THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
FRIDAY, APJUL 7, 1933.
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Daily Nebraskan
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MANAGING EDITORS
Dick Moran Lvnn Leonard
NEWS EDITORS
George Murphy Lamoine Bible
Violet Cross
Sports Editor Burton Marvin
Society Editor Carolyn Van Anda
Woman's Editor Margaret Thicie
8USINESS STAFF
Business Manager Chalmers Graham
ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGERS
Bernard Jennings George Holyoke
Frank Musgrave
Just An Amusing
Little Incident.
IT is a source of continual aston
ishment to the Daily Nebraskan
that its random comments about
affairs in general are picked up
and taken personally by someone
or other, even though the meaning
of the editorial comment must be
stretched far in order to discover
elements of personal criticism.
Thursday morning's Omaha
World Herald publishes a story
under a headline which states that
the student paper 'flays1' the sher
iff's office. "Flays" is a swell word
for a newspaper headline, but it is
vastly overworked, and certainly
in, this instance it is an exceedingly
poor choice of a descriptive verb.
The Nebraskan flayed nobody or
no office in its editorial. It mere
ly commented on me iaci wav me
means of apprehending criminals
in this state are antiquated. The
state sheriff's office is not properly
equipped to deal with statewide en
forcement of law when it has to
cope with bank robbers, etc. That
is not the fault of the state sher
iff's office; it is the fault of the
people of the state for refusing to
adopt a system of centralized law
enforcement such as envisaged by
the plan for a state police force
turned down by the people them
selves at the polls last year.
AND now comes the amusing
part of the story in the World
Herald. State Sheriff Endrcs, who
was interviewed about the edito
rial, took violent offense at it, and
declared that the Nebraskan was
criticizing him as a means of re
taliation because he was investi
gating communist activities at the
university. It seems, according to
Endres, that he has been the
means of ousting several students
from this school because they hold
communistic beliefs.
Aside from the fact that the
Daily Nebraskan was totally un
aware of any investigations of
communistic sentiment among uni
versity students, and aside from
the fact that no students have
been ousted from the university
because of such sentiments, we can
see no connection whatsoever be
tween a comment upon the inade
quacy of law enforcement meth
ods in this state with investiga
tions of communistic activities.
The Daily Nebraskan is thor
oughly uninterested in Mr. Endres'
crusade against communism. If he
desires to undertake such a Quix
otic adventure, that is his business.
We should object strenuously, how
ever, if any students were perse
cuted because of beliefs they held
in disagreement with those of
other people. But we see no harm
in having an investigation.
So far as the Nebraskan is con
cerned, we are interested merely
in reducing to the dimensions of a
molehill, the mountain which has
i .en created in the fertile imagina
tion of the communist haters as
the result of an innocently con
ceived editorial which had no pur
pose of criticizing the state sheriff
or any of his employes.
A Second Rule of
Doubtful Merit.
THE Nebraskan does not pre
sume to set itself up as a
critic of all rules governing stu
dents in their life socially as well
as fecholastically. We recognize
the necessity for regulations, and
realize that experience in dealing
with students has necessitated the
formulation of certain restrictions
as to their conduct.
But it would seem to be a legiti
mate criticism when ru'es are laid
down which are obviously impos
sible of enforcement, and only
operate to restrict such students
as are unfortunate enough to be
detected in the violation of rules,
or who are conscientious enough to
abide by them.
Such a rule is the one listed in
the university catalog as follows:
"All social gatherings including
those of departmental clubs shall
be held on Friday evenings and
Saturday. This refers to all social
functions, including banquets,
which are held or continue after 8
p. m. Departmental clubs, not so
cial clubs, may hold one meeting a
month on a midweek night after 8
p. m. Additional meetings must
be held before 8 p. m. or on a n-
day or Saturday night."
WHEN we say that this rule Is
irvmrjirle of enforcement.
we have in mind countless meet
ings which we could name which
have been held after 8 p. m. on
week nights. Those who attended
the meetings were not conscious of
violating any rules. Those who
sponsored the meetings, if they
knew they were violating rules,
were merely careful to keep notice
of such meetings out of the Daily
Nebraskan, in order to prevent
checking by the effice of the dean
of women. We also have in mind
meetings which we know have
been held despite the fact that the
ruling has been called to the atten
tion of those holding the meeting.
Perhaps we should point out that
students ought to obey the rules.
Perhaps we should condemn those
organizations which persist in vio
lating the rules. We should be in
clined to censure them if we could
see any real purpose in enforce
ment of these restrictions.
Without doubt they were enact
ed for the purpose of preventing
extra-curricular activities from in
terfering with scholastic duties.
But it appears highly dubious that
the rules really accomplish this
purpose, or would, even though
they were enforced rigidly. Stu
dents cannot be forced to study,
and if the eligibility requirements
for participation in extra-curricular
activities are not capable of
maintaining the proper relation
ship between school work and ac
tivities, we believe nothing can.
IT is very likely a desirable pol-
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meetings on week nights, but it
must be recognized that a number
of organizations are forced to
meet on week nights after 8
o'clock for various reasons. The
hard and fast rule, consequently,
will never be strictly observed.
The Nebraskan maintains, there
fore, that the very presence of this
rule along with other similar rules
which are ignored, tends to breed
disregard for all regulations A
very natural attitude results which
promotes the ignoring of any reg
ulations so long as they can be ig
nored with impunity.
If the existing regulations gov
erning organizations and social
functions on this campus were re
vised, condensed, and made to con
form with practicability of en
forcement, the results, we believe,
would prove much more satisfac
tory. The observance of these
regulations rests in the final analy
sis upon the willingness of students
and organizations to abide by the
rules.
A Student
Good mil Trip.
AN appreciation of the sincerity
of purpose of the legislature
in its attempt to reduce state ex
penses has been felt by the student
body all during the controversy
over university appropriations.
That sincerity was particularly
evident Wednesday evening when
a joint committee of both houses
took the time to explain their at
titude to a group of students, and
to listen to the expression of the
student attitude.
The legislative committee was
extremely sympathetic with the
student viewpoint, and with the
interests of the university. They
agreed that the report they sub
mitted f.s a basis for suggested
cuts of individual faculty members
was not intended to bind the re
gents, and that it was faulty in
many respects. But they insisted
that their recommendations were
made with full and adequate con
sideration of the welfare of the
university.
The only difference of opinion
between the legislative committee
and the students was a difference
as to the degree of slashing which
should be applied to the university.
To the view that the appropria
tions slash as recommended by the
committee is too drastic, the Ne
braskan still clings, for reasons it
has already stated. But that a
better feeling of mutual under
standing and sympathy now exists
between the university and the
legislature is a matter for rejoic
ing. The university can better afford
to sustain a drastic cut than to en
gender antagonistic feelings on the
part of people of the state. It can
also better afford to sustain a cut
than it can to be dominated by
political influences.
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CHORUS IN SHOW
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tion on the part of the students in
aiding the men find the ten gal
lon hats, chaps, spurs, boots, etc.,"
said Goulding. "As the show goes
on the night of April 25, it is
necessary to make the deadline not
later than April 21 for the turning
in of the costumes that the mem
bers of the cast will wear," states
Goulding.
According to reports from tnose
fortunate members of the cast who
already have found their costumes
only the most current styles will
prevail, the blue suit with grey
fur leading the styles, thanks to
generous Nebraska coeds.
"Imagine the thrill or wearing
the same clothes that appear on
the stage," laughed one of the
most willing contributors.
"It'll be sort of different to see
your clothes on someone other
than one of your sorority sisters,"
offered another of the girls who is
helping to make the Kosmet 6how
develop into one of the most out
standing campus hits of a number
of years.
The rehearsals continue to am
prove and with the outstanding
song spots and stage setting tne
show should offer a treat for every
one from Junior to grandad,", re
marked Herb Yenne, author of the
show, co-director and carrier of the
part of the old dowager, Mrs. Van
Fleet.
Spectators at rehearsals believe
that the membos-s of the pony
chorus this year Aould cause an
unusual amount of applause for
encores from the bald-headed row
back to the last row in the bal
cony.
So with men sacrificing the hair
on their legs and chests, women
loaning their formals and spring
clothes and outstanding song and
dance spots improving the "Bar
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should prove to be a never-to-be-forgotten
hit of the Nebraska
campus.
COMMUNIST PROBE
INVOLVES STUDENTS
DECLARES ENDRES
(Continued from Page 1.)
office was dispatching two depu
ties to confer with Fairbury police
in an effort to catch the robbers.
It criticized the people of the state
for not adopting the scheme for a
state police system such as was
proposed at the November elec
tion. Nebraskan "Sore."
"Maybe they're sore tfCAuse we
have been active investigating the
communists at the university. We
were the means of greeting some
discharged," commented Endres
after he had read the editorial.
Endres contended that the
United States immigration author
ities had been working with his
men in an effort to take possible
action against two of the students.
"We've got enough on them to
show they were trying to set up
a communist organisation with
in the university," Endres as
serted. "They were holding heet
ings and organizing." In making
his comments Sheriff Endres re
fused to give out any names.
Frank Hayes, district director of
immigration for the federal gov
ernment, said yesterday that it
was true that his office had assist
ed the sheriff in an investigation
of communism at the state univer
sity. The editor of the Daily Nebras
kan expressed astonishment that
the state sheriff should take of
fense at the editorial, which, he
said, was merely a comment on the
lack of a system of centralized
law enforcement in this state. The
editor also declared he did not un
derstand why the editorial occa
sioned the attack on student com
munists. In its editorial the Daily Ne
braskan had the following to say
about Endres and his men. "This
is the age of science yet picture
them naively setting out much as
they would have done in horse
and buggy days, on the long ride
to Fairbury, hoping no doubt, to
meet the robbers on the way, or
to overtake them, perhaps after
reaching Fairbury and starting out
anew. With patiently inefficient
methods, is it any wonder that
bank robbers find 'Nebraska a
paradise of open vaults and easy
escapes V
"Police Inefficient." .
'Even when the scene of the
crime is imminent, state officials
are only too often confronted with
a local police force pitifully inef
ficient." The editorial cited the
Lincoln bank robbery as a case of
this type. "The people of Ne
braska it feeems have yet to
realize the necessity for meeting
the facts of the modern crime
face to face."
In connection with th6 investiga
tion being carried on by Sheriff
Endres and the federal immigra
tion authorities located in Omaha,
Frank Hayes, In charge of the
bureau, had the following to say
concerning the results of his in
quiry into the alleged student
communistic outbreak. "We found
four or five students who were do
ing a lot of communistic talking,
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hut as none were aliens we pmu
do nothing about it. There seems
to be something of an effort to
form an organization there but I
don't think it is anything to he
alarmed about. In view of the fact
that none or me students in
volved Are aliens, our office is nn
longer interested in the matter."
Martin Investigated.
Melvin Martin, university stu
dent from Russia, said yesterday
that be had been under investiga
tion by federal immigration au
thorities for three months. He in
dicated that his personal effects
had been examined as well as his
naturalization papers.
In reply to Sheriff Endres'
charge against the university,
Dean T. J. Thompson said yester
day that while he thought perhaps
the reporter had misinterpreted
the sheriffs statements, that
"there have been no students
dropped from the university be
cause of communistic activity or
because of any investigation that
Sheriff Endres might have made."
Miss Holyoke Talks
To Theta Sigma Phi
Miss Frances Holyoke, graduate
of the school of journalism, spoke
at a literary meeting of Theta
Sigma Phi, women's journalistic
honorary society, Thursday, April
6. Miss 'Holyoke discussed the
various difficulties encountered in
following the career of a magazine
writer. Miss Holyoke has recently
returned from Los Angeles where
she was employed on a magazine.
Prof. Arthur H. Compton, fa
mous cosmic ray researcher of the
University of Chicago and 1927
Nobel prize winner, this week was
appointed a member of the Colum
bia university summer school fac
ulty. FRIDAY
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