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Friday, Janaary 13, Editorial Opinion Comment Bulletin Tte DAILY NEBRASKA No More for Gussie (Ed. note: Gussie has" been with us for the past three years. Two years ago he kept the papers full of his small-town philosophy some thing more of us could use at times. This year he has faithfully responded to our calls when we thought the students needed a bit of his advice. This is Gussie's last word. With this thought, which we respectfully publish today, Gussie will leave us for the world of business or whatever he chooses. We have loved Gussie for his con victions. May his journey be one successful.) This 13 my last words to the students I've liked so well. I haven't had much money and if I did have I wouldn't have thought much of all the fraternities and social life. The way they do things just ain't real. I couldn't expect to live in a mil lion dollar house and drink beer with the boys every night. I couldn't pay out good money for formals and dates and all that stuff. I guess I'm just one of the guys who has tried to go to school with very little money. I've lived in this stinking rooming house for quite awhile. It hasn't been good but the boys around here are just as good as any of them Greeks that wear pins so they can be recognized. And their politics, golly it's been awful. Why, I think stu dent politics are worse than the holes in Dad's horse tank. I'll bet there ain't a 100 people, any way, around here who can name all the big shots on the campus. I'm going to graduate in a couple of weeks. I've made my way thru this institution all by my self. Mom, Dad, and Minnie are all proud of me. And there's a lot of other good "Joes" just like me. There's just two things I want to say. The first thing concerns these barbs. I guess I'm a barb. I don't see why I have to be a barb just because I ain't in one of these houses where they have secret rituals that are supposed to make you a better man and where they pay dues for national chapters and where everybody is a "brother. So I'm a barb. That's a hell of a name. Sounds worse than when Minnie wanted to name the last calf we had, Cherry. Why don't they get dignified or something and call themselves "open house" men or women. These barbs got a lot of funny ideas. I guess .they think that just because they ain't in fra ternities, they are pretty low down. They don't seem to think they got a chance with all the brother-pushing that goes on. Well, in my four years here I have never seen a barb who deserved something, deprived. Why dont they get this idea that they are the "have-nots" out of their heads, quit going around jn their slinking, mys terious way in their organizations and put their cards on the table? The other thing Tm going to tell the world before I quit is this. There's a lot of guys who are getting degrees the same time I am. These high fangled companies have been coming out here to look them over like they was a bunch of slaves being bought or something. Well, there's a lot of these guys getting out of school who think they're going to make a lot of money right off the bat They all think they're good enough to be execu tives and highly educated enough to run a lot of men. Well I'm going to start at the bottom and work up like all the rest of the guys where I'm going to work. The sooner these college grad uates get the idea out of their heads that a college education makes them too good to change tires, or sell gas, or take off their coats for fear of get ting their white collars dirty, the better they will Toe off. This is my last words. I am no more. (JblUldufL C5?8 Davis, Loos, Mahnken UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA OFFICIAL BULLETIN This bulletin is for the use of campus organizations, students and fac ulty members. Announcements of meetings or other notices for the bulletin may be submitted at the NEBRASKAN office by 5 p. m. the day before pub lication or at the registrar's office by 4 p. m. on week-days and 11 a. m. on Saturday. Notices must be typed or legibly written and signed by some one with the authority to have the notice published. The bulletin will ap pear daily, except Monday and Saturday, on page two of the NEBRASKAN. "CHAIN THE CHAINS." Appears to be the battle-cry of a movement just begun in Lincoln. The initial step has been taken in the move to establish a graduated chain store tax. Palmer McGrew, local attorney, has submitted forms for an initiative petition to Sec retary of State Swanson for approval. The proposed law would require chain store companies and gasoline distributors operating less than ten units to pay licer.se fees of $10 for each store or filling station, while such fees would be in creased until $550 would be paid for each unit by companies operating more than 500 units. Should such a proposal ever progress beyond its present embryonic stage, verbal pyrotechnics may be expected immediately. Encourajring the proposal might be worthwhile. If the experience of Louisiana with its chain store taxes may be taken as an example, it would stir up considerable excitement, and give Nebraskans an opportunity to take a stand on the chains. ECONOMY'S ROCKY ROAD. Pity the plight of those who go beyond preach ing "economy in government" and start practicing it Buck-passing and stabbing-in-the-back are the devices which are most commonly called Into play. Congressmen, at least verbally, have long advocated economy (everywhere except in the home district). The president at the beginning of the current ses sion of congress put the issue squarely in the un willing lap of congress by demanding restriction of expenditures. Congress, not to be undone, knifes the presi dent, and In the few days it has been in session has "economized" only by refusing appropriations for three of the agencies set up by the president in his reorganization program. Action more drastic and heroic than this must be taken If congress has any hope of bringing a balanced budget out of its current juggling act Indications that the proposed program of liv ing within one's means is really serious comes from the budget director, Harold D. Smith, who advised federal agencies to go into training for next year's reduced expenditures by living within their appro priations for the current year. To aid such "train ing" he has threatened to be "plenty tough" when considering any requests for deficiency appropria tions for the current year. In other words, start oiling the zipper on the checkbook boys. " A LLI E D"-TU R K I SH RELATION8 French officials announced that Britain and France have made loans to Turkey totaling about (174,000,000, about $100,000,000 of which U to be used exclusively to provide arms and ammunition for the Turkish forces. This loan confirms earlier "allied"-Turklsh relations, probably directed against the possibility of Russia becoming an active enemy of the "allies" as a result especially of trouble aris ing oved the Finnish-Scandinavian troubles. For Turkish arms might be used advantageously by the "allies" to attack Russia, especially to gain control of her oil fields, or to secure the Dardenellea against "allied" enemies. GLEE CLl B SINGEB9. Applications for try oat for the onlver slty singer and the men's sire rlub may be made thin week at Hie office of toe school of ninsle. FAITLTY SCHOLARSHIP LECTIRE. Dr. Theodore A. Kiessrlbnch, department of agronomy, will discuss "The Mode of AKTonomlc Research" at the F a e 1 1 y Scholarship Lecture program today In the I nion. The address will follow a din ner to be held at :la p. m. Dean O. J. Ferguson Is la charge. BARB WINTER PARTY. Holder af bark membership cards may call at room 3(17. (Student I nloa for their barb winter rarty bids. Tlrkrts will so a sale to the public Feb. 7 at 60c a rouple. PAYMENT OF FEES. Pay frea in Memorial hall prewnttng Idenunratioa card with picture an eal leces, Friday, Jan. 20, 9 a. tn.-t p. m.; Saturday, Jno. 27, 9 a. m I! noon; Mon day, Jan. 9 to Thursday, Feb. 1, 9 a. m. 4 p. m. (including noon hour). lie W ra tion In not complete until fees are paid. A late fee will be charged all students who do not see their adviser and whose applications are not in the offices of their respective deans by Jan. 20 (noonii also to these who do not pay their fees by Feb. I. A late lee for graduate students and Lincoln rlty teachers will be charged after Feb. 17. .Changes h registration or assignment wlH Feb. not a. be considered: Bnttl Monday, BARB DANCE. A barb dance will be held In the Unit ball room front 7 to 8:30 todny. OPERA BROADCAST. Weekly pern broadcast win be het tomorrow at 1 p. m. In the faculty lounge. The broadcast is open to students. UNION DANCE. Dare Haon and his orchestra wlH Play at the Union dance to be held tomorrow evening in the ballroom. Admission will be 10 cents a person. YOUTH COUNCIL. The Interdenominational youth round! parly for university students will be held kn the Y. M. ('. A. from 7:49 till 10 p. m. today.. The. party,, a. combination, of movies, dancing, spectator-basketball and games. Is open to any intrrrstcd university student as well as official delrgatc. AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY. Dr. Wesley G. France of Ohio Stat nalvcraity will speak before the Nebraska section of the American Chemical society tonight on the results of experimental work dealing with tnorpflon of foreign substances by (rowing crystals. New officers of the Nebraska section will be announced at the meeting which will be held at 7:30 p. m. la Avery laboratory lecture noditoriora. Student Pulse. Students and faculty members are invited to write Utters to tkis ro'umn. Letters should not be longer than 300 words and mutt be signed. t DailyNebmsmn Official Newspaper 0 Mort Than 7 POO Students THIRTY-NINTH YEAR Olficcs Unicn Building Dav 2-7181. Night 2-719J. Journal 2 S3J3 Member Associated Collealste Press, 1939-40 Member Nebraska Press Association. 1939-40 Represented for National Advertising by NATIONAL ADVERTISING SERVICE. INC. 420 Madison Ave., New York, N. V. Chicago Boston t-js Angeles San Francisco Published Daily during the school year except Mondays and Saturdays, vacations, and examination periods by student or tho University of Nebraska, under supervision ef the Publications Board. """ Subscription Rates ar 11.00 Per Semester or $1.50 tor the College Year. 12 50 Mailed. Single copy, S Cents. Entered as second-class matter at Bostoffics In Lincoln. Nebraska, under Act of Congress, March I. 1879, and I at special rate of posUo provided for In Section 1103. Act of October 1, 1117. Authorized January 20, 122. .,, M ),..,,, Editor-in-Chief Harold N '"; Business Manager I ' ' ' ti JII21r Sport Editor .. JunB Rmswm Ag Campus Editor .........Res: Brown Radio Editor MaVoaVS Kraut? Fashion Editor ......Margaret Society Editor Mary Kerrigan, Lou Benson " . ' sT<HlAL OLPAHIMtlMl ,. Merrill Engiuno, Ricnaro oeorown ,'."..'.'.'.' Norman Hams, Ed Wittenberg, Lucllo Thomas, Clyde Msrtr. Chris Petersen. Managing Editor. News Editor BUSINESS DEPARTMENT Assistant Business Manager Burton Thlel, Ed 0rlJ Circulation ' anager Lowell Michael ALL DAILY sjaslgaed editorials ars the epiniea ef lu editors. Taelr views er epiniea la ne way reflect tbe attitsds ef the sCmlnl.trstlon of Ins aniverilty. Brown named chairman Nebraska chem section Dr. D. J. Errwn of the depart ment of chemistry has been elected the new chairman and presiding officer of the Nebraska section of the American Chemical society. Dr. C. E. Geoigl of the depart ment of bacteriology Is vice-chairman; Dr. W. E. MUitzer, secretary treasurer; Dr. E. R. Washburn, councilor; and Prof. R. C. Abbott, Dr. H. G. Deming and Dr. H. A. PPagel, members of the executive committee. The next meeting of the Ne braska section will be held Friday at 7:30 p. m. In the lecture room of Avery. Professor Wesley G. France of Ohio State university will speak on the results of some of his investigations on the absorp tion of foreign substances by growing crystals. Geologists elect Lester Ringenberg president Sigma Gamma Epsilon, honor ary and professional geology fra ternity, elected officers for the second semester Wednesday night Lester Ringenberg was elected president; Wendell Lewis, vice president; Charles Bartz, secretary-treasurer; and Dob WhcLan, editor. Plans for the second semester were discussed. Fan gripes about Players review To the editor: Tour comment on the University Players' presentation of "What a Life" sounds just like the other comments you have made on their previous presentations that you don't know what you are talking about I really believe that you write your criticisms before the play is ever given as the policy of the Daily Nebraskan seems to be that of tearing down the good per formances of the University Play ers. I wouldn't doubt but what you have a carbon copy of this comment all ready to be edited when the University Players pre sent their next play in February. I have learned that when you say a play "stinks to high heaven" the audience is in for an evening of good entertainment James P. Hinds. (It's the same old story. Players reviews are not written before the play as teachers sophomore, Mr. James Hinds believes. Reviewers are students who write their opin ions as they believe the plays im press the majority of students. We we believe the players are a worth while activity and attempt to give credit where credit is due. We will not Instruct our reviewers to forget their opinions and present only the favorable side of things the practice of some newspapers. Ed.) L D. wants a new way to pick beauty queens To the Editor: Up to about four years ago the Cornhusker beauty queens were se lected by a poll of the male stu dents on the campus. tiecause or alleged dishonesty on the part of those announcing the results, criti cisms were made. Hence, a change was made and the selection is now made from pictures and brief de scriptions of the candidates. This, in my estimation is a poor mode of selection because of sev eral reasons. First, It Is rapidly becoming the policy of nominators to nominate those who photograph well Instead of those who, con sidered to be more beautiful In reality, do not photograph welL Second, the natural Implication of a selection of a group considered to be the beauty queens should be that the selection Is upheld in the minds of the majority of men In the university. This has not been the result derived In the past two years and there Is no change probable for this year. Hence, only a minority of those bestowed with the honor have been considered, by many men, to be worthy It. A simpler and more efficient method would be as follows: A se lection of a capable critic of femi nine beauty wou.u be made by the editor of the Cornhusker. This critic would come in person to the campus to see the candidates when making the selections. To avoid objections, this could be done at an informal dance. Ex penses could be paid with profits from the dance. In this manner true beauty could be found instead of photographic beauty that has been prevalent for two years and will continue to be unless a change is made. It is realized however, that a change could not be made until next year but the present managing editors could now take heed and make plans accordingly. U D. Come to ClnuLirdi Sundayt January 21 First Baptist 14th A K ClfUta H. Waleott, Minister t 45 A. M. Hoger Williams Class. 11:00 A. V. Morning Worship. C:O0 P. U. Roger Williams Club. First-Plynooth Congregational sou a p Barmen A. McCenaeB, Minister 11:00 A. M. "Christ. Constructlr Thinker." 7:00 P. M. Sunday Evening Club. Kalj L. lius.Ul. Ka li Ion In Changing -T.mes." University Episcopal mi a a Be. L. W. McMillan, Priest In Charr :I0 A. M. Holy Communion. 11:00 A. M. Choral Eucharist ana feermoa. ' First Presbyterian nta r Dr. Edmnnd F. Milk-r, Minister. 44 A. M. Blbls Class for College Acs Group, Dr. JL O. Broad y. 11:00 A. M "This One Tiring I T0." 00 P. M. Youth Fellowship Hour. Mra Jaa Cohere, "Eng land and Ui Finnish Capital." T:00 P. M. Prof. Clifford M. Hicks, "Business Frontiers." Westminster Presbyterian Sheridan nnd Ssntls Met In V. Of gel, D. P., Minister 11:00 A. M. "Keesslvs Religion." :O0 P. M. Puppet Hour. :40 P. M. Discussion Group. Dr. A. L. Weatherly, "Untsrtarlsm." T .30 P. It Event wis Worship. "David: Saint and Sinner." i I