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ii Tf.riKiuv. nrn.Mnrn i io:o. The Daily NfBRASKAN TWENTY NINTH VSAA Kntereo a cind matter at ins pt office In Unit iltu Neb under a1 t4 coogre. March 1 lB7t. and at sp-fial rale of pilag provided fo Ui kcIwx) lioa. U ot ext. a. 191 T. authorise .- so, im. Official Publication oi Ih University ol Na braaka and under the direction of the Student ! "caU. o Ji.-i X Published every moraine, during the academic year with the xt-vptioa of Saturdays, Mondays, and during lb vtrtuui vacatloo pertoda uf the h.ol. Editorial ufrif I'mveraity Hall . rUalioa A HiihinoMi Office t"nlverity tUllA. Ulatloo A Offve Hours-fcdilorial Htaff. S lo p. duly cpt Friday and Sunday; buaineaa start; 1 li p. m. daily except Friday and Sunday. CLIFF F. ftANOAHL. j. M. PITZER .EDITOW-IN CHItF .BUSINESS MANAGfcfl LdUonal lM Associate editor: Joycs Ayrea. ManaKinK editors rUlgar Harkus. Cena Robb. New editor : Donald Carlson. Robert Rally. William McCleery, Kufene McKim, Klniont Waite. Sports alitor; Jaca tUllotl. Contributing editor: Maurice Akin. Donald Carlson. Luclle Ovpreanaen. Iavid oilman. Robert Kelly. William MoCleery. Klmer Skov. Business Staff Assistant business managers: Chsrles La lor, Lester Lohmeyer. Lerojr Jack, Dizzy Journalism. Appearing on the front rage of The lisily Jfcbraakan this morning l a refutation by Chancellor liurnott to several mi1atmnta mail in a recent inane of the Omaha Hc.wa. The matter is a very important one and this newspaper i T?ry hnpry to rin8 10 8nt ,n real facta. The basis for the chancellor' atatement U th following exerrrt from a news story which appoarsj undar the headline "Burnett Raps U. BarbArlAna' "i "Fraternltica are not a problem at the rnfrttnity of Nebraska, it 'a the 3.000 or 4,000 students who aro not in fraternities and aororitiea that causa the faculty wor riea. . . . "The fraternities and nororitiee . . . iandle themselves. It is seldom that any thing goes wrong in a fraternity or soror ity house, be said." That such information should be conveyed through, one of the leading news dispensing ag( iu-is of ihc slate is an abomination. With the appearance of such "facts," as newspapers are supposed to contain, the citizens of this state are led to believe that the head of their educational institution is trying to make the cleavage between fraternity and nonfraternity students more pronounced. It is apparent that the newspaper men who handled this story and headline were not quot ii g rxsctly what the chancellor did say. The laiicellor'does not wish to "rap" nonfrater y students or "barbarians" aa they are d-il.bed in the headline cited above. Nor does V- mean to say that fraternities do not give t.-e authorities any concern. What Chancellor Burnett waa endeavoring . point out was how much the fraternities, be-.'.-iusp of their compactness, because of their liv i' g in groups, because of their apparent soli darity, assist the university authorities in the handling of the affairs of the Greek organisa tions, lie was not trying to place these organi zations on a pedestal, high and pure, but was attempting to 6how the difference in the way the two classes of students can be reached. To say that nothing bad ever takes place In & fraternity or sorority house would be ridio nlous. Whoever put that into the news story moat have had his style cramped appreciably for he failed to compete the sentence. Instead ftf reading as it does, the complete statement made by Chancellor Burnett should read thus : It is seldom that anything goea wrong in a fraterntiy or sorority house BUT that we can place the responsibility upon one person, who will aee that tha poper recourse is taken," Tha omlsssion of absolute necessary fact) i ig an unpardonable deed in journalism whether Intentional or unintentional. Espe cially is thia true with news articles which are supposed to give both sides of the "case." VThothor the elision of the fundamental idea in this particular iritance was intentional in order to make a "hot" story, we are unable to ascer tain, but it does make things look pretty bad on an ftherwie smooth-running campus. The Ever Popular Straggler. Approximately half the classes in the univer sity are posRPfwxl of a chronic straggler who consistently disturbs the peaceful atmosphere of a group just settled down to a comfortable fifty minutes. After tb roll has been called, the assignment given, and the lecture or qnis begun, the straggler straggles in, completely disturbing the attention of the class and the instructor. The nature of the straggler's entrnnre vaHea with his (or her) type. One person may burst through the door and charge panting down the aisle to fling himself exhausted and gasping into his scat. Another person may open the door slowly and deliberately, step inside, and strike a pose depicting nonchalance in the ntb degree. Coolly he surveys the class, the pro fessor, and conditions in general. Then he Haunters leisurely to his seat. The two classes of stragglers represent peo ple of widely variant dispositions. The per petnal bustlers are persons to be pitied while they are criticized. They are the ill-fated in dividuals who are never on time for anything. In ail probability they came into this world tea minute late, and will leave ten minute late. Perhaps, by making a supreme effort, they could reorganize their schedule and do something on time, but it is doubtful. They am beyond the influence of r-nment. But the second type of n ggler needs a shaking np. The evidence indicates that the leisurely straggler likes to be late. Borne time it almost seem that he intend to be lata. Tha practice is a valuable one for gaining attention. No person can enter classroom consistently ten minnte!at. without establishing for him self a reputation. He is placed in the public cjre. Teihapw he realize vaguely that hi menu Is not all it tdioiild l but thn nul I highly cie.lralile. It ia the atiiilei.l who alrunk'b di-liU'inti-ly and prviiieditaledlj ho ili-emw triiMire. lie should I frit iclie'l In the mind of llie s-pl' he disturbs, and he would ls iililM if Ids urpoe ia hat It mviii lo be. 8 ii A Student Lxk at Public Al fair. 77i Struggle oj I ije, l'ttMn-rd from what he hail aein uf life that it was not worth the struggle, twtnt.v-two year old Merman Moody I-ow, proclaimed in i..iitnl iroi.inu at I'liliinihia iiiiivernit v. Iiuldrr of three culb ge degrees, turned on the kh jet , .... . . ... i.i i i in his Hrooklyn apartment mm ween, urn- eon ing his fruitful life. At the time of his suicide young lxw was working for hi fourth degree, that of doctor of philosophy. Sporadically eery year the country is shocked by account of such act Student in the bloom of life with the wide world before them chooHe to end their live, taking what they consider ia the easy way out. Certainly hard working students will agree that periods of depression occasionally accom pany their diligent effort. In the midst of their labor they will throw up their hands in despair and query if it is really worth while, low apparently decided definitely that study ing, work, and even life itelf were not worth the battle. There art two point of view iue may as aiime in studying philosophy. Me can readily see. if he chooses, the apparent futility of living a life, of meeting its problems, of solving them according to a philosophy evolved after consid erable study, lie knows that to the uneducated person, life'ia much more simple and easy than to the student who knows its intricacies and complexities. Nut he can instead look at life as an opportunity for improvement, of enrich ing himself, and thereby his state, as a means of approaching the ideal, a an interesting tudy far too worthwhile to he discarded. It is happy to note ihat the great majority of individuals are treading the second path. Countless hundreds cf intensely philosophical student in universities throughout the world are energetically pursuing the basic motives underlying all thinking and living. Nearly all, through their studies, are find ing life richer, fuller, and more complete, though a much harder puzzle to solve. The perverted few who become deeply depressed with life and its possibilities nevertheless de serve sincere sympathy. They hsve sought the light and it has dazzled them to blindness. Echoes of the Campus. PRESIDENT Hoover presented hi bolpl to mw;r lal week. It contained a state ment of the coat of our nallonal government and an outline of lis Manifold act.vitln that should tn tereal eveiy American. For the fl ral year of HKII. the president anked for a toUl of $.N0 815.000 to carry on the affaire of our fed eral government. It roata the American people about that much more for the aupport of their slate and local government. Our politi cal Institutions are expenMv ne- eeaaitlea. s..m ,t iVi larirer Item reak for themselves. The request for the veteran bureau amount to $589. 7.W0O0. for the war department. $4rt.62.OO0. for the navy depart ment. S3MO.SM.000, for the treaa ury department. I34S.I07.OOO. for th. iirithrtiiiiMit of the interior. $304. 302. 000. for the poatofflee de partment $s30.oo0.000. and for the department of agriculture. I16.V- OSS.OOO. A rreat nart of the rising coat of our natlofal government It de rived rrom me oougauona wnicu the government Incurred during the great war. The lntereat on the public debt of our national govern ment will next year amount to Jrtl9.0o0.000, and the principal on the public debt will be reduced by Jrt3.V324.000. The sinking fund and nthr r.ifmntion fund relative to our national debt will total J939.- 324.000. Grow Up! To the Editor of The Nebrasknn: With the exception only of the football games, the things that have given the Univer sity of Nebraska the most newspaper publicity during the present school years have been the "rally-riot" preceding ibe Kansas Aw'tr fool ball game and the ousting of the Awgwan be cause of the publication of obscene material. Although incidents of 6uch nature are not uncommon to college campuses, it appears that Nebraska students have been most zealous in their attempts this year to give the university a blck eye. Stories of the enumerated inci dent were sent on the wires of the leadinc press associations to the whole country, spread ing the tale of uncommendable Nebraska con duct. More important is the fact that practi cally every newspaper reading Nebraska citizen was fully informed of the scrapes. Perhaps the average student may say, what of It T If there is any doubt in the minds of students as to whether the publicity will harm the university, let it be quickly dispelled with the answer that it most certainly will. During the first part of the coming No vember, the members for the next Nebraska legislature will be elected. These gentlemen who are elected will figuratively have the uni versity in the palms of their hands. Strange to say, but it requires money to operate a large university, and it is the generosity or penuri ousness of the aforementioned gentlemen which will determine whether Nebraska is to develop or to struggle along with the same old handi cap of insufficient funds. The average Nebraska legislator in the past has not been exactly a godfather to the univer sity. If students continue in their present ad vertising campaign of the university it is not especially probable that the attitude of the next legislature will be any more favorable to Ihe university. Nor will the probability of a pro university candidate be greatly enhanced by stories of property destroying university stu dents. It matters little that it was a very small Tw.-n.nt.o' nf tne student bodv which took JfV.Vl.lll.fl.. v.- - I'l . . . affairs. It matters little that there are several thousand sincere, intelligent n,Unt in the noiversitv. taueht by likewise mH intellicent instructors. The former rates the front page, while the latter has no "news value." The stones oi tne umveihuj that have been featured in the newspapers have, pictured us as a bune!. of giddy "Joe Colleges," and the impression is not goingto fade away immediately. As a parting suggestion, we offer the con sideration of the adoption of a code of conduct by student Ihat is more adultlike 7 M. A. Th rfevrlonment of Mie present budjret system Is a recent one in the history of our money spending technique. Though this matter of framing and pawning tha annual appropriation bill is the most Im portant Job that congress has to perform each year. It was not until the passage of the budget and ac counting act of 1021 that any steps were taken In the direction of ef ficiency and economy In the band ling of this business. Trior to the passage of this act, each govern ment Institution which needed money to carry on work would ap ply to the appropriations commit tee of the house of renesentatives. and this large committee, larking in system, accouniamiity ana in formation, would hammer out some sort of a bill. T'n.W mirh conditions, the an nual hi trot nan a storm center of confusion, money grabbing, and log roiling, iso aiiempi muc or very little attempt was made, to balance Income with outgo. No consistent, steady, all year round check was made on the money spending agencies, to see whether the money tney ass ror earn year is In excess of their reasonable needs. The act of 1821 established a ftderal director of the budget, at a substantial salary, to work under the nresident. in the reparation of the budget This director Is ap pointed by the president ana is im mediately responsible to him, be Inp liable to removal by the presi dent, without cause, at any time. The heads of the departments make their estimates to him for the vear. and It Is with him that differences are ironed out. Then the director of the budget presents a complete scientific budget plan to the president, wnose wora is final on the amounts. The presi dent then submits a complete bud get statement to me congress, ai the beginning of each annual session. Healdr no group uf svnatoi would dare to prMi l a tax riim won ai this time, as such a step would prov extremely unpopular Thers is a voir, It- aling feature, however, which v. ill prrent the immediate paasags of the bill in the senate. Til senate, with It strong group of tnsuigent repub lican, has at no time been a tractable as lb more or le servile htMiae has bn Tb b" be ued by this group to effect some sort of a bargain. Thy w ill undoubtedly approve the bill, but not until they can get something (nil of It. PATRICK J. Huntley of Okla- homa has been selected by Ihe nridrnl to succeed James W. Uood as secretary of war. Mr. Hurlrv was one of the undemecre- tsrtes tn the war department prior to his sppolntment. ins praciu ai experience with the problems of the war department make him eminently fit for the highly im portant position to wnun lie na been elevated. AMONG the Interesting and rear i... ii.ina otiuH Herbert Hoover Is doing In Washington t his development of a new tech nique of making appointments. Those who have loiiowea nis cur rent annolntments are struck by the fsct that they are not gener ally of the ortnouox political mn. The president Is avoiding, so far a be csn. purely political sppoint ments. He Is trying to find men for the various offices who are heal fitted bv their traininr and ability, for the performance of the duties of those offices. He Is also trying, as far as he can. to pro mote men within the several de partments to the higher positions in tne aepanmenia. Thl I a verv beneficent step, one which ahould motivate all ap pointments tn all branches tn the reaersj service, unt or me pimu pal criticisms maae of the Amer ican civil service is that it does not attract the hlehest ealibered men, and one of the Important reasons for that IS tne isci tnai rnrre are not sufficient opportunities for able men to rise to positions of af fluence and importance in the va rious brsnches of the sen-ice. President Hoover"s rtollcv of ele- vstlng men of the service to the more responsible positions in tne various departments should do much, if carried on. to encourage more able young men to go into the government service. The prom ise of a career will do much to im prove the quality of our federal servants. NE of the recommendations which President Hoover made to congress tn his message was that Income taxes should be re duced by one percent all the way up and down the line. The house has wasted no time in acting upon the recommendation. The ways and means committee quickly ap proved of the cut, which will re duce the national Income tax bill by $160,000,000, and the house fol lowed suit by giving Its sanction to Ihe proposal. The matter Is now In the hands of the senate. There doesn't appear to be much doubt but that the tax cut will be approved by the senate. The treas ury seems to hsve a healthy sur plus of such sise that the reduc tion will cause no Inconvenience. Between the Linn. PRE-MEDS HAM: COED NIGHT IN ENTERTAINMENT Coed night featured the regular monthly Fre-med banquet held last night at which the coeds of the Pre-medtc department had charge of the program. The program reaturea ss spean- er of the evening, Dr. Margaret Hammond, who told of the differ ent angles of the medical field and the various lines or special worn which a student might take up. KAPPA PHI HOLDS FRIENDSHIP HOUR Kappa Phi. Methodist sorority, held a friendship hour last eve ning from seven to eight at the Weslev Foundation parsonage, 1417 R street. The purpose of "Kappa Phi is to mslce sure that every girl is acquainted wun ev ery other girl In the organization and it Is for this reason that these friendship hours are held. Sealock Leaves for Norfolk to Lecture Dean W. K. Sealock of the teachers college left Wednesday evening for Norfolk where he will address three school groups Thurs day. In the morning Dean Sealock will speak to the students or tne junior college. At noon he will ad dress members of the Klwanis club at a luncheon, and in the evening he will speak to the teachers of the city schools on the subject, "The Curriculum or the Child." WJiere Do W Katt RECTORS 13 4 P. The Student's Store" In an attempt to refute charges that the fraternity system is "a most undemocratic sort of institution," the University of California is instituting a probe into the system. Which, we may add, is a difficult assignment, especially at schools where money make as many wheels revolve as do brwns. Oregon Daily Emerald. In a survey of three hundred and sixty eight tanks of higher learning, and state uni versities, too, we found general dissatisfaction with the complexion of student politics existing on three hundred and sixty-seven of the college lots. From the three hundred and sixty-eighth college we received no reply Daily Northwestern. Not so long from now : All right foTka, git yer souvenir programs here for the big game! Names, numbers and salaries of all the players. Oregon Daily Emorald. (DANCE! RED KJtAUSE AND THE VAJRSITY VlKINGS Playing Friday Night THE COLLEGIANS SATURDAY NIGHT Lyle De Moss singing and entertaining both Friday and Saturday Nights. 8:30 Llndell Party House 8:30 AFTER TTthKB PAtRTTiy and anytime for a ip and a bite or a real good meal follow the crowd to College 111 El Sandwich Shop and Cafe HOTEL CAPITAL 014 v S Hy i.jsaii.a Student Opt"'"" That Wees Overlooked In the uh by Much HarrsweJ "d Swsfnp r.j;t.. To the Kditor: , The Tea Uurilei s sourly alH.ut to go out of business at N. U. be. au. of lack of funds. Ihis Is a worthy organisation but the student won't support it. Tney 11 pav for cokes and hIi-u but when a g.xxl institution such as tnaira i; "rler' sh irty appeals to them for finsnclal aid. the students are broke. The Tea Ouislers mr once a week and the membership I made up of a group of our Younger. More Serious Thinkers. Why don't you writ an editorial. ' P. D. O. IVar Kilitor: The engineer are fierce. There ought to be a law. They run around like bum In their boots and beards and they survey every thing from a railway line through coed' lower ex tremities. They1! crude and rude and rough and tougn ana iwyrr uneducated and loucv ana wit other day one of them lifted up hi teel taje Juet as I waa stepping across It and tripped me Into a mnri nunrllK on Ihe drill field. What are you going to do about It? A LAW STl'PKiST. The Kdltor: in re: editorial of recent date concerning special parking space for Instructors car, w nai wn m a government la this, where the High and Mlghtles gel all the gravy and the poor student has to park on a red line and get pinched or bumped? I thought a univer sity wa run on democratic princi ples. Thoy tsught me that In Hizad college and at my fraternity. A SUDDKN CYNIC. lre Kditer: IV you no what is the wurst thing on this campis? It Is a undergraduate Kngllwh reader. They dont no Knglish wurth a hoop but they think they are better than mwl averidge. inteligant Knglish studints and they Just as lief flunk a guy for spite as not. Mostly they have pets and boy readers pas's girl studints and girl readers pass boy studints. My profesor just lafchs when I tell him how I stand on this suhjiet. How about it? AVKRIDGE STUDINT. das attendance, or mixed coin. Iany? My S ' t friend told me lht only th' o The Nebrankan staff knew and they wouldn't tell. Never mind the oil. ed; Jul give iw ihs straight dirt. H My PearFdltor: Where are they holding the has. ..-.k.ii r.ine? I want lo set in . k.--. iKines helm a freshman and dealrtng to make a name for Homebody told me that I eould go to a swimming rauv m mmr night but they must nas oeen an wet A bosing nvuy a h'r wallop. An iipperclaasman told m 1 vould attend a delate . . tfct hist a tot of hoi air. I suppose, and tonight I think I'll go to a 1'nivrmiij ,,mw,-. rally If you flv m a rue I mmht take the cue and go play snooker. IVar Fdltor: There's Just one thing wiong .i.k .Krvni that 1 ran see. and thst Is thst It tsn"t run right. Now I have set forth beiow my pian nr governing this institution, and etc . etc. 1 .nMir to be "A Student 1 . u .1 rihiic Affair." Indu ing from Tuesdays Nehraeksn. I waive any claims becsue I don't think I'd know a public affair If It ... .kMt. k. 1 came ngni up nu with me. Dear Editor: It is my contention that some thing should be done about ths brick walks on this campus. They are a menace to the human race, to say nothing of the student body. Tn wet cold weather they are sheeted with ice and one teeters and totters across them, treading their bulging upturned edges with fear and trembling. If a man must endanger his life to walk from one class lo aniiher, he'd better with draw from school. Q. E. D. To the Editor of The Nebraakan: What's all this "school spirit" stuff about ? Has it got to do with football, rallies, root beer, ghosts. MISSING STUDENT APPEARS AT HIS RESIDENCE ROOM William S. Kerrican of Omaha sophomore In the engineering col lege OI me univrmn.v, -! peared from his room a 520 North Sixteenth esrlv Monday morning, and became the object of a sean h by Lincoln police, returned to Lin coln Tuesday morning, safe and unharmed. During the time of his "disappearance" Kerrigan walked to Milford and back. L-.p-iHon an employe of the Western Vnion Telegraph com pany and has been putting nimscu through school by this means. Learn to Dance Guarantee to teach you In six Private Lessons. CTssfces every Monda- ana Wednesday. Private lessons morning, after noon A evening. Call for Appointment. Mrs. Luclla Williams Private Studio. Phone B42M. 1220 D St WE SERVE Regular Dinners 35c GRAND HOTEL 12 & Q. i SALEM'S j WE SPECIALIZE IN MALTED MILKS ? 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