THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
TUESDAY. MARCH 17. 19.16.
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It's Only
The Start
MEBRASKA'S second hand bookstore, a
A student council project backed by the
Dailv Nebraskan, which gained regents ap
proval after a Year's agitation, will officially
open tonight when the entire student body
takes part in a celebration and program, to be
held at 7:30 in the basement of Social bci
ences". This lead sentence in a story in to
day's Daily Nebraskan is only possible be-
cause of intensified effort and diligent enter
prise on the part of many student members
and administrative officials. Just over a year
ago real work on the project was started, he
cently, with regents' approval, active orgam
zation was begun and this evening the dream
becomes a reality.
'As a result of establishing this new proj
ect books will be bought from students at 50
percent of the original cost if they are to be
used during the following semester, and will
be resold for 75 percent of the original cost.
One stipulation setup in the organization of
ih store is that books that are in current use
and Ihose that will be in use next semester are
the oi'Iy ones that will be accepted at the
bookstore, when it opens business today. Now
this latter statement is most significant. First
it means that if and when professors change
texts then the book in the possession of the
student has no longer any resale value at the
University bookstore. Constant changing of
texts by professors with this mania should be
heartily condemned.
The Nebraskan in nowise wishes to lend
itself to the impression that changes of texts
are not needed. But it does most emphatically
wish to convey the impression that the changes
in revised books each year are not of such mo
mentous import as to necessitate a complete
new outlay with each fall session. Royalties
on books are most desired by professors, quite
naturally. However, the Nebraskan does not
feel it is up to the constantly bled student to
provide for their particular increment in reve
nue. Professors wishing to profit by such tac
tics should seek greener pastures, altho the
Nebraskan is forced to admit colleges offer
more bites per Look and line.
But all as yet is not as rosy as would ap
pear by a casual inspection of the situation.
Much yet remains to be done before final sanc
tion should be given by members of the stu
dent body. That much progress has been made
the Nebraskan is well aware. Heartily corn
mending administration co-operation in set
ting up an institution of benefit in mitigating
the financial strain of student education, the
Nebraskan sincerely backs their efforts. Yet
on the other hand we should not be working
for the full benefit of the student body were
w blind to the faults which still exist in the
formation of the present program. Several
grave difficulties still present themselves.
a
In allowing the student only 50 percent on
the original price of books after using a se
mester, the University bookstore is doing no
more than did either Long or the Co-Op book
stores. Admitted that the University book
store will return cash whereas the commercial
stores will ask you to take it out in trade, the
ultimate realization is the same. It must be
remembered that the University bookstore is
to function as a non-profit enterprise. Surely
that price is high when compared with the ac
tual practice employed by an outside business
house. If these off the campus enterprises can
not only meet operating expenses under prac
tically the same conditions but can cleur a
profit, then where is the money to the Univer
sity going? Present plans include a rather
expensive handling of the bookstore. Of course
the University has still to experiment so as to
obtain a low medium but it seems to the Ne
braskan that there remains some considerable
slice of profit yet to be taken off.
Again the University bookstore incurs
not the loss that would fall upon an outside
concern. The stipulation, made earlier in this
editorial, by the University bookstore, states
that only books in current use and those which
will be in use next semester will be purchased.
This mere statement does away with the ele
ment of chance. The bookstore can suffer no
loss thru this medium. Sale of these books is
assured by the very conditions under which
they are purchased. Does it sound reasonable
then that a 25 percent profit basis is needed
merely for operating cost? The Nebraskan
thinks not. The Nebraskan hopes that these
difficulties will be as satisfactorily worked out
in the future by the administration as has been
work on the enterprise to date. These lumps
should be ironed out as soon as possible. A
great start has been made, let's hope future
activities continue to bring satisfactory results.'
STUDENT PULSE
Brief, conclaa contribution pertinent to mattere ot
atudent life and tha unlveraity are welcomed by this
department, under tha ueual reatrlctlone of sound
newspaper practice, which axcludea all libelous matter
and personal attacks. Lattara muet be elgned, but
namea will be withheld from publication if ao desired.
A'otr, Boys,
Take It Easy.
In response to t he article in the Sunday
Student Pulse commenting on the way the
orchestra popularity contest is being run we
would like to say just a word or two. In the
first place, the students of this campus are
more or less in a rut. Whenever anything new
or novel is tried it is kicked around and
knocked about until it is so much out of shape
that the author can't, even recognize his own
idea. The Student Union building is a very
good example. There were a number of mem
bers of the student body in doubt as to the ne
cessity of it. etc. I'll admit this contest can
do no individual any good nor can it do any
one any harm. It is merely a method to aid
the university in gaining sonic of that much
needed social publicity.
It was mentioned that the list of fifteen
orchestras was not a fair list and that they
weren't the university's pick. I'll admit it
isn't the choice of this campus as it has not
been tried before as far as we know, but they
do happen to be the popular bands of various
other campuses that have been contacted.
AVith regard to the comment about Hal
Kemp being picked as the best band in the
country during the year 1M5 (by a conven
tion of dancing teachers) has nothing what
soever to do with this contest we are holding.
You see. everyone on this campus is not a
judge as to the ability of a band to play
"Moon Over Miami" or any other popular
song of the day. Therefore this is a popular
ity contest, a contest to find out which band
is the most popular among the students on
this campus; the orchestra Ihe campus as a
whole likes to hear play and the band they
would like to have play for a university party.
"We are not going into a scientific study of the
mannerisms of these bands, we are merely go
ing to touch upon the subject. I would ven
ture to say that even tho the dancing teachers
did vote Ifal Kemp to be the best band in the
country, there would be quite a few bands
placed above him here on this campus.
With regard to the suggestion of letting
the students nominate the bands, we will say
that such a procedure would tend to make for
general confusion. We have tried to get the
most popular bands onother campuses around
the country. We will say also that on the bal
lot there will be ample space to add any
bands that aren't now on it. As you shall see
we have already added a few as you suggest
ed. This procedure might not be purely demo
cratic but it is the closest we can come to it
and as it has worked before very satisfactorily
it should now.
With regard to giving the students a fret
hand in nominating the bands they want. A
ballot would have to be submitted thru the
Eag to cover this and you all know how un
satisfactorily elections of that sort turn out.
Only about one-tenth of the students vote.
We mighl not have the best bands represent
ed but I'll wasrer we have a good representa
tion from the campus in the vote. We'll see.
I do appreciate that it seems that the cam
pus is taking an interest in the contest as is
sho wn by Sunday's article. Suggestions re
ceived and appreciated.
DICK LAVERTY.
The
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News Parade
Turbulence in Spain.
After three days of violence in Madrid,
the Spanish army serves notice on Premier
Azana that it will take matters in its own
hands if he does not quell the rioting imme
diately. The premier believes revolutionary social
ists are the cause of the riots and in turn com
mands them to stop the uprising which has led
to a number of killings, and the burning of
convents, churches, and newspapers.
Governmental opposition in Spain seems
to reach a revolutionary peak quite regularly.
Floods and Dust.
Flood waters in New England start 1o re
cede after taking their toll in lives and prop
erty. Colder weather checks the onrush of
water but swollen streams and rivers in New'
Jersey and New York remain to threaten
homes.
And while the east is troubled with
floods, dust storms once more swoop down
on southwestern states. Colorado, Oklahoma,
New Mexico, and Kansas are once more
menaced by the "black blizzards" of last
year.
Sky Light.
Does the sky have its own litrlit indepen
dent of any brightness furnished by the sun?
In an effort to answer this question, two Soviet
natural scientists ascended in a substratosphere
balloon to an altitude of 32,808 feet, a record
height for a balloon of 2,200 cubic meters ca
pacity. The balloonists. who think the sky
might have its own greenish oxygen light,
obtained 15 pictures of light rays which are
now being developed at Moscow.
CONTEMPORARY
COMMENT
Sensitive Lobbyists
Are Blue About Back.
Probing into the files of telegraph com-1
panies, Senator Hugo L. Black, chairman of
tha senate investigating committee, seems to
have struck a nerve in the unwilling patient,
the lobbyist. Clapping his hands to his hurt
and shrieking, "Oh, my personal liberty!" the
patient has struggled to free himself from the
operating table.
Charges that the Black investigating com
mittee is overstepping legal bounds are based
on the committee's perusal of telegrams and
records of telephone communications at Ihe
offices of the private communications agen
cies. Senator Vtornli, "not in a spirit of cen
sure," has asked, "by what authority and un
der what law and at whose directions" the
committee acted in taking data from Western
Union, Postal Telegraph and other agencies.
There seems to be no specific law govern
ing the committee's investigative innovation
but precedent indicates that this power is
legal and essential. Individuals and organi
zations testifying before committees must open
their records. The senate and the house have
the right to compel reply from witnesses, and
lawyers cannot withhold information received
professionally.
The purpose of the important congres
sional investigation committee is to dig up in
formation. Unless it has the power to ferret
out facts, this body is valueless. Investigators
have thumbed thru telegraph files because the
original messages are often destroyed for the
sole purpose of evading just such an inquiry.
The investigating senators are not inter
ested in "purely personal and private" mate
rial and those who protest on these grounds
create wonder as to how their "private lives"
are connected with public affairs. Minnesota
Daily.
IT hat the Matter
With the 4gs?
On this campus there is noticeable at
times an attitude which implies some funda
mental distinction between people engaged
in agricultural occupations and those dealing
with the inanimate, with things.
In the everyday campus banter, it takes
the form of thoughtless remarks such as. "lie's
an a!" or "He's learning to be a farmer!"
Or at times it may be in the form of de
fense: Witness the animal husbandry student
who avoids telling the coed what course he is
taking and the forester who explains that his
course is not very closely related to agricul
ture. On would think that there is something
low or vulgar about agriculture as if, in the
process of specialization, a superior group
had divorced itself from the soil and ascended
to a level where it dealt, only with things, en
joying the support of those who remain en
slaved by the soil.
An American who looks down on agricul
ture is really apologizing for his own heritage.
If he deplores the farmer's lack of culture or
social finish, let him do something about it.
Let him improve rural schools and churches;
let him help take the drugery out of farming.
And, above all, let him give the farmers con
fidence in themselves and the assurance that
they are part of a noble plan.
Those slighting remarks about ass are
not so meaningless as they are thoughtless.
Let every man who is ashamed of his heritage
step forth and give his reasons so the world
may feel sorry for him. Iowa Student.
eial professional training and some aptitude
for the work, lie (shi help, help!) must sat
isfy examiners, school boards, anybody and I
everybody who has anything to do with hiring
on innumerable points which have nothing
whatever to do with the ability to teach.
Thus in Tennessee a teacher may be ilis- i
missed for disclosing a know led no ot the the
ory of evolution. A probing of the commu
nistic theory will cost another one a job some
where else. In numerous places daily flag
waving is a condition of holding a job. And
there are localities that make much of such
things as dress, church affiliation, personal
habits as concerns dancing, card playing, to
bacco using. The matrimonial state is another
pitfall. The unmarried man or the married
woman may find the fact used against him
(herwon't somebody please invent a pro
noun common to the sexes?).
New York state, it appears, has a rule
lhat's a daisy. A New York City teacher,
Kose Friestater. has been denied a license be
cause she is too fat. The dispatch says euphe
mistically "overweight" but it means the same
thing. And the slate commissioner of educa
tion has confirmed ihe denial.
The story, mercifully for Miss Fries! tiler
perbaps. omits telling her weight. She may be
jus! prelly plump or she may be gargantuan,
we don't know. Hut whatever it is she is, ac
cording to the authorities, loo fa! to teach.
And lliat evidently is the only reason. In all
oilier respects she may be the very best teach
er in Ihe New York schools. Excess pounds
disqualify her.
Sometimes c wonder how and why ,
body ever gets the idea 1 lint leaching is ai
tractive field to enter. World Herald.
What Do
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Think?
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WHAT, IN YOUR OHW
ION, IS THE BEST WAY
FOR THE UNITED STATE3
TO KEEP OUT OF WAR?
Dick Munsterman, 39: Get some
more women senators and cabinet
members, join the League of Na
tions unreservedly, and some kind
of an English speaking people's
peace union.
Jack Imler, '36: Chances are
slim of keeping out of major Eur
opean conflict. The best course is
to rush preparations to such an
extent that it will scare the people.
George Scott, '38: By staying on
this side of the ocean. I don't
think that the United States will
eo to war unless England gets
into it, and I don't believe that
there will be any war for some
time.
Adna Dobson, "40: I think that
we should observe an entirely neu
tral position as to the United
States interests shroud, such ns
the selling of produce, investments
and personal interests.
Dick Brown, '38: Quit building
boats. If we don't have enough
boats to get over to Europe they
will have to come over here to
fight us find that will halt things
for awhile.
It's a
Great Life.
A teacher has to watch his (her; step
pretty closely 1hese days lest she tin
bother such a language) set foot in one of the
traps baited with disqualification. It isn't
enough that a teacher have an education, spe-
Harold Ernisse, '38: We tire not
going; to war. In my belief it de
ponds entirely on Roosevelt. The
people who have interests over
there will have to take care of
them themselves.
Orville Schultz, '38: I don't
think that there is any way for
t , the people to pvoid war. The only
ones who nave anyining 10 say
about it are the foreign diplomats
and U. S. officials such as the sec
retary of war. If they decide to
fight there is nothing that we can
do about it.
7 Vj Panhvllenic Triad
Bias Bigotry, and Babbitry.
Another welter of words resulting in no
definite action clouded the second mass meet
ing of the sororities on Monday. The most
pcrtinenl feature of the gathering was .Miss
Martin's declaration that a bad spirit prevails
among the sororities and that campus women
must consider themselves as a system and work
toget her.
Mass meetings will get nowhere unl
is clearly undrcstood wherein lies the root of
the problem. No (jtiota sysicni or restriction of
rushing will have sufficient teeth to be effec
tive if this attitude is popular. Lackadaisical
enforcement will not improve the situation. H
renuires ihe .-ii'L'i-essi ve endorsement of all so-
roritv women 1 Bi" Heard- '38: Llmlt ProteLtl0tl
L " 1 1 ! of American investments abroad to
1 be matter can not be allowed to dntt into diHCOurafre foreign investments
further aimless action. Open discussion has ; and do away with the Monroe
cone too far: the smaller chanters have felt i doctrine
their helplessness too poignaiilly. Anything
but a definite program will arouse a bitterness
which may never be eradicated.
Why quibble? When campus attitude
favors large houses as a mark of social pres
tige, could such a maladjustment of sorority
membership produce anything but a ranking
jealousy and antagonism, incidentally knock
ing ominously at the prated ideals of each
group ?
It is lime to remove the wool from eyes
smug with complacency. The termite of fac
tionisru is within our walls, and any minute
may bring the roof down about our heads.
Daily Northwestern.
LIBRARY EXHIBITS
CENSORED BOOKS
Works of Twain. Cabell
Included in List.
NEW YORK. March 16. A col
lection of books that have been
censored or banned at various
times in the United States is on
exhibition in the Columbia uni
versity library.
In the collection are Mark
Twain's classics of boyhood life,
"Tom Sawyer" and "Huckleberry
Finn." They were banned from the
children's rooms of Brooklyn pub
lic libraries in 1876. Concord,
N H.. also banned Twain's books,
its council decreeing they were
"trash and suitable only for the
slums."
Other authors whose books me
in the exhibit include Walt Whit
man, Theodore Dreiser. Nathaniel
Hawthorne. Eugene O'Neil, Vol
taire, James Branch Cabell.
George Bernard Shaw and Ernest
Hemingway. The Hays ornce in
Hollywood refused to permit a
film of Hawthorne's "Scarlet Let- I
I !" In ho mu.lo until thp StOlV I
! was rewritten. "A Farewell to
I Arms," by Hemingway, also had
to be rewritten before tne Hays
office would permit it to be filmed.
A small card, tacked on a wall
of the browsing room, says: "You
may take out and read these
books." Librarians said, however,
there had been no great rush of
students eager to read the once
forbidden works. (CNS I.
Husker Cage Star Resumes
Classes After Severe
Leg Infection.
Harvey Widman, guard of the
1936 Husker case clan, returned
to school today after being con
fined in a Wahoo hospital since
March 7. Widman, who has been
suffering from a severe Ick infec
tion, was dismissed from his ward
Sunday at which time he returned
to his home in Meade, Neb. j
The true cause of his trouble
was not at first discovered and
was treated primarily for grippe.
Later, however, a blister on his
right instep was found which was
undoubtedly the cause of the in
fection. Attending physicians stat
ed that Widman was fortunate not
to have contracted complications.
During Widman's time in the
hospital. Coach W. H. Browne took
his cagers to Kansas City for the
Olympic tryout tourney. Without
the services of both guards, Wid
man and Parsons, Nebraska lost
to Oklahoma Aggies in the first
round.
MILLS TEACHERS
AGENCY
S. E. Mills, A. M. '29
Manager
804-805 Stuart Building
Phone B3708 Lincoln, Neb.
Ralph Woodruff, '38: I think our
best chance is to attempt to regu
late the affairs of foreign nations
through the League of Nations
rather by trying to keep entirely
out of the situation.
OFFICIAL
BULLETIN
Lutherans.
Lutheran students will hold their
regular period of Bible study with
Rev. H. Erck at 7 p. m. Wednes
day. March 18 in room 203 Temple.
An ancient Persian tapestry,
valued at $12,000,has been given to
St. Olaf's college, Northfleld. Minn.
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AMES, la., March 16. Big Six
conference wrestling coaches in a
meeting at Norman. Okl., during
the loop tournament voted to
adopt the present point system of
the A. A. U. for scoring matches
in further conference competition.
Thia system will displace the old
method of time advantages for
awarding decisions. The time of
bouU will be split into three min
utes, overtime advantages will be
discontinued and so will time ad
vantage watches. The 9 minute
bouts will be split into three S min
ute periods. Regardless of whether
one of the wrestlers goes behind
In the first period, the contestanti
will flip at tht end of the first
three minutea and each will go be
hind at the start of one of the last
two periods.
The A. A. U. scoring system
gives a man five points for going
behind, three for coming out from
underneath and five for getting
away free and going immediately
behind. In addition the referee
may award from on to five points
at the end of the bout to one of
the contestants for aggressiveness,
all-around ability, condition and
sportsmanship.
The running score of each of
the bouts will be kept on a score
board similar to those used for
basketball, keeping the spectators
and the competitors notified as to
the progress of the match.
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