TJJK DAILY NEBRASKAN
FKJDAY, MAY H.
TWO
The Daily Nebraskan
Station A, Lincoln, Nebraska
OFFICIAL STUDENT PUBLICATION
UNIVERSITY OP NEBRASKA
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THIRTIETH YEAR
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Lincoln, Nehraka, under aet of conQraaa, March 3, 1879.
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1 103 act of Octobar S, 1017. autherlxad January 20, M33
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Robert J. Kelly Aiaoelata Editor
Managing Editor .. .
WIHinm McGaffln C. Arthur Mltehall
New Editor
Arthur Wolf UltZLlV
Evelyn Simpson ktugen MeKim
Leonard Conklln ;:, ,pa,1 iiel
Frances Hoiyok Woman'a Editor
BUSINESS STAFF
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Assistant Buslntaa Manager.
Norman Gaileher Jk Thompu
Edwin Faulkner
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Losing
Leaders? No!
Yesterday -we printed, under the title
"Losiu Leaders," a broadside which
forces unfriendly to the university delight
in circulating. We Bought an answer to
the question "Is money (or prestige) the
onlv motive behind the occasional transfer
of a brilliant Nebraska faculty man to an
other and larger school!"
"We presented hat question in a light as
unfavorable to the university as possible.
Here is the answer:
The University of Nebraska is not a wealthy
school, it is true. But whatever her wealth,
' eh hs a. record of which every
UlOHl Ull"it
l itizen of the state is proud to boast.
In scholarship. Nebraska ranks near the top
of the roster of American colleges and univer
sities. Her students are accepted willingly and
aladlv in every school in the land. Few of the
Educational institutions in the United States
;:ru riioro univer
ally known and recognized for
the iiijrh standards of scholarship maintained
than is our own state university.
such n school as Nebraska loses a valuable
;ind capable faculty man on occasion, it is true.
Tin' :ictual reasons are simple and obvious.
There are, throughout the country, many uni
versities endowed with unlimited incomes, who
were already possessors of long and brilliant
records before. Nebraska became a state.
To th.-se schools, each year, go one or two
'i braskn professors.
They for salaries that Nebraska cannot
match. They go, on occasion, forthe prestige
il,at ,-t position on the instructional or executive
staff of such a school carries with it.
Dei n .Tames went to another school at a
I;irf increase in salary and with the rank
nf president rather than dean.
Dejin Sealoek goes this year to Omaha, as
president rather than dean, and at twice the
Hilary Nebraska could offer him.
Dr. Strong, of anthropology, will go to the
Smithsonian Institute, to a postion toward
which he has been working for years. He will
receive a larger salary, together with the pres
iiv that accompanies such an important po
iTion. Nebraska could not hope to compete
with such an offer.
Jn every case that might be mentioned from
Vebraska's past record, the same reason is dis
..ovcred to lie behind each such transfer. Ne
braska has a limited income. She cannot hope
m compete with the comparative wealth of
dt her schools.
Despite limited financial advantages, how
ever, Nebraska continues to forge ahead.
There are, of course, certain restrictions that
oar development, in a state-supported school,
of every new and untried educational project.
That inav appear. These, Nebraska disregards
until they have been actually tried and found
successful in other institutions.
Y.'iseoiisin. scene of many an educational in
novation, has abandoned her "Experimental
Coilfee."' Is it, not well, then, that Nebraska,
in-edinsr her every dollar for purely utilitarian
and practical purposes, did not attempt such
a project until it had been thoroughly tried
iiiid tested elsewhere?
Chicago university is another of the more
pinj.vr.sivK schools and Chicago has tried
manv a new idea only to discard it after a
brief experiment. Is jt not well that Nebraska
refuses to toss away time, energy, and money
on such plans, until they have been found
successful ? Surely such a conservative method
of procedure is not to be condemned!
On the other side of the picture are the
nnmy new ideas in education that have been
adopted within our own school, AFTER they
h;ie he'll proved on other testing grounds.
Nt hi;:s!:a has picked up many an innovation
from Wisconsin, Chicago, and other schools
hut fhe picks only those that are reasonably
certain of success. Is there any room here for
r-ries of "Backward! Unprogressive!"!
Hardly!
No university, and least of all a state school,
is to he called to account for a reasonable,
conservative but progressive policy.
For any state rniversity is forced by the
educational demands of the youth of that state
to admit all properly qualified high school
graduates who rhoose to enroll. And from
this beginning, complications eosue. Are the
scholastic standards too bight Are they too
low? These and a thousand and one other
perplexing questions arise immediately.
Th.-ov.Thout the years, Nebraska haa an
swered these questions as wisely ta4 aa fairly
as she. has been able. Her ability is demon
strated by the universal recognition accorded
her rapid" scholastic progreas throughout her
existence, a progress that is continuing un
abated at the present moment.
Nebraska is a state university that ranks
with the best in the land, and an instiution
with a record of which every citizen of the
state can feel consciously proud.
"In Europe, men waste much more time
thinking about women than they do here in the
states," says a visiting professor. Well, well!
Imagine a race than can think more than twenty-four
hours a day!
Europe has coquettes, wc hear. That's noth
ing, we have coeds.
Progress
In Other Lines.
In other than strictly routine, day-by-day
business, Nebraska has made progress also. Of
late, the swimming pool project has been receiv
ing faculty and administrative approval.
A meeting of the board of regents has been
called for Saturday, May ft, to deal with the
question. The board will also take up the sub
ject of compulsory or elective military science.
Both are questions raised by the students, for
the students.
It is significant, that the regents are willing
to take the time and the trouble to convene for
action or discussion of such questions as these.
They concern the students, but not necessarily
the university administration ; hence, it is heart
ening to note that the administration is con
cerning itself with the. two problems at all.
More than that, the chancellor and the reg
ents arc heartily in accord with the proposed
swimming pool construction, if it can be ac
complished with no detrimental effects to the
university itself, and they are admirably open
minded upon the question of military science.
Insofar as a pool is concerned, there can be
no possible ill effects upon the university
pocketbook. First of all, student fees will sup
port the thing; secondly, mis fact may be made
known at any and every time that criticism
arises from such a "waste of money from the
university budget." The need for a pool is
evident and admitted; here, then, is a method
of filling that need without causing the slight
est embarrassment to the university itself.
Insofar ns elective military science is con
cerned, The Daily Nebraskan, supported by a
large number of students, has always advanced
its cause over that of compulsory drill. The.
Student council, comprising a group of the most
represenTative "Nebraska student leaders that
can be secured, actively carries its plea to the
regents Saturday.
Whether that plea be heeded or not, it will
set a precedent for Student council powers. If
the committee fails, then no future committee
will have quite so good a chance for success.
If it succeeds, then every future committee will
have a far Letter clianee of securing favorable
results, no matter what the question at issue
mav be.
"We wish the committee luck in its mission :
we hope for a favorable action on the swimming
pool project, considering the triviality of the
obstructions in its way; and we thank the chan
cellor and the regents for their interest and cooperation.
Suppose the iisual number of athletes and en
gineers arc signing up for fine arts courses this
fall.
Nearly time now for the new Innocents to
begin to conceal at least a part, of their shiny
pins under their coat lapels.
MORNING MAIL
Our Garden Of Eden.
TO THE EDITOR :
Maybe we're abysmally ignorant, but we
never knew that common everyday Nebraska
weeds were drug plants until the other day.
We were walking by that area between the
old museum and Nebraska hall which is en
closed by a hedge and a fence. Over the gate
were the words, "College of Pharmacy Drug
Plant Garden."
And growing therein were weeds of all sorts,
?ven the common dandelion was much in evi
dence. A pool that might once have been the
home of some water plant was filled with the
stagnant remains of recent rains, and on the
surface there floated great patches of muck.
Just why, may we ask. has the spot been
jo neglected? It looks like the land the gardncr
forgot. It hasn't been weeded this year, let
alone having been planted to anything.
If the college of pharmacy is not sufficiently
interested in the. garden to keep it up, it might
be plowed up and seeded to grass. The pool
could be used for a lily pool, and at practic
ally no cost one of the. prettiest spots on this
wind-swept prairie campus could be created.
THE OBSERVER
College Comment
Cod Bless Our Snobs.
Snobs are bpecimens of the human race
whom the Creator has endowed with an exag
gerated notion of their places in this mundane
menagerie. Whatever other divine character
istics they lack, snobs most certainly are w'.h
out the virtue of fell'. ,vship.
Someone is born in silk pajamas and imme
diately he finds cause to snob all the little
babies in flannel. Someone develops an un
usual wrinkle in his brain and we rave the in
tellectual highbrow. Someone takes a course
in esthetics and suddenly learns that "Casey
Jones" is not beautiful. Thereafter, his sacred
duty seems to be to snub all the old gang who
sing "Casey Jones" occasionally. If a man
falls heir to a rattling good Ford, he there
upon has a right to snub every pedestrian. A
name, a title, a pin of gold or even brass, iden
tification with some group merely in the mat
ter of an opinion, serves as an excuse for an
over-developed ego.
But snobs are useful after all. They co-operate
like the insects in that poem "and little
fleas have lesser fleas and ho ad infinitum."
When one snob gets unbearable, the best thing
in the world to do is' to bring a superior snob
around, and then when the second one becomes
unbearable bring forth a still more efficient
one, and so on "ad infinitum." If the contest
is continued long enough, the participants will
be reduced to an appearance of silliness that
will make the onlookers j-ejoiep. Daily Kan-san.
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ADMISSION 25c
ar
SATURDAY, MAY 9, 2:00 P. AA.
STATE FAIR TRACK
Dont Miss This
Kollege Kar Races!
45 old cars, struggling, fighting, gasping,
neck and neck, in the greatest event of
the season.
52 entrants, flogging their bleeding steeds
to the finish line, in speed races, goofy
stunts, endurance races.
You'll Laugh Till it Hurts
Imagine the "Klunkers" ramming around
a half-mile track, foam and steam flicking
the drivers in the eyes, cars going every
which way, arms, legs, flashing faces, ears
behind the faces, CARS, CARS, CARS!
Don't come to frown come to laugh!
In Addition
3 Big Motorcycle Races!
One 3 -Mile
One 4-Mile
One 5 -Mile
Speed Race
Speed Race
Speed Race
5 PREMIER MOTOR RACERS
ALL VETERANS
Bill Wolf Jerry Kaywood
Gene Barnett Harry Wolfe
All of Nebraska
Jim Phillips, veteran racer from Milwaukee
A DARING STUNT
By the Girl Daredevil,
Ruth Healey
with
Gene Burnett
Sensational and Entertaining
Other Stunts and Novelties
EVERYONE AT THE PEERADE
Saturday , morning at 10:30. Everyone
with a car is invited. Let's everybody
join in.
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SATURDAY, AAAY 9, 2.00 P. AA.
STATE FAIR TRACK
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