The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, March 28, 1930, Page TWO, Image 2

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The Dmu Nibrakan
OMICIAt. HtOtSt tCtltllON
TWtSTV-NINf N tH
hrir offnprmg tonnJer old fhined. imprattit al. 1
'pni'iil anj luadetjuat Oiler, it I.
j'IIK )vulh ublrm of I-kJ ii pioblrni lhtt
BElWttN TMt LINES
t UASKU.K OILMAN
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Uarf'tc
WHiim MtQ'tn
iiwr . .
to'' Oajr
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Ml..' ('!'
still !
nuul Up ivtHl almM cntiiely by youth u!f
' ti it unf itunt in nut having the Uitrlligi-nt ad
ikt and judgment t( uldrr people who have rx
... til.. !r"u,M """" w,,,in l,w I,ul " v..u. Mow f wonder.
; ix-t'i'i are noi I" ruiri iot mrir nonijuieuiir ill lint- pl.ritoiiwt oil rVIl r uur
thru inability to tealine lb tuniimr table nun .Nolle rxpei intent l proving
iiuiru. hiii proving i) our
tii.xir.1 and a.loiiiiilfU Ktii 'bat
i:ttM KXI'KKIMKNT.M. HK
fliivr WAVINil tilr. 111:0
KI.AC
WML. I ! ' V.e'i wll ih
A MM
.n.i Mvt j or f
! tempi at ion ubu h cr' th path of lit that young
COLLEGE SOCIALISM.
uuivfrtllirs throughout
INTO coll! and
....... .,.,.. .ii-i i. .).- t miriiinir tbnr
propaganda with a vigor never ilue.ed before.
no men and women follow today.
p u ' liieMUWe, huvtr, l youth' (ailuic to try to
oh thi problem. Now as never iToie theie i
J C an riw'r " for vigorous amj Mratghtforw aid
j N.ixu' ' Uadeubip among collg young ople. RaUunt
"' p .ptimita who through ro-colorl aptHtaclr w
kalvation for th worlj in th unretralnrJ an. vi.
'aciou -irit cf youth bav kept one ee ilol
Aby thiiiKiiif collrg nun or wuinaii. alnt to
Mine u iiih a Ihu.g. aflM all. a
4 iritaioi nio.lKom ol ira tre
iloiii We'ie lo.in in ImI to uur
lrurl hrutruMnl. but f ahould
tnriv
IN lhV ol Uk- fut that th
' Hiu triii t'u I re column and the
xlitoriitl loluiuiirt have tren bub-
with opini'iii irnnlly ton
the
wbal la go.ug on aU.ut. cannot help but realite thre Hn w( mst ,verv helming de
u a time anj a Ui for a bif cleanup lan-pitin. i;k t Wk in out own unwieMy
They know high moral atanJanU ba bren draggeU oi. Let u aet forth our tmtivMual
ll in i worm
Th. naat month baa een two imnui Hiaiiia, ,,,, .,lpl ,.. Ih, ... .h . u opinion, even tnoutn
Norman Tboma. anj I'aul Torter. on the Nebra.ka J W)irnlon. Thr). kow that ouny con iet,oua "" ru' ' .,9,17. Awan"
......... Im .i,.vmr la N'ehranka tui1-nta they . ,. , . . . . ... . ........ . ...
"" " r: u lK. ru'J imruc. id m nj jhjci uu i ,Vl!VAN, then. Admitte.l.
hav thorted tbem to iat miarei tne ieai ' . p,lllih Ul,v ,t.ve t,y commenrem -nt time. They ' . ,..r t kn.iw ao very much
nomic problema of the day. to norn the iuii.'U.nuy , . i-ountlfaa rraduatea leave univetilv uilh rliil it even though we onre held
Humor, but I'ollrg Humor I
baaed on rollega maaiinea. The
Awgwan fill aa defuui a iUie.
in lertain renpeita. aa uWa the
I'raina hthiHner. the lirnhukrr
Countryman, and th Hlue I'rinl
ni'T th wer their taale of.
fended, com-eived a great di
like for lb magine. i thev
wid It otf the n ap. inalead of
banging ataff They frit thai It
would coriupl our Youth
IMMIDKATION oflu iaU ran bin
Imported literature, uaing their
own Idea of Immoialiiy ai a Judge,
and th I'owera ran ban th
Awgan. And tbi column, for that
matter. Put. aa a laat word, rou
nder th Yale Record, the Har
vard Lampoon or th Partmouth
Jark-o-l jintern. Nebraaka could
put out Juat aa gxl a colltga
comic If tb Power would giv
It another cbanr. Dut they wont
It cotta too much.
The Student Pulse
S'Qn.a :enlnbulient pertinent la matter ef atuoeni
lit and In univeroty are weitomed by Ihi arp.rt
men. OP'nient aubmitied ahould be brief and concie
POUTICAL REFORM.
and petty aquafcbling among republuan and demo. u v Utmn bul u(th b,Ilkrnl., mr,... j,,. tht duhu.u ,miti.m of aaociate
vrat. over ftctitlou. U.uea. ,,, tynu(.m Mul a ,,linl of fal,t- ,hat "'""'r it. aiigua w.
. . ... .k.i ......ii i.i i. uiiiiiinL iliiln I lo ao verv mu n worn con-
Ther la no doubling- that ao,..li,ni la wmuinfc hM ,(JU,u.hH ,mWtlun. gently left the magann with
many adhereoti Is American college student ar , rn, Vtl(Jln rU abr.t , lnJ n;,jTe4 about a much know ledge of it aa
Ur4 of th atald and hidebound conaervatiam under fKkci ttilh lh ,Jea ol urtthening them. ",r c"-
which vry art U coutrolled. They want aome- j w jl, m Mf Wt (hu ,,,,, Wh
thine h.w- that reprerent. the change in the point of W(kmr oul ,u myrN dlffic,mlM nwny niit,kf, W',, 1 .S,. nw knolv
viw they bavc aiquirl wb.le at achool. The per. w m(1. Bllt ,n thal enjrilvor mhy grt a ,hft, w(t venerable publica-
aonal aPeal that a,Kiliani make i a atrong one. vwjl, 0 ,om,ihlng beyond heiloniatic pleasure and ""J tl'ncontln-
Many ie bound U N-rome Mluwera fl m i m-v rfu. lhlt happ.neaa will be HcheM and beM ;MH bv '"l"'1 ,,,f ,th' Po "
Socialiam lod.y i. . mu. vh h.gher brand than hr n, , puppIllirtw by . wMSM '
ever rfor Invaded the country. Cm that ban it la to h,, otbfr,. .r,,,..-..! WMV -.i.tora tn
-i i " r
due to reoeive more uppoti man ever iTnue am. t
command th renpert of the moat amu democrat
and republicans la time pant .i:iHtic move
ment b.tv been identified with common Uborria,
the Jobleaa. and labor union. Today tudrnl
thought In leading univeraities In being in.nuliUed
with aociahatic doctrine. No longer la the ao-called
intUigectia comed by ocialit leadors. Hather
the ar biog welcomed into the rank.
Thi forward trend of aoclaliam resemble the To the editor:
policy of the aucceful labor party In Kngland. On -it waa writ In the aaga of Eric the Red,
alient factor thai has brought much of this iuccesa . the bolshevik. Lenlne II.. waa rather asinine and
to a psrty organization proud of its octHlim has that I. Cod forbid, had disturbed the sanctity of my
been its clou connection to college-bred Oxford and j classmate' mind. Eric, your aatire is biting.
Cambridge men. These individual are thinking of , though It is a good weapon. I choose to cambat
general social welfare and not of .their personal in- with a blunter, firmer instrument logic. I choose
terests. to digrea from the field of personal reflection and ,t wa, follnJ .mitv and condemned
i to baae my arguments on plain succinct talk. to death. hether it is quite dead
"THIS unelfi?h aspeit puts aocialism on a compar- If niy glasses be amber-hued your spectacles are ! remains to be von. Mimce it ro
1 atise high plane in EnKUnd. An oosite belief ygian." You present one side of the case and ren- iUwMTlbl
that oclallsm was a selfish cause espoused only by der a verdict. I slated that freshmen were apt to . gtaff diflmnded. lOchone! We
the dontrodden brought it into disrepute in Amor- look at political affair in the light of a farce. You j never got paid, more'a the pity! J
ica and linked it with communistic demonstrations. aay. "Yea. 'tl such." For shame, you are not only j
itr.kes anJ u h. vmcal hut vour radicalism amounts to anarchism. ; A J?i:,EAT '"""u ll1"1,'"t !' !
sir.nes. biiu au u. . . , back; a numb r do not want It
Next summer a group ui h ... luu JCU(UUuHr uui nnj iiuiuuuia uu unv j r,ack: part f lne faculty have no
vill tour Europe under sponsorship of the socialist dents. Your mistake has already been pointed out i hatred for it: and part of the
League for Industrial Democracy. It will study m- i by our revered and sagacious editor. A few of our faculty and the Powers will have
. ialism in Its economic and political phases. Ten- j institutions have escaped the clutching talons of I none bt il- Tbu8,we.hve the 'tua'
(i.-ncies. a thi illuatrites. w hich bring socialists to j that monstrous ghoul corruption. On these you .
aJopt a scientific attitude pulls it out of the quag- 'turned a frigid shoulder, your condemnation was too "THOSE who oppose the Awgwan
nire into which it descended in the days of Gene wid sweeping. say that it was low, and writ-
You asree with me in the maioritv of mv issues. , lpI iow-minaea persons, inty
that
its ilny. and thai it had been spon
ored'bv Sii;ma Ivlta Chi. profes
sional lournallslic fraternity. We
know- that it was an official ma
Carine. offering homage to the
university, and that Its staff M
apHiiiited by the publication board
CO Ml'r'H for nothing. And P. S.
We recollect that shortly after
its last gasp, in December. Col
lege Humor honored it in some
way or other we've forgotten the
exact honor.
IN NOVEMBER the Awgwan was
tried by a Jury of ita peers,
namely the publication board. It
was charged with obscenity, lewd
ness, laciviousness. and vagrancy.
FACULTY IS TOO
PATERNALISTIC.
SAYS OLDFATHEP.
(Continued from Tag I.I
redly with student activities, be-
lievea that there i need for some
faculty auperviaion. The mother
and fathers of th slate send their
children to the university and ex
pect th faculty to aee that the
true purpose of the university is
given to in cnuaren. ne aays.
Harmonious Relation.
That h la atrong for harmonious
student and faculty relations was
stressed by th geograpny cnair
man. "The. trouble 1. however."
he declared, "that both student
and faculty member are to blame
They do not try to develop nt
much of this personal contact as
they could and for that reason
thrra I th belief that m
working agaumt the other.
"Yl ideal aituation would I
complete calibration between fac
ulty and studrnia," h continued
"A a whole. I should aay tbat
pr.ifraaora ar willing to have thi
r.-i.iiribti.ii. I, ut for am reaoii
or nlher there never arema In I
anything great accoinpli.hej m
thi direction
Htudenla aie at laull aa tar aa
fMi-uliv dominance la tonienied.
At ording to Dr. IW. "U I her
wer MinK genuine aludeitt leader
on thi campus, ther would be no
queation of giving them the right
to govern their own affair, but a
long aa they are not capable of
handling thinga themaelve 11 ha
been found nneary for I he fac
ulty to be the guiding hand "
Th botany profeaor I willing
to aee aome atu.lent activities bul
when they begin to take moat of
the students' lime, he believes the
university suffers. "We get th
reaction from th atudent both in
th classroom and In hia point of
view on life." he declare.
In expostulating on this oint.
... ii... i inlet! oul what In- !
lieved I" the modem jdnloM.pny
among studrnia. that of ju-t try.
int I ""gel '." Uludent of Una
l? uMinllv have exlia-cuiiicidr
ailivitie ' e
ignoiame or lannr.a and h a
iwiult thrv aie evM-iirn mg a tyi
ul inlellnlunl imnioi !
remoiilite
..... o mm I! aUiul lirr.
M.mi in Englamt" toiitiniird I'i.
',. ieednin llieie la inoir on
piraive than ll l ' The Mu
drill there arov thai a.mrlM.ir
ia wailing lr them t the end of
the line -lh-v know thai thry nil.,
mil to kn.Kk whnh American
ktudrnia could never toleiate.
"I believe the laculiy baa a .
feet right to inierfeie a fai a
,i. ..ir niHlIrr are cnniri in d.
I ....i it h.. filial authoiitv tn tin n
extra cunuular a.tivilira win. n
detract from the true and genuine,
purpose of the univ.iMtv t.
tudy. And true school spirit it
that whnh breathes the spirit of
the purpose of the laivrisnv r i-
.........a, . mil i n -ii. '
(Jl Ml .", ....
the like."
Fhamtvviln:. S5c and up
Maasagui-, 3&c and up
Tor Haircut That Kit. It
KEARNS 8ARBER SHOP
A. F. Jck Kearns. Trop.
Italrruttlna &or
Srcomt fJhi.p tnm "O" tit.
133 No. Hlh St. Lincoln. Nehr.
?av that the funnv parts were bor
rowed from exchanges, and that
the stuff written by the staff was
i 'os.
Socialism preached in colleges today is not of namely, that political conditions at Nebraska are in
'-.e virulent Debs variety. Vituperous arguments the main faulty, that factions should use greater
advanced in those days appealed to emotion prima- ; care and Judgment in selecting: candidates and that ' the punk, putrid, rotten and bum.
-ilv and to reason secondarily. Today it is given the majority of the honorary positions are gained ' 'n?y ' 11 !nl '" J 8D.rl;
'" ' . . ., , ... , , . . , . . u i thev ask what good it did. what
to university students on the basis of its merit. It by factional rather than by personal triumph. ; posjUon ,t fine( say that
ppeal ia to the thinking class and to those who are My analogy to the conting-uity of national and j jt was a drain on some treasury
v.uling to wrestle with genuine problems today. Its sthool politics may seem a little far-fetched. How- or other.
iaders are men who realize something muf be done , ever. I still maintain that the habits formed in col- j re brothers
to better unemployment, to bring order out of pres- ),.. have a tremendous effect upon our future activ- j W 'ln,',. WHwveve r?" we" w"re
:sit economic chaos, to deal logically rather than j(y. If we as student ignore or abuse the privileges ncvcr in" favor 0f abolishing the
.oirmatically with political issues. of voting we have formed a habit that will largely. Awgwan and we are
These socialists are not as interested in winding influence our voting in public elections. The de
students to their banner as they are In bringing to mnd for intelligent and educated voters is one of
their attention many truths which long nave been the crying needs of our national government.
veiled in dogma and secluded in the sn.vju-.vi i i tum
l lacenf y.
W hy pass up the opportunity of receiving profit
able training at the university? We as university
students have carried over high school ideas into
our collegiate politics, as voters we will be acting in
acccrdar.ee with our university training as we will in
in favor of
bringing it back. Whv? The
Awgwan, during its last gasps,
was low. But that was due to
those who wrote it. Why make
the magazine suffer? Why not
kick out the staff and appoint a
new one? A word to the wise
should he sufficient. It could have
been rw.de a verv good humor
liiagHZiiie. il could have been pun-
the other affairs of life. Students of yesteryear are Rent nd witty and original and
at the helm of the ship of state. Our time will come j fen " neCeSSary
wrymM -
publishes such a magazine.
Most of them, by the way, are far
more frank with their Jobs, quips
and cartoons than ever waa the
Awgwan They say that if we
waot to read humor, read College
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,.ius roininlssi'iris. Limited number
l be einJoy.d. At at onee.
Call C. L. Cochran,
R.iom 9!fi. Hotel Capitol
for Interview.
HIT THE DECK.
IODEP.N colleges, in their a'ter.;pt to thissity and
-specialize various lines of intellectual cultiva
rmn should establish a Card college. Under this
v.t.m leffreea would be sn anted to those erstwhile soon. Will we be prepared?
students who become highly proficient in various I do not know the usefulness of our schoollKiy ; yLMOST evety state university
branches of that most refined type of education. .opinions but l ao neneve mac a reviaion o. id pu-
In the Card college, one could include the school litical muddle will occur only in an era of political
of bridge: departments of auction and-contract would reform. LENINE II.
be classified in this main college. The school of
itch would also draw many registrants from the TESTS AND EXAMINATION,
field of card players. To the editor:
Laboratory work might oe carried on to good Next week we will go through a period of cram
advanUfce in all fratcriut;- r.ouso front roo:ns. There mjng for c::aminations. ransacking archives, consult
l little doubt concerning the cordiality with which jng notes and outlines, and a period of strained un
such a system would be accepted. And. after all. certainty. Lights will burn far Into the wee hours
the modern university student needs enlightenment 0f the morning, schemes and devices will be worked
along card playing lines. out to assimilate enough information to "get by"
Evidence of the initiative and fearlessness which tne instructors. Real students will rely largely on
characterizes university youths is shown by the fact y,e WOrk they have done in the past weeks; getters
that many students, realizing the necessity of such . jjy will concoct some sort of pseudo-information at
a course, are pursuing it diligently on then own the lasl minuie. They must g:et passing- grades,
hook. Believing, and rightly so. tbat card playing xne casual observer may ask. "Well, what's
is more important than many form of curricular wrong with the grade system based on examina
study, they cut classes right and left to attend their ' ll0ns?" One who has been subject to this regime
bridge sessions. ' for years cannot help feeling there is something
Morning, noon and night, these trad blazers of UTong ... jth it. To the writer ft is this
today' educational frontier sit at the card tables.; Th(, firquent tests enable the fellow bent on just
Are tbey not getting a bad deal? Mow tan a sup- getting by, to get enough information at his com
posedly broad minded university fail to recognize . ma5(j tor the test. He may or may not have so
the great benefits which may be derived from con- ni;i,h as opened a book before the test stared him
atant. diligent, intensive card playing? AU: jn the face. He sits down for a few hours and gets
together some superficial knowledge of the mate-
YOUTH'S OWN PROBLEM. rials covered, reproduces it at the given time, gets a
r-nr '.r ATriRS waited their heads ominously last passing grade, and "lives happily ever after.
L week at a convention of superintendents of the very similar thing takes place when the exarnina
Vational Educational association when they were tlons are impending. Often he gets a better grade
told that there had been a large increase in parental than the fellow who worked on each lesson assigned,
disrespect and sexual delinquency among high school He is ranked higher than the other fellow by the
students in Detroit since 1917. Detroit is a repre- instructor.
nentative American city. The problem in its high ' How shall we get away from this situation? We
schools are transplanted in a large measure when , might free the student from the piecemeal testa and
their graduates enter college. There were ground. ; let him pursue his ow n course In running down a
for worry. ' problem be is interested in. We might give him his
The "youth" question has troubled educators for choice of following the usual routine of tests and
eenerations. Because it has been a despairing examination or letting him tackle a major problem
problem for so long people today are becoming un-! and then taking: an examination on thu problem.
I .... . .1. V. n . mat., it r1U t Vil
concerned about It. Such an apatny may prove
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Sermon for Students
Book Review Sermon
Dusty Answer
By Rosamond Lehmann,
a recent graduate of Gir
ton College, Cambridge,
England.
11 a. m. March 30
Unitarian Church
12th and H.
Students' Hour Conference
or Dusty Hour is held nt 7
p. m. Sunday evening nt the
church. Dr. A. L. Wcatherly
will lead the discussion.
Discusion for Liberal
Thinkers
All students are wanted
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A ;
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dUaatroua. Certainly youth today is facing: bigger
Uauea, more temptation and greater questions than
it ever faced before.
Tre are several reasons for this. The world
The tet-a-week scheme make it possible for
those to remain in school who have no higher ambi
tion than getting by. Dr. W. O. Thompson made a
statement to this effect: "The ability of the aver
age student to resist an education Is the marvel of
i. Mm,inr ff.r Time and soace have been annihl- I the age." This states the situation In a nutshell
lated. Ia eenerations past, the views of father and but it does not give the cause. This state of affairs
instructors takinz the
son, mother ana aaugnier, vaneu uguujr u.auc i uui unm...
ther wtu no phenomenal change which altered
their respective outlooks on life.
But when parents of today were young they did
not aav to cope with the automobile, bootleg
booee. talkies, broken homes. Lacking experience,
they are unable to answer fatisfar torily the que
tioiu in youthful minds pertaining to thee things. ;
Nevertheless they advance voluminous advice which J
position that they are going to be sure the students
get the materials presented. The students take the
position that they are going to be sure they don't
get any more than Is absolutely necessary. So the
contest goes on. hampering the real student at every
turn by being jerked away from his Interests.
Much remains to be done In thi field.
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