THE DAILY NEBRASKAN The Daily Nebraskan Station A, Lincoln, Nebraska OFFICIAL PUBLICATION UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA Under direction of the Student Publication Board TWENTY-SEVENTH YEAR Published Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday moraines during; the academic year. Editorial Office Unlrereity Hall 4. Business Office University Hall A. ' Office Hours Editorial Staff, .00 to ( :00 except Friday and Sunday. Business Staff: afternoons except Friday and Sunday. Telephones Editorial: B-6891. No. 142; Business: B-6881, No. 77: Night B-8882. Entered as second-class matter at the postoffice in Lincoln, Nebraska, under act tf Congress. Sareh I, 1878, and at special rate of postage provided for In section 1105, act of October 1017, authorised January 0. 1C22. 12 a year. SUBSCRIPTION RATE Single Copy 6 cents $1.25 a semester Oscar Norlins Munro Keter Gerald Griffin . Dorothy Nott - Editor-in-Chief ..Managing Editor Managing Editor ..Asst.- Managing Editor Asst. Pauline Bilon Dean Hammond NEWS .EDITORS Maurice W. Konkel Paul Nelson W. Joyce Ayrei Edward Dickson Kate Goldstein Evert Hunt ASSISTANT NEWS EDITORS Cliff F. Sandahl Lyman Cass CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Maurice Konkel Paul Nelson Cliff Sandnhl Richard F. Vette . Milton McGrew William H. Kearns J. Marshall Pitter Businesa Manager ..Asst. Business Manager .Clreulation Manager Circulation Manager THE GRIM HAND "He was one of the best fellows that I have ever known "' is the tribute given to Edgar Armstrong by students who knew him on the' basketball court, the campus, or in the classroom. Boisterous noises were silenced yesterday noon as the news that "Eddie" was mortally injured in an auto accident passed from one house to another. Shocked friends gathered in groups to inquire of details and silently hope that the report was unfounded. But all hope was lost when a statement came from the hospital that he had passed away a few minutes later. . On the campus where youth and a carefree spirit rule supreme, death comes as a mysterious, fear-inspiring spectre. We glance around. Everyone is busy in pre paration for the future. Life is still an unexplored fan tasy. Surely death would not intrude into such a realm. "It cannot be!" we shudder. And yet the grim facts leer at us and overwhelm our feeble protesta tions. Then comes the realization that life is but a flickering, uncertain light which often withstands strong gales only to be snuffed out by an unexpected nuff of wind. Reckless drivers survive death-defying SDills to speed again and a young man whom friends4 would never associate with an automobile accident is killed on his way home from classes." It is indeed sad that the career of a young student of such character should be cut short in this tragic manner. But death is a fickle king who knows no laws but his own and disregards all save his own judgment. And the thought comes that, should this monarch see fit to take away one of us, our greatest wish would be that our lives might be as open and prepared for the ordeal as was "Eddie" Armstrong's. THE WRONG YARDSTICK A news item in a Lincoln paper gives an account of the recognition given Lincoln by the newly pub lished Directory of American Municipalities. The item says, "When City Clerk Berg read from the big book, just received, councilmen displayed a puffing at the chest. The matter of population is not the only com pliment." In the list of "compliments" is, "Most im portant educational center west of the Mississippi with 16,000 students enrolled at state university, Wesleyan, Cotner and other institutions in city proper and sub urbs." Thus, our University, with the others in Lin coln, is judged by its total number of students. State universities, especially, have a tendency toward expansion. The facts that the student has less fees to pay for learning, and that the institution is sup ported by the state, influence the coming of students, and generally speaking, state universities are larger than endowed or denominational schools. It seems to be a common tendency for the public to judge institutions of higher learning by the enroll ment. Certain advantages may be had where the school is bigger, but the enrollment is not a criterion of learn ing available at the school. A school may be small and yet offer a better education than a larger one. Learn ing is the object of the university and is the criterion that should be used. Nebraska certainly should not be judged by the number of students attending it. Using opportunities for learning as the criterion, we see that the enrollment at Nebraska has jumped beyond the education possi bilities. The picture of a freshman taking English in a shabby, poorly lighted, poorly ventilated room in the basement of U Hall ratheT reminds one of the story of Abe Lincoln studying by candle light and writing his lessons a coal bhovel. These educational opportunities, although they are not general to the whole school, are hardly worthy of an institution which gives higher learning to so many stu3ents. Along the same line is the fact that some of our professors receive ridiculously low salaries. As learning must come from learned instructors, they are first in importance. The loss of many great teachers in recent years indicates that Nebraska cannot expect to be one of the best universities without paying at least ade quate salaries to its instructors. All this is written with the realization that the situation in which the university is placed financially is not easily solved. The idea however, is rather to im press the student that the number enrolled here does not necessarily indicate the worth of the school. How the University of Nebraska does rank scholastically is another matter, although that and that alone should be the criterion by which the school should be judged. The person who rates schools by the number of students enrolled has "the wrong yardstick." dently wanted in business circles after all. It is true that the positions offered are quite different from ordin ary private commercial jobs, but they require the same qualities, for they deal almost entirely in & supervisory and statistical way, with the nation's commerce. The salaries offered, while not princely, are very respectable, and far above what the average four-year graduate would get upon entering business. The chan ces for advancement are great. The Canadian government, with excellent fore sight., is leading a movement towards the recognition of a university'? value in training business men. The idea clung to .by old-fashioned "self-made" business men, that college is a hindrance rather than a help to those intending to enter business is disappearing. Both the universities and the students are to certain extent responsible for this. The deparments of commerce in our leading universities are becoming more and more practical, and are offering better and better education, by separating pure commerce from pure arts, and stressing the cultural aspect of a B.Com course, though not disregarding the value of the arts courses. The students are doing1 their part by keeping a little more humility and modesty in store for post graduate days. They no longer expect to start at the top of the ladder, but are content to take part in the great adventure of promotion, for which college has so well fitted them. The modern change in commerce is the chief rea son for increasing the value of a college education. For example in college a commerce student learns Spanish the Canadian government stresses the value of this language and very few self-made men know Spanish. Modern international commerce demands a wider gen eral knowledge, which gives the budding business man a grasp of the principles of business, (and, we sincerely hope, its morals) , and enables him to get a bird's eye view of the economic situation as a whole. An importer has to know a great deal about the science of international commerce if he is to succeed in his vocation. In the old rough-and-tumble days he may have met the little sailing ships lown by the old wooden docks, bid for his produce and sold it at a profit without even keeping accounts. But such methods are useless nowadays. We hope that the commerce course in universities will become increasingly popular, because we are con vinced that there would be less civilized piracy and dishonesty in the business world if college graduates had a large part in its control. If the universities merely turn out better-equipped rogues, they are doing more harm than good. But a university training is in itself conducive to honesty and fair play, and graduates are usually able to in fluence their environment for good. Commercial schools in universities have one of the most important parts in nation-building. They must have every encouragement from those who support our colleges, and must train men according; to the loftiest ideals of business. McGill Daily. Notices Thursday, April 26 A. 8. A. E. " A. S. A. E. business meeting will be held Thursday, 7:15 o'clock, in room 206, Agri cultural Engineering building. Social Calendar Thursday, April 26 University Players. Panhellenic Council Ellen Smith Hall, 4 o'clock. Friday, April 27 University Players. Pi Beta Phi spring party, Lincoln hotel. Sigma Phi Epsilon, house dance. Phi Kappa Psi, house dance. Phi Kappa Alpha, house dance. Delta Sigma Thi, house dance. Women's Athletic association, Ar mory, 5:30-8:00. Saturday, April 28 University Players. Theta Chi, spring party, Scottish Rite Temple. Phi Alpha Delta, spring party, Lincoln Hotel Tau Kappa Epsilon, house dance. Alpha Delta Pi, house dance. Cosmopolitan Club, picnic, Belmont Park. Sigma Nu, house dance. Phi Gamma Delta, house dance. Iota Sigma Pi, dinner, Chemitsry hall. Alpha Xi Delta, house dance. has no life-long friends. The natu ralized American citizen gives away his early life for his citizenship. In matters of habits, convention, eti quette, and custom, the immigrant has the advantage over the native American in that his customs are much older. He Does Not Hurry The immigrant does not take life so hard as the native American does. The native Dutchman takes life as an enjoyment and does not try to hurry through it. The immigrant must make all these changes of environ ment and give up his age-old customs for American ones. "The American language, or rath er English, is a cross of a number ofi languages. The Dutchman talks for the pleasure of talking, while the American does not talk unless he has something to say. However, the Americans speak a language of free dom, and is carries the finest trans lation of the Bible, the King James version. 1 earnestly believe that my citizenship is worth while because it gives me the idea of a great citizen ship, covered with social valor." A small crowd attended the lunch eon held at the Grand hotel. The committee in charge consisted of Ju lia Rider and Perry Morton. Ag College Is Host To High School Judgers Dad, can I read your college diary now that I'm a college man? No, son, I want you to gain knowledge, not edu cation. Wisconsin Daily Cardinal. SCANDAL AND COLLEGE Something must be done about it. Ma, Pa and the rest of the folks at home will be thinking the ad vantages of college to American youth are decidedly dubious if they are alowed to believe, unchallenged, the scandal stories, humorous jibes, diabolical cartoons and ultra synthetic movies that grossly misrepresent college circles in newspapers, magazines and theaters today. Reconstructed from the above sources the average college man is a balloon-trousered, lotion-scented, beverage-fed coxcomb, who, if he be homely, is hazed, or, if itb be rich, is an ornament to a. four-wheeler gas eater or a sorority davenport. His purpose in school is atmospherical. His day begins in the mid-afternoon at a ball game, petting party, or in his only recognized exercise that of demolishing a goodly portion of the campus or civic property. , The college man's home, the movies show, is a beautiful hall or fraternal mansion. Inside, the rooms are decorated in the fashion of a sign painter's shop, and are used strictly for staging rough-house battles or parties centering around liquid destined to cause monstrosities of college spirit. Ostensibly there exists a casual form of acquaintance between the college boy and a distorted, intellectual fop labeled as a profes sor, but educational facilities make a poor story and (Continued from Page 1) lege of Agriculture are: Holmes ville. Fairbury, Falls City, Scotia, Im- a 1 i 1 W- that tho ml h ahnVfi- . Pei"" owomsDurg, Kearney, bun- forced. Any candidate violating the " T nsoiiaaiea VMitcnen, jxe rule either in nprsor, r thrnno-V, hU W llcox, Randolph, Eagle, Al supporters mav he declared inehVihlA bion Harrison, Hastings, Lewiston, dent of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. "We aren't bothered so much by 16th being a 'through street', but we certainly don't think much of the parallel parking." "Sixteenth street snouidn t oe a speedway, and both parallel parking and the 'through street make that of it," stated Norman Gray, Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity president. "There are a lot of new fraternity and sorority houses going up on 16th, and I think the city officials should help to make it a quiet section, rather than a thoroughfare for heavy traffic." Agitation concerning traffic con ditions in the vicinity of the univer sity was started at the beginning of the school year in September. City officials instituted parallel parking supposedly to make conditions safer for pedestrians. The result has been to make parking almost impossible during school hours, and to double traffic on R and 16th streets. Otii Harbour, by the terms of the Student Coun cil constitution. Every precaution is to be made by Milligp.n, St. Edwards, Burwell, Sid ney, Bassett, and Mead The contest consists of nearly ev- ...UUV. UJ 1 , . the election committee to prevent e V V- v aiCUlture tnat 19 PP" attemDts to invalidate the PlprMnn in I '" - "e present, lime. any way, it was announced Wednes day. A faculty member will be on dutv at Mm rtnll4 run! iniimiulu t. co sist in checking on the conduct of fading, poultry judging, grain grad The contest consists of competition m: dairying judging, livestock judg ing, Babcock tests, woodwork, egg the election at the request of the Student Council. Wednesday's meeting of the Stu dent Council practically completed its work for the year. A banquet will be held Friday evening at the Uni versity club at which toasts will be given by the retiring officers and by E. W. Lantz, faculty adviser. Con duct of the election next Tuesday will officially complete its work. Members elected to the Tuesday will assemble with the pres ent members of the council elected to hold-over for next vear. in the Temple Wednesday, May 9, a week following the election when selection of officers for next year's Council will be made. ing, gram judging and indentifica- tion, forge work, an egg show, and milk judging. Milk judging and the forge work contests are both new in the contest this year. Campus Building Nears Completion Dr. Riepma Talks To World Forum (Continued from Page 1) of nlaster. Them will ha fhroa .noto council I hefore tne room Walls are finished. Wednesday plasterers were working on the rooms at the east end of the building. Concrete I Laid in Basement In the basement the last section of reinforced concrete is being put down. Other sections have been cov ered with dirt to give the concrete time to cure, thus preventing crack ing and crumbling. The Bedford stone cornice has been completed around the building with the exception of a short stretch on the south side where the material The elevator is still (Continued from Page 1) creative citizenship, not something that is merely mendable or curable, elevator stands. but something that is far broader and in use carrying up concrete for the deeper. I regret that I could become I unfinished section of the roof and an American citizen so easily." Doc-I brick for the masonry that tops tor Riepma told of his experiences in Kalamazoo, Michigan, where he re- : j l. . i - .. ueiveu nis naturalization, lie was i enlisted by the Republican party, sworn in as a naturalized American citizen and given his papers, in less than a half an hour. Favor Ceremony- Doctor Riepma declared "I believe the cornice about the LrildirK Organization Heads Discuss Parking (Continued from Page 1) many trucks going up and down 16th," complained Frances Burgoin, that there should be a national holi-! Pf of Alpha Chi Omega sor- the instructors must be either stem fools or eccentric day every year just before the fourth nuilMfie ".usf 13 on lt,ln- novelties to sain recocnized association with students of July when people could be admit- . lnere I" snouidn t be much of in print or films. Money, off-campus chronicles show, is furnished in ted as citizens in great ceremonies. that traffic on 1Cth as lon& as there In this wav this serious asnect of , are 80 many fraternity and sorority lavish sunnlies bv fat. trusting honHwTnkeH n.-.rents life might mean something more to houses along that street." and c-oes. in hitrh decree. for buvW tnxeHns to h worn ;them. Another member of Alpha Chi . ' i l w- s.--n .. i i . i i .r a i x in rescuing a frivolous co-ed from a prolonged im- 1 ne requirements that every natu- j Bi.-i.eu lt ue.iei mai some- mersion in a campus pond. Tuxedoes are purchased by ralized American citizen must passihlnS should be done about parking the dozen because every few minutes a jealous rival must give up that whole wonder world of early life, his childhood, na ture and scenery. It is peculiar but The Cynic Says: Tomorrow was the time we were going to' study for that examination which was sprung today. In Other Columns j DEMAND FOR COMMERCE STUDENTS The news comes that several government positions are open to graduates, preferably of the School of Commerce. wra men with a university fducntion are evi- comes along and tears the back into shreds; and frat ernity pins are another outlet for wholesale expendi ture for the active college man has campaigned suffi ciently to deposit ten or more with ravishing blondes and designing brunettes. But how different it all i3 in fact! In economically dirty cords or simple, everyday "duds", the average college chap goes forth to a variety of classes that may hold from 7 in the morning until 5 in the afternoon for five days a week. Time is preciously dedicated to study, and in many, many cases long hours go for honest earnings to supplement Pa's allowance if not actually to replace it. There are, true enough, some bright afternoons with lady-loves, and there are games and class struggles, but (how different the reality is!) they are merely one small particle of college life. And for the professors after all they are the determining factor in college worth and their relationship with col lege youth is the prime means they have of shaping the destinies of a new generation. Different, too, are the rampages that actually occur in the routine of a college man's life. Somehow writers and film producers have neglected the tremendous dra matic power that comes into play shortly after a Fpasm of hell-raising. Tragedy, comedy and romance in its richest forms exist when an irate house manager calls for an accounting in even the slightest wreckage of property or tradition. There is, indeed, more of life on a college campus than the escapades of jazz-mad phan toms. The Evergreen. are the most essential to his life. He ! between Social Sciences . and the Temple. "Lots of people have classes at the Temple and Social Sciences one right after the other, and it's the nature of a man's enviornment i terrible to try to cross the street." becomes interwoven with his soul. I paid that cost of expulsion for my citizenship. "The early humanity of the man is lost when he becomes a citizen. His schoolday chums, companions, sweet hearts, and friends are gone and he The rpason that Rome wasn't built in a day prob ably lies in the fact that MunsoliiJ wasn't there to direct the writ. Michignn Daily. Council Names Davenport Head (Continued from Page 1) tkcuon will te employed to that v ' 1 in the other elections this year, ' Student Council announced, '.'i.tves were made following the ''! n if.rly last fall that the elcc- v :"' not rroperly conducted. A complete check of all ballots, cards, and handling of the election was made by a faculty committee as a result of the charges. The crn mittee's investigation completely vin dicated the council's election com mittee. No criticism was made at all of the election of the second semester officers. Polls Tuesday will be open con tinuously from 9 untu 6 o'clock in the lobby of the Temple. Provisions will be made by the council for room for representatives of all candidates to survey the polling headquarters, in accordance with the Student Coun cil constitution. No Electioneering Electioneering within the building where voting is taking place is for bidden by the constitution. Student Council members Wednesday stated This opinion was confirmed by other students who believe that some co operation should be given students by the city of Lincoln. A "Parallel Parking- la Poor Idea" "Parallel parking is a prettja poor idea," replied Arthur Sweet, presi- COLLLUE A 7 E'CtRnrnsiE S. S. Ryndam Sailing Sept. 19 Limited to 375 Men Students K. O V N D T hc WO L D J V JEn 8 Enrolments accepted now for 1928 . . . grr For further information ivritr to ovr laciil eeutative UNIVERSITY TRAVEL ASSOCIATION 285 Madison Ave., New York City Scientists Begin Sessions Tonight (Continued from Page 1) tion to the sectional meetings in the engineering and earth science sec tions, which will be held Friday af ternoon at 3 o'clock, as having par ticular interest for students. Sec tional meetings will also be held on the topics of chemistry and biology. Addresses by faculty and student members of the University during the session are as follows: General Program Thursday "Heredity and Life." Dr. D. D. Whitney, 8 :00 p. m. Friday "River Control," l'rot. Clark E. Mickey. 8:30 a. m. "Relations of Experiment Station to the State," Dr. W. W. Burr, CoilcKe of Ann culture; 2:00 p. m. "The Food Problem in China," Dr. Wil liam H. Adolph; 8:00 p. m. Saturday "Teachinir of Earth Sciences," Dr. A. L. Duen. 8 :S0 a. m. "Teaching of Physics," Dr. H. M. Mar vin; 9:15 a. m. SECTIONAL MEETINGS Biolof y Friday: 10:30 a. m. "Studies on the Prairie Hay Meadows of the Klkhorn River Valley," F. D. Keim, de partment of agronomy. "Types of Forests and Grasslands in eastern ieDrasKa," W. D. Weaver, depart ment of botany. Friday : 8 :00 p. m. "A Studv of Mvtitie PerifwIiiMtv in mod iolus." J. M. Winter, department of bntnnv "The Sporonhvtic Sit nut inn in lh Ma- chautiereae." K. M. Andersen. donftrtmnt of botany. Atonomy of Alfalfa SeedlinRS," Clara Wolfantrer. department of botany. "Plasticity of Caltha Lenlnsnnha " rh.r. les Whitfield, department of botanv. HnmothaMium and Hetrohallinm in Fun- ri, Especially As Applied to Rusts," Leva H. Walker. "Comparison of Alnine Ver.t at inn nf Amerira, Norway, and Switzerland," Dr. R. J. Pool, department of botanv. Saturday: 10:80 a. m. "Some Applications of Micrnnrnintinn Technique to Parasitolocical Problem " M JJ. Jnpac, department of xooloev. "Spiders of Nebraska." L. G. Worlov. le. part ment of zoology. "Some Parasites of the New Fncrlnnrf Skunk," Geo. A. Herzoo. department f m- olopy. 'Adjustment of Rotifers to Salinty Chan- Kcs, L. G. Worley, department of zoolnRy. "Develonment of Twenty-Year-Old Ekks of Rotifers," D. D. Whitney, department of zoology. "New Method of Mounting Small fib. jects," Lawrence Larson, department of zoology. "Polyspermy in the Rotifer, Asplanrhna Amphora," Joseph C. Reeves, department of zoology. Notes on the Life History of a Trema- tode Parialte of the Minnow." H vr ter, department of zoology. Msn- Hibernation in Ground Squirrels Wade, department of zoolnov l,"'rre- Friday: 10:80 a. m. "Synthesis of Four Methoxv-Tbr.. , Dlnitrobenzene-S-ulphon" AcTd " wTr Steinbach, department of organic ehIL' H- Earth Scianci Section chem'9t"-y. A New Mastodont," Dr. E H department of geology. ' Peneplains of Honduras," Dr V "'."Sw0?' dcP"ment of iteography. ' A' "Pleistocenes of Iowa," Dr A I t department of geolrygy. ' " L"Kn, "Venezuela, a New Factor In Tv.u u ,Fl?lnMr,n Section Friday: 10:80. "River Control," Prof. Clark F M; i. "Recent Development, In the pVod, of Steam Power," Prof. J W H. Pn part ment of civil engineering ' ey' de Nebraska Section of Mathematical Association of America Saturday: 10:80 a. m. "Reducenta, or Values of the Vai.n frW Pol"0'nil With lmeger rle efficients Cannot - r. " . 7."! Co. Collina. "me- O. C Borrower's Rate in Building and T. Associations," Prof. C. C. Camp 0n Baldwin.'"" Priective Geometry," Cl.dy, Physlca Section Saturday: 10:80 a. m. "A Spot Light Index for Use With r.i vanometers." Prof. T. T. Bm.-.i. department. " ,ns' Magnetization Tests on Rowland v With Wire Cores," V. A. Long K,tl" "Strilftiir nf it.. ; ... n"M'uon llnnds Of Potassium Permanganate," H. K s,.h;n: Social Science Section" Sch,li""t Friday: 8:00 p. m. "TraininB for Social Welfare Work," Mis. Anna Cameron. "8, Hih School Teachers Section Saturday: 10:80 a. m. "Importance of Equipment In Tonrhin. High School Science." Prof. M. P S? College of Agriculture. "nimg, "Needed Revisions in the High t,.l,i Course of Study in Physics," Prof. nCw Brownell. n Drug Display Is Being Planned (Continued from Page 1) ducts of the cork manufacturing pro cesses will be furnished by the Arm strong Cork company. Johnson & Johnson and Bauer & Bauer are sending first aid equipment which will be used by first aid students in . their demonstrations. "Such recognition," declared Eu gene H. Bach, chairman of the gen eral committee in charge of arrange ments for the week, "from houses nationally known and purely ethical speaks well of the- prestige that Pharmacy Week has built for itself here at Nebraska. This year prom ises to be a better erhibit than ever." The display on Pharmacy Xinht is open to the public. A SQUARE MEAL FOR NOTHING YOITLL NEVER FIND. BUT YOU WILL COME CLOSEST TO IT AT THE HUSKER INN 239 N. 14th John Nash, Prop. (PRINTERS) V i an ar PlPTNMUIStW.'CZ B178 1 Capilal Engraving Co. SO. I2T ST. LINCOLN. NEB. You Have Often Heard When Do We Eat? Where Do' Weat? The Answer Is Now!! At The COLLEGIAN CAFE 321 N. 13th A. L. Tarry, Prop. n OOOO 0 MO -Q . 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