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TWO THE DAILY NFBRASKAN 5U1NDAY, MARCH 20, 1as2 The Daily Nebraskan Station A, Lincoln, Nebraska OFFICIAL STUDENT PUBLICATION UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA Published Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday mornings during tho acadtmlo ysar. THIRTY. FIRST YEAR Entarad aa sacond-class matter at the postofflce In Lincoln, Nebraska, under act of congress, March 1, 1879. and at apeclal rate of postage provided for In section 1103, act of October 3, 1917, authorized January $0, 1922. Under direction of the Student Publication Board SUBSCRIPTION RATE $2 a year Single Copy 8 canta 91.25 a semester 93 a year mailed 91,79 a semester mailed Editorial Office University Hall 4. Business Off Ice University Hall 4A. Telephones Dayi B-6891) Nlghtl B-6882, 8-3333 (Journal) . Ask for Nebraskan editor. 9MEMBER i - This paper Is represented for general advertising by the Nebraska Praas Association. EDITORIAL STAFF Arthur Wolf Editor-in-chief MANAGING EDITORS Howard Allaway, Jack Erlckaon NEWS EDITORS Phillip Brownell Oliver De Wolf Laurence Hall , .Virginia Pollard Joe Miller Sports Editor Evelyn Simpson Associate Editor Ruth Schlll Women's Editor Katharine Howard Society Editor CONTRIBUTING EDITORS. Gerald Bardo George Dunn Don Larimer Edwin Faulkner Boyd Krewaon William Holmea George Round Art Koxelka BUSINESS STAFF Jack Thompson Business Manager ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGERS Norman Gallaher Frank Musgrava Bernard Jennings manner of killing, is a detrimental offset 1o the romanticism of vat. When students are taught cold-bloodedly to aim a rifle so that they may hit a target, when they are taught that every shut must be effective, and when Ihey reflect that other young men are being taught the same thing, those students are not so eager to be among the first in the front lines. After a day's monotonous drilling in the hot sun, obeying the barked orders of the officers, and sweating and swearing, Ihe students have no illusions ubout the art of warfare. They know that it is not an nit at all but a hard, disagreeable science. Stories oT war always have a tang of romance, fun, and joy, hut ac tual contact with even the barest elements of war disillusion the young man. The drill and study demanded by the Uc serve Officers Training Corps inspires only a healthy dislike of war. It does not make stu dents want to fight, it seeks rather to prepare them in case they must fight. A battlefield is a far cry from a picnic ground and a study of war does more to make one realize that than any cry of peace. A working knowledge of the requirements of a successful army does more to inspire a dread of war than all of the disarmament conferences in the world. CUNNINGHAM WILL SPEAK Theta Sigma Phi Asked to Tea by Miss Muir; Will Hear News Talk. "Knclish and French Newspa pi'rs, Their Methods, Policies, Ap pearances nnd Influence as Com pared with Those of the United States," will be the subject of the talk of Professor H. F. Cunning' ham this afternoon at the home of Miss Sarah T. Muir. Active and alumnae members of Theta Sigma Phi, honorary jour nalistic sorority, are being enter- talnod at a 3 o clock tea there by Mima Muir. Norma Carpenter, president of the alumnae chanter will Intro I duce the speaker. CAMPUS CALENDAR Repair the Real Break. Almost every time examinations roll around someone brings up the old question of the Xe braska "dishonor" system. Students lament because professors do not trust them. They moan because instructors take such extraordi nary precautions against cheating. This morn ing one Zilch has a complaint along the same lines, The system at Nebraska is much the same as the one used at other schools. Casual observers of the affairs of scholastic interest always interpret these complaints as coming from the heart rather than from the mind. The students seem to have hurt feelings rather than a hurt logic. Reason does not dic tate that professors shall place implicit trust in students. There are cheaters, there always have been, and there always will be. It is for these that the instructors must watch. And it is not the professors' fault either. Under our present educational system the edu cation is not so important as the grades. It matters little whether one knows anything about a course the thing which really counts is getting a grade, and one sure way of getting a grade is to look on someone's paper next door who was fortunate enough to study that part of the course. There are, too, honest students who never cheat. Most of them are students who come to the university for an education and intend to get it, regardless of whether at the end they have a 60 average or a 90. A student is taught from the very first that the grade one receives is all important. All about him he sees people being honored for high grades. Unconsciously he builds up mechanisms against people who study, characterizing them as grinds. He grows to despise real students be cause they are students. But the importance of grades remains. So the student, not being able to combat his prejudices to the extent of studying must copy. The bad part of the thing ,then. is not the 'dishonor" system, but rather the present scheme of education. When grades are rele gated to their proper hiding place and educa tion is elevated to its proper niche then cheat ing will fly out the window. Something Or Other. It was perhaps half after two. "We wandered to that rendezvous Of every college Joe and Sue Across the wny. We found a Monte Carlo there, With textbooks scattered everywhere As if to stay. 'Neath gorgeous awnings row on row "Were booths. And girls wen! to and fro To wait on Mister College Joe Despite the smoke. Then one said waitress coyly came Upon a red hot auction game. Four coed voices chirped the same: "Just bring one coke." And in their usuual habitat On down the line, the Tweed ring sat, Discussing this and panning that. The world's a loss. In passing on chanced to hark That in the fifth at Belmont Park The "odds-on cinch" was Meadow Lark, A wonder boss. And on and on a vast array Of gallant swains and ladies gay Await to make the next guy pny, The so and sos. They linger on and have their chats. The men in tweeds and pearl grey spats, The ladies in their Paris hats And Paris clothes. The host approached and bowing low Told us the tables row on row Were all filled up, "Is it not so," lie said, "n'est ce pas?" We are nonplussed but pretty soon Recall the song those "Stein Guys" croon, So we say, "Thank you Mister Moon," And take the a'. To the Voters. While collegian political leaders confer with a view to realignment, while factions buzz and hesitate, national polities move in channels that will bring opposing personalities ami platforms to a clash in this summer's conventions. Altho many university students are old enough to east their ballots in a presidential election, how many use that privilege? This year when more than mere presidential ulory is at stake, how many students realize what is going on in the nation? A young nation, America has drifted into a situation whose crucial point will be decided next fall. Issues of tremendous importance to students the citizens of tomorrow will be in the fore in this campaign. Jt is not exaggeration to say that never before in the lives of most college students has there been such a campaign as the present one is and will be. This summer, midst your swimming, tennis, golf and general vacationing, turn an eye to the conventions. Keep abreast of the daily de velopments, and with the rest of the nation watch what happens. Remember, it is history in the making you will be seeing, and if it does no more, it should at least give you some in sight of political machinations. And some day you can tell your grandchildren "1 remember the campaign of '32, when 1 was going to college . . . ." MORNING MAIL Mr. Sherman Is Still Right. Declaring that militarism is not produced by military training in the R. 0. T. C. thruout the country, Lt. Col. Ralph Bishop of the United States army, recently published a book on the subject. His surveys covered 10,000 graduates of 54 schools, Nebraska included. His study found that most of the graduates de clared that military education added something of value to their education. It is certain that a working knowledge of the weapons of modern warfare, of its hard work, and of its businesslike and workmanlike Honor. TO TUB EDITOR: Mill-semesters are under way and with it the usual cry of "cheating" from the profs, and also from those intelligensia who actually write their own papers. Many of 1 lie professors and quiz masters believe that their students will cheat on the slightest provocation and make such prepara tions as giving odd and even numbered ques tions, making students sit every other seat or every other row, pacing up and down the aisles during the examination and fixing their eyes on the one or ones whom they think are the ringleaders in dishonest ry (to the detriment of the thinking ability of the chaps in question whether honest or dishonest) or by occupying a prominent position in Ihe room and constant ly look around and down upon those present. " Another favorite stunt for those in charge of exams is tit step onlside the room and then "peck" back around the corner. Of course all these preparations and attempts to catch the unwary have a soothing effect on the stu dents oh yeah ! Most of the students are honest and have 1heir own lesson and would not think of stoop ing; tit cheat if Ihey didn't think the instructor expected them to. by the above mentioned preparations. The average human being is very obstinate and when he thinks that a quiz master is suspecting him of the crime of cheat ing he will attempt to cheat usually whether he needs to do so or not. Why can't we have less of the marked at tempts to catch cheaters, and more of the spirit of honesty in the class room, which must first of all be fostered by the instructor in such a way that his students will believe he thinks they are honest and trusts them. That is the only way to cut down on cheating treat the student as if they weren't criminals, but hon est men and women. ZUX'Il. College Editors Say (lover Those Limits. Since those early days when hundreds of women were burned as witches Americans have been ruled by fanaticism. Wishing to see evil when evil -does not exist the ladies aid socie ties and sewing circles have never wanted ample food for gossip. We are a nation which spends more time in seeking out the devil and dealing him death blows than we do in constructive desirable natures. The inherent lewdness of the American is shown in his antipathy for nude figures in any work of art. This horror of seeing a person unclothed oftentimes assumes absurd propor tions. Recently the statue of Civic Virtue in Xew York was relieved of its nakedness by righteous Tammanyites. Now the San Fran cisco Examiner prints a fresco centered around a nude female model. The artist and model were surprised when the picture was run to find a Tiand-painted bathing suit adorning the limbs of the girl. An Oklahoma City artist complains of the difficulty he has in making paintings in the nude in this state. He is not the first artist to find the public's dread of uncovered bodies handicapping' his efforts. Ralph Parlette, a nationally known speaker, said on a recent visit to A. and M. that in his world travels he found the women in coun tries where least clothing was worn were the most modest. Evil is as evil thinks. And what evil minds we Americans have! Okla homa A. & M. O 'Collegian. 'MAKING MONEY BY LOSING IT' (Continued from Pago 1) we can .see genuinely prosperous biisinc.! in this country. 'Business will come back to fair, slow oper atlons in three year.' 'The period of readjustment will be long. It will take at least ten years.' We may expect a slow return to a ba sis on which business can be done at a profit in about three years.' " Poor Prediction. That sure'y iH a discouraging out look for the present day, isnt' it? But let us take another look at that item. True, this forecast was made on November 4, but it hap pened to be November 4 in 1921 instead of 1931. At that time bus! ness had already begun a turn for better but no one realized it and it was several months before it was apparent to the average indi vidual. Well, what have we learned here ? In the first place, that there have been periods of depression and hard times almost exactly comparable with the present, as far as the visible outlook has been concerned. But it did not take us ten or twenty or thirty years to re cover; in fact, since 1921 we have had opportunity not only to be prosperous but to be depressed as well. Here is perhaps the most impor tant statement that I shall make in this paper: Economic facts have a strange way of hiding them selves, and most often we see only what we are looking for. How many people in 1928 and 1929 were able to visualize anything but a continued period of prosperity such as the world had not before enjoyed? Wherever you looked, there were indication of good times. Likewise in the present day how few people can see anything but a long drawn-out period of depres sion? We see nothing but hard times because for the most part we are looking for hard times. The very fact that so many people are temporarily embarrassed blinds us to the strong probability that when things are extremely low and little business is being done, decidedly better conditions are around the corner. The worse things are, the more certain is this change. One of the strongest points In connection with economics is that the majority of people must be wrong. Otherwise we should all be men and women of great welath, a condition that is quite impossible. If everyone was to net even six percent yearly on his investments, the world would soon run out of possessions with which to pay the interest. Not so many years ago a dili gent mathematician figured out that if one cent had been put out at interest, six percent compound ed yearly, at the time of Christ, it would today take more than forty-six figures right straight along in a row to express the amount in dollars. Poor Indians Might Be Rich. Our school teachers have often bemoaned the lot of the poor In dians who were supposed to have sold the entire island of Manhattan on which the city of New York stands, to the thrifty Dutch for the sum of $24. But if those poor Indians had decided to lend that $24 back to the Dutch at 8 per cent compound interest, their des cendants would have enough money today to buy the entire is land of Manhattan with all the buildings standing thereon. That is a strange way perhaps of looking at depressions. But the frank truth is that they are of dis tinct benefit to the poor man, be cause they do shake out large fortunes and redistribute the money in the world. If it were not for depressions with their at tendant bankruptcies, it would be possible to attain a much greater centralization of wealth than ex ists at present. In a way then, a depression does make for the on ward march of the world. Why are days of depression days of great opportunity? There ure many reasons for this. Days of de pression are refreshing days be cause they force all of us to new thoughts and new ideas. If we do not get any new ideas we are really not making use of the op portunity. In every community men of wealth, one time leaders, are forced to a common level with the man who only has his brains with which to work. In hard times there are not as many men of wealth towering above one. Every thing is cheaper and if anyone can get hold of a few things he is bound to come riding in with the increased value of his possessions. If boom times were such good Monday. A. W. S. meeting at 5 o'clock In Ellen Smith hall. Tuesday. A. W. S. freshman actlvltie group meeting at 4 o'clock in Elle Smith hall. Wednesday. A. W. S, board meeting at 12 o clock in Ellen Smith hail. Thursday. A. W. S. election from 9 to 5 o'clock in Ellen Smith hall. He is going to row down stream rather than up stream. Should Make Hay Now. times for expansion why should not the present be ten times as good. If investments were worth $100 three years ago why should they not today bo better bargains at $10 7 u there was justification for spending money in 1929 and 1930 there is more justification for spending It today when everything is relatively cneap. How many will make use of the present period of depression remains to oe seen Perhaps not so many of them. But that there will be laid the founda tions for substantial fortunes and for new and different industries goes without saying. There is another angle to the present period of depression that nas tended to make the depression more severe than usual on the down grade, but one that will ac celerate it on the up grade. That is the wide distribution of stocks and bonds among people of all classes in the United States. In previous such periods -stocks and bonds were held mainly by men of considerable means. Even tho these securities did show a depre ciation in value, these men sat tight, so to speak, and added to their line. At the same time the average run of people did not hold such securities and went about their business the same as usual. Will Accelerate Uptrend. But today with that wide distri bution in securities, the alarm has spread to the smallest villages and towns, encouraging an unusual re trenchment in personal expendi' tures. But once a permanent up trend is seen over a period of months and the thawing out process begins, I believe that one will see a more rapid acceleration than usual in personal buying. Let people once begin to feel that they are not so bad off after all and the depression will be over. Never of course in our own ex perience has there been such leveling of personal fortunes as in the past decade. I recall very well that as a boy there were certain families in our town that were looked up to as the bulwarks of financial security. But strange to say lew of these fortunes exist to day and many of those families are now ruined. The same thing could be repeated in almost every town or tne united States. So I say that this period is a young man's opportunity. It is true mat m;iny a young man has little with which to start, but in reply to thi.j it might be said that many well established people have nine on wnich to keen colng, Success May Fluctuate. One thing that you observe in reading biography is that many rich and successful men did not have unbroken lines of success They not only had one or two fail ures but sometimes a long suc cession of them. The important point is that they never ttayed down for any length of time. The disgrace is not so much in the out side failure as in the inside one. From a personal point of view circumstances are oftentimes the greatest urge to progress. If we really did not have to do a thing probably most of us would fail to do it. In a way that probably ac counts for the fact that many boys and girls from prosperous families are outdistanced in the race of life by those born under far less promising circumstances. SPEAKS ON MAGIC SQUARES Dr. A. L. Candy, chairman of the department of mathematics, spoke at a meeting of the Math ematical seminar, Thursday, on Magic Squares." "Your Drug Store" Our Soda Fountain and Lunch eonette service, Bigger, Better than ever. Remember your Drug Store. 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Malcolm Julial RuhMi Hecht Kather Jennie Llnd Mary of .MaKdala Wllina Hell Smith Ultra Mary Warn Mortem riMiiuiil Warren Hendernun Greh Kay Urkenwaltor Varrue Clifford kumhi ludua, tho loot riot Irving wamei The group will be accompanied by Mrs. Ada C. Malcolm, director of the play, and Rev. W. C. Faweu, advisor to Weslev Players. Rev. Mr. Fawell will speak at the high school and college Epworth leagues in their regular evening meetings, WEST WILL LEAD IN CULTURE SAYS PROF CRAWFORD (Continued from Page 1) out. "Many a great editor in the east has told me today that he no longer looks to the eastern part of the United States for any further leadership. Such leadership, he al ways says, must come from the middlewest and the west." "It has become imperative that the universities of the middlewest assume their rightful position in the cultural leadership of their re spective states. If this leadership does not come from the universi ties, I do not know where it can come from. Every hamlet and vil lage should reel tne influence ot its institution," he maintained. Concluding, Professor Crawford, who is a well known writer, de clared: "From the individual's own UNITARIAN CHURCH 12th and H Streets Arthur L. Weatherly, Minister The Church Without a Creed Not the Truth, but the Search for Truth Sunday, March 20 "Art and Life" standpoint the great tragedy in educational life ' today is not the lack of mental qualifications but rather the lack of application. Much time has been devoted to measuring the intelligence of tha Individual. But as far as the great majority of people are concerned It is not the lack of brains that is holding them back, nearly so much as the failure to use what brains they do have. That is really tha great tragedy of tha individual." 1 - IT'S PARTY TIME! let the fflJ" sparkle of colorful Decorations and ravora irnu brilliance to your I' art lea. and when ,. vsiy sir seems to in spire romance, who lsnt gllng a Party? Let George"a new Spring and Isster Table and Room Decorations and Fa vors provide the selor Ihtms. Lovely Baiter Rifts and prises that will surprise you, especially when you see the price. A CASE TO 'HONOR' the CONTENTS at Oeorge's are honored by beautiful eases and wrappings. rneir "" simplicity ana me jrwei sor the card designs will appeal to youf taste. Tou will be rery proud to bring these Cards into your drawing room. "NO SLAM" The Charm and Loveliness of the Hew Bridge Requisites and prises at Oeorae'i make othirs (sde from favor ...but its "NO SLAM" at ethere, for these Inspired bits are BKTOND COM PARISON. BON AIB The newest thing that neutralises dis agreeable odors and leaves a fresh fiure fragrance. Let us show you Bow t works. George Bros. Tha Weddlac Statleaesa" ltii m at. aunii THE SCOTCH HAD A NAME FOR IT "TWEED" Tlie canny old 8cots knew a good thing when they saw it . . . perhnps it took a sturdy fabric to stand up under the strain of. hearing so many bagpipes . . . BUT . . . tweeds it was . . . tw eeds it is . , , and it's going to be TWEKDS this season. You'll Go for These TWEED SUITS and TOPCOATS They have style . . . nothing "geranium" about them . . . they're of "he man" stuff. More over just to look at them you'll be thinking of sunny afternoons and balmy nights . . . yeah . . . and when you see the price . . . $2450 for the Suits and Igso for the Topcoats You'll even hear the birds sing! SenSfriWii&ScnS FORMERLY ARMSTRONGS t