The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, May 08, 1928, Page 2, Image 2

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    THE DAILY NEBRASKA
The Da;ly Nebraskan
Station A, Lincoln, Nebraska
OmCIAL PUBLICATION
UNIVERSITY OP NEBRASKA
Under sHraetion of the Btndant PobUcattosj Baard
"f WEHTY-SEVEIJTH YEAR
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Editorial Office UnWaraltr HU
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Editor-in-Chief
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lint. Manain Editor
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NEWS EDITORS
Paulina BUon
Dan Hammond
Ifaurte W. Konkal
Paul NaUon
W. Joyca Ayrr
Fdward Dickaon
Kata Goldstein
F,Trt Hunt
ASSISTANT NEWS EDITORS
riiff T. 8andahl
the time the child is veil into his teens, he usually
realizes it was for his own good. But the mind of a
youth is as yet undeveloped and sensitive. "Nagging"
and unexplained punishment may cause the child to
brood and sulk. It may even be carried to euch a degree
that the nervous system is affected and may even result
in the extreme case of the Kansas incident.
Such cases may be traced back to family training.
Obedience and understanding go hand in hand. And
both require time and patience. When parents no longer
neglect their duties and permit their children to "just
grow up", press accounts of family quarrels will be re-j
duced considerably.
The Cynic Sayst
. Yesterday the professor who always waits until
the bell rings before making the next assignment told
me I'd never amount to anything if I continued to let
everything go until the last minute.
Notices
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Maurice Konltel
Paul Nelaon
Cliff Sandahl
Richard r. Vette -
Milton MeGrew
William H. Kearne
J, Marahau rr
Bualneai Manager
..Aaat. Buaineaa Manager
...Circulation
Circulation Manager
NOT SO COCKY
Ready to conquer the world! Such is the phrase
v SJ, delights in using to describe the senior,
pttur him dewing the world from the uPPer-
Cl D hirSrs-always with hi. diploma
udced securely under his arm. They write of th
supreme confidence and tragic innocence of youth as
it steDS into' worldly affairs.
How utterly different is the real feeling winch
the senior experiences as he prepares for the final step
Mo th outside world. There is little of that e
confidence". There is, instead a realization (though
it may not be as great as a few years later) of the
task before them.
For the average graduate has already had a few
direct and several indirect contacts with the world now
lying before him. He has seen promising young men
drift into mediocre positions and stay there. He has
seen and perhaps tasted, the disillusions and disap
pointments of life. He knows that his pathway is not
covered with roses and he has aiscovereu t.
and fame are not always for the worthy. And, as
clouds obscure the sun, eo do disappointments and fail
ures predominate. The senior looks, and says with a
shudder, "Ten years from now where will I be?
No the graduate of today is not a cocky individual.
In fact, he is just a little bewildered as he opens the
door of life and meekly looks for a place to hang
his hat
When ordered to get out of Lincoln as soon as
possible a youth stole a car and left. That's what we
would call obedience.
SCIENCE AS CULTURE
"Anyone who has not understood both the con
ception of matter as revealed in the physical group and
who has not studied the evolution of life revealed in
the biological group cannot be considered a liberally
educated person." Such is the stand taken by the Wel
lesley College News and reprinted in the New Student.
The story of science has ceased to be only prac
tical; it has come to be associated with culture, the
editorial states. The old and still common conception
of science is that it is something apart from cultural
studies something for pre-medics to learn.
But instead, science, when recognized in its fullest
sense, is something which is a prerequisite to nearly
every specific field of study," an din general to one's
ordering of life. The Wellesley college editorial has
hit the problem squarely. The day when science is
taken only as a requirement by students desiring a
liberal education and for practical knowledge by tech
nical students, is nearly past. Our everyday life has
become so involved with scientific problems, that some
knowledge of th ephysical or natural sciences is nec
essary.
An example of the common need of a scientific
education is shown by the growing popularity of the
evolutionary idea of organic matter and that atomic
theory of inorganic matter. The Wellesley editorial
advises knowledge of both biological and physical
sciences to evaluate these ideas.
Sociology, one of our newest social sciences, finds
itself dependant upon either physical or natural science
for its working materials. A philosophy course, offered
in our university, takes up the philosophy of life by
approaching it from the viewpoint of the sciences.
If students can get over the idea that science is
something that has to be taken but isn't going to be
worth anything to them, it will lose its isolated position
and become part of cultural training. Just a brief
examination will show how much our lives today have
been results of science in the past and how much future
developments can mean for them. The chance to study
science is something foreseeing students will "gobble
up" because it is coming to be essential to a liberal
education.
In Other Columns
THESE FAMILY QUARRELS
Because his father refused to let him drive a car,
a 17-year-old Kansas boy shot and killed his parents
and his five brothers and sisters. He then set fire to
the farm house to destroy the evidence of his crime.
The youth confessed that he had had trouble with his
father for some time, and had decided to "end it all."
This is an extreme case of strained relations within
the family, but it is from extreme cases that leBsons
are to be gained.
It is the duty of parents to censure their children.
That i3 part of the work of bringing them up. But
extreme cat.es sometimes arise outof this censure. The
child is criticised for some act. If he later repeats it,
the admonishment is usually stronger. The parent is
busy and does not take the time to explain the mean
ing of the retribution and misunderstanding creeps in.
The parent begins to think the child incorrigible. The
child thinks the parent unreasc" ble in the punishment,
and the breach widens.
Such altercation; ussaEy come oit all right By
. Tuesday, May 8
Green Cobllna
Important meeting of the Green Goblins
will be held Tueaday, May 8, at the Phi
Sigma Kappa home. AU member are re
quested to be present,
Taaaela
Tatael meeting Tueaday, 7 o'clock, Ellen
Smith hall. , t,
Sigma Delta Chi ,
Meeting of Siuma Delta Chi at Delta Tan
Delta houae, Tueaday erening, at 6:16
o'clock. Dinner will be terved, and the reg
ular meeting will follow. James E. Law
rence will give a talk.
Wednesday, May 9
1 iitkavani
A specihl meeting of the Lutheran Bible
League ia called for 7 o'clock Wedneaday
in Temple 204 for the diacuaalon of the
matters relative to the student diatrict of
the Walther League.
JAZZ
The early beginnings of jazz were overburdened
with crudities, yet the power of this music, and its ele
mental appeal, were such that it survived these handi
caps, gaining in popularity until it swept all of America
before it, and invaded Europe.
Jazz was born in negro cabarets, a primitive ex
pression of music depending upon single rhythm for
its existence, a rhythm as old as man. A negro organi
zation, the Dixieland jaxx band, was the first orchestra
to introduce this music to the public. Quickly the new
craze swept the country, and venturous white musicians
began to play jazz. It is typical of the early trend in
jazz that a drummer, Art Hickman, should have reigned
supreme in this field during the early days when blatant
noise was the essence of this music.
It was not long before jazz began to lose many of
its crudities. The simple instrumentation of the early
bands was expanded; a deluge of capable musicians
were drawn into jazz by the commercial possibilities
which it offered. The mechanics of jazz underwent a
change with the advent of trained men. Songs and or
chestrations were written by specialists in these fields,
and the principle of the survival of the fittest began
to operate.
Among those who cast their lot with jazz was Paul
Whiteman. He was a violinist with a classical back
ground; today his name is synonymous with jazz, for
he has placed himself on a pinnacle far above his com
petitors. The successful orchestra leader does not dare
to depend upon himself for his success; he conscripts
the best musicians that are available, and fuses them
into his organization. This is the reason for Paul White
man's phenomenal success. He did not stop at building
up an organization of instrumentalists, but fortified
himself further by employing his own arrangers, that
he might have exclusive orchestrations. Ferdie Grofe
and George Gershwin are the men who' make Paul
Whiteman's music different from that of his contem
poraries; these arrangers have been responsible for all
the innovations of consequence in the scoring and ar
ranging of jazz music.
Whiteman lifted jazz to a high level by giving a
recital at the Aeolian hall in New York, for the pur
pose of outlining its growth. This concert was a tri
umph; the intelligentzia discovered that jazz music had
its merits, and Whiteman was hailed as a genius. He
had not done more than explain, as one might to a
dull child, whence jazz came, its earliest forms, and its
present form; this simple procedure, and its results,
reveals in Whiteman an innate shrewdness and know
ledge of human nature.
Jazz to the European, and to the European musi
cian in particular, is a mysterious substance. The Euro
pean is fond of jazz, and recognizes it, but is unable
to play it properly. This would lead one to believe that
jazz is essentially American in texture. The European
orchestra, when playing the syncopated measures of
jazz, hopelessly fails to stress the proper beats. It is not
an unusual incident when an American tourist, vaguely
recognizing the strains of a number played by a hotel
orchestra, is told that it one of his favorites.
The European outdoes the American in the matter
of "playing a song to death." When a jazz number be
comes popular in Europe, it becomes a sensation, is
played everywhere, whistled everywhere, and hangs on
to life with a strange tenacity. In America, a song may
predominate for a short time, but it is soon forgotten.
The Minnesota Dailyl
Call Is Sent Out for
Publication Applicants
Applications for the following
positions will be received by the
Student Publication board until
Thursday noon, May 10:
1929 Cornhusker: editor, two
managing editors, business man
ager, two assistant business man
agers. The Daily Nebraskan (first se
mester, 1928-29): editor-in-chief,
contributing editors, managing
editor, two assistant managing ed
itors, four news editors, three as
sistant news editors, business
manager, two asv.atant business
managers, circulation managers.
Awgwan (first semester, 1928
29) : editor, two associate editors,
business managers, two assistant
business managers.
Applications may be got at the
Student Activities office in the
Coliseum or at the office of the
School of Journalism, U 104.
C. C. Engberg, Chairman,
Student Publication board.
In the colleges a widespread movement is under
way to reorganize the curriculum. Undergraduates in
the first two years who have shown no enthusiasm
for the prescribed courses will now be permitted to
neglect courses of their own selection. New York
Times.
PEACE WITHOUT WAR
Since the middle ages most peace treaties have been
written at the conclusion of a war, the victor usually
fiictating and the vanquished usually acceptine the
terms. Nowadays the essential difference lies in the
fact that the majority of those nations advocating the
mucn discussed world-wide peace, would have it avert,
rather than follow, wars and international strife.
Looking back over more recent facts in histnrv
we find that our own forefathers did not gain peaceable
possession of this country until they had successfully
queuea ine maian rebellions and forced the Indians to
accept peace terms; English history shows that the
so-called "Great Peace" was negotiated in 1360 only
i. AT 1 m m .
i me conclusion oi war between England and Trance.
It is highly significant, therefore, that in this day and
age the United States government believes that the
execution between France, Great Britain, Germany
Italy, Japan, and the United States, of . treats
emnly denouncing war in favor of pacific settlement
of international controversies, would have a tremen-
uous moral enect and ultimately lead to the adherence
oi all other governments of the world.
The days when treaties resulting in peace without
wx, lue greatest possible and the most lasting peace
cannot be too soon in comine ahnnt nr,w v, v '
the work of war as a means of settling disputes is
Vu- T., genCy' there b n more
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ner of the Home course relay cham
pionships for 1928 should provide
plenty of competition, as should
Cambridge with its strength in the
hurdles and sprints.
Nelson Wins Preliminaries
Nelson should gather Group I hon
ors, especially after its victory at
Hastings last Saturday. Captain Roby
of the Nelson squad is regarded as
one of the leading sprinters in the
state and should lead his team to
victory.
Preliminaries in the dashes, hur
dles and field events will be held Fri
day afternoon followed by the finals
Saturday afternoon. Officials for the
meet have not been named yet but
will be announced within a few days.
t
Prof. Keim Offers 13
Day Tour of Nebraska
(Continued from Page 1)
Platte Experiment station. From
there the party will go west to
Scottsbluff via Kimball county. On
the high plains the wheat and potato
industry will be stressed.
Visit Scottsbluff
One day will be spent in the Scotts
Bluff Valley studying irrigation
problems and the Mitchell Experi
ment station. From there the tenta
tive plan is to go north to Sylvan
lake, South Dakota, back to Chadron,
and east to the Valentine Experi
ment station. This part of the trip
will cover some of the scenic part
of Nebraska as well as give an op
portunity to study soil and crop con
ditions and related problems of the
high plains and sand hill regions of
the state.
From Valentine the class will pro
ceed southeast to Fremont, following
the Elkhorn river most of the way
From Bassett to Inman opportunity
will be given to study one of the
greatest prairie hay producing re
gions of the world. It is the plan
to make the trip in 13 days. " The
course carries two hour's credit.
Any one interested in the course
should see Professor Keim soon as
the registration is limited.
tor Brink, representing the Graduate
college, and twelve juniors each rep
resenting one of the colleges or
schools of the University.
The juniors are: Ruth White and
George Powell, College of Agricul
ture; Gretchen Standeven and Earl
Wyatt, College of Arts and Sciences;
Eugene Dyer, College of Dentistry;
Virgil Cannon, College of Pharmacy;
Douglas Timmerman, College of Bus
iness Administration; George Ray,
College of Law; Ralph Raikes, Col
lege of Engineering; W. Joyce Ayres,
School o Journalism ; Faye Williams,
School of Fine Arts and Helen Mc-
Chesney, Teachers college.
Profs Offer Ideas
On Vacations
(Continued from Page 1)
do not know much about students
only those in the department of ge
ology, but for our students, we have
a trip through the Black Hills, the
oil and mining districts of Wyoming
and Utah, and back through the min
ing campus of Colorado.
Trips Are Good
"These trips are a very good vaca
tion both from the standpoint of rec
reation and work, and I think that
such a vacation would be good for
any student."
"Mercy, how should I know how
the student should spend his vaca
tion?" said Mr. Whitney of the de
partment of zoology, setting down a
bowl of beans that he had just cov
ered with water for an experiment
"The student should know that
himself," he said as he walked over
to his 'pet microscope, and then
peering through the lens continued,
"They should spend the time half in
work and half in play. I think that
they should do that during the school
year but some of the students play
too much while others work too
much."
Mr. Whitney then finished his an
swer to the question by saying, "I
advocate that the young people
should travel, get away from home
and see how other people act and
live. You know the Greek people
are noted for traveling and getting
new ideas."
the bidding more interesting." Only
a few weeks remain for Kosmet Klub
to make up the $2,000 fire debt that
is still upaid, and university coopera
tion is requested by Borority girls for
their bridge benefit.
Largest Chapel in U. S.
Is Ready for Dedication
Princeton Will Hold First Services
In $2,000,000 Structure
Memorial Day
Princeton, N. J. (IP) Prince
ton, on Memorial day, will dedicate
the largest college chapel in the
United States, a chapel now under
construction at a cost of $2,000,000
The dedicatory service will com
mence in the morning when the fac
ulty in academic robes will march to
the chapel. The new building will
then be turned over to President
John Grier Hibben by the architect,
Ralph Adams Cram. A concert will
be held in the afternoon.
Dr. Henry' Van Dyke, professor
emeritus of the university, has writ
ten a dedicatory hymn which will be
used in the services.
When completed, four stained
glass windows, representing love,
knowledge, endurance and fulfill
ment, will also be dedicated.
T0T " neVer sati8fied of hnman
Co,-e WBntg me cream. Tie Utah Chroncle.
Iliuh School Track
Lien Gather Here
(Continued from Pan 1)
svotlisrkt ft." meets last week 5cm
onstiated that much of the strength
i rtnle-ed in Group II and Group L
Crete, Nelson, ana Cambridge,
P II icums took tha measure of
i : 'i.upr scLoc's lit tha IIa3ig
'""-i act Saturday v,l;He Te
:i r-r.,1 No-'h Lot?-, Creep IT
and Group I respectively, gathered
the lion's share of honors at the Peru
M-I-N-K gathering, defeating Lin
coln, Group III winners last year,
and Omaha Crotarl.
Lincoln Loses Stars
Kearney, Grand Island, Lincoln
and Omaha Tech look strongest in
the larger schools class. Kearney, led
by its sprint ace, Lambert has shown
a great deal of strength this spring.
Crsnd Island always has a strong
team in the fi?!d nd should ' place
among the upper three. Lincoln has
lost several of its stars and first
place points since last spring but
may srmng a surprise. Omaha Tech
arrny of tolvred lais wiii
on in tne running.
Gothenburg, Crete and Tecumseh
will battle it out for the Group II
banner. Gothenburg, last year's vic
tor, will pin its hopes on Barnes and
Ostergard while Crete, with Hokuf
and Stedman as its mainstays h&j a
well b&Ianced squad. Tecumseh, win-
Remains Will Be
Offered At Auction
(Continued from Page 1)
shauge of the ticket committee.
As stated in program arrange
ments, bridge will be the outstand
ing event of the fire aid. Additional
entertainment is being planned by
the porority girls. Bridge prizes are
being donated by Delta Gamma and
Pi Beta Phi sororities.
"In all probability we will be un
able to secure a sufficient quantity
of relics to satisfy everyone," stateu
Georgia Pyne yesterday. "So many
people have expressed their desire to
own souvenirs from the famous Play
house fire. However, it will make
Shanefelt Has Article Published
Miss Marjorie Shanafelt of the
museum staff has received notice of
the publication of her article, "My
Friend Mrs. Shade Tale" in the May
issue of "Junior Home," a magazine
published at Chicago. "Shade Tale"
is the Indian for squirrel.
Dope Is Upset
In Ball Tourney
(Continued from Page 1)
tests while Pitcher Keyes has exhibit
ed his mastery over the opposition.
Keyes turned in a one-hit game last
Saturday in a game with Lambda Chi
Alpha, granting a triple in the final
frame.
Sigma Phi Epsilon looks like the
class of league four, with Pickett o
r -66.vjwlm nas not .
pushed to win its two
should sweep through this brack!
"u"ji upsets.
A. G. p. Leads League Fie
Alpha Gamma Rho has slugged it,
way to leadership in league five but
still has some tmio-h - .
oa wunicia vO hnr
die in its fight for honors. PrMn,
e"-.urioi.s nas Deen a Uu-m
factor in his teams success
his battinp; average on piaclicaii!
every pitcher that has faced him.
iiuuuio in it--uKue six are a toss nn
Delta Siirma P'..l anH si. .. .p'
Epsilon remaining undefeated
"Dutch" Witte, hurler for Sign,
Alpha Epsilon has had things his own
way in all the games he has worked
Delta Sigma Delta trimmed Delu
Upsilon 5 to 4 last week and took the
lead in leasniA spven rio,:. ..
-mp.onsmp
prospects in this league are doubtful
however, as these two have been the'
only ones to exhibit their warP
yet
James C. Lewis, intramural Airee.
tor, has practically completed planj
for the championship baseball tour
ney and will swing this event into ac
tion as soon as league winners have
been determined.
Attention-Girls !
The underaifned would like to gtt
acquainted with aa many of you at
poaalble and if you need a
GIFT
for Mother, Dad, boy-friend or girl,
friend, come in and I will give you
107o off
This Week Only!
We have the cuteat gifts and tha
prices are vary reasonable.
Carl L. Schaefer,
Mgr.
"Le Petit Muaic 4c Gift Shoppc"
1210 N St.
PENNANTS
MEMORY BOOKS
COLLEGE PILLOW COVERS
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS
FINE STATIONERY
LATSCH BROTHERS
STATIONERS
1118 O St
History Teachers
Convene May 11-12
(Continued from Page 1)
For thirty-five years he has been en
gaged in educational work, first at
the University of Missouri for thirty
three years, and since 1925, at Wash
ington university. He studied at the
University of Berlin and in 1901 was
granted the degree of Ph. D. by Co
lumbia university.
At the University of Missouri Dr.
Loeb was acting president for a year
and dean of the faculty of business
and public administration for nine
years. Besides being the author of
numerous book sand articles, he was
co-editor of the journal of the Miss
ouri Constitutional convention in
1920.
Council Elects
New Officers
(Continued from Page 1)
in June, largely as the result of ths
Student Council. He was a member
of the Junior-Senior prom committee
this year and is a pledge to Sigma
Delta Chi, professional journalistic
fraternity.
Four Are Old Members
Members of the Student Council
winch will round out the year's work
and serve until the spring election in
1929 are: Eldred Larson,. Munro Ke
zer, Marjorie Studevant, and Mau
rine Drayton, the newly elected offi
cers and hold-over members of the
council; Carl Olson, Bruce H. Thom
as, Irene Daviei, and Mary Ball,
newly elected seniors-at-large; Vic-
: plSfif H 1 !
Typictt f
tfnrit ef vnin
among ttlrfhcM
fertrnnel.
1
Commerce, too, has
1LO , ivaivigiio
RALEIGH'S definitionof courtesy
. was apparently to care for the
needs of the other person. Today the
same practice is observed by the tele
phone business; but we call it service.
To mm in telephone work, ser
vice is a mutter of looking ahead and
preparing ahead and when a need
arises, to be ready. This point of view
inspires the research engineer, the
supervisor of production, the director
of personnel and the executive re
sponsible for all these activities
and more.
With the increasing telephone re
quirements of the nation, this is a
work of increasing complexity.
Through years to come Bell System
men will find an even greater oppor
tunity of service.
BELL SYSTEM
4 uution-wiiU system of 18,500,00c inter-tmntctin ttltfhoua
"OUR PIONEERING WORK HAS JUST BEGUN"