TWO
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY
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EDITORIAL STAFF
wamolne Bible Edltor-ln-Chlef
Jack Fischer Associate Editor
MANAGING EDITORS
Irwin Ryan Virginia Selleck
NEWS EDITORS
Fred Nicklas Arnold Levins
Sancha Kllbourne Johnston Snipes
Marylu Petersen Woman'a Editor
BUSINESS STAFF
Richard Schmidt Business Manager
ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGERS
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Students Give the
Bird to Mr. Hearst.
EVIDENTLY collegians either do not read William
Randolph Hearst's editorials or they are giving
him the razzberry, also known as the bird and the
Bronx cheer.
Mr. Hearst at present has picked on National
Defense Week as a vehicle to get his militaristic
principles across to the public, and he has pulled the
throttle wide open.
Thru the medium of his papers' editorial
columns the Sage of San Simeon issues a "clarion
call to American patriotism," with such soul stir
ring or slightly nauseating, depending on the point
of view utterances as the following:
"No matter how pressing other problems may
appear, their importance pales into significance
when contrasted against the security of the land
we love.
"We are ready to shed the last drop of blood
to prevent the foreigner taking an inch of our terri
tory. "We should be more than ready to prevent the
shedding of one drop more than is necessary for its
defense.
"The better we are prepared to defend America
the less likely that we shall be called upon to defend
her against a foreign invasion.
"There is no substitute for adequate prepared- i
ness, and to be adequate it must be equal to the
strongest in all the essentials of defense."
IV IR. HEARST then propounds the theory that the
American navy must be second to none, while
our air forces must stand head and shoulders above
all the rest. His arguments are logical as long
as one does not question the wisdom of his original
tenents.
But what is encouraging is the great number of
students that doubt the advisability of his ideas. He
is evidently none too optimistic over the ability of
the United States to stay out of another war, while
returns in the Literary Digest Peace Poll show that
a majority of students hold exactly opposite views.
He advocates an air and navy force second to none,
but students again disagree.
Mr. Hearst strongly backs compulsory military
drill in state supported schools, thereby exposing
himself to further criticism. "The time and energy
required for military training are a small sacrifice
for the privilege of a free college education," he
states, but forgets to mention the disastrous effect
which military drill has on the student.
He makes a strong plea for patriotism while
still clinging to the fallacious and outmolded view
that the way to be patriotic is to wave a flag and
cany a gun.
'Y7E ARE a peaceful, but not a pacifist nation."
"No reason, however, is offered to show why we
should not become one. Furthermore, the opinion of
college students as expressed by the Peace Poll
eems to place Mr. Hearst's statement in a bad
light
women must choose some coed to grace the proceed
ings at a large number of the campus functions,
She has no duties, once elected, but to smile brightly
and make a show of becoming modesty. But maybe
some of us are too practical minded ana can't enjoy
a little good clean fun. Anyway the Prom girl race
will be a good warmup for approaching spring elec
tlons.
What Is
Sentiment?
A FLEA for students to drop their false aophisll-
cation and to make a show of feeling today is
voiced by a contributor to Wednesday's Student
Pulse column. At the risk of being called a "senti
mental fool," the letter writer asks students to ro
mance a bit for once in their blase young lives.
After all, what is this terrible thing called sen
timent, so terrible that all hate to admit their feel
ing it. True sentiment is something noble, an ex
pression of high regard for some one or something.
Thru a process of evolution, however, the term has
unfortunately come to connote a display of mawkish
emotions, something that is not quite sincere.
It is also unfortunate that Valentine's day, like
Christmas, Easter and Mother's day, has been so
terribly commercialized. Merchants have seized
upon it as a capital advertising idea, and much of its
original meaning has been lost.
Nevertheless it might be well for students, as
the contributor suggests, to discard their "super
ficially suave attitude" for a day and meditate for
awhile, remembering others.
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 news
paper practice, which excludes all libelous matter and
personal attacks. Letters must be signed, but names
will b withheld from publication tf so desired.
Contributions should be limited to a maximum of five
hundred words In length.
Hail to
The Queen!
Student council sets deadline for Prom girl
filings. Prospective candidates get all fluttery.
Much whispering. Also bit of log rolling. All on
q. t., however. Mortar Boards hate politics. Can
didates finally file. More whispering. Students pay
out necessary tariff to attend Prom. Vote for fa
vorite. Band stops playing. Everybody gripes.
Lucky girl walks down center of coliseum escorted
by junior and senior class president. Sorority sis
ters cheer. Underclassmen g.e t excited. Band
strikes up tune. All dance. Prom girl forgotten
until Nebraskan comes out with picture and big
headline. Again forgotten.
And thus will another Nebraska queen be
elected to occupy a pait;e In a special section of the
Cornhusker. Her sorority house will also find it a
useful point to use in rush talks. Otherwise nobody
cares about the election excrpt the Prom committee
which finds the contest for presentation ideas excel
lent publicity material.
It seems a bit silly that grownup men and
Someone Else Wants
A Good Orchestra.
TO THE EDITOR:
The honorable president of the Student Council
once more starts raving about the students being
coerced and high pressured into spending a dollar
and a half to hear a second rate orchestra like the
one that played at the Interfraternity ball.
It is indeed interesting to note that at least one
member of the Student Council has the initiative to
start raving if nothing else. It will take more than
the observations of the president, however, to bring
worthy orchestras to the major parties at Nebraska.
The rest of the council will undoubtedly sit back
and maintain a Sphinx like silence, just too typical
of the midwestern temperament.
It will be interesting to note how successful the
protege of the Student Council, namely the Junior
Senior Prom committee, will be securing a "really
big" band for their annual affair. Special attempts
to give the campus an orchestra worthy of the
affair will surely come to absolutely nothing as long
as present restrictions exist.
It almost seems that one would hesitate to
serve on the Prom committee for fear of shelling
out three or four months' allowance to make up a
likely de" !t, inasmuch as the committee members
themselves must underwrite the party. This is not
to the efficiency of the committee because it is un
doubtedly composed of the more brilliant and more
ambitious juniors on the campus, but rather to the
antiquated rules the University Senate invoked
many, many years ago.
It is indeed a sad state of affairs the result
of the wisdom radiating from the overly cautious
professors and instructors composing that illustrious
body. Possessing not the slightest idea of the rela
tive cost of such parties, their action has imperiled
the one thing that might have universal appeal on
the campus.
It should be the duty and the goal of every stu
dent organization that finds itself dictated to by
these rulings, to see to their revision! Is there any
reason why an organization like the Student Council
or the Interfraternity Council be made to suffer be
cause of something that could and should be reme
died ? After all, the logicality of any modernization
of the now existing rules cannot be questioned. The
ones in force are certainly not filling the bill.
Immediate action might save the Prom commit
tee from a very embarrassing position and give the
student body at least one good party this year.
There is no reason why steps shouldn't be taken
while the aftermath of the Interfraternity ball is
still felt. An appeal should be made to the Senate
and facts of the case presented to them in such a
way that their action could be only one the lifting
of the mid-victorian and out of date rules. B. C.
OFFICIAL
BULLETIN
Book Shop.
The following books are in de
mand at the Swap Book shop:
"Analytical Geometry" by Love;
"Governments of Europe" by
Munroe; "Social Psychology" by
Allport; "Typing," college edition;
Gregg Shorthand; "Money and
Banking" by Bradford; and Gregg
Speed Builder. Those students
owning copies of these books which
they wish to sell should bring them
to the Swap Book shop In the Tem
pie hteater building.
COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES.
All interfraternity council repre
sentatives or alternates will please
check in ball tickets at the Student
Activities office by Friday, Feb. 22
MILITARY SPONSORS.
All sponsors are asked to at
tend a meeting of the Sponsors
club at 5 o'clock Thursday attcr
noon in Ellen Smith hall.
Alice Howell Expresses Delight at
Finding That Ballet Russe Program
In Lincoln Resembles Parisian Show
"On getting out my program, 1 find to my uVlijyht llwit, we
arc to have almost the same progi'iini here in Lincoln that 1 saw
in Paris in July, 10;.'?,'' exclaimed Jliss Alice Howell, head of
the dramatics department, when questioned as to her opinion
about the Kallet Kus.se which will be presented in Ihe coliseum
the evening of Feb. 14 at 8 o clock. o
"All Paris flocked to see the art
GAMMA ALPHA CHI.
Gamma Alpha Chi will hold ini
tiation service Thursday afternoon
at 5 o'clock in Ellen Smith hall.
Dinner will be held at 6:30 at the
Y. W. C. A.
SWAP SHOP.
Students who left books at the
Y. W. C. A. swap shop to be sold,
can find out what books of theirs
were sold by calling at the Stu
dent Activities office in the coli
seum today.
Handcraft Group.
rhe handcraft interest group
will meet in Ellen Smith hall
Thursday at 6 o'clock.
Sigma Gamma Epsilon.
Meeting of Sigma Gamma Epsi
lon, honorary geology fraternity,
Thursday, Feb. 14, 7:30 p. m. in
Morrill hall. Richard Hufnagle
university photographer, will show
colored slides of Yellowstone park.
SWIMMING POOL.
There will be no free swimming
for women in the university pool
at 4 o'clock, Friday, 15, because
of a swimming meet.
ists who comprised this goodly
company," she went on to explain
as she described her impression of
her first view of the noted Russian
band of dancers. "We had to stand
for a long time In a que to get our
seats. The tickets ranged from
about two dollars down to a none
too modest price. The theater, as
well as the stage, presented a
beautiful spectacle as the audience
was dressed in Parisian splendor."
Miss Howell stated that she was
overjoyed to discover that the same
leading artists, Monsieur W. de
basil as Director General, and M.
Leonide Masslne and Mile. Irina
Baronova as leading dancers,
would be with the troup in Lin
coln. De Basil Noted Director.
Monsieur de Basil, the leader of
the company, with whom Miss
Howoll was so favorably impressed
is a former military man of old
Russia and lately was the director
of the Russian Opera in Pans. He
organized his ballet in 1929. Often I dancing."
much amazement has been ex
pressed as to the youth of his dan
cers. Two of the stars, Miles. Tou
manova and Baionava, were only
sixteen when they first came to
this country last December, and
very few of the ballerinas have
passed their twentieth year.
Choicest Hits Repeated Here.
"I observe that the two choicest
portions of our Paris program are
to be repented here, Lcs Sylphides
and Beau Danube," the head of the
dramatics department continued.
"I think I never saw anything on
the stage so pictorial and so ex
quisite as the dancing and group
ing in Les Sylphides with the
changing lights."
Miss Howell feels that it is re
markable to think that that which
she considered such a rare treat in
Paris a short time ago is to be
here in her own midwestern city.
She concluded by saying, "It is
indeed wonderful to find that one
can stay at home and enjoy that
which is surely one of the greatest
sights in the artistic world of
VARSITY
DAIRY GROUP
CMANTS
BY CHANCE.
Komensky Klub.
An important meeting of the
Komensky Klub will be held at 8
o'clock Friday evening, Feb. 15th
in the Temple room 203. All Czech
students are urged to atterd. Pro
fessor Stepanek will give a short
talk.
Frosh Cab.
Freshman cabinet will meet
Thursday tvening, Feb. 14, at 7
o'clock in Ellen Smith hall.
(Hve the Grid
Fans a Break.
TO THE EDITOR:
We need a new public address system at Memorial
field. The one we now have, as you can remember
from last season, is quite unsatisfactory; it is
neither clear, loud, nor far-reaching enough. Foot
ball enthusiasts can understand the eastern games
broadcast over the NBC and Columbia networks
better than they can the Husker games, even when
they are watching from the 50-yard line. The
booster who pays two dollars to see a game is often
puzzled as to who carried the ball, who made a
tackle or what a penalty is for. There is no reason
for such an injustice when an effiicent address sys
tem to explain all such things can be procured for
a few hundred dollars. The fans should be given the
best; they pay for it. Booster.
ting something for nothing, for
creative thought is, as we have
seen, confined to the very few . . .
One cannot but wonder at this con
stantly recurring phrase, 'gttting
something for nothing,' as if it
were tne peculiar and perverse
ambition of disturbers of society
. . . Practically all we have is
handed to us gratis. Can the most
complacent reactionary flatter
himself that he invented the art of
writing or the printing press, or
originally discovered his religious,
economic and moral convictions, or
any of the devices which supply
him with meat and raiment or any
of the sources of such pleasure as
he may derive from literature or
the fine arts? In short, civiliza
tion is little else than getting
something for nothing.
"How much execrable reasoning
and how many stupid accusations
would fall away if this truth were
accepted as a basis of discussion!"
Oregon State Barometer.
INJURIES FATAL
TO COED HURT IN
CRASH TUESDAY
(Continued from Page l.l
side of nose cut off but sewed back
on, deep gash below left knee, bad
cut on left lower and upper eyelid,
five broken ribs and fractured
right shoulder blade. Dr. B. A.
Finkle attended Meade. Both were
taken to St. Elizabeth hospital.
Parents of both Miss VanBrunt
and Meade arrived in Lincoln Wed
nesday morning.
Beauty Queen Candidate.
Miss VanBrunt was the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mis. Ray VanBrunt
of Sioux Falls, S. D. She attended
Ward Belmont college at Nash
ville. Tenn., and studied for two
years at a Sioux Falls school. She
was a beauty queen candidate for
the 1935 Cornhusker. and was a
member of Kappa Kappa Gamma.
Meade, who played football at
Nebraska during the 1933 season,
is employed as service salesman bv
the Continental Oil Co., at the 12th
and L street station. He is a mem
ber of Sigma Nu.
Era Lown, the member of the
"Return of Peter Grimm" cast who
was taken seriously ill during the
engagement of the play, was seen
back yesterday roaming the cam
pus, looking a little the worse for
his experience. It seems that he
always has bad luck during at
least one play a season. Last year
during one performance of "Dan
gerous Corner" bad luck came his
way, and this year it returned in
the latest vehicle of the Players.
Speaking of "Peter Grimm," one
of the cast members mentioned
that the old pewter and oil por
trait which adorned the walls of
the set, were genuine; the former
being valued at $125 and the paint
ing at $150. As these props were
so valuable, Don Friedly, the stage
technician, and Don Buell the
prop man, took these props down
every evening and packed them in
boxes, which they hid, and then
put them back in place before each
performance. The hanging lamp
over the piano, which was a gen
uine spinet piano by the way, was
also genuine and came from a sec
ond hand store.. Altho the city
was searched high and low, no
tasseled curtains could be found
for the center windows, so old
fashioned tie-backs were used in
stead. In order to create the rain
effect, water was piped from the
basement to a pipe outside of the
set window, which went into a
canvas covered trough, thus mak
ing a realistic sound effect. One
man in the audience one evening j
actually thought the rain was so
real, he left the performance to go
outside and put up the windows on
his car. Few of the members of
the audience realize the effort it
takes to collect properties for
these university plays until they
have seen a production like the one
recently shown here.
With all the activity and senior
recitals being given by members
of the School of Music, the Con
servatory has really been on the
map, musically speaking, this last
week especially. In a recital at the
Temple yesterday afternoon Char
lotte Easterday kiesselbach, a stu
dent ol Alma Wagner, was pre
sented in senior recital. Bettie Za
briski presented the following stu
dents from her class in a cello re
cital at 8 o'clock Monday evening
in Recital hall: Mildred Storer.
Ruth Sibley, Mary Louise Baker,
June Day, True Chappell, Joseph
ine Welch, Marie Anderson, June
Meek. Cornelia Whisler, Fiances
Spencer, and Philip Heller. Violet
Vaughn, studenl with Herbert
Schmidt, played a group of piano
solos for the meeting of Beta Sig
ma Phi. Tuesday evening The
same evening Alma Wagnei pre
sented students in a voice recital in
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Contemporary
Continent
Yale Sets Up
IS'eie Study System.
In the time of WooUow Wilson,
when Princeton instituted the pre
ceptorial system of study, and
later, when the four-course plan
was adopted, many educators
looked askance at Innovations
which were considered to have
qualities dangerously subversive of
the traditions of American higher
education. The ability of the in
dividual student to get along with
out the day-by-day supervision of
strictly routine classroom work
was openly doubted. Only the
lapse of yean hu been able to
confound th kkeptica, and to
place the principles of the four
courte plan with Its thesis, pre
ceptorial and comprehensive ex
aminations In bifi repute In lead
ing institution throughout the
country.
The latest endorsement comes
from Yale, which has recently an
nounced the institution of a final
comprehensive examination, cover
ing departmental work for the two
upper-class years, and a system of
study which partakes of many of
the characteristics of the four
course plan. In junior years, Yale
students, beginning- with the mem
bers of the Class of 1937. will take,
in addition to regular courses, one
"group discussion" course, similar
in essentials to our preceptorials,
and in senior year will take only
four course, devoting the time
thus gained to individual depart
mental work, as is the custom at
Princeton. It has not yet been
specified whether this individual
work will take the form of theses,
papers or merely reading and con
sultation. Also, the additional
members of the faculty needed to
carry out this plan will be added
as regular members of the various
departments, aj at Princeton, in
stead of being provided through
the Harvard system ef a separate
body of tutors.
Whatever the troubles of inte
gration, over-lapping cournes and
general growing pains which rr.sy
accompany the institution of this
new plan." there Is no doubt thut
laie nas tsken a vast stride for- American hiotorian. quoted in a
ward, and the Yale faculty, which j recent letter to the Oreg.nian:
was primarily responsible fur the "The race has always been get-
change, is deserving of a great
deal of congratulation. As we see
it now, there is only one major
step to take to round out the pic
turethe institution of the com
pulsory departmental thesis in
senior year, as at Princeton.
Though the thesis entails a great
deal of work. Princeton alumni
who have worked under the four
course plan are almost unanimous
in their approval of the thesis as
the one most valuable feature o:
Princeton's educational machinery
If Yale follows to its logical con
clusion the path it haa laid out. the
inevitable result will be the thesis,
and with it an educational system
unsurpassed by any in the country
The Daily Princetonian.
Sttmething Jar
Nothing.
Perhaps a reconsideration of the
old idea of 'gettlrg-something-for-nothing"
may prove worthwhile.
Too much time ha been spent
decrying this common fault, and
o it is with interest that we noted
the following excerpt from Dr.
James Harvey Robinson, celebrated
You can't afford to miss
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General Admission Only 83c
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Ourtain Rises at 8:J5. Doors Open at 7.
Recital hall. Besides Mrs. Kiessel
bach, those who appeared were
Ruth Haynie. Marshall Gibson,
Vera May Peterson, Harriett By
ron, Marcclla Suchan, Franklin
LeBar, Helen Naeve, Laura Kim
ball, Marcella Laux, James Fitch,
Claralyce Davis and Mrs. Ger
aldine Fuerst. Ruth Kuehn. a stu
dent of Sylvia Cole Diers, sang for
a school program at Murdock on
Friday evening.
One of the greatest master
pieces ever recorded by Leopold
Stokowski is the new Victor re
cording of excerpts from "Die
Walkure" by Richard Waaner. The
selection is not routine: naturallv
if Stokowski did it, it wouldn't be.
He has chosen the most poignant
and dramatic moments in the
great Wagnerian music legend
and dramatized them still further
by his own highlighting of the per
formance played by the Philadel
phia Sympnony and sung by Law
rence Tibbett under his direction.
It is alive and will be welcomed.
this album of "Die Walkure," to
those who love entertainment as
well as those who worship Wag
ner. Lawrence Tibbett does some
of the most beautiful singing of
his career, and the result is mag
nificent. There is apparent in
every measure that elusive thing
called art.
ELECTS NEW OFFICERS
Verne Jeffers Named New
Head of Organization
On Wednesday.
Annual election of officPr, ,,,
new members of the Varsitv n.?a
Club was held at their lE$t
Wednesday on the Air rL.eetl.n8
new members and officials for tl
second semester were chosen . e
the organization. n tot
Verne Jeffers of Aurora ,,
named president; Albert Bear i J
Reynolds, vice president- Rf
mond McCarty of McCool w'"
tion, news reporter; and t,m
Warner of Morrill, manager Tf
varsity dairy products ludrtnf
contests. Jging
New members are rt
YVelsch, Seward; Roland Nucfc
Scottsbluff; Burr Rush
Stanley Whitson. Lincoln R?h'j
Gibbons, Lincoln; and kS
Holmbeck, Beatrice. old
STUDENT COUNCIL-"
OPENS PROM GIRL
FILINGS FEB H
(Continued from Page i.j
decision made by the council a
cording to these rules, candidate,
must have a minimum of .!?:. s
nine credit hours, twentyven nf
eeriinc spmoctoo r....i: "c
..0 . inihions i
taken in the mMni, t
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Stokes Gives Speech on
'Economic NatioiialiMii"
Proiessor Stokes of the political
science department will address
the Lincoln Business Women club
on Thursdav, Feb. 14. The meet-i
ing will follow a dinner at 6:15.
at the club rooms. The subject of i
the speech is to be 'Economic Na- fv
tinna 1 icm " i IV
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accurate count of the ballots
which will be cast at the door on
the night of the Prom, scheduled
for March 8.
Urging many senior women to
file, members of Mortar Board
senior women's honorary society
which last year took steps to abol
ish political factions among sorori
ties, assured candidates that even
candidate would have an equal
chance in an independent field
"There will be no slates in this
election," declared hash Perkins
vice president of the honorary "so
every girl may file with the assur
ance that the race will be free of
politics." Violet Cross. Mortar
Board president, stated that the
society would continue its strict
policy against factions, and that
they would be interested in learn
ing of violations.
Last year Miss Lucille Reillv of
Lincoln was chosen Prom girl by
students who attended the dance.
Miss Jane Youngson of Minden
was named for the honor in 1933.
Stepanek Gives Talk at
Komensky Klub Meeting
All Czech students of the uni
versity have been invited to attend
the meeting of the Komensky
Klub Friday night, Feb. . in the
Temple, room 203. Prof. Stepanek
will give a short talk.
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