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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1932
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Daily Nebraskan
Station A. Lincoln, Nebraska
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UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
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yAn Occasion
For Introspection.
("LOSE on the heels of the offi
cial gaiety marking the formal
c e a s o n's annual inauguration
conies the denouncement third
quarterlies. Faced with the pros
pect of getting down to work, that
cheerful person, the average stu
dent, grumbles a bit, but in most
cases sets himself to the task of
Straightening out scholastic diffi
culties with some concentrated
etudy.
Whether this type of study is
worthwhile remains a matter of
question. It is certain that better
ways of obtaining an education are
available, but it is also hard to
convince many students that theirs
Is not the best way.
The subject, in fact, has been
m orn almost threadbare by genera
tions of college editorial writers,
and the Nebraskan leaves the mat
ter of studying and getting a
glimpse of knowledge to the in
dividual, who is, after all, the one
to profit by introspection on the
occasion of third quarterly exam
inations. Add the costs of the new dorm:
the esthetic shock of looking at
barren wastes on R street where
the old dormitories were.
Panhellenic Council
Lights the Path.
pEMININE Greeks were well on
the way to being one up on
their fraternity associates after
the Panhellenic council action
Monday night in starting machin
ery looking toward rushee-enlifht-enment.
Altho details of the plan
have not yet been completely
worked out, the council's approval
of a principle designed to publish
sororty f'Aancial information for
the benefit of rushees savers of
commendable action.
If a practical system can be
worked out, and if sororities are
sincere in their desire to attain a
greater degree of fairness in their
treatment of rushees, then the
council is indeed deserving of en
comium. It is early, however, for
extended congratuletions. The new
plan is not even definitely formu
lated yet, and much can happen
before its institution as a working
part of the sorority code.
For the present, the Nebraskan
looks on hopefully and offers its
wholehearted support
Contemporary
Comment
United They Stand.
The continued denials of acad
emic freedom and students rights
in the vicinity of New York has
at least culminated in an attempt
there to defend students and
teachers from the rapidly develop
ing fascism of city and school offi
cials. From every collegiate insti
tution in the city of New York
delegates will be sent to a confer
ence to discuss every angle of stu
dent freedom and the development
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Do Your Christmas Shopping in Lincoln!
of effective measures to combat
the evils so much in evidence these
last months.
It is significant to note that the
conference will proceed to relate
the interests of faculty members
and students a commendable at
tempt. In these troublesome times
both teacher and student have
found at last a common ground in
their mutual persecution. Profes
sors have been ruthlessly fired, de
nied reappointment, gently sup
pressed, or forced to accept inse
cure tenure, by the actions and im
plications of school and civil au
thorities. Students, likewise, have
been denied freedom of assembly,
speech, and the press, and have
been intimidated, arrested and
beaten in their own buildings.
Such a situation can only be
viewed with alarm.
The hope that teachers as well
as students will see their common
interests in protecting their com
mon rights is a hopeful sign of pro
test. With such noted members of
the teaching profession as Profs.
John Dewey, George Counts, Rob
ert Morss Lovett and Horace Kal
len supporting the conference,
there is every hope that some sug
gestions will be adopted, not only
to combat the present evils, but to
solidify the relations of student
and teacher, in the expectation of
many more battles that are cer
tain to come. Wisconsin Daily
Cardinal.
The Student Pulse
Brief, concise contribution perti
nent n matters of iitudcnt life and
the uniwritlly are welcomed by this
deimrtment, undei the usual n-strie-thms
of itound iiewsnaper practice,
which cucludcs all libelous matter
and personal attack, letters must
be sinned, but name will be with
held trout publication If so desired
A Poke in the Ribs.9
Students again engage in one of
the minor skirmishes that precede
that horrible monstrosity which
looms in the offing the finals.
They are not allowed to catch their
breath after one seige of tests un
til another is planned and in wait
ing for them.
These tests are made such a vi
tal part of the students' grade that
they are forced, by the time they
are seniors, to accustom them
selves to their routine before they
are successful in getting good
grades. Even after they have
made this adjustment they are
doubtful of the accuracy of tests
as a measurement of scholarship.
Examinations are a fair test of
certain qualities of a student, but
certainly not of his scholarship.
They test the students' ability
either to learn a great deal in a
short space of time and retain it
long enough to get it on paper or
to invent some system of "crib
bing" which would be novel enough
to escape the spying eye of the in
structor.
When carefully observing the
attitude of students during the
time of examinations, one finds
that invariably one or two atti
tudes is taken. Either the student
will refuse to take the exam se
riously enough to put forth his
best efforts or he will take it as
an ordeal and a crucial test of his
ability. In the second case, which
often results in the less accurate
test, the student becomes so com
pletely unnerved that he cannot
marshal his knowledge into intelli
gible sentences. Exams are al
ways a trial to him and they serve
such a strain on his nerves that he
can never do himself justice. If
the student does succeed in an
swering the exam correctly, that
student is one who has "crammed"
his knowledge at the time when it
will do him the most good, under
the present system, and he will
forget it as quickly as he learned
it
Still more lamentable is the
case of the student who is made
into a "wisdom thief" by the pres
ent system of examinations. When
the professor announces an exam
ination, this student will immedi
ately begin to think up some in
genious and crafty way to get a
good grade in it He will squelch
what is left of his "little voice"
and will enter himself into the
ranks of "budding" criminals in
his efforts , to acquire grades
without working for them.
Examinations are not a fair test
of scholarship, but they do serve a
purpose. They serve as the "poke
in the ribs" which -is necessary to
get students to study enough to
pass them and that in itself will
cause them to get some of the
benefit that can be got from se
rious study. F. M.
OFFICIAL BULLETIN
Freshman Frolic.
There will be a freshman girl's
Fireside Frolic at 6 o'clock Dec. 6
in Ellen Smith hall. Tickets are
twenty-five cents and can be ob
tained at Miss Miner s oirice in
Ellen Smith hall.
Ag Vespers.
Prof. F. D. Keim of the dairy
and husbandry department is
scheduled to speak at next Tues
day's ag vespers devotional serv
ice. The meeting is at 12:20 in the
home economics parlors Tuesday
Dec. 6.
Men's Commercial Club.
The Men's Commercial club will
meet Tuesday evening, Dec. 6 in
the Commercial club room at 7:30
p. m.
Freshman Debate.
Names of those competing in
the freshman debate contest
should be submitted to Prof. H. A.
White not later than Tuesday.
Drawings for sides for the contest
and all final arrangements will be
made at that time.
Tassels. ,
There will be a meeting: of the
Tassels at the Kappa Delta house
Tuesdav nieht at 7 o'clock.
Pledges will have charge of the
meeting. Please bring dues.
Y. M. C. A. Groups.
The freshmen council and engi
neer's huddle will meet Wednesday
night at 7 o'clock for an informal
discussion meeting. No special
sneaker has been eneagred. and the
course of future meetings will be
the theme of the discussion. The
meeting will be held in the Temple
Y room.
Y. W. C. A. Activities.
Special Vespers planned by the
Freshmen Cabinet will be held
Tuesday at 5 o'clock in Ellen Smith
Hall. There will also be a t Tens
man supper at 6 o'clock the same
night.
Members of the women's major
boards will hold a "Hanging of the
Greens", dinner Wednesday at 6
o'clock in Ellen Smith halL
There will be a tea from 3 to
4:30 Tuesday for all Agricultural
freshmen in the Home Economics
parlors.
Sophomore commission will meet
with Mrs. Green on family rela
tions Wednesday at 5 in Ellen
Smith hall.
The Agricultural staff will meet
in the Home Economics parlors
Thursday at 5 o'clock.
Cornhusker Costume party will
be held for all girls in the univer
sity Friday at seven in the Arm
ory. There will be no Social Dancing
class Friday.
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MODERN
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Unbelievably Low Costs for Students
Prevail in Wisconsin Cooperatives
T?fAtine- the denression bv means
of co-operative living has become
a popular movement at me uni
versity of Wisconsin.
The latest effort in this method
of reducing living expenses to an
absolute minimum has been under
taken by four young men students
who, after several years of uni
versity life, deciied that the one
possible means of cutting their ex
rnses to fit their income was by
living and eating together, and
pooling the expenses.
AS a result, tne young men wuu
refused to permit their names to
be used, have cut their food bills
to 25 cents per day per person, and
their room bill to sliehtly more
than 26 cents per day, or a total
of 51 cents per day for board and
Add to this total a small
item of 50 cents per month as their
share of the gas bin oi tneir land
lady, whose stove they use in do
in r their own cookine. and you
have the huge total of not more
than 52 cents per day witn wnicn
nrh nf the bovs are able to defray
their total living expense daily.
The young men actually cnip in
$1.50 per week, on which each of
thom in able to live for seven days
and have good substantial food.
Their small apartment costs them
$8 per month each, making a total
monthly living cost of $14, not
counting the gas bill.
This is the lowest living cost
that has ever been discovered
among the students at the Univer
sity of Wisconsin. Tne university
itsplf has found the co-operative
method most effectual in cutting
down the living costs of students,
and at the same time furnisn mem
with the best possible facilities.
The university now operates co
operative houses for both men and
women students. The houses are
run on a non-profit basis by the
university, and they are very pop
ular among the students, who by
living in them are able to reduce
their own living costs to less than
$1 per day, and still obtain high
living standards.
This low cost has been attained
through expert management of the
houses and the fact that they are
operated on a purely non-profit
basis by the university. Students
also help keep the living cost down
by taking care of their own rooms,
under the supervision of a compe
tent housekeeper. Because of the
success of the houses financially,
In the 1933
ECONOMY
In your Junior-Senior or your Fraternity
Sorority picture.
These prices set an all-time low record:
A new picture in:
Junior or Senior Section and in pt
Fraternity or Sorority
Fraternity or Sorority...... : $1.50
Junior or Senior $3.50
To use your old picture:
Junior or Senior and Crt
Fraternity or Sorority... 35v
Fraternity or Sorority.... $LG0
Junior or Senior. ....... $3.25
The Studios have set
December 10 as the deadline
Have It Taken Today!
Hauck's or Tou-nscniTs
and because of their popularity
among their student inhabitants,
there is a possibility that other
such houses will be inaugurated by
the university in the future.
Students living in the houses
have given themselves the name of
"The Badger Club." Living quar
ters in both of them were quickly
reserved when students returned
to the university for classes in
September, and only one vacancy
now exists, due to the withdrawal
of a student from the university.
BARB COUNCIL PARTY
SATURDAY FEATURES
DIXIE OXFORD BAND
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war. His son is one- of the musi
cians in the band.
Decorations for the event will be
in red and green, and red and
green lights will play on the danc
ers during the evening. A special
amplifying system will be used
when the director of the band
sings. Arrangements have been
made with radio station KFAB to
broadcast the mu3ic Saturday."
"We are exceptionally proud of
the fact that an orchestra of the
quality of Eli Rice and his Dixie
Cotton Pickers will play for the
party," Jack Coupland, chairman
of the committee in charge of the
arrangements for the event, de
clared yesterday. "We feel that
the band is one of the best that
has ever appeared in Lincoln. It
has been given the highest praise
and recommendation by managers
and agents wherever it has
played."
Admission to the party, which
will be held in the coliseum, is 60
cents per couple. The whole floor
of the coliseum will be used for
dancing, Coupland stated.
CLASS PLANS PROGRAM.
The radio program broadcast at
2:30 o'clock Tuesdav afternoon
through station KFAB will be pre
sented by advanced students in tne
school of music.
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