I TUi:l)AV. JAMJAK. It. I'JiO. 1X0 T1IK 1AII. NKllKASkAM The Daily Nebraskan TWINTY NINTH YEAR t utrU as second rlaa matter i the loatoffu ib Lincoln, .Neb, undrr act of cof.fr. liana 3. 117a. and at special rat of poeta pro;-lC fur la ectlon U03. act u Oct 1 lif. autnorUcd Jan. 30, jsi't. CLIFF F. 1ANDAHL EOITOR-IN CHIEF j. m. mien IUHNEU MANAGER Official Puolleatlon of IM University f Nf bitikt and under lbs dirsctio f lb Student IMbUcatioo Board. FubUh4 tnry morning during the academic vear mttb the exception of Saturday. Mouday. sad during lbs various vacation period of tht sciioul Office Hours Uditortal Staff: 1 to p. dally escept Krtday and Sunday; business staff: I to 4 p. n. dally ssoept rrtday and Sunday. Paving the Way. The annual acramble for appoint rmnts h begun.- With two of the major soeia! events of the jrar looming up during the coming semes tor, the Jnterfraternitr ball ami the Junior Senior prom, eomra Xh tak of selecting stu dents to arrange for and carry out plan. Then, too there are the vacancies on The Daily Nt-bnskan etaff to be filled thoae vaeancie eauaed by the departure or the advancement of those now holding official capacities. Committee membership have come to plav an important role In the life of University of Nebraska undergraduates. Especially is this to with junior, who are looking forward to Ivy day. Since the booting of the many un derclass societies aevcral years past, more em phasis than ever before la now being placed upon these party portfolios. The probable candidates for the only honoraries" that re main must have aoma sort of activity mnrks behind their names to warrant their election and so they bare tended to get as many of these "responsible" positions as possible. Committer member to make arrangements for the Interfraternlty ball were appointed some time a-o by the interfratcrnity council. It is easy to bee, even after a hasty glance at the list, that the majority of appointees ore those who are being pushed" by their frater nities for the "highest honors that can be beat owed upon them." Regardless of the danger of such positions becoming mere havens for successful politi cians, who are not very much inclined toward industry, the Interfratcrnity ball committee thus far secins to have digressed from the path of least resistance and really justified its ex istencc. Very extensive plans are being made, if ur judgment of the publicity that has ap peared is not deceiving. The Nebraskan is satisfied with the preliminary idas brought forth by the committee id sincerely hopes that those in charge maj witness the fulfill ment of their dreamy reveries. The Nebras kan congratulates the interfratcrnity council for having crawled out of its grave and dis played some virility. Places on the Junior-Senior prom commit tee have yet to be filled. According to a lead ing news story in Sunday's Nebraskan. twenty six" student have filed for these posts. Twelve are to be chosen from the twenty-six, tix men and six women, by the student council at its meeting on Wednesday of this week. If we are to be governed by precedent, we can expect that those receiving the most sup port from their political fraternities, which are allowed to exist under the pretext of "so cial organizations," will be the lucky ones, fitness, other than the requirements set down by the dean of student affairs, makes no par ticular difference. It is the "pull" that counts. , For the first time in years, the names of iknc Mfiirnr a seat with the committee have been published. Now the "powers behind" the council, and there are only a few, can get busy and centralize their efforts on their choices, for they know who will be the oppo nents. They can grooin their henchmen to pre sent the life's history of their "pets" in the most flamboyant manner and with the most -leverly phrased innuendo. They can get things "fixed" and thereby assure their or ranizations of representation iu the holy cults. An interesting sidelight in this connection id the fact that several students who are now serving on one commiteee art- entertaining hopes of copping a berth on the group which is to manage the prom. Aside from having too many irons in the fire, they are displacing others who may be just as qualified as they are. The principle of that sort of thing is naturally ridiculous and opposed to the proper function ing of an administrative body. Anyone can -tec that a person holding two positions at th--a me time can do justice to neither. Although it is like talking to a stone wall .vhen one tries to warn the student council Against such maneuvers, it is not entirely use less, we trust, to suggest that the governmental body exercise considerable care in this one matter: To avoid giving places on committees to persons who are already occupying similar offices. If the council does that alone, it will have raised its stock appreciably in the minds of those who are working for a better univer sity. J The same, in a measure, U true with publi cations applicants as with those after commit tee appointments. Factionalists have stuck iheir fingers in this realm ever since the enter prises were taken over by the student publi cation board. Students have expected it, fac ulty members have expected it, so the outcome for each position baa always been taken as a matter of course with exception, of course, when some "dark horse" gains entrance. The publication board, though bearing the insignia of "student," is not entirely composed of student. In fact, they are outnumbered by faculty members there being five faculty to three student members. The board as a whole should not be blamed for the wild man ner in which appointments have been made. The faculty, aa a rule, strives to be fairminded, but can be easily hoodwinked by the politically minded students who are usually selected to such positions. Who couldn't weaken to the flowery and gilded language of an individual ! It is human nature to give heed to such glamour. And this is just what happens when the fraternity string pollen begin pulling their strings. The other board in em be ti believe they are in earuckt and therefore attempt to carry out their bdiiee. That the qualified aMpiraut always umki the grade in this manner U certainly bard to Mine. Vrt there have been cases to show that this U true. Numerous contriving have been tffected to get the "brothers" on the staff en route to the limelight, which is so precious Ui tht fraternities. Numerous "htish" meth od law Ueii employed and in the main have been ftucci-fcsful. Any alumnus, faculty number, or even prekent day student can recall instances of t hi sort how,' for example, noufraternity nun have been assured of high positions on the atoJf if tin v would "pledge our bunch." The at ii. lent number of the board a full fledge. member of the "bunch" kicks up a lot of ballyhoo at the time of appointment and thus sees hit promise a rlit. It U not the individuals who attain their "honors" in tbi manner who suffer the con sequences. They usually enjoy it somehow. Hut it Is the publication or publications which are made to feel thu HI effects of "politick ing." for it i obvious that the best grade of work cannot bo done unless those who till the positions are thoroughly versed with the kind of work expected. As stated above, the board us a whole should not be held responsible for such nets. Hut it can serutinizo very closely the qualifica tions of those who aspire to the offices and let that be th groundwork upon which to man the final selections. In that way bitter results will be certain to be obtained both from a pro fcssioiial and a moral standpoint. ' On The Campus HV UAKY NICHOLS, CACTUS KDJTOH Echoes of the Campus. Those Afternoon Classes. To the Editor of the Nebraskan: How many students during registration week saw carefully planned schedules com pletely destroyed because their advisors in sisted upon tw'o-fifths of their hours being in the afternoon 1 Of course, some of the wiser individuals gave outside work for their schol arly activities, but then not everyone is a wage earner. After all, what is the good of this rule which is so hulfheartcdly adhered tot In the first place, almost everyone will admit that the morning hours arc those in which the greatest amount of work of any kind is accomplished. Any business man will verify the statement that the largest part of his business is trans acted in the forenoon. If that is the case, why shouldn't students get the most important part of their work completed during the most de sirable part of the day! Few moreover, will dispute the fact that uninterrupted study is the best. An entire afternoon cannot help but bring better results than an hour here or an hour there. The rule seems to have as its basic purpose the idea of making class enrollments nr.ore uni form. A few more morning divisions of some of the courses now offered would soon elimi nate this difficulty. It has been suggested that the regulation was made for the benefit of the freshmen students with the hope of formulat ing in them the habit of spending their time at school in place of wasting it in some frivolous pursuit. Surely men and women who come to the university are old enough to be placed on their own responsibility. If school means so little to them that they wish to otherwise em ploy their hours, they should not be kept by iron rules at such an unpleasant occupation. Surely upperclassmen, at least, who have shown the'ir fidelity by their previous work in the school, should be allowed to arrange their schedules according to their convenience re gardless of whether they are engaged in any outside work. M. K. Formal St-iisoii I In Full SiiiK That the formal mumu Li will uudu w.v i nideut fiom the parties scheduled for the past week. Delia (iummu and Sigma Kappa t-iiteiluiued with formal dinner dunces at the elu pier bouses, while tiitmina Phi Heta, Phi Omega Pi. Delta Sigma Lambda, and Pi Kuppa Phi gave formal parlies at the downtown ballroom. Inclement iv weather dIJ not prevent students from attending the parties of the punt week, nor haa it affected the number of social events planned for the coming week. Methodist Student Will 8 Cue it. Melhodmt students of the unl veralty will be giet of the Meth od Ut Student council at an Indoor w Inter aooHa party Friday . eve ning, from 8 to 11 o'clock, at the Trinity Methodist church. Typical winter decorations will be ar ranged by Neva Ik-th Turner and her committee. Harold Brawn has charge of the games and Dorothy Jackson of the stunts. Henrietta Becker Is chairman of the refresh ment committee, and Berenices Hoffman of the program com mittee. Chaperons at the party will be Rev. and Mrs. W. C Fawell, Rev. and Mrs. J. Howard Brawn, and Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Merrill. Guett at D. 8. L. Formal. Out of town alumni were among the 250 couple mo attended the formal at the Lincoln hotel Friday evening by members of Delta Sigma Lambda,- Chaperoning the party were Mr. and Mrs. Roy E. to tonipel virtue and enforce It a If It were a divine command that which at bel I a temporary hu man experiment, when they have evtu eu.UlUicd (hull filouda b) their funatu-iitm-then of course, theae churche will not only be empty, but deeerted, and who la to blame ? if cfechran. Mr. and Mrs. Charle A Herman, and Mr. and Mis. O. K Martin. ! PI Kap Civ ' Formal Members of I't Kappa I'hl gave , their annual formal party at the Oorahuaker ballroom Saturday . evening. About 250 couples at-! tended the party which was chap-' eroned by Dr. and Mrs. C C. ' Weldeaiann, Mr. and Mrs. P. K. Slaymaker, and Mr. and Mrs. Roy U, Ford. Delta Slg Civ Houm Dane Delta Sigma Delta members and pledge entertained fifty couples at a dance at the chapter house Friday evening. Dr. and Mrs. A. H. Schmidt and Dr. and Mrs. F. J. Miller were chaperon at the dance. Others Schedule Parties Members of Kappa Psl will en tertain at a formal at the Lin coln Friday, while Lambdtt Chi Alphas will give a formal dinner dance the next evening. The houne party at the Alpha Theta Chi house will take the form of a fire men's ball. 1 A Student Looks at J Public Affairs. By DAVID FELLUA.X. llarpo Has His Say. To the Editor of The Nebraskan: In two recent issues of this publication appeared student opinions in regard to the policy of chantring the personnel of Th Daily Nebraskan staff twice a year. One writer, M. N., claims that the school of journalism sponsors this paper and that one of the purposes of the The Nebraskan is to serve as an experimental laboratory for pros pective journalists. Had M. N. been better in formed he would have known that The Daily N'ebraskan is not under the supervision of the school of journalism, but is governed largely by the student publication board. The Nebraskan is not primarily a labora tory, but rather a newspaper by and for the students of the university. It seems to me that The Nebraskan should for this reason be con ducted in a manner which will cause the paper to serve the student body in the most efficient way possible. And changing the staff of the paper twice a year makes for decreased effi ciency for several reasons. One is that an edi tor cannot carry out his policies of construc tion in four months' time. Indeed often he cannot even inaugurate them, and one semes ter is not long enough for an editor to bring out the best work he can do. Another reason is that by the time he is sufficiently familiar with the routine of the work to really accomplish anything of worth, he is replaced by a neophyte who must start the breaking in process all over again. This certainly does not make for consistent respon sibility in office, nor for continuity of policy, both of which are highly desirable on a well conducted newspaper. Now as for E. B.'s lament and his wail for a "change of climate." He alleges that students are anxious to hear from more than one man. Behold ! We have found a sage who has his hand on the public pulse and can in stantly detect its slightest fluctuation. Honestly, E. B., man to man, have you actually heard a single member of the student body at large petitioning for a new Nebraskan editor every semester, or is the idea your ownt And furthermore, do you sincerely believe as you intimated in your editorial, that a new editor is going to take to his breast all the causes championed by his predecessor, how ever worthy those causes may bet And, finally, E. B-, is The Daily Nebraskan so menaced that it needs a "safeguard against the . . . peevish whims ... of one track minds"! Or are those one track minds possessed only by people whose arguments in favor of semi annual staff changes are based on such puerile appeal as a desire for a "change of climate?" HABPO. i pHICAGO, It seems, cant otay off the front page if It tries to This time the cause of the windy city's publicity is a serious finan cial condition. The municipalities of Cook county are in debt to tne tune of about S280.0O0.0OO, on which they are now paying $1,400,000 a month In in lei est Chicago's share of the Interest amounts to $4,000,000 a year. To save the city money, the city's pa triotic mayor. William Hale Thompson, has summarily dis charged 473 policemen and 220 firemen, with a tnreat or future re strictions on the city's various services. The cause for this unprecedented financial slough In which Chicago finds itself lies In the tax assess ment situation in Cook county. The 1927 Quadrennial assesment was found to have so many striking in' equalities, that a new reassess ment was ordered. The great task of reappraising the property of the countv is not yet complete. As a result, the Income of the local gov emment units has been temporar ily reduced to almost a shadow. People who were visiting In Chicago during the winter vaca tion tell us that the streets in the loop are piled high with snow, the city making no attempt to clear them. The curtailment of ibis service is unfortunate, but when the city officials begin to discharge firemen and policemen by the hun dreds, they are treading on thin ice. Chicago may be able to mud dle through with sloppy streets, but it is very doubtful, Judging from her record, whether she can dispense with her law enforcing agencies. HTHE senate insurgents won out in their fight to put Senator La Follette of Wlsconstn on the Im portant fiaanee committee. At the same time, the socalled "young guard" republicans, who occupy a position somewhere between the hidebound conservatives and the radicals, got one of their men Senator Thomas of Idaho, on the committee. These two elevations must have been a bitter piU foi such men as Senators Moses and Bingham to swallow, but the alter native, a complete breakdown in whatever morale there is left In re publican senatorial ranks would have been even less fortunate. "TWO members of the faculty of 1 the University of Missouri were dismissed last April for their dis tribution of a sex questionnaire among students for the purpose of making a scientific inquiry Into the problems of sexual life. A final and most influential re-echo of the protest which arose all oyer the country came last week from a special committee of the Associa tion of University Professors. After conducting an investigation, the committee found that there was nothing offensive or Immoral about the questionnaire, and that the officials of the University of Missouri acted in an unreasonable and arbitrary manner.' The committee's stand was sharply and directly put "for the board of curators to decree the most severe punishment with its power, dismissal and suspension without pay, for their alleged 'of fense' (trivial. If any) Is under the present circumstances a clear breach of the principles of freedom New Guard Pins NEW CRESTS Crests can be applied to any article, all national and local fraternities Hallett ' University Jewelen Eftb. 1871 117.11 So. 12th of teaching and research and se curity of tenure In the university." One notes with gratification ibis vigorous position of a responsible group of teachers on the Important matter of their intellectual free dom. JTDWARD W. BOK. author. Jour callst and advocate of peace, died last Thursday. The author of a number of successful books, his autobiography won the Pulitrer prise in 1920. In 1923, his f loo.ooo prize offered and given for the plan which would best enable the United States help keep the world peace, attracted universal atten tion, A penniless immigrant at the age of six, Mr. Bok achieves suc cess in the Journalistic field, (-octal position, wealth and the respect of hill fpllnw rnnnfrvmon Ho , an. other symbol of American oppor- J'itn aee tunity. CUGAR is the big bone of conten tion in the present state if the tariff struggle in the senate. The bill as drawn up by the committee and approved by the house .raises the duty on sugar from the present rate of 1.76 to a new high rate of 2.20 cents a pound. This issue, cutting across all party and faction lines, constitutes the most bitterly contested schedule In the Smoot- Hawley biU. QARDINAL O'CONNELL said a few things last Sunday at a service in the Holy Cross cathedral of Boston which are worth repeat ing: "When the churches are turned into political factions, when In stead of saving souls by gen He pa tience and sincere example of mod eration in the affairs of human life, all their energy and effort are turned violently and virulently Into a frantic and equally futile attempt Between the Lines. Uy LASKLLK U1LMAN. RANDOM AND LIGHTLY CONFUSED RUMINATION UPON THIS, THAT, AND SEV ERAL OTHER THINGS. WITH ESPECIAL REFERENCE TO NEITHER AMOUNT TO A THE FORMER THOUGH WHOLE LOT, BUT NEVER THELESS, RANDOM AND SLIGHTLY CONFUSED RUM. INATIONS . . . AVYKKK of reuist ration Is over i this counM In the muscular activity of digestion a anapT" ask the fine art student . . . "It's a pipe." someone tell him . . . ri courses In plumbing ... A home eo major ha found a hnap in dressmaking . . . ColIeK curriculum annum great Import ance during regist ration week . . . No one knows vO take . . . And everyone as .w v one else' advic . . . Ue....u, 1 .ean 1 can't find a thing to take next semctttcr . . . I'm all agog . . . What's this course In history of the pelopone tan war llkeT . . . What doc B. O. mean? . . . (Don't you ever read the ads?) ... And a fellow I know Is going to take military science by extension . . . Credit books are all the rage . . . But my credit isn't good at the registrar's office . . . Speaking of registrars, It was a great week for them . . . And the college deans report that they wore out eight dozen rubber stamps . . . And the advisers all have writer's cramp . . . The registrars are all snowed in for the rest of the semester . . . The finance office will get its inning about three weeks from now . . . But we all know what the assignment com mittee is doing . . . It's assigning prelaw frosh to graduate seminars in Spencer . . . The assignment committee always observes April fool's day as a great event . . . PRESIDENT Lowell of Harvard says: "If only the dear moth ers who are afraid of their boys' going to college so early would look over our figures at Harvard, they would see that the tempta tion to go to the devil increases The younger the boys are the better scholars they are and the better behaved. My great grandfather sent my grand father to college at the age of thirteen, too young to dissipate. It worked out exceptionally well." A good idea. Let's put the grammar school scholars In the universities and remove the uni versities men and ladies to the kindergarten. Then they could dissipate in the sandboxes and run around wild among the building blocks, cutting out paper flowers. properoua I becaiiM there no place to ail down. I suppo in rcaaon American citlra aie aa I united and flurried and flonlnr.l and art lv I broiia there placs to park. yilOSE who were winin in the essay context on prohibition aie being sent to the big conference on prohibition In Detroit. One of the winner war.ted tht muuey m Htead of the trip so that he might continue hi collrg education, nut the Judge wer Insulted. Well. Detroit U a good town too, though it's a queer place to be holding, a prohibition conference. It'a about two miles by ferry to Ontauo. HEREBY and to wit. en pari per contra (law Undents ilean no(el w. being of sup posedly sound mind and hmM body, do set up our New Year's resolution and swear to abide by them to the best of our known abliny: 1. We will not. undri any nr. cunutanrea. tarry more than eighteen hours each aementer. 2. Ws will refrain from aver.g. Ing above 90 In our final g radon. 3. We will not play football on the varsity during 1930. nor will we Join the basketball team. , 4. Ws will not cake at the eateries during our morning clause except when we take cuts. ft. Wa will observe all traffio lights In the vicinity of poln headquarter. (You can't I. II anything about these traffio lights, anywsy. If they're not red, they're green, or maybe yellow. It's no use.) has his pet peeve, ours. Here It I: During a quls concerning the char acters of a novel, or a short story, or a play forgotten which-the professor suddenly asked us, "Quick! What sort of a person was Blank's second wife Quick "' We couldn't remember Blank's second wife, but there was no time to spsre, and the grading pencil was poised. "She was all right," we said. "Blank didn't have any second wife," the professor told us witheringly. And In the classroom, you can t even light a Murad. rVERVONE We have AND some fellow says that the reason American cities are so "Your Drug Store" Try those Delicious Tonstwlche at our Luncheonette. Whlttman Candiee The Owl Pharmacy 148 No. 14th A P. B1068 WE SELL A. L BROWN tllohavvk Tires And TUBES BATTERIES and BATTERY SERVICE NEW DRIVE-IN SERVICE CAPITAL CITY TIRE CO. 11th and L B4887 ORCnESTRl Hlisa)LHKmwAssxB H rOR INFORMATION R n?jA THIS BANDOR KUMBtRS O lf). 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