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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN.
TL ESDW, OCTOHKR 16, 1928.
The Daily Nebraskan
Station A, Lincoln, Nebraska
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
Under direction of tha Student Publication Board
TWENTY-EIQHTH YEAR
Publlihtd Tuaiday, Wadnaaday, Thursday, Friday, and
Sunday mornings during tha academic year.
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and Sunday, Business Staff: afternoons except
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Lincoln, Nebraska, under act of Congress, March 3, 1879,
end at special rate cf postage provided for In section
1104, act of October 3, 1917, authorized January 20, 1922.
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MUNIO KEZER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
MANAGING EDITORS
Dean Hammond Maurice W, Konkel
NEWS EDITORS
W. Joyce Ayrea Lyman Cass
Jack Elliott Paul Nelson
Cliff F. Sandahl Douglaa Tlmmerman
ASSISTANT NEWS EDITORS
Vernon Ketrlng Leon Larimer
Betty Thornton
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Catherine Hanson Joe Hunt
William McCleory Robert Lalng
Eugene Robb
MILTON McQREW BUSINESS MANAGER
ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGERS
William Kearna Marshall Pltzsr
Richard Rlckette
seaec:no tor youth
Ponce da Leon spent years searching for the
fountain of youth. The modern adult has turned
with more favor to Browning's philosophy In "Rabbi
Ben Eira," "Grow old along with me, the best of
Ufa Is yat to come." But whether seeking to regain
youth or to retain the pleasures of youth, maturity
likes to mingle with youth.
Youth has likewise learned to enjoy opportuni
ties for feUowship with its elders. The Dally Ne
braskan, la common with the rest of the university
student body. Is extending with this issue a most
cordial welcome to the fathers of Nebraska's stu
dents for "Dad's Day" Saturday.
"Dad's the fellow that pays the bills" Is slogan
sufficient for the flippant novel and the racy moving
picture of college life. But to the average univer
sity student. Dad Is a lot more than that He is
the fellow that stands back of the whole educational
program. He's the chap that atlrred up interest in
going to university. He's the fellow that well.
Dad's dad. And his place can't be filled. The Dally
Nebraskan only wishes it could express to the
fathers of Nebraska students, the good wishes and
respect, commonly held for Dad.
GAME SPECULATIONS
W. A. A. girls demonstrated Saturday that In a
small crowd they can sell as many programs per
person as the Corn Cobs. Facing the same kind of
a day as Corn Cobs encountered at the Iowa State
game a year ago, W. A. A. turned in a sales record
that Indicated no difference in sale's totals.
Success in sales does not alter the status of
the first objection raised by The Daily Nebraskan
sgalnst turning the football program concession over
to girls. Tha Nebraskan's first objection and one
which still stands Is that university co-eds should
not be permitted to be put into the stadium in a
conglomerate audience as peddlers.
Miss Lee, advisor to W. A. A., states that she
has never heard any complaint from girls selling
candy in past years In the stadium as to conduct of
members of the audience. Her statement, unques
tionably sincere and unquestionably made in good
faith, is indicative of the soundness of The Ne
braskan's objection. Student ushers have rarely
seen a game go by where there was not some ob
jectionable feature. And with about a third the
number of girls employed in the stands as are to
be used with the addition of the program conces
sion. That the girls do not report to Miss Lee Is
not surprising. That university officials do not real
ize the situation, having acted without consultation
with student representatives acquainted with such
conditions, is evident.
Holding the splendid record made by W. A. A.
in its sales In full respect, The Daily Nebraskan
today reiterates its request to Mr. Glsh and Mr.
Selleck and to the members of the athletic board,
that the program sales be turned back to the Corn
Cobs, to protect university co-eds from an undesir
able atmosphere and chances of occurrences which
might seriously Injure the regard for the university's
care for its students now held in the state.
WHAT A DIFFERENCE!
Underlying the direct causes of the American
revolution was the misunderstanding and miscon
ception which had been incubating for years back.
Prior to the Treaty of Paris in 1763 and the
material significance of that settlement to Europe,
England and the American colonies, a period of
prosperity and fat years had been upon the col
onies. England was absorbed In the struggle of
her existence, and the colonies received but a racy
bit of attention. Growing from this neglect on the
part of the mother country, a new national spirit
began to evidence itself in the colonies.
From 1763 on, that spirit was magnified to the
degree that It was the predominate cause for revo
lution and ultimate Independence. It was augmen
ted by the greater burdens which England Imposed
in her efforts to recoup from long wars.
But that misunderstanding and misconception
bad Its roots In a faulty and sluggish system of
communication, and in an inaccurate and trivial
method of obtaining facts. England failed to see
the colonial viewpoint simply because she had no
effective and efficient means of getting the infor
mation concerning her dependencies. Contentment
and healthy growth in the colonies looked like down
right prosperity to John Bull. Prostration and
fawning treasuries la England looked like additional
burdens to the colonies.
Today communication that is characterized by
millions of miles of cable threading the ocean bot
toms, snd radio, have reduced to a mere fraction
the weeks that were formerly taken to send a mes
sage. Coupled with the sclentlflo improvements and
advances, there have evolved foreign correspond
ents, diplomatic representatives, and a ministerial
system. Facts snd information concerning a nation
or a city are available upon a moment's notice
literally at one's finger tips.
What does this signify to the college student?
It Is a criterion that International difficulties can
be solved on a rational basis. It opens the way to
ir-!?5-sftt Of Vis trial ead tnur taetbod. It aV.es
?cs!b!e s& advance In the solutions which world
ccuxciout Individuals might wish to devise.
ANOTHER EXPERIMENT
Three years ago, when Dr. Holt, former editor
of the Independent, accepted the presidency of Rol
lins college, a small school at Winter Park, Florida,
he Instituted a method of Instruction that did away
with the lecture and recttatlon system.
He made each department a laboratory or work
shop, equipped with tools, books, and conveniences
for study. At the beginning of the year, text books
are given out, as much as to say, "There is your
semester's work. When you are ready for an ex
amination we will give It to you."
The various instructors have different methods
of teaching. Some give a concise lecture at the
opening of the period. Others devote the entire time
to laboratory work acd general discussion.
Instead of attending class one hour three times
each week, the students are required to attend for
two hours, meeting three times each week. The
basis for this arranne-v.ent, according to Dr. Holt,
is that while students are supposed to spend three
hours -in preparation for each hour In class, the
majority of the students spend not more than one
hour. Rollins college maintains that this hour spent
in the laboratory will be better and worth more than
two or three outside.
Although the system now in use at Rollins and
a few other schools in the country, Is an experi
ment, the sponsors of the plan claim that the ad
vantages are many-fold. The most outstanding are
that the system does away with lectures, and that
there Is a continuous and intimate association of
the Instructors and students during the working
period.
UNFORTUNATE
Protest against the exclusion of colored stu
dents from the Varsity Party is voiced in the "In
My Opinion" column today. The Dally Nebraskan
regrets that the question has arisen. The student
comment Is not published to stir ur a discussion.
It Is published as all student comment, as part of
the student paper's duty to permit free discussion
on the campus.
Perhaps an unavoidable issue, the question is
nevertheless embarrassing to both parties. Colored
students could hardly be expected to approve their
being barred from the party. The Varsity Party
committee, cognizant of the protests raised by white
students last year, and feeling that the success of
their parties from the economic standpoint was im
possible if colored students were admitted, could
hardly be blamed for trying to protect the success
of their parties, even at the unfortunate exclusion
of a portion of the student body.
THE RAGOER: Now that the Cornhusker has
begun calling for pictures, the freshmen can laugh
at the portraits of the upperclassmen who jeered at
the identification pictures.
One of the candidates defeated In the recent
race for sophomore president says that he didn't
- like the idea of sitting on a pole during Olympics
anyway.
Football fans don't know whether to pray for
rain to check Bayslnger's passing Saturday or to
pray that it doesn't rain so Syracuse's 200-pound
line won't have things their own way.
Dads will have a chance to see a very different
campus Saturday than that of a year ago. The grass
Is already peeking up through the ground on M
mortal mall.
"IN MY OPINION
There Are Flaws"
A Mistake Was Made"
So the Varsity Dance program committee has
taken the authority to try and exclude the few
Negro students on the campus, from enjoying them
selves at the first University dance. From whence
came this self-given authority? Surely the parties
concerned are aware of the fact that they were
acting in violation, not only of national, but state
constitutional laws.
The colored students on this campus are cer
tainly within the limits of their rights, when they
attend functions of this nature. They have attended
university affairs in recent years and have always
acted in a manner above reproach. Then why the
sudden change of policy at this university In the
state of Nebraska? If we were in the South, w
might expect as much from such whites who have
the "white superiority" complex.
Why did not the committee in their various
publicity bits about the frolic, state that is was to
be a "Lily White" affair Instead of making the
colored students an innocent target for embarrass
ment last Saturday evening?
Corlnne E. Ferguson.
OTHER EDITORS SAY-
8ALARIE3 UP
The standards of American professors have
taken a rise; more money Is being paid to men who
are experts; the better schools of this country are
grabbing off the best teachers by offering them good
salaries. But the University of Oklahoma has not
yet entered the bidding field.
At the close of the last school year, many resig
nations were handed in by professors who had re
ceived offers of more pay from other colleges and
universities. Excellent teachers were required to
take their places, but the question now arises, shall
the university be a stopping place for men who are
looking in other directions for higher pay?
"It can never be said that the teaching pro
fession Is overpaid," President W. B. Blzzell said
some time ago. Hs statement applies with parti
cular emphasis to the University of Oklahoma. It
would be unfair to say that the state has been nig
gardly in its contribution to education here, but the
place of the university In the affairs of Oklahoma
Is not fully realized by those who have a hold on
the purse strings.
The only wsy in which experts may be attracted
to this institution is through offer of good pay, and
the way to keep them here is to offer them more
when other schools bid for their services. In time,
perhaps, the people of Oklahoma will come to take
more pride in their state university. When the day
arrives more money for those ho actually have
the knowledge to hand out to students will be
available.-
Just now there is another problem which makes
a solution of the money consideration more difficult.
The university is growing faster than Its material
resources. It is not now a question of looking for
nationally known educators, but it is a problem of
loo' lng for enoush fairly good Instructors to take
care of tin hundreds or students here. What can
be done about it?
Oklahoma Daily.
A STUDENT LOOKS
AT PUBLIC AFFAIRS
By David Fellmati
There are just three weeks left
for the hottest presidential cam
paign In years to wind up. There
is not a bit of evidence to Bhow
that the campaign leaders of either
party intend to let down at all In
the Intensity of their work. The
question of who will be the next
president of the United States is by
no means a settled question. Ihe
leaders of both camps are abso
lutely certain of the outcome; they
are not hesitating to claim every
thing. But there are too many un
certain quantities to predict the re
sult with certainty. It is anyone's
battle right now.
Smith Is now storming through
the South and the border states,
continuing his tactics of trying to
draw Hoover into an argument,
while Hoover Is continuing to make
his own campaign in his own way.
Independent of what Smith may
say. The democrats -are stressing
the Issues of leadership and "re
ligious tolerance." The Republicans
are emphasizing the issues of the
tariff, business, and prosperity.
Both parties are highly concerned
with the important problem of get
ting out the vote.
A preliminary survey of the ab
sentee vote of the student body of
the University of Kansas shows
that 1.249 men and 545 women have
registered. Student political organ
izations are assisting in the drive
to induce all absentee voters to
cast their votes.
Now that we have two political
clubs on this campus, we should
be in a position to emulate, if not
to outdo, our southern neighbors.
To get every student who Is eli
gible to vote registered, and to in
duce every absentee voter to vote
by mail, should be the primary
function of these organizations.
Rene Ponthleu of France won the
third international oratorical con
test, held at Washington on Oc
tober 13. Ponthleu competed with
Tounseni portrait photographer-AS
What
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do with
,V that
mi spot?
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WATTY
CLEANERS AND DYERS
the representatives of seven other
nations. The subject of his ora
tion was "French Thought and the
Idea of Liberty."
The Osage Indians of Oklahoma,
the recipients of some of nature's
richest gifts, have received $573,
772.953 In the last fourteen years as
their Income from their rich oil
and gas fields. During this time,
each of the 2,229 accredited mem
bers of this tribe received $95,000
as his share. The income of the
Osage Indians, however, is decreas
ing. In 1926, the amount received
per share was as high as $13,400.
In 192S, the average fell to $5,700.
For 1929, it is estimated by Ihe
Department of Interior that Ihe In-
come will fall below the
mark.
The report of the Department of
Interior shows that the tribe has
dissipated a great amount of tim
fortune that they have acquired
The report also shows that few of
the members of the tribe work, and
that most of them wouldn't woVk if
they had a chance to.
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