TWO THE DAILY NEBRASKAN WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, The Daily Nebraskan Station A, Lincoln, Nabraska OFFICIAL PUBLICATION UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA Under direction of tha Student Publication Board TWENTY-EIGHTH YEAR Published Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday morning during the academic year. Editorial Office Unlverilty Hall 4, Bualneat Office University Hall 4A. Office Hours Edit: Mel Staff, 3:00 to S:00 except Friday and Sunday. Buslnesa Staffl afternoons except Friday and Sunday. Telephone Editorial! B-s$1, No. 143) Business! B-61, No. 77 Nlyht B-6M2. Entered aa aecond-elees matter at the poatofflco In Lincoln, Nebraaka, under act of Congress, March 3, I87, and at special rat of peetage provided for In section 1103, act of October 3, 1(17, authorlied January SO, 1922. SUBSCRIPTION RATE 92 year Single Copy S cents US semester MUNRO KEZER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF MANAGING EDITORS Dean Hammond Maurice W. Konkel NEWS EDITORS W. Joyce Ayree Lyman Case Jack Elliott Paul Neleon Cliff F. Sandahl Dougla Tlmmerman ASSISTANT NEWS EDITORS Vernon Ketrlng William T. McCIry Betty Thornton CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Cliff F. Sandahl Joe Hunt William McCleery Robert Lalng Eugene Rob MILTON McQREW BUSINESS MANAGER ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGERS William Ksarna Marshall Fitter Richard Rlcketts PROFIT AND LOSS "The man on the truck will hare an alma mater and It will not be a garage, and the man who tells the tenants that the heat Is coming up will have a fraternity badge and a son on the freshman squad," writes Clifford Raymond In a recent editorial fea ture on "A Nation of College Graduates" published in the Chicago Tribune. This statement which so adroitly summarizes the tendency to flock to college strikes a point which is the mote of contention for two conflicting views of the desirable course to be followed in higher educational circles. Those who regard col lege as a place only for those with superior talents are unquestionably becoming more outspoken In their views. The influx -of a class of students in terested in university merely as a means of acquir ing social prestige has led to serious doubts as to the feasibility of continuing of the typical American policy of free public education to cover university as well as ward and high school work. Complete freedom of opportunity in state-supported institutions of higher learning has by no means lost either Its advocates or their arguments. President L. D. Coffman of the University of Min nesota gives the gist of that view In a recent pro nouncement when he said: "The state universities from the beginning have been maintained to provide freedom of opportunity. They have stood vigorously against class education, and have provided educational facilities for all alike, without distinction, for the rich or the poor or for any class or group." Another statement from the same message pro vides a basis for a middle ground between the two extremes. He notes: "The scene in education has been shifting from man to bis activities; from what Is best for the individual to what is best for the community. And the common good ha not been conceived as depending upon the training of the gifted alone, but upon the training of all who are competent to profit by training." The question that state universities must face may be boiled down to this. Is it best for the com munity to pay for the education of numbers of stu dents either unable or unwilling to profit by the training offered! That there is a considerable class of that nature in every university cannot be denied. It seems a false standard of equality to permit them to squander funds which might be used for the edu cation of those who could profit by significant training. But when all Is said and done, the fact remains, that any university is going to have a hard time determining Just which students really are not profiting by training. FIRESIDE PHILOSOPHY "Ho-hum," yawns the college student. "111 be glad when this semester is over. You'll never see me in an sight o'clock this spring, and Just try and catch me In that xl&ss again." About the dinner table, around the fireside, and before a radio or muffled phonograph, comes the drowsy philosophy of the student who feels he has been overburdened during the past few months. . In a short month from today advisors' offices will be Jammed, and registration catslcjues will be torn and frazzled by the frenzied thumbing that signifies registration is upon us. And the fireside philosophy, that panned and praised instructors, that inquired for less strenuous courses, and that pre dicted rosy class schedules, will be put Into effect. Registration will be sandwiched in between classes and engagements. After a beetle week at racing pell-mell about the campus accumulating sig natures and approvals, the student will be ready for . the second semester. And with that pell-mell pace about the campus to get the official approval, has gone pell-mell thinking in choosing subjects. The chief objectives are to get those courses written into the schedule which are forecasted to be easy, those courses which were recommended about the fireside. Four weeks from yesterday registration starts. It Is a safe speculation that four weeks from yester day the majority of students will have thought no more about the beneficial ccuises which they should register for than they are thinking at the present time. Idle musing this' week, with every thought focused upon pleasant holidays, can well be brought to fruitful results in contemplating a course for the second semester, a. course other than that which has form now in a fireside pipe-dream. There must be discretion, there must be under standing of what specialisation meu;is for the Indi vidual There-must, be caution, aUv and common sense in registering. They do not ume during tho week of actual registration. SLOGANS AND STUDENTS "Reach for s Lucky Instead ot a Sweet" Students taking advertising courses have been suggested to study the Interesting conflict of inter ests that is being waged between the candy industry and the American Tobacco company over the above slogan. The reason tor objections on the part of the candy makers is at parent A serious situation has developed between ' the two companies that probably will involve mlllona of dollars in adver tisluir campaigns to tints agio. . The Interesting side of this situation to the sfndrtit Is twofold. First, he la a large-scale con sumer cf both cigarettes and candy. It will not oi.', interest him to follow the battle that concerns two ot hit ftvorite products, but also to know and understand l ho interesting commercial motives at the foot of It. The' second reason Is a practical ono not. ,o bo acquired in a classroom, a test, or l'brary. 'It Is the Importance of displaying caution in declaring a policy or a competitive statement It is an example, which illustrates the old adage "Think before you speak." It is living at this mo merit in the business world, very much alive and breathing. ' The adoption of the troublesome slogan was not done In any malign spirit at all. Eagerness in com petition and adveriising Ingenuity are responsible. It created a situation, however, which every student of any college or In any walk of life ruayi watch with interest as one of the many unique spectacles ot America's modern commercial life. THE RAQGEK: Students are doing an un usual amount of shopping for this late in the month The state will be glad to have the University spend plenty of money for a football coach. But when it comes to granting requests for money to supply a bit of education, the populace Is likely to be convinced of its extreme poverty. "Doing the Raccoon" may be a collegiate ditty. But right now, doing the ten-cent stores Is the big hit. The number of days left slogan will shortly be converted into terms of days of vacation remaining. Ihe student optimist carefully puts aside rail road fare home this early in the month. OTHER STUDENTS SAY BLAME THE PROFESSORS A certain class In the University has an average ot forty-three. The professor of this class scolds, and considers himself abused in having to teach such a bunch of ignoramuses. The students, them selves, are disgusted and bewildered. They know something is wrong, but what is wrong, they are not certain. Who is to blame for the failure of this class, the professor or the students t Since it is the whole class that falls, blame certainly can not be placed upon the students, for we have a right to assume that the majority of these students are able to do the work of the course, and we also have a right to assume that the Course Is not too difficult for the class as a whole. These assumptions are based upon the fact that the university authorities have no right to offer courses that are too difficult for the students to whom they are open. The student accepts with Rood faith the statement of the university authori ties that certain courses are for' certain classes of students, and therefore the authorities have no right to mislead the students in the selection of their courses. Only the professor remains to take the blame, and it is he who deserves it. He has failed to teach, it his class attains an average of only forty-three. He may have lectured most intellectually, he onay have assigned lessons that were astonishingly long, but he has 'failed to teach, and that is his prime purpose in the University. He Is here to benefit the students, not to lecture and talk without putting anything across to the students. It is the professor, therefore, who is to blame for the failure of the class. C. S. A STUDENT LOOKS AT TUBLIC .AFFAIKS ay David FeMman A Correction Last week In this column, due to a typographical error, the deflni lion for fundamentalism was at tached to the term evolution, and the definition of evolution was omitted. Some confusion might have resulted on the part of the readers, hence this explanation. THE EDITOR. ' CHEATING FOR HONORS During a mid-semester- examination an ardent aspirant for Phi Beta Kappa opened her history notebook and copied fact after fact into her exam ination paper. Is this not a most contemptible act for a student to commit? Phi Beta Kappa Is a great honor. It ranks the member who has been selected In the high group of his class. It stands for achievement in univer sity. The honor is only great, however, when it comes to a real student. By the designation "real student" Is meant the person who has earnestly searched for knowledge In the university. This does not include the worshipper of grades. The person who works for grades only, even If his In structors have rated him with an average of ninety nine per cent Is unworthy of Phi Beta Kappa. His Ideal Is as one of these students expressed it, "I am out to get grades." There are several effective ways of doing this. In campus language some employ "hank shaking their professors" otVr carry as many "pipe courses" as possible to raise their average. Others sink to the meanest and lowest of despicable meth ods and practice cheating. We can only regard a cheat in any circumstance with great contempt. Some excuse can be made for special cases of stu dents who do cheat although no one with Ideals of honor could ever really sanction it. But for a per son.to steal something to win an honor is far worse. They proudly accept the key with the honor It signifies without evidence of the spirit of hypocrisy which must worry their conscience. This rankling apparently does not decrease their enjoyment in flaunting the badge of their superiority and basking In the congratulation of relatives and friends. They are morally very contemptible for they have dearly paid for the golden honor by the price of their personal honor. V. P. The stock in denomlnationaiism is walling rapidly especially in the state supported colleges and uni versities. Because of the students ack of Interest In the sectarian ap peal churches and religious bodies are finding it necessary to co-ordi nate and unify their programs in order to meot the needs of the un dergraduate. In this respect an out standing: niece of work is neing done at the University of Penney! vania. At this school their "United Church Work," is .about the same as one single federated cnurcn combining interdenominational co operation with loyalty to one's own church. This federated body is known as the Christian Associa tion. At the present time this As sociation has a budget of $181,000 a year and employs fourteen run time pastors and directors as well a several assistants and part time workers. Baptist, Protetant, Epis copal, Lutheran, Methodist EDtco- ial. Presbyterian, and Reformed Denominations are represented. "Interdenominational activities of the Association Include the follow ing: the Freshman Pre-College con ference; the Intercollegiate Sum mer Conference; Religious Educa tion; Vocational Guidance; World Missions; Evangelism; Enlistment of students for Social Service." It has long been felt that a simi lar united effort should be made by the religious workers of the Uni versity of Nebraska. University au thorities, with the co-operation of the religious workers would do well to conduct a survey of the religious situation for the purpose of plan ning a unified program for this campus. From time to time the work ot arinus schools experimenting with in'jr-rellglous co-operation will be presented in this column. EAM HANDICAPPED BY 'SMALL' MEN Ton tinned From 1114- 1. Nebraska monopolizes the athletic material of the state by induce ments to athletes to come to the University. It tolls about the state high school meets snd the activ ities of alumni, coaches and N men to get athletic material here. "Most of the players," says the World, "come from the smaller towns and work either a part or all their way through college. Two thirds of this year's team are doiug part or full time work. They do everything from street cleaning to working in a bank. Among their jobs are washing cars, driving taxes, cutting lawns, firing furnaces, making beds in ho tels, sweeping stores, barbering, laundering and waiting on tables. "...nee 1890 Nebraska has played 29ii football games, won 225, tied nty and lost fifty. This is the L -.1 record among fifty leading iverslty football teams. Nebras ' 1 is tho only team to be even CP ilii Notre Dame. Each team has won five contests and one resulted in a. tie." RESEARCH MAN TALKS BEFORE LINCOLN CLUB Wallace Tells of Efficiency Tests of Tractors and Power Farming H. L, Wallace, research engineer for the College of Agriculture, spoke before Hie engineer's club of Lincoln at the Grand hotel Mon day evening. He spoke concerning power, fuel, efficiency tests of trac tors and the development of power farminsr. The tests which were made were instituted by a state law in 1919 which reaulred them. Since the tests have been started the Col lege of Agriculture has tested 154 models and has sent out annually 20 noo renorta on the findings. Mr. Wallace said that special equipment has been constructed to determine the numDer 01 revolu tions of various movlnR parts per minute, drawbar efficiency and fuol economy. The results of the various tests have called attention or tne manufacturers to the faults of cer tain machines and to lead to their correction. Another result has been the building of lighter but more ef ficient machines. Mr. Wallace said that tractors sold on the European markets are required to come up to Nebraska tests. Official Bulletin Wedaewlajr, lMWInlur 1 World Forum, Ilotl Nbraakan, It 8tu.nt Council Maatlni. o'clock, ToinpU. Thunder, Dwmtwr Wnma 1J o 1 1 0 n mMtlnit. Gllbart Dnani Tofrh'f. room J0. 1'nrV.r.ltjr It- brry. 4 o'iloo!i. ... on, HoutTi l'akoia Btutn, Colium, OTHER EDITORS SAY- ALUMNI 'PRECEPTS' A new and significant function of Princeton is well illustrated in the "alumni precepts" which seem to be gaining in popularity here. The "alumni pre cept," it must be explained, Is a monthly meeting In Princeton of a small group of graduates with a fa vorite professor of their undergraduate literature to the newest discoveries in the field of science. That Princeton should continue as the well spring of the intellectual endeavors of its sons after their graduation seems an ideal worth striving for. "Alumni precepts" sre s step in the right direction. It seems to us that the end in view can also be fostered by the Alumni Weekly. Most alumni bul letins are little more than advertising mediums for their universities. Let the Princeton alumni organ take the lead in providing real intellectual fodder should not present great difficulties. , The DaiJy Prin.rrton.iati LACK OF PRIVACY A university which does not create a sensitive ness to religious faith becomes a danglr to the state, according to the president of the University of Wisconsin. A spiritual leadership is needed, be said. The busy Americans need to cultivate that secular worship which Is solitude. All modern civ llltatloa Is In conspiracy against our privacy. We have all become publle ehsrsiters. Our daily cal endar hai ' become so crowded that, we can rarely edge in an appointment with ourselves.' S Cornea DiHly Bun. ' STAFF SELECTS COPY FOR EXCHANGE ISSUE Continued from Faa 1. for and appointments will be made In the near future. The personnel of this semester's staff includes Kenneth G. Ander son, ef'Jtor; Raymond D. Murray, associate editor, and the following edlurlal assistants: Evelyn Slma- bos. Bill T. McCleery, It. W. Lalng, George Thomas, Cliff F. Sandahl, Marguerite Danlelson. Elmont Walte, Mary E. Riepma, Warren Chiles, Don Carlson, Doug las Timinermsn, Anne Hothenberg, Lee Daniels, Elsie Brodkey, Mar garet Kelrfhg, Virginia Faulkner, Anne Peterson, Henry Bralnerd, Elaine Haverfleld, Maurice Konkel, Robert Wertz, and Arthur Schroe-der. The business manager is Charles Wahlquist and he is assisted by Stanley Day and John Llncibeck. Assisting Jimmy Pickering, art manager, are Margaret Ketring, N. D. VanN'etta, Helen Chase, A. C. Powell, Jim Whltaker, Frank Roehl, E. Fagerberg, and Catherine A he fiord. The Temple Cafeteria Operatad By tha Unlvaralty FOR YOU Christmas Cards Tour name neatly printed or engraved at reasonable price. GrAves Printing Company 112 Ne. 12th 6t S' Doers South of Unl Temple E (' not too late to 6uy Your Xmas Gift Abtadt Inst. Co. (In Craneer's) 1210 0 St. EDUCATION SERVICE HANDLES TEACHERS (onllnnrd from Tag-p I. the department of educational ser vice comments that this may be at tributed to the fact that most of the agricultural men employed re ceive a large percent of their sal aries from the federal government. The surplus of teachers has little effect upon the 'salaries, as both English and history teaching posi tions, for which there is the great est surplus, offered better than for music and normal training, for which there is the greatest short age. In addition to educational re quirements and previous teaching experience as qualifications for teachers, sex and religiotw affilia tion were often demanded. Ability conduct extra-curricular activi ties as band or glee club was re quested by a large number of schools. In calls for college teachers, a degree of master of arts was most desired. Eighty-seven college calls required an A.M. degree, 38 an A.B., and 12 a Ph.D. College teaching positions with a Ph.D. de gree offered, on an average, J2.6S5. with an A.M. degree $2,422, and with an A.B. degree $1,404. FIFTY-NINE NUMERALS FOR FR0SH FOOTBALL ConUnurd from I'l&ar 1. picked team of the league members defeated the first string. 6 to 0." The list of men winning nu merals: Jerry Adam's, riattsmouth; Wil liam Baker, Woodbine, la.; How Downey, Omaha; Loren Brown, Holdrege; Ben Bloch, Omaha: Judd Brenton, Villisca, la.; Max Coe. Wakefield; Clifford Carter, Hebron; Wayne Cronn, Lincoln; Harold Domcy, North Platte; Ray Engelhorn, Wagner, S. D.; Walter Einspahr. Enders; .Lowell Ftants, Holmesville; William -Gadegen, Bushnell; Donald Gray, Vavaina, La.; Larsen Howland, Hastings; Wesley Hunenfeld, Aurora; Russell HugheB, Albion; Darrel Hlnkle, Falls City; James Gilbert, Omaha; Elmer Hubka, Virginia; Clarence Hoffman, Enyder; Stephen Hokuf, Crete; Billy Howard. Aurora; Rob ert Hunt, Scottsbluff; Rollin Jen Townscnd portrait photographer-Ad Typewriters For Rent all atandart makca special rata te tudenta tar kn Iwra. l'ed niachlnas portubU typcwrltara monthly payment. Nebraska Typewriter Co. 1232 O St. B-2157 81 For. Tne Xmas Season are showing a ele-tion of rift aua-awiitiona that will rw priaed highly Xmaa morning. And don't foraet we run an vil you aa tt "His" favorlta cinnr. and the choicest candy for "Her." . PILLERS PRESCRIPTION 1 PHARMACY B4421 16th and O St.. kins, Holdrege; Roscos Kroegr, Grand Island; John Kerlakedes, Lincoln; Leo Kaveny, Cambridge; Charles McDonald, Lincoln; Kvan Moses, Trenton; Fred Meredith, St Edward; Robert Manley, Hold- Tsmaa Mllnft. flraWfOrd 1 GOf- don Nuernberger, Waketield; Dale Peregrine, Grant; Marvin j-bui, tv,ntit Howard Peery. Craw ford; Harold Pets, Nelson; Arthur Perry, Lincoln; Hugh Rhea, Arling ton; Everett Rockhold, Robinson. Kas.; Lewis Stofer. Handla, Kas.; Melvln Ewanson, Kimball; Gerald Schick, Curtis; Donald Shaffer, Llncolu; Glen Staats, Cedar Bluffs; Edward Strayer, rallsade; Ralph Schlienti, North Platte; Er Watunn Pierce: eGorge Whit- tier, Holdrege; Wilber Walte, Loup City; Steven watains, uncom; Herbert Yost, Harvard; Robert Yost, Harvard. DECEMBER ISSUE OF ALUMNUS IS PRINTED Continued from Pa 1. Paul A. Bents' work of codtrying the canal xone laws; and Helen Sawyer's work as manager of Col umbus, Ohio, tea rooms and bake shops. Review of Last Meeting A review of the last alumni meeting Is given in which the sub jects of a new engineering build ing, professors salaries, aortuitor- les. Junior colleges, and alumni scholarship's were discussed. An article In alumni affairs tells of the origin of the "victory bell" which Is used as a trophy between the Universities ot Nebraska and Missouri. Mr. Charles H. True, '98. tells how the bell originally be longed to the Delta Tau Delta fra ternity but was stolen by mem bers of Phi Delta Theta. "Now the D. T. D.'s have a large bell at the too o ftheir house," related Mr. True, "which they ring with great frequency, so. to get revenge five of us went over early this a, m. with a ladder, hatchet, comforter and all sorts of tools. We detached the bell and made good our escape." HUSKERS MEET SOUTH DAKOTA IN CAGE MEET Continued From Pafr 1. out of condition and need practice in handling the ball, but will soon reach the peak of condition which is being enjoyed by the rest of the squad." stated Black. The South Dakota State gamo oa Thursday night is heralded as a tough contest although no dope can be had on the recent success of the South Dakota aggregation. The of ficials of the gama will be Sproul of Kansas, and Browne of Lincoln. One dollar Is the price of single ad missions without student associa tion tickeU. The starting whistle will be at 8 o'clock. This will mark the first game ot the season, and theflrst game in the Coliseum un der three giant flood lights. the best marcels are at Thompson Beauty Parlor B-2796 219 No. 12th Gulf of Mexico Used to Cross Western Plains Did the Gulf of Mexico once x. tend across western Oklahoma ami Kansas to connect with the Artie ocean? Geologist say that it mA nnd what is more, they can prov it. Since 1853 when Jules Maroou. the Swiss geologist who accom ranled the military expedition to trace a posh! Die route for a rail, to the Paclflo coast, found oyster shells away out on the red bed plains near the head of itnt-nit. creek, in what Is now Custer county, Oklahoma, many geologic have speculated as to how thesa fossils got there. These oystr shells have no business to be when they are. They belong to an . known as tho Cretaclous, much younger than the red beds which are Permian. They are fossils very much like the oyster shells round In Chesapeake bay today. How did these sea shells get on the western plains of Oklahoma? Find Oyster Shells In 1901, Charles X. Gould, vim accompanied the first geological party sent out by the old Oklahoma territorial geological and natural history survey, found these o:er shell beds and mapped them, and from time to time other geologisti have noticed them. But uol until the past year has the theory of their occurrence been fully worked out. Dr. Fred M. Dullard, a gradtiat of the University of Oklahoma now of the department of gisolorr at the University of Texas, lms jutt published a full report on the whole subject as Bulletin 47 of the Ok la homa geological survey, entitled, "Lower Cretaclous of Western Ok lahoma." This report was Doctor Bullard'a thesis for his doctor's de gree which was conferred by the Lniverslty of Michigan last June. Copies of the bulletin have Just been received from the printer and are now available for distribution by the survey. Doctor Bullard made a careful study of the shell beds and their present locations and conditions and gives detail discussions ot his ideas regarding the geolozical his tory of the area. Including the time It w-as under the sea. the later up lifts, and the general erosion of most of the shell bed formations from western Oklahoma so that In many sections only small, scattered remnants remain of what is be lieved to hare been at one time a fairly thick ledge of shedd lime stone over most of the western pail of CUlahoma. What do with X LI L cnac W(M Spot? an o 33367 VARSITY y- '"I ROY CLEANERS AND DYERS ALL DRESSED UP- and do place to go. They wouldn't let him in anyway unless he was care ful about the rest of his appearance. He should see Mogul Barbers 127 No. 12th FOR ana Oportmg Gooes 0 Lincoln Oporf ins Goods Co. 110 North 13th Street What Shakespeare says about Coca-Cola i i'iri I KM BUST mrr I S) m " M Wicious end J&freehinJ jr ui am rn. umm i "The hand that hath made you fair hath made you good" Obviously, the Dolce sxacx the lady oot Cocs-Cd. Dot why brhxg that cp? Thtns'stsa It fcfe plsia UttMsd StmtoMaiywtgsti XT HAD TO BE GOOD TO GET T7XH2H XT X3