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Wanted; A FirsrRatc
Piccolo Player
The most recent issue of The Xiiiioii maga
zine asks (lie rather peculiar question of "Have
you a first rate piccolo player in your univer
sity?" The article in which the statement
appears coos on to clarify, its startling com
ment by r'nliciiling the part which the Amer
ican university is assuming in paying students
to attend a particular institution in order that
a display of their talents might bring fame and
glory 1o the alma mater.
According to the 32nd annual report of
the Carnegie Foundation for the Advance
ment of Teaching, the familiar technique of
bringing glory to the campus by persuading
brawny athletes of very little brain to submit
to a college education, with guaranties of a
living wafje and protection from the ancient
grammars in the Latin department, has been
extended to tuba players, drum majors and
pretty girls And thus, a broadside blast is
leveled at an educational standard which
tolerates bait dangling to a point where col
lege presidents are beginning to feel the
competition for tuition paying students.
Dr. Walter .lessup, president of the foun
dation, emphasizes 1he charge by pointing out
that "jobs and scholarships are dangled be
fore the eyes of impecunious high school pu
pils, and fraternities and sororities vie in re
eruiting students who can pay their bills and
bring glory (in press notices) to the chapter."
Dr. Jessup recalls in his report that a college
representative visited a midwestcrn school to
extol his institution and found he was the
83rd such visitor that year.
The whole situation looks as tho every
body old enough to lift a saxophone or learn
the words of a popular song is liceinnin to
think that college is a place where one dances
the big apple and fouls his profs by not learn
ing anything. In fact the attitude seems to be
developing that a trombone test would do won
ders in popularizing the college board exam
inations. And the .slogan seems to be ''May
the best band win !"
Critical a3 this situation may seem and
justifiable as the criticism offered by the
Carnegie foundation is, there is another man
ner in which to view the trend. Philip M.
Hayden, secretary of Columbia university,
took the Jessup charges . calmly, saying:
"Since our problem is how to select the best
from the large army of applicants, we are
quite without any knowledge of the matters
referred to." '
The attitude which Mr. Hayden takes
toward the question is eommendably sane. He
makes us realize that all this flood of propa
ganda to inveigle college prospects into at
tending a certain institution is not necessary
if that institution has some tangible and con
crete evidence to offer in the way of good pro
fessors, adequate facilities and an outstanding
educational system. It will not have to put out
subsidy baits to encourage talented students
to make it their alma mater if it actually pos
sesses something worthwhile to offer them.
The money spent for devising and circulating
attractive baits miuht be used more advanta
geously for better facilities within the college.
Such improvements arc likely 1o be more ef
fective in the long run anyway.
Turning
The Tables
Deciding that what their professors might
do. they might also attempt, the student coun
cil of the University of New Mexico last week
worked out a tentative system whereby stu
dents will rate their instructors and assign
them grades on the same scale that their pro
fessors use on students.
The grades will be distributed on a basis
of background of information, ability to pre
sent information in an interesting manner,
fairness in grading, etc.
This plan is interesting because it demon
strates clearly the undergraduate demand for
an interesting, intelligible and personable staff
of lecturers.
The New Mexico plan may be only a the
atrical gesture, but it is a gesture of impatience
echoed on this campus. Such a plan might
"have an interesting effect on this campus if it
were tried. It's 'tiite probable that some P.
R. K. grades would find their way into the re
ports but it is equally as possible that there
would be a certain number of "flunks."
..Cleanly shaven, freshly over
ailed, and sweetly tonlced Gus
Larkins, now our friend, paid a
visit to the office the other day.
He was so mad that he could
hardly talk. Gus finally told us
that he had come all the way down
here from Boonville, Nebraska to
complain about some of the things
he says he was paying for. Confi
dentially, Gus has his "sweetie"
his future wife down here. He
said that ho wanted her to have an
education so he wouldn't have to
work so hard. Minnie Bone, for
that's her real name, just camo to
college. Gus was so mad about a
letter which he received from her
that he slapped it on the editor's
desk and whiffed out. In hopes
that we can relievo some of the
stress In Gus1 mind, we print the
letter as follows:
DEAR GUSSIE:
It's been three weeks now since
I had to go in that old building to
pay these people down here for let
ting me go to their college. I'm
getting lonesome down here, Gus
sie, but when I seek companion
ship, I go to the library where
there are always a lot of students.
You know, Gussie, I've got to
spend a lot of time there for they
say it's the center of learning.
But, you know, we hadn't de
cided on what I was going to
take when I got down here. I
told you in my last letter tha
they were going to put me in
the school of art and science, and
after I get settled down they're
going to let me take what I
want to. But, Gussie, about
those things you wanted me to
find out about, well, they don't
teach any of that stuff down
here.
I asked my poly scl (that's po-
Gnther around, friends, while I
clambor aboard my soapbox! To
day we announce the band for the
Junior-Senior prom! It has been
done many times before, but let us
do it straight from the shoulder
this time, giving you the full low
down, before the straight publicity
begins to flow!
At the beginning of the cam
paign, the prom committee prom
ised to deliver a top notch band or
else find out the reason why It
could not be done. Well, that group
of 12 kids and true have procured
a band that Is not only a national
favorite and a top notch aggrega
tion; but they have for the first
time made arrangements to im
port a west coast orchestra into
the midwest. Griff Williams is his
name! Yes, It's the same Griff that
had his salary raised week after
week at the San Francisco dance
center, tho Mark Hopkins hotel.
It's the same Griff that played for
the Southern California prom two
weeks ago.
Now, after 19 weeks at the Mark
Hopkins, the Edgewater Beach in
Chicago, the nation's swing cen
ter, has snatched Williams to re
place Oirin Tucker, one band the
committee had under considera
tion. Confidentially, William's trip
to the Windy City is the only thing
that made it possible for us to get
his name on our contract.
Says R. H. Pauley, manager of
the Turnpike, "Griff Williams is
the finest band I ever booked (Wil
liams played in Pauley's spot Inst
summer on a trip thrul. I would
give over $1,000 to book him
again."
Mr. King, manager of King's
ballroom declares, "If you have
Griff Williams, you are set. I've
never been able to book him, but
he has a wonderful band!"
The Music Corporation of Am
erica offered a sizeable list of na
tional favorites to tha committee
some weeks ago, but pointed to
Williams as their pick .of the lot.
All these and many other quo
tations were garnered during our
research on bands. Many names
were put up before our inter
viewees, with tho infallible reply
softer shade would be easier on the
eyes.
2. Vhv it Is that no landlord Is
ever tipped off to the fact that
softer shades of wall paper in stu
dents' rooms would make studying
much easier becauso It would omit
the clare wnich is hard on the eyes.
3. Why it is that text books are
not printed in larger print when
everyone knows studying of them
would be much easier if that step
were taken.
Did you ever think it possible?
1. That the Daily Nebraskan
might give its support to a move
for text book changes which might
take away some of the dangers of
eye injury to the students of this
university.
Do you consider this important?
Or do you think I am nuts?
Think it over?
Paul Dobbins.
DEBATERS ARGUETABOR
QUESTIONS TRY-OUTS
Gustafson, Nemetz, Ourske,
Spann, Win Positions
On New Squad.
Charles Spnnn. Harold Ourske,
Don Nemetz, and Milton Gustaf
son were selected as the four most
outstanding speakers at the debute
tryouts held at Andrews hall last
night at 7:30 p. m. The topic dis
cussed was Resolved: That in
dustry should be organized accord
ing to tho principles of the Com
mittee of Industrial Organization.
Speakers on the affirmative side
of tho question were Otto Wocrner.
Merl Shoemaker, Don Nemetz,
Leonard Kreuger, and Milton Gus
tafson. Those upholding the ncga
f " k 1 1 1 urn ,itr in
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They once dictated the policy
of the world. Now Britishers are
holding out white flags of truce
to ambitious despots of fascist Eu
rope. Germany demands the re
turn of her lost colonies. Immeiii
ately, Trime Minister Chamberlain
sets out to return the territory,
Italy spreads dangerous propa
ganda throughout Palestine ami
other colonies. And so Prime
Minister Chamberlain hastens to
get on the friendly side of Italy.
Where his broad, friendly ges
tures fall down sadly is In his
visions of a four power pact
among Italy, Germany, Great
Britain, and France. Any Idea
of agreement between Germany
and France seems rather far
fetched. For Hitler Is avowedly
going into Czechoslovakia to
"protect" German citizens there.
And France has an agreement to
fight if Czechoslovakia is in
vaded. , . . The Poppies Blow.
All of which brings back the old.
old story of intrigue and counter
imso... inusc '"" "'" ""L "X, i intrigue which is bound to lead
live were Philip U caver, Charles i . to c..u.i,lc of aom(,
litical science i professor how a that their preference is Griff Wil
new wife could learn about notjliams!
being a drag on her husband's ca-1 The night after the Husker Jun
reer. He said that this school j ior-Senior prom, Williams will
don't have none of that and he said travel to South Dakota U. where
that 1 would have to go to Colum-1 he will play for their closing ball
foniswipjoMJiij. fommsini
Learning
Marks are out.
Juft as we were beginning to:
et down to woik on a couple of
old assignments that have beenj
lying around ever since the srneM
of Carnival first got In the air, '
Jiift as the gray pall of the Winter
sf the Great Thaw was starting to!
get on our non es ami we decided I
it was a rwt- ia.in to work,!
somebody stuck a little white en-1
velnpe in the ooor. j
We've got the bag on ;ain be-
-anal i A fal'l or-1 n- r-,n.l s.ft '
that report card, that melancholy'
reminder of the melancholy sys
tem we work under.
HURRY! Tamormwl
Carole LOMBARD
Fred MacMURRAY
larta
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The doughhead down the hall
got a 36 again. He took meti
culous class notes and made sure
he wouldn't have any courses
where he'd be required to express
original opinion and always stayed
after class to a.k the prof ques
tions simple enough so the prof
would be sure to know the an
swer, and wrote finals like "The
long-run adjustment of industry,
to the most efficient scale, assum
ing (1) (2i and
( 3 1, . Is Insured because
(It. , and (2). there
fore (31." Only once has
he been known to show excitement
over an Idea. He learned fast. tho.
He learned In that course and has
never tried it again.
mouth in class and resents guys
who rto because they give the
prof the impression that the class
Is capable of learning something
a little more difficult than simple
addition and then maybe he'll
have to crack a book. He always
manages to stay Just off pro so
he ran take three long weekends
and the extent of his extra-curricular
activities s;re he's been
here has been devising a fool
proof system of outwitting the rec
checker and if they give him un
limited he'd take as many as he
could In earn course without get
tings the profs puckered. Hymarx
Is his handbook.
The worst feature of the marks
system is that it's tied to the cut
vslem. The next woiat feature is
that it makes a man moie inter
ested in measuring his knowledge
than in using it.
Th Dartmouth.
bia university to get something
about it.
They tell me that I'm not sup
posed to earn our bread and but
ter with a diploma in the arts
and sciences. It's just to show us
how to think by ourselves how
to do everything right. But, you
know, Gussie, I've kinda wanted
something practical down here.
We gotta find out the latest
things about "Engagement,"
"Courtship." "Love," "Marital
Adjustment," "Birth Control,"
and "Divorce." After all we're
going to live in a practical life
together after I graduate and
we've got to know what all those
new names stand for.
1 hope you can get down here
sometime and see where I live and
all the buildings they have. The
guide said thati everything Ne
braska has was paid for. Probably
vou won't have to pay so many
taxes next year, Gussie. It would
sure be nice, tho, if you could pay
what you paid this year. That way
the university could get some new
buildings. They say that thcyjrkf f..
want them. And I guess they're i-71 VMIl a-'jt-S
right. 1 Know me nnrary icans
about like your Uncle Kay's barn.
But I'm kinda concerned over
this education stuff. I haven't felt
any different since I've been down
here. It's such a change from high
school nothing definite like. I'm
I fintl tmm thcrA Via ffAoa Hlt-unr frt
the t-dgewater Beach, lou will
note one thing, when we speak of
our band's accomplishments, we
do not tell where he has played in
the dim past or for one nignt
stands, but we tell you where ho is
playing and where he will play.
The spot he is leaving is the best in
the west and the one to winch ne
goes is tops of all spots. We, here
at Nebraska, will get first crack at
him, even before the Windy City.
Again I gay, the prora commit
tee is very happy because they did
more than they set out to do. They
bought not just a good band, with
which we are all too familiar, but
bought the favorite on the WEST
COAST on his way to new heights.
We feel a little like the panhand
ler who asked for a cup of coffee
and got steak smothered In mush
rooms. Respectfully,
Ed Steeves.
Spann, Harold Gurske, and Leo
Turkel. j
Brilliant repartee was much In
evidence throughout the debate. A
particularly apt crack from the
negative likened the affirmative
argument to a boat five feet long
with a seven foot whistle whose
engines . stalled whenever the
whistle was blown.
Undaunted by the wisecrack, af
firmative rebuttal speakers
charged their opponents with oc
cupying a boat which was too
powerless even to move from port.
Judges for the forensics clash
were Bernard Gradwohl, attorney.
Prof. Thomas Fitzpatrick of the
botany department, and Harold A.
Soderlund, business man.
Prof. H. A. White, debate coach,
described last night's forensics
clash as one of the most closely
argued in his experience.
Charles Mozer Speaks
On Marketing Poultry
Charles Mozer will speak on
"Marketing Poultry" at the Poul
try Science meeting Thursday
at 7:30 p. m. In room 205, Poultry
building at ag college.
In Behalf
To tht Editor:
The following figures used are
very conservative estimates, but
as an average I think they are
rainy correct
1. Every nine month term each
kinda disappointed with this arts, student of this university puts in
and science business, Gussie. How j over 1.J500 hours of study in some
can we get married wnen we non t rorm or another,
i know all the ropes. Try to do the j 2. At least 90 percent of these
chores early some morning and , hours consists of reading by artl-
come on down, I can snip (mat, final light.
HURRY I Last t Dayi For You
Ht know h,"i t'nov
means you just don't got class.
i our now and ever.
MINNIE.
I M.T. CASTER DISCUSSES
'TRIP THRUTIMBERLAND'
Telephone, Telegraph Head
Addresses A. I. . .
Meeting Tonight.
Responding
The guy arnvs the way is on
pro. He turned out a 26 and
wrote the bst paper In the routue
in English 61 and told his Fggo
logy piuf he wag full of beans and
Kave the most dnoi (,nmz d and
pointless t ur-s he'd ever heard
ami then took nine owrcuts in It
and a low ethers someplace else,
all of which proves Hint his schol
arship is on so low a level that he
needs to work in college on a basis
of high-iw hool discipline.
"The Patellar Reflex and Per
sonality" is the sutjert of an
article by Dr. J. P. Guilford of the
r sychology department and Robert
C. Hall, a graduate student, which
appeared In the Journal of Ab
normal and Social Psychology. The
Journal of Experimental Psvchol
ogy earned two articles by Dr.
Guilford, one entitled "Home Con
stant Errors In Ratings." in which
he collaborated with Ada P. Jorg-ensr-n,
a graduate student, and an
other article by himself dealing
with "The Computation of Phycho
logical Values from Judgments in
Absolute Categories ."
Motion pictures and a talk by
M. T. Caster, general plant super
intendent of the Lincoln Telephone
and Telegiaph company, will be
the featured attractions of the A.
I. E. E. meeting this evening at
7:30 in Mechanical Engineering
building 206. "A Trip Thru Tim
beriar.d" wi'l be the subject of Mr.
Caster's tai: and there will be dis-
i cuision of the selection, season in a.
treating and use of wood products , I .
for power and communication In- V
dust ties.
This evening Is sophomore night . '
, for the mechanical engineer and
I all sopliomorts are invited to at
i tend.
Did you ever atop to consider
that:
1. Text books are quite often
poorly printed, and of such fine
print that studying of them so ex
tensively, under electric lights, is
liable to involve eyestrain.
2. Rooming houses, containing a
great percentage of university stu
dents, have bad lighting conditions
snd no special effort has ever
been taken by anyone to improve
these conditions.
3. Even the recreation of the
pooler students which consists of
sn occasional show. Is liable to in
volve more eyt at rain.
Did you ever wonder?
1. Why it is that text books are
still printed on a glaring white pa
per when science tells . that a
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eventually to casualties of sonic
sort. There is always the little bui
fer state during the World war,
Belgium now, Czechoslovakia.
There is always the larger, protec
tive state. Comes the ingva.sion.
And the whole story Is re-enacted,
with all the other nations being
dragged into the struggle.
Chamberlain states with right
that none can expect the League
of Nations to do anything in the
present crisis. But what he ex
pects to accomplish by yielding
to Germany's price of peace at
the present stage of the game is
rather a forlorn hope. For why
should he expect Hitler to stop
short of control of Czechoslo
vakia and the rest of central
Europe with the advantage he
now has? He may stave off the
issue for a time, but the ultimate
outcome will be forced resistance
or peace at the price of a nazi
central Europe.
Hurry! Ends Thursday!
Tha Year's Wonder P.etural
"HURRICANE"
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The guy who livea next door
gets us mad more than anybody,
because he la the kind of yap who
makes the whole silly business
necessary. All education la just so
much tolerable boredom to nlm
and he picks aa many courses as
he can that he knows all about
already and never opena his
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