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SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 11, 1931.
The Daily Nebraskan
Station A. Lincoln. Nabraaka
OFFICIAL STUDENT PUBLICATION
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
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' Wilh malice touuid r.otif. until charity for all,
uuh firmness in the right as God kiivj u to fit the
right, let us strive on to (ini.il'. the work we are in; to
bind tip the nation's wounds; to care for him U'h.i shall
have borne the battle, and or his widow and orphan
to do all uhich mav achieve and cherish a nut and last
ing peace among ourselves and u'tth all nations.'
Abraham Lincoln.
The Senior President
Suggests a Plan.
WEEK ao the Daily Nebraskan instituted a se-
Ties of charges through our editorial columns
pointing out the weaknesses of the present system
of student government on the university campus.
We pointed out, for the most part, the general in
efficiency and lack of incentive for constructive leg
islation in the student governing body as it is now
composed.
Inviting comment upon the present system of
student government, the Nebraskan presented in
Friday's Issue opinions of the junior class president.
Today we reprint the analysis made by Lee Yoimg,
president of the senior class in the university, in
which he suggests a possible solution to the prob
lem of reorganizing the Student council-
"Open criticism of the Student council in the
past few weeks, and the lack of the council itself
to take steps to remedy it indicate that reorganiza
tion of the body is the only solution to the difficulty.
When a governmental body becomes so enmeshed
in its own politics that inhibitions are developed to
such rigidity that nothing is done but what smacks
of advantage to the body itself, it has lost its claim
to existence, purely on the basis of representation.
The Student council is such a body.
"Candidates are chosen by the two political
factions. At most, this means that only two bodies
are represented the aspirants of one faction op
posed to those of the other; as it is. the newly elect
ed council easily resolves itself into one group in
common; almost without exception the underclass
men are working for membership in the senior hon
oraries. "It hat been suggested that the council be com
posed of representatives from various organizations
on the campus, namely, Interfraternity council,
Panhellenio council, Barb council, Y. M. C. A., Y. W.
C, the publications, N club, and the like. This
would do much toward making the council really
representative. These organizations are not politi
cal factions, and as a whole are not Interested In
pushing certain men and women for personal honor.
Political factions or small groups of politicians
could not possibly control such a general and far
flung field. This plan would, of necessity, be as
truly representative as possible.
"A few men and women at large would be left
for the factions to fight over, but the grapes would
be scattered. From such a heterogenous group the
council would find itself; no group of politicians
could, by any flight of the imagination, weld this
loose body Into a political machine. In the first
place, it isn't likely that the majority of members
would be political climbers. If the members are not
striving for their own political betterment, they
would not be bound by political fixations.
"By making the members of the council a rep--resentatlve
from some organization, each one would
"therefore be account?ble to his respective club. As
; the council now exists, no member is accountable to
anyone but the group that Is leading him Into the
1 green pastures of the senior class. Ho can a body
that is so completely out of control, and so pain
fully conscious of Its own Interests, be capable of
even partially 'representing' the student body? The
existing Inertia of the council could also be counter
acted; the suggested organizations could serve as a
Tprod to Indifferent representatives; there could ba a
tangible constituency for the members, not Just a
troup of students that voted them in and then for
got all about them.
"" "By such organization of the Student council,
."political climbers would find that some work was
required, other than voting for themselves- The
-council would lose its horn-blowing attitude, there
I would be a close contact between the student body
"and its representatives, and this would in turn bring
- about an added interest in the campus activities by
..the majority of the students, which they woefully
lack now."
It becomes more evident from day to day that
" students of the university desire a change in the
- form of student government Numerous plana for
. revising, abolishing, and reorganizing the council
have been submitted to the Nebraskan. For lack
of space we find it impossible to print them.
As a suggestion to the president of the Student
council, the Daily Nebraskan proposes that a gen-
erai meeting of the various organization heads on
the university campus be called together in an open
meeting where possible plans, differences, and opin
ions might be aired In an informal manner. This
procedure should eliminate, for the most part, the
needless entanglements that might arise In planning
"" a more adequate system of representation and at
the same time indicate that a definite step is being
taken toward reorganization. Such a gesture would
at least tndicaU a semblance of action.
We Offer
A New Feature.
a PPEARING for the first time in tkis moralnjf
Nebraskan is a new feature coluou. Knows at
"Beneath the Headlines," written by jWeaa4
Moran, a senior in the school of Journalism, the col
umn should fulfill, In part, a much needed addition
to ths Nebraskan.
In adding this feature to other regular features,
the Nebraskan attempts to refute In part, a poig
nant criticism by a former student of this uniTer-
sity, who stated that college students as a rule "are
ill-informed on what is doing in the world outside
of them."
Unfortunately his criticism holds true for nine
out of every ten students. Surprisingly ignorant of
what is going on . about them, many students
live a day to day existence, little knowing, little car
ing what other than college students are doing.
Such a damnable condition offers little excuse for
its existence. Students of the university have with
in an arm's reach a ready storehouse of information
in dally newspapers, weekly and monthly periodi
cals, and current reviews and digests.
Wrapped up in the smug provincial complacen
cy of college life, the student is often little aware
of the exciting, even interesting, drama of life that
la being unfolded before his eyes.
We offer for your approval "Beneath the Headlines."
The Student Pulse
Brief, concise, contributions pertinent to matters
of student life and the university are welcomed by
this department, under the usual restrictions of sound
newspaper practice, which excludes all libeloua mat
ter and personal attacks. Letters accepted do not
necessarily Indicate the editorial policy of thla paper.
Keep Off
The Crass.
TO THE EDITOR:
During the last few years, much has been done
by the university administration to beautify the
campus even though they have been seriously handi
capped by a lack of funds. The students, on the
oUier hand, seem to be working in the opposite di
rection. They do not seem to care what the cam
pus looks like.
It seems queer that the students do not have
enough pride in their campus to take care of it.
Last year the university planted grass in all of the
spots which were bare and before winter it had a
good start. With a limited amount of care, we
would have had many pretty lawns, but instead the
students started to walk across them in going from
one building to another. About one-third of the
students now cut across in going from Social Sci
ences hall to Andrews or Morrill halls. The result:
The grass between the buildings has been tromped
down so much that it will have to be replanted be
fore grass will again grow in some spots.
Many universities have prettier campuses than
the University of Nebraska. To that everyone must
agree. But Nebraska's campus would be just as
beautiful if the students would take care of it The
administration has spent much money in trying to
make it presentable. It is now the students' duty
to keep it that way.
A student can not save much time by cutting
across the grass in going from one building to an
other, thus not much is gained. But by taking a
little more time and staying on the walks, the grass
would be spared and the campus would look very
much better. The university could spend a million
dollars on making the campus look better and if the
students walked on the grass, it probably would look
just as bad as it did before they started.
In the past three years, the university has put
in a mall, some pavement and many sidewalks. By
putting in these sidewalks they meant to keep the
students from walking on the grass and thus make
the campus more beautiful. To an extent they have
succeeded but much more should be expected. If
the students would co-operate with the administra
tion by not destroying what beauty there is on the
campus, much would be gained.
S. W.
J BENEATH THE
Contemporary Comment
I By DICK. MOHAN. JJ
Today this column makes its bow. If it meets
with yours and the editor's approval, it will be con
tinued for the rest of the semester. Its primary
purpose Is to present highlights and spotlights in
the news of the day, condensed but not colored, for
those who do not find time to carefully read their
daily newspapers. Comments, criticism, and sug
gestions will be welcomed.
rpHK federal government, no slouch when it comes
to quick and decisive action, yesterday can
celled all air mail contracts following an investiga
tion by the senate of the awarding of those con
tracts to air lines in previous years. Convinced that
the postoffice department had been the victim of
some high-handed scheming, the president, thru
Postmaster General Farley, cancelled the contracts
under authority of section 3950, U. S. Statutes,
which expressly forbids the formation of combina
tions in connection with bidding on government con
tracts. The cancellation order carried the information
that, for a time, the army air corps would be cm
ployed to carry the mails which were being handled
by private air lines. The army will take over its
new duties before the end of this week. Adjutant
General Mac Arthur announced. He said the army
had about 1,600 planes available and about 900
would be used to continue the network of air mail
lines all over the country; also that possibly speedy
bombers might be used to meet fast schedules.
After the announcement of the cancellation of
the contracts, managers of several air lines de
clared they would be unable to continue operation
on the revenue from passenger service only. They
plan to continue carrying mail until further notice
from Washington, which should be forthcoming in
a short time. Several managers protested their in
nocence, others said they failed to understand the
order, and some made no comments at all.
i"NE effect of the order was a drop of 4 points In
the value of stock in one of the better known
air lines on the New York stock exchange, which is
wondering what the president is going to do with
them. A bill has been introduced in congress giving
the government broad control powers over stock ex
changes, with the specific intent of curbing purely
speculative operations. The bill would give the fed
eral trade commission powerful regulatory au
thority. .
Wall street has shown a definite and bearish
reaction to the proposed legislation. Heavy liquida
tion has caused a break in the quotations on lead
ing Issues, traders fearing their activities in the fu
ture will be somewhat curtailed. Regulation has
been expected for months, and it has been expected
that pool activities were to come under the federal
frown of disapproval. But conservative opinion has
it that government control will have constructive
effects, especially in the strengthening of confidence.
ONE of the few interesting events during the past
few days which didn't have some effect upon
the stock market happened on an ice-bound beach
near Eastham, Mass. Seven frozen heroes of the
coast guard battled the elements for several hours
to rescue five men who had abandoned a disabled
schooner and started blindly for shore in a frail and
water-logged dory. Coastguardsmen carried the
station's surf-boat for two miles before they found
an opening in the ice big enough to launch their
craft. Then in spite of sub-zero weather, frozen
clothing, and the constant menace of tons of float
ing ice, they rowed to the doomed ctew of the
schooner and brought them back to shore.
TVEN though he cheated the law out of its due,
Verne Sankey, sometimes dubbed Public Enemy
No. 1, wus an example of the old adage to the ef
fect that the wages of sin are death. He was emi
nently successful in his chosen profession, that of
violating the law for personal gain, which netted
him a total of $72,000 in two business dealings.
Maybe kidnapping pays, but it is beginning to look
like it is the kidnapper who pays and pays. The
department of justice is beginning to change the
figures on the kidnapper's ledger.
About the same time Sankey was fashioning a
noose from his own neckties, one of his accomplices
in the kidnapping of Charles Boettcher, a Denver
broker, was receiving a life sentence for his part in
the case. Sankey's method of carrying out his prom
ise to beat the law was not so attractive to Gordon
Alcorn, who pleaded guilty and was sentenced to
life Imprisonment at Leavenworth. But on the other
side of the balance sheet comes the news that an
other kidnap gang was victorious, for the time be
ing, at least, to the extent of about $200,000 which
was paid for the release of Edward Bremer, young
St. Paul banker. Federal authorities, who have es
tablished a remarkable record for speed and accu
racy in running down kidnappers, say they have a
line on the case already.
A very lamentable condition of affairs, which
was brought out very clearly in the Bremer case,
was the tendency upon the part of victims of kid
nappings to work through extra-legal agents to se
cure the release of the abducted. The inability of
the law enforcing agents to cope with these gangs
with any degree of success, the avoidance of pub
licity, and the suspense involved are powerful fac
tors in favor of the kidnapper.
Ajj College
By
CARLVLE HODGKIN
Panning the
Lawyers.
A rising wave of indignation against irrespon
sible and corrupt legal practices has recently called
forth a spirited defense of American lawyers and
their methods by members of the profession. The
significant factor in the situation is that very few
outside the profession have seen fit thus far to
champion the cause of the legal fraternity. This in
itself Is a tacit indictment of the bar and an indica
tion of the repute in which it is now held.
Attorney General Homer S. Cummings, writing
in a recent issue of the American Bar Association
Journal, delivered a peremptory challenge to the
members of his profession to clean house in their
own ranks or see the public rise up and do the clean
ing for them. "It is no exaggeration," said the at
torney general, "to say that the bar of this country
is on trial before the public." Warning against the
liaison between unscrupulous lawyers and members
of the underworld, he issued an appeal to the bar
associations of the country to stamp out the attorney-criminal
who uses his legal ability to aid his
criminal clientele and obstruct Justice.
The response was what might have been ex
pected. Lawyers and bar association officials
promptly denied that the attorney general's charges
applied to them in any particular. By implication
they suggested that, whatever might be the situa
tion in New York or California or Louisiana, the
home folks had nothing to worry about; their wel
fare was being zealously guarded. As evidence they
pointed to the activities of their ethics committees
which consisted mainly of disbarment in a num
ber of flagrant cases of embezzlement and there
upon considered themselves fully exonerated. Simi
lar statements were issued in all parts of the coun
try. To the legal mind, this may appear adequate,
but it is doubtful if the public generally will dismiss
the matter so lightly. The law's delay has become
an adage, and notwithstanding a certain degree of
resentment, people will tolerate legal inefficiency.
Outright corruption, however, is something else
again. Criminal obstruction of justice is an evil
which strikes too close to the welfare of every indi
vidual to be passed off with glib explanations and
self-absolution. The whole American system is
based on a conception of equal justice for all, and
any infringement of this principle is an attack on
the national integrity.
One of the most interesting solutions proposed
for the nroblem thus far Is the suggestion of Prof.
Karl N. Llewellvn of Columbia university for the
formation of a legal guild to "justify the profes
sion's law-created monopoly." Pointing out that the
bar is the onlv monopoly without a central respon
sibility, the professor proposes a legal organization
similar to hospital clinics in the medical and dental
rAfiiem Thru this orranlzatlon, the various bar
associations would be required to furnish the Bases
of reputable attorneys who will furnish their srv
ices to the "little man" at stated reasonable fees.
Tn thla rv t i isaerted. a blow would bs struck
at the foundation of the present attorney-criminal
alliance. Regardless of the merits or una particu
lar proposal, it is apparent that the American bar
Is confronted by a challenge which cannoi oe ig'
nored. The Minnesota Daily.
Milton Gustafson came last No
vember from Aurora to register in
the Farm Operators short course.
Late last week he went home sick
with the mumps. But between No
vember and last week he thor
oughly demonstrated to Ag college
folk that he is the kind of lad who
gets along.
Gustafson's first official recog
nition came when he was an
nounced second highest in schol
arship for the semester. Everyone
on the campus who had some spe
cial Job to do soon learned that ne
might be depended upon to help.
They gave him tickets to sell tot-
Co!!-Agri-Fun, church dinners or
parties. They asked him to an
nounce this or that in class.
Just before the mumps came
along, he organized a Farm Ops
co-operative boarding club, tcok
over management of its finances.
Most noteworthy of all is this:
Once you know him, you like him.
His co-members In the boarding
club and all the friends he made
during his short stay on the cam
pus hope he'll soon be well and
back to finish the semester.
L. K. Crowe, dairy instructor,
follows one custom characteristic
of business men: sits with his feet
on his desk. Absent, however, is
the business man's characteristic
long, black cigar. Mr. Crow sits
with his feet on the desk because
he can't walk on them. Helping
the boys organize their Dairyland
cafeteria during Organized Agri
culture, he fell with a ten gallon
can of boiling hot water. The
scalding he got put him in bed for
half a month. He s back on the
job now, but the going is still a
little luw.
George Round sits day after
day in the Ag extension office and
hammers away on his typewriter.
Most students now In Ag college,
whether or not they realize it,
were probably partially influenced
to come to college by his hammer
ing.
Through the daily newspapers
for several years he has been tell
ing the news and features ana
publicity about Ag college. His
stories appear regularly in weekly
papers over the state. Probably
most of what people out in the
state know and think about Ag
college comes from his typewriter,
It's a safe bet that most of what
Nebraska farmers have learned
about wheat plans, corn plans, hog
plans, and other kinds of plans,
thev learned from his stories.
pub- AE , thor-ishrd sh sh sh
Back in his college days, oniy a
few semesters ago. Round's type
writer kept Ag college in the news
both on the campus and off. He
wrote reams for the Daily Nebras
kan. He edited the Cornhusker
Countryman when it was still
thick enough to feci like a maga
zine. He wrote, after his term as
editor, Hayseed and Haywire,
Round on the Rectangle, etc.
After college he kept on being
No. 1 public relations man for Ag
college. When Miss Fedde want
ed the world to know that her
home economics girls never get
divorces. Round told them. When
Mr. Gramlich wanted the world to
know that he was opposed to the
government shipping vegetable
fats into the U. S., Round wrote
the story. When the experiment
station men want to tell farmers
how to feed their chickens, grow
bettor oats, or have more attrac
tive homes, Round's typewriter
does the job. And in his spare
time he writes a column for the
home town paper.
Youth movements, discussion
groups, friendship and fellowship
meetings, international good will
meetings, round table conferences
these are familiar phrases
around the university campus. And
some of the stock subjects for
meetings that might go under any
one of these general names are:
World peace, armaments, the eco
nomic situation, race prejudices
(and, of course, how to remove
them), prohibition, capitalism and
communism.
All this, ve-y common and en
tered into very seriously, is inter
esting to contemplate in the light
of a statement once made by a
professor In this institution. That
statement was, in effect, this:
"It is a characteristic of the un
dergraduate mind to be able to
solve world problems. A freshman
can solve them hand over fist. He
attends every meeting of world
problem solvers, and at every
meeting he oners a suiutiun. a
sophomore is still reasonably good
at the subtle art. A Junior begins
to have problems of his own to
solve.
"A senior has more problems of
bis own, finds that he does well
to manage his own problems with
out worrying too much about the
world's. And when a man or
woman gets ten, fifteen or twenty
years away from college, they find
it nearly enough impossible to
manage their own personal prob
lems successfully."
Actually, it does seem a bit fool
ish for a few undergraduate stu
dents to meet and in a half hour
or so, with a uegree of finality
greater than that with which any
thing is really ever solved, decide
unanimously what should be done
about the world's most weighty
problems. Take world peace. The
men who know the most about it,
who see the problem from the most
angles and know infinitely more
actual facts involved than any
group of undergraduate students
can possibly know, often find
themselves utterly at a loss to
know which way to turn.
Does that mean then that all
thpsA mAptinp's nnd conferences
should cease, that undergraduates' 1
everlasting talk of world problems
should be put to a stop? it d()ea
not necessarily mean that at an
The meetings and the talk are all
right. More than that, they hi
one of the most Important ele.
ments of education in its larst
and best sense.
It's not the meetings and the
talk that are usually at fault, if,
the solving. It's the spirit and at
titude of such meetings that is too
often at fault. For rather than
coming together to talk about
world problems In the spirit of in.
quiry, they come ready to pass
judgment. Rather than seeking to
learn more of the actual nature of
a problem, which they must con
cede Is so complicated as to baffle
many of those who understand It
best, they solve the problem on the
basis of the hopelessly inadequate
scraps of Information they already
possess.
If anything can be done at all to
solve some of the great problems
confronting the people of the
world, surely - it must be that it
can only bo done through a more
complete understanding of the
problem. The one fruitful approach
is in the spirit of inquiry.
If university education does any.
thing at all, it should teach stu.
dents the attitude of science: seek
the facts, follow them to whatever
conclusion they will; be cautious in
conclusion and statement.
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THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE ORGANIZATION
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
Announces
A FREE LECTURE ON
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
Entitled
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE: THE CONQUEST OVER
WRONG THINKING
JOHN RANDALL DUNN, C. S. B.
OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
Verts' rl ths Boart of Lectureship of the Mother Church
th Dm Church of Chrirt. Scientist. ln Boaton. MahuMt'ts.
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