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Just Around
The Corner.
'OLLEGE graduates will go back to work in
1935!"
Starting with that opening sentence an article
mailed to the Nebraskan by the College News Serv
ice proceeds to forecast better conditions for young
people receiving their degrees this June. It is stated
in the article that officials at the University of
Michigan assert that more jobs will be available
thla year in both teaching and business than at any
time in recent years. A rush is being made on the
placement bureau at that institution. During 1934
83 per cent more graduates were placed in teaching
and 67 more per cent received jobs in business than
in the year previous at Micnlgan.
"Three factors," states the bureau director, "are
Increasing public school opportunities. One is the
fact that the teaching force has been allowed to be
come so depleted that schools, with their constantly
growing enrollment, can scarcely run at all without
adding to their staffs."
"Also," it is confirmed, 'there is a tendency to
replace poorly qualified people with better trained,
while at the same time more teachers have been
marrying and leaving their positions."
Last year there was an indication on record
that conditions of employment were improving
among Nebraska graduates, but still, of course,
there was no gain noticeable enough to crow about
It was noted that increases came in tne business
and teaching fields, but recently professors on the
Agricultural college campus have declared that
there are more positions awaiting students in their
field than the number of applicants available.
Many seniors who are at this time registering
for second semester courses complain because they
still are not quite sure about their vocations, or re
main uncertain about whether they are adapted for
and will be happy in their chosen fields. These peo
ple have a double problem. They are doomed to
worry about whether or not they are in the right
field, and secondly, they have their doubts as to
possibilities of unemployment.
A second group of seniors is comprised of those
people who are quite satisfactorily certain as to
their adaptability to their chosen fields, but who
still have their doubts as to future employment.
Vocational guidance at some schools has
reached a high degree of development, nut here at
Nebraska there is only a beginning of such a sys
tem. Such direction of students is mainly a prob
lem to be worked out in the future, but it probably
could be utilized in its present undeveloped form by
faculty members on this campus more than it is at
present.
Many schools have placement bureaus such as
the one at Michigan which was discussed in the
story referred to above. The University of Nebras
ka has no such department as a central placement
bureau. Agents for certain establishments contact
professors in key positions in some of the depar
ments of the institution, but there is no such sen-
assured.
There is always the age-old discussion as to
whether the world owes one a living, or one owes
the world a debt It is quite certain, however, that
student ambition, scholarship, and purposeful liv
ing could and would be increased greatly if there
were existing on this campus some sort of place
ment bureau. The average student at the Univer
sity of Nebraska has no great incentive to work for
high scholarship and general proficiency in both
professional and cultural fields.
The promised land may not be far in the offing,
but it is difficult to see any good reason for an un
usually tremendous volume of optimism.
Such courses as freshman lecture and orienta
tion courses in the Arts and Science and Engineer
ing college, respectively, serve the student in many
ways. Thru such mediums the student may be in
troduced to something that grasps his imagination
and ambitions and provides incentive to work
toward a future goal. Such developments and
courses are fine as far as they go, but more could
certainly be done.
Professors listed as freshman advisers have too
much to do in a university as large as the Univer
sity of Nebraska, but if they possibly can devote
the time to it, they should take a deeper and more
personal interest in their advisees than many of
them do at present.
Vocational guidance is a science of the future
for the most part, but employment bureaus function
smoothly at many schools. One feels that he is
fully justified in believing that such a department
would serve a very good purpose at Nebraska.
OFFICIAL
BULLETIN
Cornhusker Payments.
Third installments on copies of
the 1935 Cornhusker are due this
week in tho yearbook offices in
University hall.
Big Sisters.
Big Sister Board requests all
Big Sisters to hand in reports on
the Little Sisters that were as
signed to them early in the semes
ter. The board wishes to make a
thoro checkup as to the adjust
ment of these girls to their univer
sity life thru the help of the Big
Sisters.
French Club.
French club meeting scheduled
for Thursday has been postponed
until Thursday, Jan. 24.
Barb Council.
The Barb Council picture
be. taken Thursday. Jan. 17, at
12:10, Campus Studio.
Social Dancing.
In place of the social dancing
class originally scheduled to be
held in the Armory Friday evening
there will be an all barb party,
dancing will be to the music of the
Velody Makers, and refreshments
ill be avauaDie. A siignt cnarge
vmII be made.
Phi Chi Theta.
Phi Chi Theta, national business
organization sorority, will hold its
meeting Thursday evening at
o'clock at the regular meeting
place.
Contemporary
Comment
A Course
In Marriage.
A course in the problems of
married life is a part of the cur
ricula of the school of religion of
the Iowa State university.
It is co-educational and is of
fered to both married and unmar
ried students. The students have
shown a preference for a frank
discussion of specific questions
. rather than vague generalities.
This will shock some people to
whom it is news. Probably it will
cause smirks from others. Yet
university officials have found that
the course is both popular and has
preceded in a frank and objective
manner with entirely praiseworthy
results.
There is an undeniable logic to
the presentation of such a course.
It is foolish to completely ignore
a subject that necessarily effects
the future life of students. The
Daily lllini.
False Statements
And Little Minds.
The present red scare being
raised by the Hearst papers aud
other reactionary forces has been
directed chiefly at the schools of
the country, many of which, it is
said, are "hotbeds of radicalism,
harboring professors and students
whose palms are being crossed
with Moscow gold." In line with
the talk of the times was a recent
statement by Rear Admiral Wood
ward that "college reUs" should be
summarily expelled.
The counter charge laid down by
Professor Slosson Sunday that
such a censorship would produce
intellectual sterility, although it
does not purport to be a complete
argument for the case, is clearly
the point of view common to the
faculties of our universities and
others of what is so often spoken
of as the "intellectual" class com
monly with a note of popular con
tempt If Rear Admiral Woodward,
Hearst, the Chicago Tribune and
others of their beliefs were allowed
to have their way. the schools
would be purged of these supposed
menaces to our civilization and a
rigid system set up which would
certify unto America forever the
existing bungleaome state of af
fairs. An appeal to common prejudice
by means of carefully chosen
words Is all that is necessary to
make a convincing case for little
minds, and there are more little
minds than big ones in our world.
The caao for tolerance, though
thoroughly sound, is a much moie
difficult one.
The whole Hearst case, however.
Is built on a foundation of the mot-t
paradoxical sod fallacious sort.
Once censorship of radical thought
is begun in the universities it can
Very logically be extended to ail
liberal thought and even to all
thcught antagonistic to Mr. Hearst
or whatever supreme individual or
et of individuals is invested with
the posiuoa of censor. Once cen-!
sorship is accepted for the univer- ;
KUa. it can very e&Jtiiy be en
larged to include the pren and
every other agency devoted to the
pnix if.le of liU-rty. This is not the
fine "Amcrl' a-Eim" that our "pa- '
trkita" cry for. It is fa lm and. !
as such, atguall liaj-i'erous with the ,
very communism against which
the reactionaries began their case.
To what state of mind the Amer
ican public might be stirred up by
the ambitious red scare is difficult
to conjecture by the very ones who
are the butt of so large a portion
of it the college faculty and stu
dents. This is true, of course, be
cause to them the anti-radical
propaganda shows itself up in its
true colors.
It is further true because, con
trary to all popular beliefs, the
majority of college students today
tend much more definitely to apa
thetic conservatism rather than
dynamic radicalism. In a few
schools, radical groups are large
and influential. In most schools
tney are a pitiful minority. No
where is their propaganda as dis
gusting as that of their esteemed
opponents in high places.
The Michigan Daily.
Just What Is
The 'Problem'?
When a professor in an Ameri
can university comes to the de
fense of the present regime in Ger
many it is usually of particular
news value what with the Ameri
can sentiment in its present status.
That is exactly what Dr. F. K.
Kruger, professor of sociology and
political science at Wittenberg col
lege. Springfield, O., has lone.
True his defense was uttered in
Germany, but reports of his utter
ings have crept back to this coun
try thru the medium of the press.
We admire the outspoken manner
of this professor, who, it in re
ported, is known on his college
campus to be in sympatr with the
Gtrman movement But we call
for clarification of some of his ut
terances. For instance this one in
reierence to the recent boycott of
German goods, brought on by Ger
many's anti-Semetic activities.
"Some day America will be
forced to deal with the problem
presented by the Jew." The pro
fessor also asserts that there is no
effort made by American to un
derstand the "new German sorl,
or to play fair."
We can, ourselves, judge the
justification for the second asser
tion. We as individuals are
equipped to answer the charge,
but as to Doctor Kruger's state
ment concerning the problem of
the Jew. we should demand elucid
ation. What is this problem which
the Jew will suddenly thrust upon
us?
The news account of the profes
sor's utterances made ejecial note
of the fact that be did not explain,
or even refer in any specific man
ner to the problem. If there is such
problem, we should like to be
warned in advance so that we my
be able to cope with it when it
clot-, if ever, tome to tlwr surface.
klahoma Dail.
The oldest university in South
America is the University of San
CMANTS
BY CHANCE.
Last Tuesday evening a popular
form of fun was a visit backstage
during a performance of 'eiiow
Jack," although the nature of the
nrnduction makes it difficult to
have visitors around. When access
was gained to the backstage realm.
Stage Director "Pete" Sumption
was taking a final tour of inspec
tion before the curtain rose. At
last everyone was in place, and the
moment when even-thing was
deathly still and the curtain slow
ly ascended.
On each side of the stage in
ViarV two tintiriner orooertv girls
noiselessly gathered props. Mar
garet Straub and aiouy carpenter
work on one side and Portia Boyn
ton and Jane Edwards the other.
Veronica Villnave, seated at the
bak near the left wing, held the
electric torch and script just in
case. "Pete" was everywhere, but
mainly on the left side, where all
the sound effects come from. Ee
sides the radio, the drummer,
trumpeter, and quartet have their
various nooks on that left side.
Over on the right half of the bar k
stage, Don Buell is in charge. It
is quite a job getting the two mov
able track stages -t and shoved
into place one right after the other.
Underneath the circular stage two
young men take part In the show.
Bruce Alexander and William Witt
shove the stage around in place for
the necessary scenes.
Back to the left fide again, one
sees the stairway which leads to
the "pin-rail." or "cat's walk" or
"crow's nest;" whatever one
wishes to call it; it is the third
story up where the electrician
works the light. From there, one
can see everything that is going on
below. Don Friediy, the artistic
stage designer who executed the
sets, rules the world of the "pin
rail." It is he who works all the
intricate spotlight and blackouts.
Harriette Leeson, the property
mistress, also has a position up
above. It is she who works all the
horizontal effects at the back of
the stage. Also on the high plat
form stands the two trumpeters.
Ernest Green and John Jarmin.
Perched on the stairway half way
between the stage level and the
"pin rail" sits the quartet. From
there they sing the songs heard
at intervals throughout the play.
During the intermission, Don
Friediy was telling us how Doro
thea Klopp. a student in Dwlght
Kirach's stage designing class, had
painted the two lantern slides used
during th. irrt two scenes; one,
the London skyline and the other,
the African Jungle. Out In the au
dience, Mary Mean runs the lan
tern which throws the slides onto
the stage. Last words heard here
and there after intermission were
"quiet," and "sh-sh." Don Fried
ly's cue sheet was covered with
notations of when blackouts come,
and when certain spots were to
shine forth; but on the whole, he
knows the lines so well just from
hearing them in rehearsal, he can
tell just when to turn which lever.
When suddenlv the entire stage
wa3 ia utter darkness and only the
blare of the bugle Drone tne si
lence, even those of us backstage
were thrilled, too. as we shared
the feeling of expectancy with
those in the audience.
As soldiers, scientists and doc
tors nihhed elbows with one an
other, the most blase of them all
perhaps, was Jock, the Scottie,
who plays the part of "Kim."
"Pete" Sumption says his dog
"Whiskprs" is understudying the
part, just in case Jock gets tired
of being cooped up in the dressing
room before and after his appear
ance on the stage. It is surpris
ing how quiet everyone keeps DacK
stae. and the scenes where the
soldiers are seen in silhouette is
pprhaps one of the most wonderful
of all. Anyway, wnen at last tne
production was over, and the cast
busy dressing and prop girls dash
ing hither and yon, we realized
what an unusual piece of worK
roes on backstage, and it tended
to make "Yellow Jack" just that
much more enjoyable.
Future of Saar Basin Is Uncer
tain, Many Economic and
International Developments
May Arise, Says Hill.
(Continued from Page 1).
rather than on the strength of ex
pected economic benefit. Mr. Hill
pointed out that this is shown by
the fact that the commerce of the
basin has in the last few years
gone largely to France and propor
tionally less to Germany.
Saar toses Privileges.
Heretofore, the Saar has been
included in the French customs
union and any privileges that this
niiht have brought will be lost
when Germany assumes official
control after the action by the
I League. Mr. Hill believes that the
1 ideal economic arrangement would
I necessitate the control of the Saar
1 and Alsace-Lorraine by the same
, authority because of the related re
i sources of the two countries. The
I Saar has the coal and the French
1 province has the iron, both of
which are found near enougn to
gether to be very valuable in the
production of jsteel, providing the
two co-products are not separated
by a prohibitive tariff barrier.
"A satisfactory solution to this
economic problem should not be
difficult." Dr. Hill said, "if Ger
many and France are willing to ne
gotiate with only the economic in
terest in iew" The agreement
should re facilitated by the fact
that apparently both countries are
satisfied with the outcome of the
plebiscite. An advantage gained for
the world by this outcome that
would seem "to offset any slight
economic loss is found in Hitler's
statement that now there remains
no disputed territory between his
country and France. If his state
ment is sincere it means that he
has given up the hope of getting
Alsace-Lorraine.
Germany Must Pay.
Another angle in this transfer of
territory that will bear watching,
according to Professor Hill. Is the
specification in the Treaty that
states that if the plebiscite were to
go in favor of Germany she would
be compelled to buy back the Saar
coal mines from France with gold.
The price that Germany is to pay
will be determined by a committee
of three experts, a German, a
Frenc hman, and a neutral. If Ger
many does not purchase the mines,
Marcos, in Lima,
1001.
Peru, founded in
The Alaskan Agricultural col
lege and school of mines has in
creased its enrolment from six to
124 students in 11 years.
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France will have the right to as
sume control once more, the treaty
states. If Germany does put out
this price in gold she will further
discredit herself with the nations
to whom she has defaulted on her
war debt.
CHURCHES OF TODAY
MENTALLY STABALIZE
INDIVIDUALS WALTON
(Continued trom Page l.t
adopted or when religion is based
solely on the emotional element,
which attracts the weaker minds
with the result that religion is un
stabilizlng. Those accepting these
"offbrand" religions are usually
badly upset before entering, he
said.
In concluding, the speaker point
ed out that In earlier times religion
served as a place of retreat for
those people who were afraid of
the environment, but that today it
is accepted as a means by which
the appreciations of the Creator
might be expressed.
Carnegie Institution (Washing
ton, D. C.) astronomers are con
ducting studies of a very faint
nebula said to be 1,330,000,00,
000,000,000,000 miles away.
Tanksterettes Plan
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swimming meet plumed in tha
near future, at a meeting to be
held Thursday cyening at 7:30.
The meeting: was postponed from
Wednesday evening when it was
scheduled to meet.
At 8 o'clock the green will take
a swim and will practice strokes
and speed events for the coming
meet
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