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THE DAILY NERRASKAN THURSDAY. OCTOBER 22. 1936 TWO Daily Nebraskan Station K Lincoln. Nebraska. THIRTY. FIFTH YEAR Published every Tuesday, Wednesday. Thursday, Frl. day end Sunday mornings of the academic year by ttu. dents of the University of Nebraska, under supervision of the Board of Publications. 1930 Member Q17 Flssoc tded Cbllefiide Press Distributors of Golle6iale Dieted MMIIINTIO rom NTIONU DVTIHNO Sr National Advertising Service, Inc Collet Publliktrs firprestntatirr 420 Madison Avs. New York. N.Y. Cmicaoo Boston . San rmicnco Los ArioKLts Portland aiArrL ARNOLD LEVIN BOB PUNK Editor Business Manager EDITORIAL STAFF Managing Editors . GEORGE PIPAL DON WAtfNER News Editors Eleanor Clizbt WIMard Burney Ed Murray Helen Pascoe Bob Reddish) BUSINESS STAFF Assistant Business Managers Bob Wadhams Webb Mills Frank Johnson This paper Is represented for general advertising by th Nebraska Press Association. Entered as second-class matter at the postoffice in Lincoln, Nebraska, under act of congress. March 3. 1879. and at special rate of postage provided for In section 1103. act of October 3. 1917. authorized January 20, 1822. SUBSCRIPTION RATE S1.E0 a vear Single Copy 6 cents i.uu a semester $2.5C a year mailed $1.50 a semester mailed Under direction of the Student Publication Board. Editorial Off ice University Hall 4. Business Office University Hall 4A. Telephones Day: B6891: Night: BfeS2. B3333 (Journal). ON THIS ISSUE Desk Editor Wagner Night Editor Murray Providing A Liberal Education it. .1. lhincim Spaeth, new president ot Kansas City's yoiithi'ul university, and Dr. Rohert llnlchius. youthful president of I'hi fiiso's famed university, should yet together on the ways and means of integrating edu cation. liioth liolieve that knowledge today is over specialized, and concentrated, so that in structors no lonuer understand each other, nor see each other's points of view. Liberal ism in edui-ation i.s gone. The student at tempts to master the leachings of a group of specialists, each helieving his subject the most important, each refusing to relate it with oth ers. The average university student today re ceives not a general education, hut the over emphasized, consequntely distorted, views of n group of specialists. The remedy. ir. Spaeth and Dr. Hutchins auree. is in the creation of a liberal arts col lege to bridge the gap between elementary edu cation and later research. At proesnt. the studnt progresses from elementary high school work to ihe specialized branches of his chosen university. There he is forced to make an im mediate selection of n profession, so that his course may be mapped out. in accord with it. Of course, general requirements are laid down, so that some aspect of a liberal education is inserted into a university, but how far from general knowledge the average student finds himself v hen he is graduated and turned out into the world ! He is nn immediate .specialist. From his freshman enr onward, the university has been urging him to find a profession, prepare him self for it. forget ihe devious windings 1hat might take him into the classics, or culture. What aspect does culture play in t his. our mod ern practical world.' Culture doesn't provide bread and butter, is the argument, so why bother about it1 Prepare for a profession that's what the university is here for to turn out professional men as might a machine and forget culture. What fallacious argument this is! The original purpose uu end of the imhersiiy has been distorted by scientific, hard-headed men who are interested not in the nicelies of 1he mind, hut in the training of the mind to a praclii-jil purpose. This is a scientific, ajje. Scientific think ing, .scientific ihoughl. scientific living, all have combined lo make this a pleasant age. The average individual never before has en joyed such widespread comfort. I'hysically, he is well-satisfied. And too often 1 lie physi cal state of being controls the mental effort. The universities have conformed to this scientific procedure. On this campus for in stance, llorrill hall. Avery laboratory. Urace laboratory, Pharmacy hall, Teachers college. Law college. Mechanical Arts and Lngineering buildings, all are employed in the development of scientific, rational, specialized minds. The realm of culture is confined principally to An drews hall and there the Dental college oc cupies one-fourth of the building and military science anoiher fourth and Temple theater. Social Science is a conglomeration. Overspecialization is so very apparent in the recently realized efforts of the university senate to change Arts and Scieuse require ments. The senale met and talked the thing over for two years before any one man under stood the other, and any definite result could be obtained. Each was thinking not in ihe terms of a liberal education, but in Ihe terms of the effects on his own particular branch of learning. Hot.uiists were fearful lest psychol ogists secure loo firm a foothold in university affairs: English instructors felt the necessity of the inclusion of more English: history in structors of more history: political science in structors of more political science. Study of the classics is relegated to the past. Milton's Meals of liberal education and general knowledge are lost in the maze of ex periment and induction. After all what do the classics contribute toward bread and but ter? The liberal arts college, as proposej by Dr. Spaeth snd Dr. Hutchins, may soive the problem of providing the student with at least a partial general education. The chief differ ence between the two men lies in the length of time required for this integration of educa tion. Dr. Hutchins thinks two years are suf ficient. Dr. Spaeth holds out for a four-year peneral course. Be it two years or four in !uralion such a bridge between elementary schools and university specialization is ap parent and necessary. NEWS PARADE Hy Ralph Woodruff The present presidential campaign is be ing fought over the issue of Ihe "balanced budget." How large are the deficits and what hope is Ihere of balancing the budget in the future? There are two viewpoints depending on whether you arc a Republican or a Democrat. Tim Democrats believe that the national debt has increased by (i 1-2 billion dollars during Roosevelt's administration, while the staunch Republicans claim that the national debt has in creased by P? billions, which is tw ice the Dem ocratic estimate. The difference between the 1wo estimates lies in the fact that the Repub licans count li 1-2 billions including the sup posedly recoverable loans and the soldiers' bonus. The Democrals refuse to count the loans because they claim they will be paid back, and refuse lo add in the bonus because paying it now will save paying it in 194.", as originally planned. The most disturbing fact is that the huge annual deficits are not decreasing appreciably. This wouldn't be so important if the country were still in the sloughs of depression, but, unfortunately, the opposite is true. The index of industrial production shows that industrial production is 10(5 as compared with the 152:5-2-" level of . which is usually taken as the "normal level." The peak of 192!) was only ll'l percent of the 11I2L5-192.") production. According 1o the scheme of government advanced by the Democrats, the government will normally go into debt in time of industrial stagnation, in order to "prime the recovery pump." the government should be making neither profit nor loss in "normal" times, and should be making a surplus in above-normal limes to pay off ihe deficits acquired in sub normal times. Since industrial production anil other in dices of business show that we are now "nor mal" or above normal." we should not only be making both ends meet, we should be start ing to pay off the debt acquired in depression years. If we can't balance the budget in an above-normal year, what chance is there of ever paying off Ihe (' 1-2 ior 1:5) billion dol lar debl we acquired in the recent depression? What hope do the two candidates offer to America of ever paying off the debt in a sane way? Roosevelt believes that he can balance the budget within the next few years. Possibly this is true, but it must be remembered that prosperity ordinarily lasts only a few years, and then the business cycle turns downward and we have another de pression. If Roosevelt takes several years to balance the budget, there will not be enough time left in the upswing of the business cycle to acquire the surplus necessary to pay off the huge debt accumulated in this depres sion. In the next depression the govern ment's credit will be seriously hampered be cause of this hangover debt. It is evidently that the government's credit will not in definitely stand the strain of increasing debt. OFFICIAL BULLETIN deal Lan Nor does candidate l.andon offer a great more promise then candidate Roosevelt. County Organization Plans to Entertain Members, Families Today. Lancaster county 4-H organiza tion will sponsor an achievement day Oct. 29, to be held at the Student Activities building on Ag campus. Activities will last all day, ending in an evening enter tainment which will start at 7:30 o'clock. Clubs and families will bring: their supper and eat together in the university building at o'clock. Following this will bo the evening program. during which county fair winners are to be presented. J. K. Purbaugh and Miss Christine Ca risen are in charge of a Major Bowes contest. Club members who wish to take part in this are asked to got in touch with the committee, as are all who can play any instrument for an orchestra. Committee in g-eneral charge in cludes: Mrs. Chester Allen, Mal colm, chairman: Mrs. E. E. Harlz, Hoca; Rev. McCleUan, Malcolm; Mrs. Merman Kayser. 3735 So. 52 st. and Mrs. Ham Spellman of Emerald. try or on openly admits. Tiiai ne is noi eomg io to balance 1he budget hy increasing taxes bv reducing expenditures for relief and farm programs. He says that he is going to balance Ihe budget by eliminating waste and extravagance. This is very, very fine cam paign 1alk. but what reason do we have to be lieve that the Republicans will be any more ef ficient than the Democrats? It is certain the saving ihat can be made by eliminating waste will not be enough to wipe out the annual deficits. What possibility is Ihere of having n gov ernment with a sound financial foundation again? Everybody, Democrats ami Repub licans, agree that we can not balance the budg et by letting the unemployed starve or ihe farmer go ihe resi of the way to ruin. No body, either Demo. rat or Republican wants to bear ihe huge taxes which would be required if the budget were to be balanced and the debt paid off. However, this writer believed that il would be better to take in on the chin now than to re biter enforced to meet ih expense of government by excessive inflation of some equally disastrous method of government finance. COUNCIL RULES FACTION NAMES FROM BALLOTS (Continued from Page 1.) ing the recent election. Believ ing the original group was hin dered by excessive members, the new committee is composed of but two men and the president. Mem bers of the new Investigatory group are Ted Bradley, Bill Marsh and Frank Landis. Prof. E. W. Lantz, faculty adviser to the Stu dent Council has volunteered his aid to the committee. Men Not Factions. "Students will now be more apt to vote for men instead of for factions." declared Marylu Peter sen, vice president of the Student Council when asked to piesent her views on the new resolution. "1 sincerely believe that this is a de cided step toward the goal of elect ing the most deserving students to office instead of those who merely represent the stronger faction." In reply to arguments in opposi tion to the proposal, Fiank Landis, assured the council that his lepis lation was an attempt to drive fac tions from the campus, but lather an effort to cut down the unworthy activities of the patties. Because of the difficulty en countered by previous junior senior prom committees in hiring good orchestras due to a shortage in time, Bill Marsh, co-chairman of last year's committee, suggested that election of members be held on the second Wednesday in De cember this year. His plan was approved by the council, and the election will be held ednesday, Dec. 9. Council passed a provision de claring that the captain of the cheerleaders in the future shall be a member of the student rally committee. The proposal was in troduced by Ted Bradley, chair man of the piesent committee. RALLY TO LAUNCH HUSKERS' VOYAGE FOR S00NERLAND (Continued from Page l.t the game captain and the coach ing staff are piesent. but at this one the entire team will be present to witness your enthusiasm and your desire for victory," Bradley pointed out. "Don't let them down now; no rally would be better than a poor one." Game Captain Kenneth Mc Ginnis and one or two members of the coaching staff will probably be called upon to say a few words to the rooters prior to the team's leaving. Starting at 12th street In front of the stadium the group will march to R, down R to Sith, and then to the station on S street. Lutherans. The Lutheran Student Fellow ship club will meet Friday evening, 8:30 o'clock in 203 Temple. N Stamp Salesmen. Girls who are selling N stamps are asked to report at Ellen Smith hall sometime this afternoon be tween 4 and 5:30 In order to check results with Martha Morrow, chair man in charge of the sale. Delta Sigma P(. Delta Sigma Pi. professional business fraternity, will hold a business meeting Thursday, Oct. 22, at 7:30 in the commercial club rooms in Social Science. All mem bers are asked to be present. FRESHMAN GIRLS TO SIGNIFY PREFERENCE OF ACTIVITIES TODAY (Continued from Page 1.) took charge of the signing on Wednesday morning, while the Coed Counselors assisted the freshmen on Wednesday afternoon. Today, representatives of W. A. A. and the Y. W. C. A. will be in charge of the desk in the corridor of Ellen Smith hall. Members of the Barb A. W. S. league and rep resentatives from ag college will direct the signing on Friday. PROFESSORS DISCOVER FEW ISSUES IN POLITICAL FRACAS (Continued from page 1). publicans are emphasizing the ne cessity of reseiving important powers to the states.' "Economy in government and social security seem to be defi nitely issuer, in this campaign," Fcllman said further. "But as is sues they are anything but defi nite." Communist Out. Fellman observes that the com munist cry ia not a potent factor in the current battle. He further denies any very great amount of importance to the questions of freedom of speech, press, and thought, declaring that the fact that Mr. Roosevelt is receiving as much criticism as he is proves that there is plenty of freedom of expression. Mention of the touchy question of the validity of straw votes brought forUi Professor Senning's opinion that none of the polls are likely to prove a very accurate barometer of public feeling. He places more faith in Gallup's In stitute of Public Opinion than in any of the others because of its .jcientific nature. Having asserted that public opinion becomes pretty well crys tallized immediately after the nominations, Senning allowed that certain happenings of the cam paign might posibly alter John Q's feeling in the matter before the fi nal reckoning in November. Differing somewhat from his collegue, Fellman stated that there is always a margin of voters who have no party affiliations and may very well be influenced by the j Issues presented by the candi dates. "It Is this bloc of voters," Fell man affirmed, "that both parties cater to. These voters who remain on the fence until the last minute may very easily Hwing the election one way or another when the race is fairly close as It is at the pres ent time." FRESHMAN DEBATERS CLASH FOR LONG CUP (Continued from Page 1.) open its season there, and four speakers will be selected to make the trip at tryouts to be held on Thursday evening, Nov. 12. This subject is one of two to be used during the present semes ter, and at least two teams will be chosen for it, according to Prof. H. A. White, debating coach. A bibliography on the subject will be available by the end of the pres ent week, and books will be placed in the university reserve room. Any man enrolled In the university who has been in residence for at least one year Is eligible for try-out. It Pays- To have your garments SANITONE CLEANED they will always look new and wear longer. Modern Cleaners Soukup fe W'entnver Call F2377 For Service TYPEWRITERS For Sale or Rental Used machine! on easy payments. The Royal portable typewriter, ideal machine for students. Nebraska Typewriter Co. 130 No. 12th St. B2157 There's NO GAMBLE about cleanliness at Roberts Dairy STUDENT PULSE Brief, cmclst contribution! pertinent to matters ot student Ufa snd the umverntv ire welcomed bv newspaper practice, wmch excludes all obeious matter and personal attacks. Letters must be signed, but names will be withneirt from publication. If so "esirerl department, under the usual restrictions ot sound Ever body's Doirijr It. The olil. consen am e idea on campus mar ri;ics is slowly 1 nit surely lieadintr for lis regnnl. Sympathizers of such unions were rci-intly tiven n ImmisI. when a finding dis closed that married students do lietlcr work than Iheir huchelor hrolhers. Said Dean Karl AV. Onllmnk of ihe I'nivcrsity of Oregon audit the matter : "Students who marry do Letter work than they did lie fore marriage . . . particularly ninoni: men. The reason of course is relatively obvious. They are stabilized; have arrived at a definiteness of objectives, and have assumed responsibilities which tend to keep them at work. And they ere much less apt to be on an emotional edge than they commonly are during the period of engagement." The dean's observation needs no further elucidation. It is an opinion arrived at after tin unbiased and unprejudiced investigation of a situation generally misunderstood. The old conception seems to be that marriage would ruin one's interest in his study because his at tention would be diffused with results often not favorable to his school work. This belief is not only misleading, but has also prevented the occurrence of many a would-be happy union. There is. admittedly, a tendency to de plore campus marriages. To stop two young students from sretting married is, more often than not. to deprive two souls of a happy life. A. E. II. Qoukj places! B v Vtcn yn 6tCp OUt f an I JJrTjL V2 evening, we recommend B Vaffi Asoset the new non-wilt B ,c wr-r'r - a Asoset tlie new non-wilt collar attached to Arrow shirts. It lies smooth and flat without a wrinkle or bulge. Comes in white, stripes and colored fairies, exclusive Arrow patterns. Sanforized Shrank. $2 up VOTE DEMOCRATIC Friends of Youth Recall the NY A? f 1 Li ... V ... -it' I La L I Franklin D. Roosevelt Roy U. Cochran X FOR PRESIDENT Franklin D. Roosevelt FOR GOVERNOR "xj Roy L Cochran x !iwwjrwsw?ary II" t&" f ' Jl N fm . iliniMatl Henry C. Luckey CONGRESS First District Congressman Luckey has mfide good with his enviable record in Congress youthful citizens realize that one' good term deserves another. For Good Government, Honesty and Efficiency, Vote for Walter H. Jensen, Democratic candidate for State Treasurer. His fifteen years of successful business en ables him to furnish an acceptable bond lor the office if elected. RE-ELECT X Harry B. Swanson Secretary of State Ask the patrons of the office RE-ELECT x I Wallter H. Jurgensen (Democrat) Lieuterfant-Governor Liberal Progressive I