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For
CIteat in i.
A L.L. the pious
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declarations of
the wrong involved in cheat
ing in examinations which could
be compiled and drilled into the
heads of students in the most dili
gent manner possible would have
the total effect of nothing so long
as no really adequate measures
are taken to make cheating diffi
cult. This is the conclusion the
Nebraskan comes to every time
the subject is discussed and vari
ous panaceas are suggested to re
move the evil of cribbing' in exam
inations. A student committee of the
Council of Religious Welfare has !
iccently conducted a discussion ot
the causes of cheating and sug
gests certain remedies which it be
lieves will help in the elimination
ol the evil. The committee has
concluded that one of the primary
causes of cheating is the fact that
students do not have sufficient
contact with faculty members.
Consequently instead of regard
ing faculty members as friends,
and realizing that they are only
trying to aid the students in the
process of getting an education,
the students rather regard their
mentors as antagonists. In this
assumed struggle between faculty
members and students, the latter
stem to feel that when they get
away with cheating they are
i balking up a point, so to speak,
in their score as opposed to the
.-'.on- of the instructor.
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THAT this is a foolish attitude,
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and that it should be remedied
in o far as possible, is selt evi
dent. But that this attitude ex
ists and cannot be changed by
wishing it were changed is also
f vident.
In an edm ational system where
so much stiess is placed upon
j radc standards, where students
iue required to complete so many
tieoit hours and where thousands
! .-Indents of varying degrees ot
j-siibition are all stiiving for the
;. itifu ial stamp of educational ap
1'ioya!, kr.own as a diploma, it is
t natural altitude.
''heating, we bel.eve, would he
) i problem in an educational in
stitution where no grades were
jjiven. no diplomas granted, nor
any other material recognition
given to scholastic achievement.
The ideal of such a school would
be to mspiie study, not to demand
it. The basis of its organization
would be the idea that students
v. ere interested in pursuing knowl
edge entirely for the sake of
knowledge.
Nebraska is by no means such
an institution, nor ever could be.
It handles masses of students. It
has to set up material standards
. f achievement in order to make
Meaningful the satisfactory com
pletion of the work it requires and
i Ifcrs. And since it has these
f land.nd - of achievement, it is the
dwtr oi the school to see as far as
standards are
met by fair means.
To ask students not to cheat on
the grounds that their primary
purpose is not making grades but
is rather getting an education, is
like telling business men not to
use unscrupulous methods, because
making money is not their primary
purpose though it is necessary.
There are students whose primary
purpose is to get grades just as
there are business men whose pri
mary purpose is to make money.
When some students cheat and
others do not, the latter are at a
distinct disadvantage. To exhort
them to continue to be honest even
in the face of the fact that others
who are dishonest are profiting
thereby, may be providing them
good moral discipline, but it cer
tainly is not providing them jus
tice. So long as emphasis is placed
upon grades, credit hours, and di
plomas, it is necessary that pro
tection be given all students to
prevent some students from at
taining these achievements by foul
means. Consequently we believe
that the welfare council commit
tee's subordinate remedy', namely
"that faculty members take the
responsibility for, and use precau
tions against students using dis
honest methods" is the only really
practical suggestion for eliminat-
ing the evil.
Self: i ppointed
liooh Annotaters.
R1
KADERS are no doubt, as fa
tigued as we are disheartened
at the consistency with which we
find it necessary to point out evi
dences of childishness in the repre
sentatives of Homo Collegian us.
But this time, it's a legitimate
"giipe." It is about books, and
how we think they should not be
treated.
The particular example which
brought on this feeling of distaste
for book mutilators was not espe
cially important. Indeed, the ef
fect of the comments written on
the margin of the page was almost
humorous. The passage w e n't
something like this:
"I can no longer feel secure in
my ability to repress my emotion,"
he said. "It has come to the point
where I feel I must express my
love and admiration for you."
In the margin some product of
ponderous pedantry had written a
warning for future readers: "Cli
max coming."
It was food for the comic spirit.
Such perfect assininity! But even
so. it typifies a practice which is
most unworthy of college students.
That books cost money is plainly
evident every time one buvs them.
That library books cost the uni-
!verity money is an obvious enrol-
!lr' ! -.. 1 L.inrm . . . .
nizes the state o( the university's
financial situation, it is not hard
to deduce that a penny saved Ls a
penny earned.
All of which leads us to the con
clusion that book mutilation by
j pencil notes, turned down pages,
;ctc. is a practice that the univer-
s'ty cannot artord to support, and
a practice which is utterly inex
cusable, spoiling as it does any en-
joyment which future leaders
might have derived from the book.
'Let 1 1 in, U ho Is
M ithont Sin .
A MIL) the general condemnation
of Japan's ruthless policy of
aggression in China, it is pertinent
to point out. as Russell Durgin
pointed out at the student forum
yesterday noon, that Japan is not
lacking in precedent for her ac
tions. Many of the great nations
of the world, including the United
States, are rather vulnerable from
an historical point of view, when
they start an argument with Ja
pan over her aggression.
Japan is in no wise to be con
demned for her activities in China,
but as Mr. Durgin suggested, the
Japanese have a fairly effective
argument. Mr. Durgin said he had
sometimes suggested to his Japa
nese acquaintances that world
opinion had changed since the time
j when, other nations were perpe-
possible that the
trating acts similar to those the
Japs are now committing. A new
standard of international conduct
has been developed, he has argued.
In reply to this the Japs, he
says, are inclined to advance this
argument: When the game has
been played, and certain nations
),: won their spoils, then they
say, "Now we'll change the rules.
From now on it is unfair for any
body to play the way we used to
play."
We are convinced that Japan is
absolutely wrong. We trust that
the general condemnation of her
policies will have the effect of de
feating their purposes. But we
would feel immeasurably more
satisfied if the stones cast by the
United States were not justifiably
picked up and hurled back.
One of the ludicrous features ol
the bank holiday is the fact that
safe deposit companies as well as
banks are to suspend business. The
wise birds who were stowing away
their money in safety deposit
boxes are in the same fix as
everybody else.
Contemporary
Comment
Murder anil the
Movies.
KSPITK
the debut in Holly
wood of the submachine gun
and the dum-dum bullet, murder
in the movies remains today large
ly what it was in the hey day of
the western thriller: a process as
perfunctory and painless as a hair
cut. The hero closes his eye, jerks
the trigger and watches the vil
lain go down like a lead bird in a
shooting gallery, without blood or
struggle.
The human species gives up the
ghost less reluctantly than the
lower animals. But physiology and
anatomy reveal that immediate
death results only from penetra
tion of the bead, heart or the
fourth vertebra of the spinal cord.
Kven in these regions, deflection
by a bone or other body may de
prive the victim of the boon of
immediacy. The relative area of
the fatal regions in comparison
with the area of the rest of the
body makes it more than likely
that death w ill come only after in
fection and septicaemia have set
in, a matter of hours or even days.
The wound from a revolver is
most likely, still considering areas,
to lodge in the abdomen or lungs.
The victim retains his conscious
ness, power of locomotion and vo
cal powers long enough to raise an
awful howl and make a bloody
mess of the affair.
A bullet which by chance severs
an artery or even the jugular vein
has done its task efficiently, but
even this form of dispatch does
not fill the Hollywood requirement
of being instantaneous and free
from blood letting. The victim still
has time to flap about like a stuck
pig. There are grinnings, grovel
ings, arid horrid cries as indecent
hope lingers to the last spasm.
Only rarely does a film attempt
to handle death with the respect
it merits, the terror it invokes and
the awing air of finality inspired
by this momentary incident which
has no counterpart in human ex
perience, less for what it causes
than for what it ends.
So death in Hollywood continues
to be a matter treated in a maud
lin mood at best, but generally
handled no more seriously than a
Los Angeles marriage-an occur
rence subject to future correction
and revision; the scene, whether
marriage or death, may be "shot"
over again. Minnesota Daily.
A dawn to dusk dance was
planned by the 1903 class of Syra
cuse university but a as cancelled
by school authrities.
Doctors are finding tough pick
ing among Boston university stu
dents who in five months have
bought 11.000 apples fiom a vend
ing machine in the collect book
1 stote.
Official Bulletin.
Ag Staff.
The Ag staff of the Y. W. C. A.
will meet at Kllen Smith Hall
Thursday, March , at 5 o'clock.
Books Staff.
The current events and books
staff of the Y. W. C. A. will hold
a meeting Thursday. March 9, at
r o'clock in Ellen Smith Hall.
Program Staff.
The program and office staff of
the Y. W. C. A. will meet Thurs
day. March J, at 5 o'clock in Ellen
Smith Hall.
student" council to
make effective its
'close-night' power
(Continued from I'age 1.)
tion which provides that any
appeals from the decision of the
council shall be finally adjudicated
by the faculty senate. The coun
cil asserted its rieht to close
nights under the provision of the
constitution giving the council the
power to regulate and co-ordinate
all student activities.
AHaway Discusses Tax.
A tentative outline of a proposed
student activity tax for Ncbrska
was presented bv Howard AHa
way, chairman of the activity tax
committee. According to the infor
mation he had compiled, Mr. AHa
way estimated that an activity
tax could cut in half the cost of
the items he included in the tax
plan. These items included the
Cornhusker, Daily Nebraskan,
Awg-wan, athletic tickets, and Uni
versity Player tickets. The coun
cil after considerable discussion
empowered the committee to draw
up a definite plan or group of
plans for an activity tax to be
presented to the student body at
large for adoption or rejection.
The council also heard a report
from the junior-senior prom com
mittee, and passed a motion that
the secretary prepare a list of all
council members who according to
the by-laws were subject to expul
sion from the council on account
of inattendance at meetings. The
council voted to hold a special
meeting next Wednesday afternoon
at 5 o'clock.
JAPAN FEARS RUSSIA
SPEAKER ASSERTS AT
STUDENT FORUM MEET
(Continued from Page 1.)
the reason for Japan's invasion."
In his fourteen years of service
in Japan Mr. Durgin was able to
gain a first hand view of the Jap
anese people. Following four years
in Manchuria, Mr. Durgin was
summoned to Tokyo, to help direct
the reconstruction work after the
earthquake in 1923. He has been
in Tokyo since that time, building
up the Y. M. C. A. in Japan.
Durgin Comes to Olympics.
Always interested in Japan's
youth, Mr. Durgin accompanied
the Japanese delegation of athletes
to Los Angeles for the 1932 Olym
pic games, being the only Ameri
can member of the group. Since
that time he has been in the
United States on a lecture tour,
but plans to return to Japan soon.
When asked if he thought the
situation was serious, so as to en
danger his return, Mr. Durkin said
that he had no eminent danger
at present.
There is a new slant in college
footwear fashions . . .
Grey! Blue!
They are entirely different!
They ARE the loveliest
styles! A most exciting
array awits your selec
tion in Straps, Tie?,
Pumps and Sandals.
FORMERLY ARMSTRONGS
SENN1NG WILL lll tr
WITH MEETING lL m
Association of V,V
Scientists Will ,
Annual Event.
J. P. Senning, chairman of tn
political science department ()f lY
university, has been appointed '!
member of the committee, to pie
pare the program for the annual
meeting of the American Political
Science association which will u
held in December. The place of th
convention, usually lasting three
days, has not yet lieen decide. as
yet.
The American Political Science
association is made up of political
scientists from different universi
ties in United States and Canada,'
Last year they held their meeting
at Detroit. At the convention f
survey concerning the general
change in the political science sit
tuition is read. Informal Urn con
cerning new research is brought
up and round table discussion are
held.
SPECTATORS TO VIEW
PROM FROM SPECIAL
SECTION OF BALCONY
(Continued from Page l.i
orations will surpass those of for.
mcr years, and have many new and
novei effects.
Orchestra is Popular.
Ilerbie Kay and his oichestia.
playing for the prom, come to Lin
coln from a tour thru the south
ern .and midwestern states where
they have played at leading hotels
and universities. They also have to
their credit, engagements at the
Aragon and Trianon ballrooms in
Chicago, besides being featured
over the air on the Lucky Strike
dance hour, and the WGN Round
the Town' program. Kay and his
orchestra have been especially
popular at university functions,
and have probably played for more
college parties than any other
band, according to Woodrow Ma
gee and Virgene McBiide, com
mittee on music.
As an added entertainment, Kay
and his orchestra feature Dorothy
Lamour, popular vocalist and
beauty.
"The entire committee is work
ing to make this year's junior-senior
prom a better event than ever."
Vernon Filley, co-chairman of the
prom committee stated. "We be
lieve that Nebraska students will
find the 1933 prom to be the truly
memorable occasion it should be."
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