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i TWO THE DAILY NEBRASKAN WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1936. Daily Nebraskan Station Lincoln. Nabratk. THIRTY. FIFTH VEAH Published every Tuesday, Wedneiny. Thurtday, Fri, day end Sunday morningi of the academic year by ttu, denti ol the University of Nebraska, under supervision of the Board ot Publications jH6 Member 1J7 Associated Colle8iafo Press Distributors of Cblle6ici!eDi6e5t FIKSINTID FOB NATIONAL AOVMTISINIJ National Advertising Service, Inc Colin PublUhtri KtprntloUvf NIW YONK. N Y. . BOSTON . AN HC"CO UOS ANOKLKe PORTLAND IATTLS ARNOLD LEVIN BOB FUNK Editor Pusmess Manager EDITORIAL STAFF M.inaginq Editors ....., GEORGE PIPAL DON WAGNER News Editors Jane Walcott WHIard Burney Ed Murray H'len Pascoe Bob RerJdlift BUSINESS STAFF Assistant Business Managers Bob Wadhame Webb Mills F.r,a?k Jo"n?n This paper It represented for general advertising bv the Nebraska Press Association. Entered as second-class matter at the postofflce 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. 1922. SUBSCRIPTION RATE 1.50 year Single Copy 6 cents $100 a semester 2.50 a year mailed tl,50 a eemeater mailed Under direction of the Student Publication Board. Ed'torial Office University Hall 4. Business Off Ice University Hail A. Telephones Dayi B6391 Night: B6882. B3333 (Journal). ON THIS ISSUE Desk Editor Pipal Night Editor Reddish The Purpose Of a University. In the hands of 1 he Student Couneil todaj rests the fa t e of several prospective Mortar guards and Innocents. The Student Council will elect a com mittee to supervise the annual .lunior-Seinor Prom. One is not necessarily forced to the Daily Nebraskan for the news that some election or other is coming up. Kchind the scenes con ferences, little political rallies invohing one or two good friends, and much corner -whispering is a sure sign that somethiiii; is going to happen. The prospects who have tiled are easily diseernahle they wear that harassed, please-do-soniething-i'or-nie look. They are plainly worried. Their future on 1 lie campus is at stake. The Student Council is going to decide whether their college years are a success or failure. They are obviously much more worried over their social chances than over a failing grade, or a condition. Those are matters which ;ire laughed off over a coke. But an election now you've run into something serious. After all. what is college but an election? A diploma doesn't cost a great deal. And diplomas are rather freely given. The uni versity doesn't attach any strings but that T2) credit hours must be completed before the student's name is affixed. The 32.") hours are supposed to signify an education, hi most cases they represent four years spent on a college campus. Any social election, with the accompany inir luibub, striving for votes, politics, worry, calls into question the very purpose of a uni versity. Its job is to inspire students to think, to teach them the value of the mind. Does it perforin its task? In most cases, no. A degree doesn't signify Ihnt a student has learned the methods of mental control and has applied those methods to reasoning proces ses of his own. A degree, more often than not. indicates a half-educated, wordly wise, uni versity graduated nincompoop whose mental capacities wouldn't dismay a wise rat. The university purpose has been prosti tuted, by the students themselves, into a method of social distinction, and false honor nnd glory. Most students don't take time out to think. Their grades may be good, of Phi Betta Kappa ranking, but they still are un iducated. They know their texts, hut they don't know the world about them. Their limits ;,re the campus, and its intriguing activities. Honor and glory galore, while in school, and the hosannas of classmates seem so real and vital a part of education. How empty it all is when commencement shoots the student off into an anything but warmhearted world. The election being held today, with all its trimmings, represents that type of social dis tinction which has drawn students from the path of learning and the mind into the path of the dance flour and campus politics. . The problem is one of subserving Ihe niijid to the university, or the university to the mind: whether Ihe student will follow the pa,th which other students have laid out and which leads to the "rah rahs" of college life. 01-whether he will break away from t lie com mon concept of iroing to school because it is uifstoniary and develop thinking qualities of Lis own. ', Not that the Daily Nebraskan recom mends the abolishment of all activities from the university scene, but they, like liquid spirits, must be taken in moderation or the r-tudent will find himself reeling around in a STUDENT PULSE Brief, concise contributions pertinent to matters o student life and to the university are welcomed by this newspaper practice, which excludes aM libelous matter and personal attacks. Letters must be i'flned. but name will be withheld from publication If so desired. Make Way Fpr Liberalism. To- the Editor: Keeently two college newspapers have been hut down by educational authorities. These papers contained articles dealing with com munism and were immediately requested to discontinue publication when these articles were read by the educational boards, Liberalism has become the new cry of higher education, but how can liberalism attain its goals when it dare not meet and face all of Ihe ideas, doctrines, and policies of this world? We arc finding it necessary to cease pushing science and specialized education too far in Ihe foreground. The social sciences will gain increasing importance in the new, liberal edu cation. Students will not only be taught how to earn a living but also the part their work must play in society in order to keep it in a harmonious balance. They will gain a world view of society. A liberal education, therefore, is designed 1o lay before the student many different views so that he learns to weigh them and form a judgment which will most likely be a better judgment than if the student only had a narrow range of prejudiced opinions and doctrine before him which he gained only from his work or profession. What sort of a judgment or opinion can students hold when they are only given a few ideas and doctrines to examine? Communism and evolution arc kept away from the young student as being frightful theories which he should not. think about. Laws which have been passed in several states forbidding teachers to treat upon communism defeat the purposes and aims of the new. liberal education. Why not give the teachers a chance to lay the doctrine ot communism before the student so that he can gain a fair opinion of it. If the teachers of eastern schools did this they would be branded as red and lose their positions. If communism were freely discussed the stu dents would not have silly prejudices of com munism based upon fear and they would not be delighted in advocating it in newspapers just because the authorities arc against treat ment of it in the class room or in print. Do educators and the government really fear t hat if the people gained a good knowledge of and discussed communism our government would soon be overthrown? If all indications prove that the best type of government should be socialistic why then should our officials block progress. "We cannot inspire people to have faith in our government if we make them think that it will be overthrown as soon as people learn about a new form of government. Our government allows a queer situation to arise when they allow the communists ami socialists to select candidates for the presi dency and yet Ihey supress the teaching of Ihese doctrines in schools. Since students are not allowed to gain a clear conception of com munism how can they be expected to not vote for communism when they do not know what it is all about. VroLTess toward good, harmonious ideals of society means clear, liberal thinking. Liberal ihinking is not possible when the government does m t allow all ideas to be laid before a mind so that it can establish clear thinking. Before liberalism can rejuvenate our education it is very necessary that some of our absurd jmli-liber.il laws be abolished. Elmer Uorsf-man. (Bulletin Barb A. W. S. The Barb A. W. S. League wilt hold a mass meeting for all barb women on December 10, at o'clock in Ellen Smith hall. Ag executive board pictures and Farmers' Formal committee pic tures at 12:30 Wednesday noon. Student Council prom election, Wednesday, 5 o'clock. personal observation founded on intimate contact with legislators in Nebraska, may be haxarded, it is that among these forty-three men there is a far higher average of outstanding lawmakers than in any recent session of the legisla ture." A man who is an authority on governmental problems, and a man who served on the citizens' com mittee and assisted in drafting the bill, has spoken his views. Is Ne braska's act an experiment? What will be the results? In any event, history will be made. York, is organizing a harmonica band at New York University Heights College. A germ of communism in the matter of lockers has 6hown It self on the campus of Texas Christian university. Five fresh man sharing a one-foot wide locker have jammed 18 textbooks, By Dale Martin. An open letter to Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin of the British parliament: Dear Mr. Baldw in : Tn spite of what you read in the news papers, sir, this is to inform you that the im pending marriage between your king and our Mrs. "VYallis Warfield Simpson is dis tinctly frowned upon by we. the people. (Co risiht on reading, we know that should have been "us".) But to eliminate formalities and to get down to business. After all. we have our national pride. We have taken Edward's part in Ihe whole affair only because we admire bini arid consider him a friend, but now that yon, sir, have seen fit to make an issue of the ease, we feel that it is our duty to stand staunchly for our own patriotic standards. The reason we have not expressed our 1me position before this lime is lhat we felt it was Wall is' right to live her own life. 'An old American custom, by Ihe way). Now that a crisis has been-reached, we feel that we must assert ourselves. At the outset we wish to make clear our admiration and respect for your king. He has visited our country us Prince of Wales, and w e hi joyed his company. We hope he can come again. (Incidentally, next time you run across his majesty, convey to him our best regards ami tell him we would be glad to receive him. should he have occasion to visit us in the near future;. We repeat: Wo like Edward very much. Be is a fine fellow. But. after all. there is this matter of national pride to be considered. Originally ire felt no particularly strong resentment against a wedding between your king and our Lovely Lady. Or. if we did, we said nothing about it in Ihe interests of democracy and in the name of ei ili.atiou. But now, even though we look at recent de velopments in our most conservative man ner, you definitely leave the impression that you fiel our Lovely Lady to be not good enough for his Brittanic majesty. And that, to put it mildly, rubs our bristles Ihe wrong way. We deeply resent your inference. We have concealed adverse comment upon the match though we were injured to see your ruler nice fellow though he be capture the affections of one of our aristocratic contributions to society. Now you presume to regard her as being below the station of a foreign monarch. That, sir. is international treason; no leSS' We might cite an inslance at this time to clarify for you our view of the whole affair. Keeently a son of our president be came engaged to a daughter of a man who, in the recent election, contributed heavily to the president's opposition. Both of the con tracting parties received parental blessings. That is our concept of democracy. In conclusion, may we suggest that you attend the neit Mae West picture shown in London? Mae will give you more demo cratic ideas in ten feet of film than we could if we had a vocabulary encompassing the entire English language. Yours democratically. "We, the People. Courage Required for Political Changes, Senning- Declares; Unicameral a Step Towards Adaption (Continued from Page 1.) frage, the system of popular elec tions controlled by political par ties, and the operation of party pertinent to inquire why modern conditions have brought about the change in legislative process. Party Controls Legislators. "According to the bicameral theory, areas as well as population were represented in a two-house legislature. Now, representation for a lawmaking body is based, with few evceptions, on population alone. In the second place, a bi cameral system afforded repre sentation to different classes and interests. In the early state legis lature, the upper house represent ed the class of privilege and wealth and acted as a check upon the ex cess of democratic spirit exempli fied by the representation of the common people in the lower house. 'Also the senate had conferred upon it certain powers and duties not possessed by the house. To day the personnel of the two houses is identical as to economic and social interests, qualification for membership, age, legislative experience, and education." Professor Senning maintained that the very essence of the bi cameral theory is the fact that one house acts as a check upon the other, that two houses tend to more careful deliberation, that de fects are corrected by a second ex amination, and that hasty and ill- considered legislation is thereby prevented. However, today, if one party controls the senate and one the house, the result is a deadlock and party conflict. If one party controls both houses, the same pol icy and the same program unite rather than separate one house from the other. Citizens' Committee Named. "It was then under the leader ship of Senator George W. Norris, a citizens committee was formed, composed of legislators, profes sors of political science of the Uni versity of Nebraska and public spirited men and women of the state, to draft a constitutional amendment to be submitted to the voters by the initiative. The amendment as formulated and voted upon at the November elec tion of 1934, was general rather -Un 1 : 1 .3 JM ;n ..I a., a ' that the average voter could un- i 0 derstand its import and not be confused by intricacies. "The innovation of the non partisan election is not as striking a departure a3 it appears because in Nebraska people have long been accustomed to that mode of elect ing pudges, school officials, re gents ot the state university and municipal officers. Also in 1933 the party circle was removed from the ballot. Moreover Nebras ka voters do not take party ad herence seriously." And so with drafting, petition for signature and final vote. Ne braska's one house legislature was established. Both opponents and advocates were surprised not only by the large vote cast but also by the adoption of the amendment by a majority of 92,934 votes. Member Competent. In conclusion, Professor Senning stated. "The success of the uni cameral leginlature will depend upon the character and compe I tence of the men and women who iare chosen to operate it. The re sults of the November, 1935, elec tion are most encouraging. Twenty-one republicans and twenty-two , democrats were elected in a year ; when the state went almost solidly j democratic. Thirty-two members' of the 1937 legislature have had legislative experience and the lar- ! ger proportion of them have served with high distinction I While the new members are ob I viously an unknown quantity, nev i ertheless these men are, without exception, of proved leadership in their various callings. 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