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NEBRASKAN W'ISDNESDAV, FEBRUARY 13, 1929 twa THE DAILY J. ft v-r i n 1 1 1 MM I 1 I I I The Daily Nebraskan Station A. Lincoln, Nbrik OFFICIAL PUBLICATION UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA Under direction of the Student Publication Doard TWENTY-EIQHTH YEAR Publlihed Timday, Wednesday, Tliureday, Friday and Sunday mornlnge during the academic year Editorial Office Unlvenlty Hall 4, Buelntaa Office Unlvenlty Hall 4A. Offlca Hourt Editorial Staff, 3:00 to 6100 except Friday and Sunday. Builntu Staffi 1:00 to 4:00 afternoone xcept Friday and Sunday. . Telephone Editorial: 8.6891, No. 142) Butlneii: B.8891, No. 77 Night B-6M2. Entered aa second. cU matter at the poetofflee In Lincoln, Nebraeka, under act of Congreae, March 3, 1179, and at epeclal rate of poitago provided for In aectlon 1103. let of October 3, 19t7, authorlied January 20, 1922. SUBSCRIPTION RATI tingle Copy S cente 92 a year S1.2S a eemeeter DEAN HAMMOND EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Maurice W. Konkel Associate Editor MANAOINQ EDITORS W. Joyce Ayrca Cliff P. Sandahl NEWS EDITORS Ilarl Andersen Jftck Elllott LMgar Backus William McCleory Don Carlson Geno nobb CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Maurice Akin Kenneth Lewis Vernon Ketrlnc William McCleery Aobert LaJng Gen0 Kobb Douglas Tliunierman MILTON McQRW BUSINESS MANAGER ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGERS WJllltm Kearns Marshall Fltzcr Lyman Cass WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? Dormitories? Deferred pledging? These con stitute the subject matter of two of the Important pleccB of legislation In the offing for tho Nebraska sUte legislature this BeEslon. Statistics compiled in the respective offices of the dean of women and the dean of student affairs since the discussion of ihe proposed second year pledging bill in tho com mittee on, education last Thursday, aro a revelation of the actual housing situation that faces the Uni versity of Nebraska and stares Unlvorsity students lull in the face. In, November of the past year, there were 1110 freshman men registered in tho University of Ne braska. Thirty percent of this number aro estimated to have been making their homes with parents or relatives in Lincoln. This left a total of 7S0 fresh man male students who were forced to seek places of residence in the city, as facilities might afford. From tho office of the dean of women come the tabulations which show that there was a total of 696 freshmen women registered in tho Unlvorsity of Nebraska during the past semoster of the year, of which number only 289 resided with parents or relatives in the cily proper. This left a total of 410 freshman girls entering the University of their own resources to establish residence In the city of Lin coln. These figures mean that a grand total of H90 freshman students, the vast proportion of which were unfamiliar with Lincoln, secured rooms, estab lished themselves In boarding houses, pledged frat ernities or sororities, or secured residence in tho Inadequate dormitories already established on the Nebraska campus. Figures do not He, so tho saying goes. But tho statistics mean far more than this. Nearly 1200 students, young men and women fresh from the high schools of tho state, coining from fine Nebraska farm homes, from small towns of the state, or from tho small cities, woro mot in Lincoln with a University that had virtually nothing to offer in the way of a dormitory system. There aro fine buildings, and fine classrooms, but what do they mean without a desirable place for a boy or grl to live, to rtudy, and to rest? It has meant that cither incoming freshmen must pledge sororities or frat ernities, or must trust to lady luck to secure a room which would be even in a small way sonicable to tho student who must study and be surrounded by a wholesome atmosphere, and in which to absorb that education for which parents are sacrificing. The distressing thing is that there are few such rooms within the fathom of tho student pochotbook. Fraternities and sororities, from whom the power to pledge a portion of these first year men and women will be taken, if tho present deferred pledging bill is written into the statutes, have como to the aid of the freshmen who arrive in Lincoln and are at the mercy of rooming houses who look at student housing from a cold.commercial point of view. Fraternities and sororities, the first semester of this year, have taken Into their houses 235 fresh man male studonts and 111 women students. This makes a meager total of 346 freshmen, out of a pos sible 1100, that have secured desirable rooming fa cilities. What of the remaining 841 freshmen each year? There have been no adequate dormitories, desirable homc-llko rooms aro at a premium, far out In tho city, and scattered to the four winds. Fraternities and sororities are not scowling at the deferred pledg ing bill from the selfish position. They have taken but a comparatively small portion of the Incoming freshmen. Their stand is that of a bonofactor of the freshmen influx, because they havo provided wholesome rooming facilities for at least a portion of the students. If the deferred pledging bill becomes a law, ap proximately three hundred fifty more freshmen will be thrown out to search for sultablo rooms which cannot be found. If thoro were dormitories, and ade quate dormitories for the incoming freshman class, fraternities and sororities would be among the first to flock to the standard of a deferred pledging pro posal. But there are no dormitories of the proportions to accommodate any significant number of freshman students. Where are they going? An Indian grindstone has been donated to the museum. This is among the first bits of Informa tion that Indians went to college years ago. BETWEEN TWO FIRES Continuation of the attempt to reproduce the best of undergraduate humor was exhibited yester day in the appearance of the first number of the Awgwan under the now editorial and business staff. Changes in typography, caitoons, and features arc always expected with the inception of a new staff of workers. But the college student who is anxious to see publicity given to some of the less serious aspect, Of college life, Investigates deeper than the uere Kocb&alcal changes that a comic magasine uadersjeefl. Htier Bsgaslses are read for their humor con teat, and the college youth seldom finds a Joke that wJU cause him to wince or blink his eyes. Iteallr.v tie that humor tuagailnts arc not absolutely typi cnl of tho truo aspects of collego llfo raroly causes tho student to riso tip and complain about tho char-ncter-of the Jokes that are contained lu tho publi cation. It li this realization and understanding among studonts thomsolves that Is really detrimen tal to tho humor mntrazlne. Studonts know that tho things portrayed aro Hot typical, and they take for granted that everyone olso should know that many of the situations aro false. Consequently, tho maga zine filters out Into tho noucollego group, and the Impression of college llfo as a farco and continual round of hilarity and nousenso Is bred and nour ished. Who suffers? Tho editorial staff of the humor magazluo then, must bear the heavy burdeu of maintaining a posi tion between the two files. Collego studonts demand tho spicy, the snappy, and tho novel, In their cam pus humor publication. The public Is quick to frown nnd condemn If the magazine approaches any stage of supgcstlvcnoss whatever. Tho editor tiion must keep his magazine from the ash can by choos ing such facetious material as possosses llfo nnd virility, and must steor clear of the socond flro of public opinion which criticises anything that bor ders upon tliB nicy, salacious Joke. That Is responsibility. LEGISLATIVE HIGHLIGHTS Five Dollars for Books. Reaction to Primary. Governor Weaver Vetoes. Bank Problom Perplexes, BY BOB KELLY 1'orhaps after another fifty years the trees that are planted In front of Ellen Smith hall will bo largo enough to cut down again. DIFFERENT PROBLEMS House Holl ITS, which Is before the house of representatives committee on constitutional amend ments at the present time would transfer tho duties that are now taken care of by the board of regents of tho University of Nebraska to u state board of education. Tho bill, which is sponsored by Stalo Represen tative Hovis eX Dawson county, would abolish tho board of regents of the University and the state normal board and set up in the place of these two bodies a state board of education consisting of six mombers, one to be elected from each congressional district with tho state superintendent a member of the board by virtue of his office. The problem or consolidating the duties of the board of regents and tho state normal board brings to light the difficulties that such a state board would encounter. Because the state normals of Nebraska and tho University of Nebraska are maintained by taxpayers of the state, and because they are state institutions In the first Instant, does not prove that the problems which confront one will be the same identical problems which confront the other. Divided attention is imi'i-ssarily going to be one of the greatest objections to such a system. The regents of the University of Nebraska havo a multiplicity of duties that pertain directly to the University. Theirs Is a task which calls for tho closest contact to the institution which they aro serving. In the same manner, the state normal board encounters those problems which are strictly In their own category. An elective stalo board of education with tho Incentive that would naturally be given by a choice salary would place the election of that board in tho field of politics pure and simple. It would become the object of attainment because of the salary In ducement and not because of Intense interest in tho institutions of the state and the work which they are doing. There is no more mystery, oue yesterday. The Awgwan came From the looks of the scoring; column, Nebraska played Churchill instead of Oklahoma the other night. ANOTHER POINT OF VIEW Id it unreasonable for tho IpkIs laturo to renuliu country school districts to spend at least five dol ors a year for a permanent 11 brary? That was tho quustion thu houso discussed yesterday and do olded that it was not. Tho bill, which was advanced tor third read inc. provides that tho school dls tiict shall spend flvo dollars for each teacher it employs. Tho leclslaturo lias always look' od raather kindly upon the public richools building up their libraries. A bill similar to this one was pas sod some years ago but was mado Ineffective by later amondment which made tho purchase of books optional with tho school boards. Uno of the first thlim the Ieglsla turo did In connection with estab llshlnK thu University was to pro vino that tho matriculation fees should be used for the building up of a library. A reaction to the enthusiasm for , the extension of tho direct primary Is noted in tho uctlon of tho sen ate in advancing the Criswold bill to third reading. Tho bill provides that tho national committeemen and delegates to the national con volitions shall be chosen by state conventions of tho parties ratltor than by direct primary as 13 the case under the present law. Tho bill also proposes a uniform date for tho holding of primary elections regardless of presidential years and provides that tho state conventions shall bo held befbro tho primary. Under the terras of the bill tho presidential preference vote would bo done away with. Nebraska was ono of the first slates to pass direct primary legis lation. Following the lead of Wis consin and Oregon, Nebraska in 1907 first introduced the direct primary and has had a rather pecu liar presidential primary in that the delegates to tho conventions nre chosen nt thu primary and nt the same time tho peoplo express their preference for president Governor Weaver voiced his dis approval of an act of the legisla ture in a message he sent to tho houso Monday afternoon. Tlio bill that ho vetoed would permit the railroads to issue passes to lawy ers and physicians who are part time employes of tho railroad. Gov ernor Weaver said that ho con sidered It class legislation and un justified, it Is possible that ho sees in it an effort of the railroads to curb tho flood of adverse decisions ut Uie hands of the courts. Tho fight of tho bank guaranty law wages merrily along. As yet neither house hns enacted or even considered any bills on tho matter. The Joint committees on the bank ing met Monday night in the house chamber 10 hear a discussion of proposed legislation. Tho mooting was called principally to hear tho opinion 01 the deposits of de funct banks. The senate, in a resolution pas ted last wr li, naked the governor to appoint 11 commission to invest igate tho work of the guaranty commission and to study tho sit uation. It is possible that a special session will como out of this bank muddle. The houEe Judiciary committee meeting this week. The bill creates a Judicial council composed of the chief Justice, attorney general, chairman of the senate and the house Judiciary, ono associate Jus tice, three districts judges and two This bill Is Important because Typewriter Fo? Rent All iUnderd mk pclJ rat t term. ua for lone porUbU typewriter DEAN SHERMAN'S SUCCESSOR Dean L. A. Sherman, after forty-seven years of sorvlce, is to retire as the active head of the Eng lish department at the state university. Tho length of his tenure has been enough to mark his as an memoem of tho stute bar assocla extraordinary career. What makes it the more ex- Hon to study Judicial systems and inordinary is that for almost a half contury ho has I to organize a bureau of criminal . ..... , u statistics lor study of crimo and Dcea, anu ami ruuiiuuu, a iiiuiiuei mm a. new mouiuu pryycnj0jj to racintatc uie stuuy anu appreciation ui cubiibu lltoraturc. Hostilo critics have dismissed it as arithmetic and algebra and calculus as aids to the, ffcj PyilftOO 3 writing and understanding of English, but the good V Ll A lWC0 ( professor lias held tenaciously to his method, un-j Permit eaving you cannot afford daunted by Its slow progress outside Nebraska. Jlo- j J t0 ov",ooll . ) gardless however of his hobby, Dr. Sherman has j : Temple Cafeteria. impressed his students as a sound scholar and an j -......................i Inspiring teacher, a gentleman 01 rennemeni anu culture who has presided with dignity over tho uni versity's most Important department. It is this fact that the department of English Is tho university's most important department, with between 4,000 and 5,000 registrations annually that should seriously Impress Chancellor Burnett and the regents when they set about finding Dean Sherman's successor. This Is a post for which no second or third rate man can qualify. It calls for an educator of sound scholarship, of ripened culture, of vision and sympathy and understanding. Chancellor Burnett has spoken wisely and bravely of the worth of a professor of tho univer sity's pressing need for competent and able men j on Its teaching staff. Ho has manifested, in tho short time ho has been chancellor, a lively doslre to savo the university from intellectual and spiritual bankruptcy. Alumni and students will look to him hopefully, therefore, for wise and disinterested lead ership at this Juncture; for a leadership that will rise above Intramural politics and faction in the search for an outstanding man, one who will be able to command the respect of his staff and his Intelligent students, as Dean Sherman' ssuccessor. Omaha World-Herald tudenta machines monthly payment. Nebraska Typewriter Co. 1232 O St. B-2157 MISTER, PROFESSOR OR DOCTOR? The error of addressing all from professor to assistant with the title of doctor, or perhaps pro fessor, Is one which is very prevalent on the cam pus, and which with a little thought might be done away with. In the first place, all teachers are not neces sarily professors, and many do not hold the doctor's degree. It would take only a few minutes perusal of the university catalogue to determine Just who Is to be addressed with the simple mister, and who should be called professor. Some persons deliberately use the wrong prefix to a name, with the idea that a B.A., would feel flattered at being called doctor, or an Instructor dignified with professor. But with a sane man It would be much more a matter of policy to trouble oneself to learn the correct manner of address. It may seem a small thing to speak to a man by the wrong title for after all titles amount to' Utile. Yet It Is an Inaccuracy, and who can Justify one of these?' Louttfana Reveille Colored and Plain Crushers In All Colors Grey Tan Black Green White Red Blue - Sand 15? RIDNOUR'S 10th and O St. It Is a recognition of tho fact that thoro is something wrong In our Judlclnl system, Tho fault may not bo 'peculiarly with Nebraska sys tem. Tho fault may not bo peculiar ly with Nobraska system but with tho syatom In tho United States. Both houses suspended tho re gular business long enough Tues day to pay a trlbuto to the mem ory of Abraham Lincoln. STUDENTS ARE CONTENT AFTER AWGWAN RE VEALS IDENTITY OF 'MYSTERY MAN' Continued from Vtxgt I, appropriately ends with an adver tisement of cigarettes they steady the nerves! Douglas Tlmmermnn, editor of the Awgwan has proparcd a com plcto list of tho editorial staff as follows: Warren Chiles, Marguerite Dan lelBon, William Daughorty, Lowell Davis. Margaret Day, Virginia Faulkner, La Sollo Oilman, Neal Oomon, Margaret Kotrlng, Robert I.alng, Jack Lowe, Raymond Mur ray, Gordon Roberts, Roger Rob inson, Kiorenco Seward, Elmont Walte, Mercedes Wochner. The nrt staff Includes: Arch Powell, director: James Pickering, Gcno Allen, Catherine Ashford, Robert Bundy, Helen Chaso. Ray Crabtreo, Lee Daniels, 13. Fager berg, I.a Sello Oilman, Margaret Kelrlng, Milton Reynolds, Roger Robinson, Frank Roehl, N. D. Van Natta. Jim Whltaker, Don Whltty. Tho business staff Is composed of William Baker, lidwln Faulkner and Rogor Wllkersou. Cornhuskcr I'iclures SINGER WITH CHICAGO OPERA COMPANY FOL LOWS A BUSY PROFES SIONAL LIFE Continued from I'mr I IVrdncHiIuj, Febniurr neta SlEinu PI Awe-wan Staff J.'Jw Ually Munuaan limine" Tliurwlny, I'rlinury II Catholic Fludunts Irhlnii Illni-a Dairy Wuh I'iIiImj, IVhrnary IS A. 1. K. H "V clnl Octet .. .12:00 .UilC .13130 12:00 ...lt!l .. .13130 ...13:00 . . .1 1: IB ...13:30 larger countries of that continent on many occasions. After Ilackott's first conquost of South America, he returned to Europe to scoro further successes and appeared on tho most famous singes or Italy. France. Oetmny, England and other countries. Ho was particularly In demand for gala performances arranged : o r high dignitaries thruout Luropo and post war. music hungry audi ences everywhere extended him a warm welcome. War Influences Plans. America, also emerging from the war. found tho ranks of Its artists dtpleted and disorganized and one of the lirst recruits selected by tho Metropolitan Opera company of New York was Ilnckott, nn Ameri can who had won fame abroad be fore he had been acclaimed in his own land. Ills popularity In .New York was immediate and he sang thero lor three seasons before be ing brought to the Chicago opera 'Z is required of his. philosophy, all times on a scparato telephone and roport their Illness. Then tho iniirraary win seim out n university doctor Immediately. The students will havo their cholco of throe or four University physicians. "This Is tho only way In whlc'j froo medical attention can bo flveri Students sometimes havo tho opln! Ion that they can call In city physl. clans at tho University's expense but this is impossible." t ATTORNEYS FILE ANSWERS TO SUIT Answers to a suit to test the validity of the constitutional amendment changing Jurisdiction of tho state schools for the det at Omaha and for the blind at Ne braska City have boen filed in the stato supreme court. Attorneys for tho University of Nebraska Board Of Rogonts filed answers in supreme court to the mandamus action started to com-, pel the regents to assume Jurisdic tion, control, nnd management of the institutions for tho blind and deaf. Given Committee Position Prnf. A. A. Reed has been ap pointed a momber of tho committee for nomination of officers for the vnriii Central association of col leges and secondary schools. UNIVERSITY PLAYERS CONTINUE WEEK'S RUN Continued from r 1. Herbert Yonno, tho veteran actor zatlon Is again carrying the Isadlng In tho Unlvorsity Players organl mnsculino role, that of Mr. Her ford, the sculptor, by trade. The production has been further llnckftt maintains an apartment In Chicago and one In Milan for use during his freijuont engagements abroad, and .a villa on the Italian Riviera in which he spend the short .... i... thsi nnntlnnntis demand, for his appliances. He j improved by the scenic effect, pro is an enthusiastic follower of sports. l.J,": . Of his opera role, ho lasting , otfSu h nnces have reached a vast number, , mat of Faust more oiien i nan . .uy . . -- . k ... although ho Is still young in years other and considers u one 01 , ,b "Xi turdav matinee. Tickets and youthful In appearance. favorl.es sinco It has brought Mm special Saturday akt Etmpnet in en i n iv nt'riiu uuiuuca - - ..... Gets Early Recognition. Hackctt was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, and educated in Boston, where he sang several years as a soloist in church choirs. One day he appeared with a con cert in Providence, Rhode Island, in which Lillian Nordlca was the principal figure. Tho praise he won from the audience and from Nor dlca herself encouraged him to seek wider fields and soon after ward he was engaged as a soloist in a largo New York church. His next opportunity came when he was engaged for a part in Verdi s "Requiem Mass," which was being sung at Carnegie Hall by Gluck, Homer, Wltherspoogn nnd other celebrities of the time. Even among these great artists, the voice of Hackett was singled out for comment and he was en couraged to set tho operatic stage as his goal. Soon afterward he went to Italy and after making phenome nal progress because of his alrecdy fine training, he made his debut in 1016, singing in "Meflstofele " In the opera at Genoa. His success In Genoa led to nn invitation from La Scala opera In Milan, to sing there and his first appearance there set a new mark in the colorful history of the opera, for ho sang the leading role In "Mignon," which had nover before been given at La Scala. Began To Appear Often From that time demands for his appearance began to become more numerous. He was first called to South America where, after appear ing with Caruso at the Colon theater in Buenos Aires, ho became a South American favorite and since has been engaged by the lead ing opera companies of all 1 lie throunut the western world. . DEAN LYMAN OUTLINES STUDENT CARE IN UNI VERSITY DISPENSARY AND INFIRMARY Coiiliniiril from I'uar I. occupancy. New furniture has been moved Into the llvinc quarters, nnd j new beds will be Installed this . week if possible. "If dormitories are rearranged according to the bill now herons the legislature we may have the houso next door west from tlio Infirmary I for a separate building In which to treat contagious diseases. 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