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N. STOUT HARDING, .Managing Editor
Orvln B. Gaston
News Editer for this issue.
PETTY THIEVERY AGAIN.
Tim and again this year, sororities
have complained of the men walking
off with various articles tuch as pic
tures, books, pennants, vases, etc.,
after their parties. And now certain
invited guests at a recent party at
Ellen, Smith Hall took it upon them
selves to walk oft with a vase valued
at over two hundred dollars. Petty
thievery in the frat houses and Uni
versity buildings has developed into
a serious situation, and definite ac
tion should be taken by the Student
Council or Inter-Fraternity Council to
have the stolen property returned at
once.
This method of joking has passed
beyond the Joking stage and we
trust that the houses which are in
possession of the stolen articles will
return the property at once and
sa ve themselves a lot of publicity in
the future. These high school pranks
have no place here and this last
offense at Ellen Smith Hall is the
last one that will be tolerated. And
if University organizations do not
make it their business to have these
articles returned and smooth matters
over' peacefully, the matter will have
to be placed in the hands of the state
authorities and this will mean a great
deal of trouble and undesirable
publicity.
The establishment of Ellen Smith
Hall has given the University and its
students a beautiful gathering place
for college functions. Many of the
fraternities and organizations have no
other place to give parties for a rea
sonable price. It will therefore be a
great misfortune If the pranks of a
few of our University students make
it necessary to close Ellen Smith
Hall to co-ed parties, and this will
have to be the verdict if the property
is not returned.
INITIATION FEES.
Men's honorary fraternities on the
campus thought they had to keep
m. with the rising prices of com
modities after the war by doubling
and in some cases tripling ten lnnia
Hn fpps of their respective organiza
tions. Why this exhorbitant raise in
fees? The price of pins are no
higher national fees are practically
pom, while in most cases the
organizations are not national, and the
fees are not taxed, 'mere is u.e..u,r
wttflration for this increase, and
the organizations will be benefitting
themselves if they lower me iw.
,r.v , forced to lose strong men
who cannot afford to belong, because
of lack of funds.
GETTING INTO THE SITUATION.
One of the greatest factors of sue
cess in ar
throw oneself into the situation what-
it may be, This power is
.rift of some people, but most
of us have to "acquire it. It is highly
essential that we form tne naou 01
putting our whole selves into what
ever situation is thrust upon us, for
in nine careers out of ten the person
is successful In Just the degree in
which he "getfl Into" each situation
that arises.
The time to form the habit, if we
do not already have it. is now. Not
only do we need it as a preparation
for later life, but it is a requisite to
success in the University. We Uni
versity students have a great variety
of interfts. Our schedules require
the turning of our attention from one
thing to another many times during
the day. For one hour we must fol
low a professor through a discussion
of some highly abstract subject. Then
we are called upon to crack jokes
with our friends. Perhaps the next
thing on the schedule is to attend a
committee meeting and plan a big
...,0,r.nt ion campaign. Then we hap
pen to think that we haven't written
t- miles at home for some tirre.
Aeain we must change our frame of
mind. And so 11
after day. We must be able to tnrow
oarselres into tw Miumion q.m.y.
"Getting Into" the situation pre
vents wast of time and cuts worry
down to the minimum. It enables us
to accomplish the maximum amount
of work. i
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1.
Executive Council Committee of 200
meeting, 5 p. m., Social Science.
Ex-marines meeting, 7:30 p. m.,
Law.
Kappa Phi business meeting, 7 p. m.,
Faculty Hall.
Varsity Dairy Club meeting, 7:30
p. m., Ag Hall.
Theta Sigma Phi, 5 p. m., Ellen
Smith Hall.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2.
Student Council meeting, 7:30 p. m.,
Faculty Hall.
Episcopalian Club meeting, 7 p. m.,
Social Science.
XI Delta meeting. 7 p. m., Ellen
Smith Hall.
Alpha Kappa Psi business meeting,
7:30 p. m., Bushnell Guild house.
A. A. E. S. meeting, 7:30 p. m.,
Alpha Gamma Rho house.
Y. M. C. A. Forum, 5 p. m., Temple.
Last year members' of the Pershing
Rifles meeting, 7 p. m., Nebraska
Hall.
Regular Commercial Club meeting,
Social Science 305.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3.
Pre-Medics meeting, 5 p. m., Bessey
Hall.
Chemistry Club meeting, 5 p. m.,
Chemistry Hall.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4.
Alpha Phi houce dance.
Delta Chi dance, Antelope park.
Kappa Sigma house dance.
Alpha Chi Omega fall party,
Knights of Columbus.
Dairy Show, Dairy building.
Palladian Club open meeting, 8:15
p. m., Temple.
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UNI NOTICES
Zoological Society.
Open meeting of Zoological Society
Thursday at 7:30, at Bessey Hall.
II. M. Kennon will exhibit his large
collection of live snakes and reptiles
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Commercial Club.
There will be a regular meeting
Thursday in Social Science 305. H.
W. Noble, manager of the New Eng
land Mutual Life Insurance company,
will give a practical talk on "Living
Advantages of Life Insurance." A
short business meeting will follow the
lecture. Announcements concerning
the first monthly dinner will be made.
Pershing Rifles Attention!
Members of the Pershing Rifles of
last year will meet in the rooms of
the Military Department at 7 p. m.,
Thursday, for discussion of plans for
the organization this year.
Kappa Phi.
Important Kappa Phi business meet
ing Wednesday evening, at 7 o'clock
in Faculty Hall.
By Ima Cuckoo.
inn
"I just bought a Ford. I have a
Packard, that's a good car too, isn't
it?"
On the road yesterday we saw a
sign: "Sea Food a Speciality." "Well
what happened?" "Our auto turned
turtle." Baltimore American.
One way to say goodnight when the
front, porch is crowded is to sit very
close to her. look deep in her eyes,
and use Christian Science. Ex.
As a choice between two evils it is
better to be kittenish than cattish.
There is bo time like the pleasant.
Definitions.
r)UtyThat which we expect from
others.
Satisfied Obsolete.
Because The inevitable excuse.
Tightwad A man that will use the
same calendar for five years.
Hope Breaking a pair to draw a
flush.
Age That which we have little re-
nything is the ability toU'ct for unless it Is bottled
Leisure A life sentence for those
whom marry in haste.
Knocker A woodpecker.
Flattery The praise of other people.
Temptation That which a person
never puts oft till tomorrow.
Some of us don't have the makin's
of anything but a cigarette.
The snob who sits In
Front of the cuspidor and
Talks about his blue blood
And bis family and
All that rot
Is anathema to acquaintances of
His who know that he began his line
Some years ago when his old
Man's farm went up forty dollars
An acre.
If it had not increased in price this
Amateur snob would probably have
Been taking the place of a
Hired man this fall and instead
Of shooting pool would be
Husking corn or
Slopping
Hogs.
The Daily lowan.
Mary had a woolen scarf
Of loud and screaming hue.
The etreet looks like a rainbow
BOTC,
For others have them too.
Theta Sigma Phi.
Special meeting of Theta Sigma Phi
Wednesday at 5 p. m at Ellen Smith
Hall. Important.
Varsity Dairy Club.
Varsity Dairy Club will meet
Wednesday evening, 7:30 o'clock, in
room 306, Ag Hall. Important.
Palladian.
Open meeting of the Palladian So
ciety Saturday, December 4, at 8:15
p. m. All students cordially invited.
Episcopalian Club.
Meeting of Episcopalian Club Thurs
day evening from 7 until 8 o'clock,
room 107, Social Science Hall. Rev.
S. Mills Hayes, rector of Holy Trinity,
will give four weekly talks as a part
of the Advent program. Every mem
ber is urged to be present.
To you
vho have been
Dealt a
Frightful blow
When you received
That official looking
Envelope
With "Committtee of 200"
Incsribed in the corner
And ydu imagined
That at last
Your Identity has
Been revealed
And you are
About to be recognized
For the genius
That you are
And appointed on
Some committee of
Importance
Or eometthin'
And with
Baited breath
You peer at
The contents
And gingerly remove
The slip of
Paper to find
That forgotten pledge
Of five bucks
Made in a
Spirit of reckless
Generosity and
Forlorn hope that
It would be
Lost
In the shuffle
And
Your check
Is requested.
"TThank yon."
M. L.
Alpha Kappa Psi.
Alpha Kappa Psi monthly business
meeting, Thursday evening at 7:30
at Bushnell Guild house.
Agricultural Engineering Meeting.
American Society of Agricultural
Engineers will meet Thursday, De
cember 2, at 7:30 p. m., at the Alpha
Gamma Rho house, 435 North Twenty-
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I11U1 Street, lame; nam;
Committee of 200 Council.
The executive council of the Com
mittee of 20 will meet tonight from
5 to 6 in Social Science Hall 105.
Every member of the council is urged
to be present.
Y. M. C. A. Forum.
Dr. -E. L. Hinman will speak on
"Christian Philosophy Compared" at
the Y. M. C. A. Forum meeting in the
social room of the Temple, 5 p. m.
Thursday.
Military Courtesy.
The following extract from Special
Regulations No. 44 (Reserve Officers
Training Corps) War Department
1920, Is published for the Information
of all concerned:
48. Military Courtesy Military
courtesies and customs will be ob
served by members when under mili
tary instruction or in uniform.
Cadets must obey this regulation or
desist from wearing the uniform when
not on duty.
Xi Delta.
Important meeting on Thursday
evening at 7 o'clock at Ellen Smith
Hall.
Press Club Committee.
Meeting of the committee on by
laws and constitution of the fniver
sity of Nebraska Tress Club. Wednes
day p. m., at 5 o'clock in the Daily
Nebraskan office, U 206.
He "Where is my hatchet?"
She "Haven't you found your hat
Student Directories.
Those who still desire to secure a
student director, may do so by calling
at the University Y. M. C. A.
Ex-Marines.
Ex-marines will meet at 7:30 p. m.
Wednesday, December 1, n room 211
Law building.
Commercial Club Pins
Commercial Clu pins will be de
livered in two weeks to those mem
bers who order them now. Leave
vour name and $3 with Ted Mauck,
W. B. Herrick or George Darlington
this week.
Student Council.
Student Council will meet at 7:30
p, m., Thursday, uecemDer z, in
Faculty Hall.
Y. M. C. A. Forum.
Dr. E. L. Hinman will speak on
"Christian Philosophy Compared" at
the Y. M. C. A. Forum in the social
room at the Temple, 5 p. m., Thurs
day.
TO YOU I
PRESENT PLAY TONIGHT
AT STATE PENITENTIARY
Cast of "Nothing But the Truth'
Includes Convicts as Well as
Six Lincoln Girls.
The play entitled "Nothing But the
Truth" will be presented at the peni
tentiary by a cast partly composed of
convicts at 8 o'clock this evening for
the second time. Herbert Yenne, "21.
of the Dramatic Department, is direct
ing the production.
"Nothing But the Truth" is a three
act play woven around a bet of
$10,000 a young man made that he
could tell the absolute truth for
twenty-four hours. Those who have
seen the play say that the lines are
bright and clever. All the male parts
are taken by convicts. Six Lincoln
girls are included in the cast.
The penitentiary orchestra will fur
nish music during intermissions. The
furniture used in the stage setting
was made by the convicts. The
scenery was painted "by one of the
convicts.
Many Turned Away Thanksgiving.
This second public presentation is
in response to the many people who
were turned away when the play was
given Thanksgiving day. The capa
city of the theater is seven or eight
hundred. There will be no reserved
seats. Tickets will be sold at the
door for twenty-five cents. The pro
ceeds will he used to buy new music
for the penitentiary band and or
chestra, to pay for new scenery and
to rent motion picture films.
The play was tsaged before the
Inmates of the penitentiary last Sun
day. Mr. Yenne said that it was as
well acted as the standard profes
sional play. He said that the convicts
are remarkably attentive to the in
structions of the director and take
up suggestions much more quickly
than the average Univeriity student.
Mr. Yenne is sent by ths University
to direct the dramatic work at the
penitentiary. After "Nothing But the
Truth" is presented work will begin
on a minstrel show to be given
Christmas night and New Year's
night.
Theatre Reviews
1 "
Little Miss Rebellion
New Art-Paramount
Smacking of McCulUcheon's "Grau-
stark," flavored with Doughboys, base
games and chewing gum, intersporso
with Dorothy Glsh's performing foet
and expressive optics, "Little Mlsg
Rebellion" runs along almost M
smoothly as a Packard Twin Six and
ends as abruptly as a dying Ford.
And we must not forget the Bolshe
viks; whenever the plot needs some
thing to make It more melodraraaltic
and more Intensifying, the Bolsheviks
are added to the recipe. Then the
pudding needs much stirring to make
the final product edible to the eyes
and to the sense.
Ralph Graves is a hero worthy of
being starred in his own name. We
wonder why this picture was not ad
vertised to feature him as well as
our wil-known Dorothy.
"Little Miss Rebellion" begins in 0
small fictitious European country and
ends in a New York tenement, it
begins with Dorothy Glsh and ends
with Dorothy Gish. It IS Dorothy
Gish and the audience is not allowed
to forget it. She gats a blacked eye.
plays baseball, shoots "cfaps" and
says: "Arrive, seven," bobs her hair,
rides horseback, loses herself from
the Royal guards, flops flapjacks, and
wields the sword against a tribe of
Reds.
If pou need a tonice or have the
blues see Dorothy Gish in her ten-
ring circus. If pou shun such things,
take your book, go to the Library and
you "will accomplish far more getting
your Greek for tomorrow.
Chemistry Club to
Hear Dean P. M. Buck
H. W. Noble, manager of the New
England Mutual Life Insurance com
pany, will be the principal speaker at
the regular meeting of the University
Commercial Club, Thursday in room
305, Social Science Hall. "Living
Advantages of Life Insurance" will
be the subject ef Mr. Noble's ad
dress. A short business meeting will
follow the lecture. Announcements
concerning the first monthly dinner
of the club will be made at this time.
What Is Air?
BEFORE 1 894 every chemist thought he knew what air is. "A
mechanical mixture of moisture, nitrogen and oxygen, with
traces of hydrogen and carbon dioxide," he would explain.
There was so much oxygen and nitrogen in a given sample that he
simply determined the amount of oxygen present and assumed the
rest to be nitrogen.
One great English chemist, Lord Rayleigh, found that the nitro
gen obtained from the air was never so pure as that obtained from
some compound like ammonia. What was the "impurity"? In
co-operation with another prominent chemist, Sir William Ramsay,
it was discovered in an entirely new gas "argon." Later came the
discovery of other rare gases in the atmosphere. The air we breathe
contains about a dozen gases and gaseous compounds.
This study of the air is an example of research in pure science.
Rayleigh and Ramsay had no practical end in view merely the dis
covery of new facts.
A few years ago the Research Laboratories of the General Electric
Company began to study the destruction of filaments in exhausted
lamps in order to ascertain how this happened. It was a purely
scientific undertaking. It was found that the filament evaporated
boiled away, like so much water.
Pressure will check boiling or evaporation. If the pressure within
a boiler is very high, it will take more heat than ordinarily to boil the
water. Would a gas under pressure prevent filaments from boiling
away? If so, what gas? It must be a gas that will not combine
chemically with the filament. The filament would burn in oxygen;
hydrogen would conduct the heat away too rapidly. Nitrogen is a
useful gas in this case. It does form a few compounds, however.
Better still is argon. It forms no compounds at all.
Thus the modern, efficient, gas-filled lamp appeared, and so argon,
which seemed the most useless gas in the world, found a practical
application.
Discover new facts, and their practical application will take care
. of itself.
And the discovery of new facts is the primary purpose of the
Research Laboratories of the General Electric Company.
Sometimes years must elapse before the practical application of a
discovery becomes apparent, as in the case of argon; sometimes a
practical application follows from the mere answering of a "theoret
ical" question, as in the case of a as-filled lamp. But no substantial
progress can be made unless research is conducted for the purpose of
discovering new facts.
Genera
General 02ce
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& Xiy Schenectady, N. T.
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