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The Daily Nebraskan
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New Editora
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AnltUnt Business Manager.
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MEMBER
it tt
TMa paver ta repmeiiUd for (aneral
advertialnc by The Nebraska PrM
Aasoclatioa.
a fifty minute 'period of condensed enlighten
ment. Kight here, we are doing a most terrible
thing. We are upholding these little forms of
amusement provided they keep you awake
whrn the professor who in lecturing can't.
If professors arc so dry and uninteresting in
their lectures that you feel the urge to doze,
why not use your own devices to keep awake?
Assuming, of course, that it is vulgar and not
the right thing to sleep in class.
If you really don't want to sleep in class
but can't witlistain without artificial stimu
lantsthen take up cat and rat. It's not as
much bother as backgammon but it's lots of
fun. And much simpler. Even a child .
How to get 500 students registered for swim
ming? ADVERTISE, of course! If Nebraska
needs a swimming pool, let's get one. A five
dollar fee is not excessive for a semester's
swimming instruction. And incidentally, if
the athletic department has not an overabun
dance of Puritanical ethics, let us whisper this
in your ear: Students will register for nnv
course that is rumored to.be easy credit !
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MORNING MAIL
MILESTONES
America's
Coach Is Dead!
as to
football
I Knute Kockne, the football coach
- ;a riPfld. Killed during a trip
i t IiktoIps for the nuruose of plan-
nin additional "talkies" of football plays and
coaching, he remains the outstanding tigure
in the athletic world 01 toaay.
XoItp Dame deeply mourns bis passing,
Snorts writers are divided in opinion
how much his death will affect the
f records of that school, but all agree in giving
him due credit for his position aim uis
5 AAmnlichmonts.
: For Rockne stood firm in his place, a sbiu-
ing light in a sports world tuat nan uecome
commercialized-' and that is Ihe subject of
attacks bv many educators for its overempiia
sized importance in collegiate circles, tor
several years now the critics have been at
work, and not without cause, considering the
1 exaggerated play given football in its relation
to higher education.
The gate receipts are the thing. the
alumni interest is the thing. To attain its
ends, football has brought in a horde of off
color, paid players and subsidized recruits.
It has given salaries to coaches that exceed
bv many thousands of dollars those of ihe
chancellors and presidents. It has done many
things which will not stand the test of pub
licity in its efforts to increase gate receipts
and to maintain the active interest of alumni.
Against this stocxl Kockne of Notre Dame.
e was one of the leading meu of the age in
1 attempts to sive football its place m tne
sun, but he,to6d for amateur rather than com-
rmcrcial sports.
A-iMrir s mon IiIe Rckne ar0 leaders in
the football and athletic world, that world will
retain its place of importance in collegiate
circles. For he and others like nim arc sports
nipn. not business men or promoters. And
sportsmanship, not dollars, is the thing.
Might
As Weill
Nebraska might as well have a swimming
pool, open for use at the beginning of the
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Our 'One Man Team
TO THE EDITOR:
Again Nebraska has a track team that any
university in the country might be proud to
own. a team that can hold its own in any kind
of competition, a team that is well rounded.
And what happens? Our most illustrious and
distinguished Mr. Oisli, on tenterhooks as to
whether to let the coliseum to the Nebraska
Association of Hoop-nanny Manufacturers, or
the Nebraska Society for the Prevention, of
Cruelty to the Senegainbian Orphans, lets a
marvelous opportunity for spreading the fame
of Nebraska ainoug her sister slates go by 1 lie
board, and sends a one man team to two of the
most important invitational meets of the sea
son. Oh well, such is the enthusiastic Goo'
01' Nebraska Spirit that pervades all these
davs! ICONOCLAST.
It's just barely possible that the athletic de
partment sent a ''one man team"' to cut oper
ating costs. ioothall receipts, you know, pay
for other sports, and football receipts were
slhu ihis fall. ED.
list
Cashing the Gate.
TO THE EDITOR:
Here is another idea to add to your
about fiuancing of swimming pools.
hy couldu t swimming events be made lo
pay part of the cost of such a pool? Why
wouldn t various sorts of swimming meets
draw crowds at several times each year? These
crowds should contribute several hundred dl-
ars in the course of a year toward either the
cost or the maintenance of a pool once one was
built.
To me. it seems that there is little reason for
the fact that Nebraskans are denied the priv
ileges of a place to swim. You have suggested
what is to me. at least, an adequate wav to
finance such a pool. C. A. M.
April , 1961
Senior law students, it was re
ported, bad gone on a diet of fish
tne rocornlred brain food, prepare
try to tbo examination In criminal
procedure which confronted them
University cadets were drafted
into service for the first time to re
move the bleachers from the east
side of the athletic field to the
south end, that baseball practice
might be carried on. Tbe rield was
dragged and relieved of all hard
lumps which interfered with prac
tice.
1911
The junior class reported a def
icit of $35,000 resulting from their
class play. It was stared at the
Oliver theater, and tne largest item
on the expense account was $200
expended for coaching.
Investigation showed that the
"Rag" traveled far and wide to the
homes of old graduates who still
read the paper. Several copies
went day to different places in
Canada: to the Philippine Islands
and to some of the universities in
England. Kach state in the union
was represented by at least one
copy of the Nebraskan each day.
Some of tbe subscribers had grad'
uated as far back as '85 or 'S6.
The Dally Nebraskan office pub
lished a protest to being utilized as
an Information bureau. A sweet
young thing was reported as hav
ing blown in and coyly asked to see
Dean Heppncr. A bone rimmed
Cornhusker popped his head in the
door to inquire if the office were
the Modern Language library.
During registration several of the
most recently matriculated came
into the domain of the newspaper
to pay their ices and subscribe for
the Cornhusker. Every one of them
asked to use the phone and several
thumbed through the stack of Aw
gwans, thinking that they were
history or encyclopedias.
The first meeting of the now
famous A Capella cnoir was held
at the chamber of commerce. Fifty
members of the three musical fra
ternities were invited to join.
1926
An all-university spring party
drew a crowd of 800 to the Ar
mory. Fruit and wafers were
served to the guests. "A Night In
June ' furnished the keynote of the
decorations. The scene was laid
in an old fashioned flower garden,
with a rose arbor enclosing the
orchestra.
The regents issued an emphatic
declaration in favor of compulsory
drill, stating as their reasons, fed
eral obligation, the support of the
National Defense Act. and the edu
cational value of military training.
uaugntcrs or tne American Revo
lution, the Nebraska Engineering
Society, Beta Theta Pi fraternity,
and Pershing Rifles also passed
resolutions overwhelmingly in
favor of compulsory drill.
father is successful at Parsons and
has the boy all fixed up for an
easy but rather expensive educa
tion, but In the meantime Tommy
meets Joan, She falls and falls
hard. Tommy throws away a
check from his dad, amounting to
$5,000, goes to work In a cleaning
establishment, and reports out for
practice on the Upton gridiron
under tbe name of Tommy smitn.
The collegiate life on the cam
pus at Upton Is a bit different
from that of our alma mater but
then we do not have any Joe E,
Browns, altho we do have a comic
playwrite. We have no Joan Ben-
netts but still we have our May
queens. And again our stock of
All Americans does not run to the
tall, dark and handsome type of
men.
The bill this week was fair. We
got a rood laurh from the indi
vidual acting, though the general
plot was quite poor.
Ing ,13 full time periods of 1 1-2
hours and eight periods of 45 min
utes, and played 13 games. Road
trips were so arranged that tbe
cagers missed but 3 1-2 days of
school, not Including four Satur
day morning liuriiix .;ncn
none ot the varsity men
classes.
At the Theatres
Stuart Man of the World.
By C. W. M.
William Powell, as usual, play
Ing the role of a crook does some
good acting In this drama of pans,
it is a relief that, altbo the plot is
laid in tbe worlds wild city (7)
little Is shown of the naughty
naughties which are supposed to
be a part of the terrible, wicked
metropolis. There are no scantily
clad dancing choruses or any of
the other worn out devices for pic
turing a gutter levet village.
Powell, supported by Carol Lorn
bard and Wynne Gibson, who by
the way are both pretty fair when
it comes to acting, is a scandal
sheet editor. It's probably similar
to "With Fire and Sword" altho
those authors haven't used their
beads like Powell docs. He goes
to different rich Americans with
stories of their scandalous carry-
ing ons and threatens to publish
them unless he gets, ob say, $10,-
000 or so. Of course, he always
gets his price and thus can con
tinue in bis role of the well dressed
man of the world who to those
outside, has nothing to do but
piy.
Powell lives by his wits until he
falls in love with Carol Lombard,
She Is really pretty and fascinat
ing enough for any man to fall in
love witn so that is all right
When Powell tries to reform for
her, Wynne Gibson steps in and
that is another storv.
The whole plot is Interesting.
Action seems to drag at times but
tne superior Powell is able to sus
tain interest until something more
exciting happens.
vaudeville as usual was terrible.
It seems too bad that when there
is only one place in town showing
vaudeville, that can't be good. If
Omaha can present such attrac
tions as Duke Ellington, Lillian
Roth and many others, why can't
Lincoln ?
II
What About That
Easter Ensemble?
It needs one of these
SMART COATS
AMES, la. The members of the
Iowa State varsity basketball team
missed but three and one-half days
of school and spent only thirtv-
eight and one-half hours in prac
tice and games during the winter
quarter, records show. The first
five practices for an eight week
period during the quarter, total-
senster next iaji. .uayne sne win uat,
tstuJent interest in the venture promises
hetfrv enough registration for swimming
trasses.
The pool, if enough students are interested
to assure the administration or a iairiy uea
registration, will be built this summer. It will
he open to both men and women students, and
will be seventy-five feet long by thirty feet
wide. Ample room for a large, tiled pool, with
separate dressing rooms for men and women
students, is to be had beneath the stage floor
in the coliseum.
Ample height, too. for a high diving board.
At present, the only pool available for Ne
braska divers' practice is located in Omaha.
Not one in Lincoln with a good board.
Architects are being engaged to estimate the
total cost of such a pool. Miss Lee, of the
women's athletic department, will be consulted
on her return to Lincoln Monday. Then plans
for putting oier the project will be made.
At present, reutal charges paid for use of
downtown pools by university classes total
. learlv $1500.00 per vear. In addition, rent
is paid for use of a downtown pool hy the var
sity swimming team. Also, during summer
'session, Capitol Beach pool is rented several
hours each week for a women's class in swim
ming. All these payments would help defray
the cost of a coliseum pool.
With a five-dollar registration fee from five
hundred students, the pool could be adequately
financed, say Mr. Vogeler and Mr. Selleck.
The only possible stumbling block will arise
when the bond issue is floated. No security
can be offered, except the future income from
the pool itself (rental paid the fund by the
university). Hence the bond issue, totalling
i probably $40,000.00, must be taken up by an
I se
t rate
no pos-
..sible daneer of failure to meet parments of
" ' If 'principal.
If students are interested, then, a pool will
; 'it be built.
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STATE SLANTS
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f'nterested group of alumni or citizens. '
Companies cannot handle bonds without
curity, even though a six percent interest
In offered, and even though there is no
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Some Sense,
Mostly Nonsense.
X marks the spot. Now it's a circle. Then
again, an X. This is not the introduction to
a gangland thriller to be shown at one of the
local cinema palaces or printed in the best illus
trated magazine you ever eaw for only a dime.
' It is merely the procedure in a little game
? known as cat and rat which is played a great
deal in some classes at this university.
! ' Of course, it is perfectly terrible to waste
i. vour time while in class with an awful game
f Like this. It is also very, very bad to write
notes or play with cigarette lighters during
ww i . ww t c si
M nat s llis Crime
Wisecracking "Jimniie'' Walker, mayor of
New York City, probably is somewhat bewild
ered by the intensity and persistence of Ihe at
tacks which are being made on' him at this
time. The spectacular drive to overthrow
Walker and Tammany hall appears to be more
than a mere tempest in a teapot. It is gaining
strength rather than dying down as such cam
paigns usually do.
Political conditions the country over are in
such a deplorable state that the people are los
ing or have lost confidence in those officials
they have elected in the government which is
of their creation.
The brunt of this national campaign should
he directed at Mr. Average Citizen just as the
New York drive is concentrated on the non
chalant, debonair mavor.
"Why, what have I done?" asks Mr. Aver
age Citizen.
The answer to this question is the replv
given to this same query when made by Mayor
walker.
"Nothing.''
The trouble is that Mr. Avcrace Citizen inst
like Mr. James Walker of New York City has
done nothing, nnlessit be to wisecrack The
crime of doing nothing has been a little more
serious on the part of the Gotham niavor since
he has been elected as the chief executive of
the largest city in the country. In the race of
political corruption, the honorable mavor of
New York preserved his sartorial splendor and
his reputation for wisecracking. He has not
made the slightest effort to change undesirable
conditions or to give the people who elected
him to office a progressive, businesslike ad
ministration.
While Mr. Average Citizen in every part of
the country is not an office holder like Jimmy
Walker and therefore his offense is not as
great as that of the New York mayor. Never
theless, however, Mr. Average Citizen is guilty
of the same offense as Walker. It is true that
Jimmy may be guilty of other derelictions but
his greatest fault is that of standing by and
twiddling his thumbs, or perhaps something
else more in keeping with his dignity, when
there are challenging tasks that call "for solu
tion. This is what we've been doing the country
over. In the face of political, social and eco
nomic prooiems which call for attention. Mr.
Average Citizen has been playing golf and tell
ing jokes. These latter pastimes are not unde
sirable, in their place. But whpn thev onrl
other inconsequentialities, engage our entire
uueuuon ana rne only attention we give to
government and politics is to kick about taxes
and joke about corruption and disrespect for
law-then something is radically wrong.
We need to be shocked out of our compla
cence just as Mayor Jiramie Walker is being
driven by criticism to refrain from wearing
purple pajamas is public Lincoln Star.
Lincoln Maybe It's Love.
R. A. C, ;
The plot opens with the 'defeat
of a sensational football team.
Upton college falls beneath the on
slaught of her yearly rival, Par
sons college. Immediately after
the game the board of trustees de
mands of the president that he
produce a victory over Parsons
the following year or poof! goes
another general, meaning he loses
his lob.
Joe E. Brown, a letter man at
Upton and the sensational star in
the defeat of his team, gets his
head to thinking for once and re
models the wistful and shy Joan
Bennett, who represents the pres
ident's daughter. Their plan of
attack is to spend the summer
making football men. They look
up the summer addresses of the
1929 All America football team.
Joe acts as trainer and Joan acts
natural, and with the opening of
the fall term we find Joe and Joan
and the All America team enrolled
in the college at Upton. "Maybe
It's Love," anyway there is some
thing about this gal that surely
draws good material.
Give to Papa!
The millionaire father of Tommy
ieison attempts to buy his son a
degree at Upton. Having no luck
he moves on to Parsons. Now it
happens that the old gent is a bit
hotheaded and that Tommy is an
extra good football player. . The
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""What have I done?" savs Mr. Average
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with him. Fully nn bad, or worse, thau the
afflictions of .Mr. Average Citizen.
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