Nebraska Newspapers

    TIIF nVII.Y NF.RR SKAN
THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1937.
Dulitforially
Speaking..
Student
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decidedly optomistic outlook
Politics, we gather from today's student pulse
column and the Inquiring Reporter's findings, stink.
Why?
Mr. Blixt says the boys get too rough, and tear
up the Theta lawn.
R. J. M. says the "activities clan" ia too lim
ited. He suggests reorganization, as of 1934.
Most of those interviewed by the Inquiring Re
porter thought something was wrong, but they
weren't sure what.
We think so too.
We shall consider the above points in order.
The latest odor issuing from the factional caul-
-
for the farmer in his first yearlron has descended on the liberals' politically un-
auer tne depression is me nappy
view of Nebraska's legislator from
Fairbury, Senator Frank Wells
Wells, himself a
farmer with six
gTOwn children,
propound
ed his prediction
of better farm
conditions, the
three words for
which the popu
lace of this state
have been pray
ing for years.
Our main fear
this season, the
71-vear-old but
verv vountr look- - ytotp Tn jou
sound circulars, and the progressives' politically ef
fective protests.
The unfortunate commentary was not the vio
lation of student council rules. It was the lack of
an issue mere significant to fight over. Important
issues exist in large numbers. Factions must fear
placing themselves in a position of responsibility.
We believe that enough benefits accrue from
student government to warrant a fair amount of
extra-curricular interest. If this interest can take
an active form, such as fights on the Theta lawn,
so much the better provided they know what
J they're fighting about. We long for the days of
political riots which "Fighting Bob" Simmons de
scribed in yesterday's Nebraskan. We sustain the
locnoiiinr remonstrated wnen. " " "
aroused 'from bed last night, is a ;sior.er of education: "My complaint about college
grasshopper plague. "Nebraska ; students is that they are too darned docile."
knows the terror" of the rampant
hoppers, and they are already in j
some 20 counties. But with plenty j R. J. M. would like to widen the "activities
of rain and efficient use of poison !cian" with the reorganization proposed in 1934.
bombs, they should be renoereu i That Finkle's. It amounted to a
harmless." He continued easin, I . . . ... .
"In fact I understand the ag col- Imt system for men. It would do more to clean
lege has perfected a new poison up politics than any proposal thrown into the cam
that is the best yet." j pus hopper in recent years. Its chief drawback is
On the subject ot ine uni
versity, the Senator declared
himself to be "always a friend."
He is much in sympathy with
some of the work to be carried
on. and realizes many of the in
stitution's needs. But as he him
self put it, "when the entire
state is hard pressed and money
is scarce. . ."
Senator Wells is a descendant lies can
of a family which came to
rVnnlp after trlA RfYnhl-
tion. He Vas born in Putnam I nearl-v completed, tie point system is a reform any
county. Ohio, but has lived in Ne- j faction could well support,
braska for over 40 years, more j
than 30 of which were spent as j jy.e Etudents interviewed by the Inquiring P.e
a member of his local school i J -a e
boa i The present term is his ;Portr sensed something wrong,
eighth consecutive in the state I The Nebraskan senses it too.
governing body. ) P.ecent political strife has been characterized
A definite success" are hit j by personal antagonism. Participants seem to lack
WOrUS TOT UCUIUiny yucs.iu"
the stigma of "the women did it first."
Its advantages: Two-bit honoraries with $20
.national initiation fees would largely disappear, due
to lack of financial support from activities climb
lers. More would be accomplished, since no student
j would be permitted to hold more offices than he
' could conscientiously fulfill. The resultant addition
I of new blood would break down the limited "activi-
Now that the toolshed for the union building is
, .T,.. " " " ' " "
mwmi
f W FuTliRF rfF
wmcN war f v ,gotnc.
The political moon bayers have
come, filled the air with noisy
avowals of love for the voter, and
departed, leaving peace and soli
tude once more in possession of
the campus.
But what lingers on? Were any
Tweed rings or Tammany Hall
gangs set up by the election? Is
the average student on the campus
satisfied with the way that politics
are conducted? Does he care at
all?
Ash Mousel. Bizad junior:
"Here on this campus, politics
are mainly for those who want to
are really fitted for the job. You've
got to expect a few slips, tho,
that's politics. Politics, here, are
just as they are elsewhere.
"I sometimes think the Barbs
fail to get their share of political
plums, but I do not see how it
can be changed. I guess they could
stick together a little more, tho."
Selma Hill, arts and sciences
freshman: "Just as an innocent
bystander, I vote for the man
rather than for the faction. There
isn't much difference in the fac
tions they don't make enough of
a distinction between their plat
forms. The platforms that they
print, supposedly showing their
views on a subject, are merels1
sarcastic cracks about the oppos
ing faction.
"As it is. factions are good things
because they get the students to
the polls. They should, however.
that has interested the nation in
this revolutionary move in Ne
braska. "Despite the fact that
there was much detrimental to
progress. he observed, "we
have gone ahead very rapidly
and proved beyond a doubt that
the unicameral is a superior
means for legislating in our
state. In future terms when we
will have this year's experience
to help guide us and lest turmoil
thru which to make our way, the
legislature's work can be com
pleted in one-half the time. Yes,
we all have great hopes for Ne
braska's Unicameral," says Sen
ator Frank S. Wells.
REGISTRATION FOR
SUMMER SESSION
TO START JUNE 8
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and a fee of $1 for each additional
week after classes have begun.
This rule, however, will not affect
graduate students who may reg
ister until June 12 without addi
tional charge. No admittanct-s or
registrations will be accepted
after June 37, according to regu
lations set up.
Those attending the summer ses
sions will be permitted to select
courses from both the long and
short session, according to infor
mation issued by Prof. Pi.. X.
Moritz, director of the sammi
session, but the maximum num
ber of hours for which a student
a sense of humor. If issues were involved, ill feel
ing might be excused. But nothing is involved
when the boys take themselves too seriously.
Toby Eldridge, former Kappa Sig football
player and faction boss, used to give boys the right
advice with this philosophy: "There's not one office
in the whole damn university worth losing a friend
over."
Under the general heading of "What Nebraska
Student Leaders Need to Make Politics Both En
joyable and Productive," the Nebraskan lists:
A sense of responsibility.
A sense of humor.
make themselves a name, in order
to become prominent members of, have a better reason for their ex-
the student body. The term 'poll- j isience than that of getting votes,
tics' is not used in the sense that I warren Barney, art and sci
it should be. It should denote the
distribution, to men of merit, the
opportunities for service to their
fellow students, to the university
and to the state.
"The elections are run fairly
enough, but the best man. the one
best fitted for the job doesn't al
ways get it. Politics don't seem
to mean much to the students in
general. Most of them vote merely
because they have to. but there is
no deep personal interest either in
the election or how the men con
duct themselves after they have
secured an office.
ences junior: "I'm not exactly an
expert on the subject, but I feel
that there is too much politics on
this campus. Entirely too many
of the men now holding office ,
were elected because of the fac- j
tion to which they belonged. j
"Faction names should be re
moved from the ballots. If this
TO THE EDITOR:
How long will this embroglio of party politics
continue until someone does something or is al
lowed to do it?
I'm an oldtimer on the campus four years by
the dean's records and I've seen this faction strife
before. When I was a sophomore, there was a
similar stink, and a whole reorganization of men's
activities was proposed. The faculty senate com
mittee knocked it In the head before It had even
fair consideration.
Couldn't the student council that omnipotent
body which realizes more of its powers than its
duties appoint an investigating committee to go
into this thing thoroly? Or would it function like
all other student council Investigating committees?
I Say what you may, we're not getting every
thing out of our student government that we
should. I don't know why. Maybe it's the fact
that the activities clan is limited to the select few
one or two from each organized house, plus a
few barbs. Maybe it's because the system of mak
ing the student council responsible to no one but
its own pleasure is slowing us down. Whatever it
is, there's too much work done election week, and
not enough the rest of the year. R. J. M.
TO THE EDITOR:
This year's election is over and another year
of disgrace of two factions has again been aired.
The factions have taken hold of the Nebraska cam
pus and have made the students nothing less than
a group of corrupt politicians. I have no doubt that
Boss Tweed would blush with shame if he could
see the situation on the Nebraska campus.
I will now cite two or three incidents which
prove my assertions. The very disgusting street
brawl which took place on the lawn of a well
known sorority in 1935 is but one example which
shows the colors of both factions. This election of
the class presidents in the fall of 1935 brought out
another very corrupt side to the factions. In this
election one group wore badges advertising their
party and the other circulated handbills. The cur
rent controversy is just another evil of the faction
system.
I am not criticizing the individuals who com
pose these factions, but the system itself. The
faction membership is not on an Individual basis,
but your fraternity dictates your faction mem
bership. What does this mean 7 A fraternity in
one faction agrees to support the candidate of
all the fraternities in that faction in return for
support from the other fraternities for their can
didate. This makes the faction nothing more than
a vote trading device. Now since we all like to
see our fraternity brothers go places on the cam
pus, we will stop at nothing to get them in office
by the vote trading machines known as factions.
Now what will we do about this sorry affair?
The girls on this campus have taken the initiative
to destroy the factions between sororities and have
run independent for several years and no group has
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were done, each candidate would
be entirely independent, and thus
be selected on his own merits.
Then, too, the unaffiliated students seemed to lose its identity. The men on the cam
will get a chance. pus can do the same thing. I will not try to say
"The way things are now. the just exacty how factions can be abolished but I
"A lot of times, the fellow seek-, .. it i ,n v K, tvt 1 believe that a lack of faction designation on the
ing the job doesn't care for it at j tjme jn tne near future. electors j ballots is a' step in the right direction and I further
all. he just wants to be well known m cboose tne man an5 no. the b-tjeve that the student council should be emnow-
faction." erej iQ 0 anvthing to stop and to discourage any
D" D0?""". fad ophomore. organization as it springs up. This idea
"Not interested. I look upon ..... T .... . . . , .
campus politics as something nei- , ,sn 1 entirely new. We have seen factions abolished
respective fairness of an election, j ther to be engaged or interested j among the women on the campus. Why can't we
but this last one was pretty much ( in. unless one has a great deal of : go just a little farther and abolish the factions
on the level as far as I can see, , time to devote 10 it. When I'm on 6mong aH of tne s.u.jems and remove the disgrace
"Politics? Oh. sometimes we get , the campus it's either to go to ... . , . . . . . .... ,
r, . , . rfZ. s.r- c, q,. ,iiiifl,i f, i that has clouded student politics for more than a
mere figureheads into some office, jCJas or to study, so poJiucai furor r
but most of the time the people i means nothing to me." j decade. ROY E. BLIXT.
CORONATION of George VI
early Wednesday morning an
eleven century old ceremony rich
In pageantry, splendor and color
during a typical London rain
marked the highlight of the Brit
ish empire's twentieth century his
tory. When the thousands of peo
ple from all corners of the earth
massed around Westminster abbey
to catch a glimpse of King George
and Queen Elizabeth and to cheer
tumultously the royal couple, the
world became cognizant of the
fact that the 500.000.000 souls who
cover one-fourth of the earth's in
habitable surface had their
fortieth sovereign since William
the Conqueror. It won't be long
before photographs and films of
the stately ceremonial parade
start to filter back to the United
States, and since a coronation
comes but once in a lifetime, any
one who misses a filming of this
historical event loses out in a
grandiose treat.
SENTIMENTAL people the
world over are thinking not only
of the coronation of George VI but
also of the man who was origin
ally intended to become conse
crated to God with the hallowed
oil as king of Great Britain, Ire
land, the British dominions beyond
the seas and emperor of India
Edward, duke of Windsor. Won
der what he has been thinking
ahout while the world has been
humming with coronation talk? Is
Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson,
"the woman I love." for whom he
forfeited the crown, aole to keep
his mind off what he might have
been? Edward has been the
world's moft romantic figure for
some twenty years and it is only
natural that eyes will be focused
upon him even more sharply than
before. Not predicting any "bust
up" between Edward and Mrs.
Simpson, it has lor.g been our be
lief that Edward made the great
est mistake of his life when be re
signed all claims to the throne to
woo and wed a twice-married
American woman.
on the campus.'
Maxine Wentz, Arts and Sciences
sophomore:
Sometimes I wonder about the
Regular Leaded Bronze
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Barb Council.
Newly ejected end holdover
members of the Barb council will
meet at 5 o'clock Thursday after
noon in P.oom S of V hall to elect
officers for next rear.
Archery Club.
NEBRASKA GEOGRAPHERS
ELECT1937 OFFICERS
Council Meets in Lincoln
Saturday to Discuss
Work of Group.
New officers of the Nebraska
Council of Geography Teachers
are: Dr. Calvin McKim. Chadron
will not meet any more this vear. ! ; Zl " lv 6V S T iiJ C
14 ... . .. . fessor Phillip Johnston, McCook
It will resume its activities Junior coDege. vice president; Miss
October with the opening of VirRinia Thurtle. Lincoln, secre-comj-euve
tournament. tary-treasurer; Dr. Vera E. Rig-
Phys Ed Make-Up. tton- t-'nivensity of Nebraska, edi-
Women students who received ,ur vt the Bulletin, and Dr. Esther
down slips this last six weeks in I s- Anderson, University of Ne-
uiidhiui. mfmotr til we uoara 01
directors. The officers were elected
at a meeting of the council here.
Professors of geography from
ariv r.hvuirsil rliirnT inn flwRK will
may register cannot exceed asjhav. (, .port unity to receive credit
recitation hours per week. Under for , dr,ubp Inaie.up by at.
the latter stpuiation, three hours . ai .,i,.Mir,n mnvi
of laboratory will be equivalent to j an,, ..Va!5K T,",...,rri t the armorv state teacher's colleges at Pern
recitation hour. Students may rijm 5 to 6 o'clock this afternoon. Kearney. Wayne, and Chadron and
carry a maximum of nine hours of j No lT(.,ljt be v:jven lo anyone ' junior colleges at McCook, Mid
collee work during the Jong ses- jDot in crirr,T-iete gvm costume. ' I land. Fremont, Omaha Municipal
sion, or six hours during the short ; ' university, and Nebraska Wesley-
Student? lo Apply Now
For Publication Jobs
Applications for appointment
for the following positions on
the student publications will be
received by the student publi
cation board until 12 noon,
Thursday, May 20.
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Editor-in-chief.
Two managing editors.
Sin news editors.
Business manager.
Three assistant business
managers.
THE CORNHUSKER.
Editor.
Two managing editors.
Business manager.
Two assistant business
managers.
THE AWGWAN.
Editor.
Business manager.
Application blanks may be
obtained at the office of the
School of Journalism, Univer
sity hall 104. Material already
en file need not be duplicated.
John K. Selteck. Secretary
Student Publication Board.
' an attended the tneetinr. Teaih-
Wide Curriculum Range. ; flexible to meet the needs of all i ers of gec,raphy irom Hiurtines
In addition to offering a cur- ! 's of fuaents including teach- Frtmonti cme Eagle. Norfolk!
rkuluin that ranges from under- r "lose preparing to teacn, jjj BevtTa jjulrini of the
graduate courses to graduate i , t ' department of geography
T. ,j,. ,,. , i. , 1 trators. college stucent who S- if ,...
Doctor's decrees, the summer ses-i elr, t0 n'altf.uP deiiciencie.s or to j P11S for work o ihe COmci VOID; CAMPAIGN
sion piogram w,U feature the ' continue tehir regular collegiate Lext year were discussed at the! EULES VIOLATED
fourth annual ducat ion conference ! fcluu- ,l.",J'"L w. muh ,n1 j meeting'. A luncheon was held for
on June 22. 23. and 24. an all- ' PrUits for admission to pro- mlmhert of cwincJi bv
! and two junior men for Col-Agri-Fun
ooard.
Only Fair Thing.
"We decided that another elec
tion wa the only lair thing to do
i m this matter." declared Prof.
Rrenquist. "The circulation ol
I these papers was done in perfect
: honesty. Those at fault had no
: idea of the ruling that such a
I procedure called for disqualifica
tion of candidates.'
j Th? only purj-ose the violators
had in mind was to get more stu
i uents out to vote for their candi
dates. Poserquist explained. He
IX THE INFIRMARY
Wednesday.
Barbara Callahan, Douglas.
Isabel Woodward, Calloway.
Alyce Kalina, Table Rock.
Lourea Caulkins, Aurora.
concluded that another election
was "the only way to make the
whole election above board.
i'ou ran save rro-ney for the tolka
t hon e ty telling them lo let you
ship their nei!i 111 frfunts. oil ari
mali pt-i from C(1unbia GI&fs II
l'ajit company, located at 14 t P.
Highest quality house
paints $2.25 gal.
Linseed oil $1.00 gal.
100 lbs. White lead $10.95
Hot water proof varnish
$1.50 gaL
Columbia Glass &
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14th and P
cre I ALL MEN S VOTES
band,
state high (.chool orthesti
and chorus course, and a
course fcr school custodians.
The summer session courses will
I fesKional hchooJs, or anvone desir-1
fchort ' 10 Pursue studies for their cul-
luiiii tr vwi auuiiai va.iues.
the department of geography at
the Y. V. C. A. Saturday noon.
About 51 attended
MUSEUM CEEW SOLVES
MYSTERIES OF STEATA
(Continued from Page l.i
te equivalent in method, character, i EEG1STEEING FOE
and credit values to those offered NEXT TEEM GOES
during the regular school year, Vi- nw wpv CT nrTT v
rector Moritz explained, and mort I UI" 't'ii bVWLti
.1... ... . 1 j ..: .j 1 'Continued from Pats l.i
u ry,imrw e uigrieu " i this fossil material. So intertir.g
thT,r BUTJ?fri,rrr7ms "1 euvtl a '"f:"P'1 10 btA wia-WM Uje dlspia that academy off
"T , l r,u,',r" " , a Mjuf.niiv. csls requested that the Nebraska ag camius rolls on Tuedav. May
advanced decrees may complete In all probability the one clock ; nbiUttlMiB ww for a Jonger 25. Candates may file in Dean
their requirements in four cons-- classes will fill more rsp.dly than nod. Th(JW WIitnbuUng to the Burr's office anytime tKwn h
(Continued from Page 1.
quist. chairman of the committee
on student activities, the group
that distributed the circulars be
longed to neither of the recognized
factions. He added that St was
merely a merging: of various ag
college gicrups. and that the
printed matter mentioned no fac
tion, merely the names of the can
didates they strove to eJe-t.
Re-election will be held at th
f.r ill1 if in fmm iflst nrrirn. nMnr Ir fViia rri r xrr i r tr airnrl I. Ti fn
Jh? irfrtf Vll i ruJe' ? UjZ h? asKitmrnent j to K,uJtt. u.w. A. H. Brown ! Tuesday. May 1H. AM men's jm
l'".r"U;2:t Hastings: W. F. Chaloupka. T I except the Student Council pUi-
Z 'n T : : ' . ' V ; . . ' a V,a.M'lt:lJ ,iK fc u ' vn C. Middleswart and S. R. Swet of tions will be open for
m m,rrr Z ?.c,,fK 7",nS Wn'n OU)"rt "re Bneport: ui4 Howard Dodd of They Include three posts
. w.v t:b.miv aajiarj. r. r. H, ...... c
session and complete the same
for an additional hour of credit 1
through the extenrion division '
after the dose of the bession. '
Expert Staff. j
" 3n addition to the regular staff :
'Of tinivers.ty inslmctors and pro
fesaors, a number of men and '
women of national promineiice j
have been invited to offer courses
In specialized fields or to supple
ment the reg-ular work by special
lectures, Moritz announced.
The work to be offered in the
sessions this summer is derigrnel j
to furnish not only a scholarly !
prog-ram of pmfessior.al and aca- j
demic courses but one sufficiently J
DAILY" 'EBISKAN I
Following the filing of yester
day's reirift rations, these sections
were smounced clod:
Subject Section
Bacteriology 101 C. E
Botany 1 B
Bunntts Organization 141 .... I
Commercid Arts 25 ...Ill
Education 63 IV
English 21 IV
German 3 I
Geography 71 H
Mathematics 3 I, II
Mathematics 4 I
Military Science 23 ...... C. D
Psychology 70 t V
"hytics 1 B
Physics 3 C. O, E
Physics I. B
Zoology 151 A, C
Crawford, plus the tnuwurn ma
terial.
Enroute to "Lincoln Scbultz and
Mrs. Bchultz stopped over at
Washington, where he appeared
on the program of the American
.Sooety of MajnaJogrists, addressing
the group on Sequence of Pleis
tocene Mammals ui Central North
America..
Schultz announced that no other
institutions would be officially tep
reaented at ny of the sites being
worked by the Nebraska museum
this summer.
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