THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
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OF INITIATIONS
INITIATION HOVERS IN THE
.! and iraiernivy
offing "u , , ,A Un-kon hack to
riaditio""1 meanB ,of worSy
and sltor of unworthy
,Z Now the purpoBCB of holl
ple f re well defined and well
J and the means of accompllsh
knTfle Purposes equally so, but In
M ,om! f organiAiUon should be
"'unfortunate as to know its alms
10 lack the means of accomplishing
J the Crow's Nest offers Bample
2' for the inculcation of each vir
Je which hell week is well known in
neophyte
THESE VIRTUES ARE LOVE
his brothers, reject for the up
"'classmen and sophomores, humil
L rerscverence, courage (or what
wr Zuppko calls guts) veneration
for the frBtcrnity's ideals, ingenuity,
.u utinnce. determination, and
Jk are bog""..... .
greased desire to be a member of
the fraternity.
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FIRST NIGHT THE FRESH-
men should be awakened about 1:30
Lincoln Theatre
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TiTnlMONVON-A"Blfi SCALfe
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WITH
BLANCHE SWEET LOIS WILSON
NEWS COM EDY FABLES
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COLONIAL alwleS13
A Tremendoui PJctura
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HORSE
JHaiing th&Trail of
Jjm and GiVifaation
SHOWS AT 1, 3, 5, 7, .
LYRIC
ALL
THIS WEEK
H.r. 1 An Intamely Dramatic
Beautiful and Appaalinf Story
LEATRICE JOY
In Her Latest Succaaa
"MADE FOR LOVE"
"A Woman of Letters"
A New Helen and Warren Comedy
On tha Staa-a
EGBERT VAN ALSTYNE
America's Papular Composer, with
Clem Dacey and Hal Boland
SHOWS AT t, 3, 6, 7, 9.
1
Rialto Theatre
ALL THIS WEEK
I you like to let tha laughter linear,
by all means meet
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Grand
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AND THE
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A Paramount Picture
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ORPHEUM
THUR. FRI. SAT.
When the Clock Strikes Midnlaht
on Cay Broadway
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PRETTY LADIES
With
ZAZU PITTS, TOM MOORE,
LILYAN TASHMAN
Also News and Comedy
SHOWS AT 1, 3. 5, 7. 9.
MAT. ISc NITE 28
BEBSUBEuai
viniivil.I.R
-HtR EVERYBODY Goes -.T"
THUR. FRI. SAT.
LIBERTY CONCERT ' ORCHESTRA
Arthur J. Babich, Director
March The Allies Parade T. Bid
it ood.
Rhmod!e Ideal Aida Frank Black
tut Oriental Stars J. V. Monaco
FOX NEWS
Viiualiud News of tha World
"THE SCARLET STREAK."
Last Chapter
"DON'T BUTT' IN"
A New Comedy
ENSIGN AL MOORE
And Hla
JACK TARS
With
"So" Hoey, Tommy Jackson and
. Fred Vo,t
FRANK W. STAFFORD & CO.
Praseat
A Scenic Nature Comedy Production
"DUCKIN' FOR DUCKS"
GEORGE ARMSTRONG
"THE HAPPY CHAPPY"
HmtV Dorothy
STANLEY & QUINETTE
Offer
"BOOKS"
THE LE RAYS
"AT THE GOLF CLUB"
Featurlat tha Oriamal Hl Drop
Artist
SHOWS AT 1:30 7:00, 9:00
f VACi) K v i l .r.JcT
o'clock in the morning, tubbed in ice
water, and beaten Boundly. Each
ihould then be sent on an errand to
procure some object or animal, such
as a bulldog, white cat with black
ears (or vice versa), three birds'
nests, goose and gander, fish, wif
fenpoof or live Bparrow.. This is to
develop the virtue of perserverence
and ingenuity. If some filthy object
is sent for, the respect and admira
tion for the upperclossmen, his de
sire to be one of them, fa heightened.
,
THE GREATEST VALUE IN
sending a man for a whiffenpoof is
that whatever he brings back is re
jected because it is not a whiffen
poof, and thus opportunity afford
ed for beating the pledge again.
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ONE VERY EFFECTIVE SCHEME
is to remove all but the very last un
dergarment of the pledge, take him
into a busy district and turn him
loose to run home as best he way.
This adds to his respect for the fra
ternty's ideals.
ANOTHER TEST OF INGENU
ity is to make the pledges carry eggs
with the seniors' names on them.
This egg is to be preserved intact de
spite the kind labors of the upper
classmen. There is some doubt as to
just the significance of having the
seniors' names on an egg.
TWO PLEDGES MAY BE PLACED
in closets in different parts of the
house without clocks and told to
open the door and cuckoo loudly ev
ery 60 seconds. This is very am,.s
ing, because of course the freshmen
don't synchronize, and this offers
good grounds for a sound beating,
which imbues the pledge with hu
mility, brotherly affection, and the
strength to bear pain (universally
admitted to be desirable.)
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MEAL TIME OFFERS WONDER
derful possibilities to the conscien
tious upperclassman determined to
make a good brother in Phi Magenta
Tau from the ignorant pledge. The
freshmen should be fed dill pickles
stuffed with quinine, castor oil, asa
fetida, salt (or sugar), raw liver
and blue methyl. This last is verj
effective in putting the fear of God
into a pledge (also universally ad
mitted to be desirable.) Then the
pledge may be blindfolded and fed
oysters and sawdust and noodles, be
ing told in each case that the food
is something else quite strange to
human or any other palate. This
increases the freshman's desire to
be a member of the fraternity.
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AT NIGHT THE PLEDGES
should take turn about at mounting
guard on the roof. Carrying a red
lantern, they should walk from end
to end of the house, crying out at
the other, "Don't shoot until you see
the whites of their eyes." This is
to inculcate the virtue of patience,
and to afford a sense of responsibil
ity for the fraternity's safety.
THE PLEDGES SHOULD BE
tested for ability in athletic lines by
being forced to push pennies across
the floor with their noses. This is
very discomforting, as well as diffi
cult, and often raises painful sores
on the participant's faces, which are
very ludicrous.
A SMALL PLATFORM SHOULD
be erected on the roof, and a pledge
led up onto it blindfolded. He is
then ordered to jump off into a
blanket supposedly held for him be
low by his brothers. When he jumps
he falls only a few feet onto the
roof proper, but if he does not jump,
he has proven himself a craven and
a coward and unworthy of member
ship in the fraternity.
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NOW ALL THESE PERFORM-
ances are calculated to inculcate the
virtues of a true brother, and indeed
why should these methods have been
used these decades if they were not
successful? but the week of pur
gatory should be ended with a grand
final general thrashing by all the
members of all the pledges, and the
leading of the latter in a body out
to the country, about 15 miles being
Uhe recognized distance. The fresh
men should then all be securely
handcuffed together and left to
walk home.
THESE STEPS IF CLOSELY
followed are cuaranteed to produce
a man fit to share the privileges of
fraternal association with the best
man in the local chapter of Phi Ma
genta; purged of his sins, cleansed of
his shortcomings, exalted ana glori
fied by his experiences, trave, truth
ful, bound to his pledge brothers, his
deepest emotions stirred, numDie,
patient, determined and loving of
hi brothers, and valuing the pin his
brothers give him all the more by
virtue of the vicissitudes which Deset
the path to its ownership.
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"Nebraska My Alma Mater" Says
Inspector of Schools in Calcutta
The following is reprinted from
the February issue of The Nebraska
Alumnus, in which it appeared as
a letter from George Allen Odgers,
'16, principal of the Calcutta Boys'
School.
"I had a very pleasant experience
last week, which may be of interest
to you and to other of the U. of N.
alumni. Recently I applied to the
University of Calcutta for recogni
tion bo that we might prepare for
the matriculation examination. In
connection with that application a
special inspector visited the school
on Thursday. For an hour or more
we each maintained our dignty and
proceeded with tho formalities of
the situation. After discussing the
constitution of the managing body,
tho endowment of tho school, the
present financial situation, the en
rollment, we took up the faculty.
After inquiring about the colleges
and universities of the teachers hired
locally, the inspector asked what was
my alma mater. I replied Nebraska.
He straightened up, rubbed his hands
and said, 'She is also mine.'
"Then followed the usual happy
reminiscenses which occur when two
old grads unexpectedly discover each
other. We were both in Lincoln
until tlte noon bell rang.
"The inspector was S. C. Bose,
M. A. '09. He took his degree in
Economics, and recalled with plea
sure his professors and enthused
over American university life. After
his return to India in 1910, Base was
appointed lecturer in the Cooch
Behar Rai College. He was the first
American degree holder to secure an
appointment in a government aided
college in Bengal. But he was forced
to fight for eight years to secure
permanent tenure in the provincial
educational service. In 1910 the
University -of Calcutta college in
spector recommended to the Senate
that Bose be ordered to vacate his
lectureship as his degree was not
from an approved university. The
college principal backed Bose, and a
long struggle ensued. Bose event
ually won out, and was appointed to
a professorship in Dacca. He was
also examiner for the economics hon
ours and M. A. courses. Some time
ago he became an inspector of
schools, and is especially concerned
with primary and rural education.
On occasion he is deputed to special
inspection of secondary schools.
"I found him abreast with the lat-
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Dress
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Eox plaits lay the cause of freedom and
fulness on the ?T3i.t of a frock with good
points in the neck, blouse and sleeve. In
Paris the two-piece frock begins young in
tricot for the first walk-out of the nur
ery ages and increases in vogue and chic
as one grows older. There are now two
distinct typo the characteristic Chanel
jumper frock pour U tfori and a more
formal style sufficiently elegant for after
noon. The frock illustrated bdonfi in
the latter class and was worn recently t
the Riti by an attractive girt Tha
blouse was of jade and powdn-blue
printed crepe and the printed bands and
box-plaited skirt of the plain daaCy blue.
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est thought and methods education
ally, and keen to learn about recent
developments in America. He is an
alumnus of whom we can well be
proud.
"He says that he was the first
Indian to go to Nebraska, and that
he was somewhat of a curiosity and
novelty. But what gives him the
greatest pleasure ia the memory of
the way he was taken into the homes
and hearts of his professors, his col
leagues, and the church people of
Lincoln, and was treated as an
American."
College Press
AMATEUR DRAMATICS AMA
TEUR CRITICISM
(Minnesota Daily)
Again the clash of the critics and
the criticized.
In spite of the fact that college
dramatics at Minnesota do not enjoy
an independent status, the work done
under the supervision of the direc
tor of dramatics amply justifies re
cognition of this endeavor by the
Board of Regents at an early date.
Plays which may not be commercially
staged and are yet of great value to
the esthetic development of students
interested in the drama have been
produced. For this we are grateful.
We are all conscious of the fact
that amateur dramatics are not pro
fessional dramatics in castings, stag
ing, and performance. To regard
with a professional attitude amateur
dramatic productions would be im
mensely damaging to amateur dra
matics. Amateur dramatic work at
Minnesota as well as elsewhere, has
more the nature of an adventure
than a professional labor to reflect
every facet and exigency of the
drama.
It is necessary that this be kept
in mind by the reviewer of Minne
sota dramatics after that individual
leaves the scenes of triumph or dis
aster and strives with amateur dic
tion and taste to place a critical
yardstick against the performance.
However, the aim of amateur
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criticism with a good dash of tol
erance rirtuat bo professional per
fection, Just as the aim of amateur
dramatics must be toward profes
slonal perfection with the same
dash of tolerance.
Just as it will not be healthy for
amateur dramatics to let all slide
in the despairing: conviction that an
entirely adequate job cannot be done
because of the handicaps enforced
by luck of talent, time and equip
ment, it will not bo to the profit of
amateur criticism if, in despair of
suiting everybody, that function des
cends to a mere back-clapping fi
asco. (A live criticism has many
times led to a more vital art.) And
thia objection by the criticized to the
critique, though it may have a thou
sand justifications from all points of
view, has a diBmal effect especially
when it tends to deal in personali
ties.
If the critic is hemmed in on one
side by a desire to hand out taffy
and thus escape any objection which
might arise from adverse criticism,
and hemmed in on the other sido by
an abhorrence of dishonesty and dis
honest superlatives, he is quite likely
to become a mere retailer of bored
applause an innocuous back-slap-per
and inflator of the egotism of
mediocre actors. He will be of no
value as a critic; rather will he cause
actual damage to the campus dra
matics. Dramatic criticism of the amateur
variety is never intended to be an
absolutely authoritative and final
bull on the goodness or badness of
actors or play. It is the expression
of a personal opinion by one whom
the editors of a publication hold as
qualified to express such an opinion.
It is an effort to help studenst who
see the play in taking a view which
will make that play more profitable
and enjoyable to them.
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