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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1933. TWO 4 t 1 Daily Nebraskan Station A. Lincoln, Nebraska OFFICIAL STUDENT PUBLICATION UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA Entered at second-class matter at the postoffice in Lincoln. Nebraska. under act of congress. March 3. 1879 and at special rate of postage provided for m section 1103. act of October 3. 1917. authorized January 20. 1922. TH I RTY -SECOND YEAR Published Tuesday, Wednesday. Thurs day, Friday and Sunday mornings during the academic year. SUBSCRIPTION RATE Single Copy 5 cents $2 a year $1.25 a semester $3 a year mailed $1.75 semester Mailed Under direction of the Student Pub lication Board Editorial Otrice Business Office- -University Hall 4. -University Hall 4. Telephones Day: B6891: Night, B6882 or B3333 (Journal) ask for Nebras kan editor. W'c Do Mot Publish Fire and S worth t RTTERS of criticism of the ' policy pursued by the Uni versity Players in selecting fac ulty members for leading parts have' been dribbling into the Daily Nebraskan office for some time. It is impossible to publish many of these criticisms because the au thors refuse to sign their names. From the student point of view the letters deserve to be published Its they present an apparently sin Hfcre criticism. The Daily Ne- fcraskan guarantees that criticisms mt this nature when signed will be kept strictly confidential, but it annot publish such material un less the editor knows who the au thor of the opinion is. The editor is responsible for what appears, even through written by someone else. The letters on this subject are deserving of full discussion. The University Players have built a very fine reputation and are able to finance themselves perhaps, largely because the quality of their play is such as to draw crowds to their performances. It may fairly be assumed that part of the reason for the excellence of their produc tions is based on the fact that they present experienced actors in the heavy roles. On the other hand the students have a well-taken point in assert ing that the Players should be util ized to give those who are prepar ing for dramatic careers experi ence in carrying leading parts. When all the leading parts are handed out to faculty members, the experience-seeking students are left with the parts of maids, butlers, and voices off-stage. How they can get much experience from such parts is the question which they are asking. The Nebraskan will gladly print opinions on the subject, but we re iterate; they must be signed. be regarded as an opportunity for demonstrating ability for future preferment rather than as an indi cation In itself of the existence of such ability. A LWAYS there appear on such committees certain drones who feel happy once they have secured the appointment and consider the possession of the office sufficient boost to their reputation so that they can ignore the work involved and allow someone more conscien tious to secure the honey. Though it may be trite, it is none the less pertinent to again men tion that the value involved in an election to the "prom committee like any other activity lies in the opportunity to make friendly con tacts and to realize the satisfac tion of accomplishing something. The work involved may be an end in itself and will be worth more if so considered than if it is mer ely serving as a stepping stone. Whether future preferment in the shape of selection to a senior hon orary comes or not should not de tract from the value of the satis faction which may be had from serving on this important committee. If anyone has no future aspira tions to be an Innocent or a Mortar Board, let him not be deterred from filing for the prom committee if he feels the urge. And on the other hand, if anyone feels it a necessity to file in order to secure later recognition, despite limitations on time or the fact that he feels little inclination to do work involved, let him hesitate long before applying for a job to which he is not prepared to de vote time and energy. thru lectures, professional pro grams, and so on. And to the student harrassed by last-of-the-semester chaos, to the student who feels himself abused let him reflect and be cheered After all, outside the whirlwind, there is a still lagoon, of intellect ual satisfaction, unchanging, un ruffled, in spite of chaos. The path to the lagoon, how ever, lies thru scholastic woods, so hit the books, but don't despair. Yon1 re Lost In the Bog of Exams. the whirlwind of preparations N Ambitions Drones. A N'OTHER political plum is rip- ening and dangling before the eyes of the politically ambitious. Applications for the committee to arrange the Junior-Senior prom are being received and the Stu dent council will pick from the applications five men and six wo men to serve on the committee under the chairmanship of the junior president Traditionally regarded as an im portant scalp to have dangling at the belt cf an individual with aspir ations to be chosen to either of the p-nior honorary societies, a place fin the prom committee affords much the same sort of opportunity lor publicity and fame as most of the other recognized steps to sen ior supremacy. Likewise a place cn the prom committee affords an opportunity for real thought, in genuity, and work. But if an in dividual can't work, he can at least get publicity, which after all is the important consideration to some. The seekers for such positions are far from being condemned by their display of ambition in filing lor these offices. But it should be pointed out that the appointments to be distributed are not exclu sively open to those ambitious for future preferment It should fur thermore b noted that the ap l o.ntn ent to such positions should for finals, it is bolstering to notice that there is a part of the educational world which is not subject to the semi-annual storm and strife of examination. Evi dences of that world of calm intel lectual filtration were to the fore in Thursday's Daily Nebraskan when several stories emphasized extra-curricular educational activi ties. Perhaps foremost was a story dealing with Kirby Page, first speaker in the new series of luncheon-lectures being sponsored by the Student Forum. In addi tion, the convocation committee and the Religious Welfare council revealed Dr. Charles Beaven, pres ident of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ, as the convo cation speaker next week. In another column, Sigma Delta Chi, professional journalism fra ternity, announced plans for an in formal professional program at which Robert Burlingame, Vanity Fair satirist, was to be the feat ured speaker. Another story mentioned publi cation of French-Canadian fiction by Dean LeRossignol of the Busi ness Administration college; an other, that the Dean of the Agri culture college, W. W. Burr, was participating in arrangements fr Nebraska's exhibit at the Century of Progress exposition in Chicago this summer. That Miss Laura B. Pfeiffer, of the history department faculty and executive secretary of the Ne braska League of Nations associa tion is to attend a national meet ing in the interest of the League is revealed in another story. Music comes in for its share of attention with the announcement of a concert by the pianist Egon Petri, pTiOM this short survey the truth in the oft-repeated statement of the value of extra-curricular educational activities is strikingly apparent Here, in a single issue of the Nebraskan, are stories em bracing cultural, philosophical, professional and social problems, and all are in the extra-curricular field. Education is continually lamb asted by attack, but the campus critics should be stilled, at least temporarily, by this revelation of the scope cf "unofficial" education BURLINGAME TALKS ABOUT VANITY FAIR ARTICLES AT DINNER .(Continued from Page 1.) received, from a .friend, Wayne Gard, present International News Service correspondent who was acting on the editorial board of Vanity Fair during the summer. Data was obtained, from personal clipping files which he kept as a hobby, from some twelve or four teen issues of the Nebraska Blue Book, and from personal observa tions during two years of residence in the state. The manner of the article's con struction, the change of its title by the editors of Vanity Fair, the question of use of a pseudonym, and characteristic reactions of Ne braska newspapers and Nebraska people to the ar ticle was explained and estimated ty "Young Squirt" Burlingame as a 2mall town jour- j nal classified him. That the article was written in two days and submitted for sug gestion to a colleague, a univer sity faculty member, and a Lincoln business man before being dis patched to the Eastern magazine was brought out in the talk. The author has not seen the article in print his last glimpse being has scanning of the galley proofs in July nor has he had occasion to examine personally most of the newspaper reactions to it, Bur lingame said. Argument ad Hominetn. It was brought out that certain state papers replied with "argu ment ad hominem" while others confined their estimates of its truth or comprehension to the con tents of the article itself. "It should be perfectly obvious," Burlingame remarked, "that any article written for Vanity Fair is not an exact representation of a general situation, but rather a sa tire, a caricature. The value of such a procedure was aptly put by an editor of the London Punch who said, 'the value of satire and huomor is that they are solvents of human sham and hypocrisy.' In this case I should say that the value of the article rested, not in the article itself, but in the reac tion of Nebraska to the article." Burlingame explained one point in which the article had been mis interpreted, due to his own over sight in phraseology during its hasty construction. This point dealt with his comment that the Nebraska State Capitol would be just as much in place on the plains of Mesopotamia. "It came to me by good author ity," he declared, "that during his contemplation of architectural plans for the state edifice here, Bertram Grosevnor Goodhue, the architect, was traveling in the Near East thru Assyria and Mso potamia, the cradle of this world's civilization. The plains topography in that region, near the valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates region, symbolized to him, a virtual coun terpart of Nebraska's rolling prairies. It was in this regard, I understand, that the general plan of Nebraska's house of state was conceived. Consequently in mak ing that allusion in my article, I intended a compliment which, due YOUR DRUG STORE Catering to you with the bent In Drug Store iieed. Fountain fciid Juih hforiftte iwrvk. Whitman . Gillen's Chocolates The Owl Pharmacy WE DELIVER 148 No. 14th A P Sts. Ph. B1068 GLOVES SCARFS HATS TIES Have them cleaned. One Day Service. Modern Cleaners Soukup & Westover Call F2377 for Service "2i lfr in Lutein" largely to poor craftsmanship, was construed as an insult" University. Likewise Burlingame pointed out that his references to the Univer sity of Nebraska as a stadium surrounded by a few scattered academic barracks was not a per sonal estimate but rather an ex pression of what seemed to be a popular "image" of the institution. For in reality, he declared, the state university has made a distinct contribution to the status of the state and in the football regard as much could be said of numer ous other state universities. That Nebraska with a diversi fied population including such various nationalities as the Czechs, Poles. Germans. Irish, Scandinav ians, Russians and others, should have made such inestimable con tributions to the civilization of America is one of the highest trib utes which might be paid to; the state, he emphasized. In conjunc tion he cited the contrast this state presents in relation to .'Kansas which is made up of a more or less heterogeneous population. The speaker was introduced by Jack Erickson, member of Sigma Delta Chi in charge of;arraAge mentu for the dinner and round rtable session of alumni and actives of the organization. AT THE STUDIO. Friday. Sigma Tau, 12. Gamma Lambda, 12:05. Kitty: Did you ever walk in your sleep? Betty: Yes, once, I dreamed I went for an auto ride. The shadow of Spring is reflected in this trig NEW TIE... At la A' Its Pigskin . . . it's perforated . . . it's unlined . . . it's perfect for spring tweeds ... a complete fashion story . . . and its only $395 YOU'D get lonesome . . . tool If sons sent their Dads and Mothers away to College, what a flock of lone some young men there would be at home. Don't think for a minute that your folks never yearn for your voice ... be it lyric, tenor or a more pro found basso. They do. We have provided a way for you to take your voice to them and bring their voice to you. There's a telephone at your house! And just for fun ...cull home, tonight! ' W W'.IU'.'J. 1 JP.J" - 3 - " in i n iinif- ; -- ' - '"" T