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The Daily Nebraskan
Station A, Lincoln, Nebraska
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UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
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TWENTY-EIGHTH YEAR
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MUNRO KEZER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
MANAGING EDITORS
Dean Hammond Maurice W. Konkel
NEWS EDITORS
W. Joyce Ayrei Lyman Cass
Jack Elliott Paul Nelson
Cliff F. Sandahl
ASSISTANT NEWS EDITORS
Vernon Ketrlng Leon Larimer
Betty Thornton '
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Catherine Hanson Joe Hunt
William McCleery Robert Lalng
Eugene Robb
MILTON McGREW BUSINESS MANAGER
ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGERS
William Kearnt Marshall Pltzer
Richard Rlcketts
THANKS AND THOUGHTS.
Two stories of significant university interest ap
pear in the news columns of The Daily Nebraskan
today. The Nebraskan gladly adds its small voice to
the need of. praise due Charles II. Morrill for hla
latest gift to the institution. His benefactions axe
an outstanding contribution, to the University of Ne
braska by a private citizen, conscious of the place
of higher education in the life of a commonwealth.
Of perhaps greater fundamental interest to stu
rnts and to the state as a whole is the recommenda
tion for appropriations for the University for the
next biennium. Gifts such aa those of Mr. Morrill
mark significant advances in university develop
ment. But the fundutioiial development of the insti
tution can come only from state appropriations.
The report of the regents brings out with start
ling clarity the problem of salary advances, it is
inevitable that a western university in a relatively
sparsely settled state should lose some of its in
structional leaders to institutions in more densely
settled localities. But it by no means follows that
the University must see all its force go. A salary
scale which will enable protection of part of the
University's ablest professots is an improvement
that merits attention.
The increases in enrollment and the depreciated
purchasing power of the dollar furnish the basis for
the regents' requests. Most pleasing in the report is
the outline of a definite plan for development. Al
though The Nebraskan feels that after an adequate
heating and power plant, a library is the most press
ing educational need of the University, it recognizes
that there are other needs nearly as significant
which can be met at less expense.
The effort to secure some of those improve
ments, in an orderly way which alms at a logical
development of the University, is a commendable
one. Students in the University today can hardly
profit by the proposed improvements. I!ut by ac
quainting their parents and friends at home with
the Institution's needs, they can assist materiall" in
the building on an institution which may more com
pletely care for the state's youth tha'n is possible
In the University's present limited financial circum
stance a.
THE GOOSE AND THE GOLDEN EGG.
Fairy stories are ordinarily not considered sat
isfactory diet for university students but the old
fable of the goose that laid the golden eggs Is par
ticularly a propos of the athletic board's selection of
V. A. A. foe the sale of programs at the football
games.
One readily recalls that the fabulous goose did
a remarkably satisfactory Job of laying a golden
egg a day. One further remembers that the owner
of the goose wanted more golden eggs so killed the
goosa la order to get the full supply at once, with
the resulting disappointment
In case the analogy is not Immediately apparent,
students may recall that W. A. A. has done a very
satisfactory job of selling candy at the games, sat
isfactory from the standpoint of concession profits,
St least. Now the athletic department is preparing
to try to reap a richer harvest of golden eggs with
lhe aid of W. A, A. by giving them the program
concession,
Students may also recall that among other calls
regularly Issued each fall in The Daily Nebraskan
In one for co-eds to sell candy for W. A. A. at foot
ball games. A little conversation with those con
nected with tha candy sales reveals that W. A. A.
has regularly had difficulty In securing enough girls
for the candy Hales. Which causes one to wonder
where the athletic department expects them to more
than double the number of girls Belling in the stands,
a feat necessary to handle the new assignment.
Returning from the fabulous to the modern pres
ent, and withal, a more serious approach to the
problem. The Dally Nebraskan again reiterates its
belief that a serious mistake Is being made if the
University of Nebraska permits Its co-eds to be
forced by the athletic department into a conglomer
ate audience on a sales campaign.
Although football has become largely commer
cialized. In essence It Is still a student activity, As
a student activity, there Is a place for the Corn Cobs
as a pep organization, regardless of whether they
have the program concession or not. Further, there
is a place for them on the program sales. They have
regularly yielded a nice profit to the athletic asso
ciation while securing advantages which have made
the organization one of the most attractive on the
campus.
The athletic department tried to scare the stu
dent managerial candidates by abolishing the sys
tem. The system has been reinstated. The athletic
board has undoubtedly given the Corn Cobs the
shock necessary for them to remove the minor Im
perfections In their handling of the sale of programs.
It 1 time for the athletic department to reconsider
Its action on three grounds.
1. Such an extensive co-ed selling program as Is
planned is opposed to the best Interests of the Uni
versity since It subjects feminine students to an un
desirable environment.
i. Concessions should be distributed among sev
eral organizations, that each may better handle Its
specialty and that, each may have a source of In
come for the handling of Its proper work.
3. W. A. A. lias consistently Indicated Its wil
lingness to turn the program sales concession over
to the Corn Cobs, who cognizant of complaints are
in a better position to give satisfaction than ever
before.
GETTING ACQUAINTED
Big and Little Sisters will get acquainted today.
It is "Visiting Sunday" and all of the upperclassmen
aligned with the Dig Sister movement will chat
with the freshmen women individually and talk
a bit about the university, Its activities and its tra
ditions. The spirit of the Rig Sister program, one of
whole hearted fellowship and friendship, is worthy
of commendation. Most students who come to the
University have friends to chum with and to ad
vise them on the various problems that worry every
freshman. But there are a legion of others from
rural districts and small country towns who are
acquainted with practically no one and who sink
into depths of despair when confronted by new sit
uations and perplexing ones In a different environ
ment than ever came within their experience. And
it is girls such as those who find needed friends in
the nig Sisters.
Friends are more welcome to them than any
thing else In the world. They come, for the most
part, from a community where they knew almost
everyone to a strange i t y where they are without
any acquaintances. So for a time, at least, fresh
men have their troubles, their discouragements,:
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their hours of homesickness. They need hearten
ing, and a smile. Nearly every uppcrclassman will
remember his first few days In the University as
a hideous nightmare and should be prompted by a
desire to make It a little more pleasant for those (
who follow.
To freshmen, "Home Sweet Home," usually!
seems the sweetest song there is. but older students
could help them overcome this melancholy a great 1
deal more than is the present practice. After all,
the day of tyrannical hazing Is past. A jab or a
slur directed at a passing greentop might well be
converted into a hello or some other form of friendly
greeting.
Many freshmen need rough edges polished. '
Others must have a certain spirit of ego erased.,
Each presents an individual problem. While dis-
cipline and some traditional freshmen customs are j
very well, these new students can best be dealt J
with through fellowship. Snobbishness and aloof-1
ness set up a false standard. Open cordiality and
good will toward fellow-classmen as well as fresh
men are much more in keeping with the democratic:
Ideals of this University. i
THE KAGGF.R: There are students who go
through University without Sunday night dates.
Less than a month now until the straw vote
holders can find out who was right.
Keeping up w it h progress Is a race for the un
known. A football game without a band would be worse
than a theater without an orchestra. :
Those who saw "The Spider" last week are still :
dodging every time the lights go off 'or a door I
slams.
The Interfraternity council at the University
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of Colorado Is planning to ban rough initiations as
the result of the death last week of a Texas student.
"IN MY OPINION
The Athletic Board Is Wrong"
Is the Nebraska student body willing to permit j
the athletic board to abolish the Corn Cobs? It Is !
plainly evident that they are trying to do that very
thing. Not permitting them to sell programs at ;
football games Is the per.ond step toward their aboli
tion. The first step was foi bidding stunts between
halves. i
A college football game is something more than '
a mere game. It Is a huge spectacle of youth and ,
pep and college life. There are many people who
come many miles to see a game and understand
very little of football lt.self but enjoy the color and
atmosphere of everything that goes to make up a
football game. The athletic board Is assuming a
penny wise and pound foolish attitude. The Corn
Cobs are as much a part, of the spectacle as the
cheer leaders or even the football players them
selves. The athletic authorities ask a great deal of the
student body and give very linle in return. Thy
ask students to buy season tickets, to get out and
support the leant in rallies, to support the coaches,
and to help boost the ticket sales. In return they
are little by little taking away all student partici
pation In anything but attendance at the game.
They tried lo abolish the student manager system.
They forbade any stunts In between hahes.
I am one student who is not content to see
the Corn Cobs go the way of the Crern Goblins,
the Iron Sphinx and the rest nf the honorarics.--
Not A Corn Cob.
HOT AND COLD
To the Editor:
for some reason or other, the men who are In
charge of the heating plant seem to think that the
coldest building on (he campus Is the Law build
ing. It's always about twice ss hot In that building
as It Is in any other building You sit through a
lecture there In a perfect sweat. Some of the prop
ositions propounded hy the members of the law
faculty are conducive lo enough discomfort in them
selves; the heat only tends to heighten this dis
comfiture, It seems that a substantial economy
could be effected In our heating plant by applying
less heat to the Law building.
A Law.
OTHER EDITORS SAY-
COULD THIS BE THE FUTURE?
Science, In this present day and age, Is prog
ressing or drifting toward a gral that few people
have ever dreamed of, a goal of leisure and play.
With the Invention of the radio and radio con
trolled devices, machinery will, In tha future, be
operated very largely by the radio and other mech
anical devices. Work will he aiyomatln, continu
ous, and without, nt'ich man-power,
"The ideal life Is a life of learning," stated a
well known philosopher aa he proceeded to show
how the "Intellectual life" nf the Greeks, durlna
the ace of Bocrates and Pericles, was far superior
to any other type of life.
When machinery" and electricity take tha place
of men, man may again thrive In an age of "Intel
lectual Ufa" where hn may enjoy simultaneously
learning, leisure, and pence.
L'niv. of J.ouinvill A'ntc.
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN.
vises, "abandon the fetish of the
degree." He believes that degrees
are like trade-marks, denoting a
standardized product. For this rea
son they have economic value
only this. He is a proponent of
the old Socratic ideal "knowledge
FROM OUT THE DUST.
Amid tlio riKll nf iK-t'vltlr. sorlnl
nnd cunicular, I reMiir lo my room
mid from the iluiit rovr-ml bookshelf
I draw at volume. wm-Hy notlriMl
before. Here I find urreiie lri)m
the monotonous gt-iiHl of tlie diiys
which seem to Mumble uivn the heels
of thope preeedlug-.
Interpreted by Phil Blake
and LaSelle Giltnan.
for the sake or anowteoge. 10
him a degree represents an in
choate mass of. work done. Unfor
tunately, most of us have to de
pend on this economic value of
the degree for our livelihood. But
of course, he Is not, decidedly not,
dealing with the most of us.
"The first tool that an intel
lectual man should master is
language," he says and one's spirit
rises every one has studied a bit
of language only to be let down
when he tells us that we must
learn most of a language our
selves; without the Interference of
an instructor and a large class.
Language instructors are Incom
petent. Many of them are either
from another land and therefore
lacking in understanding for the
student, or they are Americans
who have never seen the land
from which comes the language
which they attempt to teach and
therefore are not well acquainted
with the proper pronunciation.
In fact, most of one's education
must be got for himself and after
Tools for the Intellectual Life,"
an essay by Bernard DeVoto ap
pearing in Harper's for October,
Is at once refreshing and discour
aging. It is refreshing because
even the poorest student among
us would be enticed by the bene
fitsalthough they amount to
merely a satisfaction to the yearn
ing for knowledge which he be
lieves will result from a following
of his prescribed course. Then too,
It Is refreshing because of the un
usual ideas he advances. It Is dis
couruging because It is futile for
most of us even to think of such a
program as he outlines and be
cause he tells us and ono is
tempted to fall in with his line of
reasoning that about fifty per
cent of our time is wasted due to
the requirements set up by the
universities.
"For education," DeVoto ad
Simonizers
It's youst aboud
dime aind it
to drop in
and select a fistful
of smart new
neckwear, neckties,
cravats, etc., etc.
truthfully now
never have we had
such a marvelous
selection
really
you must come in
and look 'em
over
anyway they' re
very, very, very
reasonable
at $1.50
Have you seen
our latest
importation
Polo Shirt
Sweater
they're quite
decockalorum
the new
worn
as you will
either as a shirt
or over one
and
ideal for
golf, tennis
or riding
Colors Sade, Sand
Canary, Powder
and White
$7.50
Speaking of
Sweaters
reminds me of
the new ones
we received yesterday
they are
Brushed Wool Slipovers
light weight
crew necks
and two pockets
In Blue, Brown,
Canary, Jade, Black
and Maroon
$6.50
How about a
Snappy ? new
pair of
galouses
awful nice ones
at $1.50
Apparel for His MajestyThe University Man
college at that. College Is here
only for the background which is
all that has ever been claimed for
it but it must be a background
in the laboratory sciences for one's
llbrar or kitchen can scarcely
furnish the' facilities of a col
legiate laboratory. This he offers
in spite of the Instructors.
The major object of an educa
tion Is to give an understanding
of the world as it Is today. The
world is dominated by science.
Therefore it is necessary to be ac
quainted with the bcientlflc meth
od. In the laboratory one can
learn to control his attitude and
control is necessary toward facts
by their continuities and uniform
ities. "The student will, therefore,
avoid courses In history and litera
ture. He can do better by him
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Oh, yes there's a
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The chap above who seems
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to stroll up some
sororities front
yard
is a University Man.
How can you tell?
That's easy!
He doesn't have on
a trick costume.
You know
what we wear.
University
men dress conservatively
and the smart
3 buttoner
the chap above is wearing
so nonchalantly
you can bet is a
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their style scouts
know
what University men
at all the
really large schools
want.
Tailored in beautiful worsteds
of Chippendale Brown
Greys Blues and
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Others $29 to $50
FORMERLY ARMSTRONGS
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self." Thus Mr. DeVoto conclnd
leaving those who follow and v
Iteva In his reasoning a desire 7
be of the caliber of the hynothJf
leal student which he nnl?"
At the beginning of hi 8
Which is to say that he leave,
one soaring among the clouds.
Whl
shall I
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flfUt Spot?
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