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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1935.
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Another
Lost Legion?
NEBRASKA students must wonder as they
read in the papers from time to time re
ports of bequests and gifts to colleges and
universities throughout the state aand nation,
just why this university does not share a like
fate at the hands of its alumni and friends.
A perusal of other college papers shows that
many schools regularly receive donations and
gifts ranging from financial endowments to
buildings, an event almost unknown at Ne-
At the University of California at Los
Angeles, for instance, a state school, Kerck.
hoff Hall, one of the tinest union uuuuuijjs m
the nation, built at a cost of $1,250,000, was
an outright gift by Mrs. Alezander Kerck
hoff. Willard Straight Hall, located at Cor
nell, another of the finest union buildings in
America, is another example of beneficient
activities on the part of alumni and patrons
of universities.
Similar loyalty and beneficent acts for
the universities of their state or community
have been evidenced by citizens who have do
nated buildings, trust funds, scholarships, re
search awards, and various other types of en
owments to the many schools thruout the na
tion. It hurts to say that Nebraska is not "in
cluded among these schools.
Look at the pitiful list of gifts and en
dowments to which Nebraska has fallen heir.
Look about the campus and discover, if you
can, where, excepting perhaps Morrill Hall
and the library, the university boasts a gift
which symbolizes love of and fidelity to Ne
braska. It just can't be done, for somehow
alumni ties with the university have been
woven very, very thin when they have been
woven at all. The sentiment which has
brought fortune and prestige to other schools
has been almost non-existent here, and under
present conditions it bids fair to become not
better but worse.
THAT is a shameful state of affairs for the
-A university of a state that holds its head
high among those of the nation. Nebraska
should bo one of the richest universities; here
it is, one of the poorest, not alone in a ma.
treial sense, but in prestige and in the esteem
of its sons and daughters. And perhaps more
of this than the university is willing to admit,
is due to internal failings.
War should be declared on this hapless
state of affairs at , once. The university
should be made to mean something to each
of its students who feel at present that the
university considers them little more than an
other customer who can take care of his own
life beyond the lecture hall. The battle must
go forward on several fronts and without
delay.
The Nebraskan has suggested that class
orgaanization beginning with the freshmen
be encouraged aand developed to the fullest
extent to bring about unity among students.
It has urged bringing about a closer union
between faculty and students, by creating op
portunity for informal and friendly meet
ings and formation of friendships beyond
the confines of the classroom.
Publicizing the students side of univer
sity life and removal of foolish and stupid
administrative restrictions on student enter
prise has been advocated.
"Wide publicity of university affairs and
persons, especially of the neglected student
panorama, has been advocated. Ye have
sought the removal of foolish and stupid ad
ministrative restrictions on student enter
prise which cannot but engender enmity on
the part of students. The need for bringing
all students close to the campus and estab
lishment of adequate housing facilities to
centralize students has also been pointed out.
All these things, we feel, will help to create
that necessary feeling of love and loyalty so
vital to the success of a school.
UT an opportunity to accomplish more per
1 liana than in all these other lUfrtrestions
combined, however, faces the university to
day the union building movement. Here is
an element, a force that would bind the in
terests of students closely together, coordin
ate their activities, solidify their organisa
tion, and give to each student an opportunity
to-. ' become an integral part of the student
populace. Recreation center, it might be
called, but it would be more than that it
would be the one haven on the campus to
which any and every student could repair
for rest aand relaxation, for quiet, for associ
ation, for ectertaainment. It would be the
focal point of every student activity, of
every student enterprise, of every student
function. University affairs would be kept
ea the campus and the student populace
could begin to assume that organization, co
hesion, aand spirit of loyalty that character
ises every strong: undergraduate group.
' As we have previously pointed out, tke
union building is not a panacea for all stu
dent troubles but it is undoubtedly the great
est single force which could be brought to
bear against the present spirit of indifference
and apathy jvbich reigns, almost supreme
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in the student mind. The future welfare of
me uiiiversiiy, me vising uecu xvi a on vug
alumni organization, the unorganized and un
wieldy character of the student population
. - . . . . a 1 ,
demand that this issue be given me aueu
tion it deserves, that the machinery to in
sure its creation be set in motion without
further delay.
THE time for action is now. The adminis
tration owes it to the students as well as
to itself to promote in every way possible
ims important project wmcn wouia lmmeai
ately upon its completion begin paying in
valuable dividends of faith and confidence
in university ideals. Alumni and student en
ergies await only the regents' sanction to go
to work.
Another generation of graduates will
soon be sent from this university. There is
still time to cement its interests in the uni
versity by striving to work with students in
promoting matters of mutual benefit. If this
is not done, we will see another class con
signed to the legions of alumni who are that
m name alone.
STUDENT PULSE
Brief, concise contributions pertinent to matters of
ttudent life and the university are welcomed by this
department, under the usual restrictions of sound
newspaper practice, which exoludet all libelous matter
and personal attacke. Letters must be signed, but
names will ba withheld from publication If to desired.
Not a
Bad Idea.
TO THE EDITOR:
The University of Nebraska has recently
received great honors in the photographic
world through the work of one of its em
ployees. The gentleman is Richard "V. Iluf
nagle, campus photographer. Hufnagle ap
plies his knowledge of photography in the
little campus studio near the greenhoue be
tween University Hall and Nebraska Hall.
Pictures taken by Hufnagle have re
ceived honors abroad and in the United
States during the past summer. His pictures
of President Roosevelt, An Old Timer, and
the Nebraska Capitol in the evening have at
tained honor in a field of notable work of
many photographic artists. Let it not be
said that he has done no more than 'click' the
camera. You should hear him discuss the
technical aaspects of such pictures then it
will be realized that photography is really a
great deal more than 'picture taking'.
Such notable work should be displayed
to the students and faculty of the Univer
sity. Why not have them exhibited through
the channels of the Daily Nebraskan? They
could be run in the Nebraskan. Even though
some of the finer details would be lost, their
photographic excellence would be easily dis
tinguishable. M. W.
NYA Again.
TO THE EDITOR:
The NYA is helping many students finan
cially to obtain an education at the University
of Nebraska. The major portion of them would
be unable to continue their school work if it
were not for the money derived from this
source.
The NYA does help students financially,
but it also helps to send many students home
after their first semester or first year. The
statistics show that more freshmen than upper
classmen receive jobs. This is, of course, a
very fine way of getting the student started to
the university. It accounts, in part, for the 11
percent increase' in student enrollment over
previous years.
- The idea 6eems to be to get them started
in school. If, after the first semester or first
year, their grades are not the highest, they no
longer receive federal funds. If circumstances
make it impossible for them to receive other
help, they are forced to drop out of school.
It is quite discouraging for them. This dis
couragement offsets the benefits they have
received while iri school for such a short pe
riod of time.
By giving aid to new students, the num
ber of upperclassraen to receive federal funds
automatically decreases. These upperclassmen
are as badly in need of help as the new stu
dent. It does not seem fair to the older stu
dents. They have proved themselves in earnest
about getting an education. They have proven
this by attending school one, two, or three
years. Why shouldn't they receive the benefit
of federal aid rather than the new student?
It is true that a small number of upper
classmen do receive aid, but the choice is made
primarily upon scholastic average. The new
student's average is checked by going over his
high school work. There can be no compari
son between these two averages. College work
is so much more complicated that it is hardly
possible to compare the grades of the college
student with those of the high school graduate.
It seems reasonable to conclude that stu
dents who have spent two or three years at the
university should be given more consideration
and preference over the high school graduate
when federal funds are handed out. The high
school graduate has a chance to earn the
amount he receives in a semester from the fed
eral allotment by staying home and working
for that length of time. The student who is
diligently trying to acquire his degree is too
near the end of a long struggle to stop for the
purpose of earning money by staying out of
school. Why not give him the freshman's al
lotment and have a requirement that students
to receive NYA jobs must have a sophomore
standing! .W. M.
TIME AND TIDE
ABROAD
by
BOB ZIMMERMAN
While the Duce rushes further into
Ethiopia the League powers push further in
to the realm of sanctions, aggregate to the
extent of some 29 nstions, including Britain
and France, whose embargoes and boycotts
ss yet but tantalize II Duce in his single
handed race for glory, or might we better say
Addis Ababa. All in all, it is but a race be
tween mind and matter, if the League can be
so illustrated, and the only difficulty seems
to lie in the fact that Mussolini claims both
attributes by feigning to possess a mind of
his own.
Instead of balking at the. League's sug
gestion of boycotts II Duce has, according to
rumors, chalked up a Score on his own slate
by issuinsr bread-cards, limiting bread pur
chases; declared merchant's holidays for the
occupations of butchers and grocers; and has
even ordered the bluebloods to eat less, in
hotels and restaursmts. But to further
strengthen Italy's position is the govern
ment's assertion that the spaghetti crop this
year will supersede expectations and allevi
ate all doubts of self-sufficiency. Which all
means more or less that Italy, regardless of
financial or economic sanctions, will dogmat
ically suffice; her nationals will have satis
faction dictated to them in the form of a
bread and spaghetti diet until the League's
philosophy changes from right to 'might
makes right' and then the United States
will do something, but that remains to be
seen as does the League's philosophy.
Although the League of Nations is un
doubtedly trekking through the least discom
forting snowbank its route is not such by
choice. Italy has refused to conciliate, and
it is doubted she will do so before military
sanctions are applied. However, the League
is steadily uniting the several nations in its
cause, and if II Duce continues persistent in
his 'ideals' he will do so along a much more
discomforting path than pervails to date.
But we may rest assured that Mussolini will
reciprocate before he'll let Rome burn.
Intellectual
Laziness.
Men in various positions of life have
looked toward the American university as the
source of a new and vital development in the
cultural life of the nation, but they have turned
away in disgust.
"Why," they ask, "does the university
man seem to be afraid to appear cultured?"
The pose of the average undergraduate is
that of the man on the street. The university
man is meticulous in his manners and use of
the English language at certain times; in the
main, however, he has become intellectually
lazy and has sunk to moronic classifications ot
"some fun," "oh boy," and "wotcher know."
Evidently there seems to be something sediti
ous in attempting to speaK grammatically.
This jargon, employed by the supposedly best
educated group does not possess the virtue
or pioturesqueness of the dialects employed in
the fastnesses of the Ozarks and in the swamp
lands of Arkansas and Mississippi. Words
used by the uneducated group of America are
spoken naturally and are part of their daily
life, while the words used by the undergradu
ate sing to appalling coarseness.
By some peculiar method of inverted
evolution, the modern vocabulary h as retro
graded to a point where affirmatives and nega
tives, as well as more complicated explanations,'
are expressed by a series of guttural sounds
interspersed with a few sighs. The greatest
evidence of the university man's cultural
slovenliness lies in his use of language. He may
argue that the slang he employs was born
when nothing else could be found to express
adequately what was occurring. That is true,
but it is also true that a great proportion of
the slang in use is cheap and slovenly. The
habitual use ;of thjs common; jargon that'.', is
composed of a few words of profanation, of
slang, and of grunts impairs the keenness of
the mind much as the constant lolling in the
sun hampers the body. Undoubtedly, this
common jargon lends 'to an intellectual lazi
ness thnt finally blurs the sense of discrimi
nation. It is not easy to turn from n path of
comfort and attempt the hard road of Thought,
for that way is difficult for most, people.
Without keen minds, our culture may fall into
a serious doldrums. -S. C. TROJAN.
1 Off the
Campus
Lynn Leonard
Pari-Mutuel Tax Bills
were defeated by both houses of the Nebras
Ka legislature. The senate .voted down a 2
per cent tax bill 18 to 6, when it appeared for
third reading, and the house rejected, 43 to
34, a motion to take a 3 per cent tax bill from
standing committee to general file. Debate
on two other tax measures, the cigaret tax
and the chain store tax, is expected soon,
the bills having been placed on general file.
Chain Store Tax
introduced by Lester Dunn of Lancaster,
would levy $3. on the first retail store, $10.
nn osrh in a chain of more than two but less
than five stores, $25. on each unit in a chain
of five or more but less than iu stores, $ov.
on each unit in a chain of 11 to 15 stores,
$150. rn nrh unit in a 16 to 20 unit chain
and $250. on each unit of groups of mora
than 20. In the original draft the bill ex
empts filling stations, coal and lumber yards,
and stores that deal principally in agricultural
and dairy products.
Two Major Positions -
in the state penal system were left vacant
by death' and removal. Gus Miller, superin
tendent of the state reformatory since 1921.
died Thursday. N. T. Harmon, warden of
the state penitentiary, was removed by the
state board of control, and Joseph U Urady
appointed to replace him. The reason given
by the board for its action, which was by un
animous vote, was that it was for the best in
terests of the state aand the institution. A
member declared that an outbreak at the
prison was feared.
Completely Successful
was the stratosphere balloon flight Monday.
The two army officers went up to a distance
of between 74 and 75 thousand feet, a new
record. The balloon landed safely and gent
ly, thus permitting salvage of all the instru
ments, although some were thrown over
board attached to parachutes. The instru
ments have not yet been checked by the in
stitutions from which they came, but they
are expected to reveal valuable information.
There were several to measure cosmic rays,
the mysterious energy which seems to fill this
universe. Some scientists think that dis
covering its origin might solve the riddle of
creation .also. Other instruments the fliers
took with them were such that would de
termine the quality of the sunlight, analyze
the air. aand tind plant spores.
SPIRITS SOAR AS
HUSKERS DEPART
FOR PITT TUSSLE
(Continued from Page 1.)
journey, John William-, stellar
guard and captain for Saturday
fray, declared, "It's going to be
Nebraska's day Saturday."
Coach Browne, the only member
of the coaching staff to address
the student body declared that the
team was going- out and show our
neighbors of the east what the
champions of the leading confer
ence of he midwest have got, and
that no matter what the outcome
might be they would come home
singing- "There la no place like Nebraska."
And as the train pulled out amid
the shouts of the ralliers and the
Warring of the band, a few of the
invaders of the Panther den ex
pressed their sentiments by a de
termined and emphatic "We're go
ing to give 'em HELL."
''Pulverize the Panthert!"
YEARBOOK SETS
SEPARATE PHOTO
DEADLINE DATES
(Continued from Page 1)
Tau heads the list with a perfect
rating of 100. Delta Gamma
and Phi Mu rank next in the list
ing with 88 and 97, respec
tively. The remainder of the list
includes Alpha Omlcron Pi, 94;
Kappa Alpha Theta, 90; Alpha
Chi Omega, 89; Alpha Delta
SMARTNESS
PlllMEli
M is for Modes Militaire and such
A is for arm holes deepened a touch
N is for new blouses and skirts
G is for gowns that are simply the "nertV
E is for elegance, rule of the day
L is for lavishness, the smartness cue
S is for seeing our clothes, so new I
1215 "O" Street
Theta, 87; Kappa Kappa Gam
ma, 87; Tri-Delts, 86; Gamma
Phi Beta, 82; Chi Omega, 81;
Alpha Xi Delta, 81; Sigma Al
pha Iota, 63; Alpha Phi. 48;
Kappa Delta 30; Pi Beta Phi,
26; Sigma Kappa, 22; Delta
Zeta, 15; and Zeta Tau Alpha,
10.
Zeta Beta Tau Ahead.
Zeta Beta Tau leads the frater
nity ranking with 75. The re
maining fraternities and their per
centages are: Sigma Nu, 71 ;
Delta Upsilon, 66,; Sigma Chi,
50; Tau Kappa Epsllon, 50;
Beta Theta Pi, 45.; Alpha Tau
Omega, 40; Sipma Alpha Ep
silon, 33; Phi Kappa Psl, 30;
Sigma Alpha Mu, 25; Lambda
Chi Alpha, 20; Acacia 16; and
Farm House, 6 . Chi Phi, 1;
Phi Pal i.
Fraternities which are not In
cluded in this list have had no
pictures taken at the present time.
"Beat Pitt!"
Best Freshman Scholar to
Receive' Phi Lambda
Upsilon Cup.
Annual fall banquet of Phi
Lambda Upsilon, h6norary chem
istry fraternity, will be held Tues
day evening, Nov. 19, at the Grand
hotel, according to an announce
ment by Dan Sarbach, president
of the society.
Announcement of the winner of
the Phi Lambda Upsilon freshman
scholarship cup will be made at
the banquet. The award is pre
sented each year to the freshman
chemistry Btudent who earns the
highest scholastic rating.
Speakers for the banquet and
other program arrangements will
be announced soon, Sarbach said.
A.E.A.E. GROUP HEARS
DISEL TRACTOR TALK
Describing the caterpillar diesel
three, four and six cylinder en
gines, Lawrence Vry, testing en
gineer for the Caterpillar Tractor
company, addressed members of
the American Society of Agricul
tural Engineers, Tuesday evening.
Next metting or tne siucicm a.
S. A. E. branch is to be Tuesday
evening, Nov. 26.
Let Us Lower
Your Eating Bill
We ran make your food bill take
sky-high parachute Jump. The
economical student eaves money by
purchasing a J5.60 meal ticket for
$5.00. You will enjoy the friendly
atmosphere of the
Y. M. C. A.
Cafeteria Fountain
13th and P Sts.
Student
Special
25c
Student
Special
25c
Mil,
There's "Down Right" Loveliness in
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Shimmering styles in silver kid, white or
black faille ...with the low heels you love to
dance in. ..the kind youv'e been planning on
having. ..and why not? When they're only
jp AAA to C width. (j
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