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Friday and Sunday.
NEBRASKA MOURNS
It is with a measure of regret that
Nebraska has lost three of her stu
dents in automobile accidents since
the opening of the present session.
Although this is a great institution
and although there are thousands of
students enrolled in the classes here,
Nebraska cannot afford to lose any
one of them. Each person is a unit
in this great University and that unit
is necessary to the progress and ad
vancement of the institution.
Nebraska feels a certain and
definite regret when one of her stu
dents is torn from the class rolls by
sudden death, for her name is her
students.
TREATMENT OF CHAPERONES
Many students will attend scores of
parties this year and they will have
an occasion to meet hundreds of
chaperones. At those various parties,
the chaperones will have the interest
ing task of sitting around while you
enjoy yourself on the dance floor.
Do you ever think that they are
guests at that party; that they are
favoring you with their presence?
Do you think that they are extended
an unusual honor by being asked to
attend your party?
Treat the chaperones as your best
guests. Skip a dance to talk to them.
Don't try to rush over to them in the
two minutes intermission. They are
human and you know how you would
like to be treated. ,
DAD'S DAY
"He may not be much of a states
man, but he is a wonderful dad"
was the tribute paid David Lloyd
George by his daughter, Megan.
This assertion the great statesman
values more than all his honors. It
is the same sentiment that has led the
Cornhusker sons and daughters to set
aside next Saturday as Dad's Day,
and for this occasion a great amount
of preparation for father's comfort
and entertainment is being made.
The program will be but a sample of
the respect each student owes to his
father.
No doubt parents of most Univers
ity of Nebraska students have not
had the opportunity to attend college
and to get such valuable starts in
their careers. Perhaps sending us
to school is bringing them many grey
hairs. And perhaps the worry and
anxiety of having their sons and
daughters away from home, the fear
that the ideals they have upheld for
their children may be uprooted, and
the financial strain, all tend to
cause a heavier load. But father
would not have the plan otherwise,
for an-education is one of the most
coveted gifts. It is, thus, only just
that he be honored on Dad's Day
The Englishman's daughter expressed
the sentiment of us all.
E. n.
NEBRASKA FIGHTS!
The Cornhuskers enter the game
Saturday Vith the football world
crying that Nebraska hasn't a chance.
Nebraska does not say that she will
win and Nebraska does not say that
she will lose. Nebraska concedes
r.cthing!
Notre Dame will come here with
a team that has beaten the Army,
Princeton, and Georgia Tech. The
team may go on the field with the im
pression in mind that Nebraska is
not playing the class that they are.
Then will be the time to strike. But
the Cornhuskers cannot expect such
a favorable situation. There must
be student fight as well. There must
be one of the most supreme exhibits
of spirit that the Cornhuskers have
ever shown.
Nebraska expects every man to do
his duty.
SPARE THE CRITICISM
Every time a student publishes the
fact that he finds fault with the uni
versity, he injures the reputation of
the institution in the eyes of those
RAG CARPET
The Rag Doll says that the Home
Ec girls might carry rolling pins as
a distinctive mark.
Here lies Timothy Bold.
He nearly was drowned.
He nearly was hanged.
But finally died of a cold.
Lost: A canary by a lady who flew
out of its cage.
Even a flap jack has its ups and
downs land a waffle has iU depres
sions. We said a mouthful.
Noah kept getting two of a kind
until he had a full house.
It's a grate life, said the hot coal.
THE POOR PRE-MED.
They said to grab her quickly
She was full of grace and charms
But gosh! When they turned the light
on
He found a skeleton in his arms.
who are not students. Those who
must rely on what they hear and read
about events as they transpire on the
campus, do not always get me
straight of things after they have
simmered down the facts.
Especially injurious are little bick
erings over factional interests and
clique obligations. They may in
spire the belief that the university
is composed of warring factions, that
it lacks organization, and that its
fundamental purpose as an institu
tion of higher learning is obscured by
the predominance of lesser ends.
Every individual believes that criti
cism is not without some provocation,
and if such criticism does not breed
actual distrust, it at least lessens
confidence. A successful enterprise
needs public confidence above all
things, and there is probably no in
stance in which destructive criticism
is more disastrous than in the case
of a university.
H. I. P.
Student Opinion.
Contributions to this column are very
welcome and invited. Student opinion is
valuable to the editorial staff of the paper,
consequently we welcome it.
THE CAPS AGAIN
'Is the faculty at the back?' is the
question that stands before the eyes
of the visitor, who by chance, hap
pens to see a notice, signed by an
official, nailed on the notice board
just in front of the Agricultural Hal!.
on the Agricultural College Campus.
The notice is connected with the
wearing of green caps, and threatens
those freshmen, who would not wear
one with the punishment of paddl'r.g.
The wording of the notice is such
that it would hurt the feelings of any
visitor, and his ideas about the hazing
system in different universities would
be strengthened. The Iron Sphinx,
with paddles in hands, are the lead
ers of this!
A stranger who has read about the
incident that happened some time
ago, at Northwestern University end
who now sees this official notice, is
as sure as six pence to think .that the
faculty is back of it. Why not try
to remove this misunderstanding in
case it is really a misunderstanding?
"I hate to wear this green cap,"
grumbled a freshman, shivering and
trembling with the morning cold. "I
hate to " but the thought of the
paddles, forced him to keep quiet.
Some will say that the aim of
green caps is that the freshmen
should get acquainted. The aim is,
no doubt good, but some things in
practice are not good. Paddling
freshmen and such other things
should not be kept in use any longer,
for it causes a freshman to think
that the upperclassment want to
make a joke of him.
Will all the upperclassmen try to
remove this understanding, and re
move the idea of a stranger, who
wonders "If the faculty is at the
back of it"
A Tasserby.
REPLY
Students are sending in opinions
in regard to the enforcement of the
green cap rule. Of course there are
two sides to the question and the
side that you adopt is merely arbi
trary. You might present some for
midable verbal gymnastics in favor
of enforcing the rule or you might
present the very opposite side of the
question. Both have mary valuable
points r.nd both would and do merit
consideration.
P. H. in his article has noticed a
specific incident, which seems to have
been comraT-y to his ideals cf justice.
The incident which he saw was that
of a young man who has refused to
wear a green cap. He is the same
person who wrote a letter to the
Chancellor and Daily NeVaslcan. The
members of the Iron Sphinx state
that this young man wa asked sev
eral times to wear his green cap but
that he stolidly refused to comply
THE DAI LY
Contributions
Are Invited
A CO-ED'S LETTERS.
Dearest Jack: Thanks for the box
of candy. It must have once been
delicious but our mail man care
lessly fell on it. Your Co-cd, EDNAi
If the college towns that are noted
for their huge stadiums would erect
a few marble temples, etc., and Im
port a band of K. K. K. from Louisi
ana, the place would take an ap
pearance of Rome In the days of her
glory.
The New York woman who won the
prize for an essay on "The Cruelty
of Trapping Wild Animals" and then
purchased a fur coat with the pro
ceeds surely had the right idea.
I know a "frosh" who is so dumb
that he thinks Sherlck Holmes is a
row of apartments; but that's noth-.
ing compared to another one of them
who thinks that asperin tablet is
writing paper.
with the request About two weeks
ago he was given a paddling and ad
monished for his attitude toward
what has been termed a tradition.
According to one of the professors
on the campus, the green cap rule
has been in force for less than ten
years. How long it takes it to be
come a tradition is merely an arbi
trary matter, for a tradition is seme
thing that is orally handed down, de
riving its origin from the Latin words
signifying an oral hand-dflwn.
Members of the Iron Sphinx 'stated
that it was no pleasure for them to
admisister punishment to freshmen
said to have offended the rules. They
also stated that they were given no
authority from the University to act
as a court of justice. Their power
has fallen to them by merit of the
fact that they are a sophomore or
ganization, which in itself would in
dicate that they would be the logical
ones to enforce the rule that they
obeyed last year.
Nobody looks favorably upon the
mob-law punishment that has tended
to crop out. Nobody can be in sym
pathy with the Iron Sphinx if they
do not work in a definite and organ
ized manner. They, as well as the
freshmen, are at fault in the observa
tion of the tradition.
However, the editor of this paper
has no sympathy for anyone who
deliberately insists upon trying to de
moralize a tradition in the University
of Nebraska. Whatever may be
said, there will probably never be
a day when green caps will not be
worn by freshmen.
Anyone who chose to, might say
that Ivy Day was a bunch of non
sense, that the Olympics were brutal,
that University Night was scan
dalous, that University Hall was an
old wreck, and arouse a bit of sym
pathy. But back of all of the ac
cusations, there would be that feel
ing of resentment on the part of the
majority of the upperclassment and
alumni. P. H. seems to have adopted
this oconoclastic attitude.
By next year, it is hoped that a
more logical scheme of punishment
will be in effect. The near-hazing
has not been successful and has
aroused the antagonism of many stu
dents. In the meantime, freshmen
will be acting diplomatically if they
contiue to wear the green cap until
the day of the Olympics.
The Editor.
Dear Editor:
Upon leaving Social Science hall
today I ran into a group of sopho
mores, Iron Sphinx I believe, who
were attempting to enforce the
"green cap law" upon a lone fresh
man. The "frosh" threatened to lue
any or every lad who in any way in
flicted bodily punishment upon him
and a professor not only backed up
the "minority" but said that any
sophomore who layed hands upon
the boy would be expelled from
school.
Where do they get this stuff? Is
the Iron Sphinx organization sanc
tioned by the University or are its
members liable individually for any
acts they do? Your paper, the Rag,
a short time ago published several
articles on the subject of green caps,
all of which stated that the green
cap was a tradition and that the
wearing of it would be enforced. Now
a professor stands out and says that
if the law is enforced that the en
forcers will be subject to expulsion.
The common impression around the
campus seems to be that the Iron
Sphinx have a right to "paddle"
freshmen who set themselves in de
fiance of this law. If the Sphinx
do not have this rifcht why does the
University allow the student paper
to publish the fact that the green cap
rule will be enforced? If the Sphinx
have no sut .ight and the green
cap may or may not be worn as the
freshman chooses, the University
should never have allowed the fact to
be published that freshman would
be compelled to wear it and it should
NEBRASKA N
nnvor have allowed the freshman to
be "nicked" 75 cents for a green cap.
From what the professor said this
morning I take it that no one may
make a freshman wear a green cap if
he doesn't want to. If that is the
case all freshmen should throw away
their caps, the Olympics should be
abolished, and the Iron Sphinx should
be made to apologize to the lad
whose wishes they crossed.
The University is at fault. The
officials of the school should "hold
the sack" in a case of this kind. The
Iron Sphinx should not be made to
stand any law suits for trying to en
force a tradition which they have
been .under the impression they were
allowed to enforce. Why can't the
school authorities find out what its
class organizations are doing? If
these organizations are acting be
yond their authority the University
should put a stop to it.
This particular case should be
"boiled down." If the Sphinx are
not allowed to punish this boy they
would be wise to throw away their
badges, advocate all freshmen throw
inc awav their green caps, and pub
lish the fact that a freshman could
wear a green cap or not as he chose
and that traditions at the University
of Nebraska were a joke. If, on the
other hand, the Sphinx are allowed
to enforce the green cap law, no pro
fessor should be permitted to take a
stand acrainst them, and threaten
them with expulsion if they perform
the duties which the student body
expects them to perform.
I am one of a large body who
wishes to know just how much school
backing the class organizations have.
If I thought that they were not
backed to the limit by the University
I should never read the Rag or pay
any attention to anything about the
school except classroom duties. How
ever, until today I have always had
school spirit and will continue to
have it until I find out that it is no
part of the University proper.
Will you please tell me whether or
not the University is behind the Iron
Sphinx movement and whether the
wearing of the green cap is or is not
a matter of choice. Are these lads
subiect to expulsion if they "paddle"
a delinquent freshman or is the fresh
man subject to expulsion if he dis
obeys a tradition? P. H.
Notices
Wrestling Candidate.
All candidates for the varsity
wrestling are urged to report at once
to Head Coach R. G. Clap, gyn, 206,
as training starts immediately.
Candy Sale of the Y. W. C. A.
Home-made candy with nuts in it
will be sold on the campus Wednes
day. Everybody bring his money
and help out the conference commit
tee of the Y. W. C. A.
Theta Sigma Phi.
Meeting of Theta Sigma Phi Thurs
day at 7 p. m.
Union Meetings.
Union open meeting Friday at 8:30
p. m. An evening of entertainment.
Everyone invited.
Omaha Club Dinner
Omaha Club dinner Wednesday,
November 7, at 6.
Women's Athletic Association
Women's Athletic Association gen
eral meeting at Ellen Smith hall
Wednesday, November 6, at 7. Board
meeting i.t 6.
Ga jma Lambda (Band)
Gamma Lambda meeting at the
Acacia house Wednesday at 7:30. Im
portant. Nebraska Zoo Society
Nebraska Zoo society open meet
ing Wednesday, November 7, at 7:30.
201 Bessey Hall.
Cadet officers meeting Thursday,
November 8 at 5 o'clock in room
309, Nebraska hall. Important. De-
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Stadiua conversion tables 5c
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merits assigned for absentees.
Komensky Klub
Komensky Klub meeting Saturday,
November 10, at 8. Faculty hall,
Temple.
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Catholic Students' Club.
Catholic Students' Club member
ship dance Friday night, 8 o'clock, at
Ellen Smith hall.
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he year's greatest sale a bargain event made possible only hy months
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"All are nonulsr styles all sizes 12 to 17 in lot. On sale, while they Jast at this
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Wednesday, No. 7
Nebraska Zoo Society, 7:30, 201
Bessey hall. '
Gamma Lambda meeting at Acaci
house, 7:80.
Women's Athletic Association fen
eral meeting at Ellen Smith hall, at
7. Board meeting at 6. '
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