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2 THE DAILY NEDR ASKAN The Daily Nebraskan tatfoa A, Un.aln. Nabraika, orriCIAl, PIJ MUTATION ITNIVtHHITY OK NEHRAHKA Vntn Dlraatlan af tha Btudant Publication. Board rublUh.il Tuaadar, Wadnaadajr, Thurailaa Fr4Ur ana Suadar mornlnM during the aaaa.mla aaat. Editorial OrJIeaa lJnlarattr Hall 4. IhiIumi UltiM WhI aland of Stadium. Offlra Houra Aftarnoona wild tha aacap lion of Friday and Bunaar. Talaphftnai Editorial t Bt, No. 141; Buanlaaat Bam, No. TT 1 Niaht. Bntorad aa aaoond-elaaa mattar at tha poatofrlea In Lincoln, N.hra.ka. und.r net f Conaraaa, March I, 17, and at apartal rata of poataaa proldfd (or In Hxtion lltt, act of Octobar I, If IT, aulhoriaad JanaarT i, mt. BUDBCRIPTION KATK It a raar M a aamaatar Slnala Copr. I ma. EDITORIAL 8TAFF Viator T. Hatalar .Editor WIlMara Cajnar Mananina Kditor Arthur Swaat An t Managua Fditor La Vanea. A"t Managing Editor NEWS EDITORS , Horaea W. Comon NaoU Skala Frad R. F.lmmar ASSISTANT NKW8 EDITORS Oaorga A. Hralar Kuth Palwar s- Knnth R. Randall CONTRIHUTINQ EDITORS Ellawortk DtiTrau Robart Laark Mara Loulaa Fraaman Dwlght McCormark Carald GHMn Arthur wot EHca Holovtehlnar Laa Vanaa BUSINESS BTAr F T. Slmpaon Morton .Ruiineaa Manarar Richard F. Valta.-Aii'l Himnni Manarar Milton McOrw... Circulation Manaaar William Krarna Circulation Manaaar Council will be required to act upon these canes if the active men of the various fraternities are not suf ficiently interested In their affairs to send in the names of tho men who are to represent them on the Council for the current school year. WOMEN'S ATHLETICS With the exception of telegraphic j rifle meets, Nebraska women do not engage in intercollegiate athletics at all, and the question has arisen as to why this is true. Nebraska's men are recognized in college athletics; should not her women also come to the front in the field of sports? There are, it is true, advantages which might be gained from inter collegiate sports for women, namely; that in keeping training rules they would acquire vastly beneficial ha bits of hygenic living; that contact with strangers as their guests or their hostesses would bring training in social values and a broadening of experience; that alertness, initiative, clear thinking, deciveness, self-disip-line, and better muscular oontrol would be brought about through gTeater interest in the sport 'than could be excited through home ac tivities. But these advantages are more than overwhelmed by the disadvan tages of a policy of intercollegiate sports for. women. Women are not physically built to withstand the strain of the intercollegiate game. There is likely to be more "physical straining than physical training," j showing most perhaps in nerve fatigue and emotional strain. The idea to win at any cost is bound to creep in and to displace the finer one of "play for play's sake." Also it seems impossible that the "many" would not suffer for the "few". No school and especially not Nebraska has a sufficient staff and equipment to turn out varsity teams for' the various sports of the year, and at the same time to carry out a correct program of physical education for the remaining Univer sity women. The many women tak ing physical education, yet not able or willing to take active part in in tercollegiate sports would be almost sure to suffer because the funds spent on intercollegiate teams must be subtracted from the general funds of the department The men of the University of Ne braska get their compulsory physical education from military training, financed by the government even to the providing of uniforms, equip ment, instructors, the paying of the advanced cadets and giving to the University some seventy-five thou sands of dollars. Nebraska men take up intercollegiate sports entirely out- Bide of the department for compul sory physical education. Until the physical education of women in the university is in some way provided for in addition to its present appro priation we can not even think of turning a large part of the funds to that preparation of intercollegiate teams. THE FRESHMAN CAME Next Saturday afternoon, instead of tho regular varsity game, the freshmen football teams of Kansas Agricultural College and the Univer sity of Nebraska will moot to deter mine tho first-year supremacy of the two institutions. This is a new prac tice here and it is undoubtedly i oiia1 mo v for creatine interest in the freshman football team. Al though the freshmen and the varsity play their customary game in the fall before all who wish to attend, the remainder of the frhman sea son usually consists of hard, grind ing practice, with little of the fan fare that attends a varsity game. These freshmen are the Cornhusk ers of next year and deserve the sup port of the student body, especially members of the freshman class. En courage them now and they will re pay you in the future. Show them that the whole school is interested in freshman football ar.d appreciates the spirit that makes the yearlings i stay out for a season of battering by the varsity. The yearling squad this fall is a well-balanced and well-coached -aggregation with a heavy line and a set of baefcs that frequently scores against the varsity. The coming game assumes all the aspect of varsity encounter, with the rivalry running as high, if not k'pher. It is the one big chance for the fresh men to show their ability and they are certain to do so. Future year ling games depend a great deal on the success of this one and it is there fore up to the student body to show the first year men their interest and appreciation. The University of Nebraska Official Daily Bulletin VOL. II W KDN KSDAY. NOVKMHKK 8, 1020 NO. S4 Alpha Kappa Pal Alpha Kappa Psl meeting Thursday at 5 p. m. in tho Commercial. Club rooms. Commercial Club Initiation Commercial Club Initiation Thurs day night Nov. 4 at seven P. M. at the Y. M. C. A. Temple. All Biiad men are eligible. All members out to assist in the initiation. Sophomor CUaa Moating An important meeting of the Soph omore class will be held in S. S. auditorium at 6 o'clock on Wednes day, Nov. 3. Election of officers will be held at this time. Intar-Frat Track All fraternities intending to enter either the inter-fraternity track meet, November 3, or the intcr-frat-emity cross-country meet, Novem ber 10, should register at the athletic office immediately. lota Signs Pi Iota Sigma PI meeting Wednesday, Nov. 3, at 7:00 P. M. in Chemistry Hall. W. A. A. Meeting There will be a W. A. A. meeting in the Social Science Auditorium Wednesday, November 3, at 7:00. Myatie Fish Meeting Special meeting of Mystic Fish Wednesday evening at 7:00 o'clock at Ellen Smith Hall. Members please bring reports on tickets for the Girl's Cornhusker luncheon. College of Business Administration There will be a convocation of the College of Buslnesa Administration at 1 o'clock, on Thursday, Novcmbor 4, in room 302 of the Social Sciences Building. At this time tho William Gold Scholarship Keys will be pre sented to the ten students 'of last veur'a Freshman Class ranking hign cBt In scholarship. Mr. Gold will award the key In person. All Inter ested are Invited to attend, especially the Freshmen and Sophomores of the College of Business Administration. Corn Cob Meeting Corn Cob meeting In room 164 of the Temple Thursday, Nov. 4, at 7:16 o'clock. There will be a National Re port and a discussion of same. Im portant that all members bo there. Scabbard and Blade The regular monthly meeting of Scabbard and Blade will be held Thursday evening at 7;00 o'clock in Nebraska Hall. All committee chair men will read written reports. Final plans will be discussed for the Car nival Dance. Lutherans The Lutheran Bible League will meet for Bible Btudy at 7 p. m. Wed nesday in room 202 Temple. University Chorus Full rehearsal for Faust of both men and women with orchestra at Art Gallery at 6 p. m. No 4 o'clock re hearsal for women. Other Opinions The Daily Nebraskan assumes no responsibility for the senti ments expressed by correspon dents and reserves the right to exclude .ny communications whose publication may for any reason seem undesirable. In all case: the editor must know the identity of the contributor. The Forum Replies To the Editor: Our attention has been called to the Student Opinion written by V. W. T. which appeared in the Ne braskan on November 2. In this ar ticle V. W. T. attacks the World Forum committee of the Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A for their lack of courage; and to prove this he cites the lone illustration of Sunday Movies. This subject had been sug gested for discussion but "when brought up in committee meeting, , was stepped on." While, in general, we do not ad mit responsibility to any student for our program and our reasons for ac cepting or rejecting any particular subject this case seems exceptional and calls for immediate answer. When it is remembered that we are among the "pussyfoot individuals" attacked by V. W. T. it seems fitting that we make the reply. Some cynical individuals may be in clined to view the whole squabble as merely another publicity hoax, some what like the recent Cornhusker stunt with which we are all familiar, which has been embarked upon to bring the glorious past( referred to by V. W. T. as "the good old days") in comparison with the present; thus to befool the student and try to per suade him that the "Y" is worthy of his support, the ultimate end being to part him from some of his shekels. Let us first of all disabuse such an individual by assuring him that to the best of our knowledge V. W. T. is entirely sincere in his accusa tion and that we in our turn are en tirely sincere in our reply. The substance of the charges brought against us is somewhat &r follows: the World Forum is avowed ly an institution for discussion of problems which are considered to be of interest to the student body. The topic of Sunday Movies was recently suggested, by several persons, as suitable for discussion. In particular was this idea the brain child of V. W. T. and he seems to be unable to understand why the committee should reject it. Thus far the facts are in contestable and we have no quarrel with the author of the article in question ; the whole thing resolves it self into an argument between V. W. T. and the committee as to whether or not Sunday Movies is a suitable subject for discussion at World For um meetings. However, when from these facts V. W. T. draws the amazing conclus ion that for tnis reason ine World Forum goes back on its principles and runs home like a licked pup with its tail between its legs" we feel that it is time to enter an indignant denial. In making this charge and the fur ther charge that we are pusilanimous individuals who intend to depart from the tradition of the World Forum which is the open discussion of all live issues V. W. T. overlooks the spirit of the piece which he did us the justice of quoting from the Sun day issue of the Daily Nebraskan to the effect that: " 'In choosing the subjects for discussion the commit tee (composed of Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. representatives) at tempts to find questions which are worthy of the thought of University students and to present the para mount arguments regarding the ques tion rather than a prejudiced or biased viewpoint' ". In an article written in the light of this purpose it seems strange indeed that V. W. T. could have so thoroughly failed to grasp its applicability to this case. The subject of Sunday movies fails to meet these objective tests which we have established to determine the suitability of a subjet. By an investi gation independent of the "Inquir ing Reporter" we determined that student sentiment was already crys tallized upon this very point: about 85 per cent being in favor of Sunday shows. Moreover, there seemed to be no effective argumentation on either sldo of the question and there scorned to be an amazing(Iack of competent speakers on the- thing. For these reasons the subject of Sunday Bhow did not appoar to be desirable and we replaced with the .prim on "the Bases of Roliglon". This, In spite of V. W. T.'i evidence to the contrary, has been quite suc cessful, a large percentage of those coming remaining for tho question hour. If V. W. T. would come out to a meeting this year ho might be agreeably surprised at the rcsem- blnnce it bears to old times. In conclusion we can only Bay that V. W. T.'s views seem to bo based unon a mistaken understanding of tho World Forum'a purpose and the points which we consider in the choos ing of a subject. There is one thing which wo will attempt to avoid, how ever, and that is the using of the World Forum as an agent for propa ganda: a charge which all the organs of expressing student opinion have not been frco In the past few years. In this we are not without prece dent for The Daily Nebraskan last year refused to take any stand on Military Training. The World Forum has not turned Yellow; the commit tee welcomes suggestions and if we are convinced of their universal ap peal will gladly discuss them. LINCOLN FROST, Jr. The Forum's Purpose To the Editor: Tho purpose of the World Forum, as stated in the "N" book is to fur nish a place for discussion of issues upon which the students are, or should be, interested. It Is apparent, of course, that all of the subjects up on which the students are, or should be thinking, cannot be discussed in one hour each week. Therefore the purpose of the World Forum commit tee is to make a selection of subjects according to its Judgment In regard to the specific charge made against the committee because the question of Sunday Movies was not discussed we would like to state that which is apparent namely that we felt the students would be more interested in a question in which they could take part. As probably no more than 5 per cent of the student body could vote on a city issue, we dis carded Sunday Movies as one of the topics of present day interest which B1694 Austin Says: Better Hurry and Order that Punch for Friday and Saturday nights. Also for Homecoming The Idyl Hour 136 No. 12 FRATERNITY LAXNESS It would seem that many of the fraternities in the university of Ne braska are dead, or at least quite in active in matters that vitally con cern them. This is the conclusion reached by Dr. R.' J. Pool, who is chairman of the local Interfratemity Council. On the eighth of October I he sent notices to all of the frater nities with the request that they send him the names of the men who would represent them as members of the Council for the present school year. To date he has received responses from only fourteen of the thirty seven fraternities represented on the campus. About half of the data tent in is of little value because of the Jack of addresses and other un certainties. From these facts it seems that the fraternities in this school are little or not at all concerned .with their own affairs, since the Inter fraternity Council was organized many years ago for the sole purpose of dealing with fraternity matters in which it was supposed that the fraternities were interested. The Council has the backing of the Chan cellor and the Board of Regents. In spite of the fact that there are pressing matters that should be con sidered at once for the benefit of the fraternities, the chairman has not (after a month) received suf ficient response to his request for nomination of members of the coun cil to enable him to call a meeting. It has been reported that fifty-six men in twenty-six fraternities are now on probation. The recently created Executive Committee of the Flexement Cementing Process For those who care. We resole your shoes so you cannot de tect the splice in the sole. We use no tacks Give it a trial. Capital Shoe Shop and Shining Parlor 1236 "O" Phone L-8179 IT CLOTHES Ready-mad And Cut to Order ESTABLISHED ENGLISH UNIVERSITY STYLES, TAILORED OVER YOUTHFUL CHARTS SCLY FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE IN THE UNITED STATES. 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