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THE DAILY NKBKASKAN
TUESDAY, MAY 23, 1933.
Daily Nebraskan
StaNon A. Lincoln. Nebrack
OFFICIAL STUDENT PUBLICATION
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
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EDITORIAL STAFF
Cditor.ln-Chiet ..Phil Browned
MANAGING EDITORS
Dick Moran Lvnn Leonard
NEWS EDITORS
George Murphy Lamolne Bible
Violet Cross
Sports Editor Burton Marvin
Society Editor Carolyn Van Anda
Woman's Editor Msrgaret Thieie
BUSINESS STAFF
Business Manager ... .Chalmers Grah.nr)
ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGERS
Bernard Jennings George Holyoke
Frank Musgrave
Seniors?
A NUMBER of college papers
lately have been reflecting
about the value of a college educa
tion, especially in connection with
the imminent graduation of thou
sands of seniors who, as the com
mencement speakers are fond of
saying, are about to go out to take
their places in the great world.
And what awaits them? Beach
combing or the reforestation army
seem to be the most accessible
fields open to the graduating sen
iors. The philosophy of Horatio Al
ger, God bless his soul, though
crude and cheap, had many fea
tures of the typical American at
titude that anyone with ambition
could start at the bottom and
work up. The college education
came to be a part of the process
of working up, and a graduate of
such an institution was in a fair
way to finding his niche in the
world immediately upon stepping
from the college halls into the
world of business.
What a beating that idea has
taken in the last few years. Not
only does it seem improbable, in
fact well nigh impossible for the
ambitious to start from the bot
tom and work up, but even the
college graduate finds himself
about on a par with the illiterate
when it comes to working up.
CO is it any wonder that there is
disillusionment on the part of
the college graduate ? And yet be
neath all the cynical remarks that
are made by the disappointed sen
iors who leave college and wonder
about the value of the four years
spent therein, there seems to be a
feeling that it was worthwhile.
We shall not attempt to go into
the reasons for this feeling. Per
haps it is a process of rationaliza
tion which tries to justify the four
years" spent in college. But we
think not. It seems rather to be
a feeling that things as they are
are not permanent. There seems
to be a feeling that eventually the
college graduate will come into
his own.
In a way it seems to us that this
little jolt is a good thing. Perhaps
it will help some to get away from
the idea that a college education
is primarily valuable because of
the economic returns it will later
bring. We have no quarrel with
the idea that college is good prep
aration for future advancement fi
nancially, but there has been en
tirely too much of the bread and
butter philosophy connected with
colleges.
"y TE have no desire to see sen
v iors starve and try to eke out
a return on their educational in
vestment by contemplating the
bcuitiCs of literature, or reflect
ing on the wonderful economic and
political theories they learned in
college while they arc literally
starving in garrets. But we feel
that a college education iihould
mean , considerably more than
preparation for a jou.
We have little sympathy for the
collegian who is always grieving
because college courses arc too
impractical. We too believe in
conforming theory to practice, but
when a college becomes a place to
learn a trade, or to study the ins
and outs of the sordid workings of
the business world, then those who
want to develop something in their
own minds a little removed from
monotonous affairs of the world
to which everyone must adjust
himself anyway, will have to go
elsewhere for their contemplations.
And so we say that all the cyni
cal remarks about what to do with
the parchment diploma, and how
to put the cap and gown to prac
tical use, are no arguments at all
against a college education. We
too think the college graduate will
eventually come into his own, fi
nancially, but we claim that even
a job in the reforestation army
and a college diploma is better
than a job in the reforestation
army without a diploma, or should
be. If it is not, it is "possible that
it is an individual fault more thftn
the fault of a college education.
Our Favorite
Grievance.
F a last editorial criticism were
to be made before the year runs
out, we should choose for the ob
jects of attack our favorite sub
ject, compulsory physical educa
tion and compulsory drill. It is
our earnest hope that President
Roosevelt's contemplated economy
plan will, as has been rumored,
eliminate from college curricula
the objectionable compulsory drill.
We have always felt that besides
being morally objectionable it
would be difficult to prove that
this expenditure of the federal
government brings any real return
for the money spent.
As for physical education, com
pulsory for women on this campus,
it would seem that economy's dic
tates should make it advisable, to
drop this obnoxious and absolutely
inane requirement. But in case it
is not dropped for that reason, we
still have faith that eventually it
will be recognized that above all
silly, useless, idiotic non-necessities
in the college curriculum, this
course of "study" stands pre-eminent.
When college authorities
realize that the value to be derived
from physical exercise and sport is
a spontaneous thing and cannot be
"required," they will drop this re
quirement like a hot poker.
Purely a Rule
Of Common Sense.
There has always been a certain
amount of dissatisfaction on the
part of students with the require
ment that they must take at least
two-fifths of their toal number of
hours in afernoon classes. This dis
satisfaction is justified in the case
of students who for good cause
need to have their classes in the
morning.
Trof. A. R. Congdon, chairman
of the assignment committee is
anxious that the students in gen
eral understand the reason for this
requirement and co-operate in
making it successful. He explains
that the rule is not meant to oper
ate arbitrarily on those who really
have to work in the afternoon or
for some other reason are incon
venienced by having afternoon
classes.
But it is too dear to require ex
planation that all university
courses cannot be offered in the
morning. And it is also non-controversial
that the great majority
of students have nothing to do but
go to school. The objection of such
students to registering for after
noon classes cannot reasonably be
honored.
For those who do have good rea
son ' for registering for morning
classes only,-the assignment com
mittee is only desirous of hearing
their reasons and placing them ac
cordingly. Professor Congdon as
sures these students of sympath
etic consideration. He makes it
clear that the assignment commit
tee has no intentions of arguing or
attempting to force students into
afternoon classes. Their only in
terest is in adjusting the individual
registration to the necessities im
posed by the curriculum and of se
curing the co-operation of each
student for the benefit of all.
Among Our
Souvenirs.
V7ITH one more issue of the Nc-
" braskan to appear this year,
we are reminded that our say is
about said. We shall regret giv
ing up this daily grind, even
though at times it has been a
rather burdensome task. After
working' for four semesters on the
"rag" staff, it will really mean a
lot to give up a connection which
has been an ambition, a job, and
a pleasure all in one. When we
think of Nebraska university in
years to come, we are sure that
the mental picture in our mind
will give a prominent place to the
old U hall basement office where
the "rag" staff works nearly every
afternoon and evening.
From 2 o'clock in the afternoon
until nearly the same hour the fol
lowing morning for five days each
week, someone is on the job of get
ting the Nebraskan to press. No
other extra-curricular activity on
the campus requires such continu
ous routine work, but we firmly
believe that no other activity on
the campus returns such a meas
ure of satisfaction nor such valu
able training as does the work on
a campus daily.
It is primarily the news editors,
managing editors, and assistant
business managers who bear the
brunt of toil and keep late hours
for the benefit of "our public."
The former work from eight to
twelve hours every third issue, and
put in plenty of time on the other
issues of the paper. The manag
ing editors are responsible for the
news which appears and must
spend a lot of time finding out
what is going on on the campus.
The assistant business managers
like the news editors sit up till the
wee small hours supervising the
last stages of putting out the
paper.
THE editor will cherish among
i triutruiui ttiii;ca iu ins wuia
on the Daily Nebraskan the friend
ships which have grown up as a
result of working with people who
have put so much into the work of
publishing this paper. In particu
lar we will never forget the semes
ter of work as managing editor
when Lawrence Hall served in the
same office. It is an experience as
rare as it is enjoyable to work
with a person like Hall who never
fails to co-operate and who always
is willimj to do work he is not sup
posed to do. Carrying on the same
spirit of co-operation, Hall has
written many of the editorials
which have appeared in these col
umns during the past semester.
There have been times, of
course, when editorials came hard,
and we have frequently been as
bored by writing what is printed as
you have been in reading it. There
have been times when criticism
has rather offended, us. But on
the whole, no one has taken per
sonally any of the comments
which have been made. We have
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appreciated the spirit which has
been shown and have tried to show
the same spirit of impersonal ref
erence even when wc have criti
cized severely.
There have been a few, a very
few to be truthful, who have been
gracious enough to compliment the
editorial writer occasionally. Some
have spoken, a few have written.
Wc shall keep among our souve
nirs those two or three letters of
commendation as pleasant remind
ers of the fact which we have
often doubted that some do read
what we write. It has been a tonic
on "bad days" to realize that occa
sionally something has been said
which has aroused interest or
friendly agreement. We thank you
sincerely now for the encourage
ment you have given.
FIRE TEAMS TO CONTEST
First Aid, Hose Coupling:,
Ladder Raising Will
Be Events.
AMES, Iowa. Picked teams of
municipal firemen will compete in
first aid and hose coupling and
ladder raising contests on th aft
ernoon of the final day of the Iowa
fire school at Iowa State College,
May 23 to 26. Teams representing
the Fort Dodge, Keokuk and Wat
erloo fire departments have boon
entered in the first aid contest. A
half dozen four-man teams will
take part in the hose coupling and
ladder raising contest.
Thief Enters Theta Xi
House Sunday Morning
Nineteen dollars in cash was
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stolen from the Theta Xi house t
1844 Washington St., Sunday
morning. The thief entered th
house thru the back door, spoke
to Die house cook, went urstnii-.
and left before anyone could give
a warning.
90 SEEK MASTERS DEGREES
Oklahoma A. & M. College
Plans Commencement
May 26.
STILLWATER, Okl., May 22.-,
(Special) With 462 candidates for
degrees, 90 of whom are expecting
the master's degree, the thirty,
eighth annual commencement ex
ercises will he held at the Okla
homa A. & M. College Friday, May
26.
Dr. E. H. Lindloy, chancellor of
the University of Kansas, is the
commencement speaker; and the
degrees will be presented by Dr.
Henry G. Bennett, A. & M. presi
dent. Wash chiffons in a soap solu
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