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SUNDAY, FEHRUARY 22. 1931.
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The Daily Nebraskan
Station A, Lincoln, Nebraska
OFFICIAL STUDINT PUBLICATION
UNIVERSITY OF NMRASKA
Publlihtd Tuaidiv. Widnttday, Thunday, Friday and
Sunday mornlnga during th acidemia year.
THIRTIETH YEAR
Entered at aecond-claaa matttr at tht pottofflca In
Lincoln. Nabraska, undar act at aongrtn. March 9, 1171.
and at apaclal rata of poatage provided for In eecdon
HOI act of October 8. 1917, authorlied January M. 1922.
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Managing Edltora
William McGatfln C. Arthur Mitchell
New Edltora .
Evelyn Slmpion Eugene McKim
Leonard Conklln vSSZR Idho.
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BUSINESS STAFF
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Atalatant Bualneaa Manager!.
Norman Ga.l.h.r J Ton'p'"
. Harold Kube
Singing
In the Bath.
Do colleges eater to public wants and Uc
sins? Arc institutions of higher learning con
iluctod to provide their students with edueu
lions, or to please the public?
Certainly there are tendencies to provide
w hat people believe should be a part of every
university, rather than what educators believe
should be presented. The Daily Mini is -pliatic
in its denunciation of present educa
tional trends.
'"With all its faults ouv educational sys
tem is fairlv successful and fairly well adopted
to our national temperament and needs. Dr.
Kinley. The one phrase is explanatory ot the
American educational system and its greatest
fault." , . .
"Sever have we seen so frank an admisuon
Ijv a leading exponent of higher education to
the effect that our higher learning, atandaid
bearer and dogmatizer of our culture is set
out to meet a public demand, much as the
movies give us certain stereotyped dramas as
sop to the public demand for a certain
Jrowd-mind satisfying type of entertainment.
-Thus we find a concept of education m
which those who have subjected themselves to
higher education go out to take the niche
which the world has prepared tor them, not to
find or make new niches or to develop then
lives as individuals among individuals.
'Throughout the whole of this concept
ihcre runs the taint of materialism , the em
phasis on the physical growth of civilization,
o that we have an education designed to send
, en out into the world to make bet ter -plumb-ing
fixtures, to advertise and educate the peo-
? to use better plumbing fixtures and to get
better plumbing fixtures into the homes ot all
people possible, via mass production, thus rais
L the standard of living in its popular con
notation with the ultimate advancement of
civilization, at least by our standard
"In this concept with its one great outlook
to man's material advancement, with a minor
,hord struck by the K. 0. T. C.-admimstra-tive
hookup designed to make the graduate a
stalwart, patriotic member of the state as
such, who won't ask too many questions
ihere i little consideration given to the tact
that the man will live as an individual. He
is equipped to take bis place and perhaps to
make a better one materially, he is inoculated
against anything that might break down the
state, under which he lives in comparative
peace and safety, but he has not even the
fundamentals that will give him the pleasures
nf intelligent living.
"Has education forgotten that the manner
in which man will live and enjoy life depends
unon the scope and intelligent ooservauun i
s viewpoint upon me umc
red ... to the public lust for material gain
i..iw knilr nn standards of living"
Has education relinquished its dying chance
to' make and preserve civilization anu nm.
I'igent living, to the credo of the tiled bath and
chauffeured motor carriages!!"
So saya the Daily Jllini. We disagree. There
is one flaw in the argument, and it is a serious
one. How does this editorial writer explain his
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ing f,t material advancement 01 civilization,
and material advancement alone.
Out of twenty students, graduates, says the
writer, there will not be found one who has
not visions of mahogany desks, huge offices,
luxurious offices, well-dressed wives, suburban
homes. The writer himself is not included in
mmm nf iwcntv. There lies the flaw 111
whole argumentDoes he. Ihink he is alone
his nttitude? For he is not.
Does he seek to convert everyone to his own
point of view? Then again he would be wrong.
For there must be a divided point of view, us
he says. His protest is proof that individuality
has not and will never vanish. Even though
rvrryone. in the world possessed himself of a
iMiiutifiilly tiled bathroom, he would still
jirguc with his neighbor.
vlucatiou has proved its worth by arousing
violent protest in the Illinois writer . . .
in ot hers like him.
What matter if every man and his neighbor
relax in colorfully tiled tubs? There is 110
greater joy in the world than singing in the
but h, say we, and always will each man sing
his own little tune, different from that of any
other man.
to the university to bo considered. Anil this
yt?nr it appears the mmnorinl inuy take the
form of a substantial contribution to the pro
posed union building. After all, that would be
action,
Another contributor howls for the .same rea
son. Says lie, "It's time, to start some action.
Ask the student for money, then talk." It
inuy be a good theory, but we fenr its results,
Putting the cart too far in front of the horse
is invariably fatal to any hope for action.
When a large number ol' ntucits iigreo with
the two quntod above, it will be time to start
the subscription drive. At present, ton few
know what a union building is. They do not
know what they ore missing. It is necessary
to show I heiii this, first of nil.
And here is conclusive proof that soiuet hiug
is being done on the project: Innocents are
arguing about (lie best met hols of conducting
the drive. J-lvery student must admit that
when that body becomes concerned, the stimu
lus must indeed be far out of the ordinary. If
the innocents are actually in earnest, and
meiiii to work on the project, there should be
no difficulty at all in getting action, prompt
and efficient, from the student body in gen
eral. Ijr the Innocents have always been tin
last campus organization to take action. Now
they are waking up. We grow more cheerful.
Students must' have their fill) when it comes
to answer anonymous questionnaires.
In addition, thvre is the. difficulty of reach
ing every student, rather than a few. We
have yet to see a questionnaire which reached
even reasonably sound general conclusions.
MORNING MAIL
Omaha 1'nivcr.sity has added a new rule. All
students under IK years ol age are locked
up if found in the streets after nine o'elo-U
in the evening. We almost hope the buys and
girls fool them, and get wicked before instead
of alter nine, ll might be done. After all,
it does sound rather silly to say that no one
does anything wrong before a set lime, und
that everyone does evil deeds after that magic
hour.
J low ilmiil Some Action?
TO TIIK HDITOK :
Hasn't there been just about enough free
air scattered about 1 his student union project?
Haven't people discussed the thing, without
aclually doing anything constructive toward
it, long enough Isn't it about time to get
down to business if the structure is ever to
bo built?
Krection of a student union building is a
great -an immense undertaking of course.
But why waste more time by sitting around
talking about it The majority of opinion
seems to favor the project. Why not put that
opinion to the test by asking it for pledges to
the building?
There are numerous organizations on the
campus which could be drafted into the work
of securing pledges. Why not get them
started tget them to canvassing students, pro
fessors, alumni and after they have obtained
enough for the first unit of the building, per
haps, there will be more excuse for talk.
It 's time for a showdown. If
wants a atudent union building let
press their opinion materially with
of whatever they can give. Let 'h get
going. Let's see what can be done,
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the thing
Told You So!'
TO TIIK KDITOK:
No matter what you do. there is always
sonic hum 1o come p'"!'' iM'd say, "J told you
so," Well, here I am.
Some two or three weeks ago, I wrote a stu
dent opinion, which you most graciously pub
lished, in which I declared that Nebraska stu
dents were too dead in the vicinity of the ears
to get excited or get behind anything, espe
cially something so great in extent and of so
great benefit as a student, union building.
Now, I can make the famous remark. For
some two or three weeks you have commented
editorially on the advantages which n student
union would bring to this campus. You are
right, but students don't seem to be interested.
Outside of a few scattered, moro progressive
campus leaders, no one has taken notice of
your, argument. Students in general are still
in llieir peaceful semi-consciousness of col
legia, doing as little as possible. They nro too
far gone to ever wake up, 1 believe.
1 still say I hope I'm wrong, but it looks
more and' more like I'm right. Nebraskans
are too dead to boost a live issue.
TIIK -MISKIi.
LOOSE THREADS
By Gene McKim
The Perfect
Letter Writer.
Some time ago wo printed in tlu-se-eolumns
a few qualifications which every 'Letter to
ihe editor" must possess, before it can be pub
lished. We are now repeating one, and add
ing another.
One important-looking missive we recently
received began in ibis fashion:
Listen. Daily Nebraskan: C Jet this straight.
You had better print this letter or else,'
The letter had no signature. We are per
verse. We still refuse to print any anony
mous letters.
The letter also had no point. It didn't say
anything. We do not always refuse, but we do
dislike to print communications that say noth
ing at all.
Concluded the writer: "If you don't like it,
what are you going to do about it?" Well,
we might print it, we might save it to show
future generations, we might, do any number
of things. Instead, we are putting it gently
but firmly into our waste-basket.
The Daily Nebraskan will not print anony
mous letters. It tries its best, as well, to re
frain from printing long-winded, wordy mis
sives that say nothing.
Webster says taut means tight, t'uess the
students must have been taut quite a bit at
Michigan, where five fraternity houses were
padlocked by prohibition agents.
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Hard Life!
Members of the present Prou committee
have been blamed for a number of things thus
far in their career. "Who is rjeasey Smith?"
yells a contributor. The r jestion seems to
have b,een settled in a fairly satisfactory man
ner. He seems to be the conductor of a quite
well-known dance band.
Decorations? Heh, heh ! So says another
contributor. Well, it is a hard job to decorate
the coliseum; but it has been done. Whether
it shall be done for the Prom depends upon the
committee members in charge. Do they have
an overpowering desire to work? Then the
ballroom will be beautifully decorated. Are
they included in the Plum committee, merely
to be entering one more campus activity? Then
we fear the results will he no better than in
previous years.
Important point in the whole business will
the Prom girl be elected in a fair and square
manner? "She. never has been," says still
another letter writer. He may be mistaken,
and he may noi be. In any event, there is
no reason in the world why this year's elec
tion should not be absolutely honeM.
We suL'L'est that a senior member ol the
deutly. Evidently, too, he is far from prepar- Student council, not connected in any way
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Tests made at New Jersey college for women
indicate that sophomores are less likely to
believe untruth than are juniors. Bet they
have a Junior Prom there, too, instead of a
Soph Hop.
Putting the
Cart in Front,
"1 told you so," says a student, ridiculing
the lack of action in the matter of a student
union building. We have no action with which
to confound him, but we can read his letter
with no serious misgivings. He spoke just a
bit out of turn, we fear.
Senior class members will nn-et next Thurs
day. Tin-re is the matter of a memorial giftj
ill. fhn Prim, rimnuittee. be present at tin
balloting and at the counting of votes. Not
but what the committee could conduct a
square election all by itself: rather, because
there are a number of 'persons w ho sincerely
believe that to do so would necessitate, their
breaking all precedent.
If a senior council member were present,
there would be no room fur any reasonable
doubt as to the honesty of the election meth
ods. And we doubt if his presence would
create any hardship on the Prom committee
members. II? eorM do no harm he might do
much good.
Only one solution 1o the May 0.ueen muddle.
Let the successful candidate wear a mask. No
one will know, then, whether she was fairly
elected, or even elected at all. No cause for
complaints.
Urin Its
For the House.
Prohibition "questionnaire" is suggested by
a student contributor. It would embody
eight or ten questions on who drinks what,
why, when, and where. The results, he says,
could be tabulated and sent to the legislature,
members ox . hich seem quite interested in the
campus liquor situation. The trouble is that
no one would take very seriously the matter
of filling out these blanks, to be turned ir- un
signed. The results might bo comic, and cer
tainly would be far from accurate.
Seventy-eight pereent of Colorado students
drink regularly, according to results of just
such a questionnaire. We doubt very much if
any such conclusions would be arrived at by
circulation of similar questions on the Ne
braska campus, but even so the facts cannot be
discovered by such methods. We cannot
imagine seventy-eight of every hundred Colo
rado students going to classes every day amid
a brew -cry-like atmosphere "of alcohol fumes.
No, the common sense explanation prevails.
The Foolnotea editor in the Lin
coln B.vening Journal for Satur
day, Feb. 21. sees fit to criticise
a student who wrote for this
worthy sheet The Nebraskan
regarding the eight o'clock rule
for returning books to the library
after having them out over night.
In part the column says: "That
it is inconvenient to get a book
down to the library by 8 o'clock
in order to avoid a fine, the Foot
nnteq prlitor erants. It is incon
venient to rise for breakfast. But
if hrpukfflst does not come up to
one's bedside, one must go down
to breakfast. That is lite among
the proletariat.
"But to say that it is "well nigh
impossible" to get a book to the
library and still get to an eight
o'clock class is. well, exaggerating.
It has been done before. The F.
K. himself has performed the feat.
Never before has he even felt that
it was worth mentioning, much
Inns hn'nstinp- about It. but HOW that
the personnel of the library has
been challenged 10 periorm inia
stunt the F. E. cheers them on and
cro-vs that he has done it."
It must be admitted that the
feat is not impossible. The Foot
notes editor's point was well
taken in thai resnect but it does
seem that there was a good bit of
truth in the letter whicn ne naa
seen fit to "pan." It was possible
fnr Lindbertrh to flv to Paris, but
there have not been many news
stories to the effect mat ne nas
done the stunt a second time.
Of course the comparison is pos
sibly a bit far fetched in these
two cases, but anyhow there is an
inoinirv hotvrppn thpm. Lindbergh
successfully performed the feat
once. It has not Deen convenient
for him to do it again, but after
all, one might say, what would be
the point of trying it a second
time. There is no particular need
for his repeating the feat.
In much the same respect can
books be gotten to the library by
8 o'clock on the cold and frosty
mornings which usually occur this
time of year. The feat has been
accomplished, and many more
times than Mr. Lindbergh's flying
to "ari9.
Of course the F. E. should be
commended upon being one of
those fearless and venturesome
souls who was able satisfactorily
to return bis library books on
time. Without doubt it will be
done many more times in the
years to come if necessary.
That is the point what is the
necessity of getting books in by
8 o'clock?
As we see it, the point in The
Nebraskans original editorial
comment, and in the letter to The
Nebraskan, was not so much the
possibility or the impossibility of
accomplishing the feat, but rather
the convenience or inconvenience
the present rule offers to the stu
dent body.
Libraries are usually maintained
for the convenience and use of the
university at large. It would seem
that the previous writers in this
pnper had a point well taken.
From 8 to 9 o'clock the students
patronizing the library are few in
number. The calls for books on
reserve at that time cannot be so
very heavy.
At the same time there are
many students who are living in
vnrtniiH nutlvinir narts of the citv.
who, while having alarm clocks
and being accustomed to going
down to breakfast in the usual
proletarian manner, still are in
convenienced in a decided manner
by fretting a i,,,,, jnt0 the library
by 8 in the morning, and then get
ting to an 8 o'clock class.
For instance, a student living in
southeast Lincoln, to be sure of
getting his book returned on time
and then getting to an eight
o'clock class, would have to be on
.he campus by 7:50 at least. This
would mean catching a street car
which w wild get him to Twelfth
and O streets by 7:40. This would
necessitate catching a car for the
downtown district by 7:10 at the
latest.
If the student lived a little dis
tance from the car line he would
have to leave home by 7 a. m.
at the earliest. Dressing and
breakfasting in a comfortable
manner takes an hour. Of course
it can be done In faster time, but
that is not an unusually long time
to spend on one's toilet and in eat
ing one's breakfast.
This would mean arising at six
o'clock, which, while not Impos
sible, is inconvenient particularly
when one has studied until one or
two o'clock the preceding night.
(Yes, dear reader, there are some
students about the university who
actually indulge in such a thing
occasionally, college comic maga
zines and cinemas, to the contrary,
notwithstanding.)
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Somehow we sympathize with
the contributor of that letter to
the Nebraskan and the author of
this column was not the writer
either. Why not change the rule
and allow books to bo kept out
until nine o'clock? That .would
make a lot of difference in the
convenience library services offer
to the students.
NEW STL' DENTS MAY
SECURE HANDBOOKS
AT Y. M. AND Y. W.
C. D. Hayes, general secretary
of the Y. M.. C. A., is sending let
ters to all men new at the univer
sity this semester telling them that
they may get a student handbook
for the asking by calling at his
office.
The Y. M. C. A. and Y. W.
distribute these handbooks to the
new students each semester. New
women may receive theirs of Miss
Bernice Miller at Ellen Smith hall.
Mr. Hayes says that any new stu
dent who might not receive a let
ter should not hesitate to call for
his handbook.
The purpose of these books is
outlined In their foreword. "In at
tempting to serve the new students
tthe university Y. M. C. A. and
V. W C A. o-ivfi von this handbook
which will help you familiarize j
yourselves with the ideal and tra- i
ilitions of Nebraska U." I
WILL GIYE JUPPET SHOY
Museum's Second Marionctto
Play to Be Presented
In Morrill Hall.
Two performances of the uni
versity museum'! puppet ihow,
"Ona Eye, Two Eyes, Three Eyei.
given for the first time last Sun.
day, art scheduled for this after
noon because of the large crowds
winch wr uiiKiii 10 not mm uiu
Morrill hall auditorium a week
ago.
To prevent crowding this week,
the museum has been Issuing free,
tickets which ara avallabla at the
rnusaum office in Morrill hall. Th
regular children' hour at 8:15 will
be given over to the marionette
play as will the adult program at
4:1B o'clock. Tickets are being
given out for both performances.
Miss Marjorie Shanafelt Is in
charge of the puppet show which
in the first of its kind ever to bo
given In Lincoln. She plana to give
at least one more before the win
ter season i over and la arrang
ing for a series of marionette plays
next year.
Phog Allen to Sueak to
Young People' Meeting
LAWRENCE, " Kan. Dr. F. C.
Allen, director of athletics at the
University of Kansas, will be the
principal speaker at a meeting of
young people of the Presbyterian
church at Parsons. March 11. His
topic will be "Sports and Our
Leisure Time."
The Unitarian Church
Twelfth ind H Street
"THE CHURCH WITHOUT A
CREED"
Sermon Subject. Krt. "The
Symbolism if the Mnldeii's P1hp
In thn Pictur," an Interpretation
of Miss Dnlan's palnthiK. "The
Search for Truth."
UKELELE
( ...l.l ,n llba in im nhl In
) imv a ulculelp?
Y 1 IH'ARANTKK to t.".di yon t
( nlay popular musi" In KlM.lft
Call BJ12Q
)) A Dollar 9 Lesson
W.A.A. STEAK FRY
FINDS ENTHUSIASTS
AMONG 11 COEDS
More than 118 girls attended the
first steak fry hike sponsored by
the W. A. A. Friday evening at
Belmont park. The largest dele
gation came from Alpha Xi Delta,
Chi Omega and Kappa Delta.
Ruth Kicr, hiking chairman, and
Blossom McDade were in charge of
the affair. According to Miss
Kier, the group departed promptly
at 5 o'clock and walked very rap
idly. Some of the other functions
which will take place during the
spring are a roller skating party,
distance hike, bicycle hike, over
night hike, breakfast1, nature hike,
moonlight hike, hare and hound
chase, and a treasure hunt.
GOSPEL TEAM TAKES
CHANGE OF SEKV1CE
The Gospel team of the First
Christian churcn win nave cnarge
of the evening services of the
Ashland Christian cnurcn to
night. The team is made up of
Thelma Kirby, Bud Walters, and
Chester Hunt. ine surjjeci lor
the evening discussion will be
"The Necessity of Tolerance."
A sextette of students from the
young people's department of the
rhiireh will accomnanv the team
and furnish special music for the
service. The sextette is unaer me
direction of Miss Genevieve Mil
iar nnrl is marie ud of Dale Cam
eron. Cora Knott, Ray Lamborn,
George Kimball, Helen Lapp, anu
Hubert Heigel.
NEW 31 EM HERS OF
VESPERS CHOIR
TO MEET MONDAY
New members of the vespers
choir will meet Monday at 5 o'clock
at Ellen Smith hall for practice
witn tne otner memoers. Aiet-u
Neely has chaige of the choir.
Those who were successful in
the tryouts are Anne Cramer, Lu
cille Bledsoe, Aiyce uermatt, l,o
rene Gossard. Hester Hunt. Mar
jorie Lyle, Juanita Stafford, Mar
ion Vesley, Harriet Woods, Zona
Wilcox and Alma wunams.
WESLEY PLAYERS
PRESENT PLAY OF
CHRIST TONIGHT
"A Sacrifice Once Offered" will
be given by Wesley Players at the
St. Paul Methodist church this
evening at 7 :45. i
Miss Carolyn Cooper and Rus- ;
sell Lindskog will carry the lead- j
ing roles of Calpurnia and Pontius !
Pilate, respectively. The play re
lates the situation arising in the i
home of Pontius Pilate at the time ,
he was considering the case of !
Christ. !
The drama is under the direction !
of Mrs. Nancy Foresman Dickey
of the university school of fine ,
arts.
Quick Luncheon
Also
Chop Sue and Chow Mein
New Sunshine Cafe
137 No. 12th St. South of Orpheum
Oury Will De Giu sl at
Pershing Rifles Party
Colonel and Mrs. W. H. Oury
will be the special guests at the
Pershing Rifles party which will
be held March 7 at the Lincoln ho
tel. Invitations have been sent to
other Pershing Rifles companies
in other universities of which there
are fourteen. Alumni will also be
invited.
Albert Lucke is chairman of the
committees in charge of the bids,
decorations, and orchestra. He is
being assisted by Joe Miller, Wil
liam Gordon and Claud Gillespie.
Professor osenquil
to Lead Y. HI. Services
Prof. Carl Rosenquist will lead
the Monday morning Ag. Y. M.
C. A. service at 7:00 o'clock in
room 303 Agricultural hall. Those
parlv mornine- mpetins's are
rj r .
open to all and are held every I
Monday morning from 7:00 to!
7:50 o clock. From twelve to
twenty usually attend.
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