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The Daily Nebraskan
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UNIVKKSIIY OK NK1IHASKA
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TWENTY-SIXTH YEAR
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Telephon.e-Kditorlali H88B1, No. 142; Bu.lnei.i B6891. No.
77s Niuht 116882.
Entered a. a.cond-cla.a matter at the P'"" .""Ji
Nebra.ka. under act of Cons-re.e. March 3, IB 7. an d it IP ai
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1017. authorixed January 20. 1023.
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THE VARSITIES
The Student Council, according to a report of its
meeting last Wednesday, has recommended to the
faculty committee on student organizations that no
fraternity or sorority house parties be permitted on
the evening of Varsity dances at the Coliseum.
The Daily Nebraskan endorses this petition of the
Student Council, but would advise going one step
further, and prohibiting ALL parties fall, winter,
and spring parties, as well as house parties on the
nights when a Varsity dance is held.
The reason for this is obvious. So long as any pri
vate parties are held the same night as the Varsity
dances, the Varsity dances can never assume the rep
resentative character they are intended to. The very
presence of a private party, and especially of a down
town party, robs the all-university dance of that
catholicity which it is intended to promote.
The great trouble with our campus as far as the
student, end of it is concerned, is the disintegration of
the student body into many small, jealous, super
selfish groups each concerned almost exclusively with
its own small affairs and furtherance of its own inter
ests. The result is a woeful lack of anything like a
united student body with any well-defined feeling of
solidarity.
The idea behind the Varsity dance is to provide in
some measure a means for bringing all students to
gether on a common level at the same time and place,
and under the same psychological conditions.
Before the erection of the present Coliseum, the
old varsity dances were intended primarily for those
who were unable to attend the many private parties.
That restriction, that strangling of purpose, was made
necessary by the inadequacy of the old Armory. With
the new Coliseum and its ample dancing space avail
able, the purpose of the parties was broadened, and
rightly, to embrace the entire student body. The only
mistakes made have been in the failure to make prac
tical provisions for ensuring that the entire student
body or at least a substantial share of it would attend
the parties. This mistake the Council is now trying
to correct.
In promotion of a greater and more democratic
student body, imbued with a real community of in
terest instead of the divided campus we now have,
the recommendation of the Student Council should
be received favorably.
The rule prohibiting downtown parties could con
veniently be held in abeyance until next year in order
not to inflict a hardship on those groups which have
already paid for their ball room, contracted for theV
orchestra, and not yet had their chance this year to
keep up with the Joneses.
THE REASON WHY
In the competition between the new student coopera
tive bookstore and the private bookdealers, Nebraska
students have opportunity to observe at first hand
the operation of interesting economic principles.
The spread between the price received by the orig
inal producer, and the price ultimately paid by the
consumer is one of the things that has agitated re
formers for ages. The stories of the farmers who en
close notes in the apples they sell, stating how much
they received, and asking to find out how much the
consumer pays, are too common to need repetition.
In all the discussion concerning this phase of econ
omic life, the tacit assumption always seems to be that
the middle-men, the wholesalers and the retailers, are
the ones who wring out the profits at the expense on
the one hand of the producers, and on the other of the
final consumers.
Here in this matter of second-hand books, the tacit
assumption is that the private dealer who buys the
second-hand books from students and over the same
counter sells them with a comfortable spread between
the two figures, is wringing the poor students for
extra cents of profit.
The spread at times does seem great, especially to
the one who has just disposed of a few old books, and
bought others. But on a little reflection the situation
is seen not to be entirely a matter of the highway
baron taking toll for as much as the traffic will bear.
The cooperative bookstore has been in operation
only a week or so. It has taken in 600 books over its
counter. About 250 of these have been sold. Now these
600 books represent no capital investment on the part
of the exchange. The books are taken in stewardship,
so to speak, and the student who hopes to sell them
must wait for his money. In this very situation is found
the biggest reason for the seeming profits of the pri
vate dealer. The private dealer pays out cash within
a minute of the time he buys the books which the stu
dent has to offer. He then takes his chance on selling
the books later, or possibly not at all if.the professor
decides without warning to change books for the next
semester.
The spread, then, between the price got for second
hand books when the student sells and the price he
has to pay when he buys, is seen in large part to be
a payment for this service of advancing money im
mediately to the original owner of the book, and hold
ing the same book in stock for speedy sale vhen it is
again needed.
If students are willing to wait for the money from
their old books, they will in large part earn this wage
of abstinence but .they will have to wait for it, and
sometimes for a long time. Especially will this be the
case with books that will not be used again until next
fall, or at the end of the present semester when books
can not again be sold until the next school year. Some
times they will wait so long that the book may become
out of date, and. they will lose out altogether. The
private dealer through his exchange system with deal
ers is often able to buy books even though they may
never again be used on this campus.
So much for the abstinence theory in relation to the
problem.
Another point which in the end must be considered
is the matter of management and other overhead ex-rc-r,?s.
The cooperative student exchange as it is now
operated Is made possible In largo part through the
personal self-sacrifice of individual students who do
nate their services. The quarters of the present ex
change are rent-free. Its electric light service, heat
and other incidental but necessary items of upkeep are
also largely, if not entirely free. These Bre all factors
which are included in the spread between bought and
gold second-hand books at the private dealer and which
Booner or later will have to be considered by the co
operative exchange If it is to bo a real business success.
No mention has been made of the initial difficulties
of the exchange in not having a largo stock of books
on hand, nor of many other problems which this co
operative attempt shared in common with all cooper
ative movements.
Perhaps one of the largest arguments to show that
the private dealer can not have been making exhorbi
tant profits is in the very fact that competition to any
large extent has not arisen. The rule in business is that
competitors will spring up in that trade which happens
to be making more than the normal rate oi Duin
profit. None of any consequence has arisen ncrr,
it mav be that this cooperative
tempt is this competition spring up as a mutual student
effort instead of as another private enterprisa.
in hrincrinff un this discussion The Daily Nebrask
does not wish to offer an apologetic for tho private
dealer. Tho intention is merely to present tno oim
side of the problem as part of tho interesting econom
phenomena we observe daily on every hand in real lif
Two Years Ago
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SPIRIT OR ARTILLERY?
'.V crfc has discovered the 'pep" rally and the last-
min.le exhortation of .'oistlcs before football squads
tfl'e to the playing (if Id sre not only worthless, but
hate an harmful result," rtads the initlsil sentence of
an i c itorial in Tho Linc.iln Star Thursday.
I.'npolcan, the .jrctitcst general of all time, a man
who understood the psychology of his troops more than
nnv ether general in history, and who would have been
the la.H to underestimate the value of morale, always
declared that God gives victory to the side that has1 the
heaviest artillery, and most of it. Napoloan was a real
11. He knew well the tools with which he won victories.
On the football field the side that wins is the one
that has the charging linesmen, the accurate-passing
center, the plunging backs, the good open-field runners,
the great punter and kicker in other words, the side
that has the heavy artillery of the gridiron, rather than
excessive amount of "spirit."
It has been our sneaking suspicion for some time
(since the spell of freshman and sophomore days wore
off) that victory or defeat on the football field is only
in small measure due to so-called "spirit," and we feel
somewhat elated that a bit of scientific evidence is put
forth in support of this suspicion.
At any rate, it has been our observation that ath
letes, coaches, and the patriots always lay the blame
for defeat to the lack of spirit shown by the students
and other supporters, and only seldom give credit to
this same spirit if the team happens to win.
The fact can not be gainsaid, though, that this very
"spirit," inefficacious as it may be, is the one distin
guishing feature that lends glamour ntid interest to
the college gridiron.
The Rag Man wonders if it will be good form for
the co-ed to wear the same formal dress to the "ex
elusive" Pan-Hellenic ball that she has worn to all
the hoi-polloi winter parties.
The underclaspmen who; attend the Pan-Hellenic
ball are probably due for a $4 disappointment when
they discover the party is just like every other winter
formal.
Being smart rather than sensible is the acme of
collegiate perfection to many students today.
To Scottiah Ears
An old Scotchman, David Gordon, was seriously
ill, with scant hope of recovery. He had been wheedled
into making a will, and his relatives were now gath
ered about his bedside watching him laboriously sign
the document. He got as far as D-A-V-I then fell
back exhausted. "D, Uncle David," exhorted a
nephew. "Dee!" ejaculated the Old Scot feebly, but
with indignation. "Dee! I'll dee when I'm ready, ye
avaricious wretch!"
The Columbia MiHgourian
In Other Columns
King Henry' Suspenders
This is a story of the evolution of the university
professor. The author is Dr. Clarence Cook Little,
president of the University of Michigan, who ad
dressed his remarks to the National Student Federa
tion. So brutally frank is this pronouncement that we
pass it on as a great expose:
"Most professors (he said) reach their positions
through a curious process. After they receive their
pass-key into that intellectual garret of Phi Beta Kap
pa, the devi', in the form of some friend, whispers
into their earl that they should teach. They often ac
cept the suggestion, and after securing their master's
degrees, they write a thesis on some such subject as
"The Suspenders of Henry VIII" and then are quali
fied to teach. A thesis subject is by definition a sub
ject about which no one ever cared to write before.
"This type of man is then put in charge of a group
of freshmen and he generally has a great disdain for
their consummate ignorance, while they on their part
have a great disdain for his consummate learning.
Sometimes someone springs up among the freshmen
with the declaration that the suspenders of Henry
VIII are the most important things in the world. Im
mediately the professor picks him up from the bog
of ignorance in which the rest of the freshmen lie
and start him on the path to another professorship
Oregon Emerald
Back in the Old Days
Back in the days when the University of Colorado
was defeating Kansas and Nebraska in football, and
a young college student could either join the Y. M.
C. A. or "go to the dogs" back on March 8, 190G,
The Silver and Gold, then more a magazine than a
newspaper, quoted the following editorial from "The
Boulder Daily Camera":
"President Baker is right in admonishing Univer
sity students to temperance in social functions. 'Be
at home at midnight' is a good doctrine. There is no
occasion for starting a dance so late as nine o'clock.
The sensible girl is going to tell her beau that distan
ces are short in Boulder and she can walk. We speak
from experience when we tell these young people that
there is more delight in walking home arm in arm
(that's the place for the arm we believe) in the star
light nights of Colorado about the hour when the
moon is doing its best and yet is not too luminous,
than climbing into a stuffy 'hack' and being whizzed
to and from the dance. Waiting for a carriage is what
makes the dance too late to begin and too late to end.
And it doesn't give the fellow a chance for two things
he needs. These are money in his pockets about board
settling time and a good half hour with the girl of his
choice. Too many functions are to be deplored in a
college town, but the only sensible regulation of them
lies in the good sense of the parents and functioneers."
SlWer and Gold
M. Wllllard Lampe of Chicago,
Secretary of the Board of Christian
Education of the Presbyterian church
spoke on "The Youth Movement
Within the Christian Church," at the
Pan-Prcsbyterlan dinner at the
Grand Hotel. Mr. Lampe is a former
student of the University of Nebras
ka. Judge Dean and other members
of the Westminister Foundation were
present.
Dr. Katherlne II. K. Wolfe, city
school physician of Lincoln, presen
ted the department of philosophy of
the University with the complete li
brary of the late Dr. II. K. Wolfe.
With this gift she included a large
portrait of Dr. Wolfe, the founder of
the department of philosophy, and
professor during the years 1889 to
1807 and 1907 to 1918.
Costliest Photo Lab at McGill
At Columbia University a wide
variety of new courses has been
added. Among the trade courses meat
packing, identification of precious
gems and textile analysis and dyeing
are offered. Harry G. Mills of Ar
mour and Company will conduct the
course in packing operations and Dr.
Paul F. Kerr, assistant professor of
minerology, will give the course in
gems and precious stones necessary
to the jewelry specialist. Four Chin
ese courses including Chinese
Thought, Language, History and
History of Chinese Art will be con
ducted by Chinese professors.
Best Dressed Dolls Draw Prizes
Prizes for the best dressed dolls
were awarded to Northwestern Uni
versity women at the annual doll
show recently.
A HANDY PLACE
to get your mag., candies,
toilet articles, stationery
and school supplies.
Walter Johnson's
Sugar Bowl
B-1319 1552 "O" St.
See This New
JEWELRY
Enameled mesh bags
$4.50 to $25
Waldemar chains
$2.50 to $15
New styles in bracelets
A large shipment of alarm
clocks just received
Fenton B. Fleming
Jewelry Shop
B3421 1143 O St.
KING
SAXOPHONES
and
Band Instruments
"Best
by
Test"
Sold only by
Schaefer & Son
1210 O St.
Get oat in the open! After
noons or evenings rent a new
car to drive as your own.
Costs less than theatre.
You can go any.aere, any
time, in open or closed cars,
Caunders System
239 No. 11th St. B-1007
(Urivo It VctrrsciT)
Specialixed Service
Every ayrirlaia patlint presnnte a
pedal problem dlalii ctly different.
We'll aolve your pr em of better
vision to your entire katlafactlon.
HALLETT
OPTOMETRIST
Estb. 1871 117-119 So. 12th
DANCE
At
Linidell Party House
Friday Night
TROUBADORS PLAYING
Saturday Night
REVELERS on the job with their peppy entertainment.
Feature number this week
"I Never See Maggie Alone"
Prices Wed. 50c per couple. Fri. & Sat. $1.00
'VSW Valentine
wy New
W5- Gloves
New
costume
Flowers
Smart
Ear
Buttons
Effective
new
Bracelets
in many
styles.
Sweaters
The Natural Choice of
the College Girl
N fact, the heart of any girl will be warmed
by the attractive ones we are showing now.
Very bold colorings the bolder the better,
"they say."
$1.95 and $2.95
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LINCOLN NEBRASKA
BUYING OFFICfSt
PARIS
A wide
range of
colors in
silk
Hose
AlVA f
--Ji EDISON jp.
His FAITH unconquerable, his passion for
work irresistible, his accomplishment not suiv
passed in the annals of invention, Thomas
Alva Edison has achieved far more than man'
kind can ever appreciate. February eleventh is
the eightieth anniversary of his birth.
Wherever electricity is used in homes, in busi
ness, in industry there are hearts that are con
sciously grateful, that humbly pay him homage.
GENERAL ELECTS
TO
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