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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1929
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THE GETAWAY
. "Th art or boxing is dead; what the public
wants is knockouts." This has been the condemna
tion which has been levelled, upon the pugilistic
8 port. But the dictum of the padded ring has spread
further than the limits of an open-air arena, a
sporting club, or a gymnasium, it has filtered in
Home degree at least to every phase of human ac
tivity, and, fallacious or true, it has at sometime or
other been applied to editorial endeavors of news
papers. The Daily Nebraskan, today, starts a flight that
is destined 'to continue for a semester. New hands
are on the controls, new thoughts are laboring to
pick a, route that can be'succesafully navigated. The
cargo of editorial views and purposes must not be
made too burdensome, for far better be the flight
that is entirely successful from the original flying
field, than the one which necessitates Jettison of
hastily-conceived Ideas and editorial aims, and a
disastrous landing.
The relationship of the demand for knockouts
to the editorial policy of newspapers Is evident.
When a new or revamped staff assumes the tasks
of producing the paper which represents the sen
timent of University of Nebraska students, and
which attempts to gather the news of the campus
and interpret it in the light of student thought,
there is a certain amount of expectancy which ac
companies the declaration of editorial policy. There
Is a tendency at least, to expect the spectacular,
the radical, and the revolting stand. There is almost
a wish in the hearts of many that the printed organ
of student thought will give vent to militant opin
ions, and stuck everything that shows flaws.
"What the public wants Is knockouts." But there
will be none. '
It Is difficult to speculate upon the holdings of
the future of subjects for editorial discussion. It Is
Impossible to spot the air pockets, the currents, and
the storm areas in the clouds which demand careful
piloting. Aviators are Instructed in the fundamen
tals of flying a plane, and once in the air, must
be observant and cautious. They must meet what
comes, steer around the obstacle if time permits
and courage is lacking, or side-slip into a calmer
area.
Certainly the first duty of the Nebraskan this
semester shall be to catch up well-spun thread of
editorial comment of the past few months. Neces
sarily, some of the editorial aims and purposes must
be pirated. To labor for a greater university con
sciousness is the general premise upon which all
cases will be presented. Students must realize in
the Irst instance that they are students, and that
they are one of the most important constituents of
a citizen body, and that the corner of manhood and
womanhood is not far away. They must grasp the
conception of college life as one of the most im
portant stages in human development.
The second realization must be that all student
activities are to be interpreted In light of the gen
eral welfare and Interest of all. This is the ground
work for editorial discussion of the affairs that are
traceable directly to students and student activity.
The University of Nebraska looks to the people of
the state, and the citizens of the state are inter
ested vitally in the University. Everything that
takes form in this great institution has some rela
tionship and bearing upon the people of Nebraska.
The student must discern this hook-up with
others. He- must see that even the most insignifi
cant of his activities in the University of Nebraska
strike harder and are grounded outside his own
group.
During the course of the semester are countless
subjects coming to the surface jo be debated upon,
and to be decided upon. Many of them are of trivial
nature, others ery vital. With, the start of the
second semester, the slate has been fairly well
sponged off, but no doubt there will be revivals of
editorial discussion on those subjects which have
occupied attention.
The tone and tempo of the editorial voice of
the Nebraskan during the coming semester will be
moderate, though at all times there will be the pos
sibility of variation. Problems will be dealt with
as they arise, and at no time will situations be fab
ricated simply for their services as editorial fodder.
Readers of the paper will not be forced to resort to
car muffling tactics for fear of an editorial thunder-,
clap.
- Editorial influence is in direct ratio to the
liouwty and frankness with which opinions are ex
pressed. It the Nebraskan can shed light upon
University problems and subjects, students will find
their own way. If the Nebraskan can aid in the
kv?lopment of a rugged independence and self
r?rimce v. Ithout radicalism, and if it can help cr.V
a type of student body which tslnks deeply and
well all problems within its range, then its
mission will have been worth while.
Some instructors posted their grades for the
st semester. Others waited until the first of the
'i to see who re-ieglstered for their courses.
SHAKE, FELLOW 1
r graduation and midyear registration
! its coining to the University of Ne-
' cf tie Insignificant aannr.ta of unl
'' the student that has already been
! : j the activities and duties of attend-
j ' f f'i comparatively email number
j ullghled In recognition from
the remainder of the students because it does come
at an unattractive time of year. There Is no eplrlt
that portends the conclusion of college life, and for
mal rites are reduced to a few routine duties. The
hundred dxty-seven degrees that were granted from
the various colleges of the University a few days
agq were no less important than those which will
be granted in the spring. To the graduates they
mean Just as much.
Absence of that three-day milling process of
registration in the fall, and the great influx of new
students who have chosen the University of Ne
braska as their alma mater. The students who are
already at the institution have formed friendships,
contacts, and have become parts of the gigantic
picture of a mid-western university.
There Is no campus taking on the aspects of
fall golden brown leaves, students with a coat of
tan that is three months thick, or the hurry and
bustle that typifies the first few weeks of school.
Football Is but a memory now. Students entering
the University for the first time might Interpret
this as a cold.hard-hearted attitude toward them.
Rather than this attitude, the hand of welcome Is
Just as warm, and the grip Just as sincere, for the
new student, as though he came In September.
A STUDENT LOOKS
AT PUBLIC AFFAIRS
By David Fsllman
It is a bit difficult to reconcile the need for
new text books and the desire to buy a ticket for
the lnterfraternity ball.
THE INVESTIGATION
Appointment of a special committee of three
from tho Nebraska state senate by the lieutenant
governor last week, to investigate for a possible
seepage of propaganda from the power companies
into the University of Nebraska, has attracted con
siderable attention since the inception in the sen
ate of the resolution asking for the investigation.
Senator McGowan of Madison county, Senator
Jeary of Lancaster, and Senator Frush of Saunders
have been designated as the investigating commit
tee. It was declared Monday, that the progress of
the investigation would be postponed until the latter
part of this week.
Following the introduction of the resolution in
the senate. University of Nebraska officials went
on record as favoring the Investigation for activities
of the power Interests within the University. They
have literally spread the cards upon the table, and
the senate investigating committee has been en
couraged to follow up the careful scrutiny which
has been suggested. There has been a welcome,
not a rebuff.
On the other hand, It is gratifying to under
stand that the legislative bodies of the state are
interested in the affairs of the University. Rather
than a cantankerous outburst of opinion and 111
concepted investigation, the present situation is that
of an interested legislative Investigation encouraged
and welcomed by the University.
One of the nicer things about a new semester
is that nobody has guilty conscience about some
back reading that ought to be done.
Where is the student who doesn't find some
grounds for complaint? Mouday, at noon, there was
a harangue about instructors holding their classes
for the full hour.
It is a real optimist who thumbs through the
calendar this early in the game, forecasting a pleas
ant spring vacation.
And after it Is all over, the student wonders
if all those examination papers were really read.
ANOTHER POINT OF VIEW
THE ETHICS OF EDUCATION
It is an excellent thing that Chancellor Burnett,
the state senate, and the people of Nebraska all
Join together in welcoming the proposed investiga
tion of the propaganda activities of the power com
panies in the University of Nebraska. The univer
sity deserves, if the implications contained in the
testimony of Horace Davis before the federal trade
commission the other day are not true, and if the
rumors which have been current long before this
testimony was given are not true, to have the fal
sity of the charges proved and to receive, not only
officially, but popularly, a clean bill of health. And
if the charges should be true, and the implications,
it is high time that the harm were headed off, and
the university faculty cleaned up.
As the case stands now, before the investigat
ing committee of the state senate has begun its
work, the admitted facts seem to be theso:
The dean of the college of engineering collabo
rated with the representative of the power com
panies in arranging a series of lectures for the en
gineering studnts, given by public utility men, in
cluding the since well known Mr. Insull of Illinois,
on the management of public utilities. There were
five of the lectures, one a month, covering a half
a year, and they were delivered to all of the stu
dents of the college of engineering at what Dean
Ferguson called "an engineering convocation."
There was, It seems, also some co-operation be
tween a1 university professor and the representative
of the power companies relative to the publication
of a book which the professor was writing on public
utilities. Mr. Davis, representing the power com
panies, seems to have boasted that he had the pro
fessor going his way. The professor may have had
another notion. This episode will be more clear, let
us hope, after the investigation.
Without the facts ever having been clearly pub
lished, It was well known that, during the bicker
ings over the selection of a new chancellor at the
university to succeed Chancellor Avery two years
ago, the , power companies evidenced a decidedly
more than academic Interest in the choice. '
Public institutions, even such academic institu
tions as universities, are "In politics," and to be
"in politics," it is sad to say, invites public sus
picion and distrust. If the University of Nebraska
suffers, either because of the revelations made be
fore the federal trade commission or from those
which will be msde before the senate investigating
committee, it will be because the university Is sup
posed to maintain the Ideals of the commonwealth.
The university is supposed, to be idealistic, no mat
ter how "practical" the rest of the current world
may be. This age of men, willing perhaps to wink
an eye at ethics when ethics clashes with econom
ics in its dally business life, still Insists 'Upon ethics
of the strictest character, in its academic institu
tions. It will generously permit propaganda, of the
business sort, everywhere else in its life and its
institutions, but it recoils from propaganda in Its
school" at least unless that propaganda is of the
kind It pleases to call moral. That for years it wel
6omed the most Insistent kind of propaganda in the
schools against alcohol Is no excuse. This propa
ganda bore the stamp of moral. j
Omaha World-Herald
At this start of the new semes
ter It is well to consider the words
of Charles Evans Hughes, who re
cently expressed his opinion on
one of the most Important prob
lems confronting the college stu
dent. Speaking at an alumni ban
quet given at Brown university,
this eminent American discussed
the much-discussed subject of col
lege activities. "College activities,"
he said, "lend but small encourage
ment to the cultural processes of
quiet and reflection. Large num
bers of students with little appre
ciation of the true advantages of
the college tend to conventionalize
habits and nut upon those who
would have higher alms the curse
of eccentricity Personally I
think that the discipline of life
outBlde would be much better for
many who are In college than the
laxity Induced by certain college
associations It should not be
forgotten that the college is an
educational Institution, not a mere
social club with certain despised
requirements. Those who are not
disposed to make good use of the
college years would be better off
elsewhere. Those who are at pres
ent planning their careers in this
university should weign tnese
words carefully.
Glenn Frank, brilliant president
of Wisconsin university, names the
following as the world's seven
fears :
"Fear that the white race is re
producing its worst element fast
est; "Fear of being dominated by
crowd thinking;
"Fear of the industrial revolu
tion destroying itself;
"Fear that democracy Is not the
most efficient form of government;
"Fear civilization moves in cy
cles, and the Western civilization
is approaching its downfall;
"Fear our institutions are becom
ing so big and so complicated that
we are unable . to train men to
handle them;
"Fear that the present genera
tion has renounced allegiance to
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Soon after the publication of
this statement, Chief Justice Wil
liam H. Taft, of the United States
supreme court, said the following
about that phenomenon in our na
tional life which he considers its
worst element. "It is difficult to
describe .precisely, but It may be
understood when I characterize it
as the materialistic philosophy
which places wealth and worldly
success ahead of every other con
sideration in life."
One of our state senators has in
troduced a bill that would raise
the barber college to the same
scholastic position that our univer
sities are enjoying. The bill pro
vides that no tonsorlal hail of
learning shall accept any student
who has not completed four years
of high school work. It also pro
vides that the professors In these
institutions shall have Ph.D. s or
M.A.'s, before they are qualified
to teach their art, or the equiva
lent of such a degree, from col
leges and universities of recog
nized standing. This bill, If en
acted into law by the state legis
lature, will be a substantial con
tribution to the culture of the
state, &ai to the quality of the
halr-trlms that its citizens will
thereafter be displaying. We hum
bly suggest that the legislature add
to the qualifications of the barter
ing instructors the degree of Doc
tor of Medicine, with special work
in skin and scalp treatment.
The morning paper brought
news of a few events that tteserve
at least passing mention at this
time. For one thfng, Charles A.
Sorensen, the attorney-general of
the state, has announced, in a very
vigorous letter to the chief of po
lice of Omaha, that if he doesn't
close certain gambling dens In
Omaha, the police power of the
state would be used to accomplish
that end. The chief of police has
Issued a statement denying the
general Import of the attorney
general's statement, asserting that
Omaha is a very well policed town,
and is very orderly, and that such
places as Sorensen indicated in
his letter will be taken care of
right away. The lettr- of the chief
law-enforcing agent of the state
has created a great furore, how.
ever, and we are all waiting to
see what will happen.
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