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nro THE DAILY NEHHASKAN THURSDAY. M V 22. lvio The Daily Nebraskan 0'rll.lAt. ktl'DtNT PUBLICATION USIVIll1 OS N0H4 Puk" T . VkenJv. iDu'Mir, Friday ed ewneer t,te aw ir tfte e . leer. tr mane' el !'' llv'. IiiIuihi, wio. tt ( itxg'.u. Niim 1, U. el eMcei tele e sleee 'vio tmr in eec" tlUl XI CmIoImc 1 '. eulKexir J. null M. euit at le SiuaeM fwfciim' tt eteve ... HlM He"r Mau'Ve k Vii4m MtwaMa timer M.tr tev k.t.n Cviee tDlTOftlAk STArr limenl Vveile CeMfiwl". EiMora tlfttt Hel,eke lailar ..Allocate kaie William McCieery William O. Tavlee Slea Wegnef ....Immi Id iter Mary Nlrhelo aul C. hill tester P. khKh their musical endeavors each year. Tbty hlr wen derful eymphony oriheetraa and femuu. rpera .(era to rom to their exhoole and Uae part la great music eha. Th I'mvereily cf Michigan alages q annual music fralival ablco laat. four daya. At lrat I7V0O0 la apnt In Ibia limi to bring la null ataia aa tha ChUago symphony orrheatie. Ilichud Bonelll. Tarry Grainger and many olhera. If euib a festival nere to be staged bera. aould II be given I ha aluilrnt eupport It mould marit? Tha mere fart that there la nH proper building availablt la hardly a euffinent excuse, although it la clear lhat neither lha armory nor tha coliseum (a quite what la reeded. Although attendance la nt aji larga aa it might ba. lha effort put forth In aponaoring auih thinga aa tha aprlng comert la effort wall directed, and ef fort v. huh may nme day gain Ita and MILESTONES AT NEBRASKA FORTY AT NEBRASKA OIVE THEM A CHANCE. mi? tv nni itips aiixa a a w.-.. . TWO Cir.LS, Interested in looking through their I NPIIUIANt'KD politulana attempted la railroad, J uu.i-. imr.r . , . a. man nlo iueilenrv or in Miineni council ... fl yesterday. An organised attempt to overthrow cus torn and fairness In tha election of off una to thla supposedly non-political organUation ae engineered by certain ruthless, honor-aeeklng, fartln-mindrd n:r mhcrs. It haa been an established precedence in the Stu lent council that lha preside ntial chair ba filled by rna of tha two men who are elected aa holdover members by tha outgoing ldy. Withdrawal of one h"Mer man from the nominationa thwarted tha uh aurfaoa political device. Certain council membera objected trenuouly to the withdrawal, casting their votea ajiainM it hen tha motion waa presented. When tha prealdentlal htllot aaa taken, nine votea had been marked for a nw member, with the logical man receiving thir teen votea. Division of votea between the two holdover mem rvra would hava alerted tha Junior dark horae. SuppoM thla under cover man had been a logical conciliate; were hla ardent backera afraid to men tnn hia r.ama In the open nomlnatlona? Such ae cit bloc action In the Student council will cripple that body In Its attempt to legislate for the student b-vdy. Proportional representation has been praised to tha skies. Yesterday's action cast a black shadow on the futur of the council, with Its membership dian from three recognized factions. During the current year, the Student council has fought masterfully to establish Itself on the cam pus: to gain more power, In order that It might legislate wisely and broadly for the good of Ne braska students. Ignoring this worthwhile endea vor, politicians have Invaded the only representative group on the campus and have exei-ted themselves to bring It down to the level of a cut throat clan. To make clear the political aspect of the at tempted coup, the following details are given: 1. Two blue shirt men were nominated for tha presidency. Each, having served promin ently on the council for one year, waa qualified for tha position. 2. One nominee withdrew. His withdrawal was not a political move, but the result of an honest decision that he would be unable to give sufficient time to the position. 3. One barb and certain yellow Jackets ob jected to the withdrawal, which was carried over their dissenting votea. 4. With only one man nominated for presi dency, a yellow Jacket sophomore polled nine votes In competition with a blue shirt Junior. This split waa not an accident. Shady politicians had been working on thw proposition for several days, soliciting votes and preparing a slate. Additional evidence waa presented In the elec tion of treasurer. A barb woman, newly elected, waa nominated to oppose the blue shirt holdover who had rejected the nomination for presidency. . She polled nine votes to her opponent's thirteen. Will political factions be ready and anxious to sacrifice the welfare of the council in order to place their favored sons and daughters In the collegiate limelight? Across the bright prospects of the Stu dent council for a successful term, an Insidious shadow has fallen. newly received Cornhuskers while In claaa, were axked by the professor to leave the classroom. "I never auk you to coma to class, but if you do come, why nl play the game?" Throughout the aemealer the Instructor had an nounced that attendanre at tha rlana aesslona waa optional, and that students could do aa they aaw fit about coming to claaa. Without anger or prejudice the pmfor asked only that ha be given the respect that waa due hia position. To properly conduct the work or me class It waa necessary that he be given the students' attention. This ha felt to be hia duty, and In order to perform thla duty he found It neceaaary to uae this disciplinary measure. Lack of respect for Instructors la a trait of the most narrow type. It ahowa a general failure to understand the purpose or aim of college education. In a few cases, where the professor vlolatea his right to respect by bis arbitrary or clearly Ignor ant manner, this may be to a degree expected, but In cases w here the professor la offering a course In a manner that evidences hla sincere Interest and conscientious effort, he merita the support of his students. NOW YOU TELL ONE! ALL THIS stir of Anton Jensen's seems now to pass from the serious to the humorous. The only problem left, it would seem, is to decide who to laugh at and who to laugh with. The whole thing simmers down to a teeter-totter affair, lota of action but no one gets anywhere. First Jensen publishes his pamphlet, then the ad ministration says, in effect, "Don t pay any atten tln to Anton, he's Just got a grudge and wants to gtipe." Tass the Buck! This seems to be the outcome of the tempest In a teapot. Jensen makes his three-year-old charges, with nothing to connect them with present conditions. The administration says "She's a dern good school, and getting bet ter." In conversation Jensen will add but little to his printed arguments. When faced point blank with the question, "WelL what do you want done about it?" he hedges, and rambles on about a junior col lege, biased regents, faculty petitions, and Dr. Alex ander. So, gentle student of this corrupt fourth rate uni versity, make out your own guess there a no solu tion forthcoming from either of the participants, Your solution will win the prize, for it's probably as near right as anyone's. But after it Is all over, is there so much the mat ter here? To take a rational, and not jingoistic standpoint, is it not still "dear old Nebraska, where the girls are the fairest, the boys are the squarest, of any old school that you knew?" Subject, of course, to the frailties of a political, or shall we say state institution, the school seems to be functioning quite well. We see things too closely. Schools a thousand miles away seem to have smooth sailing, but if we were there to inves tigate well, perhaps something Is rotten in Ireland aa well as Denmark. TO THE BLOTTER. THE BLOTTER Is a useful article, absorbing li quids which come within reach of ita thlrtsy surface. College students before final examinations provide a parallel to the blotter, In Uielr pathetic attempts to aoak up as much Information aa pos- bihle under the tardy stimulus of scholarship. Tacts, details, situations and developments, dl geslcd and assimilated In the proper order, go to make un an education. Some youths convince themselves that thry are acquiring an education when, if they could ;.-.lize it, they are simply roak ing blotters of their r-::ids. College courses arc divided and arranged for the period In which they ere taught, in order that stu dents may have an opportunity to obtain a gradual and lasting knowledge of the subject. Collegiate procrastination, however, demands that all work be postponed until the last minute. Result: cramming. Most University of Nebraska students are en abled to stay In school because of some sacrifice on the part of their parents. Many swaggering. nonchalant Nebraskans go through the modest sum set aside by their families for education, without receiving any valuable knowledge. Perhaps their credit books are filled with commendable grades, but signs sometimes lie. About this time of year the text book fines a rival for Hie center of student interest. Watch the boys peering anxiously Into the check book to decide how they will be able to get home other than on foot. The Student Pulse Signed contribution! pertinent to matter of stu dent life and tha university ara welcomed by thla department. Opinion aubmitted should b brief and concrete. its MUSIC IN THE AIR. AN EVENT of merit that received less than merited attention was the annual spring con cert of the University choral union, given yester day morning. With a chorus of two hundred voices, directed by Howard Kirkpatrick, works by Schubert and Mendelssohn were given. The concert waa oae of tha relatively few such events Included In the pro gram of the year, and represented a fitting repre sentation of an Important aide of the university. Just what the attitude of students toward music really is, is a matter of doubt. If classes .had been excused for the concert it la safe to venture that not mora than a email fraction would have taken advantage of their opportunity to attend a really fin musical event Other unlversitlea spend thousands of dollars on IN DEFENSE. The following is part of a letter from Anton Jensen. Since its length was out of proportion to student interest In the. subject, only a part is published. To the editor: Thank you for your very human treatment of my circular, but I am writing you as there were a number of misrepresentations in your editorial Sun day commenting on that circular unintentional misrepresentations, I am sure. Ill Your editorial savs that I "failed to paint a complete picture of the case of Dr. Alexander" as I failed to state that Dr. Alexander "wanted the teachers college abolished, as a second step" in his "reorganization." Now it happens, Mr. Backus, that I waj in conference with Chancellor Burnett for about an hour this morning, and Chancellor Bur nett told me exactly the same thing. Coincidence? The following is taken from Dr. Alexander'a letter to the board of April 20, 1927 definitely setting forth the basis upon which he was willing to utay: "Preliminary to the institution of such a constitu tion, there should be, aa I suggested In yesterday's letter a return to the College of Arts and Sciences of its degree and its power of certification. If on due consideration it will vote to surrender these rights, I should have no more to say." That does n't say anything about the abolition of the teachers college, does it? (2) You complain that I failed to state that Dr. Alexander "not only asked that a committee be se lected to draft a constitution, but demanded that he be made chairman of that committee." Your state ment is correct but fails to understand the situa tion. Under such conditions, if you had been In Dr. Alexander's place you too, would have wanted the most favorable circumstances for drawing up the most adequate constitution possible, shouldn't you. Dr. Alexander's position was well expressed in a letter: "I do not want a position for the sake of holding it, nor for title, and if I knew of another man in the university who could and would do the work I should joyously step aside. At present I know of none." In conclusion, Mr. Editor, I am with you for an ouatanding university of "high standards" that will be one of the country's most ouatanding univer sities and It can be done. Let Tha Dally Ne braskan do Its part on tha inalde, and there are, others who will do their part on the outside. It cannot be done, however, with the regents meeting behind closed doors and conducting the university upon a questionable baais. And with thla I close, Mr. Editor, overlooking a few minor points I might have corrected. With the above corrections, however, I believe your editorial, which on the whole waa very human to me, would stand open examination. My congratulations to you, Mr. Backue, but a few mora grains of salt; yes, a few mora grains of salt. ANTON U. JENSEN. M 22. 1170. Mary Wateia waa rhnaan Ma Quaes at tha nineteenth Ivy day ceremony. New Innnrenta war lapped and Mortar Hoarda were masked. Kmhryo lawyeia held their aa nual barbecue at Knwortb park Tha aenlor rlaaa presented their play. "If I Ware King." im. Two membera of tha tenni squad qualified for varsity let tera. Tha school of drama presented tbaan'a "tihoata" at tha Temple theater. Tha Engineering eoviety elected Ita new orncera and alwi new membera of tha Itlue Pnat ataff The Unlveraity Commercial club gave a dinner at tha Y. M. C A 1110. Cadela were Instructed In the art of aettlng up tenia. Two hundred memrwre of lha senior rlaaa left for Milford for their annual aneak. Kigma Tau. engineering honor ary, held a banquet at tha Lincoln hotel. 105. Tha baseball team defeated HlRhland Park. S to 4. The Athletic board decided to send the track team to lha Chi cago meet. The editor accused certain ceda of being "naughty" In that they wore Colorado colors at the recent track meet. The Un!on Literary aocietv en tertained the Theophanlan Liter ary society of Wealeyan. ROBERT KELLY IS CHOSEN HEAD OT STUDENT COUNCIL (Continued from Paga 1.) members unaffiliated with political partlea." Attempt to Define Powers. "Another great step waa under taken In attempting to define the powers of the council. Time pre vented the completion of this im portant and essential step. The present constitution is inadequate and vague in Its designation of the functions of the council. The revision of the old constitution or the drafting of a new one ia a task which the new council should complete aa soon aa possible." Other steps that the council has taken this year to make It more capable of the regulation of stu dent affairs were also mentioned. "All elections of general interest are subject to oversight of the group. Action waa taken thla year in t Investigation of the May Queen election. Rules regarding the election of Nebraska Sweet heart and Prom girls were made this year. Elections conducted by the Student council consists of the election of class officers, Student council members. Ivy Day orator. Prom girl, and Publication board membera. The membera of the Junior-Senior Prom committee are chosen by the council." Power to Petition. "It Is the power of the Student council to recommend petitions to the faculty committee on student organizations or any officer or group. This power was recently exemplified in petitioning the change of the coed time limit on week-end nights from 12:15 to 12:30. "This year the popular power of the Student council has been greatly Increased by the action of the faculty committee giving the council control of future rallies. The chance for greater accom plishment In the future has been aided by making the council fi nancially independent. It was pro vided this year that the council may draw upon the Junlc '-Senior Prom fund." Way Paved for Progress. Raikea aaid that the work of expanding and defining ita powers this year, along with the plan of representing all political factions in the council has paved the way for continued progress in student self government through the council. "With the establishment of a truly representative organization, adoption of an appropriate consti tution, and a reasonable amount of funds available, there are seemingly no great barriers for the Student council to face as has heretofore been the case. There Is no reason why the organization should not merit the whole-hearted support of both the student body and faculty and assume on the campus the position of usefulness and respect that it rightfully de serves." Mrs. Williams Tells About Work; Majority to Enter Social Case Jobs. Forty I'nlvaraity of Nebraska student a are major in g in sociology, according to Mra. llattie Plum Williams, professor of the depart ment. Kb espiainea mat ina ma jority of these atudenta ware pre paring thmelva for aorial raaa work, but that a roneiderable num ber were alsf intaraatad In the group work. There ara two divisions of tha group work, according to Mra Williams, the research, and recre ational leadership. The group work deala with a number of people col lectively while tha raaa work oral with tha Individual. Mra. Williama compared the taak of the case worker to that of the doctor, who treata each patient Indivi dually. The group worker, on tha other hand, can be likened to the public health officer, who doesn't ca-a for aperific Individuals, but protecta the health of tha com munity by preventative meaeurea Mra. Williams atated that the group worker proceeded upon tha theory that the Individual could ba benefited through good environ ment, and that ha could more eaa t!y aiiopt himself to the readjuat ment of social conditions. "Students Interested In group sociology chiefly enter Into the re creatlonal leadership field or Into he social settlement work," Mrs. Williama explained. She atated that the aim of the aoclal aettle- ment worker was to restore t?t neighborhood In the community. Attempt of Social Agency. She aaid that It waa both tin natural and bad for the Indlvl duala living In tha same commun ity to have no aoclal contact wim each other. The social agency as- ablishes a community center In the crowded social life for the In dustrial classes. Much of the settlement work Is done In sections Inhabited by for eign born peoples. Tha work In cludes the organization of moth- era' clubs, civic aiuny, American ization work, neighborhood visit tng. Infant welfare associations. public health work, extension lec tures and many other lines of hu man betterment. Religion Is not usually a part of the work of the social settlement centers, Mrs. Williama said, be cause the variety of denominations to which the people In one com munity adhere. The undertaking s financed through philanthropy. Mrs. Williams atated that the ea'tbiest and most influential people of the cities usually con tributed to the budget for the so cial settlement. She stated that the work waa sometimes f inane td by the community chest. Ait, dramatics, ana music m often taught by the social oettle mert workers. Mrs. Williams de clared that these workers often uncovered youths of unusual tal ent among the poorer people, who would never have opportunity to develop their ability if the social settlement did not fulfill this duty. Fond of Art, Music Mrs. Williama said that the foreign born people were especi ally fond of art and music. She re lated an instance of a social set tlement worker In New York City discovering and educating a little Italian boy, who became a re nowned artist, who conceived the design of the goddess of liberty seen on silver coins. Lela Hardy Is a university graduate who has done this sort of work. Miss Hardy waa a former instructor In the University School of Music. She used her musical training in social settlement work. "An even more popular type of social group work," stated Mrs. Williama, "is recreational leader ship." "The increasing amount of leisure, due to the shorter working day, and the tremendous strain of modern industry in the cities, de mands that some activity be pro vided to compete with the com mercialized recreation," she , said. Mrs. Williams atated that often no social life or organized recrea- rptr Krr in Morning 1 1 rod of t'.uild Meeting la tha Issue of May II The Oaily Nebraska atatad that Charles f erdyce waa presiding tricar al the mealing of I ha Writer Guild. Thie waa an error. Or, Claude P. Ferdyce, assistant editor of tha Jeurnal f lha American Medical asso ciation, la president of the Guild and presided over the meeting bald laat week. of th. Improving tha Condition Poor. In New Yurk .. Mra. Williama aaid .. " in wa the first charity orean ' to b. int.re.,.,, , V. poverty and to make . YiE to remedy ,h. .,lM,;,WU"P Merry atu.iiad at Brvn u... aha left Nebraska and rei.iv.d IV doctoral, degree, from ihV.V'' lege. fih. . th. o1; or 'Mother, lion waa available to the Indus trial classes. Kranrea Caldwell waa employed by an Industrial concern at Neene, Wia. after aha graduated from the unlveraity. Her work waa to pro vide recreation for the large number of girla employed by thia concern. Mra. Williama atatad that there were two fields open to women Interested In thla line of work. Individual fartoriea soma limes employ a woman to organ ise lha recreation of their em ployee. Oil ire often maintain re creation centers, where a trained executive la employed. Many Positions Open. Mra. Williama aaid there were many executive poaitiona opened to trained aoctologiata, especially for men. fthe atatad that aome of the larger Y. W. C A.'a employed re- creatlonal leadara In addition to their physical directors. The re creational leader carriea on the work ouuld. the Y. W. C. A. build ing, while the physical director supervisee the exercises taken In the gymnaalum. The recreational leader needs an understanding of the aoclal aspect, Mra. Williama aaid. while the chief quallficatlona of th. director are phyalcal. A recreational Irader deala with cluba. dramas, musical productions, and the Ilk. aa well aa gamea providing exercise as well aa entertainment. Margaret McMilllan, a Univer sity of Nebraska graduate, waa with tha Girlr Protective league of Cleveland, O., for a number of years. 8he also taught aoclal group work In the Western Re serve unlveraity of Cleveland. Claudia Langrall. who received her bachelor', degree from the University of Nebraska, took a graduate course at Hull house, the famoua aoclal aettlement estab lished In Chicago by Jan. Addtiua While taking thla course ahe lived at the Northwestern University settlement bouse. When her course was finished ahe was offered a di rectorship of the girls' work In the Northwestern settlement house. Winona Rorby, another Ne braska graduate, also took a course at Hun bouse training school. For a time ahe waa em ployed by a aoclal welfare agency of Chicago and ahe la now a re creational leader In Boston. Research Field Entered. Graduates of the Unlveraity of Nebraska hava also entered the sociological research field. Gwen dolyn Hughea Berry, who received her master's and bachelor's de grees from the University of Ne braska, Is now head of the bureau of research In the Association for wmriy quoieq rOol nn In Industry." Ula lWnedlrt. who traluet. from the Unlvaratty cf V,kt laat year la now atudvm. .... lr Grille Ravaa. form.rly cf ,h, Nebraska department of aocloloC! trial and Educational Union nf Bo. ton. Mia. Benedict we! awarded a scholarship which an. ablea her to do research work Ruth Shallrroaa. another to-. ,-,u... now aoing industrial oruarv reeearcn work, at Brv Mawr. She la going to tu1y norolcs at the Univeraitv t t. win nri ymr. j.nri ncnnmpion Htone, w1t majorra in ma social course Work now haa charge of tha count v r. Croaa of Urbana. 111. Her husband who la alao a Nebraska graduat la itudytng political science, at tn univrrsuy or Illinois, which is in. caiea at urnana. I.urha and Ferguson Will Speak at Banquet Junlnra In the college of median. icn engineering win oe noata ta the aeniora or that college at t banquet at the Grand hotel v4. neaday. May 28, at 6 p. m. Deaa O. J. rergueon and Prof. A. A. Lueba will be on the program. Robert Hall la In charge of tha banquet. Electrical Engineer. Are to Honor Sen ion American Institute of electrical engineers will give a banquet ta honor of the graduating seniori at the Grand hotel at 6 p. m. Fri day, May 23. Dean Ferguson -.n speak on hia past summers' experiences. YOUR DRUG STORE" The thickest Malted Milks la the city at our Soda Fountain, the Owl Pharmacy 148 No. 14th A P St B 1061 Learn to Dance Guarantee to teach you In au Private Lessons. Classes every Monday and Wednesday. Private lessons morning, after noon A evening. Call for Appointment Mrs. Luella Williams Private Studio. Phone B4258. 1220 D St Capper Publications, largest publishing house of its kind in America, are interested in a few journalism students for summer or permanent work in circulation promotion. Interviews will be given until five Thursday. Inquire for William Enright at journalism de partment or Lincoln Hotel. Openings for a few students outside of jour nalism dept. for summer work in Nebraska. IOWA PROFESSORS GATHER MATERIAL AMES, la. In order that engin eers who graduate from Iowa State college will not have to de pend entirely on practical experi ence ror tneir knowledge of engin eering valuation Dean Anson Mar ston, T. R. Agg, professor of high way engineering, and M. R. Good, assistant professor of general en gineering, have been collecting material which will be published soon aa a textbook. Van Sant School of Business Day and Evening ar.hoola Ce-Edueatlenal No Solid tare No Contracte No Pre-paymenta Summer eesslon for teachara and atudenta JA &890 OMAHA Cor. 19th and Douglas Sta. Any Time of the Day Is a Good Time in the Day for Good Eats STOP AT THE University Candy Kitchen 244 No, 13th B-793J fl4 9 THAT'S what your taste will shout when you try a bowl of crisp, Kellogg's Corn Flakes served with cool cream and per haps a bit of fruit It's great for break fast, delicious for lunch and ideal for a late bed-time snack I T.Ha aaost popular cereals aervael ia tha dining-rooms of Ameri can collages, eating cluba and fraternities ara madebjrKellof g ia Battl. Croak. They include ALL-BRAN, Pan Bran Flake., Rico lCrispioa, Wheat ICruBsblas, anal K.Ilotf's Shradded Whole Wheat Biscuit. Alao Kaffee Hag Coffee tha coffee that lata jon aleep. CORN FLAKES CORN S3 hakes m is? "d yp 1