srnY. NovrMnm
17.
1920.
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The Daily Ncbraskan
TWENTY -NINTH YEAN
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Managing editora; Edgar Backus. Gene Rohb.
News editora: Donald Carlaon. Robert Kelly.
William McCleery. Eugene McKjm, Elmont Wane.
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Something Belter Than
Mere 'Honor.'
In mediaeval timos, the kuieht who
thought of the rewards he woul.l receive hlter
the joust instead of plunging into the fray
with his mind upon the immediate rout est.
must have found himself deposited forcefully
upon the turf.
To bring this ense down through the ages
in practical and useful application to the mod
. rn university, we find somewhat the ame
situation. The" University of Nebraska, for in
stance, is overrun with men and women who
;ire working for honors, or honoraries, instead
..f devoting their efforts to the work for which
they arc fitted. They, like the knight, are mak
ii, honor their object it c, uhuv it should be
merely an incidental. '
Th pathetic part of the situation is that
the MndcntR who take such an attitude are
defeating their own purpose. Ho who works
lor an honor loses the essence of the award.
Honor is a form of congratulation which comes
;iffer accomplishment, but when placed as an
objective ceases to be pleasant.
I Sitter disappointment awaits (lie man or
womnn ho centers his or her ambition uinm
.'lory, for glory 's restricted to n few. The per
son "who works for rewards is easily picked
front the crowd and if he fails to receive that
honor, his disappointment is doubled through
knowledge that many of his acquaintances arc
laughing up their sleeves at his failure.
Ambition is the fire that makes man strive
to do bis best. That ambition should not be lim
ited to something within the University of Ne
braska. Spring would see fewer broken hearts
if students could rr-nle that college life and
its honors, glories, disappointments and trials
is only a brief episode in o human life.
Literati.
Several short stories written by past and
present professors and students of the I niver
vity of Nebraska which appeared in arious is--ucs
of the Trairie Schooner have recently been
placed by Kdwanl .1. u'riri'ii. international
short story critic, on the "honor roll." In nth
.r words, these stories have been classed as
literature bv Mr. Tii"ii in the fifteenth vol-
imo of his book, "The Best Short Stories and
Year Hook of American Short Stories.'
Such international recnernirion is a feather
in the CRp for the university, the. magazine and
the writers themselves. A university should
after all be an institution for the advancement
of culture and knowledge, and public com
mendation of some who have arrived at. the
ponl is indeed welcome. Literature is a record
of the times and those who write are in a way
performing a public service for future gener
ations. How much more important Ihis proves to
be than the football record when examined in
the liht of the future. Vet. how many students
attend the football games and support the
team, and how few write for the Prairie
Schooner or even read it.
Contemporary literature is essential for
the future and when University of Nebraska
men and women receive recognition for their
endeavors along lliat. line, the standards of
the whole school are raised? The good example
set by these writers should inspire others to
follow in their steps. Mr. O'Brien's choice
should stimulate more students to examine
with rare the Prairie Schooner for it is only
in such a way that sincere appreciation of the
good work can be expressed.
Going Through the Stack.
Several days ago, before old man winter
blew in on us, a company of cadets "stacked
their rifles in those neat lines of tee-pees and
sat down on the hard baked earth of the drill
field for a ten minute rest. Cigareta were light
ed, talk drifted lazily. In the R. 0. T. C. it is
an unpardonable sin for a cadet to walk be
tween the rifle stacks during rest period, for
if his foot should brush a gun butt he might
upset a stack or an entire line of stacks.
Students were cutting across the drill
field. A junior, a fellow who should have had
bis two year baptism of discipline in the corps,
strode directly toward the center of a file of
stacks. The reclining cadets watched him with
growing interest. A sophomore sergeant rose
and waved an arm warningly.
"Hey, guy," he railed, "dont walk
through the stacks!"
The warning passed unheeded. The student,
walked between two of the stacks, and hia
swinging brief ease caught a rifle sling snd
the stack fell with a clatter.
Immediately the platoon rose to its feet.
Cadet stood silent! to look at tha offender
and they hesitated, for obviously the latter was
not in the It. O. T. t nt that moment. Hut
justice prevailed.
A swarm of khaki clad men descended
upon the culprit; he n enveloped and hid
den in a cloud of dust and arms with fists at
their ends, lie emerged, hair rumpled, tie pull
ed off, collar loosened, suit in disarray, and
with dust and dirt upon his countenance. The
company cheered and onlooker grinned and
the victim betook himself rapidly away from
there.
Uar be it from us to indulge in moral
.hooting, but the incident is too rich in sig nfi
ennce to be allowed to pass without !is iivioii.
Possibly the reader will pardon the drawing of
a moral.
Winn one person violates a code of rules
se up by a group of pi rsoiis, whether the for
tner bebuips to the group. w has committed a
foo paw and there is no true justice which al
lows him, in the proper sense of the phrase, to
get away with it. The rules may have been
made only for the benefit of a pertain group,
and violation of those rules by an outsider may
not harm him. but the violation may frequent
ly harm the group.
Il is only right and just that the offender
be dealt with accordingly. The group cannot
impeach him or try him or properly condemn
him. for lie is not one of them, but punishment
is nevertheless in order and that punishment
may rightly take its form through crude but
effective chastisement.
The person who thinks he's privileged has
a lot to learn.
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Echoes of the Campus, j
Letters from readers are oordlally welcomed
In this department, and will be printed In all
cases subject to the common newspaper practloa
of keeping out of all libelous matter and attacks
agalnit Individuals and religions. For the benefit
of readera a limit of 250 words haa been set. The
name of tha author must accompany eaoh letter,
but the full name will not be published unless so
Too Much Rah Rah.
To the Kditor of The Ntbra,skan:
Another rally, this time a "huge bonfire
rally." was to have been held last Friday eve
ning on the drill field, according to leading
stories appearing in The Ncbraskan prior to
that time. Weather conditions, however, did
not permit of such a "gigantic affair" and the
result was an indoor exhibition with the inev
itable let down on attendance.
How many of those who go to rallies do so
because they believe in them The writer be
lieves there are relatively few. At the best the
attendance is but a small portion of the entire
student body. Many are there because they
have been told at "their respective fraternity
and sorority houses that it is good policy to
appear vit all such affairs. Many others come
because they must uphold their position as
collegiate "cakes" and be seen wherever the
crowd congregates.
Nebraska is assuming the attitude of the
eastern school where "night before" rallies
have been discontinued for a number of years.
Yet the eastern school undergraduate gets up
in the stands and yells just as hard when the
team makes a pood play and is just as much
behind the team as the (.'ombusker sludent.
With the present attitude, here, why con
tinue the rally farce? Why have columns of
publicity and all the effort expended literally
to drag out a few hundred people? 1). i.
Some Weekly Reflections
EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the second
of a series of articles, written by a student,
which will appear as a regular Sunday
feature.
Student Freedom.
The bejst sermon I ever heard-and I have
l, ii.Hnv--was delivered last spring by the
Methodist 'bishop of India to a huge student
convocation. So lucidly and impressively did
he impart to his listeners a fundamental fact
of life, that this particular listener left the
convocation hall with the impress of an idea
that will never be erased from bis mind. Chro
nologically, the idea is not a new one, but in
trinsically its message is ever fresh.
The celebrated missionary addressed him
self to this one question: What ia freedom in
life? W hich person is free! More particularly,
he applied this perennial problem of human
happiness to the student himself. WThich stu
dent is free? How should the student conduct
himself that his spirit and mind shall be free?
There are two ways of life. One is to fol
low only the dictates of your feelings and in
stincts. Freedom in this sense is conceived to
be a freedom from the compulsions of society,
moral and legal. The student who lives this
way studies only when he feels like it, goca to
shows as often as he feels like it, and breaks
the recognized moral codes whenever it so
pleases him. Doing so, he thinks he ia free.
The other way of life is to live according
to the generally recognized rules of the game.
This method calls for an adherence to the pre
cepts of the accumulated wisdom of centurie
of eivilzation. The student who lives thin way
subjects himself to a stern routine. He foregoes
many momentary or passing pleasures, he curbs
his inborn desires in many respects, to concen
trate upon the larger purpose which brought
him to the university.
Now, which student has chosen the correct
course? Which student is frte? The teat Is to
be found in the results which these two ways
of life have brought about. On the day of
reckoning, when the measures of achievement
are taken, who holds bis head the highest?
Who is free in spirit?
The student to whom examinations are
dreadful monsters of trepidation is not free.
The athlete who fails in the final contest be
cause he hasn't trained is not free. Such stu
dents constitute the very antithesis of freedom
they are slaves to every little bubble that
floats on the scholastic pond.
That stndent is free, in the end, who lost
himself in the rules of the game, during the
period of preparation. He wina the race, be
cause he haa lived wisely.
Tbi is the meaning of tha Scriptural pne
"hnanvtr shall seek to save his life
shall lose it; snd whosoever shall lose his life
ah all preserve it.
A Student Looks at
Public Aflairi.
Hy PAMU ft.l.l.HAS.
'UK feature of the American Ar-
nualice ilay program lait
Monday waa Pieaidt-ul Hoover a
WaHiitngtun aMrea. Io many re
apci'ta. that xpeech voiced the sen
timent of the country on aubjecta
i.r iHi'i Dit'iiaiednexa and dmar-
manient. In one Impoitant repet,
our thief executive .reneiiicii to
the wot Id a new t.lea, or at least
gave unuMiitl prominence to an
i. lea which haa long been dormant.
President Hoover made no at
tempt to glorify war In the garb of
herolnm. such as many "patriotic
atate.Hinon" Indulge in. "The men
who fought." he aald. "know the
real meaning and dreadfulneaa of
war. No man came from that fur
nace a awaahbuckltng militarist.
Thoae who aaw Its realities and Ita
bsckwaah In the sacrifice of wo
men and children are not the men
who glorify war. They are the men
who pray for peace for their chil
dren." "But. "the chief executive of the
I'nlted States went on, "they
rightly demand that peace be had
without the sacrifice of our tnde
prnOnce or of tboee prlnrtplea of
Justice without which civilisation
mual fail I am for adequate
preparedness aa a guaranty that
no foreign soldier shall ever step
upon the soil of our country. Our
nation haa said with mllllono of
volcea that we dealre only de
fense." The president waa tnatatent In
bis cmphajiia upon me we mann
ing of our military preparations.
"That la the effect of the covenant
we have entered Into, not to use
war aa an instrument of national
nolle v. No American will arise to
day and say that we wish one grun
or one armed man oeyona tna ne
cessary for the defense of our peo
ple." Thla program, however, does not
mean that we are not willing to
co-operate In auch peace move
ments as dlaarinanieut. 8aJd Mr.
Hoover. "The United Statea Is
wlUlng to reduce Us naval strength
tn proportion to any other, no mat
ter how low. Proper defense re
quires military strength relative to
tht nt othir nations. We will re
duce our naval strength in propor
tion to any other. Having sain mm
It only remains for the olhera to
sy how low they will 30, It can
not be too low for us."
Having thus made America's po
sition elear. President Hoover went
on to enunciate what promises to
go down into history aa uie tioovcr
doctrine. It was his contention that
one of the ways to limit the arma
ment race among the nations la to
eliminate the causes. One of the
for the maintenance of the
large military forces, on land and
sea, la the fear or starvation vy
the blockade of seaborne food sup
plies In time of war. One of the
problems of peace la to remove mis
fear, and the Incentive It offers to
militarism In time of peace.
"The world must sooner or later
recognize this aa one of the under
lying causes of Its armed situa
tion." the president said, "but far
beyond this, starvation should be
rejected among the weapons ot
warfare.
President Hoover's specific pro
posal was this: To place ships
laden solely with food on tbe same
footing with hospital ships in time
of war. This would Insure all fu-
First State Bank
Checking &nd Savings
Accounts
The Bank of Personal eevoe
Sharp Bldgn Lincoln
ture helllgerenta an adeuuale food
supply by guaranteeing ine rree
naitat:e of food during the war.
rorelgn preat tliapatchna, aa well
aa a proruae tupiraioon or lurai
opinion. Indicate that trim piopokal
la being sympathetically received
throughout the world.
The chief executive alo dealt
with hla negotiation with Itam-
say MacPooald on the subject of
further naval disarmament. i
have full confidence." he aald. "in
the succeks of the conference
which wtll aaaemble nrnt Janu
ary." Hut. what factors and forces in
the world will give sanction and
compulsive power to the newly
proposed Ideaa? Huppoae the Ihi
don conference doe turn out to
a howling succeaa. and frenh and
promising treaties are signed
Suppose the doctrine of Immunity
for food ahlpa In lime of war doo
become crystallised Into a definite
International agreement. What
guarantee have we that these un
denitandiiiga will be executed In
time of .torm and stress?
Here lrealdent Hoover had re
course to tbe age old ahlbboletha
about the compelling force of a
morally enlightened public opinion.
He apoke of "anmethtng high
above and Infinitely more powerful
than the work of all ambassadors
and ministers. . . . treaties and tbe
machinery of arbitration and con
ciliation and Judicial decision."
And what la that metaphysical
force? "The spirit of good will and
friendliness. . . . respect and con
fidence. . . . esteem between peo
ples." Thla Idealiara. splendid as it Is,
la an age old cure all which has
been suggested as the remedy for
all human Ills. Of course. If all
men were perfect. Imbued with
complete understanding, and a
complete sense of right and jus
tice, treatiea and machinery of
world peace would be unnecessary.
Nor would policemen be necessary
In our cities, and courts In our
statea.
But as long aa man is what be
la today, with his hunvi Imper
fections, his feelings and passions,
and his Inability to see everything
sub specie aeternllatla, . society
needs to make use of certain ma
terial mechanlsma to enforce its
moral and legal codes. Tbe same
need for organisation and sanc
tions exists for the regulation of
relations among nations, aa for the
regulations of human affairs with
in the nations.
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Organization Will Manage
Tryouts on Monday
And Tuesday.
Orchesls tryouts will be held
Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 18 and
19, at 4:45 o'clock in the dancing
room of the women's gymnasium.
Anyone interested in dancing is
ellglbel to try out.
Those who successfully complete
the tryouts will be admitted to
the probation group for three
weeks, according to Beatrice Rich
ardson, dancing Inst ructor. At tbe
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n r that time a second tiyoul
will be held, then the women who
are chown from the probationary
group Mill be initiated Into
unheal
Urtheoi. a Greek word mean.
Inf "to dame." orijlnated aa an
or-anlration in Wl-tonain several
yeara ago. where thla lyp of
laminif alerted. A need waa fll
to study dancing further than waa
pomohle In liana woik. This or
gamation la an Informal gather
ing of a group or women inirirmru
ill dancing.
The tfinlng studio wuhes to
announce that It poa' BCW
hnhy graod piano, to I initialed
pt ail us, a Miss nuhardaon
at a ted.
r.nr.iiK ciiapkrons
AltlMMaK MKKTIM.
The Cheperona club, consist In
of sorority and fraternity bouae
mothers, wtll meet Tueadsy aner-
noon Nov. 1. at the . Delta
liamma houae, 400 I'nlveratty ter
race.
Learn to Dance
Guarantee to teaea yeM le ala
Private Leaaons
Clsaaea every Monda" and
Wednaadsy.
Private leaaons morning, after
noon A evening.
Call for Appointment.
Mrs. Luclla William.
Private Studio.
Phone mass. 1:20 D St.
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