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3 TWO THE DAILY NEBRASKAN WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1933. . 1 v: F 'fi i I n I a - s x t.-v : t 1 ' 3 y 1 Daily Nebraskan Station A, Lincoln, Nebraska. OFFICIAL STUDENT PUBLICATION UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA Thl papar It rapraiented for oenaral advertising by the Nebraska Presa Asaoclation. fXasactated CTotlfftiatf ; ffirfa -mm 1M (eOjliSsl) 1tl a- Entered as aecond-elaaa matter at the poatoftlce In Lincoln, Nebraaka, under act ot congreta. March J. and at special rate of poatage provided or In section 110S, act of October 3, 1817, authorized January 20, "22. THIRTY-FOURTH YEAR. Published Tuesday, Wedneaday, Thursday, Friday nd Sunday mornings during the academic year, EDITORIAL STAFF Jack Fischer Editor-in-chief MANAGING EDITORS Irwin Ryan Virginia Solleck NEWS EDITORS George Plpal Marylu Petersen Arnold Levin Johnston Smpea Dorothy Bentz SOCIETY EDITORS Dorothea Fulton Jane Waleott Dick Kunzman Sports Editor BUSINESS STAFF Truman Oberndorf Business Manager ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGERS ob Funk Bob Shellenberg Bob Wadhams SUBSCRIPTION RATE 1.50 year Single Copy 5 cents $1.00 a semester 2.50 a year mailed $1-50 a eemester mailed Under direction of the Student Publication Board. Editorial Office University Hall 4. Business Office University Hall 4A. Telephones Dayi B6891; Night: B68S2. B3333 (Journal). Tradition Or Joke? A FTER a somewhat hesitating start the class of 1939 has set about the business of liv ing up to freshman traditions in a manner which certainly bears favorable comment. Red caps are more plentiful upon the heads of yearling men than in any recent year. Some where, somehow, a right-about face has been effected. This of course is as it should be. Fresh men should wear their caps. The question suggests itself, however, whether the poor freshman knows just why he is wearing that little red cap for which he paid one-half of a dollar that is indeed precious, whether as a result he is aware of any feeling of class cohe sion or organization, or whether he is proud of his position as one of the great unorgan ized neophytes. It is rumored that this year the Innocents society plans to make the freshman class con scious of its position by reinstating the freshman-sophomore tug-of-war between halves of one of the games. If the frosh win. the caps are to be discarded. If they lose they must wear them until snow flies or something like that. This indeed should awaken a great and co-operative spirit among the class of 1939 for it is verily a mighty tradition which has some how staggered through years of difficulty to survive, and rally the freshmen to an empty cause this once each year. It seems that the tug-of-war which may or may not be planned for this year serves only to make a perhaps larger joke out of the business of wearing freshman caps. If a pro gram of competition of some sort is to be un dertaken to determine the destinies of fresh mtii lnea Tnnlp it. should be comprehensive enough to permit participation of a larger por- I tion of the yearling class than will the tug-ot-war. It seems that such a program once did exist, known as the "Olympics," which was relegated to the ash heap because it grew a bit too rough for the administration's ap proval. This was unfortunate but it should not preclude the establishment of a few competi tive events between freshmen and sophomores to build up a dying tradition. Other schools point with pride to freshman-sophomore rival ries which are settled each year in a series of athletic events which, while furnishing much amusement aiding in the establishment of class organization, are still safe and sane. In addition to tug-of-wars, such things as relay races, greased pole climbs, tie-ups, touch football contests, push-ball battles, and similar events are annual occurrences which are ob served and adhered to by the under classes. Of course some of these are probably a bit too Strenuous for the tender sons of Nebraska, some disapproving officials may remark, but at least the less rough events might be used. "What is there to prevent the establish ment of such a program at Nebraska T The Innocents society could easily develop the tra dition with help and co-operation from other eampus organizations and the wearing of red caps would really amount to something rather than serving as an obvious receipt for a fifty Cents expenditure. The freshmen have too long been the posts of a revenue-raising farce. They don't mind wearing their caps if it is to mean some thing. How about it. Innocents? Let's give them something for which to wear those caps. the brains it seems. Why were the plays that gained so much in the middle of the field dis carded at the goal line? With Minnesota play ing an eight man line why weren't some later als or passes tried! Or if the line was to be bucked, why didn't Douglas or Francis or Dodd who had shown some bit of ability to pick up a yard or two get a chance instead of LaXoue and Cardy who are not line plungers? Nebraska played right into Minnesota's hands with the good old straight football plays that any team might be epected to stop in such a position. And a lot of sports experts com mented on this very fact. At the close of the first half and again at the close of the game Nebraska unleashed a potent passing attack. Wonderful indeed were its results. The only trouble was both halves ended before they had 1i chance to be repeat ed. This is characteristic of Nebraska games with important rivals however. We play along on the defensive, trying to hold the other side, down. Then in the last minutes of the half or the game, with the game lost or nearly lost we resort to desperate attempts to win. Last minr ute attempts with the "flea-flicker" play against Minnesota and Pittsburgh two years ago almost got Nebraska touchdowns. But they came when the game had but a minute or two to go. That's the trouble. Never do we flash an offense except when things are so desnerate that it doesn't matter if we fail further. I for one would like to see Nebraska de velop a high scoring team and a versatile team which didn't have to rely on the same old plays all the time. 1 am told special plays were practiced for Minnesota but none was used. I am told that Bauer, had he been m there, might have changed results, but isn't it foolish to bank all chances on just one quarter back? I feel like B. M. I'm going to keep on rooting for the Huskers tooth and nail. But confound it all, I'd like to see us step up and spring an upset just once or even come through just once as expected and beat some major team. I don't expect Nebraska to win every game every year. I don't think anyone else docs. But I don't think we should lose certain games with such amazing regularity as we have. I'm for a little deception and a few trick plays to meet some of these teams with. I think the rest of the campus feels the same. We can still have a successful season if we beat Pittsburgh. We can do it yet, perhaps, even if Pitt does have one of the strongest teams. But we can't do it by repeating our former antics of waiting until the last quarter and then unleashing a desperate last minute offensive. J. 0- STUDENT PULSE Brief, eonelsa 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 libelous matter and personal attacks. Letters must be signed, but names will be withheld from publication If so desired. 'And More Suggestion. TO TEE EDITOR: ' ' Hurrah for B. M., whoever he is. Thank goodness someone on the campus has enoueh nerve to speak his mind, and evidently, judg ing from the comments 1 have heard since the game, what was in the minds of a good many others. B. M. is right. The Minnesota game was tossed away by poor field generalship and poor coaching. Why kow-tow to the powers that be forever and ever even when they make mistakes? It seems to me Nebraska has been taking its defeats mighty well considering the regularity of them. It is only when the chances for winning a game are blown and blown as often as they were in the Gopher bat tle that objections have been raised and these have been mighty few. I think a little con structive criticism is in order. I read with interest the various excuses concocted by sports writers for Nebraska's de feat That powerful Minnesota line, they say, was just too good. That's a lot of hooey. The number of times Nebraska got around that line and into scoring position shows how utter ly inane that argument is. The fact is, Ne braska didn't do what it needed to do to win the game. .Ws had the stuff. .We didn't have And the Other Side. TO THE EDITOR: Well, B. M., Nebraska has done it again. The same "old beef," no different, the same old howl. Nebraska has lost a football game. A game which would have placed them close to the Rose bowl. Now they have lost it. All right, so what! Everyone seems to think that the world has suddenly been taken away from us, nothing is left. Oh, my, how sad. It seems to me that the students of this school do an unusually large amount of "crab bing" about every football game that is lost. Everyone has to admit that Nebraska was up against a better team than they have met since the last Minnesota game. Minnesota has beat en Nebraska fairly. They played the game. They won. Nebraska played the game. They lost. No amount of trick plays would have won the game for Nebraska. Why try to make someone take the blame. It was a good game and the best team won. Forget about it. When Nebraska wins their next game you will all be yelling their praises just as hard as you yelled insults. Very truly yours, T. W. Across The Log. TO THE EDITOR: Someone once said that his concept of an ideal university was a learned man on one end of a log and a student on the other. This man evidently believed that knowledge is imparted not only from one man to another directly, but also that a point of view, a manner of think ing, a certain approach to problems is ac quired from those men who help to educate him. Acquaintance with men of thought and decision is a part of education in that stand ards are so often formed around and because of the people one knows, and because an ex ample is a strongly influential factor in the molding of youthful minds and characters. The professor, then, is even more than books and buildines the heart and dynamo of the university. The atmosphere of tolerance, equality, scientific appraising of facts, human ity, that pervades the thought of a university possessing an intelligent, broad minded fac ulty is one in which sensitive, budding minds and personalities are encouraged to flower and develop. It is in reality the professor that gives the tone and force to the abstract studies of college. Looking through his eyes they be gin to take on a clarity and meaning influ enced by his own personality. It is unfortunate in a school of this size that more numerous and informal contacts cannot be made between the student and the men who have so much to give the seeker after knowledge. The student must perforce gain all he can from the insight he has into these personalities in the classroom. CONTEMPORARY COMMENT Forgotten Men. With the tread of marching feet again thundering ominously over Europe, one can not help marveling at just how much the world has forgotten. With each new generation, the antipathy of war is noticeably lessened; they oppose it as ever, but the old memories seem to have grown dim. Is it that people no longer remember its more loathsome aspects and con sequently no longer cringe from it? The people of Europe are once more cheering parading soldiers and responding to martial music, apparently no longer realizing all the sickly horror attendant upon organized bloodshed. Jhey may not be unmindful of "those that lie in Flanders field" for even the most un-chauvinistic of us are moved a little by the words, "to die for one's country" but do they still remember the horribly crip pled, deformed, and distorted figures that the last war presented us? It is neither sweet nor seemly to give what they gave to their coun try. Embittered creatures, who went into the war men and returned monsters; with per haps the top of their head shot off, or their nose, the side of their face, their jaw, or maimed in countless other ways, they present an undramatic and ghastly picture. Picked up on the battle fields of France, they were, with the aid of science, able to shake death but were not able to win over life. The clever fingers of surgeons were able to patch them again into some semblance and form of humankind; but their art, like that of Frankenstein, was unequal to giving them the urge to live, the love of life, the little measure of God they once possessed. One sees them some times, even today a tribute to some surgeon's skill, and a living blasphemy against war. Europe would do well to regard them. L. A. Junior Collegian. Republican Inconsistency. Mark Sullivan's position in supporting Senator Borah for the republican nomination in the next presidential campaign is a paradox in the light of the veteran senator's stand on new deal issues. Despite the fact that Borah approved major steps of the administration program, Sullivan favors the senior senator from Idaho because "the real issue now is the American form of government and society." In fact, Sullivan asserts that the recent trend in government has brought the public demand for a platform for the preservation of the constitution, the preservation of the inde pendence of the supreme court and the preser vation of America as a union of states, with each state having local powers. The extreme liberal school of political thought, in Sullivan's opinion, is rocking the very foundation of old glory. Strangely enough, the party that formerly frowned on states' rights is now its most vigorous cham pion. In the roll calls of the congressional ses sion just closed, Borah backed new deal meas ures much more consistently than did many democrats. The Idaho senator supported Pres ident Roosevelt on the $4,800,000,000 works relief program, the Wheeler-Rayburn utility bill, the Wagner labor relations board, social security, AAA amendments, and taxing the -rich. With such a conflicting stand in republi can ranks, party leadership is obviously lack ing. The absence of n solid front is scattering their forces in many directions. If republi cans are to condemn the progressive school of thought with the prediction that the American form of government is at stake, they had bet ter look farther than Senator Borah for n can didate. Malvina Stephenson. Daily Okla-homan. Americas Scarecrotc. In a re e'en t issue of "The Chronicle of World Affairs" there is a series of articles entitled "Hearst and the Jingo Press" that gives us something to think about. William Randolph Hearst, with his 23 self-termed newspapers, wields a tremendous power, perhaps greater than he realizes. Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer, Hearst espe cially, with their sensational yellow journal ism, are said to be largely responsible for the Spanish-American war. Someone has said, "Wars are made by newspaper headlines." Is it any wonder that wars are the result of such captions as "The War Ship Maine Was Split in Two by an Enemy's Secret Infernal Ma chine," or "Stop Squabbling and Go to Fight ing, Says England?" Hearst is famous for his "Yellow Peril" scares, his "War With Mexico" scares and his "Communistic Menace" scares. In fact, he has become without competitor, "America's Scarecrow." Scares are good circulation builders. The New York Journal, in 1898, had a normal cir culation of about 200,000 copies daily. When Hearst -came out with his Spanish-American war stories, the circulation jumped to 1,500, 000. One can scarcely look over an editorial page in a Hearst paper today without finding some article on "Unprepared Alaska." or "The Red Menace in Our Universities." He has instigated communistic investigations into numerous colleges and universities. His facts have been found to be largely fictitious. Yet people continue to read his papers. William Randolph Hearst himself, with his "imperator" complex, is a greater menace to the peace of the American people than any of the most fanciful Reds, Communists or yel low peril scares than he can concoct. Are we going to be like sheep following a wolf and let him lead us into another war? Daily Northwestern. CAMPUS STUDIO The following groups and organizations are ordered to appear at the campus studio for pictures for the 1935 Cornhusker at the specified dates this week. Wednesday, Oct. 16. A. W. S. Board 12:30 p. m. Federation of Religious Welfare 12 noon. Y. W.C. A. Cabinet 4:45 p. m. Thursday, Oct. 17. Nebraskan business staff 1:00 p. m. W. A. A. staff 5:00 p. m. W. A. A. council 5:00 p. m. W. A. A. intramurals 5:30 p. m. Corn Cobs 12:00 noon. Friday, Oct. 18. Barb A.W.S. 12:00 noon. Holdrege Street Histories By Dick Laverty GET your tickets now, the Farmer's Formal is a mere ten days away. Better buy now. so that all you will have to do on the night of Oct. 25, will be to jump into the one horse shay and gallop out to the college and start joining in the fun. Professor Thalman is having quite a time with his senior judg ing team, that is going to judge at Kansas City on the 19th. Vincent Arthaud has a cold, and can barely speak. The doc made him quit smoking that old pipe so he should be all right soon. Prof, is having some fun keeping the women away from P. P. Pierce, long enough for him to work out. He is using blinkers now. But seriously now, we all know that when the team leaves for Kansas City they will all be in the best of shape and will go in there and win for the good old alma mater. We all wish them the best of luck! They tell me that there is finally going to be a mixer at ag. The girls of the home economics club are sponsoring a get-together to be held at the Activities building on the night of Oct 19, and since this is the first ag party there should be a good number of very beautiful women and handsome romeos present. Let's see every body out, you will have a good time, I know. Genevieve Bennett states that she has something to relate, she wouldn't let it be printed, so I would suggest that all of you whom are the least bit interested see her and find out what It is all about Personally I think it will be of interest to all ag students. Wanted: One beautiful blonde, about 5 feet 4 inches, good dancer. good sport, who would like to take in the Farmer's Formal. Call B1565 and ask for Melvin Glantz. The ag executive board seems to be having some trouble sorting out all of the applications for parties. Right now they have so many that they would have to hold two par lies every night or the week and four on Sunday for the rest of the semester, and that still wouldn't Uke them all. We hope that the board can get organized and get things rolling. Alpha Zeta, honorary ag organ ization, seems to be turning out radio stars. Members of this or ganization one by one have to give speech over the radio once a week, Tuesday I believe. If you were to notice on the campus you would see Alpha Zets men going around with their heads in a piece of paper studying speeches. They tell me that Bob Cushing had quite a little trouble finding time to get his speech ready. But he did a real good lob yesterday when he gave his speech over the air. We an certainly sympathize with Qeanore McFadden. We know just how she feels: but bear up Eleanore, ha will be back soon. Search for Stolen Goods. Lincoln police department re ports that the search for the ar ticles which wera stolen from the Alpha Omicron Pi house. Sept 28, la still underway. As yet none of the articles hava been recovered. Northwestern university In Bos ton will award two Civilian Con servation Corps scholarships of SI 00 each this year. The money will be applicable on the second payment of tuition of 1200 In the colleges of liberal arts, business administration or engineering. OFFICIAL BULLETIN Y. W. C. A. Tea Hours Changed. Hours of the Y. W. C. A. mem bership tea to be held Friday, Oct 18, have been changed to 4 p. m. Sigma Delta Chi. Sigma Delta Chi members will meet in room 8, U. hall, for an important meeting Wednesday, at 5 o'clock. Theta Sigma Phi. There will be a business meet ing of Theta Sigma Phi Wednes day afternoon at 5 o'clock in Ellon Smith halL Corn Cobs. A very important meeting of the Corn Cobs will be held Wednesday evening at 7:15 in the basement of U hall. All men expecting to make the trip to Manhattan next Saturday must be present. Y. W. Staffs. Finance staff under the leader ship of Gayle Caley will meet Wed nesday, at 5, in Ellen Smith hall. The social action staff will meet with Rowena Swenson, leader, in Ellen Smith hall, at 5, Wednes day. Freshman commission group meeting scheduled for Wednesday are: Caroline Kile, 4; Elaine Shonka, 5; Betty Paine, 4. f The Usual TRIPE Sl'im Pickens IT'S aU very well for quite some several pledge classes to stage their skip night in the same eve ning. It's all --iry well for someone it couldn't have been their pledges to serenade the Betas in high boyish voices cracking with emo tion (we hope). It's all very well for the com bined outfits to parade endlessly with claxons calling, crying in anely -Rally!" All thia is all very well, we say with tolerance and forbearance. But why must someone attack the dreariest moments of the cold gray dawn with a detailed report of his state of general well-being and in song thus: "I feel so hazy in a lazy sort of way." The straw and the camel, you know. Our Meyer Squired Flier ahould have dashed hence this week, but it was a bit be-ml red. And we wanted badly to show you Ne braska City, one of the state's old est and ataidest Commercialism vies with com munings with nature In this an cient river town. The place sup ports more or less three movie bouses where newer-than -Capital-City cinemas may be witnessed for as little aa a dime (some times). We once saw three fea ture length films on the same bill for fifteen cents. But the reason most people push the fifty-aeven weary miles to the city is aesthetic. There Is beautiful Arbor Lodge, tree sanc tuary and state museum, former home of the late J. Sterling Mor ton (yes, the salt family). There is Goose hill and Its panoramic view, and the new river road which is as pretty as It is bard to find. For tales of Indians, practical jokes and a general good time ( call on Ned C. Abbott at the state school for the blind, the destiny of which he has for years com mandered. "Neddie" is one of those rare souls who would be a "character" if he weren't so cute. Innyway we love him. And so home on the concrete smoothness of O street, with a corner of each eye busy recogniz ing "color schemes" in nature. Ho Hum! About nothing are Nebraskans more sensitive than the football team. Which is a strange situa tion in an educational institution, and one the faculty will deplore more and more in their bull ses sions. We refuse to hazard even a guess as to the origin of this strangeling, but it takes two to make a fight Fo'give me philosophy should be kept academic. And then there was the lecturer who held up a model of the hu man brain, identified it. and queried, "Wouldn't you like to have one?" (Courtesy of Psych 90 lab). Or the little blonde who con templated the falling leaves and greying sky and exclaimed "Alas, alas! Winter is near and I am almost twenty." Life is fleeting. To add to Lulu Mae Coe's list ing of Nebraska traditions: The fraternal trick of devoid ing a house of all possibly usable articles on a skip night. The Greek paternity system. Phi Psi football on the Theta- Alpha O parking. A politically airtight Y. W. C. A. C. A. Grand hotel indigestibility and World Forum luncheons. Military training-minded receiv ers of regents' scholarships. Decreased appropriations from the legislature. Beta indifference. Administration teas. Sosh clocking. Merit-only elections. Early-appearing student direc tories. A controversial Rag. KAGGIES RISK TWO MILE TRACK TITLE THIS FALL Haylett Can't See Another Crown for Wilcats; Favors Sooners. MANHATTAN, Kas., Oct. 15. Kansas State college is risking more than a football title when its representatives go out In Big Six company this fall. The two mile team championship, won a year ago by Coach Ward Haylett's run ners, will be placed in jeopardy along with the football title. While the football team was re turning from Milwaukee and a non-conference engagement with Marquette Saturday the Kansas State two mile team was racing the Missouri team in Columbia be tween halves of the Colorado-Missouri university football game. Although three lettermen have returned. Coach Haylett cannot see another Big Six two mile title for Kansas State this fall. He be lieves Oklahoma, paced by Floyd Lochner, national intercollegiate two mile champion, and including several fleet sophomores, is the team to beat for the title. Eighteen candidates reported this fall for the two mile team. Following tryouts Saturday, Cap tain Bill Wheelock, Charles Rob inson, and Harold Redfield. letter men, and Louis Sweat and Max Nixon were named to compose the team for the opening race at Mis souri Saturday. Some smart lad at New York university has found a new way to crib. It seems that notes written on spectacles or watch-crystals in grapefruit juice become visible when breathed upon. d " " Laat 2 Daya. " 1 Star Bancs la 'The Old Homestead Plnf that Joyom "Atlantic Adventure" with NaiHT Carroll 3 Friday DRAMA m4 PATHOS A FEATHER.. Ill HER. HAT ll lialinc Lor Matiam :c M(tits lie 111 L'J rjMffl SAFE by is FAST-RTADLE untouj to MAtiiiATm SATURDAY OCTOBER ID V KANSAS STATE Travel with the team on Union Pacific's Special Train to Manhattan 7 J0 AM L. Uncvta A. H:lfM IIS AM Ar. MaatiattM L. 1 rM Get your tickets early from MR. L K. SELLECK Manager Student Activitica Coliaeaua BuilJinf union pacific