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EDITORIAL STAFF
Marvin Von Seggern Editor-in-chief
MANAGING EDITORS
Evelyn Simpson Art Wolf
NEWS EDITORS
Howard Allaway Jack Erlekson
Laurence Hall Joe Miller
Murlin Spencer Sports Editor
Berenlece Hoffman Women's Editor
BUSINESS STAFF
Jack Thompson Business Manager
ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGERS
Norman Galleher Carlyle Sorenaen
Bernard Jennings
The Inter J rat Council
And the Community Cheat.
There hociiih 1 lie a liltle inlsutulcrstiiniliiitr.
as to origin of (lie Inlerfrateniity council'
charity campaign, which alter all is not a cam
paign in the usual kciihc. Mr. Home of the
Coniiuuiiit.v Chest was railed upon by the coun
cil to explain and suggest various methods of
contiiliuting to charity which would be better
than the customary children's Christmas par
ties. After these various methods hail been
suggested, the council deemed it best to start
a charity fund by donating fifty dollars and
urging those fraternities who wanted to give
something to give to this fund.
'o one is asking Hint the fraternities give
auy more than they ever did, but the inter
fraternity council does want to see the individ
ual fraternities who wish to contribute to
charity in some way do their contributing to
the fund which has been started.
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MORNING MAIL
What Do
They Play For?
Now that the cliaraeter-starvcd boy editor
"Tois announced liis football heresy, and inci
Ifleutally got the athletic department of ihe
3niversit on his neck, which if is claimed has
been softened by lack of exercise m the grid
iron, be brazenly takes pen in hand, or is it a
typewriters, and further expounds bis views
rm-the subject of football, even tho ilie athletic
department- has dropjx'd the matter.
TTi-et us first explain that we care not what
fmvone from this or any other school thinks
2ut our views. Wp feel that regardless of
whether or not the athletic department drops
ihe matter, it is still n subject for discussion;
;uid if the athletic department refuses to "give
dtgnity" to our editorials, wc think maybe we
en get along without that convenience, if we
lmve to. It is not expected that ardent football
i'Jns will take the same view as is expressed
in these columns; but even so, everybody is not
a football fan, and then too, there are a lot
jpf people who would like to be fans, but simply
cannot get enthusiastic over this game as uow
played.
That professionalism has crept into football
cauuot be denied, and that Ihe boys play purely
for the sport of the game we have reason lo
doubt. To say that there is no reward for foot
ball players other than a letter is stating an
untruth. There are nice, long, expensive trips,
and trood. suit ions lor Ihe Havers, ix'sHle !
a good deal of publicity.
If idayiug this game develops anv ehai
Building Up Characters.
TO T1JK EDITOR:
lu yesterday's issue of the laily Nebraskan
I took particular notice that several of the
officials of the university declared that playing
football was "character building." As far as
playing Hie game sipiarely, which at times
looks quite doubtful from the stands., one could
say that playing poker or shooting dice would
be just as character building.
Perhaps J have misinterpreted ihe meaning
which the of! -ials have attached to "character
building." lo they mean the cultivation of
those traits which lead one to be a better man
or do they mean those traits which enable one
to be a better fellow?
I do not assume that the officials ihoiighl of
ihe collodions of towels that many of the foot
ball players of the country have. Towels which
represent football stays in some of the leading
hotels of the country.
I also assume that Ihe officials do not con
sider scholastic standards in their formulation
of character. Perhaps it is only necessary for
one lo keep eligible in order to be a gentle
man football player. Naturally I do not say
that scholarship adds to the development of
characier. but playing football should enable
the players to meet other difficulties" in life.
Do not ihink that 1 write this letter with
any particular team in mind. I don't. They
are probably all alike, lint it does gripe tin
considerably to say that taking exercises daily
adds to one's character. It may add to the
biceps, but hardly 1o the morale of the individ
ual. Sportsmanship is all right and is often
manifested in the players, but hardly often
enough lo prove any such statement as the one
saying ihat playing foolball is "character
building." If such a statement H-ars any truth
j nt all. we should find plenty of surplus cliar-
acter in ihe football men who spend Ihe ma-
of their time throwing passes, tackling
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.icier or uuwus up u.e p.ns.c... coimmoa , ,nn )lmnmvSi .1U(1 Cina signals
body, it comes as an incidental result rather
than the prime object. Teams are trained io
win games, to put on a good show so ihat f:c
crowds and the news tapers will 'praise ti. Equal Rights.
team and other big schools will lnk wilh fear i ,. ... ,,
TI I 'I'l l I 1 1 1 T( ll
upon our eleven men as thev dash out inio the j x " '
field accompanied by the wild shouis of a foot-' ' i;m furious, absolutely furious: Perhaps
ball crazv crowd. a mere freshman in university should not he-
j come so excited over conditions which she be-
. , r . , , . , .! lieves lo be unfair, but judge lor yourself
They tell us football is played for the sport wllHhl.r ,lor 111V nt1iui(1o is justifiable.
,.f ihe game. Those who like to play go oui Dnril r tlim. V,..M.S of 1UV v,, .school at
for practice every day because they like .t anu , 1(,I)(1;m(.e- , XV.S t',x,nniL.,v interested in debale
work and participated in numerous forensic
have the time for it. Then whv must ihe ath-
lelic department maintain an employment
agency to get good jobs for good athletes? The
answer to the queston is apparent: The ath
letic department is interested in getting the
good players to go out for football. They sim
ply must have the good players, and those who
jiren't so good can go hang. A great deal
of lime and effort is spent iu seeing that the
good player remains in school. This is not so
liciting, of course, but it is ihe next ihing to it.
And the only reason it is done is because it
will make a better team, a Irani that has a
better chance of winning against the more fa
mous teams in ihe country. Jf the player gels
any sport out of it. that is his own affair, ihe
university wants the publicity that a good
team will bring.
Even if Mie or two players do maintain thai
they play for the love of the game, we don't
believe that ihe ma jority of them have that nio
1ive. If the players really wanted to play for
Ihe sport of it, and if the coach-s and directors
of athletics were interested in making this the
prime object of the system, then there would
be more games and less practice. There would
be less stress on one big team and more stress
on the poorer teams who. perhaps, would get
as much good out of playing as do the belter
teams, if they were given the chance.
Foolball in supposed to be good exercise for
the soft youth of today, but the fellows that
really need such exercise are not given much
encouragement to get out on the: field and ob
tain it. It is the well-developed, powerful boys
who get all the attention. The well rounded
education that football gives is a might ex
pensive education for Ihose few Ihal get some
thing out of it. Athletics are important in a
school cunicula, but the athletics should be so
planned that lheir purpose is realized.
Another thing that is pure and unadulter
ated hooey is the idea among most college stu
dents that foolball is everything. Football is
feil to college students from the time they enter
the university until ihe time they leave. If
Ihey don't think football during the season, if
they don't get out and support the team then
they are out of step. It is well to have a little
spirit and all that, but to get up and say that
those who yell at rallies and cheer the team
when it makes a goal are the only loyal Coni
huskers is erroneous. The emphasis that foot
ball now gets is out of place in a well regulated
institution of learning.
A sports writer claims that the editor writes
with bitter ink. This is not true, we use a
typewriter. Rut then, the ribbon may be sour.
"Who knows?
coniesis. I luring Hint time, t looked up aqmir
ingly at university debaters, secretly hoping
that, some day. I. 1 would be able to address
audiences with fluency and skill.
Then I came to Nebraska university. I dis
covered that here. Ihere is hut one opportunity
for freshmen to parlicipaie in debating, that
is iu competition for the Long trophy which is
awarded annually to the besl freshman debater
as determined in a forensic coniest. It was
deplorable. I thought, that a university the
size of Nebraska should offer only one oppor
i ii ii i t v for ihose former enthusiastic liiuli
school debaters to continue lheir interesting
yet constructive work. But jH'ihaps there was
some good reason of which I was unaware. Ai
anv rate, 1 wauled lo take advantage of that
one opportunity .
To all appearances, ihe contest was open to
any freshman. One article appearing in the
Daily Nebraskan specifically stated that no re
quirements were made upon applicants other
than university attendance. Consequently I
prepared for participation in the fn simian
debale.
Then came the big disillusionment! 1 was
informed that women are not permitted to take
part in 1his contest. In fact, they are not per
mitted to try out for any of ihe forensic con
tests here at Nebraska. Yhy? Well, merely
because it has never been done!
That is why I am protesting! Ts it fair that
I. merely because I happen to be a member
of the "weaker" sex should not be accorded
equal opportunities wilh the "more intelligent"'
sex, for ihe development of my abilities lo
analyze, lo reason logically, and to express my
conclusions orally in a forensic contest?
"Equal opportunities." did I say? Well, heie
at this broad-minded, co-educational institution
I am accorded no opportunities at all! Ac
cording to ihe individual in charge of such
activities, "It just isn't done." Well, why isn't
it done? Cau it be that we would lower the
quality of debating, or is it because we would
detract from the interest now shown in Ibis
indoor sKrt? Anyone at all familiar with
the status of debating in Nebraska university
at ihe present time knows that neither of these
could very well be true. Furthermore, it is
done in large, progressive high schools and uni
versities all over the country apparently with
out undermining the cherished institution.
And yet, "it just isn't done" at Nebraska!
In this age When the equal rights of men
aDd women are proclaimed from the housetops,
I ask, in all sincerity, why does Nebraska uni
versity deny ns women any opportunity what
soever for participation in forensic contests?
A. D. J'.
Carl Schurz Memorial Will
Give $900 in Awards
For Articles.
Cash prizes amounting to $900
will be awarded to undergraduate
students of American colleges and
universities for the seven best es
says submitted to the Carl Schurz
Memorial foundation before Sept.
15, 1932, according to word re
ceived at the chancellor's office
yesterday. The subject of the essay
must be chosen from one of the
following subjects: "Goethe's Con
ception of Personality," "The, Art
of the Youthful Goethe (to 1776),"
or "Goths As a Lyric Poet."
This national Goethe essay con
test for undergraduates Is offered
In commemoration of the 100th
anniversary of the death of Johann
Wolfgang von Goethe, greatest
German poet. Its purpose If for
the development of cultural rela
tions between the United States
and Germany.
The rules of the contest read as
follows:
Any student who on Nov. 15,
1931, was matriculated as an un
dergraduate In any college of
university In the United States
is eligible as a candidate.
The essay submitted must be
the product of the thought and
research of the candidate him
self. It may be written cither In
English or German.
In length the essay should not
exceed 5,000 words.
The manuscript should be
typewritten. It is suggested
that the candidate retain a car
bon copy for himself, as no
promise is given that the manu
script submitted will be re
turned. Essays must reach the Carl
Schurz" Memorial Foundation,
225 South Fifteenth street,
Philadelphia, Pa., not later than
Sept. 15, 1932.
In no case shall the name of
the candidate apepar upon the
essay. A "non de plume" or
motto should apepar in its
stead. The motto, the address
and institution of the candidate,
and a certified statement to the
effect that the candidate was an
undergraduate on November 15,
1931, should be enclosed in a
sealed envelope atached to the
essay.
The first prize in English and
the first prize in German will both
receive awards of $2000 each.
Likewise the second prizes in Ger
man and English will receive $100
each. The third and fourth prizes
written in either English or Ger
man will be awarded $75. and the
fifth, sixth and seventh prizes
written in either German or Eng
lish will each receive $50 each.
Eight judges have been selected
to select the winning manuscripts.
They are Professors A. Busse,
Hunter College, N. Y.; W. A.
Cooper, Leland Stanford univer
sity; A. R. Hohlfeld, university of
Wisconsin; Edwin Roedder, Col
lege of the city of N. Y.; Carl
Schreiber, Yale University; D. B.
Shumway. University of Penn.;
John Walz, Harvard, and Harry
Pfund, Haverford College, ex-of-ficio.
After all, it's a Townsend's
photograph that you want. Adv.
MRS. "LEVlfJBIVES TALK
League Hears Description
Of Welfare Work in
Nebraska.
Mrs. Eugene Levy, state chair
man of the League of Women Vot
ers, addressed the College League
concerning the work of her depart
ment Thursday afternoon at 4
o'clock in Ellen Smith hall. She
described the welfare work being
done in the state, and the part
which women interested may play
in it. She has been conducting a
series of round table discussions in
the state league.
Following Mrs. Levy's talk the
league served taffy apples. Mure
than twenty members were pres
ent. Dorothy Ramsey, president of
the league, was in charge of the
meeting.
0UTiNGlLUBGOES ON FRY
W. A. A. Sport Group Attend
Steak Fry at Shrine
Country Club.
Fifteen members of the new W.
A. A. outing club went on a steak
fry at the shelter bouse of Shrine
Country club Thursday evening.
Following the steak dinner at 6
o'clock, the members sat about the
fire and discussed the plans for
the year.
A committee was appointed by
Bereniece Hoffman, club head, to
plan an event the second week in
January for the outing club.
This affair will be listed as one
of the regular activities of the
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Candidates for degrees In Jan
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application for them should do
so at the office of the registrar,
room 9, administration bulldtaf,
today. Students who expect to
receive degrees In January must,
have all delinquencies retrieved
by Jan. 14. Those who expect
to receive degrees In June must
have delinquencies removed by
Jan. 20. The office will be open
from 8 a. m. until 5. p. m. .
club, of wtolcH any members may
not miss -more "than three or she
will automatically be dropped from
the club.
l'"' IM - r
How much alike we all look! It
is rather disconcerting to walk
from one end of the campus to
the other as we do in our trek
from Morrill hall to Law and not
see one individually attired person
among the well, we 11 not ven
ture to say how many coeds we
pass on the way. Individual is the
word used, if you please, not
bazaar. No individuality only a
monotonous sameness about every
one.
What's the trouble? Never has
Dame Fashion offered a wider
selection, a greater variety, from
which one may chose. Variety
everywhere in colors, fabrics,
cuts. There is something this sea
son to suit every type, something
to bring out every individuality.
Only we seem to have momentarily
forgotten that we are individuals.
that there is something distinctly
us about us, an essence which may
be expressed by our selection of
clothing and the way we wear it
Personality that elusive quality
wnicn one has great difficulty de
fining, can and should be ex
pressed in dress. To help you de
termine your personality type in
relation to costume, we'll mention
a few.
There's the strong type, the girl
whose fine vitality is apparent
from the very moment of her
friendly handclasp. There is some
thing strong and substantial and
dependable about her. Such a girl's
clothes should be as definite, as
decided, as she herself is. With
perfect impunity she may select
vivid, intense colors, firmly woven
frabics which may or may not
have a striking desien. and lines
that are definitely horizontal, ver
tical, or diagonal. Anne Bunting's
name occurrs to us when we thing
of this type.
Then there is the opposite per
sonalty type the girl who is less
sharply defined in our minds when
we meet her we might say the
edges are a b.'t blurred. Do you
xt the idea? Not a weak per
sonality, but a softer sort than the
type we've just been talking about
Willa McHenry might be used as
an example. This type of person
would be uncomfortable in intense
colors, and in wearing them would
sacrifice a great deal of rharm,
for we would see the dress not
the girl. The soft lovely middle
tones of color are her heritage.
Likewise I her choice of dress ma
terials will differ, for the looser,
lighter weaves are more suitable to
her, and when these are figured
the pattern shoud be very indis
tinct. In the design of her dress
she will avoid geometric lines in a
Fearch for a quality softer and less
defined. Indeed in every detail of
her apparel she is the exact anti
thesis of the strong type.
These are only two of the sev
eral personality types, the two
which offer the greatest contrast
and which may help you to estab
lish yours. More lino-types later
in the column.
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FARMERS WILL HEAR
PROMINENT SPEAKERS
Derrick Announces Program
Organized Agriculture
Conference.
Nebraska farmers who attend
the livestock sessions held on tho
college of agriculture campus in
Lincoln the first week in January
in connection with organized agri
culture, will hear some of the most
outstanding livestock authorities
in the United States speak, accord
ing to an announcement made yes
terday by W. W. Derrick. The live
stock program starts Jan. 5 and
continues until Thursday after
noon, Jan. 7.
W. Marshall Ross, former Ne
braskan but now connected with
the mid-west wool marketing as
sociation, is one of the leading
speakers on the Tuesday sheep
program. Prof. M. A. Alexander,
Dr. L. V. Skiclmore and Professor
Wm. J. Loeffel, all of the agricul
tural colelge, also appear on the
morning program. F. M. Simpson
of Chicago will discuss meat mer
chandising. On Tuesday afternoon the horse
section program will be held.
Wayne Dinsmore of the American
FRIDAY. DECEMBER 11,
horse association is to be the chief
speaker. He will discuss the prac.
tical value of the horse of tn.
modern farm.
Irving . McKlnley, former Ne
braska university student, In to ap.
pear on tns Wednesday morning
hog program as a feature speaker.
He will tell of his experiences a
managing a hog farm in Russia.
H. C. Pollard of the livestock and
meat board is scheduled to talk
about trends in meat consumption.
As a climax to the program. W,
W. Derrick will announce the win.
ncrs of the 1931 pig crop contett
E. Z. Russell of Washington, L. A.
Weaver of Missouri university and'
Prof. Wm. J. Loeffel aro aWo tn
the same program.
Wednesday afternoon the liv...
stock men will gather with the
crops enthusiasts for a Joint meet
ing where mutual problems will be
talked over..
Closing their program Thurrdav
the livestock men will gather f( P
their final meeting. Prof. p. i
Thalman will discussion feeding
corn to calves while other speak.
ers include J. J. Moxley of Knnsi.s
City State, Dr. L. Van Es. E. Jr.
Harmon, Dan Casement and Dan
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