THE DAILY NEBRA S KAN
The Daily Nebraskari.
Statloa A. Llnoaln. Nebraska
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UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
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ON SUPPRESSION V
The most serious charges that can
be brought against any newspaper
have recently been hurled at The
Daily Nebraskan. We have been
charged with running a suppressed
newspaper. Anton H. Jensen, in
structor in the romance language de
partment, has made these charges in
a handbill which he has just pub
lished and which is entitled "At
Bay."
In fairness to the readers ot The
Daily Nebraskan and to the student
body as a whole as well as to the
staff of The Daily Nebraskan, it is
necessary at this time to state that
Mr. Jensen's charges that the Ne
braskan is a suppressed paper are
absolutely false.
The Daily Nebraskan is not now
and never has been a suppressed pa
per, to the best of my knowledge.
Since I have been editor no member
of the University faculty or admin
istrative body has ever told me or
asked me to keep a story or any ar
ticle out of this paper. Anything that
has not been published has been
kept out either because we did not
have the space or because we mem
bers of the staff thought it was not
worth publishing for any of various
reasons.
No University executive has ever
said f'Keep that story out" or "Put
that story in." What' more if they
ever do say that, they will be looking
for a new editor the next day.
ever did say that or ever do say that,
they will be looking for a new editor
the next day.
As for this "release" which we
failed to publish on December 18,
the same thing holds true. If that
personal attack on the Chancellor
should have found its way to the
columns of The Daily Nebraskan
(and I am still very doubtful if it
should) -we should personally be
blamed for having poor sense of
news values. But The Daily Nebras
kan is innocent of being censured
.and the University officials are in
nocent 01 any mcuuon such B3 supposed to have been silent on the
cnargea DT mr. Jensen.
to the world that the University
press has been silent on the military
controversy. A letter written by Mrs.
Laura Tuffer Morgan of the National
Council for Prevention of War some
time ago and addressed to members
of the University faculty contained
the following paragraph:
"We have in our office clip
pings from newspupers and
magazines from all over the
country. I believe the members
of the faculty hardly realize
that the eyes of the nation are
on Nebraska, and that Chicago,
Omaha, and even New York pa
pers were carrying dispatches
on tho suppression of debate at
the University while the local
and University press were silent."
Our answer to that statement can
be no better expressed than by the
following excerpt of a letter written
to Mrs. Morgan by Volta Torrey,
who was editor of the Nebraskan last
spring:
"I was editor of Tho Daily
Nebraskan, the officiul Univer
sity student newspaper, when
the military science controversy
was in full blast, between Feb
ruary 1 and June 1. During that
time The Daily Nebraskan prin
ted every legitimate piece of
authoratative and reliable news
regarding the controversy which
it could obtain and find space
for. We did this even at the risk
of our jobs. I have not the files
at hand, but I do not think any
respectable newspaper pub
lished any story of genuine im
portance which was omitted
from the Nebraskan, unless it
was of such a nature as to lack
"news value" on the campus. I
therefore resent very deeply the
charge which you imply in that
paragraph and do not believe
that it can be substantiated by
the facts.
"If by the phrase 'suppres
sion of debate' you refer to the
incident involving the Palladian
Literary Society, permit me to
explain that no story was prin
ted regarding that matter be
cause the leaders of the society
refused to give a Daily Nebras
kan reporter the facts. It is true
that before making that refusal
there had been a conference be
tween Chancellor Avery and a
representative, or representa
tives of the society; but the Ne
braskan surely cannot be held
responsible for the actions of
members of a literary society.
Such reports were based, so far
as I know, on mere rumors,
which were never fully substan
tiated. "At Nebraska both opponents
and friends of the R. 0. T. C.
have been guilty of circulating
rumors and unfounded accusa
tions such as no decent newspa
per would print. The Nebraskan
strove to be impartial, both in
its editorial and news colums,
and consequently has been
kicked vigorously by both
groups."
What Mr. Torrey lacked when he
wTote that letter is now available to
the writer; that is, the file of last
semester, the time when we were
alent of 22 columns on the subject.
We printed 383 column inches of
news matter on tho subject and 73
inches of editorial comment. In the
face of those figures (and we will
be glad to prove them to any who
doubt their accuracy), can any one
say that we were silent on tho mili
tary drill controversy? Docs that
look like we were afraid to print
or were kept irom priming mo
news when there was some news to
print?
At that time wo printed every
thing we considered had sufficient
news value no matter which side of
the question it supported. As Mr.
Torrey said, we tried to be impartial
and fair in the mnttcr.
Our policy of Inst year will be
strictly followed this semester. We
intend to print anything of renl news
value which may come up from time
to time, but we do not intend to
take any stand editorially, which is
obviously tho only thing to do in
this case.
Wo will not champion the cnuse
of the militarists nor will we align
ourselves with the pacifists. What
we have attempted to do in the past
and will continue to attempt in the
future is to run an impnrtial stu
dent newspaper. Those who say we
have not been impartial in the past
may be right; those who say that we
have used poor judgment may be
right; but those who say that we
have run a suppressed newspaper are
uttering an absolute falsehood.
VICTOR T. IIACKLER.
Notices
Other Opinions
The Daily Nebraskan assumes
no responsibility for the senti
ments expressed by correspon
dents and reserves the right to
exclude any communications
whose publication may for any
reason seem undesirable. In all
cases the editor must know the
identity of the contributor.
Free Speech
To the Editor:
When "free speech" was decided
upon for our country, the pros and
cons were carefully weighed, and
our forefathers agreed that civiliza
tion would advance quickly with the
policy of "free speech."
Our Universities surely realize
that without "free speech" the edu
cation of our student body would be
sadly hampered. Without self-expression
these students of today
would be living in a circle, unable
to find an outlet for thoughts or for
deeds. Students express opinions, so
why should not the university in
structors have the same privilege in
a democratic institution?
.Self betterment is the basis of
even consideration for a college edu-
P. E. O.
All girls who are P. E. 0. mem
bers are invited to attend a meeting
of Chapter C S at 2:30, Saturday
afternoon, January 8, at the home
of Mrs. J. Cass Cornell, 1910 So.
20th St.
Biff and Little Sitters
Tea at Ellen Smith for Big and
Little Sisters and all freshmen, 3-5
Friday.
Dramatic Club
Dramatic Club will meet Thurs
day, January 6 at 7:00 in tho Dram
atic Club room.
'N" Club
"N" Club meeting Tuesday noon
at Chamber of Commerce.
Silver Serpents
Silver Serpent meeting at 7:10
Tuesday evening at Ellen Smith Hall.
Very important.
our forefathers' Idea of a true de
mocracy. Truth will out, whether it will be
told by university instructors realis
tically, or whether it will be unduly
enlarged through word of mouth.
Oa "Dutching Date."
To the Editor:
In the Daily Nebraskan for Dec.
16, 1926, the editor certainly hit
tho nail on the head when he said
that the fellows would be called
"tightwads" or "chenp-skates" if
they had been the first to mention
"Dutch-Dates".
I hope that "dutch-dates' become
popular, because if a girl goes out
with a fellow then for an evening's
entertainment and she pays half the
bill, the fellow will know that the
girl' went with him for his company,
and not for his money. I know that
if a girl really likes a fellow well
enough to go out with him, she will
be willing to pay part of the bill. So
here's to "Dutch Dates". I hope that
more students of both sexes are in
favor of them.
PBC.
University Has Large
Income From Oil Well
Tho University of Texas is at pre-
.nf oninvinc from one impersonal
benefactor alone, an income of about
a million and a half dollars a year
It is not a case of some prepoatcr
ously wealthy and generous retired
capitalist. It is not revenue from an
enormous endowment fund. The In
come is th university's one-eighth
royalty on the output of the Group
1 Oil Company, organized three
years ago to drill on land that the
university chanced to own. Last
week the company's directors d.
clared three monthly dividends of
$250 a share on the 2,048 shares out
standing, which, when paid, will
bring the total dividend for the year
ending in July to $2,415 a share.
Last year Texas soil yielded 3,726 !
000 barrels of oil to grease the
wheels of higher education in Texas,
cation. In order to bring develop
ment to its fullest measure broaden
ing matters must be placed upon the
scale of Justice and must be care
fully balanced. All this in order to
gain the truth that is sought for, or
the conviction that the decision
reached is the finest one that we
ourselves are capable of making. All
factors that have a bearing must first
be prepared, and in order to possess
"all of these factors" the ideas of
others, preferably instructors who
have a greater knowledge of life
than is possessed by students, should
be secured.
Why is it, then, that some opin
ions which pertain to essential mat
ters of our school existence are sup
pressed. I wonder whether this is
It is quite true that the press as
sociations carried Mr. Jensen's letter
in considerable detail and it may be
true that the stories were published
as far east as New York. We cannot
be sure of that since we do not fol
low the national press as closely as
it seems Mr. Jensen does. However,
press associations have been known
to be fooled in some cases to use
stories that were not worth it.
Whether such was the case on De
cember 17 remains a matter of per
sonal opinion.
Mr. Jensen asks, "Will The Daily
Nebraskan publish the release, (his
letter to the Chancellor) and repub
lish the article of December 12 (on
free speech) and the letter on that
article?" No, The Daily Nebraskan
will not publish the release, and will
not republish the article of Decem
ber 12. We will publish the student's
letter, not because Mr. Jensen asks
the question but rather because-the
letter was saved for publication when
there was not room for it in our
issue of December 18, and to keep
it out now would be mere stubborn
ness. But let it be understood that we
do not feel that we are in any way
accountable to Mr. Jensen for What
we print or do not print any more
than we are to any of our other
readers, and that there is no use try
ing to "bulldoze" us into printing
anything1. We are running this paper
in our own way and will continue to
do so until we lose our jobs. If Mr.
Jensen or anyone else doesn't like
the way it is being run, let him start
- his own paper or keep on publishing
. handbills. That is certainly his right
as much as it is ours to use our own
judgment as to what to put in this
paper.
As long as a newspaper doesn't
piint every communication that is
handed it, there is always talk of
'su'JpessioT,, on the part of the dis-
jrruntJed and rejected contributors.
This is to be expected and we usually
would Wke no notice of it. However,
when this talk comes from a Uni-
.rvliy instructor, there is some
t ..n-e th.it a few of the students
i.t W.ieve the charges and thus
v ;v 1 ;t fjr duty to iwue this de-
1'..: Jetwn is not
' .' hc-.n cryirg
subject.
From March 12 to April 20 of last
year, the time when the controversy
was being waged, the Nebraskan
published news stories and editorial
comment which amounted to a total
of 456 column inches or the equiv-
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In instalment No. 8 we men
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