THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1933.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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