? A t & 1 'i 4 S I 9 4 TOCO TUB DAILY NKHRASKAN Tl'KSD.VY. FKHKHAKV 21. 1931. The Daily Nebraskan Station A, U icMn. Nrbratka OFFICIAL STUDENT PUBLICATION UNIVERSITY Of NEBRASKA Publlahad Tuetdav, Wtdneaday. Thwreday, Friday and Sunday morning during tho academic yoar. THIRTIETH YEAR Entered at eecond-clate matter at the poatoffice in Lincoln, Nebratka, under act of congreea. March J. 187). and at aeCMt ra of pavtage awvtded far M eecttv 110) act of October I, 1917, autharlred Jamiary SO. 1(22. 'Jr.iCT Jin-li.n ( Urn aHuuent t-uuncaiion tloard SUBSCRIPTION HATE 12 a year Single. Ceay S turn St. 25 a aemetter tt a year mailed S1.7S aemetttr mailea Editorial Off ice Untvereity Hall . Butineae Off ice Umvereity Kail 4A. Telepnonea Day: Ml; Night; B-Mtt Aak for NebrasKan editor. EDITORIAL STAFF Eimont T. Walt . .. . Robert J. Kelly. . Managing Editor William McGaffin C proponents of tin own cause. hitter system defeat tli-iv Prom posters ilisplny a larjrc mtestion Hunk, xviili pictures of l ht lour candidates for I'nn.i t'irl. Wlty itol uit the .(iiest'iou murk al'ice Itciisley Smith Morti.r Hoard now content, ustinu on p;. l Heliievrnieiit. Miiv Unoon is oviv, u more teas t.i sclHiiule. No-Man's Land '-'w ' . . . 1-3333 (Joarnjl) . Editor.ln-ctvef Aaaociate Editor H hat' To rv DtttH . THE P. H. cams down like it wolf tn the Mortar Boimis. (For definition of P. H. m' index be tow. i His cohotts wcie not gleam- icw- i"ri r"nve snii cc:j uiaMi ' thev m no rolois. And that I n-.tnimr mivht hinder hi rapid ad I veer to more publicity I his isn't eve-i s;tpp-v??d to rhyme. What we want 13 immv is why l no rule pro hibit r electioneering at the polls Bayd VanSeggir) Eugene McKHH Arthur Mitchell Newt Editor Arthur Wolf Evelyn Simpaon Leonard Conklin S porta Editor France Horyekt Wemen'a Edite BUSINESS STAFF Chariea O. Lavlor.. ButJneaa Manager Aeaiatant Buainea Manager. Norman Galleher Jack Thomo Erlwm Faulkner Harold Kube Too Much Protesting' Colonel Oury is down but nol out. llavii.g written, an inspiring defense of preparedness is exemplified by the compulsory training in ur it the University of Nebraska, and having been overwhelmed by a flood of criticism for out- or two incautious statements, lie rebounds , to attack anew. We admire his spirit, but we remain doubters of his Jopie. Isn't there some subtle connec tion between overmuch defending and inherent weak spots which require sipIi assistance? Docs anyone ever defend the ida that some form of povermnent is necessary? Does any one ever advance concrete proof of the theory ihat the earth revolves around the sun? No. These two ideas are commonly accepted. They have been accepted only after they were con clusively proved to be true . They need no defense now, in spite of radicals and Volivas to 1 lie contrary. Consider the tariff. Arguments are com mon. Protectionists are continually on ihe alert for points in favor of their stand. They need to be, since protection is a theory which fs economically unsound. Or, consider military- training. Here again proponents of the compulsory drill system are ever watchful for new defenses of their atti tude. They evidently need to be no one ever searches night and day for arguments favoring a cause which needs no defense, a cause of which the merits are obvious. The.Xebraskan, first of all, criticized edi torially the system f compulsory military training. Proponents of the. system flew back t o the attack immediately. Some advanced one defense, some another. And some, none at all. localizing that the discussion was far from lo cal, the Nebraska Alumnus invited a student and tits colonel to write their two opposing views of the matter. Both accepted. Both wrote articles. The colonel, in his eagerness to justify publicly h hat seems to him a system intrinsically sound, overstepped himself a bit. He classed the fed eral council of churches with a group of or ganizations which he said were -'operating under the direct influence of the soviet gov ernment at Moscow." The federal council of churches hocked, in dignant, requested further information. Si lence. They requested proof. Silence. They are now demanding a retraction apologies. Silence about to be broken. '"A retraction," cry the church official? "Immediate. JJight away. In the same mag azine, displayed with equal prominence," 4iMisquo1ed," cries Kirby Page, editor and pacifist. "Who wants to stand by and watch his grandmother murdered, anyway"' ''Proof...," sings sweetly the Rev, Ray Hunt. "Who said we operate under the soviet influence! They're a hunch of atheists." "Hot air," howls the Rev. F. W. Leavitt. 'Bull-dozing 5s no way to make the church re treat in its campaign for international peace. Careful, colonel, or someone might construe your remarks as being a bit on the shady tide of the truth." Seemingly, there is no turning of the other i heek in any of this except, possibly in the. ase of Kirby Page, most courteous of all. And he is not ngaped in a pulpit-filling capacity. Evidently the colonel misjudged the. lemper of the church officials in deeming Hum peaceful pacifists. Sy ys the coloneh breaking the silence for the first time since Ihe storm broke, "1 have no retraction to make. 'Under the direct influ ence oF the soviet government at Moscow,' as applied to the federal council of churches, was a slip'of language. "A wrong choice of words to convey the meaning intended,' be amended his statement. Well, it's an idea. "A slip of language'' might come in handy most any time, even for us. 'A wrong choice of words" is quite adroit, .'I I: Ml. " Explained Colonel Oury: "J meant to say that the organizations listed in my article were working toward 1he same end as the. soviet oveunrient, at Moscow, and were influenced In- propaganda spread by that group." Acknowledging 1be difficulty of proving the cffeij of this influence, the colonel stuck by his jwtis. lie could prove the soviet influence is easily as Mr. Cavert (secretary of the fed eral council of churches) could prove the con 1rarC he said. Wj fear there is something a bit off-balance here.. For Mr. Cavert does not need to prove the (JJiptrary. It is up to the colonel to prove his statements. He made the charges. Ac cusajjdns. not backed up by definite and concrete- proof, are nothing more nor. less than excellent methods of getting oneself into l&rs? quantities of very hot water. All charges must be proved. The accused is innocent until he is pro-d guilty not guilty until he proves his innoenee. TCs is a principle embodied in the laws of the Jand, not to be lightly set aside, even by a colclael. "VJe can think of lots pleasanter things to do tha make charge we cannot prove. The colonel, perhaps, hns done just this thing. We reiferate our firm stand for elective rather lhaa compulsory drill, and stand back to watch the A vneanev in the stud.nl publications bo;;. 1 I .-n r. o csS h, , i n r , , .i . r ,i, t'or t.C' - 1 1 hold (rood at the May has been created by the resignation of the v.... Rntrii eiwttnn? avs nior metubt r. Who is to fill the position how is it to W done . "The senior class will Select a man." the president of that group. "Why fill it at all, until spring elect ions asks the president of the Student council. After nil, a vacancy is a vacancy. ThT are no two ways about it. We have lm senior Member mi the hoard. What's to be 'oin-' Shall we continue without one? Think of that empty chair, inhahilet" only by memories that linger on. And then, too, the faculty might spring a surprise, and ride rough -shod over tin- iiemoer. Loo!; k though then wat aome I thin rrii.-n in the state of IVn mati;, or Wales. We've heard that SfLtlr.mi tkc. very jrcod care of 'Wilct. A;c all the Scotchmen on ;thi. crt'Tip-.is too tifiht to remember 1 tlit duty? A little !ermonette about, cam paigning a i the poll might even i bo .s'nm at members of a sorority i or 'two. -We never mention names unless we know Iwv to spell th r.u. INDEX. , P. H. means publicity hound. that I am not Tolstoynn and, therefore, do not regard the uae of physical force a necessarily im moral. I did not say that I would aland by and see my grandmother beaten by a ruffian without resist ing. When I said was that I would not use a method which would kil! ten other grandmother in the ef fort to pmlect my own grand mother. This is what war dives. For everv innocent pcrnn it pro tects, il kills ten other innocent people." . Colonel Oury declares that the above quotation of Mr. rage Is nol the one used in the Lincoln meet ing; that he has probably confused it with some other meeting. M. W. Reed, Paula Valley; It. K. Dcrlngton, Hunnewell. Kas.: Mar vin Kllstrom, Tonkawa; William ransie. Utile Hock. Ark.; Bob Dunlap, Haskell, and Joseph Swof ford, Oklahoma City. PROFESSOR EAT SYRACUSE STUDENTS STUDY CITY RECORDS Graduate Workers Survey All Annals of uity 01 Rochester. U iiiiiuiu.t IviiT tiiiMon ull.f aiIMiAlililPi I .,''', . j . .1 i j DIC5 hearted seniors. They are the only remaining studenls on Ihe lH.ar.l. t lhtnk,nR of pVing the univer- This over-bearing faculty lyranny something. Sl;.; something to remember them certainly should be done, and that right soon! : by' other than marks on the arms Shall we iermil the senior class to fill the ft class chairs ana waas ox gum unoer mem. auggesuons as io inc nature of the Rift seem to be in ordct. We wish to know what vr'M lie the matter with estab- ii we permit vacant seat ? Shall w itself In fill the post? to remain un no, never rather permit the imard Or shall we allow it lw..tv ..in.i;ri..t 1. fill : lishirr an oasis in the middle of ., ' . .i j. . r il-.. ithe drill field, where weary stU' vacancy wi.noui inc loriuaiu , mnr ! (if nts rould sf.ck snd shelter sptrial election. mat mmy is nie iuncin from lhe n,cilmff sun, the pelting The proper oasis is, of council. It has charge of all elections, iuclud-1 iair, and the -snow. inc lhat of iiuhlication lniard sliident members. 1 equipment for an ( Icarly, it should have power, in such an ,,ner- ZZZ select a member 1o serve unlil tuc cooonut kind. A moon may be ' added for atmosphei-e in the fill the 'spring. .1. . i . r .v. i.i;....,:.... I ine norarv ciock couki qihili- wa, e. w.ui u.c pp,w, o, ,.,r l''''iieM s. some hands, and a gross board as incidental to this action. No snch;of CORthnoks or parking spaces occasion has arisen for years. The publication j might also be acceptable. Well board is undecided as to whal action to take. anyway we have made some sug Ther'e could be no grounds for contesting the , Rest ions. cencv, to spring election, rapidly approaching. Clearlv. tmi, jt should immediately appointment of a temporary senior member by the council, however. Student council members desire t; do things, and do them all alone. Here is one opportun ity they are evidently passing up. Every or ganization has a few powers granted it. Every organization, too, increases the scope of iis ac tion by setting precedents. Il"re is a brand new situation. Why does not the Student council set a precedent, and fill the vacancy unassisted by a general vole, the appointee to serve until the spring election? Hard to keep secrets on this campus. Might try writing 'em in textbooks, though. Obituary notice: Deceased, one student union building projecl. (Handed over to the Innocents. Feb. 10. 19'il.i Rushing Things a Bit. Int erf rat emit y council members are at pres ent engaged in revising, by the committee method, their rushing rules for Nebraska fra ternities. This, far in advance of the rush week dates for next fall, seems to evidence a desire to keep the regulations as practical and as workable as possible, if time spent on the details of the rules is any criterion. The Ne braskan applauded the enforcement of the ln terfraternity council's rush week regulations last fall, and it now gives its hearty approval to the time and energy spent by that group on keeping 1bese rules efficient and up-to-dale. The fraternity rules, though a bit compli cated, seem truly ui1e simple and workable when contrasted with ihe elaborate and mixed up maze of sorority rushine regulations. We have pondered in vain over the coed rush restrictions. We wished to comment as intelligently as possible, suggesting a few changes that might simplify ihe unwielldy mass of rulings. And, thus far. we cannot as much us figure out their purpose. The sorority rushing regulations are far loo complicated to be easily enforced, or even ob served. Minnesota, unhappy possessor of ihe same Pan Hellenic code, voices its complaints in no uncertain terms. We cannot complain of something we cannot understand at all. Can some considerate coed explain ihe purpose of the rules, the reason for their Intricacies, and above all, the ex planation for their surprising number? College Comment The (rag That Failed. Among excellent ways of honest-to-gosh apple-polishing has cropped up a clever little means for the pretty girls to stretch their in finitesimal wit aud convince their susceptible professor that his humor is superb. Always, it is pleasing to know that one's smart cracks a;e well received. Picture. 1he educator-humorist standing be fore his class. The students look rather bored in fad, one of them is lolling back in his chair, bis eyelids slowly closing. Something must be done, thinks the professor. Ah, his wit he shall keep them ;ilert and interested by interspersing, among statements from his more scholarly nalure, small, yet timely, anec dotes Ihey must have points, he thinks liny must be sparkling. He begins. Members of his class become alert, lie has succeeded so far. He contin ues his story gains momentum. Tire profes sor is pleased. Ah, he approaches ihe point will they get it? Now now the girls in the front row are aware that the climax is near. They may gain favor if they display hearty approval of his story. They laugh, they giggle, they employ a1! the feminine means of exultation. Still the lad in the rear of the room drowsily slumps in his chair. A glint in his eye. the professor stares at the dainty co-eds who delightfully received his story: "If you can see the point in that, you're doing more than I've ever been able to do." The sleeper in the rear raises up, chuckles, and slumps to peaceful quietude. Oregon Emerald. DOWER to the powers that have induced Powers Hapgood to come here for the industrial con ference. He may be able to offer a few suggestions for the remedy of unemployment. But we doubt if you can do any good. Powers, un less you're on the right side of the fence. We attended the social dancing class the other day, as a reporter, not an instructor. (Joke.! There were boys of all kinds and dimen sions in a seemingly unlimited quantity, but girls seemed rather scarce. What's the matter with youse guineas? You never would have a better chance to be popular than there, and they tell us that's all we come to college for. It's really for the sake of the sex in general, you know. If you will of fer yourself as an instructoress, think of all the sore toes you will be saving for somebody. And if you can't dance yourself the best things in life are free, you know. T7E ARE beginning to appreciate W the sports editor. We have finally figured out something his column is good for! It almost in variably furnishes us with mate rial for our last paragraph. The latest howl from that direction concerns a headline which j was written by the 'Women's editor" who was forced to write It because the sports editor was too lazy to write his own heads. The woman always pays. This time she hap pened to pay double. OURY WILL NOT RETRACT; SAYS WORDS ARE POOR (Continued from Page 1.) These letters were printed in full in the Lincoln State Journal Sun day. Col. Oury said he had never received them and their pumica' tion was a complete surprise to him. Yesterday's interview result ing in the colonel's statement that his assertion in the Alumnus was a '"poor selection of words to con vey his meanings" and his refusal to retract the meaning intended was the result of the demand pub lished Sunday. The colonel's letter to Mr. Cav ert, while correcting the wording of his statement, leaves the mean ing essentially the same. Save brill Necessary. The article argued that military organ i ration is one of the neces sities to the maintenance of stable government and pointed to the fact that deterioration of the mill tary power preceded both the French and Russian revolutions. It also supported military organ iratiou as a necessity to preserv ing order in time of disaster, point ing to tne example oi me t-an i'rancisco fire. lie asserted that military in struction is a benefit to university student, without the militarization and concluded: "The influence of the military department over the minds of the many students who have taken the course and have become better citizens on account of it justifies its past and should assure its future. Questions Kirby Page. In the article in the Alumnus Col. Cury said, "I recently beard Mr. Kirby Page, an ultra pacifist. make the statement in reply to a question by a student, that he would stand by and see a ruffian murder his grandmother without resisting him. This statement was alleged to have been mp.ue by Mr. r&se following a talk at a World Forum meeting here i:i December. Col. Oury contends that the quo tation is correct and that Mr. Page said his "grandmother would have to go rather than use force to help her." Mr. Page's letter in which be re plies to the Colonel's statement follows and was among those sent to the Lincoln Journal last week and published Sunday: "You have misunderstood the statement I made on that occasion. I think I said that time as I re peatedly do from the platform, LEARN TO DANCE Can taacH yell ta lead in ena teaaen. Guarantee to teach you In am pri vate leaeone. Claaaea every Monday and Wedneeday. Private leaaona morning, afternoon and evening. Stall Room and Tap. MRS. LUELLA WILLIAMS Private Studio: Phone B42SG 1220 O STREET 32 Gridders Out for Early Training; Six Letter Men Report. NORMAN. Okla.- A flock of new vellow footballs, kicked and tossed about by overweight young men clad in University of Okla homa uniforms, filled the air at Owen field today as the Sooner spring football practice, scheduled to last one month, was bepin in earnest by Head Coach Adrian H. Llndsey, assisted by Line Coach Dewey" "Snorter" Luster. Thirty-two men, ten of whom are backs, have already checked out equipment and more are re porting every day. Six letter win ners from last fall. Charles Tecl Tulsa, guard; diaries Wilson, Ok lahoma City, tackle; Ab Walker. Blackwell, back; John B. Robin son, Hominy, back; Orin "Red" Borah, Champaign, 111., guard; and Earnest Massad, Ardmore, fullback, were in the array. The punting of Borah, who be gan his workout with si perfectly spiraling punts despite the fact he is corpulent as an alderman and hasn't picked up a ball since last autumn, was noticeable. Marvin "Swede" Ellstrom. the lfiO pound frosh fullback from Tonkawa, also elevated several high spinning punts. Capt. Uuy warren 01 .Norman, hasn't yet reported as he is em ployed by a downtown cleaning and pressing firm and has been SYRACUSE, N. Y. Depart mental and bureau records of the riiw nf Rochester are wide open for observation and study by nine students of public administration In the Syracuse university school of citireiiship and public affairs. The course of study which they are undertaking covers one year, and part of that time is spent at some bureau of municipal re search. Tn the past six years the classes took their field study under the direction of the New York city bureau of municipal research, but this years it was decided that six weeks should be spent in Roches ter, with the Rochester bureau of municipal researcn assisting. After a cursory survey, the stn- sU jn jBnury. Claims Work Detracts Mind From Studies; Should Not De Permitted. Mitotan) mal. Ju;t when Johnnie Workaday, ambitious cousin or Joe College, is planning to board the next train for college, where he sxpecta to support himself and win an educa tion at the ame time, a professor steps forward and tells him that he should not be allowed to go to school. Prof. Henry Robinson of an east em university Intimates that a student who expects to nourish his soul at the breast of culture and his body on the bounty of some one who will let him work five hours a day for his room and board will not be able to do either well, so should relinquish one for the other. The professor's argument seems to have little effect on the em ployment situation as seen by the officials of the local Y. M. C. A. student bureau however. About ninety-five students wanting odd Jobs "have left their names with the bureau, while sixty-three were given jobs in Icember and eighty- dent Investigators praised the city of Rochester for the willingness of city officials to place all records at their disposal, for the high effi ciency of the personnel as com pared to that of most 'municipali ties, and also for various scientific methods employed by the city de partments in carrying out their dut ics. Is Good Field. Thev declid that Rochester as Thitty-three students want per manent work, while twelve were employed in December and twenty in January. Both figures show a decrease, because of the unem ployment situation In Columbia and the surrounding community has caused less work than in other year. Professor Robinson presents a long but unconvincing argument against students working their v ay thiM school, in spite of the fact that nearly two million of the five million college students in the United States are partly or en tirely supporting themselves. He says, "A high quality of scholarship or intelligent interest a field oi slimy snouia prove rx tiwmly beneficial berause city manager government is in force there and because the Rochester bureau of municipal research has direct omjort unitv to study the ... ... -- r. ----- -. f . , ment and the problems arising m not 10 it r.iru ....... under it, and ba-s outlined an ex- , dent w ho comes to class dulled cellent course of study to be fol-' and sodden from fatigue. Eco jowe(j j nomicklly and socially the only so- Completion of the course is fol- lotion to the problem is to keep lowed bv three months of appren-' the deadheads out. Make It harder ticeshipin the office of a city; to stay In colleg,- and within a manager or with a bureau of re- few years college will mean more search. After the six week's study j than a youthful lark." too busy with both his iob and his ' here, the group will work for the Thus the doctor is in uirect op studies. He is a halfback. 'New York state conference of position to the ideal of American Linesmen reporting are: Charles ; mayors, being assigned to various oo.moc.iacy wuic.n woum put an TeeL Tulsa; Charles Wilson. Ok-j cities of the state for study of education ui tne nanas oi u mat lahoma City: Orin Borah. Cham- i specific municipal problems. wouia worn lor u. naini. Ill - Marion Foreman. New- ; All Are Graduate. I hp wouiu cm couege ennumicm kirk; Henry Haag. Norman; I All the students are graduates by two-fifths at one single stroke Christian Danszyk, Loup City, ! of universities, eight having re-! Then, should he pare off those In Neb.: Trov Shelby, Anadarko; reived A. E. degrees and one a Ph. i college for the social life who Kenneta Atkins, Camden. Ark.; W. C Whiteside, Council Hill; Claude Whittington, of Guthrie; Howard Maxon. Independence, Mo. Orville Corey. Calumet; Kenneth Wickham, Bristow: Ben Mackie. Webb City; Elwood Brockman. of Tulsa; James Kelly, Norman; Lloyd Manley, Mountain View; George Denton. Colbeit; George Bushyhead. Claremore: H. E. De laney, Oklahoma City; Paul Early, Ponca City, and Smith Watkins, of Lawton. Backs reporting are: Ab Walker of Blackwell: John B. Robinson, Hominy: Earnest Massad, Ard more; Laudis Dennis, Marlow; B. The training which they are j would be forced to leave when being prepared is for the Jevelop- ; aeaoneaus are sepi rai. nr ment of city managers or to equip students for any type of municipal administration work. nrobablv tut off another filth. Such a cut wx.uld mean that the present 2 percent of our popma- As manv universities and col- lion that is college bred would ie leges are represented in the group j cline in a generation 10 less than as there are students in it. Joel 1 1-2 of 1 percent. Gordon of Boston Is a graduate of ! Cm the other side of Dr. Robin- Harvard; Glen Leet, Norwich uni versity; Yao Tien Chung, U. of Chicago: DeWitt Krueger, Stan ford university; Thomas A. Flynn, U. of Kansas: R. Morris Hoising ton, U. of Colorado; Evan Asay, Colorado college: Harvey R, Gos lee, Hsmilton college; Clarence Gi rard, Union college. son's theory is stated In the n-ords of Theodore Roosevelt, who said: "If you cant get thru college in any "other way. work your way thru. But don'i try to go to school at the same time. 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