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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14. 1930.
The Daily Nebraskan
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Another Slant
On Phi Beta Kappa
College editors throughout the country
seem to have awakened to a realization that
thev have minds of their own. Their meek
rnutterintrs of other days have turned to ar
rogant verbal displays of strength and inde
nendenee. Nothing escapes the withering
hlast of editorial comment.
One of the last sacred cows to invite the
critical eve of colleaiate editors is Flu Beta
Kappa. For many years the student editors
looked upon I B. K. as something sacred, and
immune from discussion by the humble col
legiate rabble. A few of the "larval journal
ists" of today have taken spirited cracks at
the oldest of all college honoraries and some
of the pedagogical drum beaters have been un-
beheveably upset by the barbaric onslaughts.
That the scholastic honorary encourages
students to work for grades rather than edu
cation has been one contention. Mischievous
editors, some of whom have actually gained
membership in Phi Beta Kappa, have charac
terized it as a group of be-spcctacled, emanci
pated grade-getters. We disagree with this ac
cusation. The organization is not at fault.
As long as honors of any sort are held up
to the worship of the public, there will be
those misguided individuals who will work for
the honor instead of accepting it as a reward
for conscientious labors. Some believe that
medals or awards of any sort are an evil since
they foster this dishonest spirit of cross mo
tives. Phi Beta Kappa deserves criticism no
more than other honoraries, less than most.
Do we condemn wages because certain persons
labor for monetary receipts rather than the
glory of their workt Well, not exactly.
Of course students work for grades and
some of them work for Phi Beta Kappa.- One
who insists that collegians do not concentrate
on earning high marks rather than actual cul
ture must have had little experience with uni
versity students. How may we avoid this un
desirable practice!
Suppose we abolish the system of giving
grades in courses, conducting our educational
institutions on the "come and get it" basis.
We might eliminate the grade-hunters, but
we would narrow to a dangerous degree the
range of education. Young men and women
of college age arc not always the mature,
thinking individuals that we are anxious to
believe. Some of them might get as much
from a college course without the incentive,
penalty or reward of grades, but the number
would be small.
Most youths need something to spur them
on in their cultural battles. Just as our par
ents gave us dime3 for taking castor oil, so
do colleges encourage hard work in courses.
We struggle along without realizing just what
we are doing in college or how it will ever
help us in after life. Still, the hope of making
Phi Beta Kappa may drive us on to absorb
facts, theories and thinking methods which
will be of infinite value later on.
Sugar-coated education may not be the
most desirable thing in the world, but it seems
10 be the most practical plan that the human
mind has devised so far. Until we are old
enough and smart enough to see just where
our educational endeavors are taking us, we
need the concrete vision of grades in whip us
along.
ness, promiscuity, adultery, and unrestrained
sexular gratification."
The Denver Champion of companionate
marriage interrupted the devout bishops'
prayer at the close of the sermon, with a ring
ing demand for "five minutes to answer the
unfair attack." Ushers rushed to eject him.
Cries of "punch him," "lynch him," and pro
fanity came from the fashionable, richly
dressed congregation.
We are not advocating 1he caiiso of com
panionate marriage. We do think, though,
that no college youth will accept the church
as a fundamental prerequisite of a Christian
life as long as its pulpit answers reasonable
demands in this fashion. For college- folk aro
prone to think a bit for themselves. And they
want reasonable answers, not unthinking at
tacks and the "bum's rush."
It isn't the original cost of tux shirts
it's the upkeep.
past action toward the building is any criter
ion. A student union building would solve
many problems for this university. It would
furnish an adequate place for such speeches as
the one by Dr. Cousins, a meeting place of a
high type for students, a place in which to
have nu all-university party that would at
tract nil students, and so on, ad infinitum.
Just M-hnt ean bo done toward this build
ing seems clothed in clouds of hnrj grey. The
editor of The Nebrasknn. or some of his com
entaries, suggested a plan which seemed to
this writer at least pacticnble. That plan en
volved ihe stmt toward the realization of tha
long felt want for a student union through a
drive conducted by campus organizations, mien
aa ih lnnnoKiits. .Mortar jioaru. vum vj.-o,
VI. V .......', -
Tdi1 ll.xlt omincil nnd others.
If tnnli n nlAn were ndonted, and some
Nebraska graduate of past years who has too
much money to uso m his lifetime eouia oe
found to advance ready cash and take in Jieu
of it the pledges for future payment which
would be signed by the students at the Prnt
time, suercrs might crown the efforts of the
few who so earnestly desire a wholesome meet
ing place, which could be at once beautiful
and practicle m the extreme.
A.M.
LOOSE THREADS
By Gene McKim
A Prematurely
Forgotten Constitution.
Since the prospective Student council eon
stitution has been skillfully piloted .hrough
the representative legislative body, its makers
seem to have retired on their political laurels.
Where is the intense interest that we were to
have in this new document of student self
government? Where is the spirit that put the
constitution through the student council it
self, despite bitter opposition!
We fear that the backers and objectors
were more concerned over a iigiu man over
the success or failure of student government.
Those who spoke most dramatically for the
constitution at the time of its consideration in
council chamber have disappeared from the
public eye and ear. If the outraged students
who opposed the document so strenuously are
still interested, they are working quietly, mys
teriously, secretly.
Many students believe that the new con
stitution has as much chance of getting
through the university faculty senate as an
ice cream cone might have in hades. Its terms,
they say, are too broad. Powers are given
without the necessary backbone of enforce
ment methods. It lacks definiteness, cry the
skeptics.
Do we demand a perfect constitution? We
cannot find one since our respected political
scientists are far from agreed on the subject,
of proper constitutions. This foundation for
student government deserves generous con
sideration, for it has many merits.
Again The Nebraskan endorses this new
constitution. May it pave the way for an era
of satisfactory student government at the Uni
versity of Nebraska.
And now John Bentlcy, sports columnist,
will offer a little character portrayal entitled
"I'm Abie Wrong."
If these top hats stick around until the
first snow falls, somebody will have a lot of
fun and target practice.
Blanket Rules
For Young Athletes.
About once a month we receive a copy of
the Nebraska High School Athlete, a maga
zine published by the Nebraska High School
Athletic association. The Nebraskan also re
ceives exchange copies of college humor publi
cations, but we have yet to see one more mirth
provoking than the Athlete.
The purpose of the association, we judge
from reading its magazine, is to legislate and
standardize, the high school athlete's way to
heaven. By somewhat autocratic means the
association attempts to specify everything
from the correct type of letter awards to the
proper treatment of athlete s foot. In some in-
stmices 1he association legislates, in others il
merely recommends.
Here are some of its specifications regard
ing the awarding of letters.
1. Award should be in keeping with viril
ity of athletes.
2. Award should be well proportioned, not
large enough to indicate boast fulness. (The
recommendations are for seven inch letters for
football, six inch for basketball and five inch
for track. We presume that a larger letter
than that would indicate boastfulness.)
;l. The material (of the letters) should be
chenille.
4. A two-color letter is best.
Other parts of The Athlete are '-qually
amusing. An editorial is reprinted to snow
why an athletic association was justified in
leclaring a boy ineligible who had won an
amateur boxing tournament and nan receive,
a sweater that cost more than one dollar.
Shameful mercenary youth!
It is plainly evident that the athletic as
sociation is dominated by blanket rules rather
than individual judgment. The conduct of
high school athletic affairs must be uniform
throughout the state. Responsibility is taken
away from local administrators and put in the
hands of associations, guided by rigid rules.
Standardization is the trend of American
life. There can be no doubt about that. It is
a fine thing in the manufacture of bolts and
nuts and beer bottle caps but not firt commend
able in education. We would prefer that even
in the matter of high achoo athletics local
school authorities should make some of their
own decisions and not always hide under the
childish rules of the- conference.
Church-Goers, Llndsey and
the Unreasonable "Bum's Rush."
Because students at American univerfci
itie become less regular church-goers, they
are called less religious by some theological
leaders. Churches, they argue, are indispens
able prerequisites for any life that is to em
brace religion. To be a real Christian, then,
one must attend some church or other.
Jt seems fairly evident that college men and
women do not accept this credo. At least,
they remain away from church more often, in
general, than they attend. The reason is con
stantly debated. Are universities leading the
new generation away from religion! Or is re
ligion changing is" it rebuilding its doctrines
on a shifting foundation?
Former udge Ben Lirdsey, of Denver, at
in fashionable church in New York city and
heard the bishop denounce him as " mAn
who stand openly for legalized free lore, un
der eover of the term 'companionate mar
riage'." Lindsey' book was called "the most
filthy, insidious, and cleverly. written piece of
propaganda ever published in behalf of lewd-
MORNING MAIL
Student Union Building.
TO THE EDITOR:
In an editorial, "Passing Up a Olimpse of
Culture," published in Friday's Nebraskan, a
statement ringing with truth was made. It
was the statement: "the mere fact that a func
tion of any kind is held in the mid-Victorian
Temple is enough to- discourage some persons
from attending."
As the editor pointed out, in the editorial
referred to, such an excuse is not an all-encompassing
one for the number of students
who niisfied the lecture by Dr. James Cousins,
btT it is certainly one factor of the situation. .
How long will the University of Nebraska,
once noted for its progressiveness, continue to
use the poor old Temple, weary from the feet
of thousands, for stieh functions as Dr. Cou
sins' speech. Will the day ever come when an
adequate student union building, such as other
schools possess, will grace the Nebraska cam
pus? Maybe, but when college boys now in
school hava whiskers which trip them up, if
When Bishop William T. Man
ning saw fit to make an attack on
Judge Ben Lindsey of Denver in
his sermon at the Cathedral of St.
John the Divine, New York City,
last Sunday, he only laid himself
open to criticism by people who
seek to find fault with churches
as they exist in modern society.
The Bishop attacked some of the
jurtgi's principles on companion
ate rnarrlagc, going eo far as to
openly attack Mr. Lindsey by men
tioning his name in the sermon.
Mr. Lindsey, being In the congre
gation, stood and Asked permis
sion to defend himself In a five
minute talk. Ignored by the bishop,
the judge was removed from the
church. Charges have been laid
against him for disorderly conduct.
This is another instance of the
constant mistakes churchmen
make, and then wonder why they
lose their hold on the people, par
ticularly the young people and col
lege students. If the bishop
thought that a church and a ser
mon were the proper places for an
attack on some personality, he, in
all fairness, should have had no
objections to allowing that person
to defend himself in the same setting.
Perhaps the bishop might have
had a hard time answering the
Judge's arguments. At any rate,
believing or not in Lindsey's poli
cies, one cannot help but sympa
thize with him In this instance.
The right of free speech has be
come rather a firmly entrenched
custom in this country, and this
would seem to have been a good
piace to practice tt.
Professor Einstein, In a recent
Interview, urged that the United
States do Its utmost to prevent
war. At about the same time
President Hoover has been at
tempting to get the protocols of
the United States' adherence to the
world court before the senate.
Much criticism has been directed
at the chief executive for his ac
tion in submitting the protocols at
this time. In doine so he ha9 dis
regarded advice from both party
leaders, who maintain that such
action will cause a necessity for
an extra session of congress.
From time to time various In
cidents arise, and various state
ments such as Einstin's. appear in
the news of the day, which indi
cates that the rest of the world Is
seeking leadership in the move
ment towards world peace. True,
no one nation can insure this.
Trouble might break out In Europe
over which this country would
have no control. It is certain,
however, that at present America
ha3 no authority or machinery by
which she can demand that other
countries settle their disputes by
means other than war.
The prevention of future wars
is one of tha greatest questions be
fore the world today. Mr. Kellogg,
recently awarded the Nobel peace
prize, in his speech delivered at the
ceremonies, gave the opinion that
another general conflict woula
mean the extinction of western
civilisation. While not foreseeing
any immediate danger, he stressed
the need of nations co-operating
with each other in the movements
towards peace a need for cool
ness and arbitration at the time of
crises, rather than moves made
which might be governed by the
wild impulses of the moment,
America, since the war becom
ing the world's leading power, has
evinced a reticence to enter into
such alliances as the league court.
Men of vision, attempting lo steer
the nation's course into lines of en
deavor which would indicate defi
nite leadership, and which, when
attained, would be a most glorious
triumph for American enterprise
ami Re-acitv. have met with re
buffs on every hand. Division
among statesmen, acid comments
of the press, and public opinion,
governed 'jy the sublime belief
that America will always be suffi
cient unto herself, have hindered
their efforts all along the way.
President Hoover's attempts to
place this Important bit of legis
lation before the senate and the
opposition he is receiving on every
hand is simply another incident
wiiirh proves the Ai!e.
Another war movie wan banned
in Berlin, Kriday. A picture de
picting the "Steel Helmets" rally;
last May was forbade showing in
the city. The "Steel Helmets" la
an organization similar to the
American leg-ion of this country.
The Berlin board feared the pic
ture might create an Impression
that Germany Is getting ready for
another war.
It is certain that there is no fear
in this country of creatine such an
impression. It is very seldom that
one sees a news reel, in which
there is not some item depicting
the activities of America's armed
forces.
Walker Has Article in
Journalism Quarterly
Professor CJayl C. Walker, di
rector of the school of journalism
is the author of the leading article
in the Journalism Quarterly for
Dec. It is entitled, "A 'Yardstick'
for the Measurement of Country
Weekly Service." It is based on a
survey of the different kinds of
news oublished In Nebraska news
papers. By measuring the amount
of printed matter in these papers
he has been able to worn out in
percentages the relative space
riven various classifications of
news and advertising.
COLLINS TALKS ON
BREEDE'S TRAVELS
Late Hastings Man Donates
Buffaloes to University
Museum.
F. G. Collins, assistant curator
of the university museum, took the
Inspiration for his Thursday morn
ing radio talk from the newly ar
rived buffaloes of the collection of
the late Adam Breede of Hastings.
Mr. Collins spoke particularly of
"Adventuring," Mr. Breede's book
In which his extensive travels and
African hunting expedition are de
scribed. He quoted the hunter as writing
at his approah to the Straits of Gi
braltar from the Atlantic in these
terms: "The sight of the Spanish
coast on one side and the African
shore on the other, stirs the ad
venturesome spirit in the red
blooded men and many of the la
dies sigh as they think of the ro
mance of these two countries."
Toured Europe.
Mr. Breede prefaced his hunting
expedition with an extended trip
over Europe. Going to the buried
city of Pompeii, he wrote "One can
quickly learn what a terrible fate
befell the people as the expression
on the faces of the petrified hu
man bodies is one of terror
stricken fear and the greatest of
horror."
In his talk Mr. Collins followed
the explorer among the Neapoli
tan peasants where he gathered
stories of nearby Vesuvius and its
eruptions, then through the great
European museums, and that of
Cairo. In this Egyptian city Mr.
Breede admired the zoological gar
den which seemed to him to con
tain all the principal African
animals in appropriate surround
ings. Explaining the intimate connec
tion between "Adventuring and
the Morrill hall exhibits, Mr. Col
lins said "Mr. Breede entered
Africa from the east at Kenya and
the second part of his book is
taken up with an account of the
actual hunting of the very animais
which are being set up here in
Morrill hall." And again "Don't
forget that Adam Breede was a
Nebraskan and that his collection
of African mammals, together
with Mr. Morrill's fossils and Mr.
Eiche's birds are going to place
this Morrill hall collection in the
very front rank of American museums."
NATIONAL
AG COUNCIL
ELECTS FRED SIEFER
Sfiftreiarv-Treasurer Post
Goes to Junior at
Convention.
Fred Slefer, junior in the col
lege of agriculture, was elected
secretary-treasurer of the National
Agricultural council at meir an
nual convention held recently at
Chicago. He is the second Ne
braskan In the past two years to
hold an important office In the Or
ganization. Don Facka being the
Daat president. Facka Is a senior
in the agricultural college.
Representatives of practically
every agricultural college In the
United States s-athered for the an
nual convention which Siefer de
clares was one of the best ever
held. Each year the college men
get together at Chicago during the
International Livestock show for
their meeting. The organization
is formed with the idea of form
inc a closer relationship between
the different colletes. Methods of
developing student life are studied
and discussed.
Siefer, the new secretary-treasurer,
is also a member of the Ne
braska student executive board at
the agricultural college and repre
sented that body at the cor.ven-
tlon. He also acted as a delegate
from the Ag club on the local
campus.
Upon the college or agriculture
campus, Sierer is prominent in
student activities. He is aecre-
tary-treasurcr of Ag club, belongs
to Alpha Zeta, Student council,
Dairy club and Black and Bridle.
MEETS FRIDAY NOON
Plans Made for Remodeling
Wesley Foundation;
Peters Reports.
Methodist student council held
Its regular session at the Temple
cafeteria last Friday noon. Miss
Bereniece Hoffman presiding. Re
ports were made by a committee
on the Christmas dinner.
Treasurer Norman Peters pre
sented plans for financing several
activities of the council. He pro
posed that the winter sports party,
Jan. 23, be in the nature of a pie
social.
Considerable time was given for
the discussion of the project of re
modeling and furnishing the Wes-
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will provide facilities for the meet-,
lug of the respective groups of the
Wesley foundation on the campus.
Other Groups Work.
Othtr organizations are working
on the project also, the Phi Tau
Thetas having been largely respon
sible for the removing of the old
partitions and the painting of the
walls. The Kappa Phis have been
working oa the curtains and ether
decorative features.
A dsto has been st ailde for a
get-together of tha Methodist stu
dent council in the new hall pro
vided by the basement, when a
waffle suppe- will be given, and
the program will call for a brier
discussion by each member of the
cabinet, as to the plans of his de
partment in regard to the coming
activities.
A report was given on the work
of Dr. T. T. Brumbaugh, the Wes
ley foundation leader of Japan,
who was a recent visitor on the
Nebraska campus.
Former Student Makes
Geographical Survey
Raus Hanson, who received his
M. A. degree in geogpraphy in
1928 and who is now cahirman of
the department' of geography at
the State Teachers couege, war. .
risonburg, Va., is making a sur-.
vey of the industrial geography of
the Shenandoah valley, according:
to word received by Prof. Nels A.
Bengtson, chairman of the Ne
braska department.
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