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.-I i : .1 A '; NEBRASKAN SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1935. Till? r 4 If V JWU 1 Daily Nebraskan Station A, Lincoln, Nebraska. OFFICIAL STUDENT PUBLICATION ' UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA Thli paper represented for general advertising by th Nebraika Press Association. nxtfd CTollfgint tyre 101 (Mi,.iurT Entered a eecond-ola.a matter at the P"le"7'9B Lincoln. Neb"aka, under act of congress. March S. W. and at special rate of pottage provided 'or In action 1103. act of October 3. 1917. authorized January 80. 1M2. THIRTY-FOURTH YEAR. Published Tuesday. Wednesday. Thursday. Friday and Sunday mornings during the academlo year. EDITORIAL STAFF Jack Fischer Edltor-ln-chlef MANAGING EDITORS Irwin Ryan Virginia SaliecK NEWS EDITORS George Plpal Marylu Petersen Arnold Levin Johnston Snipes Dorothy Bent SOCIETY EDITORS Dorothea Fulton Jana w'ott f Dick Kunzman staff Artist Bob Thornton 8l"T BUSINESS STAFF Business Manager Truman Oberndorf "7l- ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGERS Bob Funk Bob She.lenb.rg Bob Wadhama SUBSCRIPTION RATB 1.50 a year Single Copy 6 cents $1.00 .50 a year mailed 7",d Under direction of the Student Publication Board. Editorial Office University Hall 4. T..ephon.ar 3SXrlS"ii (Journ.,,. A Word In Explanation. TEE student pulse department has been be 1 sieged the past week with letters endorsing a recent editorial in the Nebraskan in which an impassioned staff member severely attacked the price of military ball tickets, asked for bet ter orchestras for the ball, and sought an ac counting of the profits. "While the original arguments were sin eerely made, and while the flood of letters which has reached this office indicates that student sentiment is sufficiently in accord with them to be moved to action, the Isebras kan feels that several erroneous contentions and impressions which have been made and which have prevented the publication of sev eral letters, should be corrected. An investigation into the records of the military department and of the student activi ties office (through which all Military ball funds are handled) shows a strict accounting for every dollar collected and spent in connec tion with the Military ball. The Military ball fund was first instituted as such four years ago, and at the present time totals enough to cover approximately the expected expenses of this year's ball. Campus economic experts who figured the cost of the ball each year apparently did not know that in accordance with a board of re gents ruling, the Military ball, like all other major parties of the year, pays 10 percent of its gross income for the rent of the coliseum instead of the $50 ordinarily charged student organizations. In addition to this important item, many other and special expenses which result be cause of the gala and colorful nature of the ball, send the expense total skyward. Presen tation scenery and fixtures, decorations, and honorary colonel uniform and equipment come to a much higher figure than ordinarily is sup posed. That the ball has resulted in profit de spite these expenses is not denied by the mili tary department. Investigation shows, how ever, that the money that has been spent from the ball fund has been diverted to worthy ends. In the first place, the military department has made large contributions to pay for the per manent coliseum decorations. From the ball fonil various student activities such as rifle teatji and others in the military department lave been assisted. In addition, records show that today 140 students are taking advantage of $10 loans from the fund to secure basic uni forms, which accounts for $1,400 or nearly all of fiie present fund. Contributions have also been made to the community chest. -In presenting these facts, the Nebraskan h Sot refuting the stand taken by its staff members or student pulse contributors, but rather seeks to make clear the pertinent facts in fhe case. "A reduction in the price of Military ball tickets seems to be very much in order and appears to be a legitimate student demand. Students also are probably justified in their fleas for better orchestras for the Military all, even though securing them requires pending more money. After all, a first class orchestra would only be in keeping with the classic character of the ball and insure the student getting his money's worth. Other constructive suggestions are un doubtedly in order also, and for these, or any criticism for which there is sound basis, the student Dulse column remains open to all. The Nebraskan asks only that its contributors make certain of their facts before taking a stand, and it is then ready to work in benau of any move for bettering present conditions. STUDENT PULSE Brief, concise contributions pertinent to m",r" atudent (if and the unlveralty are welcomed bv this dV.Vrtni.nt? "under the uauaf ".friction. of und newspaper practice, which exclude, all llbelpua matter and oersonal attacks. Lettere mu.t be elQned. but SSmarim ba withheld from publication If so desired. Cab hit t Secretary. TO THE EDITOR: "Establishment of a federal department o;r.n Voni hv a nresidential cabinet member, was declared the next important step towards better education oy ut. ivum-ii . ilutchins, president of the University of Uu oo nf rpopnt. pntherintr of educators m Providence, R. I. ' 'Daily Nebraskan. When so much is Dein aone aim sprm. for nolitical causes, reconstruction, relief, and hundreds ot other human desires, it is high time mat me nmv of its attention gJ V CI IHHdl l kJiivvi'v - , and funds to educational purposes, viewed from the national standpoint. So far as the federal government is concerned, we all have been so busy within our own small circles that education has been compelled pretty much to shift for itself. Dr. Hutchins is prominent nationally as an educator. His opinions are studied judg ments. His vision is broad and accurate. In this ease he is supported by 4,000 New Eng land educators, men whose conclusions and judgments are the result of much serious thought and study v Educators have been drawn into every governmental department during the last five years for everything nationally save educa tion. A cabinet member whose sole responsi bility should be that of administering educa tion would rapidly unify our national educa tional status and give education an equal voice m affairs of national importance, whereas at present we are nothing less than forty-eight separate states, or countries, with no national importance. The greatest national asset we possess, education, gets the last and the least attention. This is not centralization we ask for, but mere ly good government procedure, for our gov ernment is no more than our education. The state is no better than its individuals. Stand ards would be improved, school finances would De bettered, and the crying needs of our teach ers in every state would be met. Yet we are prone to utmost complacency concerning the national and united status of our educational system, if it is a system, probably because of our routine habits of thinking and acting, and listening to the business of those who shout the loudest and longest, the politicians. The educational system furnishes the Drains and the judgments, yet receives none of the resulting benefits. Yes, we certainly need an educator-statesman in the cabinet. J. J. 1 Off the Campus Lynn Leonard CONTEMPORARY COMMENT Points Of Vieu. "Everyone," said the Quaker to his friend, "is queer except me and thee. And sometimes I have my doubts on thee." That well known bit of humor reveals an almost universal human shortcoming. "We laugh at the words of the old Quaker, not stopping to think how often we ourselves may have said or done something quite as self-centered. Man fails to recognize his fellow man's point of view. And so frequently this short coming is the cause of unhappiness, broken friendships and saddened hearts. "We are so often painfully critical of our associates, yet simultaneously fail to recognize or else ignore the perfectly obvious imperfections of our own make-up. We often hear the statement expressed that man is a social being. This is more true today than it ever has been before. Man can not in our present day world be without con tacts with society. To obtain the greatest good and the greatest happiness from these social contacts, concessions must be made on the part of the individual to society. If men who steer the destinies of nations would practice a little less of a selfish nation alistic egotism and a little more of universal brotherhood, the world need seldom fear the outbreak of destructive wars. If men like Mussolini had a little more of the milk of hu man kindness in their hearts, a situation ap proaching international peace on earth would not be the fable or Utopian dream which it seems to be today. Will man make the necessary concessions, or "Everyone." said the Quaker, "is queer except me and thee. And sometimes I have my doubts on thee." LUTHER COLLEGE VISIT OK Banking Committee of the Nebraska house of representatives, after investigating the state banking department at the special request of the legislators, reported that some of. the employees in the department were receiving more money than the law per mitted. The report made special reference to the chief counsel for the banking department, Franz C. Radke. Radke Retaliated tiith a $50,000 damage suit against the members of the banking committee for libel. In his peti tion for suit he contended that the report, which recommended his immediate dismissal, has unjustly injured him in his profession, character and capacity; that the members of the committee were actuated by hatred, politi cal jealousy and ill toward him ; and that the report was made without justification. So the House Cited him for contempt, contending the solons, who were acting for the interests of the state, were privileged to say what they like about any em ployees without fear of damage suits. The house charged that in filing suit in district court for damages Radke intended to take property from the defendants, that the filing of the suit was an attempt to influence mem bers of the legislature; and that it was an at tempt to force the committee to recall its re port and omit all matters pertaining to Franz Radke. For Defense Radke in the contempt hearing before the house Fri day indicated that all courts should be open to all people seeking remedy for wrong, that im munity does not completely clothe legislators and that the legislature was invading the prov ince of the judicial branch in bringing con tempt charges against him. He further con tended that the committee in recommending his dismissal was exceeding its powers because the power to employ and expel belongs to the executive. Burden of Proof was placed on the accused in the hearing, a procedure to which Radke 's attorney objected. The burden of proof is always on the accuser in ordinary trials. The state answered this ob jection with a statement that the procedure in a case of this sort is not clearly defined, the house is invading a new field and the speaker, as referee had placed the burden of proof on the accused. The hearing lasted three hours. Then the house sat in secret session as jury for three hours. The verdict it rendered was against Radke. He was fined $50 for contempt and charged $50 costs. The fine, however, was remitted. Democratic Low Tariff policv came to the front last week with the signing of a reciprocal trade treaty with Can ada. The treaty acquired for the United States mostiavored nation status; reduction of the duty on agricultural machinery, automobiles, meat, electric refrigerators, radios and some other products including oranges and grape- fruit; and abolition of the duty on magazines, tractors, cotton and Boine otner proaucis, in- eluding soy beans and eggplant. Jne unuea States reduced the duty on cattle, seed pota toes, cream, and lumber from Canada. This nation agreed to keep on the Canadian free list wood pulp, newsprint, crude asbestos, wood shingles and some fur. BROWSING Among the BOOKS In the absence of Maurice Johnson, who regularly conducts this column. It is written by Gideon Dew. librarian. This writer is delighted by the number of excellent books which have been recently pub lished. Sarah Orne Jewett, a very dear friend of this writer, has just written "The Life of Nancy," which should prove as charming as "A Country Doctor" which this writer should also like to read. Richard Harding Davis and Lew Wallace, other dear friends, have penned new novels as well, it) is said. Mr. Davis's work is entitled "In the Fog"; General Wallace's work is entitled "The Wooing of Malkatoon." Both books should be worth while reading. The popular weekly review sheets (to em ploy the vulgar word) speak in high favor of "The History of Western Civilization," by Harry Elmer Barnes, a dear friend of this writer. The reviewer of Dr. Barnes's book in the New York "Herald Tribune Books" as sures one that there is "immense richness" in each of the $5 volumes. The reviewer points out that the work is "sober scholarship rather than the literature of magnificence. . . Barnes keeps his soul and his concept-making machin ery out of the picture. He has no thesis. He points no moral." This writer is particularly impressed by James Harvey Robinson's observations on "The History of Western Civilization" in the "Saturday Review of Literature." One hastens to quote from Dr. Robinson's article: "So far as the reviewer is aware there is no work su perior or indeed equal to that in hand as an introduction to civilization as now understood and to the possibilities of future research." Here is high praise indeed. The review of Dr. Barnes's book in the New York "Times Book Review" one finds illuminating: "The 'two main convictions' up on which the book is built are, first, that a his tory of civilization must take into account of biology, archaeology, anthropology and soci ology as well as of history, and second, that 'the whole story of human development,' with obvious qualifications of proportion and em phasis, should be told." The famous historian Preserved Smith makes the statement that Dr. Barnes's book concerning the whole story of mankind is "as readable as a novel or a newspaper." Not even H. G. Wells's great history, declares Dr. Smith, held his attention as did Dr. Barnes's book. Indeed, "The History of Western Civili zation" is a work one might well wish to have read. This writer intends to peruse the Ger man Spengler's "Decline of the West" (the approximate title), a book which, this writer is told, concerns itself pessimistically with the same material under Dr. Barnes's scrutiny. One requires time, of course, to get around to one's reading. Addendum: Attention has just been di rected to a recent book charmingly entitled "Omar, the Tent-Maker," by Nathan Haskell Dole, a dear friend of this writer. One should like to have read "Omar, the Tent-Maker." GOVERNING SOCIETY PLANS ADD TWO TO GROUP MEMBERSHIP Miss Smilh lo Represent School in Essay Contesl Marjorie Smith, Omaha, who graduated a year ago. and who ia now working on an M. A. degree at the University of Pennsylvania, will represent the University of Nebraska in the Horaciun ode and essay contest. Each school may have one contestant. Prize ia $1,000. Dr. Pound Member Modern Language Group Dr. Louise Pound of the English staff, has been made a member of the new publicity committee of the Modern Language association. The group meets this year at Cin cinnati during the holidays. Miss Pound has also been made chair man of the nominating committee of the Present-Day English sec tion. Guilford Made Chairman. Dr. W. E. Walton, assistant professor of psychology, received word that Dr. J. P. Guilford, who is on leave of absence, haa been nnnointed chairman of the nonv inatlona committr-e of the newly organized Psychometric Society, Dr. L. L. Thurstone ia president Hendricks Read Symposium. Dr. B. Clifford Hendricks, as ntat n.-nfeanrjr of chemistry will read a .' rnposlum on exam ination ape wed by the division nf rViomiral education of the American Chemical society at its spring City. meeting at Kansas DARLINGTON RECEIVES REVIEW RECENT BOOK Prnf. Oeor?e M. Darlington haa received a copy of a review of bia recent book "Office Management" which waa printed in the Novem ber issue of Management iorary, a magazine puDiisnea in cguwu. Th reviewer o raises the book very highly, and saya the book 1 particularly helpful in what it ha to say about increasing office effi ciency and reducing omce ex penses. It also mention that Mr. Darlington ia assistant professor of accounting In the university "and is both an experienced office manager ana a Keen aauucm i management." Fordyce Give Address. "Psychology and Its Relation to the Problem of Every Day Life" wa the ubject of Dr. Charles Fordyce' concluding ad- Classified ADVERTISING 10c pER UNE dress In a aeries of seven which he delivered each week at Second Baptist church. ROTTEN EGOS MEAN LITTLE WHEN THESE FRATERNITIES PLAY (Continued from Page 1.) tomatoes, conducted by special re quest of the dean on the Russian flats, no reconnaissance (scouting) wa allowed. Some of the pledge turned chicken before the eggs. Reliable and Juat referee called the fight a draw and rebuked tne many frosh who had turned yellow. Following an exchange dinner, active and pledges of both fra ternities held a hard times party with the actives at the S. A. E, house and the pledge at the Sigma Nu house. Graduate College, School Of Music to Choose Representatives. Tum ruMir ntiidpnt council mem bers from the graduate college and the school of music will be added to the student governing body un der the provisions of the council's proposed amendment, which was introduced at Wednesday's meet ing of the organization. The proposal will allocate the two women members, now discon tinued, which were formerly had by the defunct School of Fine Arts. The plan will be subjected to the approval or students, ana any pro tests to the proposal may be filed during the next two weeks with Vance Leinlneer. chairman of the redisricting committee. Over 200 Memberships. The committee checked up on the nnmhpr of women students the various colleges. With over 00 women In both the scnooi or musiu and the graduate college, it was decided they should have the rep resentatives. "The graduate college will be given representation In the council In an attempt to stimulate grad uate interest in campus problems and activities," Leinlnger stated. "Graduate members in former councils have proved themselves to be very capable and beneficial. To Give Final Approval. At the next meeting of the coun cil the body will give final ap proval to the proposal. It will then be presented to the student body for final approval at the next elec tion. BAPTISTS PLAN OPEN HOUSEFOR STUDENTS Church Members to Stand la Receiving Line Sunday. The annual Fall Open House for all student affiliated with tha Baptist church will be held at 3 p. m., Sunday afternoon in the Bap tist Student House located at 1440 Q st. The new students will be greeted by a receiving line com posed of members of the Baptist Student Council and the presidents of the various student groups. Miss Rowena Eliff and Miss Eliza Gamble will be In charge of th tea tahle durin? the course of the afternoon. Entertainment for the reception will consist or a piano solo by Wllilam Gant, a vocal trio composed of Misses: Dorothv Thompson. Ruth Mary Stone, and Doris Pantier; and violin duets by Misses Lois ana Twyla Ogle. Students assisting in the preparation of the open house include: Misses Lucille Todd. Ger trude Fountain, Helen Anne Howie, Ruth Fauquet, Viola Johnson, Kutn Randall and Evelyn Peterson. Morton, Broady, Miss Hill Visit Schools in Beatrice Dr. W. H. Morton, chairman of the department of secondary edu cation; Dr. K. O. Broady, profes sor of secondary education, and Miss Luvicy Hill, chairman of the department of commercial arts, visited Beatrice schools and took note of the library programs spon sored as projects there. Graduate Visits Here. Dr. H. W. Wiley, graduate of this university and now associate director of the Jackson Laborato ries, Wilmington. Del., visited the chemistry department here Mon day and Interviewed senior and graduate students. 4 Pie 5c ... a la mode 10c Complete Meal 15c Chili 10c Soupa 5c Ti Cafe I now undrr the management of Mr. FUthbone who hu been serving the students food meal for several years. THE ORANGE CIRCLE 233 No. 11th FOR 8AI.E A 9 pl"- tu1o. single breasted. iz 34. Will Interested par ties ple&ae. call Bill Hermsmeyer, B2671. Still time to be "Cleaned up" for THANKSGIVING CLOTHES ta go plaeoo claanad to maka you look "sprocaa" up." SUITS I5e. HATS 79c, DRESSES tie up, U. EXPERT WORK . . . LOW PRICES Waroity V CLEANEnS Roy Wythors B13C7 Joa Tucker 211 No. 14 itrfiin- 't- (i h im liti! Jimm Y Joy g IO.O, is Orchestra. at he Mi Diary Friday, Dec. 6th Presentation of Honorary Colonel 9:15 P. M. Dancers $2 Per Couple University ColiSGUm Spectators 35c Per Person V - i saeieas sssseseaaeeieaasssaBseaaaseas. ' i. it- .rJ- r .;