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SUNDAY, APRIL 21, 19S2
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EDITORIAL STAfF
Arthur Wolf Editor-in-chief
MANAGING EDITORS
Howard Allaway Erlekaon
NEWS EDITORS
Phillip Brownall..
Oliver De Wolf
Laurence Hall Virginia Pollard
bpone kqiiqi
Joe Miller
Evelyn Simpson
Ruth Schlll
Katharine Howard..
Aaeodate Editor
......Women'e Editor
Society Editor
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS.
Gerald Bards
Edwin Faulkner
George Round
George Dunn La Von Linn
Boyd Krewaon William Holmes
Art Kozelke
BUSINESS STAFF
Jack Thompton duaineaa Manager
ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGERS
Norman Galleher Frank Muagrava
Bernard Jennings
Red Lanterns
And Harvard Culture.
After reading of the "poitifrs on" of some
3.000, Harvard students a harsh, uncultured
voice of the Middlcwtst lifts raucous tones
to sneer in derision at the Cambridge lads.-
It seems that the Harvard student body put on
a demonstration the other evening. Not only
did they turn in a false fire alarm, storm a
theater, overturn an antomobile and engage in
a fight with the police, but they climaxed
their little jamboree by hanpinsr red lanterns
on the girl's dormitories of Uadeliffe college.
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We have long heard the stereotyped phrase,
"Harvard culture." There is justification in
its use. AVithout doubt the men at Harvard,
corning from the "best" families and raised in
an atmosphere of leisure, can lay claim to n
degree of culture which we at Nebraska, many
of us at least, can hardly hope to attain. When
it conies to a question of familiarity with the
more delicate social conventions those of Har
vard have much more to crow about than we
do. But it is not as if all this mattered a
great deal. Despite eastern scoffs at our social
conduct we manage to get alonsr very well by
living up to those social conventions which our
own environment demands of us. The Har
vard demonstration, however, raises a different
question.
Isn't it interesting how quickly this social
veneer, varying in thickness in different in
dividuals and in different classes of society,
will vanish under pressure, only to return
when that pressure is removed.' In the Har
vard affair that pressure began with the cry
"Reinhart," a traditional Harvard war utter
ance. As soon as it was sounded a crowd
of students, growing as it progressed down
the street, started for a theater which they
"rushed." The cultural heritage of genera
tions of good breeding disappeared, as it were
into thin air and the "well-bred" Cambridge
scholars were howling members of a destruction-bent
mob. They were, for the time, liltb
different from participants in any other sort
of riot. Their "liner instincts" had suddenly
been submerged in the activities of the eve
ning. It would appear that in matters of
expediency that their culture was worth very
little to them.
Perhaps the most peculiar thing which hap
pened during the whole affair occurred as a
climax to ihe evening. This was the incident
at Kadcliffe college, disguised as a "funny
little trick." There, after an exchange of re
partee willi the liadcliffe girls, much of which
was undoubtedly of a vulgar or semi-vulgar
character, the Harvard men departed, hanging
red lanterns with their obvious implication
over the liadcliffe dormer windows. Of course
this is a typical piece of collegiate "funny
work" but there is something disgustingly
degrading about it. H is no secret that t he
average Harvard man will have nothing to do
with Kaddiffe girls when he is to act as escort.
At such times he usually gets in touch with
Smith, Vassar. or the blooming crop of Boston
debutantes. That is why it is so revolting to
'think that when he wants to play pranks Kad-
cliffe girls will do.
Boys, of course, will be boys and we don't
begrudge the Harvard students a "little fun,"
if we must term it that, but let us -remember
the next time they point a derisive finger at
the culture of the Middlewest that they really
haven't a great deal to cackle about.
.Sotto Voice i
Tn 'Just a Iiarh
Your second lengthy letter was received Sat
urday morning. We feel that your position
was adequately stated in your first letter and
space limitations hardly permit the publication
of your second missive. Perhaps wc shall be
able to accommodate the letter later but at
present there arc other matters to take up. We
hope you will understand that no personal ele
ment is involved and if you should like to argue
your t.i.c further drop around.
Acid Among
The Suedes.
Minnesota students get so excited at their
elections that they throw acid on the ballot
boxes to prevent their counting, incidentally
burning four students, according to a news
dispatch. Nebraska students are usually1 so
uninterested in their elections that they permit
one faction to run away with the elections
without any opposition to speak of.
For the most part we should praise the Ne
braska students for their mature judgment in
not taking too seriously such minor affairs as
utiilnnt ltiutia Curie ml t wft should be
proud that in no Instance has Iherc been neid
thrown at elections.
But, on the other band, we believe that Ne
braska students are. going to the opposite ex
treme when their interest in their school and
their system of student government is so small
thnt tiiey stay away from the polls in great
crowds.
The acid throwing and other types of vio
lence arc not necessary means of displaying
real interest In student affairs. Considerable
interest cm be maintained without displays of
tmuvinii m nllwr illveililc Silt ICS.
We cannot blame Nebraska students too
much for their lack of interest in view of the
disparity in size between political factions. But
we do believe thnt if there were the proper
interest there would be more of an enthusiastic
attempt to remedy the situation.
A recognition that, the situation here is not
as it should he is the first and perhaps most
important step in remedying it. Such recog
nition now seems to be universal. The Student
council has taken steps to improve it by be
ginning a campaign to organize the barb stu
dents on the campus so that they may be cap
able of taking an active inrt student ac
tivities. lidess, however, the barbs and the entire
student bodv are interested enough to push
the scheme. 'it will fail. The Student council
and its realignment committee ran lead and
stimulate interest, but it cannot do the job
alone. Wc do not advocate that the barbs
nor yet the Yellow Jackets purchase any acid
ow. ri-t r,t thpir nolitical offense weapons,
but figuratively speaking we would like to see
them eat a little fire and stir Tilings up on mi
ni,! en in nns. where even publication offices
are sometimes nearly deserted, and where a
spirit of almost funereal solemnity seems to
reign as far as student activities arc concerned.
boys who rrally have the fun arc those who
never-know how long Jhey will have their
scalps, and laugh and defy tfio bigots and
moth-eaten vented interests, who openly flaunt
and the epitaphs which have been written for
them in advance, and who take matters se
riously without becoming overly serious. There
is an art in raising the hornets and doing it so
well Hint they have no comeback.
Most of the esteem accorded the active
college editor is worth considerably less than
the good wholesome hatred he gathers. He
usually hns a few staunch friends who are
large enough to overlook his hastiness, a faux
pas now and then, the seemingly Inane and
meaningless news or editorials he soincthucs
prints, and has somewliat nlnul adherence to
The Value
Of Four Years.
Five Omaha business men, representing as
many different vocations, have supported the
contention that a college education is desirable
in an employee. This is a time when we hear
many voicing the opinion that a college educa
tion," though it is nice to have, is just a waste
of time as far as its couuting for anything to
ward success in business is concerned.
One of the men said: "1 believe that a col
lege education is not only an advantage, but
an absolute necessity ss time goes on."
His attitude is representative of that of the
other four employers who were interviewed
and it is representative of that of most in
telligent business men of today. The time is
not far off when they will demand college
training in the men who arc to fill the pivotal
positions in their firms.
MORNING MAIL
.lit Awgtran Reprisal.
TO THE EDITOR:
While much seeming praise has gone up in
support of the Awgwan may I voice a few
words to the contrary. 1 realize that much
of mv criticism is similar to that of Mr. Grimes
but i can't help but feel that something more
should be said after the appearance of the
lost issue.
In the first place the cover merits comment.
I am not complaining as to its artistry I
thought it rather well-done but the original
ity of it was a trifle forced. In fact 1 have
seen a cover mi the New Yorker from which
it might have been directly copied except that
the New Yorker cover had eight chorus girls
while the Awgwan had only three.
Throughout the magazine ihere are many
other copied features. The "aping" wouldn't
be so insidious if it were not done so rehgi
ouslv. Two things which. struck me as gro
tesq'uclv out of place were the "Album" page
and the "Oblivion" page. The trouble with
the "Album" page was that the legends under
the pictures were so fantastically vacuous.
Really it seems that girls who merit a position
on that page should have more to be said Bbout
them than the time-worn expressions which ap
peared. The "Oblivion" page, a Vanity Fair stunt,
was a farce. The part I object to wns the
introduction of campus personalities. don't
happen to know the individuals and don't care
whether the criticisms were justified or not.
The point is that it is a vile publications prac
tice. Conte Nast can perhaps do it with discre
tion but the Awgwan is getting just a little
bit over-enthusiastic when it sets itself down to
single out campus individuals, who, more than
nnvone else, deserve such a stigma as an "Ob
livion" page places upon them. Please, Mr.
4....,.r. LMitsir mo vnur own head for a
while and give Vanity fair and New Worker
i.r, i : - OOOLICK.
Slalx uiuiiio a itm.
College Editors Say
College Journalists.
A perusal of college newspapers of many
different schools over a period of time would
show that the student editor frequently falls
prey to a feeling of futility. He learns that a
reformer is never liked whether his reform is
successful or a failure. He finds that he has
a rapid turnover of friendships.
He becomes aware of those mighty bar
riers the smaller mossy-back administrative,
and faculty interests. He frequently is out
lawed by the thick-skulled and the brothers of
his fraternity. He knows that few care or will
long remember his work. He expects his inten
tions to be misinterpreted, no matter how
obvious the motivation for his acts may be.
He feels like tossing in the towel fifty
times in as many days. He says: "What's the
use?" The minute he gives in to his own in
clinations for peace, he places himself beneath
the sod. If he stops and looks over the prob
lems and troubles in a quizzical fashion, he
feels the old animosity stir within him . and
realizes what a life it would be if someone
wouldn't disagree 'and there were nothing to
fight about. '
There need be no envy of those college
editors who are flag pole sitlers for two semes
ters and permit the rest of the world and even
the campus to go by without molestation. The
his own peculiar code
fit is the other type of student upon whom the
One consolation, however, makes up for
the lost peace and sleek contentment. The ad
versities of one who can openly differ arc far
more desirable than the dull rote of living
which attends the college editor upon whom
all blessings flow because every Tom, Dick and
Harry, large and small, has a mortgage on his
soul. Then, too, he always reaches the point
where he realizes that his most important is
sues and bad setbacks will make excellent ma
terial for smiles within another decad e
The Daily lllini.
Does Education Pay?
The statement of Dr. Harold F. Clark, pro
fessor o f education at Teachers college, Colum
bia university, that a college education is a
distinct detriment to Ihe earning capacity of
the youth of the land, warrants serious consideration.
Of crturse no statistics can ht produced by
any research worker will prove the statement,
since there is no method by which the abilities
o ftwo persons, one with education nnu one
without it, can be equitably paired. Prof.
Clark, like many who seek to prove a theory
b yout right assertion, declares Hint "you can
take a number of equally capable persons, giv
ing one group education and putting the other
group to w.ork.- You will find then that an edu
cation does not help much." But, wc do not
believe thnt Prof. Clark has ever attempted
to make this demonstration.
The college man of this generation, even
the student possessed of ambition and self
confidence, is increasingly a realist in regard
to the world's probable attitude toward him
problems of adjustment to the economic facts
of post-college life bear hardest; the type of
whom Prof. Clark notes that college training
makes them "to pensive and hesitant for the
task of money-making, when courage and dar
ing arc the prime necessities."
This perhaps is an unflattering allusion to
the fact that college education frequently
changes the student's ideas ,that it does not
erect money-making into the sole goal, that
it even might be said to decry the present-day
standard of success, which is measured by abil
ity to amass wealth and not ability to find
happiness. The process of accommodation
which will fit this fact into the exigencies of
material competition is indeed difficult to im
agine; but despite this difficulty, and the genu
ine and pressing nature of the problem, it is
an ancient and honorable point of view which
sees education primarily as a liberal and cul
tural asset. McGill Daily.
PHI TAU TKETA TO MEET
Alumni Will Preside
Methodists Men's
Meeting.
at
Thi Tau Theta, Methodist mens
religious fraternity on the campus
will hold its regular meeting Tues
day evening at the Wesley
Foundation parsonage from 7 to 8.
The program will be in charge
of the alumni who reside In or
near Lincoln. Mr. Dale Weese, '29,
assisted by Rev. Carrol Prouty,
Mr. Charles Paine, and Mr. Clyde
Yost will direct the activities of
the evening.
UNITARIAN CHURCH
. 12th and H Streete
Arthur L. Weatherly, Mlnlater
The Church Without a Creed
Not the Truth, but the Search
for Truth
Sunday, April 24
"The Future of Reunion"
A. W. S. GROUP PLANS
Dr. Fordyce, Miss Harriet
Towne on Program for
Conference.
The A. W. S. freshman group
which meets in Ellen Smith hall at
4 o'clock on Tuesday will open
the discussion on women's voca
tions as a part of the spring vo
cational guidance conference spon
sored by the A. V. S. board. The
meeting is open to girls of all the
classes.
Mary Alice Kclley. junior mem
ber of the board is chairman of
the program and has announced
that Dr. Charles D. Fordyce, pro
fessor of educational psychology,
will address the Tuesday group
with a talk on "Aptitudes." He
also plans to give a list of good
vocational books for women.
Wednesday at 5 o'clock the
freshman group, which is also
open to any girl interested, will
hold a discussion led by Miss Har
riet Towne. She will talk on the
"Diversified Field of Women's Vo
cations." Miss Towne will stress
the desirability of a vocation at
an early period and will also tell
of the different phases which are
to be found in almost any line of
work.
Miss Towne believes that every
girl should prepare herself for an
economic, social and cultural back
ground. A short discussion period
at which time the girls may ask
questions will close the program.
ENGINEERS JIN AWARDS
Nebraska Delegates Receive
Second, Third Prizes
For Papers.
rrnf. F. W. Norris, department
of electrical engineering, accom
paniei by Walter Ely, an electrical
engineering student and chairman
of the local student branch of
A. I. E. E., returned last week
from Denver where they attended
the sixth district meeting of the
American Institute of Electrical
Engineers. Professor Norris, who
is counsellor for the Nebraska stu
dent branch, presented a paper on
"Should Electrical Engineering
Students be Urged to Become
Members of the A. I. E. E.
Branch." Ely also read a paper.
An announcement was also made
at the Denver meeting that the
Nebraska delegates had been
awarded second and third prizes
for papers submitted at the meet
ing a year previous to the Denver
convention. Each year papers on
current electrical engineering top
ics are submitted. These are judged
and the winners announced at the
conclave the following year. "Op
erating a Cathode Ray Oscillo
graph," by W. E. Stewart was
given second prize; and "Vacuum
Tube Volt metres," by V. L. Boll
man, G. T. Brazee, and P.. H. Se
verance, received third prize.
Fifty Freshman Girls
Invited to Installation
Fifty invitations have been is
sued to freshmen girls for the an
nual Installation of Sophomore
commission to be held Thursday,
April 28, at 5 p. m. at Ellen Smith
hall.
This group has been active the
pant year In Freshmen commission
and is to form a nucleus for Soph
omore commission next fall.
TREND
of the
TIMES
By Gerald Bardo
""THERE must be some reason for
1 reports and counter reports
from the Far East. News of un
rest, tales of rebellion, and con
tradictions, though not all true,
surely prove that Manchuria Is
still and my long be a hot spot
General Ma. first "China's
Hero" in the defending of Tsitsi
har against the Japanese, next be
came war minister of the Indepen
dent Manchuria. Now General Ma
has double-crossed Japan, deserted
his office and will fight to the end
he says for China. Japan admits
that the general fooled her.
Reports are that Russia has
massed 70,000 men near Vladivos
tok and more along the Manchu
rian border. And Japan will not
leave the Manchurlan side of the
border unguarded. In Moscow Fri
day when soviet trade unions
heard that "white guards" were
active again against Soviets In
Manchuria, seventeen million
workers pledged to defend their
country If necessary.
It looks as if there were contin
ually being more explosive ingre
dients poured into that hot box. If
it gets hot enough in one little
place to burst into flame, there,
will be an explosion and lots of
smoke.
AL CAPONE gets the headlines
twice in a day. He has ap
pealed his case to the supreme
court for one thing. And again he
offers his assistance to the Lind
berghs in search for their boy. Ca
pone's motive seems quite honor
able. He almost guarantees re
turn of the child without further
pay of ransom and promises that
he will return to jail. America
would be relieved to see that child
back. But again if Capone is so
powerful that he can do what no
one else in the nation has been
a be to do, it is dangerous to let
him out of jail.
VTA.R DEBTS, such a problem to
United States and Europe,
need a solution. Here is Al
Smith's suggestion: "Let us say to
the nations of Europe who owe us
money that we will forget all
about it for twenty years and will
write off aa paid each year 25 per
cent of the gross value of Amer
ican products which they buy
from us." Germanis, newspaper
organ of Chancellor Helnrich Bru
ning, likes the scheme; so does
M. Claude Gignoux, French economist.
THE Massie case has been find-
ing the front page for over a
week. A Miss Jessie Dell, mem
ber of the federal civil service
commission, in speaking to a Phil
adelphia women's club said a sig
nificant thing in reference to the
"honor" slaying. Her words: "I
do not say that women are wrong
in their womanly sympathy, but I
do say that it is a dangerous thing
when we have lost confidence in
government to the point where we
feel that the citizen is justified in
taking the law into his own
hands."
The only freshman to escape
hazing at the Detroit College of
Law was John Ecklcr, 75 years
old.
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