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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
THURSDAY, FEI3UUAKI 4,
The Daily Nebraskan
Station A, Lincoln, Nebraika
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MORE ABOUT MODERNISM.
Two announcements in yesterday morning's
Daily Nebraskan bring out the old and now
almost forgotten idea that a university is a
place to accumulate and assimilate not only
knowledge but a certain amount of culture and
the veneer of civilization. Gilbert II. Doaue,
the librarian, advocates a browsing room in
the new library if ever it is built and Miss II.
Alice Howell makes the announcement of the
coming of Shakespeare's "Othello" with Hart
Jinks in the leading role.
Advocates and disciples of the educational
systems will be in hearty accord with the idea
that a university is more than a mill for the
grinding out of good American citizens
equipped to go to work for the purpose of
accumulating enough of the almighty dollar
to be able to send their offspring to university
jjor the same purpose. Conservative defend
ers of the old methods, of course, admit that a
university is a place for the dispersion of
higher learning and for the higher understand
ing and appreciation of life which is culture.
These same conservatives will not admit that
the student should be allowed freedom of
thought and of study. Their contention is that
Kupervised, methodical study of the pigeon
Bole type is the real method of teaching people
how to be civilized.
: It is the contention of The Daily Nebraskan
that presentations of the type of "Othello"
S'ith such a fine man as Hart Jenks in the
interpretative role can do more to improve
the mind and cultivate the intellect than any
one of a dozen semester coui'ses which arc re
quired by century old customs of the anti
quated educational system under which we
labor. Urowsing rooms, such as are suggested
Jjy the librarian, will do more to enhance the
nysterious beauty of life than any course in
literature. Here again the conservatives differ.
They uphold the theory that student's reading
and other intellectual entertainments must be
supervised. They are not sure thai students
will get the right things out of their solo
flights into the heights of literature and drama.
Despite the disadvantages to the open stack
system The Daily Nebraskan still holds to its
idea in a modified form. It seems entirely pos
sible that the shelves in the library now used
for antiquated copies of aged magazines could
well be utilized for the purpose of placing
books of interest before the eyes of those who
frequent the hall. It is undoubtedly true that
a number of books will be lost, by doing this.
It is true, too, that books will become disar
ranged. The taxpayers of the state, however,
are already paying out thousands of dollars
for the education of their youth and if more
benefits are to be derived from spending a few
extra dollars, then that money should surely
be spent. On 1he other hand, if the taxpayers,
as represented by the legislature, refuse to pay
more for an improved system, then money
should rrtainly be taken from another source.
The purpose is certainly of the highest. Books,
when disarranged, could easily be straightened
out by employees. Public libraries all over the
land nsc the system and continue to use it
despite iti disadvantages. It does not seem
that university people are so very different
from pcopl who frequent public libraries.
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Obsfaclfs in the nature of finance, disinter
ested attendance, and poor facilities have
hindered the University Players for all the
years of their existence. They have persisted
and are now recognized as one of the finest
groups of their kind anywhere in the United
States. They have become known throughout
the intercollegiate world. The majority of the
students at the University of Nebraska con
tinue to ignore the existence of the organiza
tion. Unceasing, never failing, untiring efforts
Jo. give to the campus the outstanding hits of
the theatrical world have gone almost unre
garded by students. -Townspeople attend and
yraise the Players. Other colleges notice and
.applaud. Nebraska is silent.
- So where shall we lay the blamef Is it the
"students who are at fault? Or shall we lay it
at the door of the administration? Let us say
-rather that our present educational system is
3tl)e came of the lack of interest in intellectual
-attainments and that the lack of aid to be
"found from the administration arises from the
same source. The system will stand for many
years to come. The conservatives rule by too
powerful a majority. There is no hope for the
present in that direction. The remedy lies in
getting all of the best things out of the present
system. .
One wishes that the "observer" would ob
serve a nice warm change in the weather.
Advertisement: Help Wanted.
.The Daily Nebraskaa, in ordr to maintais
the high standard set by college newspapers,
must have a staff of dependable reporters. It
is obvious that the reportorial staff of The
Daily Nebraskan is dependable, but it is
equally obvious that The Nebraskan is not get
ting all the campus news that it should have.
The reason lies in the fact that The Nebraskan
reportorial staff is not large enough to cope
with the immense quantities of nows available
on the Nebraska campus. To be brief, The
Nebraskan needs reporters. Not the fly-by-night
variety, but the kind that will work hard
and faithfully with the realization that they
aro doing a service to their leiiow students.
It is to be believed that the Nebraska stu
dents do not realize the importance of their
official publication. True, the importance was
made very clear when, students diet not nave
the paper to tell them about registration fees,
but nevertheless, many who sit in the "Moon"
and remark about the news value o? the Ne
braskan, little realize the work that is neces
sary every day to supply them with their daily
paper. They think' of The Nebrnskan in. the
terms of an "activity." It is far mor.c than
that. It is a service to the entire university.
The student who thinks of working on The
Daily Nebraskan only as an activity to satisfy
the upperclassmen, does not stop and think of
the benefit that he is deriving from his work.
In the first place, the reportorial work gives
him an opportunity to meet his fellow students.
It gives him the opportunity to interview, and
talk with' professors, other than those he is
taking work under. It gives him nn opportu
nity to understand the value and importance
of "news." Reporting is not only a so-called
"activity" it is an interesting and profitable
campus service.
At the present time, as has been intimated
before, The Daily Nebraskan is in the market
for dependable reporters. The Daily Nebraskan
offers them interesting profitable work. It
offers them the opportunity to be of service
to the university, in a manner that is pleasant
and fascinating. If people who insist on criti
cizing The Daily Nebraskan, would arrange to
spend their "caking" time in The Daily Ne
braskan office in the capacity of a dependable
reporter, the complaints of lack of news would
soon die a natural death.
Ah. woman, how difficult is an understand
ing of thy nature. Yea, verily, thou takest thy
newest flame unto the Moon for caking pur
poses and tell him all about that one with
whom ye caked on yesterday. Yea, verily, 'tis
difficult of understanding.
If only some of these radio orchestra leaders
would pay more attention to directing their
orchestra instead of directing their voice over
the microphone, what a satisfaction it would
be.
Is Andrew Mellon being offered a bigger
melon, or a lemon tied up in a bouquet, in this
plan that he go as the American ambassador
to the Court of St. James?
Speaking of life's little mysteries, one won
ders just what became of ex-President Coo
lidge's little daily column of advice and ex
planation. Utah university at Salt Lake City possesses
a building entitled Kingsbury hall which
causes some wonderment among Nebraska
students.
Inspiration without perspiration is mere dis
sipation. Omaha University Gateway. "
College Editors Say
The Students vs. Mr. Mars.
The fact that 92.8 percent of the 24,600 col
lege students who voted in a poll on the dis
armament question, taken recently in seventy
different colleges find universities of the
United States, favored cither complete or par
tial disarmament should be significant.
The nation-wide straw vote was sponsored by
the Intercollegiate Disarmament Council. Fol
lowing the conclusive results of the voting,
Luther Tucker, Yale '31, chairman, headed a
delegation to President Hoover asking the lat
ter to appoint one outstanding college student
on the delegation from this country to the
Geneva arms conference in February. The
president declined to do so, saying that the
meeting would be of a "highly technical"
nature: but he suggested that the council
members send their views in writing to the
delegation already named.
The tabulations revealed that a third of the
voters advocated 100 percent armament reduc
tions, provided all nations should agree; and
over 15,000 collegians thought that the United
States should set the example by leading in
the disarmament program. Moreover, 74 per
cent sanctioned this country's entry into the
World Court on the Koot Protocal basis. At
Amherst, 84 percent of the student body voted,
at Yale 78 percent, and at Mount Holyoke, 70
percent, while most of the other institutions
showed high percentages.
There is nothing truer than the statement
that should there be another war, college men
would be among the first to be called into
service. In the World war, thousands of
young men left American universities to
"make the world safe for democracy" and
never returned. Had they returned, however,
they would have discovered that democracy
still is an ideal rather than an actuality, and
that nations are still fighting like cats and
dogs. Had they lived they could have helped
to make the world much safer, for they repre
sented the best of young America.
Dr. John M. Fletcher, head of Tulane's
psychology department recently revealed after
a personally supervised survey that the leading
psychologists of the country did not regard
war as an ineradicable instinct of man a
theory blindly adhered to by militant nation
alists, hog-tied by tradition.
While there is as much distrust among na
tions of the world as now exists, total disarm
ament is not practical ; but it is essential that
positive moves in that direction be taken aa
soon as possible. The world is ready for a
drastic reduction in armament by all nations.
It is gratifying to know that college students,
representing the thinking population of the
United States, are fully eognizant of this.
Therefore, it if their unqualified duty, as in
telligent citizena, to prevent the nation of the
world from resorting to rm?d fore and blood
shed to settle their disputes, Tather than by
arbitration. War is being stripped at last of
its glamor and romantic appeal. It has no
place among civilized human beings.
Brilliant Weekend Plans to Eclipse
Comparative Quiet of Current Week
Friday Formal, Weekend House Parties With Greek
Ball as Climax at Cornhusker Saturday
Head Social Activities Schedule.
In respect to social activities the week has been compara
tively quiet. Two province presidents of national sororities
have come to the campus and are being feted by their local
chapters; the alumnae and Mothers clubs connected with Greek
letter groups have been unusually active; and several interest
inir mmnnni'PniPiils nf mnrriflD-pa hftvfi been made. A busv week
end is foretold, however, in plans announced for parties Friday
night, both downtown and at the various chapter houses, and
in the annual Interfraternity ball Saturday evening at the
Cornhusker hotel.
Alpha Chi s bntertain
For Province President.
Alpha CM Omega alumnae and
active members entertained at a
tea Wednesday afternoon at the
chapter house in courtesy to Mrs.
Carl Wlnsor of Wichita, Has., pro
vince president of the sorority.
Those who received the guests and
introduced them to Mrs. winsor
were Miss Gwendolyn nager,
active Dresldent: Mrs. B. I. Noble,
alumnae advisor; and Miss Elolse
Beal. Presiding at the tea table
was Mrs. J. John Grainger, who
was assisted ry me pieages or me
sorority. Yellow and pink roses
were used on the table, which had
other appointments in the Russian
motif.
House Dance Listed
By Delta Upsilon.
The members of Delta Upsilon
are planning a party to be given at
the chapter house Friday evening.
About sixty couples are expected
to attend. Mrs. Caroline Philips,
house mother, and Mr. and Mrs.
E. A. Polly will be the chaperones.
Pi K. A. s Plan
Dance at House.
Pi Karma Alrha announces a
dance for Friday evening: at the
chapter house. Chaperones for
the affair will be Mrs. Margaret
Davis, the house mother, and Mr.
and Mrs. H. E. Low. Jonesv and
his . orchestra will furnish the
music for the party.
Art Club Honors
Mew Members Thursday.
The Art Club announces a meet
ing for Thursday evening in room
301 of Morrill Hrll. A dinner will
be served in h'mor of the new
members who have recently been
admitted to the club. Following
this, officers for the present
semester will be elected.
Mothers Clubs Hold
Meetings on Campus.
Thi Delta Zeta Mothers club Is
havine a covered dish luncheon
Thursday noon at the chapter
house, to be followed by a meeting.
The Sigma cm Momers ciuq
lunching with Mrs. E. T. Sickel.
2957 Pfvmouth. with Mrs. H. B.
Miles and Mrs. L. A. Ireland as
sisting.
Alumnae Clubs Meet
Wednesday and Thursday.
The alumnae members of Alpha
Phi had dinner Wednesday with
Mrs. Carl Bumstead, 2948 Wend
over. Mrs. E. C. Hodder. 2935
Cable, was hostess to the alumnae
of Alpha Xi Delta at her home
Wednesday evening. On Thurs
day evening the alumnae of Phi
Omega PI will meet with Mrs. F.
C. Grant at her home, 2716 Ryons.
Mrs. Grant will be assisted by Miss
Darece McWllliams.
MONEY AVAILABLE FOR
NORTHEAST NEBRASKA
(Continued from Page 1.)
should go to the same county com
mittee that helped them last fall.
Antelope county has been added
to the seven counties In the previ-
SOCIAL CALENDAR
Thursday.
Art club, dinner and meeting,
Morrill hall, room 301.
PI Beta Phi tea, Chapter House.
Friday.
McLean Hall House party.
Beta Sigma Psl house party.
Alpha Omlcron PI formal at the
Cornhusker hotel.
Delta Upsilon house party.
Y. M.-Y. W. party,, Ellen .Smith
hall.
Dellon-Unlon banquet, 7:15 at
2960 Starr.
Pi Kappa Alpha party at chap
ter house.
Saturday.
Interfraternity Ball at the Corn
husker. Kappa Psl, tea from 3 to 5
o'clock at Wesley Foundation,
ous district and farmers in that
county will be eligible now for feed
loans. Brown, Rock, Keya Paha,
Boyd, Knox, Cedar and Holt coun
ties were the seven In the previous
area.
At the time the feed loans were
closed up last December, $168,
777.00 had ben loaned to Nebraska
farmers in the seven counties.
Many farmers who did not think
they needed to borrow last fall,
and the farmers who borrowed at
that time will undoubtedly want
more money since they did not
realize their needs nor expect the
severe cold and snow which has
increased the need for- livestock
feeds in that area during the past
five or six weeks.
FORUM SPEAKER
HAS SLIGHT HOPE
OF DISARMAMENT
(Continued from Page 1.)
ference would continue for months
and finally break up with nothing
done.
"Disarmament is Impossible un-
AT THE STUDIO
THURSDAY, FEB. 4.
12:00 A. S. C. E.
12:15 Sigma Tau.
FRIDAY, FEB. 5,
12:00 Phi Chi Theta.
SATURDAY, FEB. 6.
10:30 Alpha Lambda Delta.
der present conditions," said Dr.
Workmelster In conclusion. "The
world must first faje realities,
remedy some of the mistakes in
the treaty of Versailles, and
strengthen the machinery of peace,
before it can accomplish universal
disarmament."
Captain G. W. Spoerry will dis
cuss disarmament from a military
point of view at next week's World
Forum meeting.
Charged with larceny of type
writers, pen sets and postage
stampB from the Iowa state capi
tol building, a sophomore engi
neering student of Iowa State col
lege, and an accomplice, are in
jail at Des Moines.
UNITARIAN CHURCH
12th and H Streets
Arthur L. Weatherly, O.D., Minister
The Church Without a Creed
Not the Truth but the Search for
Truth
Sunday. Feb. 7 Must Religion Be
a Confession of Defeat?
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