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    THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
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A GOOD START
A1 tfecent announcement .of the
Athletic Department states that the
interfraternity basketball tourna
ment will get under way at the end
of this week. If the fraternities on
the campus show sufficient interest
it is planned to add a B league to the
tournament. This program of intra
mural sports that is being outlined
by the Athletic Department is a step
in the right direction toward having
sports available to all and arranged
in such a way as to secure the inter
est of the students.
When the basketball tournament
has started it is planned to devote
more attention to the remainder of
the sports on the intradural pro
gram. The interfraternity wrestling
tournament has been hold already
and was declared one of the most
successful in the history of the Uni
versity. Interest in the remaining
sports seems to be at a high point
and everything indicates a good be
ginning of the "athletics for all" pro
gram. An intra-mural program of sports
has been in operation and proved met with criticjsrn
successful in many of the large uni
versities and colleges of the eastern
states. Since Nebraska now has a
building large enough to accomodate
most of the 'student body there is no
reason why a like program cannot
be carried on successfully here.
The cream of the high school
ahtletes of the state of Nebraska
usually comes to the state university,
and competition in all the coming
sports promises to be keen and well
worthy of the interest of the entire
student body. With the Athletic
Department progressing as rapidly
as it has in its arranging of the 1927
curriculum it seems that the intra- 'ions
commendation on the presentation of
tha show and on the actions of the
men while in the towns was heard.
Press comments on the show were in
many cases so flattering as to seem
unreal.
A few small houses, some poor
accommodations and other uncom
fortable things should not discourage
the Kosmet Klub. For the first year
the tour was unusually successful
With some changes, especially in the
time of year, the trip should be tak
en again next year and be made an
annual event And the Kosmet Klub
should receive the support and as
sistance of the entire University for
it is doing something for the Univer
sity that has never been done before
College Pre6S
ALL AMERICAN, ALL "BOSH
(Iowa State Student)
Like thunder after a storm, the
rumblings of All-American football
team manufacturers are gradually
dying away. The star teams are
about as meaningless as the thunder
after the storm. All they do is serve
to remind us of past events.
A football season takes up about
ten weeks in the tall. In those ten
weeks, most schools play about eight
games, while some play a few more.
A very modest estimate would be
that there are fifty colleges and
universities in the country which at
tract enough attention in the foot
ball world for their teams to be con
sidered in the selection of the all-
star teams. Now it is obviously im
possible for any one individual, or
for that matter for any dozen indi
viduals, to see all of the eight gamei
played by each of these fifty fore
most teams during the year. It is
even impossible to see each of the
fifty teams in action once. Hence, it
is impossible for anyone or any
group, on the basis or his or its in
vestigation, to skim the cream off
the muddy gridiron. All that anyone
can do is to try to digest columns of
sports writers' stories about games
and to interview a few dozen coaches
and officials, about players, and on
the basis of such diverse statements
and opinions try to concoct an All
American team.
These selections are bound to be
But the criti
cism should not be pointed toward
the effort itself, but toward the idea
that there can be any such thing as
the best aggregation of eleven foot
ball players in the country, so far as
man can decide, at least. Too many
factors enter in to make a man val
uable to his team and too many fac
tors enter in to whether or not he
is mentioned in the press as an out
standing player.
When it comes down to the matter
of selecting the eleven outstanding
players in a single state or in a sin
gle intercollegiate conference, there
is more on which to base one's selec-
But even here there is far
mura. ""u . " from unanimity of opinion by the
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brew up an all-
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where every student can participate'. .. . . . .'
. , . , .. u lecting any All-American team is
with those of the eastern colleges!
in some form of athletics if he
desires
MORALS
An association of 'fourteen uni
- versity pastors recently added its
voice to the din of argument con
cerning a problem which seems al
ways to be a matter of intense public
interest. That is ,the momentous
problem of student morals. It so
happened that the pastors asserted
themselves on what might be called
the affirmative side of the question;
they argued that morals of students
in American college are not low, but
high.
But, that was just an accident. No
matter what th decision is, there
is one principle which applies to all
these discussions the principle of
mind your own business.
The American public is not mind
ing its own business when it takes
upon itself the duty of passing judg
ment upon college students. After
all, students are only people, and
anything in the way of morals which
is fixed upon their shoulders must
be blamed (or praised) on the un
fortunate fact that even a fellow
who studies Greek is human.
It is not the college part of it that
is responsible for morals, good or
bad, and the public would do well
to learn that more than one student
is approaching the state of "fed
upness" concerning this incessant
solicitude, approbation, and condem
nation which is heaped upon him.
The out-of-college folks in all their
illusion have placed a glamour upon
college life which is false and un-
' worthy; probably this is the reason
why students are considered, in a
manner as strange phenomena.
clearly demonstrated by the fact that
even within the much smaller unit
there can be no selection satisfac
tory and just for all.
MONOPOLY OF KNOWLEDGE
(The Michigan Daily)
The public high school has been
dealt a death blow. Dr. Harold Jones
of the psychology department of Co
lumbia university has found that un
der the army "Alpha" intelligence
test the students in exclusive prep
schools rank higher than those in the
public high schools.
Thousands of people will now re
gret that they went through high
schools; but the conclusion that is
drawn is even more startling. Dr.
Jones proceeds to say, apparently in
seriousness, that this shows that the
intelligence of the scions of the
socially prominent is higher than that
of the average people.
There are only about fifty or a
hundred points the matter with this
THE KOSMET TRIP
Although the Kosmet Klub tour
during the first week of Christmas
vacation was not as successful finan
cially as Klub members had hoped
it might be, the tour was so success
ful in other ways that the members
should feel very much encouraged
over their first attempt.
Some time before the show start
ed on the tour we expressed the hope
that the trip would serve to bring
the people of the state and th Uni
versity to a better understanding.
That, as we see it, is the real pur
ine of having such a tour.
That the 51 men who took the
trip did advertise the University was
( -U'.Mihd bw the comments in the
v -:k-js towns as the troup left and
' r the departure. Nothing but
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as a reasonable conclusion, mum,
nolirnant is the fact that leading psy
chologists practically everywhere
agree that the "Alpha" test la utterly
worthless as a measure of intclll-
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gence. Besides this is me lact umi
tha public high school must accept
everything In the line of students;
and that the large majority of these
are unintelligent factory workers.
The word "average" is extremely
dangerous, for the mere fact that
the public high school stands as high
as It does indicates that there must
be some exceptional students, in fact
a large number of them, to raise the
level.
It would be truly regrettable if
the wealthy, besides their material
monopoly, were also to control all
the intelligence of the country; but
as long as it is as unsound and un
tenable a contention as it Is at pres
ent, there is no need to worry.
One Year Ago
Ivan lyicKinley Stone of the de
partment of political science, atten
ded the biennial meeting of the na
tional council of Phi Delta Kappa
at Chicago December 27 to 29 as a
delegate from the Omlcron Chapter
at Nebraska. Mr. Stone is a member
of the national council.
Dr. Louis'? Pound of the English
department was re-elected chairman
of the popular literature section and
vice-president of the American Dia
lect Society at the fortieth meeting
of the Modern Language Association
of America at Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Prof. L. C. Wimberly, also of the
English department, and Miss Lillian
Fitzpatrick were others in attend
ance at this convention.
Wendell Berge ar.d Josephine
Shramck, delegates to the Student
Volunteer convention held in Indian
apolis during the holidays, talked at
the World Forum luncheon which
was held at the Grand Hotel.
Two Years Ago
Roscoe Pound, Dean of the Har
vard Law School, Nebraska alumnus,
and former Dean of the College of
Law, wrote an introduction to Percy
H. Winfield's "The Chief Sources of
English Legal History." The book is
intended primarily to assist those
who are beginning research work
in the legal history of Lngland, and
is also of considerable value in the
general study of history.
At the requej'; of Chancellor
Samuel Avery, Frank C. Taylor, A.
B. '99, represented the University of
Notices
P. E. O.
All irirls who are P. E. 0. mem
bers are Invited to attend a meeting
of Chapter C S at 2:30, Saturday
afternoon, January 8, at the home
of Mrs. J. Cass Cornell, 1930 So.
20th St.
Bis and Little Sister
Tea at Ellen Smith for Big and
Little Sisters and all freshmen, 3-1
Friday.
Dra.ma.tie Club
Dramatic Club will meet Thurs
day, January 6 at 7:00 in the Dram
atic Club room.
Theta Sif ma Phi
Thcla Sigma Phi meeting Thurs
day, January 6 at 5 o'clock in Ellen
Smith Hall.
Scabbard and Blade
Scabbard and Blade meeting
Thursday evening in Nebraska Hall
at 7:30 o'clock.
Y. W. C. A. Staff
Y. W. C. A. staff dinner Thursday
evening at 6 o'clock. Tickets may be
secured in Miss Appleby's office for
40 cents.
Palladia!! Literary Society
There will be a closed meeting
Friday evening at S:00 o'clock.
Nebraska at the inauguration of
John Francis Dobbs as president of
Pacific Universty, Forest Grove,
Oregon.
Miss Marianna Cumm.rgs, 2i. as
sistant in tho Ur.ivcmty library,
went to Seat'lo, Washington where
she accepted n position in the Fine
Arts division of tho Seattle Public
Library.
Dr. John Andrew Holmes, pastor
of the First Plymouth Congrega
tional church of Lincoln, spoke on
"The Christian View of Life" at the
World Forum Luncheon at the
Grand Hotel.
Captain Paul itnmeiniRii of the
1924 cross country team was
awarded a letter by the committee
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We trust you enjoyed your
vacation and wish to assure
you we welcome your return
The Idyl Hour
Little stories about the
Food Quality (continued)
In instalment No. 8 we men
tioned the care exercised by
Manager Harris of the Central
Cafe and his' cooks to see that
none but the highest class of
eggs are served as food or used
in his bakery. ,
The same care is taken with '
every item of food. In the case
of meats especially it is possible
for a thrifty but short-sighted
manager to make a tempo
rary saving by buying the
cheaper cuts.
But Manager Harris will
have none but the best obtain
able. And this policy has paid
him well, for it retail. his cus
tomers. They may drift away
for a time but they always
come back. For, as one man
expressed it, "the food at the
Central always tastes just a
little better to me than any
where else."
(Ta be continued)
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THt COCA-COL COMMNY. ATLANTA. OA.
Me for You
and Yc for Me
Coca-Cola is the
shortest distance
between thirst:
and refreshment
IT HAD TO BE GOOD TO GET WHERE IT IS - 7 MILLION A DAY
on ewirdi at a meottnif held during
holidays.
Henrv F. Rchc(t, Nebraska tracK
coach, and Dr. K. O. Clopp, wrest
ling coach were pi trod on commit
tees of the Nation, Collegiate Ath
letic Association, It wus announced
during holidays.
Students Threatened
With "Spring Fever"
(Continued from page 1)
degrees on January 4, 1916.
Indicate Nothing in Particular
Mr. Blair said that the present
very springlike conditions were not
indicative of anything in particular
concerning the length of the winter
or the early or delayed arrival of
spring. In fact, it is" probable that
Mr. Blair is not a very firm believer
in traditional weather signs such as
the appearance of groundhogs and
the behavior of squirrels regarding
their winter food hoard.
There is a possibility, however,
that in the near future, a quite sound
and authentic knowledge of the wea
ther may be had, for scientists are
are present working on sun spot re
cords, ocean temperatures and ice
records which are thought to be in
dicative agents in this matter.
The weekly outlook foresees a
continuance of the present clement
state of atmosphere. Be that as it
may, there will still remain two
weeks for the students of this uni
versity, fortune favoring them with
brisk weather, to arouse from the
state of coma now threatening them,
to shake off the lethargy, forget pic
nics and canoeing and realize the
truth of the amazing fact that this
is January 5, Christmas bills have
to be paid and, too true, Final Ex
ams Are Swiftly Approaching!
TIPICA ORCHESTRA TO
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GIVE STUDENT MAiirttc
The Mexican Tiplca Orchestra will
give a student matinee at 3:45
o'clock this afternoon in me auui
..i onA will be led there by the
Tassels and the Military Band. The
orchestra is appearing in, tancu.ii
under the auspices of the American
Legion, and will give another per.
formance this evening.
A majority of the musicians are
graduates of the National Consorva
tory of Music in Mexico City, The
orchestra was first organized in 1924
by Alvaro Obregon, then president
of Mexico. The Mexican Tipica
Orchestra is the only one of its kind
on tour.
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yLLgood resolutions
Ql start, and often end,
beginning tomor
row". But commence
the Shredded Wheat
habit tomorrow and
the chances are your
grandson will still be car
rying on. For Shredded
Wheat is that kind of
a food; rich in all the
body-building, mind
stimulating whole wheat
elements you need
and rich in captivating
flavor, too.
nff
Try Shredded Wheat today with hot milk or cold, or
enjoy it with your favorite fruit for a real cereal feast.
jJ .AiLis .LA iQ; J
Mill
f rmr
"The fact is, that civili.
mation require tlavea.
The Greeka were quite
right there. Unleaa there
are alavea to do the ugly,
horrible, uninteresting
work, culture and con
templation become almost
impossible. Human
alavery is wrong, inse
cure, and demoralizing.
On mechanical alavery,
on the alavery of the
machine, the future of
the world depende, ''
Oscar Wilde
SLAVES
You will find this mono
gram on all kinds of
electrical machinery. To
insure quality, ask for it
on equipment when you
buy for factory, office,
or home.
A series of G-E advertise
ments showing what
electricity is doing in
many fields will be tent
on request. Ask for book
let GEK-18.
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
In a quarter-century the General Electric
Company has produced electric motors having
a total of more than 350,000,000 man-power.
Electric light, heat, and transportation have also
contributed their part to the freeing of men. These
are America's slaves. Through their service
American workers do more, earn more, and
produce quality goods at lower cost than any
where else in the world.
The college-trained man is the first to grasp
these facts which raise man from a mere source
of physical power to be a director of power,
thus realizing the true economic value of the
human mind.
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