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Daily Nebraskan
Station A. Lincoln. Nebraska
OFFICIAL STUDENT PUBLICATION
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
Entered as second-class matter at
the postoffice In Lincoln, Nebraska.
under act of congress, March 3. 1879
and at special rate of postage provided
for in section 1103. act of October 3.
1917. authorized January 20. 1922.
THIRTY. SECOND YEAR
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A Con jeren ce Is H eld.
Beginning with a dinner Friday
night, the political science depart
ment is sponsoring a two-day con
ference on political education in
secondary schools. Teachers of the
(state will hear problems of in
struction in government discussed,
and the importance of such in
struction will be considered.
The meeting will not be spectac
ular. That is not its purpose. But
because, in all likelihood, there will
be very little transpiring at the
convention which will appeal to
the popular imagination, the im
portance of such a meeting will be
generally overlooked. It is not
amiss, then, to point out some of
the factors involved in the con
ference scheduled here for this
week-end.
There is, first of all, the matter
of political education itself. Altho
it sounds trite to say so, it is very
important now, in a time of gen
eral unrest, that a sound under
standing of social and governmen
tal principles be understood. Only
with such an understanding can a
measure of stability be achieved,
and it follows that value attaches
to institutions and movements
which aid in attaining that under
standing, with its tendency to sta
bility. Discussion of the value of sta
bility we leave to the "bull ses
sion" pervaded by what someone
has called "adolescent revolt."
Designed, then, to promote at
tainment of better understanding
of things political thruout the
state, the conference is seen to be
a thing of real importance. But it
is also important in another aspect.
For the convention brings defin
itely into the open a function of
the university which does not get
its due of attention.
That function is service to the
state service over and beyond the
direct educational benefits accru
ing to regularly enrolled students.
The political science educational
conference Friday and Saturday is
but a small part of that program
of service, but it is exemplary of
the other parts, and as such it is
deserving of both recognition and
commendation.
Experts will speak at the ses
sions, and secondary school teach
ers who attend the meetings will
go back to their posts with definite
contributions to aid them in the
task of education. It is by such
mc-ans as these that enlightenment
permeates a state.
JNDAUNTED by winter's inten
sity, Kosmet Klub is cheerful,
and plans for the spring show are
already being discussed.
Contemporary
Comment
Honor the Scholar.
The man who spends bis time In
the pursuit of knowledge seems to
be held in low esteem around here,
as in many other colleges of
Americ;- He is not regarded as
a real college student at alL He
Do Your Christmas Shopping in Lincoln!
does not go to athletic games; he
does not cry "rah, rah" when his
superiors tell him to. Books, lec
tures or the laboratory occupy his
mind and he peers at the printed
word far into the night.
Of course, if he has eyes or ears
for anything outside his work, he
is not lone left in peace. He is
urged to get out and dance; to
be a sport; to go to meetings and
vote for people whom he does not
know; to emancipate his individ
uality from the tyranny of books
and submerge it in the beneficial
rule of alleged student leaders. The
poor individual is regarded as an
incompetent man if he does not
follow the general example of his
fellows.
Revolutionary as the idea may
be, we nevertheless think that the
scholar has a place at college. For
one thing there is an extensive li
brary of which he may make use.
There are intelligent professors
who are likely to know more than
they dare reveal in lectures. And
in his defense it may be argued
that the scholar is not very much
of a nuisance, he makes little noise
and takes up little room, and he
nrovides a passive target for those
who wish to bandy about the word
"apathy."
It may be further said that the
scholar even does some good. He
may acquire enough learning to
later become a professor and thus
ensure the continuance of universi
ties. He may come across a new
twig in the tree of knowledge. He
may write a great book, or become
a great specialist. And the world
may be the better for him, though
he has never grown hoarse at an
intercollegiate struggle or made
his head ache at an undergraduate
social evening.
As the scholar is a one-sided
man, lacking many of the more
popular accomplishments, he will
naturally come in for much criti
cism. But the world can do with
an occasional one-sided man. They
help life to have more meaning
for the others, they add to our
store of achievements and hopes.
The Spectrum, N. D. State.
JJOW many Nebraska professors
agree witn tne toiumDia iac-
ulty member who "condemns pay- I
ing coaches more than the best
professors ? And how many of
them dare say so?
Muzzling the Press.
Back in Gotham they have been
having more difficulties between
their student editors and college
officials again. This time all pub
lication of the C. C. N. Y. paper,
the Ticker, was suspended.
The administration there ruled
that all articles were to be auth
orized by a faculty member be
fore publication. The editors right
fully took this as too unreasonable
a ruling and closed their offices.
Any newspaperman would have
felt himself forced to do the same.
It is probably true that hould
the administration ask the editor's
co-operation in printing: nothing
that would work to the disadvant
age of the institution and his pa
per, it would get that cooperation.
However, the newspaper must
be given a free rein by the admin
istration. Its editor must know
that he is boss in the editorial
rooms and that the shop will carry
out his instructions. He must
know that his reporters are ac
countable only to himself and the
rules of common decency.
If, as was the case with the edi
tor of the Columbia Spectator last
year, the Ticker editor started out
to expose some unhealthy condition
in the educational or athletic sys
tems or student affairs, wasn't it
only right that the campus paper
should point out this evil ? Isn't it
always better to have an insider
recognize an ailment and set out
to correct it than to have an out
sider expose it and start an inves
tigation or scandal?
Tbe Incident at Columbi .et a
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VoaelerHannu With Eighty-Two Cage
Teams Competing
Many brands of basketball are
offered in the interfraternity
games which have been underway
for the past few weeks in the coli
seum, but still it is basketball that
is being played. The coliseum has
been teeming with activity lately
and Rudy Vogeler is happy for he
is beginning to see intramural
sports as a budding youth which
is still growing rapidly.
With the formation of the Barb
league last Thursday afternoon, a
chance for athletic competition
has been offered to those who were
formerly excluded, the unaffiliated
men. Several weeks ago there
was also a church league drawn
up, so that at the present writing
there are three leagues functioning
or ready to go, giving- every man
physically capable and with a de
sire for athletics a chance to show
his wares and also make use of
inactive muscles.
The grand total of teams thus
far is eichtv-two with several
more expected to enter the BarbJ
precedent The ruling at C. C. N.
Y. has the appearance of an alarm
ing sequel. A third such occur
rence should be taken as a signal
that university and college papers
must fight for their rights as units
of the great American press, the
freedom of which has been one of
the most fundamental principles of
our country.Oregon Daily Emerald.
A THLETE'S foot, according to
Dr. Lyman, is affecting women
more than men swimmers this
year. We suspect it's because men
have such little opportunity to use
the pool.
OFFICIAL BULLETIN
The Agricultural staff will meet
in the Home Economics parlors
Thursday at 5 o'clock.
Cornhusker Costume party will
he held for all eirls in the univer
sity Friday at seven in the Arm
ory. There will be no Social Dancing
class Friday.
Ag Freshman Commission.
A social dancing hour will be
held next Thursday by the agricul
tural college freshman commission
instead the regular meeting. They
will meet in the Student Activi
ties building at 12:20.
Tassels.
A meeting of Tassels at 5
o'clock Thursday afternoon in El
len Smith hall is called to prac
tice for Girls' cornnusKer party.
All members are requested to be
present
R. O. T. C. Band.
The R. O. T. C band picture will
be taken in full military uniform
Thursday at 4:45 on the steps of
Morrill hall.
Dramatic Club.
Dramatic club meets Thursday
evening at 8 o'clock in the Temple
theatre. All members and pledges
must be present.
Fireside Forum.
Dr. C H. Patterson will give the
second of a religious series of dis
cussions sponsored by the Fireside
Forum, Thursday evening in tbe
Temple. His topic will be "How
Does a Deeper Religious Expe
rience Express Itself in Personal
Relationships." The meeting is
open to all men and will begin at
7:30 o'clock.
On Tuesdav. Dec. 13. the ag
freshman commission will enter
tain the ag college Y. W. C. A.
staff, and all ag freshmen with a
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THURSDAY,
in Intramural Play
league to swell that total. In a
roster of eighty-two squads with
eight men to the squad there are
approximately 650 university men
deriving the benefits offered by
the system. In class A of the inter
fraternity loop, thirty-two teams
have been fighting it out for the
laurels since mid-November, while
in class B there are twenty-two
quintets on the list. Next in num
ber comes the church league with
an array of sixteen aggregations
while the Barb group has thus far
compiled a group of twelve out
fits. Plans at present call for the
first game in the Interclub or
Barb league to be run off on
Thursday evening, Jan. 5, after
Christmas vacation, in order that
the managers may get their teams
together for practice sessions pre
ceding the two weeks layoff from
studies.
Vogeler feels that an efficient
system of intramural competition
is imperative, and with the present
comprehensive system thriving is
optimistic concerning its future.
tea to be given in the home eco
nomics parlors.
INSTRUCTOR WRITES BOOK.
The Secular Activities of the
German Episcopate, 919-1024," a
volume of Z7o pages Dy Jr. iixigar
N. Johnson, assistant professor of
historv. has recently come from
the presses of the university. The
book represents, in tne main, ur.
Johnson's thesis for the doctorate
daeree which he received from the
University of Chicago in 1931.
CRAZY COLLOQUIALISMS.
Colloquialisms are not new,
Nor are the silly sounds that we
hear too.
Rah rah once was a coUege yell,
But where it has gone now no
one can tell.
The same is true of hip hooray,
Which was often heard in an
other day.
Huzza, hurrah and bravo, too,
Have gone out of date, along
with skidoo,
Many things that our fathers
said,
Were the slang of their day but
it's now dead,
Whether we've Improved or
made worse,
I'll leave to you in the rest of
this verse.
Now for fast exit, we say scram,
Or again it is, take it on the lam.
As I try now, I am defied.
To make any sense out of hl-dl-
hied.
And just as inane, I must say.
Is skeedaaten, skeedooten, dum,
skeeday,
There's no sense at all, I'll bet
money,
In that crazy phrase, Hey Non-
ny Nonny.
But the goofiest sound of today,
Is skeedee, weedee, whaa, whaa,
dum, skeeday.
For the above brainstorm folks I
say foahgive me, foahgive me. I'll
O O O And now that Christ
mas will soon be here, you
will naturally be looking for
presents. The advertisers of
the Daily Nebraskan will be
offering exceptional values in
every possible line.
Watch each day for new de
velopments in the Christmas
line. The prices are exception
ally low on the presents that
will be given this Christmas.
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DECEMBER 8, 1932
AWGWAN
CHRISTMAS
ISSUE WILL FEATURE
Sororities Choose Prettiest
Second Year Women
For Magazine.
Sophomore girls adjudged the
prettiest second year members in
their sororities will appear in the
Christmas issue of the Awgwan,
Francis Cunningham, editor, an
nounced Wednesday. According: to
Cunningham, a picture girl of the
month is to be one of the features
of next issue. Although the publi
cation date has not been definitely
determined, he stated that mate
rial is coming in very well.
A story by William McCleery,
"Santa's Pants" will be the lead
article in the magazine. "Profes
sional Detective Story No. 2105"
by Marvin Robinson and "Fresh
man Hobday" or "Love Finds a
Way for Chuck and Phyllis" : by
Neil McFarland will also have a
prominent place among the stories
in the December issue.
The cover design this month has
been drawn by Norman Hansen. A
group portraying typical students
and their Christmas adventures
will appear in the issue.
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