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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 24, 1929)
tiii HDv. ocronnn -i. int.. The Duly Ncbraskan (M kN I V -NINTH VKAR i Kfuiii i.iui. mi um oi Lba U ai vtrsil V ol N dtvsm toil uixiei in airscUuo ul Ins tttuttoat ruisuUiM vr luuraiiit dunuf ins cJajifl yuf wiib lilt ceuiu ol hluriy. Sloadsy. tad duruvg Ui vtrtuu vscsuub (wriuUa ol lb school fcUUoriaj Otfw.s Uuivrity tlstl 4. tll"i A UutiMtt attic - cmfiiy iA. tHiuo K. C'i(uT"uii uiiiiuu wjui. a tu p. m utU cpl YW) too tfuouy. ihuwms staff: I to p n dully o rxiy tnd Humisy llr(luu feAllluitaJ. ttofcil Ttuiia) J- cbtoitl sou foi luy fwsn inaiciain hits dprtroeot acir4 Aflat I p. ot caji ttonti it UJU I Lincoln Journtil tod tsk Cor Ntbraakaa uiior. KnlrJ t Mcood claaa waller at tea posiotfics in UuGuto. NaO, uaui act ol coins raaa. UicO 4, U7w. tod at ipciaj raia ol poiaa provided loi ta rtloo 1103. ad ol Oct. J. Ml. aulboruad Jta. JO. IM. Subscription rata, li par yaar; f l.itt par muss tar, auijcia copy 5 crnls . . S.0IT UH iN CHifc BUSINESS MANAUkN CLIFF F. IANOAHL i. M. PITIER , tdiloriai tuft Aaaurtata Kditor jocs Ayres sUnmt fcdilors KaIksi liaokua. 1m Roob. Ns toilora Uonaio Cariaua. Kobrrt Kiiy. WUllam aldlaary. tCugea klcKim. fUlmonl vaila. 8 porta editor Jack UlioU A Coveted Prize. To.Uv" "fonrrmpornry si-ntum-nt " p,ak lifhtlj very lightly f Phi H. ta Kappa. The author of that inlitorial was t-vi.L ntly rt-si-l for eopy, mid Kroum! out hi satiro fur want of anythinc lMtr. friitorials of that trry are fntfrtamine. nn.l arc valuahlf tor variety's nakf, but suh a mbj.-i-t i scarcely appropriate. It matters litt! that Phi Hot a Knppa was originally a drinking fraternity if it wan. Kik'ht now, ni'mbTNliip in that organization is K.-nerally eonsi.lerel an outstanding aehieve rnent in the collp- enreer of any student for tunate enough to attain it. And this despite the platitude that those able to make the neces nry gTad-s an- grinds. That judgment was perhapa originally pronouneed by some dis appointed and envious npirant who didn't have the Li linatU.n to lu iK-cuiuiall. There niicht be something to the state ment that any person of average tnmtnlity ean make Phi "Beta Kappa, providing he st ud ies hard enough and fon gots all other activity. H it the truth is that that type of student is srareely found any plaee.'nuieh less in Phi Beta Kappa. For the most part, the organ ization is made up of students who have had diversified interests. A Phi Beta Knppa key is sniffed at openly and admired secretly. It is safe to assume that ii.ro isn't a person in the university who would not be proud to possess one. A Sport ThaCt Seglvcted. The University of Nebraska athletic de partment sponsors intercollegiate football, bas ketball, track, baseball, swimming, wrestling and tennis but has left out of its list golf. Golf is one of the most popular sports fol lowed by the public of today. (Jolf is played by both the old and the young, the business man and the student. In the large tourna ments held in the country oach year youth is predominating. The college player is demand ing his place. Eastern and western universities have real ized that this sport is gradually taking hold of the students and have added golf to their list of athletics. They are providing for competi tion in this sport for those who desire it as well as in any other athletic contest. The students at Nebraska are showing the same interest as students of the other schools are but are not allowed the privilege uf inter school competition. fJolf is listed at the Uni versity of Nebraska as an intramural sport and has as many participants as any of the other sports. The links of Lincoln are filled with the students rlaying on thein and an active in terest is taken in the awarding of the plaque for this sport. The interest in this sport among students is bi-jh and the recognition of it us one of the most popular sports in the country has been acknowledged so v hy shouldn't ihe university place golf on the list of its intercollegiate sports and open again that field of sport in which a great number of students are ex treme? v interested? We Seed a Personnel Man. Recently a test was given Nebraska stu dents in a beginning journalism class over cur rent events which have taken plaec since the university closed last June. Questions were asked on important happenings of the day as well as on the identification of individuals prominent in state and national affairs. The results were astonishing. The highest grade received was 58 percent while the low est was 2 percent. Last year wrn a similar test was given the averages were practically the same. Such a situation is deplorable. The test concerned things which arc a part of our every day life and as such should be of vital interest to us. University students are the citizens and leaders of tomorrow. Neither a slate nor a na tion can expect much intelligent help or sup port from citizens who know nothing about contemporary affairs. Looking at the matter from another point of view we find the reu!t even more regret table. The class membership was for the most part comprised of "would be" journalists. These persons, planning to make the recording of the day's happenings, the activities of im portant personages, and all sundry things of current interest, their life work, by actual ex periment are shown to take no interest in thse matters. TThat is the trouble? Is it possible that these people have been mistaken in their choice of a career? In most cases the students would excuse themselves by saying they did not have time to read the papers and so acquaint them selves with these things. Northwestern university at Chicago has at lssst made an effort to prevent such a situa tion. On their faculty is a personnel ptycho!o gist whose duty is to assist the students in ad justing themselves to their environment. He prises tests which will show "h? students the proft-kiiioii he is best fitted for. and the amount uf work he run carry niici'wfully. These testa have been the work if scientific rtmar-h and have proved of great benefit to t'hieago atudeiita. If Nebraska could bouat of a personnel pay chnlogUt such a situation an wan uncovered in the new writing cliu would probably never arihc. Students whose interests or capacities did not permit them to be journalists would not be struggling with the course, and all would be allowed to take only the number of hours which they could handle ami still bsve time to read the' papers and familiarize them selves with the happening of the world about them. Nebraska need a personnel psychologist. l Echoes of JfJ METHODIST STUDENTS PLANJJNIQUE PICNIC Phi Tau Thcta and Kappa Phi Will Go to Auto Park Friday. Kaj Phi ami I'M Tau TUeta. organisation of young men and women, respectively, of tha Meth odist denomination on tha uni versity iaui'u. will trek to Auto park for a joint picnic Friday evening. Tha group will meet at the Velcy Foundation paraonitfa be. iween 3 and t I. M . where Iran- portallon will be arranged for the .'00 or mora atudenta who are es prrted to attend. Kntertalnmenl will conslnl of weird gypsy jaunt led by the Kev. and Mr. Fa well. (Sroupa will be subdivided Into the clan railed Sun Worshipper. Moonllghier I Mar Cazer and Pianvnid Hunter. 1 Kch of the clan wilt ba led on j a myHtery hike, to a common camp fire and song fest, by rlan j trailer carrying mnirm on wuim Ihe emblem of the clan la en acrihed. I'hlef sjHinsor of the picnic will be Wish Luvlcy Mill of the com mercial art department In teacher college. She will be asMMed by patroneMc Mis liertruds IJecra. and Mr. W. C. Fawell. Tha program corrw!ttee consist of J. Howard Brawn, chairman; Floy Kenenbarger; Irene Down lug: Paul Fae. Glen Feathers and Oivll Schevelr. The committee for lunch i Dorrlne Bailey, Myrtle Creen and John Rlemcr. A charce of twenty- flva cent will be made to defray expense j of the lunch. Latter from ra Otr ar cordially welcomed In this department and will b printed in " catea subject to the common nawpapr practice of heapino out of all libelous matter and "c against individuals and religions For tha benem of reader a limit o 250 word h been set. The name of the author musl accompany each letter, but the full nam will not be published unless so desired by the contributor. 'Higher Education.' To the Kditor of The Ncbraskan: Last Friday moriiiiiK' a rally was held in front of Social Sciences. Rallies are fine things when kept in their proper places. They are an evidence of school spirit and loyalty. Itut as some sage once remarked, too much is enough. Not content with the demonstration nel.l between 10 and 11 o'clock classes, some of the more ardent t&lliers (the word is our own, thank you) had a little rally of their own. and hurtled ur and down Twelfth street between H and V in tluir tin chariots, a la Hen Hur. They not only hurtled, but also cheered,1 jeered "(students in classrooms), sounded their fifty-seven varieties of fiendish noiseniakers without which no auto is considered collegiate whatever that is and raised cain in general ; all to the general disgust and discomfiture, we might add, of people unfortunate enough to bej : .1 . aIaca Annnnti fn the street to! ill cmsrooiiia i nwu-,.. ..- ....... . . .. hear the racket. After the whoop,c boys had -'" y tired of making ki yi for a hal. hour they quit. Dallv ,braskan for but not soon enough to save tne snancren morale of many of the classes they had dis turbed. This may be higher education, but we doubt it. JIfnbe "someone in the next fifty years will discover a higher standard of culture for col litch campus cut-ups. Let's hope so. If last Friday's performance is repeated, it may be necessary to turn the yip-yip makers loose in the stadium. IVrhaps special class hours for research into whoopee may be found necessary for the peace of mind of those who like to hear what the instructor is saying while the whoopiers arc holding forth. And if this be treason, make the most of it. ' X. I'nirersity .Vnrs of 211 Year Ago Dealt With Sportt, Spirits "Practice in kicking given ape I cial attention by coach:" Sounds! Lecture Room Artist. To the Editor of The Ncbraskan : A well known classification of college goers has been given to consist of those who borrow and those who lend. Hay I venture another classification? A university galaxy is made up of three svsteins, L e.. the social, the intellectual, and the unclassified. Traveling in the firmament of knowledge, this galaxy of which we are sup posedly a part, is moving in some direction or other. Now the '"social system," we know well enough what that is; in fact it comes in for a lot of comment. The intellectuals also have their criticism. It is oidy necessary to add that these individ uals who go in heavily for art, mathematics and such, are really feeding on the barren heights of learning and living rocky and bar ren lives. Nevertheless, they seem to have de velnped a remarkable agility and tenacity en abling them to hold their own. Now the last class. I claim that not enough is said about them. They are too easily neg lected under the title of semirnoron. It U these individuals who come from all types of fam ilic and from all corners of the stale. They may generally be discovered in the rear of the classroom, through choice or a Mrt of "inferioritus complexus" and there they contrive realms for attending class by indus triously drawing and annotating in their text books,' notebooks, or on blotters, with various heiroglvphs and shady characters or cartoons. It is" this class in which I am interest ed. I wish vou would cut down some on the copy devoted to the social elite and the intelligent sia, to criticize (if but to criticize) this oft neg iected species of t"he common A SLlilBBLhK. ears ago The 1 Oct. 24. 1D01. ' was descrlDing me practice worn out for the Iowa State game. Lit tle difficulty was expected in j downing Ames but the squad was pointing for the Wt.Hconsin game to be played a week from the fol- : low ing Saturday. Even then Ne- I braaka was bowling over her mid- diewe.it opponents and was ached- i uling games with larger schools. The Daily Nebraskan was then In its first year of existence, hav ing formerly been called the Ne-braskan-Hisoerian. It was about the size of the ordinary maga- zine of today, was composed of ; four pages and bad two email : lead articles on the front page. It is interesting to note that w bile one front page article wiu j about football practice, the other ! concerned the organization of a , "Rooter Club." Dr. Roscoe Pound, j now dean of the Harvard law j school, but at that time an in-; structor at Nebraska, was given j the position of "Head Rooter." One of the three official yells on , the roster of the "Rooter Club" was U-U-U-N-I. which still holds i an Important place on the cheer leaders' program. MOTION PICTL'RE ILLUSTRATES NEW SIBWAY METHODS A motion picture entitled "Building New York's Newest Subway" was shown at a meet- j ing of the clas in engineering conntructlon. to .illustrate tunnel ing In construction. This film was obtained through the courtesy of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and company of Wilmington. Dcla. It emphasized one of the great est of engineering problems to build a subway along Eighth ave nue of New York City without disturbing the life of the metrop olis. Much of the tunnel work was through rock formations, so careful use of explosives was nec essary to bore the rigrd-of-way. Picture of the mammoth telphers, steam hoists, trucks and other tool were shown. The subway will be completed in 1931. Scottish Hilt Masons Honor Dean W. W. Burr W. YV. Burr, dean of the college of agriculture, and Robert Devoe. graduate of the university, have been honored by tbe supreme coun cil of tbe Scottish Rite Mason In session at Waabicgton, D. C. Both were made knighl commander of j the court of honor. Mr. Devoe la a Lincoln attorney. Contemporary Sentiments Restoring Dear Old Phi Bete. j St. Louis Post-Dispatch : Dean Clark of the ' University of Illinois, known to lllini of thej last quarter century as "Thomniy Arkle," has renewed his war on secret fraternities. This i time he is out gunning for the hide or hair or both of Kappa Beta I'hi, whose emblem, he savs, caricatures the sax-red .key of Phi IMa Kappa, honorary great-grandpa of all Greek letter societies. The size and design are said to be the same excipt for the object to which the uplifted hand point. For (whisper it) in place of the inspiring trio of stars is a stein of beer. This is offensive to him as a university dean, and. no doubt, as a loyal member of dear old Phi Bete, so he is out for blood. We are surprised the d'sn should know j better. Evidently he skipped over the early i history of the PBK when he should have tud- j ied it in his neophyte days. What he missed would set him aright now. Phi Beta Kappa was , ( organized in 1776 by a jolly group of William . and Marv college students who gathered in j the tavern at night to forget the cares of thej j da-v- , x i The sub rosa membership ought not be j ( kicked out. it should be given a banquet and , f its nme cit on a bronze tablet. Plainly their ; society is a movement to restore the old ideals. ) Their is a faith of their father, a faith Phii . . . . i i Beta Kappa has long since strayeu aBy irom. Your Drug Store Where, Service- Is Paramount THE OWL PHARMACY B-10M 148 N. HtS. Any Time of the Day Is a Good Time in the Day for Good Eats STOP ST THE University Candy Kitchen 244 No. 13th B-7933 1 Learn to Dance!! IN LINCOLN'S MOST BEAUTIFUL STUDIO Ballroom, Clog, and Tap Dancing Results Guaranteed. Lesson Strictly Private. Lee A. 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