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TWO THE DAILY NEKRASKAN NDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1932 The Daily Nebraskan Station A, Lincoln, Nabraska OFFICIAL STUDENT PUBLICATION UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA '.Published Tuesday, Wedneeday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday mornings during tha aeadamlc year. Entered aa aecond-elaaa matter at the poatofflee In " Lincoln, Nebraska, under act of congreta, March 3, 1879, and at apeclal rate of poetage provided tor in section 1103, act of October S, 1917, authorised January 20, 1922. unacr direction or xne oiuu.nt r-uBiiv.tivi, w ei inern iBTiriM RITE $2 a year Single Copy ft centa 1.23 a aemeiter S3 a year mailed S1.7S a aemeater mailed Editorial Off ice University Hall 4. Telephone! Dayt B-6891 i Night: B-6882, B-3333 (Journal) Atk for Nebraekan editor. iMCMBER; 19 31 J7' This pais nutmtuit far rsneral aervrtwics ky The Nebraska rraea EDITORIAL STAFF . .u, ii Editor. In-chlef vl Editor MANAGING EDITORS Howard Allaway J Erlcksbn NEWS EDITORS Phillip Brownell SfPo.rd Laurence Hall Vlri"lPFrfitor im Miller Sports Editor RuSchlll .Women'. Editor CONTRIBUTING EDITORS. Gerald Bardo George Dunn William Holmes Edwin Faulkner Don Larimer Boyd Krew.on George Round Art Kozelka BUSINESS STAFF Jack Thompson Bualness Manager ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGERS Norman Galleher Prank Musgrave Bernard Jennings Disarmament Dupes and Dreams. Dr. "William H. "Werkmeister of the Univer sity of Nebraska faculty in a recent talk to the "World Forum contended that disarmament is a dream and that it can never be more unless existing conditions are changed. He believes Hint the attitude of European countries pre sages failure for the coming Geneva confer ence to begin Tuesday. He lays almost the entire blame at the door of France. Prefacing remarks with the following state ment. Major H. 0. Sweeney, commandant of tire R. 0. T. C. at Creighton university, re cently expressed doubt at the success of the hame ronfereuce. "The Geneva arms confer ence which will open Feb. 9 at Geneva. Switzer land, will accomplish nothing," he said. The conference itself is a noteworthy effort. Representatives from sixty-eight countries will be present at the conference and it promises to be one of the largest mass meetings of govern ments ever to be held. Disarmament conferences have come to be almost fashionable, each one having for its slogan, "Bigger and Better Than Ever Before." Each one accomplishes exactly nothing. Much talk and much hot air float about during the meetings and considerations of all things except the basic fundamental in the whole proposition are discussed. The element of human nature (foggy term) inters into every arms conference but the dele gates always choose to regard it as a minor element. To the contrary, human nature is the primary element in any discussion of war or in propositions to abolish man's oldest sport. It lias been definitely established by many writers that selfishness is the primary instinct in the human animal. Thinkers and philoso phers of many schools contribute man's every action to that basic drive. Down through the years it has become tempered and conditioned s that often it ifi not regarded as selfishness, but if the cloak about the action is lifted then beneath rt will always be self centered ambi tion. It ? virtually Impossible to pick up any newspaper, and glancing through it, find any item which does not have for its keynote, self ishness. A study of human nature, regardless of sex, age, creed, nationality, or previous con dition of servitude, will show this to be true also. A group of individuals bound together by flag waving and led by fallible humans can hardly hope to differ from the individuals themselves. Selfishness, envy, and conceit will enter into the affairs of the nation. Selfish ness, envy and conceit, until stamped out, will continue to cause wars. Although America is far from blameless, and many historians point with glee to the Mexican war, the European nations are the greatest obstacle in the way of a workable disarmament plan. The present governments on the conti nent cannot be blamed for the situation. In order to place one's finger on the real blame one must journey back through history to the great strife between the Crescent and the Cross, Mohammedanism and Christianity. Only a close study of the Crusades will open the doors to the real cause of the European atti tude. In those two centuries of strife Europe became so inured to hardship, warfare, whole sale bloodshed and fanatic slaughter, that pres ent generations still cling to the idea that war is noble and fine. A certain police force is necessary to the affairs of a government. This police force cannot readily be reduced. The administrators of any government recognize that they owe a debt of responsibility to the governed, that of maintaining the law and order. While all people hope to live peaceably it cannot be for gotten that often laws can only be carried out by forcible means. And so disarmament conferences will go on. They are noble efforts, there can be no doubt of that. The delegates are always imbued with the highest ideals for the good of the world. The world is tired of war, they contend, and so are trying to legislate against it. They want to supplement the work of the last great war, our favorite war, the war to end war. Until they recognize that they cannot legislate against human nature, that they cannot hope to alter man's makeup in two weeks or two years or two centuries they will fail. The best of luck to the conference and best wishes for many return engagements. Dean Hicks showed contrasts were to the dis advantage of this university. The unusual fen ture of the comparison was, however, that the unfavorable criticism of this institution which might bo inferred was not bnsed on the handi caps of physical equipment, nor on the lack of some educational facilities whieh this institu tion never can hope to have. The criticisms were entirely constructive and were based primarily on the attitudes of the students in the two institutions or on the method of aiding students in their work. One point in particular in which he revealed a su perior state of affairs at Harvard was in con nection with the conduct of examinations, and certainly the implied criticism of the system in force at Nebraska might well be taken se riously. The "honor system" for various reasons has never been considered practical in an in stitution of this size or character. As a usual thing students feel no compunctions about getting help or giving help in examinations. Perhaps we could preach about the unethical practice of cheating in examinations, but preaching is unpopular and furthermore it is impractical. While a preaching campaign last ing over a period of several years might in fluence a few students to be conscientious, in the meantime these conscientious students as well as the students who had studied in the course would be preyed upon as they are now by students who do not have and never would have any scruples about passing an examina tion on the basis of some one else's work. In short the present system in operation de mands that the instructor of every course take every precaution and use every effort to pre vent' his students from cheating. If he fails to do that, he is failing to protect the interests of the conscientious and the deserving. Ho is putting a premium on unfairness and the stu dent who fails to take advantage of the oppor tunity to cheat is one of a few and he might well ask himself if he is not a "sucker"' for living up to his convictions. At Harvard, so Dean Hicks reports, there is very strict supervision of examinations so that it is virtually impossible to cheat. Possibly Nebraska cannot afford to have several "proctors'' presiding over every examination, but Nebraska can encourage each professor to exercise due diligence for the benefit of those who do not want to cheat or do not need to cheat. Many a student, we believe, who is neither inherently dishonest nor necessarily a shirker in his course, is impelled to give and receive help in an exam in order to protect his own interests, and we believe that such a circumstance is more to be blamed upon the system of lax supervision than it is to be blamed on a class of degenerate students. Freshmen Are Wanted. Student interest in extra-curricular activi ties was given considerable attention by the Daily Nebraskan last semester. The question was asked: "Is interest in student activities on this campus declining?"' The general an swer was that it is. Why? No satisfactory answer was found. Largely for its own benefit, the Nebraskan this semester is attempting to draw more stu dents into activities. Thursday an appeal was made in these columns for reporters. A letter appearing in the Morning Mail column today, inquiring the requirements for work on the Nebraskan. provides what seems to be the an swer to the question asked last semester. The writer, a freshman, opines that it is a "feeling of inadequacy" rather than lack of interest that deters freshmen from entering activities. An answer to J. II. B.'s letter may dispel this " feeling of inadequacy." The require ments are a willingness to work and a re ceptiveness to instruction. Freshmen arc wanted. Prtvious experience in newspaper work is not necessary, altho;a knowledge of the use of English is presumed. The amount of time required varies directly with the bene fit one would obtain from the work. Saturday nine new reporters, many of them freshmen, reported for work at the Nebraskan. The Ne braskan hopes J. II. B. may also report. Nebraska1 Otcn Dishonor System, ' A number of extremely interesting compari sons tetween Harvard university and the Uni versity of Nebraska were drawn by Dean J. D. nicks in a recent interview following his' re turn. For the most part the items in which The Auguan And Students. Pointing toward one hundred per cent cir culation the Awgwan this morning announces a second campaign for subscribers. The offi cial campus humor publication lias had a stormy career on the Nebraska campus, having been ousted at least twice and being reinstated upon promises to be good." The truth of the whole matter, contrary to the usual belief, is that the Awgwan was abolished, not because of smutty material, but because of financial difficulties, caused, in the main, by lack of student support. The official black sheep among the family of student publications is now in its first year A. I), (after debt), and is making its way again. Student, interest in the first few issues ran high lint soon fell off, as student interest at Nebraska seems to have a way of doing. The fact of the matter seems to be that stu dents will not support a humor magazine un less its contents are shady and smutty. At present the Awgwan is weathering all storms and is sailing along nicely. The campaign by members of Sigma Delta Chi tomorrow merely serves to build up the circulaMon list in order to make the publication absolutely representative. writ rarer av I TREND Or 1HL " timf; " itm eaa P by r CERALD BARDO . . m m 'i i DEACE between Japun and China 1 seems a long way off. Settle ment would be eaaier If one were absolute victor. But China still without declaring war stubbornly resists, saying that she will never sign treaties prejudicial to her ter ritorial and administrative sover eignty and will continues to resist Japanese aggression. Japan, not satisfied with the peace proposals of the great pow ers, is working out a proposal of her own insisting that she is fight ing in self defense. Japanese news papers have already begun the play of atrocity stories. Japanese gov ernment and people are forgetting that their budget is unbalanced, that the yen is falling in value, that soon will be time for general elections. Instead everyone talks war. Each man walks to work with a military stride. From Berlin rumors told that soviet troops were being massed at Vladivostok and that two Moscow agricultural machinery factories had been converted into munitions plants. Last week Japanese gained control of Harbin where headquarters of the soviet-col-trolled Chinese Eastern railway are. , Following are perhaps some of the reasons why Japan is imper ialistically inclined: Her population of 64 millions is confined to 147, 327 square miles. If all of this land were cultivatable and her popula tion evenly distributed there would be 438 to each square mile. Ja pan's birth rate is increasing at 34 'a per thousand each year. And in spite of science her death rate has been increasing till now it is 20 per thousand. It is a survivalJ of the fittest. Such a situation is just the op posite of conditions in European countries. In England the birth rate has decreased from 36 to 17 per thousand. At the same time her death rate had decreased from 21 to 12. DECAUSE building programs D have decreased so, and because so many are out of work that a strike is impractical, Building Trades Employers' Association in New York City is ready to cut union wages 25 percent. Since la bor receives 60 percent of building expense this action should be stim ulating. COME of the taxes under consid eration by the Ways and Means committee at Washington are: 10c per month on all telephone sets, five percent on electric current, two to five percent on gas con sumption, five percent on petrol eum. That will even be ha-d on fra ternities and sororill; .. Extension telephones will I.r.'vc to be cut. Lights will have to be watched. The sooner spring comes the better for thoij heating houses by burn ing petroleum. For the college student a four-cylinder Model T might be better, too, if the gas tax goes through. Automobile manu facturers are fighting it. A1 T GENEVA, France leads with a proposal of an international police force. Debate was not sup posed to begin till this week, but France was given the flood Friday and to the surprise of all, Andre Tardieu showed that France was willing to lead. Particuarly a plan of reduction of airplanes, tanks, big guns and other instruments of aggressive warfare was outlined. DELIEVING that there are some D 1,300,000 hidden dollars in the country the President has called Frank Know, publisher of the Chi cago Daily News, to head a na tional organization to free these dollars. Now if the American Legion succeeds in puting a million men to work so they can get some of these dollaars it will help. The zero hour is eight o'clock the morn ing of February 15. Then the legion will SegLn the asking of every manufacturer to put ono or more men back to work. Likewise each city block will be asked to furnish 48 hours of work for somo man. '""THE chief causes of mounting 1 expenditure and of growing burden on the taxpayer are in real ity two, war and waste." This is a statement in an article by Prof. E. It. A. Seligman. Columbia univer sity, In the February 1 New York Times. "It Is from this point of view that the League of Nations is of paramount Importance," he as serts. Included In his fiscal reform are: budgetary reform, central control of local finances; a business admin istration in American politics and the pay-as-you-go system. We are going to be taxpayers some day. It Is a little late for a January sale but Finnish bootleggers are dumping their stocks at fifty per cent reductions now because the Finnish Diet since the prohibition referendum has given the voters what they want plenty of cheap liquor. The government sells it. MANY ENROLLFOR COURSES Extension Division Shows An Increase of Fifteen Over Year Ago. Despite general financial condi tions, January registration in the university extension division showed an increase of fifteen stu dents over January of a year ago. During January of 1932 a total of 116 students registered for 388 col lege hours and 27 high school units. In January of 1931 registra tion files reveal that only 101 stu dents registered for 386 college hours and 24 high school units. 300 COUPLES ATTEND ANNUAL GREEK BALL (Continued from Page 1.) headed by Norman Galleher, Bas- sett. Other memrjers are: jacK Thompson, Lincoln, entertainment; Chalmers Graham. Hastings, or chestra; James Crabill, Red Cloud, chaperones: Charles Skade, Lex ington, tickets; John Zelinger, Da vid City, decorations; Howard Allaway,- Homer, publicity. Three hundred couples attended the ball played last year in the Hotel Cornhusker Dy isenny Mo ten's fourteen niece colored orches tra from Kansas City. Decorations featured "rraternity row win miniatures of all the Greek houses, not as they looked, but as they "ought to look." Last year's com mittee, headed by Marvin VonSeg gern, now president of the Inter fraternity council, consisted of Robert Kinkead, Otis Detrick, Art Wolf, Richard Bell, Robert Vernier and William Comstock. UNITARIAN CHURCH 12th and H Streeta Arthur L. Weatherly, D.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? Y.W.C.A. STAFF PLANS . ALL' UNIVERSITY TEA Race Relations. Group to Give Annual Function On Thursday. The race relations staff of the Y. W. C. A. will entertain all uni versity women at a tea at EUen Smith Hall on Thursday, Feb. 11, from 3:00 to 5:00. This is an an nual function and always fans near the birthday of Lincoln. All tea appointments will be In red, white and blue. An interesting collection of lit erature and art of different races will be displayed and music and entertainment will bo furnished all afternoon. Miss Reynoldson, pro fessor in history, will serve one hour and Miss Violet Chan will serve the other. TLr.,mhra nf ths staff will serve and act as hostesses. Ruth Cher- ney and Opall DuhacneK are m charge of arrangements. CHEM SOCIETY WILL HEAR 1IOMEK II. BEDO Homer H. Bedo, associate direc tor of research, of the Ethyl Gaso line corporation of Detroit, will speak on the Chemistry of Com hnuti.n nf the 152 reeular meet ing of the Nebraska section of the American Chemical society, which uriii ho hM Tnpsdav afternoon at 4 o'clock in the chemistry lecture room of Chem hall. The meeting is open to all in terested in chemistry, and stu dents registered in chemistry courses are cordially Invited to at tend the meeting. CA1TAIN BAUMEISTEK TO LEAVE NEBRASKA Captain T. A. Baumelster, in frantry D. O. L., received an ap. pointment to the quartermasteis school in Philadelphia. Ta., where he will report August 22. After having served at the University of Nebraska for four years, he will leave June 1 for a trip thru WIh consin and other points In that re gion before going on to Phila Now that "potatoes are cheaper, tomatoes are cheaper" we are able to servo the highest quality of fnotl at more reasonable prices. Y o u will save monev by eating at the TEMPLE CAFETERIA (Basement of Temple Bldg.) Hours 7-9 11-1 6i45-6i30 TYPEWRITERS Sep us for the Royal portable type writer, the ldoal machine for tha student. All makes of machines for rnt. All makes of used ma chines on easy paymenta. Nebraska Typewriter Co. Sail B-2157 1232 O St. February Special A SCARF CLEANED FREE With Each Dress, Lady 'a Coat or Man's Suit or Overcoat SAVE 10 FOR CASH & CARRY MODERN CLEANERS Soukup & Westover CALL F2377 FOR SERVICE 32 ANNOUNCING J Sunday Chicken Dinners At Reasonable Prices TRY OUR STUDENT PLATE LUNCHES SERVED DAILY Open 7:00 A. M. 9:00 P. M. KOLLEGE KAFE (Facing Camput) And When Our Permanent Waves Are Just $5 Too! MORNING MAIL Freshman Seeks Knowledge. TO THE EDITOR: I note with interest your plea for report ers. I believe a similar plea was made the first semester with (gratifying results. Most freshmen in journalism, of which 1 am one, have a feeling of inadequacy rather than a lack of interest. Perhaps if you would answer the following questions you would get some re sponse. What are the requirements! Arc freshment wanted! Is any previous knowledge of writing required! I admit the questions seem unimportant but perhapa if they were answered it might be beneficul to lome wto are interested in becoming reporters. A clear explanation of what ia required might be in strumental in causing me to report for duty. J. II. B. WW Here's this co-ed suffering; every time she picks up a mirror Hhe's so tired of her last year's face! And here are this year's low prices urging her to let her self be rescued at our Beau ty Salon: During February, Permanent Waves. Shampoo and Marcel Wave 9" Shampoo and Finger Wave.. Oil Treatment, $5 $1 Finger awr-fi Wava.. 3V Marcel met Wave. Facials "1 1.50 and.. 9M 4 r-e Shampoo and Wave.... Ov rioor Two. I THE INTERFRATERNITY COUNCIL Wishes to take this opportunity to sincerely thank the patrons of the annual Greek ball. We trust you enjoyed the evening and will be with us again next year. Monday Febuary 8 2:00 - - 6:00 P. M, All Interfraternity council members check in tickets and money at the Cornhusker Office Ticket Manager Charles Skade will be there. ALL TICKETS AND MONEY MUST BE CHECKED IN AT THAT TIME f