TIIE DAILY NEBRASKA N
The Daily Nebraskan
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" TWENTY-SIXTH YEAR
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Asst. Managing Editor
Isabel O'Hallaraa
Gerald Griffin
James Rosse
NEWS EDITORS
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CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Evert Hunt -
Oscar Norllng
Lincoln Frost
Dwight McCormack
Robert Lascn
Florence Swihart
ASSISTANT NEWS EDITORS
Mary Louise Freeman
Gerald Griffin
T. SIMPSON MORTON
Richard F. Vette
Milton McGrew
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Circulation Manager
...... Circulation Manager
FRIDAY. APRIL 1. 1927
A REAL OBLIGATION
The Campus Pulse th'is morning: has three more
letters concerning- the late lamented University Night
One of these, the one from Mr. Jensen, is of such
a nature that it demands some editorial mention, how
ever hasty it may be.
Mr. Jensen's letter resolves itself Into two main
parts, first his dragging in- of the R. O. T. C. question
(an old hobby) and second, the most important of all,
his general statements of his philosophy of a Univer
sity education.
The questions concerning the R. O. T. C. are so
patently irrelevant in this present discussion that they
need hardly be answered. Suffice it to say in passing
that it. is hardly fair to accuse a whole department for
the indiscretion of one of its students. "Also concern,
irg the matter of "tainted" money, The Daily Ne
braskan is of course opposed to all forms of tainted
money whether on this campus, back home, or any
place. Especially does The Daily Nebraskan think that
religious organizations should be ever-zealous to re
ceive only money that is without blemish. But to drag
in the question of injustice of the small R. O. T. C. al
lowance is dragging in another subject. Suffice it to
say that dear old Uncle Sam especially under Coolfdge's
watchful eye is mighty much on the lookout to stop
payments of "tainted" money, and that if the allow
ances were not fully warranted, they would not be allowed.
The real meat of Mr. Jensen's letter is to be found,
not in his tangential remarks on the R. O. T. C, but in
his general references to university education.
Mr. Jensen seems heartily to agree that Univer
sity Night was carried to excess this year. What he
disagrees with is the method of correcting the abuses.
He refuses to see any justification for the action of
Dean Chatburn, for instance, in recommending abolish
ment of the affair, and he has only praise for Mr. Hayes
and the Y. M. C. A. .when it proposes to do some house-
cleaning on its own. Especially does he disapprove of
the Dean's apparent failure to communicate first with
the Y. M. C. A. officials.
Forgetting . for a moment the particular applica
tion to University Night, we might say in a nutshell
that Mr. Jensen holds in some way or other, he hasn't
stated clearly, to a very liberal laissez faire theory of
college and university education. This is a very popu
lar liberal theory, and means in so many words that
professors and students, everybody about the univer
sity in fact, are to be given untrammelled freedom to
do as their own sweet nature dictates. That may be
slightly exaggerated, of course, but is veryvmuch the
impression one has of this school of thought.
The school of thought to which Mr. Jensen is par
ticularly opposed as shown in his phrases such as
"prussianized kindergarten T is the one which lays
stress on authority and regulation, not particularly of
thought, that is absurd of course, but at least of all
public conduct which might in any way reflect on the
good name of the institution. The characterization of
this school of thought just given is probably very in
adequate again, but the yawning deadline is only a
scant hour or so removed, and this editorial must of
necessity be brief and sketchy.
These two schools of thought are by their very na
ture quite divergent in the consequences of their lnpi-
cal conclusions. The whole subject is big enough for
volumes at the hands of real authorities. We will'
therefore, confine ourselves only to the application to
student affairs such as University Night which is under
fire at the present time.
Whether University Night was better or worse this
year than in former years will probably never be set
tled. Advocates of both views are quite outspoken,
A compromise settlement would probably say that the
Night was about the same as it has been for the past
several years.
The situation is just this then. The Y. M. C. A
which has been sponsoring the performance (which ad
mittedly has been pandering for a number of years to
shady references on student life) has been allowed to
manage the affair all these years on the basis of Mr.
Jensen's laissez Xaire policy. The result has been a
woeful lack of correction of evils.
We have here at first hand, then, an example of
how one of those methods works.
We venture the further opinion that had it not
been for the statement. of the Dean and the vigorous
pretests in The Nebraskan, University Night next year
might have again become a near replica of what it was
this year. Mr. Hayes and the student president of the
faaflriT'lcif Inn st ..... -J T J -1 i , .
are alive to. They must be if their institutions arc
to live up to their great purpose of training a better
citizenry.
All the learning, all the knowledge, and all the
mere mechanical training of students would be for
naught, if at the same time the University permitted
a moral atmosphere destructive of character. Mr.
Jensen doesn't believe there is any such characteriza
tion as "moral"' or "immoral". But there are just
thousands and thousands ui young men and women who
do believe that there are very real standards of moral
ity. The greatness of our country, and that of every
other great country and civilization this world has ever
produced, has been laid deep down in the foundations
of just this realization of morality and strict observance
of those standards. And the greatness of every coun
try anil civilization has dwindled just as soon as the
truth of these fundamental laws was disregarded.
Now the great cry of course is that students are sup
posed to be old. enough when they come to University
to know what they are doing. There is even a more
viscious turn of this argument which says that If a
person is going to go bad he will do so under any cir
cumstances. With all due respect for young people, Mr. Jensen,
and the writer, himself included, young people of col-
legt age, herded together in great numbers in college
as they are, and away from all the anchoring influences
of home, family and community, are NOT old enough
and wise enough to do as they please at all times and
in all places.
It is out of a realization of this reality, known
perhaps best of all to those University officials who
come in direct contact with students in matters of this
kind, that the University has wisely set up variout
rules and regulations for student life.
And it was in accordance with this general police
power that the Dean of Men was going to recommend
prohibition of any more University Nights such as
was staged last Monday night. His obligations and
the obligations of the Dean of Women are very real.
The Campus Pulse
Letters from readers are cordially welcomed In thla department, and
will be printed In all cases subject only to the common newspaper practice el
Imping out all libelous matter, and attacks ajtainat individuals and reUfisns.
LITERARY MAGAZINES
ago a literary group on this campus
THESE
Some time
petitioned the board of regents for financial support
in publishing a new literary magazine.
The main argument advanced for the new ven
ture was the fact that there are many worthwhile
pieces of student work which can not be published in
the larger national magazines, and yet are good enough
for publication. To fill this need the new magazine
was started. ,. j
One number of the magatine has been published.
Another is soon to be printed.
The magazine has hardly been launched, though,
and the management has changed its policies a great
deal from the initial modest purposes advanced when
the group wanted support from the regents. The am
bition of the magazine, it seems, now is to become a
great western literary magazine. ,
This is a worthy ambition. Having such a high
goal ahead is probably a great inducement toward con
stant improvement of the publication.
But if the ambition is to be achieved at the ex
pense of not publishing those "worthwhile student
works" for which the regents originally granted money,
it will be a curious turning of color. Probably still
another magazine will then have to be started for those
student works which are still kept out.
It will probably be refreshing to recall that several
years ago the University of Nebraska backed financially
a similar magazine just a little bit more pretentious.
The venture was finally abandoned.
Dear Editor:
Monday night we, two of us, went
to see West's Prairie Schooners.
Tuesday I read all about it in the
city papers, one of which said it was
the best, production for some time
Wednesday I read all about it in THE
DAILY NEBRASKAN, which said it
was one of the worst productions in
many years, Thursday I read ye Edi
tor's comment. And new what have
I got? A headache, some questions,
and a few observations.
Now, Mr. Editor, you've been run
ning a pretty fair editorial column
this year, all things considered, giv
ing advice to the lovelorn, the for
saken, the misled fraternity pledges,
and, oh, advice on a host of subjects.
I've read them with interest and I
don't have time to read just anything
that comes along. But I've got some
questions, as I said, funny ones too,
and Iwant to ask them of you, if
you don't mind.
As you possibly know, I've been
somewhat interested in the R. O. T.
C. the past year. Members of the
R. O. T. C. have asked me some dif
ficult questions, at times. These ques
tions always started off with this:
"Suppose somebody were going to
attack your sister, your sweetheart,"
etc., etc. 1 got the idea that the R.
O. T. C. members were strong for
American womanhood. Imagine my
surprise Monday evening when a
member of the R. O. T. C. is guilty
of the most uncalled for attacks along
that line. Mr. Editor, are the R. O.
T. C. members dishonest in their
professed regard for American wom
anhood? I don't step down for any
body on the campus in my respect
for womanhood and I'd like to have
that question answered; and I'm not
a prude either.
In Thursday's editorial you bring
up the question of tainted money.
I'm with you. I think a fair proposi
tion would be to ask the Y. M. C. A.
to return disappointed patrons their
money, the same as in the case of
any, theater whose patrons might be
offended, or deceived. But here comes
another question. The "commutation
of quarters" received by the R. O.
T. C. is tainted money according to
money. The best proof that such is
the case is the fact that privately
many officers of the R. O. T. C. ad
mit that ethically they cannot defend
the proposition. Their excuse is al
ways this: "If I don't take it, some
body else does." The Y. M. C. A. can
say the same thing. The Editor cer
tainly doesn't want to be dishonest.
Will you come out editorially against
all tainted money on the campus?
Now for a few observations. As
far as I'm concerned University Night
this year was, in many respects, far
better than last year; in seme ways
it was far worse. By "worse" I mean,
among other things, that it was guilty
to a greater extent of malicious
abuse, personal spite and a deprecia
tory attitude towards womanhood.
When Dean Chatburn calls attention
to the advisability of making produc
tion and name agree, my hat is off
to Dean Chatburn for seeing what
was the i greatest lie about the whole
thing, and having the courage to say
it. He is right: it wasn't "University
Night." , '
The word "immoral" has been ban
died about by your correspondents.
That word is usually, not always, the
refuge of those whose vocabulary,
mental abilities and understanding
are limited. The world has not vet
found out what is moral ..j ,
Christ drank wine bu that
make him immoraj to me akhT
don't drink winese S?W
moral to any number of De , .
they would be honest abouuX'
say that science will ultimately
that question: some v ' .8eta
turn out finally to be a per onBl
n, tv. ... " personal ones.
...... queauon 01 What lo .J
and immoral is an onen " 1 8
word "immoral" as used by your f
respondent doesn't mean . th N
and I repeat that I strongly
proved of Monday's University v,.Z
(vvuulucu on rage Four.)
LJNDELL PARTY HOUSE
DANCE
Friday and Saturday Night
Revellers Playing
, "Where U of N Students Dance
"Watch For and Patronise the Green Coaches"
O. L. & B. GREEN COACH SERVICE
. JL,,Y,ynlve.r,i,y 2Sth A Warren
M. 6:22, 6:37, 6.52, 7:07, 7:22, 7:37, 7:52, 8:07, 8:22, 8-37
M. 4:22, 4:52, 5:07, 5:22, 5:37, 5:52, 6:07, 6:22, 6:37.
A.
P.
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A M. 6:45, 7:00, 7:15, 7:30, 7:45, 8:00, 8:15, 8:30, 8:45
P. M. 4:45, 5:00, 5:15, 5:30, 5:45, 6:00, 6:15, 6:U, 6:45
At ether times departure 1 ca boor and half Lour, Laet through tram
Lincoln 11:22 P. M. Last throufh from Uni Place u:00 P. M.
Bandar Sen-ice starts 1 hoar later and discontinues 1 hoar earlier
In Other Columns
association, to be sure, had discussed changes and had
even decided to make changes, but the nebulous stages
w t.?r ucisGu is apparent in their tardiness in mak
ing any public statements until after the printed onin
ions. We hardly believe that previous secretaries of
the Y. M. C. A. attended University Night nerfor
Kia-ncca without some resolves tD put on better shows
i.ext lime, ihe only trouble "with that kind of resolv
lr.g is mat it oxten fails to result in action. The threat
or tne uean and the vigorous protests in The Nebras-
L tin made action mandator.
n m ... . .
mucn lor this particular University Night
cr isode. The theory of university tducation advanced
' Jnsen (we refer of course only to ts relation
i , s.ujeni conduct as stated a few paragraphs above)
o ,u iuuuw ana contains so
i y n.ront weaknesses and so many false grounds
. ... n,.H columns to discuss the matter with
H-;vrea of comp?taneaa.
ifvt-irnortgage obligation of all University
r -. J professors, as the Daily Nebraskan has
; ' -tr occasions, is to the fathers and mothers
9 end eirls who are sent here for higher train,
i t i Iae respect to Mr. Jensen and other in-
i i triors and students, this is a real obligation
. i amvery executive all over tha fctid!
A number of students of the University of Wiscon
sin have organized a "Circle of the Godless" and applied
for affiliation with the American Association for the
Advancement of Atheism. These students are privileged
to hold any individual view of religion that they choose,
Dut as a collegiate organization they entirely subvert
the purpose for which our educational institutions are
endowed.
Kearney Hub
The Professorial Pay Check
University professors often come in for a great
deal of criticism, much of which is thoughtless and a
great deal of which could better have been left un
said. In the heat of a discussion concerning a cherished
university institution a man recently said that no teach
er had the right to excoriate the policies of the univer
sity from which he draws his pay.
Though this was said in the heat of argument
and in this particular case might not have been said
had the author of it sufficient time for reflection, it is
significant because it reflects the attitude of a great
part of society otward the men who are affiliated with
institutions which they support directlv or M
It is also the attitude of the administrative officers of
some universities. Nothing could be more untrue.
. Such people often draw an analogy between the
universities and large business corporations in order to
prove that it is only right that a man who might not
happen to "fit in" should be ejected for the good of the
institution. Like most arguments of this nature, it
sounds good but cannot be justified. If a university
is anyining it snouia De an intellectual ferment; opin
ions, even of faculty members, should be voiced openly
and without fear of consequences. To say that a pro
fessor is honor bound to support antiquated methods
or. even methods of which he does not approve just be
cause he draws his pay check every month from ,
particular auditor's office is a thesis that cannot be
supported nor even tolerated.
The Daily Texan
When Jot Nods
The easiest thing a newspaper does is make mis
takes; the most difficult job the publisher has is to pre
vent 'em being made too often.
The Lincoln Journal and the Associated Press form
a combination of meticulous diligence which is difficult
to beat, but Jove occasionally nods.
The other day the Journal printed an Associated
Press dispatch describing the opening sessions of the
Rotary Conference at Sioux City, Iowa. The story
went into detail as to the opening address of the gentle
man delegated for that purpose and the "response"
made by a Lincoln Rotarian. It was a well-written,
concise dispatch, carrying the "meat" of the session
in a few well-chosen words.
So much for the story.
But the thing reported just hadn't happened yet.
The conference takes place in Aprl, a month from
now. The things which the newspaper and its news
supplying agency said HAD happened probably will
happen, unless Sioux City is blown from the map in
the meantime and an unkind fate removes those whose
namea were carried in the story. , j
The assiduous correspondent for tfca A .,.. J. i
Press, anrioua to bm-vo and please, merely got his dates
nviaiea m tne story, "shot" it out to his bureau and
newspapers, uninformed on the topic discussed, printed
iv as a mailer 01 course.
The point is, of course, that not all the ludicron.
errors in newspaperdom are printed in rh. MM,
towns. Som of the really side-sriHttW
to be found in the metropolitan area, u i. ..u
the "hick" population is not nt.lrl Mit-J.j .'
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