THE DAILY NFWtASKAN
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UTTER INCOMPETENCY.
-'KOSS Iniumpftrtuy of th Student rutillcatmn
bon1 to flirt staff mfrakri fr tinivrmty
journals was wl.lly advert In Hi recent elec
tion of a woiklrj pemnnnel fur ths 1931 Curnhus.
ler, nnoun e:i.ent of w hich was malt laat Sumlay.
Heliahle anl unmiMaksnlf support for this ner
tin In hmele!ily bnndlKhed In one particular In-
Manre. In tha aelection of two mninK editor
for the ulud'nt annual, the hoard dinplaycd Its
mrcualI Isnoranrs of factional and fraternity
polltlra; further. It flaurT. M Its Inability to recoj;
nUe and reward merit, labor and scholastic ae
ro mplhment.
Studenta who are In contact with publication!
have recognised the error made by thl! bungling
group. A man who surpassed hia rlvala by almost
twenty point! In scholarship and who ha, ad
mittedly, worked aa diligently on that publication,
wa brazenly dropped from the staff.
Factional and fraternity politics cannot be blamed
entirely for this startling faux pas. Students are
niturally Inclined to be partial In their Judgment.
Tnnr decisions are Instinctively colored by person
mil likes and dislikes, whereas actual merit should
t- the basis of evaluation.
Faculty members of the board should temper the
partisan Judgments of student representatives.
They should be sufficiently acquainted with cam
pus political machinery to question the opinions of
fered by their contemporary electors. That they
are blind to this matter Is too evident.
ARE FACULTY members of the board acquainted
with the publications over which they hold a
mighty stick? One faculty man of the group Is
conscious of developments; the others scarcely re
cognize the existence of publications except during
meetings of that inefficient group.
Terhaps it is Impossible to choose faculty men
who are cognizant of conditions. If so, the reigning
Judges might realize the Importance of their posi
tions and attempt to brush up on the fine points
of publication management. They are, with one
exception, as Ignorant of their responsibilities as
the recently deposed minor class officers.
To support this condemnation: two of the five
faculty members were absent at last Saturday's
session! At the most important meeting of the
year, student and faculty power was equal.
In concluding Its discussio. of the faculty branch,
The Nebraskan presents IU verdict that the chair
man of the board Is the least qualified to sit in its
meetings. He is pleasantly gullible from the stand
point of student politicians. Without consulting
student members he cannot recognize men who
have labored for two or three years on their re
spective publications.
lETURNINO to the student representatives. The
Nebraskan submits this information: five of
six appointments were given to men who had fra
ternity brothers on the board. Three of the e were
voting members, while two were staff heads who
.at with the illustrious body and made recommenda
tions to it. Inferences drawn from these facts may
or may not be correct. Faculty men, however
.should have investigated this and heeded recom
mendations more carefully.
Some drastic chance is imperative. Recently
elected student members of the board are not quali
fied to judge the men who make application for
positions. They will undoubtedly allow fatUonal
and fraternity affiliations to shade their reflections,
for none has had experience on any student news
paper or yearbook. It is regrettable that their fac
ulty cohorts will be no more eligible and no better
qualified to shade the destinies of deserving applicants.
OBVIOUSLY PARTISAN?
CMERGING from a drift ot student communica
tions, The Nebraskan stands firmly on the
ground taken In yesterday's -ditorial column con
cerning the Student council election of officers.
"Nemesis" takes an Impartial, tolerant, intelli
gent stand on the matter. With fitting dignity and
cool deliberation. The Nebraskan's staunch friend
titters merrily over the "blue shirt loss." The na
ture of this loss has not, as yet, been reported to
The Nebraskan. Brother Nemesis, however, may
have something up his sleeve. Of course this paper,
being a rabid, political, partisan sheet, Is not in
terested in the Student council from any other
angle.
a a a
THAT HE is unable to recongnize any motive
other than factional advancement for The Ne
braskan's stand on the election Is confessed by
"R. T." He cannot comprehend an honest, open
minded, expression of belief.
It Is unnecessary to split hairs over the constitu
tionality of the attempt to elect a aophomore to
Student council presidency. Did the yellow Jackets
and barbs sincerely believe their man better quali
fied for the position ? Despite sweeping statements
to the contrary, The Nebraskan would have en
dorsed the overthrow of precedence to secure the
best man. Politicians made no attempt, however,
to present that man's qualifications, for they re
fused to nominate him from the floor.
Were the Indignant politicians concerned with the
welfare of the Student council, or were they deter
mined to place a barb-yellow Jacket slate ?
David Fellman opines that The Nebraskan erred
in mentioning precedent and custom. To repeat,
this publication would throw Its support behirsd a
strong, well qualified man, though his election
might violate a precedent. Yesterday's comment on
the. deplorable political skirmish was not inspired
by the attempt to depart from convention.
Reference to the proportional representation plan
was not Intended to criticize that Innovation. The
Nebraskan regretted that it should be used for the
advancement of petty politic!.
PAY YOUE BILLS.
JINCOGrT mercp-nts extend to the student trade
generous amount of credit. They understand
the eiuilrnts fir-anriat prrbUma. ami ths d of
nte rt hamliM t time! ha rath is n always
available I'nlrM a stu.lrnl has a low rating m
aaaurrd of the bM treatment at nearly all stores
Thii nedit fating U thmi " houli be
gudrd.! tairfully At Ihu time mt students find
the auppiy of rah at Its Ust point, with S
.n..i.i,..n m tniv At it createit. Then too, old
l..-A
bill are pifM-nlr.l. bill! nave uern nrrtieq
for Mtrral month.
Credit i n-t a thing that should be disregarded
in the belief that 't menhanl! lookout to get
the money Credit tatinr n indication of ones
reponMbility and ilrprnUbillly. To durt.ird U
is a mark not nly of poor buines tactic, but of
lmproxr recognition of duty.
Hrfor leaving for the aummer all bill should
ha either paid or ilrfinite arrangement mde to
take rare of them befor fall. To th! greater por.
lion of student uch a uggettn I unneceiary.
and It l thru, v. ho suffer for thow who neglect
their account and lower the reputation for hon
esty among college men and women.
FAVORABLE PUBLICITY.
Publicity In this day and age ha become n es
sential element In the development of every great
Institution. Large corporation have their publicity
departments, the purpose of which I to create good
will for the Institution and to get free advertising
In the form of publicity.
Kdiicational Institution, very properly, are re
cognizing the value of favorable publicity. Mont
of them have a regular publicity ervlr which up-r-lle
the press of the talt with new, feature and
picture depicting events and development In the
Institution. Chancellor Burnett. In telling of hla
work aa administrative head of the unlverlty In a
news atory In The Dally Nebrankan recently,
stressed the fact that he must act as a public re
lations man.
The University of Nebras' - has been getting It
fair share of new space In th newspaper of the
state throuph the channel! of the University Serv
ice, presi associations and special correspondent.
But there la one typ of favorable publicity that
it Is not getting and that la In regard to ita instruc
tional staff and Its rating aa an educational Institu
tion. Thl kind of publicity cannot b gained
through the column of a newspaper. It must orig
inate through a realization of Nebraska's prestige
by the student! themselves.
Nebraska Is not losing all or even a small portion
of. Us outstanding professors, Anton Jensen, The
Fire and Sword and gossip, to the contrary notwith
standing. Nebraska is a first rate university both
in the quality of its students and the quality of Its
instructional slaff.
One of the mo;t encouraging aspects of the whole
situation is that Nebraska has so many outstand
ing young men on the .'acuity. Their work is being
recognized all over the nation. To mention a few of
them would be doing an Injustice to the others.
The graduate college is increasing In size and that
is an encouraging sign.
Just as football veterans like to boast of the
"good oV days" of Cornhusker football, so are others
prone to make unfair comparisons of the university
today and the university of several years ago. Stu
dents are too close to some of Nebraska's outstand
ing professors to recognize their real merit while
they are worshipful of professors who have been
here and departed. In fact, it seems that a faculty
member must be called to another institution to be
fully appreciated.
The people of the state -'iuld know the truth.
Mr. Jensen is correct in t assertion. The truth
is that Nebraska is a first class educatio- Insti
tution with in excellent instructional staff.
The Student Pulse
Signed contribution! pertinent to matter of stu
dent life and the university are welcomed by this
department. Opinions submitted should ba brief
and concrete.
od unaulhorijed by parhsme nttry law or th con
stitution of the Hludent council. A far Ih
writer know there ha been do allegation of u h
Illegal tactics Th main objection seem to cen
ter around th fait that an attempt was niad to
depart fiorn the pieiedent of elrcting holdover
member to office. u h attempt being engendered
by th divuion of the council nwmberahip into fac
tion through proimitional repientatlon.
In th opinrn of the writer th blunder of the
member seeking to ilepait from th practice wa
In n4 nominating their candidal from th floor
but merely in writing In hi nm on the ballot
Their method while perfectly legitimat laid them
ojwn for bias and partisan attack.
That a shadow haa been rial upon th surres
of proportional representation through th rtixplay
of difference would nm to b a point of view
which does not " comprehend th aims of propor
tional representation. Th reason for th institu
tion of protMirtlonal representation wa to give ev
ery ronni.lrrs.lile group on th campu a voice In
th council. The entir Idea of th Innovation
would come to naught If the majority group on the
council could steamroller th lesser group Into
blindly following the precedent set during the
palmy day of the majoiity'j unopp.uied reign In the
council. It la Indeed regrettable If precedent haa
uch a strong hold upon the council that It would
be followed In any event. It la entirely conceivable
that at Kmi lime the holdover members will not
be of a caliber high enough to hold office. At such
a time a thl adherence to precedent would work
Irreparable damage. Fortunately this situation did
not pertain yesterday. However If member of th
council are consistently discouraged from express
ing their Individual feeling and departing from
th usual, nothing better than a stereotyped domi
nation of the council by a few members csn be ex
pected. R- T.
and
inn
TRUE COLORS.
To the editor:
Congratulations. Mr. Editor, on tht best example
of unmitigated, unreasoned, and all together un
justified factionalism ever perpetrated on our dear
old campus. Your editorial. "Dirty Polltlca." was
the best defense of the wsnlng blue shirt cause for
many a moon. But why did you mine words so
needlessly?
Why not. Little Boy Blue, say that the chagrin
of yourself and Ralkes over the blue shirt loss was
of such a nature that you could no longer resist
the impulse to use the channels of your paper (and
It Is your's you know for a semester unfortun
ately) to give vent to your Ire. (Wa wonder, par
enthetically. If you taav the moral courage to print
thl. in view of th fad that there hav been some of I he Ami
IIiim i.r f.Hir aurh naoaia which VoU II fit to UI- I nd Leltei
preaa -'nn ground that they wer 10 longer rle
vant "
Your editonal contentions wer an obviously.
a. . a a a.. t i -.. Ik. .1 at lAt laiu ttt t K a m at ma I
would b. to grant you th cied.t for rational. lm-1 ?" '7ll 3 l..1''"" "'
partial Judgment in th matter which you hav In Wltb ,h fmv,,,,, .h",h"
no way eihihiled Your militant manner of back- since then Q
I ing the blu shut cause at all cost I too blatantly J . 1 n calaureaL setnmn wui
obviou imiv I ue the word againTl to everyone .
but ourelf. my dear editor.
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MILITARY CHIVALRY.
To th editor;
Yealeiday little crippled girl fell down on the
dull field. Kit l"t holit of her crutches, and wa
unable to get up. A company of It. O. T. C. men
stood placidly by while she tried to rise. No one
offered to help her. he lay where h had fallen
until two girl who had seen her fall ran over from
th far edge of the field and tried to lift her.
They tried for seveial minute before they were
even able to get her on her crutch again. Mean
while the nonchalant army lounged easily a few
yard away, whil they waited for drill In begin.
Undoubtedly military science Is a wonderful In
fluent In training men to be gentlemen. Its bene
ficial effect on the chivalry of th men It traina ran
hardly be meaMired. But perhaps It should not be
held to blame. Had seeds In good mt will not make
very good plaid.
A. W. O. L.
oclmh in Kami Paul. .th,Ki,J
r pi opal church at Twelfth
Lrete of the Melh.m.at . hur, h L
resides in Omaha will be t 2
shaker. Candidal,. fr grad ui
on sr. aked to a.emw, V-
later than 3 30 ', , h on h.r,
calauieat Sunday In the yn
W'orth league room of the rh,,h'
ai me outli door. f,.,, .
gown, rmut be worn. Student,
who Intend to attend are asked t.i
notify the reglMrar'. off,,,,
w miiMimnirAiion nan not
than Wednesday, May 2ft.
later
MANNERS NEEDED.
T the editor:
While the women's athletic Instructors are teach
in their proteges th rudiments of tennl It might
not be a bad Idea If they would teach them a few
of the common courtesies of the game.
Tor instance, they might point out to some of
th fair coeds that It la rude to cross a court on
which two other players ar playing. Many of
them seem to feel that the competitors can atop
their game and await their pleasure while they
stroll leisurely across the playing aone.
Also It might not be out of place to instruct the
dear maids that It Is the custom of the gsme to
return a ball to the court which it belongs If 11
should happen to come onto their court. In place
of that many of tbem will calmly proceed with
their game while their neighbors on some other j
court can retrieve their own ball al the neat oi .
their own ability, even though they may be too.
pollt to go onto another court while play Is In
progress.
G. E. M.
MILESTONES
AT NEBRASKA
MAY 23.
1915.
Trof. t-awrenc Rruner, he. ,,f
th entomology department. .
elected president of the Nehrk
acdemy of sclencs.
1910.
The Dramatic club presented
"Arms and the Men" at the
Temple.
Members of the track sqnsd
left for the Missouri Valley meet
at Pes Moines.
The university decided to give
full holiday for Memorial day.
1905.
The feature of th Ivy day exrr
else was the presentation to the
university by the seniors clam of
the picture of the six, chancellor
who had been at the head of tht
university since its founding.
S. M. U. PROPOSES TO
E
To the editor:
Your editorial in yesterday's Daily Nebraskan on
"Dirty Politics" has stirred up so much comment
on the campus, that it may well be subjected to
further discussion, in these columns. I think that
your condemnation of the methods which were em
ployed by one group of members of the council to
get a man elected to the presidency of the Student
council is a valid criticism. It was very stupid of
them to resort to ridiculously covert methods to
attain 'an end which could have been striven for,
with even greater chances for ultimate success, in
a manner open and above board. They should
have realized that their technique was bungling-,
unfair, unnecessary, and certain to arouse suspicion
and indignation. The success of the Student coun
cil depends absolutely upon the members forget
ting selfish interests and fancy political maneuver
ing, and devoting themselves sincerely and fairly to
the interests of the university and the student body.
On the other hand, I am prone to question the
soundness of your premise which holds that the
custom of electing one of the holdover members of
the council to the presidency is an absolute one,
from which no deviation is to be permitted. There
is nothing in the constitution of the council which
decrees that the president must be chosen
from one of the holdovers, although as a
matter of policy it is conceivable that it I gen
erally wise to choose him from among those who
have been on the council before. You speak of
"established precedents" as if they have been dic
tated from Sinai. The precedent of the council in
regard to the election of its officers may well be
superseded by another. As a matter of principle,
I think that the Yellow-Jacket faction was clearly
within its rights. Each member of the council has
a right to vote for whomever he chooses for the
various offices, custom notwithstanding.
Finally, I want to say that I can't see how the
occurrences in Wednesday's council meeting cast
any aspersion upon the efficacy of the proportional
representation plan. The purpose of the plan was
to give each student group a voice in - their only
representative and elective body. That there is a
difference of opinion In the council, that there is no
longer a docile unanimity of opinion, is not to be
imputed to the discredit of the plan. That was the
purpose of the plan, to give each group a chance
to express itself. The more the merrier.
DAVID FELLMAN.
To the editor:
It is to be regretted that the editorial printed In
The Nebraskan on Thursday . May 22, relative to
the election of Student council officers so far be
trayed its partisanship aa to l elate only one side
of the affair. The unfair Insinuations cast upon
certain members of the council and the scheme of
proportional representation are unwarranted by
the actual situation.
In the first place let it be clearly understood that
the actions taken by the members of the council
criticized In th article wer in no particular meth-
Would Abolish Practice Of
Using Signed Ballot in
Student Poll.
As a means of preventing elec
tions from belne entirely con
trolled by politics, students of S.
M. U. have prepared two petitions
which, if passed by tneir siuaeni
council, will tend to remedy that
phase of their elections.
One of the petitions suggests
that the present method of signed
ballots be done away with because
students would rather vote for the
candidate they oppose that to have
those who count the ballots know
for whom they really wanted to
vote. A modification of this prac
tice of signed ballots would such
as used in Texas state elections
This method is to sign the ballot
with a number which is also
Drinted on the ballot.
The other petition has to do
with the system of holding separ
ate elections for. each school on
different davs. Because the ten
dency seems to be for those
schools voting on the second day
to follow the trend of the votes
of the day before too closely it
has been suggested that ail Bal
loting take place on the same day.
Voting by mail is permitted at
S. M. U. in the college of theology,
or, if they care to vote a day or
two before their election day they
may turn in a vote In a sealed en
velope which will be opened on the
day for balloting.
COMMENCEMENT
PLANS OUTLINED
BY DEAN UPSON
(Continued from Page 1.)
economics supervisor's certificates,
$1.
Seniors will receive their diplo
mas after the exercises in the base
ment of the Coliseum, until 1 o'
clock. The following week they
may be secured at the office of
the registrar. As the board of re
gents will not reissue diplomas,
teacher certificates and like docu
ments, graduates are urged to pre
serve their diplomas carefully, and
use photographic copies when nec
essary. Rehearsal Scheduled.
A rehearsal will be held in the
Coliseum at 11 o'clock Friday,
June 6. All candidate for de
grees are required to be present
as this is absolutely necessary, the
letter states, in order to carry out
the exercises without confusion
The rehearsal will require about
an hour and all students are re
quested to report promptly to the
sections reserved for their colleges.
The commencement procession
will be formed east of Pharmacy
ball and all candidates will as
semble there at 9:30 sharp on
Mrs. Willebrandt Visits Ann Arbor;
Says "Law Is Socialized Profession
"Law is a socialired profession."
stated Mrs. Mabel Walker Wille
brandt on her recent visit to Ann
Arbor to assist In the Installation
of the International legal sorority
Phi Delta Delta. "If a lawyer Is
helpful to his clients, it Is because
he has earned the respect shown
him tn his community and has an
ability to represent them In the
community as well as In the
courts.
"A woman's success in politics,'
continued Mrs. Willebrandt, "de
pends on her individual self. It Is
entirely a problem of the particu
lar woman to develop the essential
qualities for success: good sports
manship, understanding, business
relations, and forgetfulness of self
plus the particular opportunities
that come her way."
Question Easier.
"The question of success Is made
easier for a man," she continued.
A man's success is much easier to
win because the world doesn't turn
a spotlight on his failures as it
does on those of a woman. People
say that a woman has failed be
cause it Is 'just like a woman.' Yet
they have a tolerant attitude to
ward men. It a young man fails
to win success at once they excuse
him by saying. 'He Is Just a young
man he will do better next time.'
Although a mun i failure Is often
ascribed to his youth, Mrs. Wille
brandt declares that a woman's
failure is ascribed by the public to
her sex. "Yes," continued Mrs.
Willebrandt, "if a woman is suc
cessful, everyone says, well. she's
an exception.' and are willing to
offer her encouragement until they
are sure she is making good. How
ever, although a woman s repre
sentine her class In the legal pro
fession Is still in an early stage, It
is making rapid steps forward and
more and more is she treated like
a lawyer rather than a woman to
be shielded."
Mrs. Willebrandt received her
education in Park college and Fer
ris institute in Michigan, and re
ceived her bachelor s and master?
degrees in the University of South
ern California. The Mich 1 g a n
Daily.
commencement morning. Saturday,
June 7. Each candidate will be
c-iven a name ticket and be
erouDed with his respective col
lege to march to the Coliseum for
the exercises. Name tickets must
be turned in when the candidate
enters the Coliseum.
If rain prevents the march can
dldates will report to the east door
of the Coliseum basement at lu
o'clock and take their places in
the sections arranged for their
respective colleges at the rehear
sal. Any candidates who fails to
appear will be obliged to pay the
$10 in an absentia fee before the
diploma will be delivered. An ac
curate check will be made of the
candidates on the campus and
again at the Coliseum.
Must Give Notice.
If for any reason a candidate
can not complete the requirements
for his degree or is unable to be
present at the commencement ex
ercises he should inform the regis
trar's offices of the fact by Wed
nesday, May 28 or before.
Dr. Paul Shorey, or tne uni
versity of Chicago, prominent
Greek scholar and professor of
Greek literature will deliver the
commencement address. He holds
sixteen degrees from American
and European universities, includ
ing Harvard, Leipzig, Bonn, Amer
ican School of Classical Studies,
Munich, Iowa, Missouri, John
Hopkins, Colorado, Princeton,
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