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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1936.
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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. If an opin
ion, based on press comment and
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