an elective, or compulsory course in the 'curriculum." An opin ion rendered to the War Depa-tment by the commissioner of the interior, who passes on the reports rendered is also in ing to the act ap- ried on a camnaien recentlv atrainst the measure and by a vote of 2,092 'M lan P"1 colleges, to 3i fWiHoH in nptirinn the trns- Point: "According to 1 tees for the abolition of the compul-! Proved July 2d, 1862, (the Morrill protest against submissive, making no r.wistance when a similar order abolishing stu dent cars was passed. Wabash students, we believe, be came unduly excited over the trus tee's ruling, although we agree in principle with their protest against further ordering of the student's life, Such a vehement campaign as that conducted by The Bachelor borders on wasted effort when it is on behalf of a matter of so little importance But as a protest against too many rules for students, we agree with the Wabash radicals. There has been in recent years, a growing tendency to infringe on the student's personal rights, to tell him how he may dress, what hours he may keep, where he shall walk, and countless other things. Such a policy works for conformity, the one thing that college education should overcome, A college, in theory at least, is for the development of independent thinking, and the treatment of col lege students as if they were grade- school children will not promote in dependence of thought. Students who come to college have been un der discipline long enough; they should begin to sense something of freedom of action. And the pres cription of minute rules for daily life can in no sense be called the be ginning of freedom. The action of the Wabash trus tees seems, as The Bachelor says, puerile; for the trustees should real ly concern themselves with some thing of more importance. So also hould the students, but we have, nevertheless, sympathy for their a wholly ordered sory feature. The trustees, how ever, are said to favor compulsion and the prospects for the success of the campaign are none too bright. The whole affair, unfortunately, descended into some rather unwar ranted unpleasantness when charges of pacifism and cowardice were made against students by nie of the more ardent advocates of military training. President Sidney E. Mezes act), it is clear that the branches of j life. instruction, which includes military tactics, are to be taught 'in such manner as the legislatures of the states may respectively prescribe.'." No profision of the national law, we . 1 - 1 J -11 I imna, maa.es arm compulsory, mai j being left to the schools themselves. The revolt in several colleges in the country has been, we believe, somewhat overdone, for drill cannot answered, "The boys are acting the ..hold all of the horrors that its op way boys usually act; they are try-lponents would picture it The mat ing to avoid having to take a course j ter is one that should be decided that requires two hours a week in- reasonably, without the false issues convenient attendance," ' of pacifism, cowardice, and the like. At Ohio State University a similar 'entering into it- So far all debate agitation is being carried on, with ion the matter has degenerated into similar results. At the University of Missouri a vote on compulsory drill was to have been taken, but it was abandoned when the regents en dorsed compulsion unanimously and the president requested the students drop the matter for harmony's salt-. The University of Wisconsin, by act of the state legislature, abolished the compulsory drilL mere epithets or slinging the most mud. THE CAMPUS CANS Students at Wabash College re cently struck because the trustees passed a rule forbidding the use of cars to all the students. Efforts by The militarv unit ' college authorities to placate the there has suffered little by this ac tion, however, as the enrollment for the drill has dropped off only very slightly. In a number of schools drill is optional, physical education being offered as a substitute. Most state universities, however, receive money from the government under the Morrill land grant act and make drIl compulsory. The cause of this revolt against compulsory military trauing is com plex. It is, we suspect, due to some extent to the desire to avoid two or three hours of rather uninteresting work each week, as Dr. Mezes sug gests. In other cases it is due to a genuine objection to military train ing on humanitarian grounds. It may be caused, as the New York World suggests, by "the set of fixed values which we elders, in mistaken zeal, have sought to fasten on our institution. Colleges, The World says, have set up orthodox axioms which they expect their students to follow. It continues: "Our axioms, perhaps, were sound: most of them were the axioms we all come to when we have knocked about the world for a while. But that is not the point. Such axioms, the principles that underlie human conduct, are the things that each man must find cut for himself, and finding them out is one of the chief joys of young manhood .Despite our worthy motives we may have to learn that youth must be allowed its great ad venture. The vagueness of the Morrill land grant act has been the chief bone of cotiLclliiotu The atcL Stale that the income derived from the govera xcent shall be used for the "main- students by modifying the rule to apply only five days a week failed. The students, at a mass meeting, unanimously agreed to walk out in a body if any student was expelled for driving a car. Later a compromise was effected by the students which they promised to abide until the next trustees meeting December 16. The compromise provided for special dis pensations for automobilists, which included almost anyone who wished to drive a car. The other students agreed to abandon their cars from 8 o'clock Monday morning to 6 o'clock Friday evening and to park their cars off the campus. The Bachelor, Wabash student publica tion, declared eSitorially: "If the ma jority of the student body wishes to reopen the case on December 16 for any change in the present ruling, The Bachelor will again become the champion of student rights and leave no stone unturnedin merciless pub licity on those responsible for the autocratic puerility." At Ohio Northern University and Washington State College the students were more HOLIDAY CANDIES m Holiday Boxes mi C E. VXjCFV. JLZ. Mgr. ' cfcut&M ami Catmninf j then? cWam. 2 ; vrjj t y WTVT if. i Other Opinions i i i Twenty Years Ago The members of the Y". M. C. A. issued "Invitations to the members of the Y. W. C. A. to attend a recep tion in their honor at the Art Hall. The manager of the freshman bas ketball team made arrangements for a trip during the Christmas vacation. It was proposed to play games at Ta ble Rock, Crete, Tecumseh, and Ge neva if they could be scheduled. In the first home game of the basketball season, the Cornhusker quintet defeated the Wesleyan rep resentatives by a score of 32 to 15. The game was a return match, the first contest at University Place hav ing resulted in a defeat for our men by a 26 to 25 score. On account of this victory, the Wesleyan ath letes were somewhat confident of turning the trick on our own floor. The debating authorities of the University declined to meet Iowa in the inter-state debate because of an unfortunate dispute over judges who were to have decided a previous contest. The reception given by the Y. W. C. A. for all University girls, and es pecially the new members, was well attended. On The Air broadcasting The Daily Nebraskan assumes no responsibility for the senti ments expressed by correspon dents and reserves the right to exclude any communications whpse publication may for any reason seem undesirable. In all cases the editor must know the identity of the contributor. No communications will be publish ed anonymously, but by special arrangement initials only may be signed. THE CITY BOYS TOO To the Editor: I should like to register a protest against the application of yester day's editorial to the "small town boy." You pictured the fate of the small town boy," as you call him, as an unthinking fraternity man, a taker of "pipe courses," and an un educated University graduate after four years in the institution. This I consider to be unfair discrimination. A graduate of the high school of the second largest city in the state of Nebraska and something of an observer of my fellows, I have not iced that the career of the "city boy" is quite as distinguished as that of the one you describe. The city fellow goes into a fraternity just as as unthinkingly, is led yes, knows enough to go by himself, into "snap" courses, and is graduated just as ig norant of what the real University has to effer as your "small town jboy." I therefore decry the limita tion of your remarks to the genius "small town boy." D. W. O. Don't put it eff any longer, save time and avoid delay. Buy your tic ket home at the BURLINGTON City office. ADV. ! , : 'A "J f . . '- ' I THC, tut . Keeps Your Hair cIeat dulooking and Orderly F your Lair lucks natural piow I you Hkx, rLether brushed lightly and luKtre, or is dilkeuJt to kQ in Dlace. it is very earv to give it that rich, glossy, refined I and ordrly appearance, soeHseu- tiid to well-grwjmpd men. or combed down fiut. If you want your Lair to lie down particularly smooth and tipjbt, after applying Glostora, wtiiTilr molten Your hair with Jurt rub a little GloM-ora ! water before bruhliiii it. at i . a 1 ... luroucu your uair odt or x-e A aT boUle cf Clofitora costs a w.7oriHW nnampooine flna but 8 fjiae &t jurt as you comb it. Clotftora soften the Lair and nutkes it plille. Th'u, even Ktub Urm liiiirwiH rtayia jJa.ce of it own a'Tord. It gives your hair ihui d&tural. rich, wcO-groornpd cflwt, instead of leaving it stiff and arUficiiJ looking es wary put-te and creams do. Cl'jwtora also koeps the muip soft, aud the hair healthy If r ptoruig llie natural oils from whieb the liair derives its LoJlh, lift, pl and luKt re. Try it! Se Low "7 it is to kf! j. your "Lair cjuAbd m.y style University studio, over KFAB (340.8) '9:30 to 9:55 a. m. Weather re port, road reports, and announce ments. 10:30 to 11:0 a. m. "Low Heels Six Days in the Week," Miss Ruby Simpson, instructor in clothing and textiles, department of home eco- 1 nomics. j 1:15 to 1:30 p. m. Address by j f Rev. F. W. Leavitt, Congregational j student pastor, on "The Climax of Christmas." Musical numbers by Mr. Herbert Gray, tenor. 3:0 to 3:30 p. m. The address by Dr. Hutton Webster, professor of social anthropology, will be on "Folk Festivals." 8:05 to 8:'0 p. m. "Home-made Cheese," Prof. P. A. Downs, depart ment of animal husbandry. "Christmas Greetings," N. W. Gaines, 'state extension agent in community organizations. logy students. Please drop, your name in Dr. Hyde's mail box' before Wednesday. Horaca Mann Club There will be a Horace Mann Club meeting Thursday at 6:15 o'clock In the City V. M. C. A. Latin Club The Latin Club tea will be held on Thursday afternoon between 4 and 6 o'clock at Howard Hall. . Awg wan Contributors Awgwan contributors are request ed to turn in as much copy as poss ible for the Burlesque number be fore the beginning of vacation. Con tributions will be received if mailed to Awgwan, Station "A", during the holiflays. Copy is desired in the form of fictitious news items, and so forth, for an imaginary newspaper 'The Daily Awgwan", for example. Viking Picture The Viking picture will be taken Wednesday at the campus studio at 12 o'clock. Lutherans The Lutheran Bible study league meets at 7 o'clock Wednesday even ing in Faculty Hall, The Temple. Freshman Council The Freshman Council meeting is changed from 1":30 Thursday to 5 o'clock Thursday. All Freshman men are invited. Awgwan Awgwan will be distributed from Station A instead of Social Science Building starting Wednesday. Advartiaiflf Club Advertising Club meeting at 6 o'clock Thursday at the Grand Ho tel. Phi Sigma Phi Sigma will meet at 7:30 Wed nesday evening in room 201 Bessey Hall. A Yale law studeat was the first one arrested as the result of New Haven's drive for the enforcement of the "jay walking" law. MEAL n 1 3tgUsVS njakea your food do you more good. Note how It relieve that stuffy feeling iter hearty eating. Sweetens th breath remove food particle from the teeth give new vigor to tired nerve. Come to you V fresh, clean and full-flavored. tmuumamrnmiauiumumiummmJmmmmnmmum uMmnuuummnmmmummmiutmm.mtmMmti 100,000 CHRISTMAS CARDS From which to make your selection Lcttsch Brothers STATIONERS and ENGRAVERS 1118 O St. auaiiiMMMiiii;inunurUBiiiiiimimiHPKiiii Notices Delian Picture Delian Literary Society will have picture taken at Campus Studio on Thursday, at 12:15 o'clock. Any member tardy will be fined. Psychology Student There will be a Christmas party Wednesday-at 7:30 o'clock in Social Science 204 for all former Psycho- Christmas Candies! Cupid by Whitman Chocolates in Special Xmas boxes Also g;ft sets, perfumes, Sbeaf fer and Parker Pens and other gifts. Open until 1 1 :00 every evening Meier Drug Co. "Alirar th Best" B CUt W. DetiTtr WMKumtiMwuifHHimmuMiniHuiummuitmiiflititiuinrnuimMMnnnmui mimk CHRISTMAS and then New Years How about your things to wear ? They don't need to be new, your present apparel will have a fresh new appearance after going through The Evans Cleaning Process. Send us your garments before vacation you'll feel better look better have a better time. timiimmmimmimimtiiiiiniimi LAUNDSY& Cleaning UlllillllUJIUlllUUIIItlUimiUlliiuy BEFORE YOU GO HOME FOR CHRISTMAS STOP IN HERE AT MEWS GIFT HEADQUARTERS AND SELECT THE THINGS YOU'LL WANT TO GIVE THE MEN OF THE FAMILY. SPLENDID STOCKS ARE HERE FOR YOU TO CHOOSE FROM; JUST THE SORT OF THINGS MEN LIKE TO GET AT CHRISTMAS TIME; AND A PROMPT, HELPFUL SERVICE TO AID YOU IN YOUR SELECTIONS. ' YOU'VE ONLY THREE DAYS MORE; STOP IN TODAY! ARQUHAKS BRASKAS LEADING COLLEGE OOTHIFRS 11 u 11 ri nun Gifts with a Neb raska Flavor at the College Book Store! after all, what will be receiv ed with greater acclaim by your class mates rr the home-folks, than something which identifies you with an effort to join the ranks of culture! Waiting at Long's is college jewelry seal rings, Cornhusker pins. Senior pins; wouldn't your room-mate dote on a gift of this sort? Then there are the "felties" pennants, pillows, blankets, and banners which add the perfect collegiate touch to any student's room. You'll also find at the College Book Store, a splendid assortment of memory books, line-a-day books, fraternity and sorority crests, University shields, brief cases, leather note books, sta tionery, pens, and pencils. Just across from campus! You'll Please a Man with Something wearable from Mayer Bros. Co. why flounder around in a sea of gift-doubt, when it's so easy to choose the right mas culine gift at the right price at Mayer Bros. Co.! Courte ous salesmen will offer helpful suggestions as to the length of fringe men like on their neck ties, the proper plaid-size for vests, etc., as well as show you attractive furnishings without end. There are gloves from $2.50 to $7.50; scarfs from $2.50 to $7.50; silk shirts at $8.50; belt buckles; neckwear from $1 to $5; English broad cloth shirts from $2 to $5; novelty hose in wool, silk and lisle from 75c to $2. Shop here to make him happy! A Price List from the Apex Cleaners & Dyers! demonstrating that it is pos sible to obtain the services of a thoroughly reliable firm at very reasonable prices! Ladies' plain dresses cleaned and press ed, $1.50; ladies' suits and coats cleaned and pressed, $1.50 up; ladies' hats cleaned, 75c up; men's suits cleaned and pressed, $1.50; men's two-piece suits cleaned and pressed $1.25; men's trousers cleaned and pressed, 50c; men's over coats cleaned and pressed, $1.50 up; men's suits and over coats pressed only, 50c; men's hats cleaned and blocked, 75c; men's caps cleaned,25c. Locat ed at 123 S. 23rd. with P. M. Plamondon as its president and William John as its manager. Phone B3331. Buy lAfe-time Gifts at Boyd's on the Club Plan! in this attractive jewelry shop across from Gold's are gift pos sibilities for every name on yotir list and one that are unusually worth while! There are wrist watches, cuff links, scarf pins, belt sets, bill foid, pearl beads, key cases, flat and hollow silver ware in fact every sort of article you'd ex pect to find in a bigh-grad jewelry store. Just choose the items that appeal to you, pay a small tmuL;t down on the entire lot, and the balance in convenient weekly or uiontbly payments. Surely ttappy way to buy nice Christmas gifts, isn't "it? Remember: The Globe Laundry, LeeAgerB6755 your Chmtmas vacation will be as naught, were you to for get this magic combination! Your washable wardrobe would take on the grey tinge of de spair, should your memory fail you in this instance! Remem ber the Globe Laundry as the .cleansing agent-de-luxe; re member Lee Ager as the power behind the tubs; remember B6755 as the number that will bring a Globe representative flying to your doorl So suds problem is too complicated for the equipment and the skill f this progressive laundry, al though, of course, their main idea is to attend to your every day needs, promptly, satisfac torily, ar.d at a fair price.