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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1935. THE DAILY NERRASKAN TWO Daily Nebraskan Station A. Ulncoln, Nebraska. OFFICIAL STUDENT PUBLICATION UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA Thla papae rapraaanted for general advartltlng by the Nebratka Prase Awoc'atlon. pfttA. gotlfflUt fat Cntr! a eecond-clesa matter at P00"lc?H,,9n Lincoln. N.braaka, under act of congres., March . V8'8' and at aptoial rata of poitage provided for tn auction 1103, aot of Ootobar , 117. authorliad January 80. 1928. THIRTY-FOURTH YEAR. Published Tuesday, Wadnatday, Thuraday. Friday and Sunday mornlnga during the acadamlo yaar. EDITORIAL STAFF J.ak FUchar Edltor-lr.-ch.ef MANAGING EDITORS Irwin Ryan virolnia SaMaek NEWS EDITORS George Plpai Marylu Petaraan Arnold Levin Johmton 6nlpaa Dorothy Bent SOCIETY EDITORS Dorothea Fulton Jane Walcott JMr:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::"8SS BUSINESS STAFF Truman Oberndorf Business Manager ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGERS ob Funk Bob 6hellenbero Bob Wadhama SUBSCRIPTION RATB 1.50 a year Single Copy S cente 11.00 a semester 12.50 year mailed ' a aameater mailed Under direction of the Student Publication Board. Editorial Office Unlverelty Hall 4. Bualneaa Office Unlveraity Hall A. Tetaphonee Day B689U Nighti B6882. B3333 (Journal). Education Experiments. AT Gainesville, Fla., an interesting educa tional experiment is being conducted by the University of Florida for which its fresh man class this year is the first subject. There a "general college" has been organized to ad minister the work of the freshman and sopho more years with the avowed purpose to offer "an opportunity for general education and provide the guidance needed by all students in order that the choice of professional work may be postponed until the student knows better hi capacity and disposition to undertake work that will be profitable to himself and society." It seeks also "to satisfy the needs of those who have only a limited time to give to college training and to provide for the constant ad justments required in higher general education incident to changing conditions of modern life. Subject matter of the various courses and the methods of presentation are to be constant ly varied in order to awaken the interest of the student, stimulate his intellectual curiosity, and cultivate that attitude necessary for en lightened citizenship." The experiment should prove worth watch ing for it strikes directly at the heart of a situ ation which is held by many critics to be re sponsible for some of the ills infesting modern education the herding of students into set and fixed courses of training with the result that much apathy and too much specialization is achieved. The general college seems to have many virtues which should substantially aid in mak ing it a success. Perhaps the most important benefit it gives promise of rendering is supply ing a breathing spell to the many students who come to college undecided as to what course or training they should seek, and, who, in the excitement of college orientation, are not pre pared to make such a momentous decision. For the countless numbers of these students Mho enter college each fall entirely at sea as to just what training they wish in college but deter mined to secure whatever benefits a college education has to offer, the general college would be a godsend. Many requirements to which students are forced to submit against their will because they have been made to choose a tentative field of learning would be found absent in the general college. Likewise the accumulation of unnec essary and unwanted hours which accompanies Changes in schools or colleges at present and which often also requires extra semesters in school, would doubtless disappear in large part. The student will be given an opportunity over a two year stretch of time to survey that which education has to Offer, analyze what en try into any of the respective fields of college training entails on his part, determine for what work he feels himself most capably fitted, and decide what work he is most apt to enjoy. In short, it will place the college student who in tends to continue bis training, in a position to act so that he will reap a greater return from his college education for himself both as an in dividual and as a member of society. It will give him opportunity to learn to know himself, his shortcomings, his special talents, his desires, and thus make certain of what he really wants to do, For the student who will spend but one or two years in college, the general college should prove an equal or even greater boon. Instead of being forced to concentrate his energies and learning in one special field of training he will be able to make a comprehensive albeit brief survey of the entire educational field. Con cerning himself with general viewpoints and major understandings, a student should be able to depart from the general college after two years with a perspective much improved over that resulting from two years under the pres ent system. lie will be given merely an oppor tunity to touch lightly this field and that, but he will have experienced them all and come to know the major principles and facts under lying each. He will depart from college with an invaluable store of general knowledge that will serve him well on every hand in life, no matter what his profession or occupation may be. a In the general college shifting conditions and contemporary developments will exercise a more vjtai influence on class work than at present so that classwork will maintain strides with changing ideas, customs, and environ, raent, thus injecting a live and more appealing element into the subject matter which will con stantly be rsried. Also making for more in teresting classes will be the varied methods of presenting material. Thus the monotony of old and set methods of instruction will be relieved while sacrificing none of the academie value realized therefrom but rather enhancing it - The general college thus seems to have enough in its favor to give it a flying start, and perhaps warrant its being tried by higher edu cational institutions generally. Certainly it would constitute a "new deal" for a large por tion of this nation's students. To' a less extent, but nevertheless to an appreciable degree, it should prove beneficial to the faculty for they would not find their classes clogged up with a lot of misplaced and uninterested students who are there because of silly requirements or faulty advice. Perhaps the general college is the tonic needed to bring about a revival of intellectual curiosity and cultural values among students. Florida's idea might prove worth trying on a large scale even here at Nebraska. STUDENT PULSE Brief, conclae contrlbutlone pertinent to mattere of atudant life and the unlveraity are welcomed by thle department, under the uauaf reatrlctlona of sound newapaper practice, which excludea all llbelpue matter and perioral attack!. Lettere muet be signed, but namea will be withheld from publication If. so dealred. TO THE EDITOR: To some so called pacifists, Kirby Page, and other ardent treasonists, including many ministers of the gospel in Lincoln : "Why certain people in this country feel as if they are called upon to commit treason in the name of peace, is more than this person and a number of others can understand. I can honestly say that during my past years in this university I have been taught through the military department to prevent war and to hate it. Yet, if such a thing were necessary I would fight for my God, my coun try and myself. I say my Cod because if certain countries were to possess this land, religious persecu tion would be certain. Yet, certain ministers want their youth to actually lay down their arras and permit such a thing to happen. Is there a person that can tell me how a minister can preach from his pulpit 'against his country and its array and then turn to both to have them protect his missionaries in foreign countries when trouble arises? Ask any missionary to China, Dr. Walter Judd for instance, what his opinion is on complete dis armament. I say I would fight for my country for reasons obvious to anyone with common sense. Where have my religious rights, personal lib erties, and protection come from? Would I fight for their protection? Only a weakling wouldn't. I say I would fight for myself for obvious reasons, too. Would I want to be a servant of someone else? Don't I want a home and protection for it and my family? Freedom, that's what I have and I want to keep it. Any person who doesn't isn't worth much to him self or to anyone else. "Disarm for Teace" is a cry throated by some who little realize the fatality of such a move but cry so because they have been shown the horrors of war some due to disarmament alone. Ask a veteran of the past war the primary reason for so many casualties and most likely he'll say, "We weren't prepared and the men lacked training." Why then destroy these two things, preparedness and training, and lead to a greater number of casualties in the next war, which, by the way, I. and almost every one else, hopes won't occur. "Then do away with war by disarming" is their cry. The idea is great, if all the other countries would do the same. Surely there is no one that thinks the gangsters in Chicago would weep and repent, throwing their weap ons in Lake Michigan just because the police did so. Think it over. 1 consider myself a pacifist, but not a fool. G. C. H. ICs Changed Since Then, Mr. The quotation below taken from "Living Authors," a biographical work in the Univer sity library is well calculated to deflate the ego of Greater Lincolnites. I'nder the heading of "Willa Cather" I found the following anti dote to Chamber of Commerce literature. "After graduation, she went to the Univer sity of Nebraska where she partially supported herself by working on a newspaper. .She was graduated in 1895 and a desire to live in a more highly civilized community . . . brought her east." F. M. B. CONTEMPORARY COMMENT The Constitution? Some say that President Roosevelt will make the constitution an issue in the 1936 presidential campaign. Just who says that, it is safer not to venture. But the mere antici pation is going to turn the fight over powers of the United States supreme court into a bat tle royal. Smoke is rising now. Republicans and democrats alike are look ing forward to their 1936 election campaigns. They're both looking anxiously at the test of new deal legislation in the supreme court. "The constitution is what the judges say it is!" So stated Charles Kvans Ilughcs as gov ernor of New York in 1908; and the statement still seems to hold true. So what verdict will those nine black robed judges hand down in the case of the TVA, PWA, housing program, and the AAA? If the new deal is to survive, its evolutionary legislation must run the gaunt let of interpretation for constitutionality or the administration must put through a consti tutional amendment. Such is generally thought to be the case. But the question of a constitutional amend ment brings up the argument over whether the constitution authorizes the supreme court to pass decision on questions of constitutionality. The majority opinion states that this power was not specifically gritted the court by the constitution. Thst would seem to end the trou bles of the administration, but it still remains that the majority of the American people are agreed that the supreme court is the keystone in the structure of our system of checks and balances. All well and good, but what if the supreme court stamps its foot and t11 the new deal. "Nol" We'll hear the cry, "Can the power of the court be limited?" And the answer will be, Yes. It can be done in three ways. Con gress may alter the opinion of the court by "swamping" the bench, just ns the English do with their house of lords. This would not in volve a constitutional amendment because it is already in the power of congress to determine the size of the court. Secondly, the court's right to receive cases on appeal from lower courts is conferred by the constitution "with such exceptions and under such regulations as a congress shall make." Congress could ef fectively curb the power by abolishing this right. Lastly congress may demand a greater vote than the present five to four majority. So, where are we going with the constitu tion? Democrats and republicans are all in the same buggy, and the constitution is tucked in snugly between them. But where is the buggy going? Something will happen, the con stitution is not a rigid, unalterable document. Daily Californian. Billions For Relief. J. P. Morgan, America's No. 1 millionaire, arrived home from Europe Tuesday and said things that brought choking sobs from readers the country over. Heavy relief taxation im posed by a voracious new deal, it seems, is de pleting private fortunes to such an extent that vast individual wealth may be wiped out by 19(15. The diamond studded financier strongly advised immediate curtailment of government al expenditure, so that the drain on riches may be stopped. It is well that Morgan makes Iheso Euro pean trips before his hard earned savings are entirely depleted. Then, when the day of ab ject poverty arrives, and winter approaches, he may be comforted by knowing that there is always the Community Chest to wnicn ne may turn for succor. If Morgan has been traveling with his eyes open, he must surely have noticed how heavily European nations are being taxed. The income tax in the United States becomes paltry when compared with similar levies in England, France, and Germany; yet there, high personal taxes are generally accepted as the citizen's due responsibility for maintenance of the gov ernment which protects him and all its citizens. Morgan, whose training table is the Waldorf-Astoria, berates the present administra tion for floating bonds to support employment projects that are bringing the bare necessities to many unfortunates. As the financial ex pert that he is, however, Morgan must realize that if pressed, the United States would be able to balance its budget within three years. The 32 billion dollars that will presently com prise the budget deficit are little when com pared with the unlimited actual wealth of the country. There is no nation in the world possessing such wealth as the United States. Nor is there another so able to meet unemployment emer gencies, regardless of any financier's lamenta tions. S. C. Daily Trojan. A BOTTLE-BREAKING 1000 Empty Liquor Flasks Found in Stadium After Game. By AotiiMl C)ollr Vm. SACRAMENTO. Calif., Dec. 11. Bottle-breaking contests should follow most football games to pre vent bootleggers from using empty bottles left in the grand stands, ac-rnrrfino- tn a. mieeestion sent to the graduate managers of the Univer sities of California, Southern Cali fornia and Stanford by me ssiaie Board of Equalization. Elwood Squires, assistant secre tary of the board, announced in formation has reached his depart ment that more man i,uuu pla carded liquor bottles are to be found in the Berkeley stadium after each important football game. The bottle recoras or me other two institutions equal uiai of California, Squires said. "The point that interests me state," Squires said, "is tnat me nno omntv bottles, all with the state liquor excise stamps affixed, ota lnkpn from the California sta dium, and. according to our infor mation, left at the Berkeley cuy dumps. Bootleggers are given a golden opportunity to collect mese unbroken bottles and re-use them, stamps and all, with a very con siderable loss to the state." So Squires wrote the graduate manaeers and asked them to send squads of college boys under the cm Tin stands after each important football game to break up all the empty gin and whisKy Domes. "Mortar Board Party" INSTRUCTORS WRITE REPORT ON FEEDING OF WINTER CALVES (Continued from Page 1.) fodder proved more palatable than shredded fodder. Whole corn fod der has not proved practical as a feed for calves and is of very doubtful value for older cattle when the waste is compared with present-day feeding costs. Weather proved an important factor in the feeding of ground fodder. Rain and snow increase the cost and labor involved in grinding and make frequent grind ing necessary. These are some of the reasons why silage is prefer able to either ground fodder or shelled corn. If a trench is used the cost of silage is not more than one-third of the cost of ground fodder and the silage is much easier to handle. Ground fodder of good quality properly supplemented proved to be worth only slightly less per ton than alfalfa hay. and cottonseed cake proved to be a mUch better supplement for silage and fodder than alfalfa hay. An acre of corn fed shelled provided only one fourth as many daily steer rations as an acre fed as ground fodder. BICKEL'S CRIME CLASS TAKES VACATION TO ATTEND THEATER (Continued from Page 1). slgnment to be done over Christ mas vacation. "The assignment was brought on," he announced, "by recent, unexpected clrcum- mmrn umt v m-m VI VI B. T?mllw WW vautsar Miat V ntTCR-COOLXD b:co UATtMTU) siarola appear il Tat amaaiai almilxnt SHot iav villi cn iaUrior k MIX fuicM aad lakes ioFUter tdootofaaowk biu,nv aaoaik, eret heel, bed dor, fraqaaat aapacioiauoa. l Ke breeklaf fas.laapie'iae tBetajtaaod ueaaaofm tnhmrct. s, OFFICIAL BULLETIN Corn Cob Meeting. Corn Cob meeting in regular room in U hall at 7:15 Wednesday evening. Girls Commarcial Club. Girls Commercial club will meet at 7 o'clock in Ellen Smith hall, Wednesday evening. The Biz Ad executive council will meet Wednesday, 5:00 p. m. stances." It consisted of a written resume of all appeals in Nebraska during 1934, and something else relative to reversals and affirma tions. Teacher wasn't sure Just how many appeals Nebraska had during 1984, but he did remember that Oklahoma has a little over 200, and that California had 800. Story Has Moral. The story has a moral, as well as a tragic ending. The moral: "Crime does not pay." "Get Your Man" FACULTY MEMBERS ATTEND COWENTIOS Haney and DeBaufre at Mechanical Engineers Meeting. Prof. J. W. Haney and Prof. W. L. DeBaufre, both of the en gineering faculty, are in New York City attending the conven tion of the American Society of Mechanical Kngineers. Professor Haney is a member of the board of directors. Professor DeBaufre will also attend the meeting of the special committee of the national research council. STUDENTS FOCUS MUCH ATTENTION ON FRIDAY PARTY (Continued from Page 1). Miss Lenore Alway, Miss Nellie Eastburn, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Kirkpatrick, Miss Pauline Gellatly, Dr. and Mrs. Bernard C. Hen dricks, Dr. Elizabeth Williamson, Mr. and Mrs. William Quick, and Miss Margaret Fedde. Housemothers of active Mortar Board members who will be pres ent as guests are: Mrs. Myra Cox, Mrs. Gertrude Adams, Mrs. Jessie Angle, Mrs. Lola D. Hood, Mrs. J. W. Bishop, Mrs. Alebrt Halley, and Mrs. E. W. Nelson One Novel Party. "The Leap Year party is the one novel party of formal season, and we hope that the campus will take advantage of the occasion to be original," stated Elizabeth Bushee. "It s up to each girl to arrange for her date, and it should be done by now, as we want this to be the best of all Mortar Board parties," she continued. Tassels will be wearing their uniforms Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of this week to make them easily recognizable as ticket sellers for the event. Tickets are $1.25. Formal dress is not obligatory, following the custom- of past years. Gasolene i p Motor Oil JL 4h$C 10o to 30o Gll Heating- Oil 6 Gallon HOLMS PHONI BtMS t W Professor Addresses Pi Mu Epsilon Members at Tuesday Meet. Members of Phi Mu Epsilon, mathematics fraternity, heard Prof. P. K. Slaymaker at their regular meeting Tuesday night. Professor Slaymaker spoke on the use of hyperbolold of revolution in industry. Also included on the program was an analysis of cal culating machines by Bert Hart tell. w , Following the program a busi ness meeting was conducted by James Marvin, president. Prof. William Brenke also gave a short talk. COMMITTEE TO NAME NEBRASKA CANDIDATE RHODES SCHOLARSHIP (Continued from Page 1.) mendatlons are most favorable will probably be called for a sec ond questioning. Representing the university among the list of applicants who have filed for consideration thru out the state are Frank Crabill, freshman law student, and Irving Hill, Arts and Science senior. Both candidates have done exception ally good work during their ca reers in the university and should stand a strong chance in the final judging. The two applicants selected here will go to the District meeting to be held in Des Moines where six different states will be represent ed by two candidates each. Out of this field of twelve four applicants will be picked for the scholarships. The meeting Saturday is being held in Paul Good's office located in the Securities Mutual building. "Get Your Man" FRENCH LUNCHEON SLATED THURSDAY Thursday noon, Dec. 12, at the Grand hotel, the French luncheon session will hold its third meeting of the semester. Miss Katherine Townsend, instructor In the Ro mance Lauguage department, is in charge of the luncheon. All those desiring to hear or apeak French are invited to attend, stated Miss Townsend. Tickets may be pur chased at the Grand Hotel for 25 cents. Keep Your Garments New Looking A good reliable cleaning and pressing now and then will keep your garments fit for any occasion. Modern Cleaners Souk up St Jf'eutotier Call F2377 Service. K fit1 Have You Lost Something? If You Have, Use The 'Most Convenient Method Of Recovering Your Article. The Daily Nebraskan Classified Ad Section Brings Results. Phone B689I, Or Stop In At The Daily Nebraskan Business Office, University Hall. CLASSIFIED RATES Ten Cents Per Line