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! u H J ; ) a ; "i 8 i t THE DAILY NEBRASKAN The Daily Nebraskan Station A,' Llneotn, Nebraska OFFICIAL PUBLICATION UNIVERSITY CP NEBRASKA Under direction of the Student Publication Board TWENTY-SEVENTH YEAS published Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday aornings during the academic year. Editorial Office University Hall 4. Business Office University Hall 4 A. Office Hours Editorial Staff. :00 to 6:00 except Friday and Sunday. Business Staff: afternoons except Friday and Bunday. Telephones Editorial: B6891, No. MS; Business :" JS6891, No. 77: Night B6882. Entered as second-class matter at the postofflce in Lincoln. Nebraska, under act of Congress, March . 1879. and at special fate of postage provided for In section 110S, act of October 8, 1917, authorized January 20. 1922. It a year. SUBSCRIPTION RATE Single Copy 6 cents 11.25 a semes1 unesVer Oscar Norling Munro Kezer . Gerald Griffin . Dorothy Nott . Pauline Bilon Dean Hammond W. Joyce Ayres NEWS EDITORS ASSISTANT NEWS EDITORS Florence Seward .Editor-in-Chief ...Managing Editor Manaffintr Editor Asst. Managing Editor Maurice W. Konkel Paul Nelson Lyman Cass Richard F. Vette Milton McGrew William H. K earns J. Marshall Pitxer . Business Manager Asst. Business Manager Circulation Manager Circulation Manager GONE FOREVER? Another comment on the dissolution of the class honoraries is published in the adjoining column today. Action ofthe Student Council and of the faculty com mittee on student organizations in abolishing these or ganizations effective June 1 has evidently attracted more attention off the campus than on. The only phase that is likely to have any signifi cant interest on the Nebraska campus hereafter is the question of organizations to succeed them. Many have expressed the opinion that it will be only a matter of time until such organizations will spring up in a new form. Experience with the recently abolished societies and the lack of functions for them to fulfill should be ample protection against their reorganization in any form. Unfortunately, it seems inevitable that students desiring notice, attention, temporary campus glory, will endeavor to secure reinstatement of some such organi zations some time in the future. . Prevention of such reinstatement rests on two bodies, the Student Council and the faculty committee which has charge of student organizations. Vigilance of the Student Council would be the most effective check against such reinstatement. But the Student Council, like all student organizations, is characterized by its transiency. Those who today realize the undesir ability of class honoraries from the standpoint of the welfare of the entire University, will soon graduate. Their successors may not be as cognizant of the funda mental reasons for the abolition of the organizations. The faculty committee oh the other hand is much less changing in its composition. In the last analysis, student protection against such needless societies, will rest in the hands of the faculty committee. It all goes to show how intimately interwoven are the affairs of the faculty and the students. There is hardly a phase of university life in which one is not essential to the other. Yet how small a percentage of any faculty are either able or willing to attempt really to understand students. And how few students are willing to attempt to understand their professors. The Kosmet Klub requests that gentlemen trying out for feminine roles in "The Love Hater" wear bath ing suits, or women's dresses. Apparently Kosmet Klub sees little distinction. . DOES VACCINATION PREVENT SMALLPOX? A contributor to the Soap Box today asks this question and proceeds to go ahead and answer it to his own satisfaction. The Daily Nebraskan does not pose as an authority on such a controversial question in the medical field. An interview with Dean Lyman is published in this issue, however, to give students a chance to read refutation of the Soap Box letter. Much more interesting, and (speaking from a par tisan viewpoint) perhaps much more pertinent, is his statement that we are a lazy-minded race. Mr. Smith has chosen to mention two very common faults of man kind in general which are and probably always will be applicable to college students, samely, laziness and "the herd mind". Both are significant factors in our educational system. College students are less lazy than the average. As a rule, they have been willing enough to work to pay the price- of continued effort. A few slip without having applied themselves to advance fundamentals. College students should be less subject to the in fluence of the "herd mind" than most other groups. Yet possession of it is all too often one of the principal charges leveled against college graduates. It is true than on many questions college students are in accord. The outsider attributes this generally to existence of the "herd mind". More often than not, however, stu dent opinions are arrived at individually by sincere and conscientious thought. What happens is that they are all of similar age, possess similar mental development and are being nurtured in the same environment. The result is the tendency toward a common opinion. Humorous errors often creep into news copy. The following was turned in yesterday by a Nebraskan re porter: "A squad of ten men who will be named tomor row will leave Lincoln at 5:3Q o'clock this afternoon for Lawrence." Daily Nebraskan readers are cordially invited to contri bute articles to this column. This paper, however, assumes no responsibility for the sentiment expressed herein, and re serves the right to exclude any libelous or undesirable matter. A limit of six hundred words has been placed on all contributions. DOES VACCINATION PREVENT SMALLPOX? To the Editor: The continual publication of notices requesting students to be vaccinated prompts me to question the Acting Chancellor' knowledge of the da .gers of vac cination. For his benefit, and the benefit of the entire rtudun body, I wish, to give some authoritative facts concerning thia modorn vice. "fmiinpox vaccination does not prevent rma'lpox; if yj.i,ii5jir, it increases the susceptibility to the infec t i t;-(! lowers the chances o2 recovering from the - m,. s liu lalemerv is made by Sidney E. Smith, prominent M. D. of New York City. This fact as stated by Dr. Smith is attested in hundreds of books and thousands of articles written by such famous men as Herbert Spencer who says, "Compulsory vaccination I detest and voluntary vaccination I disapprove." There ia Alfred Russell Wallace, the great scientist, who worked out the theory of evolution almost simultan eously with Darwin. He says, "I feel more and more every year that vaccination is the most unscientific, the molt harmful and, in every way, the most wicked de lusion of the Nineteenth Century." rtofessor Carlo Kuata, Professor of Materia Med jca in the University of Perugia, Italy, in a petition to the Italian Parliament for the abolition of compulsory 'vaccination said: "We are all vaccinated, re-vaccinated and re-re-vaccinated to the highest degree, and yet suffer from-epidemics that ought to publish our shame abroad." John Burns, of the English Parliament, after an exhaustive study of the reports on the incidence of smallpox in England, stated that "In the precise pro portion as vaccination has diminished in England smallpox has. diminished." We are a lazy-minded race. Also we are extremely gregarious in our instincts. The majority of humans like to "run with the herd." They prefer to be ortho dox in religion, in politics, in most controversial ques tions. It is such a comfort to "Whoop it up" with the mob, to be a member of, or a shouter from the win ning and popular side. Goethe, the greatest of all Ger man thinkers, said, "Jn newspapers and encyclopedias, in schools and universities, everywhere error has the upper hand, and it feels happy and comfortable in know ing that the majority is ranged on its side." This is, to a great extent, the situation in regard to the vaccina tion controversy. Even Jenner himself, the high-priest of the cult, in his "Inquiry" concedes the fact that there is great risk of bringing on a violent disease if the virus "isf inserted beneath the skin." As though any one cpuld imagine a "good inoculation" without the virus getting "beneath the skin." With a limited and exceedingly empirical experience of only a few years, Jenner still had the temerity to claim that "vaccination gives life-time security." How could he have possibly known this until he had observed a few hundred pa tients, inoculated by him, who remained free from smallpox for life? As a matter of fact he never ob served even one such case. He did, however, see his first patient, James Phipps, die of tuberculosis from vaccination. He did see his son, who he himself inocu lated for swine-pox, die of tuberculosis in his twenty first year. He did see his friend, the Honorable Robert Grosvenor, die of smallpox after he himself had vac cinated Grosvenor and prinounced him safe for life. Dr. W. J. C. Ward, M.R.C.S., who has seen more cases of smallpox in a year than many thousands of medical men see in a lifetime, says: "I have seen people who have been vaccinated get smallpox, and people who have been re-vaccinated get smallpox and I have seen people who have had smallpox get a second attack of it and die of it." The writer has never been vaccinated and has had smallpox twice. The Dean of the Medical Department of the University of Illinois confesses that he has been vaccinated sixteen times and has had the smallpox twice. Dr. R. H. Bakewell, M. R. C. S., author of "Path ology and Treatment of Smallpox" states: "I have very little faith in vaccination, even as modifying in the disease, and none at all as a protective in virulent epi demics. Personally I contracted smallpox less than six months after a most severe re-vaccination." In conclusion I wish to say that the reason only one side of the vaccination question is generally known, is expressed by Jenner when he said "I wish my pro fessional brethren to be slow to publish fatal cases of smallpox after vaccination." This advice has been closely followed ever since. Notices E. BURKE SMITH. In Other Columns W. A. A. Special Meeting The W. A. A. will hold a special meeting Thursday at 12 o'clock, February 16, 1928, in 8101. All members are requested to he present to vote upon the question of pur chasing new curtains for the small gym. Af College Mixer There will be an Ag ColleKe Mixer In the Student Activities building Saturday evening, February 18. It will be sponsored by the Block and Bridle Club. Awgw&n Business Staff Students wanting to work on the busi ness staff of the Awgwan are requested to see Eldred Larson, business manager, at once. Positions are open for a few students who are willing to work. Call at the Aw gwan office any afternoon between the hours of 8 to 6. Union Literary Society The Union Literary Society will present the second of its programs to be correlated with the constellation of the heavens, on February 17. This program is to be core lated with the sun and will be open to the campus. Corn Cobs Corn Cobs will have a meeting Thursday evening at 7:15 o'clock in Room 15 of the Temple Building. Social Calendar Thursday, February 16 Y. W. C. A. dinner, i.'.llen Smith, Hall. 6 o'clock. Thcta Sigma Phi, luncheon, Right of Way Cafe, 12 o'clock. Friday, February 17 Alpha Delta Pi house dance. Delta Upsilon house dance. Phi Kappa house dance. Saturday, February 18 Co-ed Follies, Temple theater. Alpha Chi Sigma, house dance Delta Sigma Lambda, house dance. Delta Sigma Phi house dance. Alpha Tau Omega, house dance. Phi Gamma Delta, house dance. Alpha Chi Omega, house dance. Phi Sigma Kappa, freshman party. Delta Delta Delta formal, Lin coln hotel. Xi Psi Phi formal, Scottish Rite temple. Mu Epsilon formal, University club. number of times without the virus "taking." He stated that practically all the evidence; presented by Mr. Smith is erroneous or misleading either in part or whole. Syracuse Tilt Scheduled Here SERVICE Service rules the roost on the campus of the state university. Heraus mit any student activity that cannot justify itself by devotion to the great discovery of Rotary. Does Eta Bita Pie throw a frat party or Harold Harefoot score a touchdown or the band lead a snake dance with "Hail, hail, the gang's all here," it is not youth that is being served but Nebraska. Service, service to dear old alma mater, is the law of the campus. The faculty committee on student affairs says so. Announcing that it has tied the can to seven undergraduate organizations, the committee as signs as the reason that they render no particular ser vice to the school. The inference is plain that this is the supreme test which is to determine whether faculty thumbs will go up or down. Doubtless the committee was well advised with respect to the desirability of the action taken. But hasn't it, in trying to express a reason which would look well in print, placed a rather ridiculous interpreta tion upon the undergraduate's refuge from the strain of trying to attain credits? It is doubtless true that an organization designed primarily to manipulate student affairs is not rendering !?ution of honors connected therewith is not rendering any particular service to the school. One might even go so far as to suggest that it is detrimental to the best interests of the school. To do so, however, might not be entirely compatible with the Eleusinian mystery of the average faculty meeting. Omaha World-Herald. (Continued from Page 1) could not see their way clear to bring their team to Nebraska next year. With Syracuse again scheduled to play in Lincoln, Nebraska enthusiasts will be given the opportunity to see five home games. Besides the Or ange game, Montana State, Missouri, Pittsburgh and the Kansas Aggies will appear in Memorial Stadium. The Cornhuskers will have an excel lent opportunity to grab the national spotlight, if they sweep through these impressive foes. Quiet Eastern Attacks The switching of th Syracuse game also quells the attacks of New York sports writers on the Nebraska athletic board. Followers of Chick Meehan and his New York University eleven, recalled how Nebraska de clined to meet the Violet team in New York next season because it would be impossible to make two eastern trips. With the signing of the Army for a game at West Point, sport critics were loud in their pro test of Nebraska's tactics. Early protests against Nebraa's 1928 football schedule have been quieted, since the actions of the Athletic Board resulted in the Army game. Syracuse in Lincoln will serve to still further blast the lament n the critics who criticized the weak schedule. The Schedule Nebraska's revised 1928 football schedule follows: Oct. 6. Iowa State at Ames. Oct. 13. Montana State at Lin coln. Oct 20. Syracuse at Lincoln. Oct. 27. Missouri at Lincoln. Nov. 3. Kansas at Lawrence. Nov. 10. Oklahoma at Norman. Nov. 17. Pittsburgh at Lincoln. Nov. 21. Army at West Point. Nov. 29. Kansas Aggies at Lincoln. THE DOOR THAT FAILED In spite of the protests of students, the objections oi faculty members and the complaints of everyone, the north door of Central Building continues to perform just half of the service for which it was hung on its hinges. The matter is a small one, but like many infinites imal things, it is annoying. It receives no attention and in the meanwhile yawning receptacles for the receiv ing of cast-aay cigarette butts are placed in promin ent positions, a liveried policeman, quietly munching his tobacco, begins to saunter about the campus, and other apparently useless institutions are created. The lineup on both sides of the door as classes are passing at any hour numbers at a conservative estimate, ovv, ana Dy actual timing it taker two minutes to get through. Multiplying these, it gives 1,000 minutes or 16.6 hours wasted between each two classes during the day. Consider six times during the day when this oc curs and the result is almost 100 hours wasted per aay. Ana so on, ad infinitum. But the significant fact is that someone, whether it be the superintendent of buildings and grounds, Mr. Slews, or not, we know not and care less, is chief' con sideration Is that someone is unconcerned to the point of absolute neglect. A little more attention devoted to more essential consideration and less to some ephemeral ideas which are unnecessary and immaterial would help smooth matters. The north door of Central would make a good place to etart. Iowa State Student. Lyman Claims Vaccin ation Not Dangerous (Continued from Pairs 11 dences occurred in the first stages of development of vaccination. Mr. Smith quotes Jenner as saying mat mere is great danger in insert ing the virus beneath the skin. Tr Lyman stated that this statement left along, Is highly misleading. Real Meaning Explained MTTM- . V wnai jenner meant when he made this statement." Dr. Lvmon explained, "was that there was dan- ger from the entrance of other causes of infection apart from the vi rus." The greatest danger was the danger of tetanus. This danger is now eliminated because all the virus used In vaccination now is tested and absolutely pure. In regard to compulsory vaccina tion, Dr. Lyman agreed that there was some question. He pointed ou.. however, that vaccination is made compulsory in the Army and that in Germany smallpox has been wiped out by compulsory vaccination. Be cause compulsory vaccination is a de batable topic, it has never been in troduced by the University. Dr. Lyman pointed out the fallacy in the evidence presented in the. case of one person being vaccinated six teen times and being stricken twice with the malady. In the statement it is not clear whether any of the vaccinations were effective or not. A person mav be vaccinated m Theism In Life Pictured by Speaker (Continued from Page 1) on the subject of "Humanism" last Wednesday noon. Soldiers Trusted Blindly "When the men went to the front to fight in France," declared Doctor Johnston, "they went with the idea that they were giving themselves to a sacrificial cause. They thought that they were doing something great and righteous and for a righteous purpose. Many of them were wont to say, 'issues of life and death are not in our hands but we do what we think is right' It brought peace and content to them and they follow ed the policy of taking one step and trusting the rest. "I believe that if you dig deep enough into every man's soul you can find two things. You can find an awful sense of loneliness and a mighty sense of God. I agree with Reverend Palmer in his saying that 'man is an end and not a means,' but I can't accept the statement that 'God is absolutely divorced from the world in which we live.' If this is true, I should lose all my faith in God, he would hold no interest in me, and I would not be content in this belief. God Helps Man "There is humanism in the religion I preach because I believe that God is not using man but aiding him. If Christianity means anything to me, the God who made me is helping me. He does not disparage man, but helps him. God has got to aid us, to help us. He is a living vibrant person ality, transcendant above it and im minent in it. "The reason why I pray to God is to be aware of him. If he were so abstract I would lose faith in Him. I believe that he is a person and gets at matters by inversion. He is a spirit and implies the idea of per sonality. God Is Father "Jesus said that God is father and has not lost his idea of parenthood. If He is not, how did the world come about, Did it simply happen? This is an old argument of course, but it carries weight I am not afraid of revelation. Theism and religion are correlative. There is no true reli gion with the theism element. The ism is real, vibrant, and positive. It is more then morality touched by emotion." Doctor Johnston closed his address by declaring that, "this world is not an alien place, but our father's house, it belongs to God and he'll never leave it." "Red Book". "Time" and "World's Work" are also good sellers. The humor magazines have but a fair sale. "College Humor" heads the list of humor magazines in the vol ume of sales. Fair sales are reported on scien tific magazines, especially on "The Scientific American" and the "Aero Digest". Those magazines which deal with strength and physical culture have a fair sale. College students do noc---demand confession stories. Students Like Serious Magazines (Continned from Page 1) Of this class, those magazines which students buy the most are "Liberty", "The Saturday Evening Post", "Colliers", "The American Magazine", "Cosmopolitan", and kpiumni srw.rt T. r o ; J' 5v y 319 6 is- st. ZlZx LINCOLN. NEB. BW78 GET THOSE DELICIOUS MALTED MILKS AND LUNCHES AT Owl Pharmacy S. E. Cor. 14 P. Phono B106S Typewriter For Rent All standard make special rata to stu dents for long term. Used machines -portable typewriters monthly payments. Nebraska Typewriter Co. 1232 O St. B-2157 the Regal representative to show you the $6.60 Regal Reproduction of London's Leading Shoe Style selling on Regent Street at 75 shil lings ($18.25). An English Oxford made from Genuine Martin's Im ported Scotch Grain, Full Leather Lined, $6.60. $660 REGAL SHOES Campus Representative Bennett & Flugstad "Bill" Phi Delta Kearns Tbeta House New Head Named For Varsity Party (Continued from Page 1) Council next Wednesday afternoon m Temple 204. At this time the candidate for the position will " be asked to explain his policies in regard to management of the parties; that is, ideas for improvement, change in methods or the like. Personal inter views, the council point out, are im perative in the selection of the dance chairman although the application blank must be filed at the activities office before Friday. Candidates not reporting for the personal inter view before the council probably will not be considered. Students desiring the position are urged by the Council to file their names as soon as possible. Positively no names Will be considered nftnr the closing hour Friday. Present members of the committee may file for the party head, if they so desire, without conflict, council memDers decided last evening. If such a committee member should be appointed to the chairmanship appli cations for the position left vacant will be called for at an early date. Feature News Will Be Topic (Continued from Page 1) held at tho Right-A-Way cafe, 11th and Q streets. Students who have one o'clock classes will be able to reach them as the talk will be over by ten min utes of the hour. Those who wish to ask questions of Miss Furman may do so at the close of the meeting, This is the Bbcond luncheon given for women students who are inter ested in writing as a profession. Prospective journalists will find this' talk of practical benefit. Today at Rector's THURSDAY. FEB. 16 Potted Ham Toatette Head Lettuce &. lOOO Island Any 5c Drink 25c Also 5 Other Specials OUR VERY BEST Marcelling 75c Permanents $7 to $10 Try Our Manicures Only 50c Charlotte Beauty Shop 1240 M St. Undell Hotel Riders Will Shoot For Valley Honors (Continued from Page 1.) report to Sergeant Rhodes at the basement of Mechanical Engineering building. All R. 0. T. C. students are eligible. The results of the varsity meet of last week was three wins and three losses.. Nebraska scored 3488 points North Dakota 2684, Iowa University fa J TT I I J 1 A TTT a aiv, university ioi Wisconsin 3302 Iowa State College 3567, and Mich igan State College 3420. 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