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TTTE DAILY NERRASKAN
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1931.
The Daily Nebraskan
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Vubllrnllnn Board
A Big
Mystery.
An pvtpnsive Kenrch bv tho Dally
Nebraskan failed to reveal the re
lation between the athletic depart-
merit, association, or whatever it
is, to the rest of the university. It
win found, however, that the
athletic board of control is com
posed of eight men, six of whom
are officers of some sort in the
' university, one of the others is a
member of the alumni association,
nnd the eighth is a representative
of the banking Interests holding
the stadium bonds. This athletic
" board was created and is au
thorized by the board ot Regents.
But this seems to be the extent of
the athletic board's connection with
a public institution. Its transac
tions are not a matter of public
TPccrd, it seems, for repeated at
tempts to gather information were
a failure.
When Chancellor E. A. Burnett
made the statement that the ath
letic association was "a private,
no-profits corporation," the matter
was almost cleared up. But what
the Chancellor meant by this state
ment is not known, for the chair
man of the athletic board, Prof. R.
D. Scott, professed that if there
was any corporation he did not
know about it. This, of course,
has no reference to the building
" corporations for the coliseum and
stadium.
What the Nebraskan would like
t- know is, who does know any
thing about this athletic associa
tion, which the board of Regents
has authorized to operate, but
which is not a public organization.
Th Nebraskan would like to be
enlightened on the following
points:
1. If the athletic association is
not a department of the university
like any olher educational depart
ment or activity, then just what
is it? , 4. .
2. If the athletic association is
a part of the university, then why
is it not a public organteation?
3. If it is a public organization,
then why are its transactions not
made public, or at least open to
tho public?
By reading the by-laws of the
board of regents and the constitu
tion of the athletic board of con
trol it would seem that the athletic
board is nothing more than a
special department of the univer
sity and as such its records and
transactions are a mater of public
concern. But tne aimeuc ou
prefers to keep some of its affairs
,.r-rpf nd also intends to confuse
thnca uhn Ptidavor to find out
something about the board that is
of public interest.
Just what is this big secret that
the athletic department does not
wish to divulge ? Surely there can
be nothing wrong with their opera
tions that they are ashamed to dis
close. Of course, If in spite of
their constitution and the by-laws
of the regents, they are a private
corporation, then they are not
obliged to lay their records open.
If the athletic board of control
is controlling a private corpora
tion, then what business has it to
leech on the university with its
football propanganda in the form
of school spirit, loyalty, and the
like. The students, are called
slackers if they fail to take an in
terest in the intercollegiate athle
tic encounters. This sort of
propaganda is an effective means
of getting students to give finan
cial support to the athletic as
sociation. But if that athletic as
sociation is not a public institu
tion, open to the public, then it is
an outrage to permit such prac
tices to continue. Why cannot
some other private organization
get the board of Regents to au
thorize it to have a football team,
I build a stadium and make money
on the basis of student loyalty to
the alma mater?
" What kind of an organization
have we here ? It is public and it
is not pur lie. When the Daily Ne-
' braskan made attempts to find out
information about certain of the
operations of the athletic board, it
was battered around from one
place to the other. No one was
authorized to tell anything, and no
one would fully explain what the
athletic board was. One member
of the board claimed it was a pub
lic organization, but was not
obliged to expose its records to the
public gaze, unless the public first
stated a reason that suited the
athletic board. The Chancellor of
the university proclaimed that the
board A'as so constituted that it
was private to the extent that no
one could look at the records, but
It was public in that the university
sponsored it. What kind of a
mysterious organization can this
athletic board of control be?
over the old yatem. It will prob
ably prove satisfactory In a ma
jority of cases. In a few it will bo
disadvantageous but those will un
doubtedly be worked out by the
administration. With the moss
that covers the present educational
system any step Is a forward one.
MORNING MAIL
The Moral Issue.
TO THE EDITOR:
Oh, goodness gracious! So those
big football players think that
their game is beyond the touch of
even God's hand! So they think
that it is the big old developer of
character! Just Imagine having
your character developed so exten
sively all through high school and
then all through university by al
most daily football practice. What
a lot of surplus character each of
the players must have.
And here's something else. I
noticed In the Sunday paper that
Father O'Donnell, president of
Notre Dame, refused to appear on
a program in honor of Knuta
Rockne because Ceno Tunney, ths
ex-pugilist and United States
Army man, was to speak on tho
same program. Since when did
football become so snooty that
even a prize fighter is below it? Is
prize fighting so far down in the
scale of professions that football
can not be mentioned in the same
breath with it? Is there any rea
son that one should believe that
football is superior to professional
boxing? Is it better to be a pro
fessional boxer and admit it than
to be a professional football coach
and say that you are not? "Al
though Father O'Donnell admitted
that Tunney was an 'excellent
gentleman' he did not teel it was
becoming for him to appear on the
same program with an 'ex-fighter'
" Does Father O'Donnell realize
that at least half the people of the
nation had never heard of Notre
Dame until Rockne, the world
famed coach and auto salesman,
put a winning team Into tlje field?
Now that that disgu?t is worked
off, here's another. Miss Louisa
Pound of our English department
has made the choice statement
concerning the recent Winkler
scandal in the Sunday's paper. It
goes: "Our county attorney is an
ex-University of Nebraska football
player and has had his character
expensively developed by football.
No doubt we should place extra
confidence in his judgment."
Here's another example of surplus
character in the football player.
Congratulations, Mr. Athletic De
partment. SEPTEMBER MOURNING.
women" journalists
give holiday party
EPISODES
By Oliver DeWolf
1
Theta Sigma Phi, honorary or
ganization for women in journal
ism, held their annual Christmas
oartv at Ellen Smith hall Monday
v. ,.! I afternoon. The twelve members
their page in Awgwan. Plans
were made for future pages.
Margaret Day was in charge of
the food.
Words and statements are flying
thick and fast since Max Towle,
Lancaster county attorney, has
announced that he will not prose
cute Gus Winkler. Briefly the
facts of this extraordinary case
are: On September 17, 1930, the
Lincoln National Banks and Trust
company was robbed of two and a
half million dollars, in bonds se
curities and cash. Incidentally it
is tho biggest bank robbery on
record. Witnesses Claim mai mi
the way from five to nine men
participated. Winkler was al
leged to have been one of the par
ticipants. He was arrested while
recuperating from an automobile
wreck in a hospital at St. Joseph,
Mich.
Several weeks ago ne made an
astounding offer. If Towle would
not prosecute him, he would re
turn $600,000 worth of stolen
bonds and securities. His offer was
refused. Now comes the news
that Winkler will not be prose
cuted. The reasons given for this
seem to simmer down to the point
that Winkers alibi Is airtight.
He claims that he was in Buffalo,
New York, at the timo the robbery
took place. tuUsequent investiga
tion has failed to shake Winkler's
story. Despite the fact that the
entire case is pretty badly mud
dled up, it would seem that Max
Towle and Sergeant Roy Steffans
of the Chicago Secret Six, who has
aided in the Investigation, would
be in a position to know whether
or not Winkler is guilty. It is
certain that Winkler could not be
convicted on general principles re
gardless of the fact that he is ad
mittedly a member of the Capone
ennrr Thr nitpstinn remains as to
whether or not he participated fn j
the Lincoln bank robbery. Towle
and Steffans are satisfied that he
did not. In spite of the odious i
quality of the $600,000 offer, that !
is enough for me.
Another nation has abandoned '
the gold standard. Premier Tsuy
oshi Inukai, of Japan, made the
announcement. It is understood
that the Japanese government has
decided to let the yen find its own
level. New YorX quotes it at 40
rpnta The decision of the new
Japanese government is attibuted j
to the recent abandonment or tne ;
gold standard by Great Britian. I
Nevada, a strong silver advocata,
has 42 votes. Sonator Vanden
berg, republican, has found twelve
friends to cast ballots for him, and
Senator George Norrls, independ
ent, Nebraska is charged with one
lonesome vote. Ths next ballot will
be the thirteenth, and It may be
lucky or unlucky, who knows.
The interior of the federal
penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kas.,
resembles an armed camp. Nuff
sed!
HANNA WRITES ARTICLE
November .Law Bulletin
Features Work of
Columbian.
The lead article of the Novem
ber issue of the Nebraska Law
Bulletin, which has Just come from
the press, is written by Prof. John
Hanna, Columbia university, form
erly of Auburn, and is entitled
"The Nebraska Law of Conditional
Sales."
An autobiography of the late
Chief Justice Sullivan of the Ne
braska supreme court by Judge
Louis Lightner appears In the Bar
section. There are also notes by
the editor, Prof. Lester B. Orfield,
on the Nebraska sterilization stat
ute and the Nebraska statute abol-
The United States senate is
progressing nicely on its unfin
ished business that of electing a
president pro tempore. Senator
George H. Moses, republican, New
Hampshire, thanks to the senate ;
independents whom he termed I
"sons of the wild jackass," has 31
votes. Senator Pittman, democrat, I
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..yarns.
a nnminrempnt of the new three
hour exam plan Sunday met with
little or no adverse comment on
the campus. The plan provides
for nine days of examinations with
no possibility of having more than
two a day. This is an extremely
advantageous move in that the
nerve racking grind of three or
four straight examinations is gone.
There will be disadvantages also.
In the first place, professors who
now have three hours in which to
administer a final will do their ut
most to fill that time with a stiff
examination a full three hours in
length. Others will be fair about
the matter and cover the course In
a test which is satisfactory. There
are instructors on the campus who
seem to dote on being known as
"tough." These few will undoubted
ly find a good chance to enhance
their reputation In the new ex
amination plan.
The plan is at least an advance
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Other cases commented on are
thoso involving the Victor Sey
mour primary case, tho declara
tory judgments act, the Injunction
against tho Ak-Sar-Ben pari-mu-tuel
betting scheme.
Pmf fi n. Swezev. head of the
department of astronomy, will
speak at a public lecture held
Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock In the
observatory. Ho will speak on the
general subject of astronomy. The
observatory will be open to the
public from 8 until 10 p. m.
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