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EDITORIAL TAFF
Lamolne Bible Af.tEdltoJ
Jack Fischer Associate Editor
MANAGING EDITORS
Irwin Ryan Virginia Salleck
NEWS EDITORS
Fred Nlcklas Arnold Levlna
Sancha Kilbourne George Plpal
Marylu Petersen Woman's Editor
Dorthea Fulton Society Editor
BUSINESS STAFF
Richard Schmidt Business Manager
ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGERS
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LeFs
Hope.
REQUEST tor 2,455,000 out of Nebraska'
share of the president's public works and relief
bill, If and when approved by congress, was sent to
the state planning board Monday by Chancellor E.
A. Burnett. Included in the request were only items
for which there is an urgent need at the university.
Others, for which the demand is not quite so great,
were allowed to go by the boards.
Heading the needs of the university and head
ing the list of items for which the requested sum
is to be expended is a new library. According to
the chancellor's statement the present library was
erected In 1891-95 and for a long time has been en
tirely inadequate to take care of the demands of the
university. Of 290,000 volumes owned by the uni
versity only 100,000 can be kept In the building
while the rest are scattered all over the campus in
various "reservd" libraries.
In addition the building has been declared an
extremely high fire hazard. It can seat only a small
percentage of the number it should accommodate,
and those taken care of are none too Impressed by
their surroundings. A. contrast of the enrollment of
1.500 when the library was built with the 11,000 now
enrolled should dispell all doubts as to the absolute
necessity for a new building.
Next on the list of items conies a new Univer
sity hall to replace the now decrepit building that
was the first and only building on the campus. Dur
ing its long span of life it has lost Its top two stories
and has had to be helped along with props. Its age
for pension was passed long ago.
Along with University hall in its unfitness for
use is Nebraska hall. Both are unsafe in addition to
being Inadequate for the demands placed upon them.
Many of the activities now housed in Nebraska hall
would be moved to the new building, and two of the
worst eyesores on the campus would be eliminated.
Other buildings provided for are an .extension
to the University hospital located on the Medical
college campus in Omaha, and an Engineering build
ing. There have been Increasing demands on the
clinic conducted for the indigent sick by medical
students. In the new. Engineering building would
be housed together all the administrative units of
the Engineering college, now scattered at various
points on the campus, in addition to classrooms and
laboratories.
The North Platte experimental station as well
as the local campus would come in for many im
provements, including repairs, extensions, sidewalks
and landscaping, if the request la approved by the
planning board. Upon completion of these projects
the university would be one step nearer the ideal
campus which has been a dream for many years.
According to the chancellor's figures 35 per
cent of the building cost would be expended in labor
on Unbuilding site, while 121-2 percent would be
spent on material and transportation within the
state. Included also is the architect's fees and su
pervision of construction which Is estimated not to
exceed 5 percent of the total building cost. For re
pair and extension work, labor is estimated to equal
or exceed 60 percent of the total cost.
Surely there can be no objection to the univer
sity having a small share in the state's division of
the public works program. It is not only a state
supported school, but it is a state serving school. Its
benefits to the citizens of Nebraska are immeasure
afcle. The amount of the request is entirely within
reason, when consideration is given to the great part
the university plays within the stated
Nor is the request at cross purposes with the
main idea of the public works program to provide
labor for the now unemployed. Not only will the
greater share of the money expended go to labor,
but it will also be kept within the state for the stim
ulation of state industries. It is entirely right and
just that the university should be granted this re'
quest.
The President Offers
Some Advice.
JJDUCATION was charged with "lighting the way
to social change" by no less a personage than
the president of the United States In a letter to the
National Education association convention this week.
This statement by the president is only another
sign of the times, another indication on the part of
the nation's leaders that In the schools and universi
ties can be found men and methods to pull the coun
try out of the morass In which it has found itself.
"The social and economic problems confronting
us are growing in complexity," declared Mr. Roose
velt. "The more difficult and complex these prob
lems become, the more essential it is to provide
broad and complete education; that kind of educa
tion that will equip us as a nation to decide these
problems for the .best interests of all concerned."
The burden of providing this soil of education
was laid on the shoulders of tho teachers, but all
their efforts will be of no avail If they do not receive
the co-operation of the students. The latter must
also become Imbued with the spirit of that education
which "provides understanding, strength and secur
ity for those interests we have treasured since we
first established ourselves as a nation and shall con
tinue everlastingly to cherish."
STUDENT PULSE
Briet. concise contributions pertinent to mullers if
student life and the university are welcomed bv this
department, under the csual restrictions of aountl newx
imper practice, which excludea all libelous mnttei an. I
personal uttacks. letters must be signed, but nms
will be withheld rrom publication If ao desired.
Contributions snouM be limited to a maximum ot five
Hundred words la Isnath.
Nebraska Is Acquiring
A Black Ee.
TO THE EDITOR:
T perhaps will be of interest to those who noticed
the disrespectful and unsportsmanlike conduct of
the crowd at the recent Kansas basketball game
here to kno.w that apologies to the Kansas team,
both on the part of the Student council, acting for
the student body, and on the part of the presidents
of the two senior honoraries and pep organizations,
were dispatched to Kansas prior to the editorial
comments contained la the Daily Nebraskan. On
the surface, the matter might be said to have been
taken care of properly. As a matter of fact, the ac
tion of Nebraska student leaders will be nothing but
an empty gesture if the root of this evil is not found
and something done to co'-rect the condition.
Nebraska has long had a reputation of having
first class athletic teams. Perhaps this has been
less true in the case of basketball than in other
sports, but the Cornhuskers have always played a
prominent part in conference athletics. Unfortu
nately their prominence has not been confined to the
prowess of the various teams. Whether true or not,
Nebraska is fast earning the reputation of being
one of the roughest and toughest opponents in the
Big Six.
Perusal of student papers from other Big Six
schools reveals the attitude of students there toward
Nebraska and their opinion was not of the nature
of being complimentary. Particularly was this true
ot Kansas students following the game here when
the Kansas paper carried an article asking the ex
planation of the Nebraska crowd's conduct. Their
complaint is certainly legitimate, for the crowd
which hissed Kansas players while they tried for
free throws and booed them for things they were in
no way responsible for. certainly was one of the
most disrespectful, inhospitable, and unsportsman
like audiences mustered for a Nebraska game.
Furthermore, replies from Kansas, which were
in answer to the letters of apology, while expressing
appreciation for the action of student leaders, subtly
hint that "explanations" are doing very little to bet
ter the situation that other schools are experienc
ing the same reception, perhaps to slighter degree,
than Kansas did, and It is becoming the rule rather
than the exception.
Perhaps Nebraska students do not realize the
reputation which evidently is assuming close connec
tion with the name Cornhusker. Certainly and defi
nitely Nebraska earned a black eye through the
crowd's behavior at the Kansas game. And most
certainly it is in contrast to the sportsmanlike way
In which other schools have received and entertained
Cornhusker teams away from home. There is ro
doubt that this condition must not be allowed to re
assert itself.
Here is a field of endeavor which would merit
much of the two pep clubs' time and work in im
proving. It la an undertaking which would require
the co-operation of every undergraduate attending
the various athletic contests. There can be no sud
den giving away to emotions during a game when
the tide of fortune either rightly or through acci
dent turns against the home team. College students
are, after all, supposed to have achieved some de
gree of maturity and are supposed to not only know
how, but to practice being ladies and gentlemen. It
should prove interesting to watch the future con
duct of Nebraska students and see to just what ex
tent they value their reputation for clean and sports
manlike competition. K. L.
OFFICIAL
BULLETIN
Cornhusker Sale.
The Cornhusker is now on sale
In the basement of U hall. Pur
chases can be made there within
the next two weeks.
Scholarship Lecture.
Scholarship lecture Tuesday at
6:15 at the University club. Prof.
R. W. Frantz will speak on the
making of Boswell's Life of Johnson.
Gamma Alpha Chi.
Uamma Alnha Chi will
Thursday at 7:30 o'clock
Smith hall.
meet
in Ellen
Sponsors Club.
Sponsors club will meet Thurs
day afternoon at 5 o'clock in Ellen
Smith hall. All members please
be present.
Vespers.
The usual Tuesday vesper serv
ice will give way to the convoca
tion in Social Science auditorium
Tuesday at 5, when Mrs. Morgan
will speak.
Poster Staff.
Poster staft of the Y. W. C. A.
will meet Tuesday afternoon at 4
o'clock in Ellen Smith hall. The
meeting will be in charge of Doris
Weaver.
World Forum.
A session of the World Forum
staff of the Y. W. C. A. will be
held Tuesday afternoon at 4
o'clock in Ellen Smith hall with
Theodora Lohrman in charge.
Legislative and Current Event.
Legislative and Current Events
group of the Y. W. C. A., led by
Ann Pickett, will meet Tuesday
afternoon at 1 o'clock in Ellen
Smith hall.
Life of Jetus.
The group discussing Lite of
Jesus will meet Tuesday afternoon
at 1 o'clock in Ellen Smith hall.
Miss Bernice Miller will be in
charge.
Interclub Council.
Interclub council will meet Tues
day evening at 7:30 o'clock in Uni
versity hall. Room 8 It is impera
tive that all members be present
Pershing Rifles.
Pershing Rifles will hold its reg
ular meeting Tuesday at 5 o'clock
in Nebraska hall. All members
and new pledges are expected to
be present.
Corn Cobs.
There will be a meeting of all
Com Cobs Wednesday evening.
Feb. 27. in Room 8 of University
hall at 7 o'clock. All members are
requested and expected to be
present.
Harvard boys are better stu
dents than they were ten years
ago and a smaller percentage are
being dropped each year for schol
astic deficiencies, it was told this
week by Dean A. Chester Hanford.
CLUB INITIATES FOUR
Bullock Addresses Group
. About' 'Employment'
for Women.'
Four girls will be initiated into
the CHrls' Commercial club at a
meeting to be held from 7:30 until
8:30 o'clock Wednesday evening at
the city Y. W. C. A. building.
Prof. T. T. Bullock of the de
partment of economics, will ad
dress the group on "Employment
for Women." '
Pearl Kymer, Helen Roster, Dora
Johnson, and Doris Eastman will
be initiated. Mildred Kirkbride and
Catherine Stoddard are in charge
of decorations and Virginia
Schmidt of general arrangements.
Mrs. T. T. Bullock will be a spe
cial guest at the affair.
CAST SCORES HIT
IN OPENING NIGHT
NEW PRODUCTION
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the role of the maid, "Florence."
Harold Sumptton, who directed the
production, is cast as the English
lover, who makes a pest of him
self. As "Peter Walmsley," the
fellow who calls Miss Carpenter
for dates continually, Sumption
gave a realistic portrayal of a
character part. One of the unusual
effects used was microphone,
over which could be heard the con
versations of the friends, lovers
and relatives who called Miss Car
penter. Seven or eight different
people made calls and the inflec
tion of the voices made the con
versations most realistic.
Variety of Costumes.
An added attraction toward the
beauty of the production is the
number of lovely gowns worn by
Miss Carpenter. One outstanding
suit was a swagger of deep green,
with which she donned a severely
tailored, mannish hat. With a
walking suit of checked gray, she
wore a knobby little back-of-the
head affair. Two gorgeous eve
ning gowns were in pure white,
and a powdered blue creation. She
also appeared in one scene in a
pale pink powdered negligee.
Portia Boynton, who is the only
other feminine member in the cast,
wore a maid's uniform to accent
uate her role of "Florence," the
housekeeper. Perkins appeared in
an English tweed sports outfit, a
dark business suit and a tuxedo.
Pete Sumption wore a dark busi
ness suit.
Packed Broadway Houses.
The two principal roles were ex
ceptionally long to work up in a
week, and the cast is to be com
mended for presenting such a fin
ished performance. Dixie Betzer
and Elsa Swift were property girls
and Don Buell handled props.
Blanche Carr prompted the show
and stage hands were Roy Squires,
Bill Witt and Delford Brummer.
Tickets are on sale at Magee's
and may be obtained at the box
office at the Temple the evening
of the desired performance.
C&flANTS
BY CHANCE.
An exchange conductor was the
feature of the Lincoln Symphony
program Monday evening at the
Liberty theater, when the local
musicians gave their regular con
cert. Leo Kucinakl, well known
conductor of the Sioux City or
chestra, appeared as guest con
ductor and directed the musicale.
In exchange, Rudolph Seidl, di
rected the Sioux City ensemble.
The guest conductor, who had re
hearsed regularly with the Lincoln
musicians since January 27, Is di
rector of the Monahan Post band,
besides being a well known artist
himself. He opened the program
with Bach's "Prelude, Chorale and
Fugue." The celebrated "Suite"
from the "Water Music" of Han
del's, written for King George of
England in the 1700s, was the
moat outstanding orchestration
played. Tschaikowsky's "Fantasle
Overature" and Lladoff's "Scher
zo" were two different selections.
Strauss' melodious "Emperor
Waltzes" and one of the favorites
and Massenet's "Clair de Lune"
proved In excellent contrast to
Lalo's majestic "Overature" from
"Le Roi d'Ys."
Students from the studios of
Maude' Fender Gutzmer are par
ticipating in the following musical
events: Helen Ledford and Lila
Mae Jackson sang a number of
old fashioned songs in costume at
the Colonial party given by the
second division of Vine Congrega
tional church Friday. Sally Green
was guest soloist at the studio tea
recital given by students of Kate
E. Miller Sunday afternoon at the
home of Miss Alta Cecil. Mrs.
Ruyle Danielson, Betty Regan and
Mrs. George Zellers will appear in
Japanese costumes and sing art
songs, traditional themes and
poems of Japan for the Delta
Omicron alumnae meeting Tues
day evening. Mrs. Gutzmer will
read the translations of the
poems. Fleda Graham Ziegenbein
will be the accompanist.
Last evening the University
Players opened for another week.
It's really miraculous the way
they work plays up in a week's
time. Molly Carpenter, the drab
"Hannah" of "Shining Hour" fame
earlier in the season, is quite a
contrast as the radiant beauty of
"There's Always Juliet." The at
tractive Theta not only wears gor
geous clothes, but knows her lines,
and not only one hundred lines, but
one hundred "sides" and better at
that. Dwight Perkins is once more
the hero, and next to Molly has the
most "sides" to his part. This
Delta Upsilon has been seen In
several plays already this season,
so is no newcomer to local au
diences. Portia Boynton does a
good piece of acting as the house
keeper, and Pete Sumption suc
ceeds in making a thoro pest of
himself, as the disgruntled English
lover. The play will run for a
week at the Temple; and cos
tumes, sets and props are good to
look at; so, the production should
draw capacity houcss.
Tickets are going iHpidly lor
the evening grand opera, to be
given here March 12 by the Chi
cago Grand Opera company. This
performance, which will be given
in the university coliseum, will
feature all the sconcry, costumes
and great artists which go to help
make an enjoyable evening at
opera. Excerpts from four differ
ent operas will be sung, with such
artists as Maria Jeritza, formerly
of the Metropolitan, in the leading
roles. "Tannhauser," "Tosca," and
"Faust" are three of the operas
scheduled. An added attraction
will be the "Gold Standard" bal
let danced by members of Ruth
Page's Chicago Grand Opera com
pany ballet. The premiere per
formance of this ballet was given
last November. Such vivid presen
tations of opera and hallet all on
one evening are seldom offered.
Watch for this attraction; it will
be one of the oustanding events to
be given in Lincoln this winter.
I CHANCELLOR SEEKS
PWA BUILDING FUND
(Continued from rage l.i
rooms for military instruction.
New Hospital Wing.
In order to form an additional
wing of the medical hospital lo
cated at Omaha, the new medical
college dispensary would house the
large dispensary which is now con
ducted here for the sick and used
as a clinic for all students In tho
third and fourth years of the medi
cal course
The proposed Engineering hall
and laboratories would include ad
ministrative offices and classrooms
for the engineering college to
gether with laboratories for elec
trical engineering, applied me
chanics, highway testing, architec
ture, and civil engineering.
Under the campus improve
ments it is planned to include three
campuses. These are the central
and agricultural college campus
here and the medical college cam
pus nt Omaha for which there are
urgent repairs and extensions
needed.
In concluding his letter, the
chancellor showed that almost half
of the building cost would be used
in labor on the building site, and
that all of the expenditures for
building material will stimulate
heavy industries which are in spe
cial need of revival at this time.
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Comment
Reeding and
'Riting.
In a letter addressed to the "edi
tor ov the Literairy Dijeat" a
member of the department of Ro
mance Languages at Catawba col
lege In North Carolina advocates
the adoption of a system of sim
plified spelling to facilitate the
task of "turning too rite." The let
ter U spelled just as the words
sound and closely resembles the
first efforts of a 6 year old at writ
ing. It does not Intend to be amus
ing, however, even though at first
glance it suggests sheer nonsense.
Viewed from a serious angle,
the Idea la not such sn Insane one.
Foreigners have long complained
of the difficulty in learning to
writ the English language. It is
so complex and inconsistent. There
are no definite rules to determine
its spelling.
Hot Important than this rroup
are the large numbers of our ca
children who are each year Intro
ducod to tse psrptauUes of written
English wiU the aid of obscure
Jingles like, -T before V except
afur 'C or vbia sounded as V
la neighbor or weigh." which run
through small beads and help very
little. Like martyrs, they secretly
grumble and blunder through
spelling class after spelling class.
Inarticulately rebelling against
th baffling language they nave
been forced to absorb.
In spite of the assets which the
plan seems to offer, could It ever
be taken seriously by our leading
educators? They attach a senti
mental aura to "the beauty of
words" or are fascinated by their
various etymologies. They would
most likely claim that our lan
guage would be forever ruined by
adopting any plan whereby words
would be "speld as they sownd."
But certainly it la obvious that
the advantages ire , multiple.
Shortly after arrival In this coun
try, foreigners would be able to
spell English words perfectly.
School children could in a few
terms master their language and
devote their time to more valuable
endeavors. More Important still
would te a drastic reduction In
the number of illiterates. The ln
teligence of our citizens would be
raised to a high level because "all
Ajnairicans wood bo bow too reed
end rit."
Tne Minnesota Daily.
Do They
Really Matter
Dlaceurarad about vmir r-rml T
Bad breaks? Dirty trick? Unfair
competition ?
Is ten years, In a year, will it
matter?
Maybe you didnt make your
grades for initiation. Tough on so
ciety, but you'll com through all
right.
Maybe you just missed your B
average which well, it's nice to
have.
Perhaps it means you miss an
honorary and savs a few dollar.
But again, it may mean a real
hardship the loss of a scholar
ship, or a recommendation, or a
job.
Even to the last, we repeat
what will It matter in a year, in
ten years? As soon as we say it,
we repent It may matter of
course. It can be made to. It may
mean stinging you to work, to
making your opportunities and
then taking them; it may mean
letting you sink into the morass of
mediocrity. It all depends, of
course, on how you take it
Not that grades themselves are
Important. They're the vestiges of
an outgrown educational philoso
phy. But what they do to you
what you let them do to you is
Important. Until education is ablo
to advance past the confinement
of ABC, and 50, 75, 100, it does
matter what effect the system of
grading has upon the students.
With some it results in their
working just for the grade and
losing the essence and flavor of
the course. It makes apple-polishing
and cribbing inevitable in the
college scene. It sometimes gives
the teacher a distorted view of bis
own oounre.
But the f radinr svstem is here.
And the students "have to take it.
Discouraged about your grades?
Forget it
Remember those books you dis
covered and liked last semester?
Remember all you learned that no
one quizzed you on, or ever will?
Remember the Ideas you've only
totiehed as yet snd not explored?
That's right Remember fun,
and friends, and real learning. For
get the grades.
Syracuse Daily Orange.
You Can Depend,
on the Man Who
Advertises
NINE limes out of ten you will find that the man
who advertises is the man who most willingly re
turns your money if you are not satisfied.
He has too much at stake to risk losing your
trade or your confidence. You can depend on
him.
He is not in husiness for today or tomorrow
only hut for next year and ten years from next
year. He knows the value of good-will.
You get heller merchandise at a fairer price
than he could ever hope to sell it if he did not
have the larger volume of husiness that comes
from legitimate advertising and goods that hear
out the promise of the printed word.
one
Daily Nebraskan