THE DAILY NZBRASKAN
The DailyjNebraskan
StatUx A, LhtMla, Nabraaka
OFFICIAL. PUBLICATION
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UNIVERSITY Or NEBRASKA
U.r Dirctln ( ba StuJaat rustication
BaarJ
PuhllaHaJ TuaaJav. Wadna.dar. Tauradari
Friday and Sunday morning during tha aca-
MUo jraar.
Inff else, it would bo amusing ond
harmless. But its posslblo effect on
th mental development of tho fresh
man is not fully 'appreciated. How
detrimental this effect may bo is for
cibly brought homo whon wo seo tho
green enp custom for what it is nn
clomontary course in tho mob mind.
THE IRON SPHINX AGAIN
It is. perhaps, not well to flatter
tho Iron Sphinx by too much com
ment on their deficiencies. Since their
Initiation comes this evoning tho temp
tation, however, for ono parting shot
is irresistibilo. It will probably nlways
Edllarlal Olllcaa Unlv.r.lty Hall to.
Offlca Hour Aftarnooni with tha axeep. . f n nfnlH.
(Jon of Friday and Sunday. DO a BOUfCO 01 amazement to intCIII-
No. 12 w cent nersons thnt so useless ana
D ...
cmntv nn organization is nblo to
TaUnhanaa Day. B-8S8I.
ring.) Night, B4SS2.
Sr:r,.Vr..V. ,h"h. ..p- find, each year, candidates for mem-
tlon of Friday and Sunday. bcrship wllO aro willing to go through
Telepbonaa Day, B-BOHI, no, i ,ofrrnclIni? brutalities of ts InitlB
tha "On. inu 1UCI VHUb UlU oujiiiwun.....
ringa.) Night, B-6882.
P. A uH.J.rliia matta a.
poitolflca In Llncalfl, Nebraaka, undtr act wno nr0 members of the Society are
LS?l"Z;iti2nTL:tfvdlllne to staco tho Initiation is a
act of Octobar 3. 1017, authorised January L.
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tal conauion 01 younjj men who huvu
ally bad work than of freshmen en
tering by tho usual examinatioti
method. Of all tho hundred fresh-
mon who cntorcd without cxamlna
tion last year, only two failed at the
ond of tho second torm. It is stated
that tho plan, undertaken as an ex
noriment, has been so successful that
it probably will bo ndoptcd perman
ently. Indiana Daily Student.
$2 year is a.meittr spent n year and
aingla Copy, B canta university.
EDITORIAL STAFF
Hugh B. Cox . . . Edlter
Phllln O'llanlon ...-....-.Mann
Jullua FrandanVTrTV.'.r-.Nawa Editor Tho
12 Z sity students havo made in
Dorla Trott .....
nil. -
Ruth schad Ant. Nawa Editor" ges might be taken as a reflection on
a half in n state
STADIUM PLEDGES
poor showing which Univcr
keeping
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.Ant. Nawa Editor UJJ J'-" i-
their integrity. However much these
BUSINESS STAFF
ftJ!!j3Mn mSSS- atutlcnUi may now resent the methods
Simpson Morton .H....M.drcuumon Manager I which
uscar Minn .....a.a......-.rcuaiiofi muiifir
CHANCELLOR AVERY
The banquet given Chancellor
Avery by tho faculty Saturday eve
ninf won nn appropriate recognition
of his thirty years of service to the
University. Tho fact thatfor eigh
teen years of this time, ho has held
were used In securing tnoir
subscrin ; s. nnd even though tho
pledges may not bo strictly legal ob
ligations, there remains a moral ob
ligation which no honest student can
disregard.
The man or woman who has not tho
courage to live up to his word, al
though ho may have given it when
Ulin nlnmniir nf fhn fnnthnll season
the position of Chancellor, is worthy I, the crl(!3 of Sullool SpIrll.. weru
of comment. Tho administrative
at their highest, is hardly worthy of
head of a state university faces prob-1 ,nc0 ,n nn cducntionnl institution
IntMn w i V vanan nnwnlnviKn an Vi n I . .
.u...o .uuu. s r where moral and intellectual honesty
actcr than thoso encountered in a
private institution. That Chancel
lor Avery has been ablo to success
fully administer the affairs of i)e
University for so long a time and
still retain tho confidence of his fac
ulty, is amplo proof of his adminis
trate ability. I
should be above reproach.
P. J.
The College Press
IN
SIDESHOWS.
Every circus has its sideshows.
Who would miss seeing the bearded
lady, the living skeleton nnd the fat
lady, the strong man and the pigmy
when they attend the circus? We
OUR ELEMENTARY COURSE
THE MOB MIND
The discussion of class honorary
societies brings to mind the green cap ti com8 away more disgust
cusKjm wun wnicn a ueaat onu ui ed than amused( but still we go
Item is directly concerned, binco it Thero i3 something about the con-
is the time ol year when the green ces3jon3 that everyone likes. Just so
cap is missing from the campus and we enjoy the sideshows of our Uni
wnun mo zeaious sopnomorea uru not versity life; unfortunately we are
on the alert for non-conformists, it I apt t,0 spend so much time in them
is possible to appronch the subject that we miss the real show. That
of this custom with less prejudice and js not at all impossible. The entering
heat than it might bo possible to do freshman is introduced to rows and
in the autumn. rows of gay tents. Some are painted
The plan of requiring every fresh- blue and gold with attractive football
man man to wear a green cap was and baseball designs drawn in bold
started in 1907, is now sponsored by I relief, others are decorated with
tho Innocents, enforced by tho Iron bright pictures of magazines and
Sphinx, and glorified every fall in newspapers. Tents and more tents,
tho "Freshman Initiation" held for some big and gay, others small and
the new students. It has como to insignificant, stretch along the new
be not only accepted by the students comer's path while some big burly
but regarded as valuable as well. We senior calls out, "Right this way.
aro told that it makes for that vague ladies and gents you get your mon-
and illusive thing called "class spir- ey's worth.'
it" Of course it is all very interesting
But those who tell us these things and the freshman stops to enjoy the
do not fully appreciate all of the con- fun. What else would one expect?
notations of the ereen can idea. It There is one danger to spoil his fun.
has, an analysis will show, a rather he stops too long, he might forget
FOOD FOR FANATICS.
Again tho jingoes havo been re
buked. Preliminary reports of tho
survey of. race relations on tho Pnclf
ic coast, mado jointly by twelvo uni
versitics, constitute n sovero rebuke
to thoso who havo been inflaming
hatred against Oriental immigrants.
Although tho findings of this
study, mado at a cost of $00,000, d
not recommend further admittance
of Orientals, no peril is seen from
thoso already here. Chinese and Ja
panose residents in this country can
not multiply rapidly, for thero is only
one Chincso woman to six men, and
onlv three Japanese women to six
men.
In Washington the survey staff
found that for thirty years tho Japa
ncso had constituted only one per
cent of tho population. "Wo were
told thnt tho Japanese were unassi
milnblc," said the chairman. "Wo
found them the most assimilable of
our aliens of nny color. Wo found
them fighting against handienps to
raise their standnrds of living to tho
American level."
Tho smuggling of Jnpnneso nnd
Chinese immigrants into the United
States from Mexico is more than off
set by the return of others to their
hnmclnnd. The Japanese thrive on
land that white men have abandoned
They do work the whites are unwill
ing to attempt. They are an econom
ic asset to the country. Let them
stay. Tho Daily Northwestern.
significant bearing on the purpose of
tho University especially if that pur
pose is taken to be the teaching of
students to think.
In the very language with which its
defenders justify tho green cap cus
tom we find a clue to this signifi
cance. They tell us that the green cap
has for its purpose tho creation of
a class spirit, a class consciousness.
Its immediate end is to make all of
the freshmen look alike; its ultimate
purpose is to make them act nlike and
think alike, The freshmen come to the
University with different backgrounds
and with different ideas. The green
cap s intended. t reduce them to a
cohihion denominator, to make them
all alike, not only in the matter of
headgear, but in their thought as
well. To the degree to which it suc
ceeds in this purpose it. is an effec
tive means of stimulating and accent- of their college work, follow a system
nnW ornnn ennnptnuanPRs. the reverse of which is used in most
There can be but one result from Eastern schools, where the unfit are
such stimulation and accentuation, determined in advance by admission
rm, iamai in w. Mr.n. tests. The relative merits of each
tity Jn the group. Not only does system have been arSued for 80me
he dress as his fellows do, he acts as
the show that goes on in the one
great scholastic tent, and the diffi
culty is that not until he is a senior
and the show is over will he realize
that he has missed the best part of
the circus. The sideshows are all nec
essary, for who wants to go to a cir-
cuis-where there are none, but neither
should we miss the one show we came
to see. The only way to strike a
happy medium is to pick carefully the
sideshows of our University life we
most desire so that we will have
enough time left to enjoy the real
thing. The Daily Californian.
COLLEGE ENTRANCE
STANDARDS.
State universities and Western col
leges which admit students without
entrance examinations, and then
eliminate the undesirable on the basis
time.
In this connection, it is interesting
to observe that Harvard is adopting
a modification of the Eastern system
that approches the Western plan. For
the- rinttf. two vrn.q students whose
U benefitted by this group discipline Les have been in the highest sev
bat any one who knows the Amen- th of thfllr cw rlurinpr their inn-
they do, and, in the end, he thinks
as they do.
There may be persons who would
ior and senior high school years have
been admitted without examination.
ThlST'plan, on trialjfor men at Har
vard, is in force Jor jgirls at Rad
cliffe. It throws the emphasis upon
the student's high school record,
can' undergraduate knows that he ia
not one of them. In him the group
spirit Is developed so far that accent
action of it is not only unnecessary
' hot actually deplorable. The American-student
is no rank individualist in
the matter ef thought He believes -where modern educators believe it
wfcal tie cheer-leader tells him about should be, rather than upon the too
aehool spirit and he is prepared to freqtffcntly artificial result of en-
km. . . a .. a i I. r ' . .a
tan .a proieseors woro ior anyuung. trance examinations,
c93ft might examine the ideas pre The vexed question of accrediting
wtpd to him for possible fallacies is high schools is largely avoided under
a tlaOtafnt irfcki Merely occurs to him. this experiment since graduates of
He is perfectly at home at the foot- the required standing are admitted
BII rally mhtnu a cheerleader, work- from any high school. If, however,
iag macte wik Bol psyckolofry, sue- such students fail, the schools which
eseU in prWwW a sert of organiz- Uiey represent are ''black-listed'' for
4 listeria. a year, during which time no student
It is tUa spirit wMeli Um green therefrom may enter by this system,
m ulll'ples It it iroakal tfcat In The student thus bears the honor of
nfonitaY wMsb Ja smppoeed to his school on his shoulders.
nsjea Its sMssate.to Watkaav km vie-1 Results the first year show that a
Vaafa 4Wfaav iMjij m(fc tin 111 hi I Tirj percentage of students enter
4Hmkm.Bm. Itttt creen eaalln under this special arrangement
Mitja n still be marerr a Mt f have done exceptionally good work
in ue itoi mai Mifc.latKi a smaller percentage exception
Notices
All notieei for thu column mutt
be written out and handed in at the
ditorial office, U Hall 10, by 4:00
the afternoon previout to their pub
lication
Topography 193
Walker will not meet his clas-
his laboratory sessions this
Mr.
ses or
week.
The classes will complete reading
The Art and Practice of Typogra
phy," on reserve at the University
Library, and will continue reading the
textbook, "Printing for School and
Shop."
Lutheran Club
Lutheran Club business meeting,
Wednesday evening in Social Science
Union
Business meeting of the Union
literary society, Tuesday, at 7 o'clock.
Freshman Comuitaion
Thero will be a meeting of the
Freshman Commission in the Temple
cafeteria Tuesday at 6 o'clock,
TaneU
Meeting of the Tassels Tuesday
at 7:15 in Ellen Smith Hall.
Episcopal Students.
The Rt Rev. George A. Beecher,
Bishop of tho Episcopal Church, of
Western Nebraska will conduct tho
11 o'clock service of the University
Lplscopal Church noxt Sunday.
Silver Serpent
Oliver serpents will hold a very
important meeting at noon today at
Ellen Smith Hall. Every member is
requested to be present
Iron Sphinx
Initiation of now members at cave
Tuesday evening at 0 o'cclock,
Farmers Fair Rally
Committee chairman will report
tho work of their committees and
good speakers will, bo secured. The
rally will be held Tuesday at Ag
Hallat 7:16.
Phi Lambda Upsilon
Regular meeting of Phi Lambda
Upsilon will bo held Thursday, April
23, in Chemistry Hall 102 at 7:00.
Sophomores
It is not too lato to file for Sopho
more baseball manager If you call
at tho Athletic offico at once.
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