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The Daily Nebraskan
Station A, Lincoln, Nebraska
OFFICIAL STUDENT PUBLICATION
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
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How About ,
N Club?
AFTER prolonged and zealous effort, the student
body during the summer saw the approval of
the board of regents stamped on the proposal to
allow student representation on the athletic board.
That proposal, as adopted by the regents, provided
for two student representatives, one to be elected
from the membership of the student council, and
one from the ranks of the N club. The student
council met Immediately after the opening of school
and elected its representative.
Fruition of the ancient dream of student mem
bers on the athletic board seemed finally to be at
hand.
Unfortunately, however, the laxity of the N club
In electing its representative has unduly postponed
the fruition of that dream. Athletics will be In full
swing with the official opening of the football sea
son this Saturday, and the athletic board has work
to do. But it will do that work without fv'l student
participation, for the N club has slipped
Perhaps the club, since it Is made up of 1- a,
is above reproach in this little matter, but it ii r.
sad commentary on heroism that the burly letter
men cannot be assembled for a meeting to elect one
of their members to the athletic board. Reasons
there are, to be sure, for the inability of the club
members to assemble. The chief reason seems to
be that the club treasury lacks sufficient funds to
furnish the members with a banquet, and N club
Jmen, according to their president, refuse to attend
.. -a meeting which Is not baited with a banquet.
So the student body Is robbed of its right rep
- resentation on the athletic board because the
school's athletes cannot endure each other's pres
ence without a banquet to serve as sedative. For
shame, you great, big, muscled men!
In tho recent statement of Dean Rollins of South
western university In justifying the dismissal of
Leo Gallagher, professor of law, for defending a
group of students who put on a "Free Mooncy"
demonstration at the closing of the Olympic games
in that city this summer.
Said Dean Rollins: "Lawyers who defend the
rights of political minorities have no place on the
teaching staff of this school."
For his personal enjoyment we also refer him to
the two recent west coast cases where a Washing
ton university professor was expelled for his reli
gious views and a student at tho University of Cali
fornia was deported for writing a thesis on com
munism. These epitomize J. K.'s theories of how a univer
sity should be run. To the Nebraskan they demon
strate a regrettable suppression of Inquiry which
still prevails in many leading American schools.
rrHE whole issue, we think, must be settled on
jl the answer to this question: What Is a univer
sity education supposed to accomplish? J. K. must
answer that it is supposed to teach the student a
trade, pack his head with Home good, safe, liiuid
plcked facts and turn him loose to make a living.
Taking a wider view, we have good authority
for holding that s university education aims at pre
paring a student for life as he finds It when he is
released from academic walls.
To take an active interest In public affairs, we
think, indicatea that a student is seriously thinking
about those questions which every good citizen must
consider and make decisions on. Holding that uni
versities are more than trade training schools
that their purpose is to train for citizenship, as well
the Nebraskan contends that suppression of stu
dent Interest In public affairs Is subverting the very
purposes for which the student is In school.
If that student interest has a radical trend it is
an encouraging indication that students are begin
ning to Intelligently question old methods which
have been pretty well discredited n the years since
1914. We cite Pittsburgh's anti-war demonstration,
which J. K. so deplores, as but one example.
Contemporary Comment
Tint Campus War Machine
With the advent of another
Hchool year, 420 freshmen have
been awed by the glorious military
career offered by the local
R. O. T. C. Perhaps they have been
lured by the uniforms, and are
looking forward to the happy day
wnun iney can trudge along sheep
fashion to tho roll of a few drums
and exalted blare of tho inevitable
trumpets.
Fortunately for Syracuse uni
versity, enrollment in the
H. O. T. C. la voluntary. While It is
gratifying and inspiring to think
iht ho many young men consider
t vital to i;pend arduous hours
training- to defend their land
houid tho nead arise, nevertheless
wo wonder how many Joined the
innks solely with the ulterior mo
live of lneiea:iin.r their wallets in
n taw years by a paltry few dol
la is.
The last three years ought to
have proved that what the world
rosds Is not an eternal prepara
lion for war, but a program In
which militarism would assume a
,' trictly minor role. This country la
i till leaping the rotten fruits of
the last prolonged massacre, and
if almost as badly off as those na
tions supposed to have been de
feated. Far better would it be for pug
nacious youths to direct their
r.dolescent energies into more con
structive channels, for nothing is
ever gained by the program of
mass destructiveness inevitably
represented by an army. In a time
when the world's leading men have
brcome conscious of the absolute
futility of militarism, it is most
i:nfm lunate that boys of an age
eligible for a potential slaughter
should be encouraged to allow a
civilized barbarism to eclipse the
remembrance of former horrible
annihilations. I yricuit Daily
Orange.
In d ividualized Educat ion .
For a long time now we have
been hearing about the "standard
izing process" in our modern
American universities and col
leges. A cry is raised against em
ploying machine age tactics in
stereotyped courses where atu
dents, herded together in con
formed effort to meet required
units ana grades, iaKe mechanical
notes, set them to memory, and
skim through on a synthetic sys
tern of mnemonic learning.
There is a good deal of truth in
the facts that mass methods used
in present day education do tend
to turn out too many learners and
not enough thinkers. And this is
precisely what experimenters back
in Michigan are trying to escape
in their new plan of individualized
training. At Asniana college tne
solution seems to have been made
No classes are compulsory and
students may come and go as they
win. 'mere are no "required sub'
lects," "credits' examinations, or
scholastic records for entrance.
The study scheme is imbued with
the art of living and learning is
first linked with life. The whole
ideal is embodied in the principle
that education is a wonderful prlv
ilege in Itself, and not a duty or
mere means towards material bet
terment. Tne student is thus re
leased from formulated academic
clamps and is free to exercise his
Interests in his own way.
Such a plan lor individual and
expressive development may
spread throughout the country.
Daily Texan.
Businessman President Duffield of Princeton on
school spirit as quoted in Time magazine: "1 recog
nize the absurdity of 'dying for dear old Rutgets'
but that spirit has its points. It at least gives boys
a concentration point outside their little selves. I
would counteract this disinterested, selfish cynicism."
We have a system of local government in this
state (New York) whose general form and structure
can be traced back beyond the birth of our nation,
back to conditions in rural England before ever a
colony existed on North American soil. To assert
this structure of government first the conditions
under which we live today is to utter the most
ridiculous of absurdities. Franklin D. Roosevelt
they nie defeated it is planned to
cnloree the freshman cap rules un
til the first snowfall.
Maybe we shouldn't mention it, but did you no
tice the Cornhusker editorial staff appointments:
31 Yellow Jackets, 7 Blue Shirts. P. S. Ye Corn
husker Ed is president of which faction you guess!
Student Interest
In Public Affairs.
A LENGTHY tract appearing in the Student
Pulse department this morning takes issue
with the opinion expressed by the Nebraskan with
regard to the recent suppression of student "radi
calism" at Pittsburgh. Paradoxically, he quotes
the former Justice Holmes, famed liberal jurist, to
support his stand.
"Why," the writer asks, "should a university be
turned into a London Hyde Park or a circus side
show, where professional anti-this and anti-that
idea-mongers and sundry and various social medi
cine men be allowed to shout and display their
wares and needlessly distract the students' minds
and, worse yet dissipate their time?" Those in uni
versity, he thinks, "come there as students and
scholars, and not as gladiators and soldiers in the
age old battles of mankind between the haves and
have-nots, between the pacifists and militarists."
J. K, the writer of the letter, must find solace
W1
For Value Received.
1TH only two days remaining before the
drawing of seats for cheering section blocs,
the athletic ticket sale goes into, athletically speak
ing, the final quarter. As the approach of the first
game Saturday finds a large number who Intend to
buy as yet without them (and with first-of-the-month
allowances arriving) a pickup in sales this
week is almost certain.
Students facing the necessity of cutting the cost
of go'ng to school this year are examining every
expenditure more closely and are asking Just what
they are getting for their money. That a sales
drive has replaced the former "here they are come
and get 'em" method is recognition of this fact.
There are plenty of reasons why every student
who can possibly afford it should buy a ticket.
Much can be said for school spirit, supporting the
team and all that. But there is one thing that is
considered when it comes time to plank down the
six bucks: What is the student getting for his
money ?
In words that appeal to the students this year,
he is buying admittance to the y -ar's intercollegiate
athletic contests at about thirty cents per contest.
As a plain business proposition, a ticket is a good
buy. Nowhere can the student get the same amount
of entertainment for the price.
The Student Pulse
Brtrf, vnel" rant rihnt Inn. prrti
nrnt In malt im of Murtint life and
h nnlv.'rity urn welcomed iy fht,
dPimrtmi-iit, umlrr Hit tihiial rt'Mtrlr
ltoit of annnd iirwMnMT pnirtlre.
which exclude nil lilnlniiH mnlter
and N-rwm;,l utlneka. I.ell.r m.i.t
be signed, bill mime mil be with
held Iruni publication It so dralred
More About Suppression.
TO THE EDITOR:
In your editorial "Suppression at
Pittsburgh," dealing with the prob
lem of free speech radicalism
among Pittsburgh university utu
dents, your sympathies, natural
enough, are with the students as
opposed to the administration poli
cies. Allow me to present a dis
cussion of that conflict from a dif
ferent and unpoptiicr .angle, but
which should also be given consid
eration. There Is no ouestion hut ihi.t in
society at. large tolerance for free
speech and new ideas is one of our
most valuable possessions and
rnrt-iy ir ever should not he vln.
lated; as Justice Holmes expressed
uiiiiscu ia one or nis famous opln
ions two or three years ago: "If
there Is any principle of the con
stitution that more imperatively
calls for attachment than anv
mud i.i me principle or free
thought for those who agree with
us, but freedom for the thought
Mowever, can or should this
principle indiscriminately be sd-
fucu mi a iiiiivctsuy sluaent body,
t U essentially, a community of
uul luiiuaiure nnys and girls
economically, most of them, still'
dependent on their elders, and all
of them dependent on society for
the largest part of the educational
lacimies given to them, who cc nc
there for a definite purpose, to ac
complish a big Job of learning, of
naming kuu aiscjpuning their
minds and hands in as sort a
period of time as possible. They
" wum a nara as mey can
In the classrooms, libraries, labora
tories and seminars. They come
mere as students and scholars, and
not as gladiators end soldiers in
the age old battles of mankind be
tween the halves and have-nots,
betwen the pacifists nd trilitar
isvti. Deal r, He and Inevitable u
tM conflicts may be. why should
a university be turned into a Lon
JLa Hyde park or a circus gtde
aiiow, where professional anti-this
and anti-that idea-mongers and
sundry and various social medicine
men be allowed to shout and dis
play their wares and needlessly
distract the student's mind and.
worse yet dissipate his time. Or
to vary the metaphors, must the
university campus become a free
stamping ground for all our hys
terical Don Quixotes, who come up
on their ancient Posenants, caning
for recruits amongst students to
join them in their attacks on real
or imaginary windmills and moun
tains of human troubles.
A modern university can not be
a medieval cloister of secluded
thinkers and scholars, but I don t
think it should become a Fulton
Fish Market or a free-for-all test
ing grounds for all those pacaceas
and cure-all nostrums to save the
world ia a Jiffy from going to the
dogs.
You quote Judge Musmans to
effect that "college students are
not intended to be empty tanks
into which knowledge is poured."
Are they, dare I ask, sink holes,
where all newly baked Ideas of so
cial reforms and newly hatched
schemes and cures for human ail
ments be continuously dumped into
to confuse and distract them from
their work ?
I rather think and probably the
average school administrator does
so too) that since you can't shoot
two birds at the same time, it
would b a lot better for the stu
dent to apply himself loyally to
his work at hand, to concentrate
on economics 2, philosophy 10, and
iwlmminf 101. to hammer out as
good a piece of school work as
possible while he is at it, and if he
la bound to save the world from
militarism, capitalism, egotism or
what have you, to start to ao it,
say the morning after his com
mencement June, 1933, or even
two or three years later, when he
will have paid up his debts con
traetd while at school.
There is really no hurry about
if .n.r lull v when looking back
one learns with f adners the futility
and weakness of th-j great plans
and sure enouh remedies to cure
the human rate in a hurry and
brinr the milleaium the nearest
day after election. We all remem
ber, don t we, wis gionous war to
make the world safe for de
mocracy? According to the for
eign correspondents, they can find
it nowhere abroad now, (fourteen
years after the war) and the fer
vent campaign to grant suffrage
to women, who, they all vocifer
ously assured ua in thoe tiaya, will
if given tne vote cleanup and
purify politics and abolish corrup
tion forever, as a matter of fact
there Is yet no dent in the ele
phant's hide or any slackening in
the donkeys antics; that is, poli
tics are as good or as bad even
they were before our noble
mothers and good looking sisters
and wives joined us at the baliut
box.
Another joint must be consid
ered in this controversy. We all
recognize as a reasonable rule f
the game, that "he who pays tlvj
piper calls the dance." Our institu
tions of learning are built and
maintained through taxation or en
dowment by a society whose mem
bers are rather conservative and
slow going and who have a right,
because they pay for it, ,to control
the educational policies, at least to
the extent of having students at
tend to the prosaic work of get
ting a passing grade In Fine Arts
13, Instead of taking an exciting ,
part in the romantic but Ineffec-1
tive and time wasting anti-war;
demonstrations.
In conclusion, I would like t i
quote again some thoughts of Jus
tice Holmes, that may have a
philosophical bearing on this dis
cussion. Says Justice Holmes: 'It
seems to me, that my only prom
ising activity is to make my own
universe coherent and livnbie and
not to babble about the universe.
"I believe that the wholesale .so
clal regeneration which so many
now seem to expect, cannot be af
fected appreciably by the tinker
ing with institution, but only by
taking in hard life and try.ng to
build a better race."
"EOAD TO ROME," FIRST
raoDucTiON of univer.
SITY PLAYERS, OFFERS
AN ANSWER TO QUES
TION HISTORIAN ASK
(Continued from Page 1.)
lle:e the furnishings will be more
l ich and elegant than those in the
It oman house, comparing the
method of living in both nations,
Hannibal's furniture, the best of
I'll the loot taken from his cap
lured Roman cities, and supple-
nented by his own retinue, is per
haps the richest ever reproduced
(ii a Nebraska stage.
Colorful costumes will predomi
nate in the productions. The an
cient Roman togas, as well as the
Carthaginian articles of dress, will
be .shown in all their full color
beauty. Because Hannibal's camp
i.i a military camp, armor, weap
ons and other trappings of war
will be shown in all the richness
of bronze and iron.
Human weakness is the one
thing that has not changed during
the centuries. Is Hannibal differ
ent from the rest? "The Road to
Rome" will let you judge for your
self. What saved the city of Rome
from despoiling by the Car
thaginians?
"The Road to Rome" will be
presented throughout the week of
Oct, 24. The final performance
will be given on Saturday, Oct. 29.
SELLECK MAKES
STUDENT TICKET
DRAWING PLANS
(Continued from Page 1.)
the scats. Cheer leaders will also
assist in presenting the stunts.
"It is hoped that all students
will remain in their seats during
the half in order to successfully
pre-M lit the card stunts," stated
Clin l.i Uioyt, who is in charge of
tho aid rcction.
Thui ipiurt Asks Co-operation.
.1 '. I: Thompson, Innocent, in
urging students to co-operate in
malii::;; Viv card section a success
,-tatcd: "H is hoped that students
will lake a real interest in making
the raid section a success this
voai. A great deal of effort has
1 ) expended in planning new
mid novel .stunts in addition to
tho .' with which Cornhuskers are
; ir, oly acquainted. The card sec
ii"ii tiioiild be the center of the
i ixauized singing and cheering
o ..oi the entire game."
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DUIVi: STAKTS SOON
The Home Economics associa
tion membership drive started
Monday, Oct. 3. The drive will
last two weeks and will end with
the initiation of the new members.
Theresa Libershal is in charge of
the drive.
SALESMEN PUSH
TICKET DRIVE AT
PEPSTER LUNCH
(Continued from Page 1.)
university is a wonderful thing,"
he declared, "but it can only
reach its fullest fruition if the
whole student body helps In the
expression of that personality."
Student Co-Operation.
"And it isn't the school alone
which benefits from that whole
hearted endeavor. Whenever you
salesmen sell a ticket to a student
you are actually doing him a favor.
Perhaps you as undergraduates do
not appreciate that sentiment now,
but let me tell you sincerely that
as an alumnus of this school you
will look back and wish you had
been able to do even more for the
benefit of your alma mater, and
you will treasure the things you
have done as precious memories."
At tne last Wednesday cam
paign luncheon, identification rib
bons were distributed to the sales
men, and Dr. G. E. Condra was
the chief speaker.
HIGH SCHOOL PRESS
GROUPS TO CONVENE
ON LINCOLN CAMPUS
(Continued from Page 1.)
the high school publications en
tered in the Tri-State contest. Mrs.
Anne Lane Savldge, journalism in
structor in Central high school of
Omaha, will present a report on a
course of study in journalism based
in part on the results from a ques
tionnaire sent to schools in the
state where journalism is offered.
Delegates to the convention will
stay at the Cornhusker hotel where
Superintendent and Mrs. Bell, Ord,
are the official chaperons. They
will be guests of the university at
luncheon Saturday in Carrie
Belle Raymond hall, at the Iowa
State-Nebraska football game Sat-
Tassels Meet at 12
In Temple Theater
mere will be a meeting oi
the Tassels today at 12 o'clock
at 205 Temple theater. Be In
. A box lunch will b
JANE YOUNQSON.
uniform
served
Have You a Date for
THIS WEEKEND?
You'll Enjoy Dancing
at the
"Venetian Koom"
of
HOTEL LINCOLN
Season's Opening
Friday & Saturday Night
Oct. 7 OcU I
Of course,
say and way.
youth will have Its
J. K.
INNOCENTS SAY
FRESHMEN LACK
IN SCHOOL SPIRIT
(Continued from Page 1.)
of every freshman. Graham de
clared, "There is really no reason
why the freshmen should not wear
the caps, and there are a great
many reasons why they should
wear them. First of all is the mat
ter of school spirit which is
greatly dependent upon the enthu
siasm of the f-C8bman class. On
the other haj.c, the members cf
the freshman class should become
acquainted with each other be
cause of the many friends which
one finds in one's own class."
Altbo no plans have been made
for the contest which will deter
mine whether the freshmen will
remove their caps before the first
snowfall, It was announced that
this contest, which was inaugu
rated last year will be held Nov. 12
between halves of the Nebraska
Pittsburgh football game. Some
type of contest will be arranged in
which all freshmen and all sopho
mores may participate. If the
freshmen win, as they did last
year, their .-eward will be the re
moving of their caps; however, if
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buildings and other points of in
terest. Friday evenlne in the Corn
husker hotel the official dinner of
the association will be held. MIbs
Louise Nebe, Jackson high, Lin
coln, and her pupils are in charge
of arrangements for the dinner.
Special music and a chalk talk by
Os Black will follow.
EXPECT y. W. D, A. OFFICER
Regional Secretary to Visit
Four Campus e While
In Lincoln.
Miss Stella Scurlock, regional
secretary of the Y. W. C. A. for
the Rocky Mountain region, will
be in Lincoln this week from Mon
day until Satur-'ny. She will visit
Cotner, Wesleyan and Doane and
will be here on this campus. She
will be entertained during the first
of the week by Jane E. Robertson
and during the last of the week
by Gertrude E. Clark.
JEAN SPEISER NEW
JOURNALISM CLUB
LEADER FOR YEAft
The first reeular mettlnar of
ineta sterna mi was held this
week at Ellen Smith hall. At this
meeting, a change of officers was
voted by the members of the soror
ity. They are: Jean Speiser, presi
dent; Irma Randall, vice presi
dent; Frances Morgan, treasurer;
Mary Sutton, secretary; and Car
oline Van Anda, archivist.
DEAN THOMPON
SAYS STUDENTS
ARE GENTLEMEN
Domi Thompson tells the story.
The other day while walking
past the tennis courts south of
Bessey hall, he observed a group
of girls playing tennis as part of
the physical education course. A
very good way to spend one'n
time, it seemed.
The dean smiled,
But, wait! To ruin an otherwise
peaceful picture, he saw about five
mocking spectators (of the malo
species). Lined up at the edge of
the court, they were doing all in
their power to distract the girls
from their game and, Mr. Thomp
son adds, were obviously bothering
the girls a great deal. Not so good.
The dean frowned.
In telling his story, Dean
Thompson said that there was
nothing extraordinary about the
Incident, "except,'' he added, "I'm
certain the loud individuals weren't
university students. They must
have been outsiders; our students
are gentlemen."
The dean winked.
DRAWING
Of Reserved Seats
for Football Tickets will
be sold
Tomorrow at 5 p. m.
At the Student AotMtles Office
GET YOUR
TICKET
NOW!
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