TIIE DAILY NEBRASKAN
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fltatlon A. Lincoln, Nahraika
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CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
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ASSISTANT NEWS EDITORS
Mary Louiia Freeman
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TUESDAY. MARCH 1. 1M
OUR SOCIAL CANKER V
For nil its occasional jabs at the University from
criticism of the Chancellor down to dispute with The
Daily Nebraskan, the Omaha World-Herald probably
devotes more news space and more constructive editor
ial criticism to the University of Nebraska than any
nther narjer in the state. In the Sunday issue ot the
state's oriRinal "greatest paper" under the caption
. a iT:..-if PmMom" U a clear and convincing ex
position of the dormitory needs of the University based
on tho recent report ol tne aiumni commiu.
th avmnathetic understanding of an
editor who himself was once a student in the very halls
and rooms where young men and women still grope for
wisdom and understanding, the editorial is alive with
that burning spirit of democracy which so ennobles
the columns of the World-Herald.
Mr. Newbranch strikes at the heart of the prob
lem when he pleads for at least one year when all stu
dents would be on a parity and when there would be no
"barbarians." He deplores the premature grouping of
students into cliques "in which friendships are nar
rowed, rather than broadened, and in which a false
sense of values is acquired." And he continues:
"There are girls and boys from modest homes,
living in luxuriously furnished sorority and fra
ternity houses in Lincoln, who cannot cupect, when
they complete their college course, to enjoy the
extravagant creature comforts to which their school
life is unfortunately making them accustomed. If
it were possible to put off pledging until the second
year of college, they might acquire a balanced
judgment that would prevent their heads being
turned by the almost sensual equipment and de
signs of the costly houses that are built by the aid
of wealthy alumni and required to make easier the
securing of the necessary new membeTs each year.
"The dormitory problem already has the interest
of the alumni, and the university regents have
thought much about it. The peopfc of the state
and their legislators must begin to give the problem
serious study. It will be necessary to provide dor
mitories for the freshman girls at least, before
many more years go by. In offering to the young
people of Nebraska the opportunities of higher
education at Lincoln, the state cannot refuse to
recognize and deal with the problem of their en
vironment and their wholesome training, in the
- hours they spend outside the classroom. For these
hours, in the end, probably contribute more to the
' final tempering of character of the boy or girl into
the man or woman, than the hours spent in actual
study, or under the supervision of the proiessor.
Anyone who has ever had the disheartening task
of informing a rushee that he did not make the grade,
can sympathize unreservedly with many of those who
are on the outside, and whose genuine disappointment
is often in inverse ratio to the bloated egotism and
conceit of those who are on the inside.
One year of equal association in University dor
mitories would give all time to adjust themselves to
acquire' a sense of values, to know that it is not a mis
fortune after all to be among those not in, and to
realize that election to membership is not a pass to
social distinction and entry to some mysterious exalt
ed life.
A year of student life in common dormitories
would mean creation of broader friendships. It would
mean an early nurturing of a real love for the Univer
sity and for its ideals instead of for the fraternity and
it, ideals. It would mean that every student would have
one year of common background which all could recol
lect as equals, instead of an unequal start of some in
a $60,000 club house, and others in a 3-dollar-a-week
rooming house.
Our democracy and our pretentions of having a
n-Ht;-nl onrl social democracy are a mere sham when
the people of the state permit existence of an unhealthy
cankerous social system such as tne young people oi tne
state haw to live under at their state university.
The legislature which finally grapples with this
problem and solves it clean to the satisfaction of the
thousands of mothers and fathers of Nebraska boys and
girls, will go down in history as the greatest friend this
University ever had.
If marrying for puppy love leads to a dog's life,
we wonder what's going to happen to all those Ohio
State co-eds.
"FOLKS ARE FOLKS"
For lack of alumni statistics to show definitely
the later successes of fraternity and nonfraternity men
and women, the only available information on this sub
ject is in the informal observations of professors in
those departments which maintain close contact with
their graduates.
The head of one of these' departments visited the
editorial office recently, and the ditor had an enjoyable
one-hour chat with him. The conversation ranged from
parties to studies, and from grades to fraternities.
That membership or norTj.imbership in fraternities
is absolutely no indication of s.iccess in later life was
the emphatic declaration of this t..m. He shsuld know.
He has several hundred graduates, many of whom have
made enviable records in their chosen fields.
The thing that counts is the Than, and not the
group whose name happens to be tagged on him.
Fraternity distinctions, this professor thinks, rapid
ly disappear within a few years after college.
Even in that phase where the fraternities think
they.reipn supreme, the social side, this professor
tl.iuks, that working association, rubbing with' fellow
: wc-kr-rs, is far more conducive to friendship and corav
rTaas-hip of a lasting nature than formal association in
fraternity hours which he dubs "high-class boarding
Locst- r-d wLhnut any ill-feeling on his part for he
is a ri.ity r--a himself. As evidence he pointed
:.y. -52 i. ...-:r;on of business men that they
and riKre enduring friendships among their
buHlncss associates of the working day than among the
country club and othor acquaintances of the afternoon
and evening.
Even in collogo, ho finds, that there Is no essential
difference between thof fraternity man and tho non
fraternity man. As far as their studies are concerned
they aro all alike, very much It seems In keeping with
President Coolidge's remark that "Folks are Folks"
when ho visited tho campus of his old alma mater.
These are all facts of life which many students
too often overlook whether from tho leather-cushioned
lounges of fraternity houses or from the blouk, third
story attic room of a Q strevt boarding house.
The Campus Pulse
Lettere from readere are cordially wakemee la thla d.prtm.nt ad
111 k. nrtated liTSl ca.ee eubjed only t. the e ?ZTj
Iraaslna ut all IIS.lo.ia matter, and attache ag.in.t Individuate and retlf leaa.
KeThe bTnoit .1 reader, an arbitrary limit ol SOO word. ha. been eat.
A good example of the "eternal college man" has
been found at Kirksville, Mo. Ho is seventy-two and
has attended various colleges during his life. It is
rather surprising to know that this Is tho first time he
ever stayed long enough to get a degree.
WHY HAVE PROFESSORS?
One important phase of achievement in the life
of University students that is overlooked by some Is
that of assistant to a professor.
To gain this important position one must have tak
en tho course or courses taught by the professors and
been inspired by his eloquence and idealism. Besides
this prerequisite, a student aspiring to this position
must have reached a C average in other subjects.
Once he reaches his -goal it Is his duty to look as
kance at the rest of the small world amound him. All
important matters of the University are settled definite
ly and righteously by assistants. One big advantage in
being an assistant or reader is that it gives one an op
portunity to "get even" with all those other students
who got A'a when he got a C. One can put them in
their proper places then.
When students come in to see the professor it is
the duty of the assistant to find out all there is to know
about them. Sometimes it isn't even necessary to see
the professor. Why have professors at all? This will
be decided, probably negatively, at the next regular
meeting of the Organization For the Betterment of
Assistants-to-the-Professors.
After reading a score of college nopapers and
attending a few conventions of thinking students, one
is driven to the conclusion that only Mexicans and
the Irish can excel college students in their chronic
"dissatisfaction with prevailing conditions."
In Other Columns
Garter manufacturers are reported to be eating
again. These college boys are whimsical fellows.
University of Washington Daily
Constructive Vacations
Summer vacations, in most colleges of America of
about three months duration, are coming in for a period
of discussion and debate by the educators of America.
Not that they deny the necessity and the wisdom of the
"lay-off" demanded by mental endeavor but they are
seeking to find some means of clarifying the college
course and using the vacation as a means of orientation
if possible.
The logical way of doing this would be to require
at the end of four years of college a certificate of cer
tain definite work in a specialized line done during the
summer vacations. Some of the schools in our own
university are using this method now for certain de
grees. But the practice can be easily made to apply to
all schools during the junior and senior years. Then
it would probably come about that at the end of col
lege, after training for some specific endeavor, a man
would have the practical equivalent of a year of actual
work in the field and would not step out an absolute
novice from the educational fold. Summer vacations
should come under the general class of education and
should be made a working part of the orientation pro
cesses. The Michigan Daily
Co-Ed Engagements
If the wearing of fraternity pins is any indication,
at least one-sixth of the sorority co-eds at Ohio State
came to college to get a man as' well as an education.
A survey by the Lantern reveals the fact that of
680 members of the 17 leading social sororities, 114
are engaged and five are married. The assumption is
made that wearing a fraternity pin takes a girl out of
"the free, single and disengaged" class.
Only 12 of the 114 co-eds wear diamond rings.
The rest flash fraternity jewelry. In fact, one mem
ber of Alpha Chi Omega flashes three fraternity pins,
but not all at the same time.
Kappa Kappa Gamma with 16 of its 60 members
engaged has the record for number of engagements.
The percentage record is held by Alpha Delta Pi with
11 of its 27 members among the engagement jewelry
wearing group.
The only sorority visited which reported no en
gagements at all was Sigma Delta Tau. Members there
declare that when they become engaged they immediate
ly go home and get their trousseau. They say that the
matter of engagement is a very serious matter with
them.
Fraternities and sororities sometimes get together
on the engagement proposition. The Tri-Delts an
nounce that they have six members engaged to Phi
Gams.
, Ohio State Lantern
Tho.o Darn Snob.
The other day one of our foreign
students called at a dormitory to
dollvcr a message to one of tho girls.
And now said girl is ostrscised by
her house.
I'm just wondering by what dlylno
revelation these young dormitory la
dies have discovered that wo "whites"
are superior. It would be convenient
to have this bit of information for
while abroad I failed to notice that
we Americans were considered "su
preme." Further since when has skin color
come to be the criterion of evalua
tion of man? Observation will sub
stantiate thnt the foreigners on our
campus compare very favorably both
as "to intellect and character.
Ill wager that had said girl con
versed with a dissipated cad, with a
white skin, that noses would not have
been turned up but a foreigner,
that's different.
If our education can't make up tol
erant, human and fair, let's, before
the world forces us to, quit
E .J. Zander.
Notices
TUESDAY, MARCH 1
Inn Soiling
Imnortant meeting of Iron Sphinx at
Kama Sigma hou.e, at T :S0 Tue.day eve
ning.
Ta.Mla
Tirl meeting Tiimday at 7:10 at Ellen
Smith Kail. All active, present, f. lection
of officer.
Comnerclal Club
Meeting today at 4 p. m. In club room..
Notice to Engineer.
All department, are requested to elect
(heir, departmental chairman for engineer,
week.
Glee Club
Smoker 7 :00 p. m. at Thl Sigma Kappa
house. Rusines will be over in plenty of
time for Little Symphony Concert.
Sophomore Meeting
Sophomore Class meetins Tuesday, March
1. ft o'clock Social Science 101. Election
of officer.
Cms Goblin
Green Goblin meetins at the Delta Chi
house Tues. March, 1. Important.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2
Blue Print Staff
There will be a dinner for the member
of The Rlue Print staff tomorrow noon at
he Temple cafeteria. All member, of the
staff are requested to be present.
A. I. E. E.
American Tnstitute of Electrical Engineers
(A. I. E. K.) will h.ve reirular meetinc
Wednesday at T:So. Everyone invited.
A S. A. E.
Regular meetins Wednesday at 7:15 In
K. til.
Student Council
Regular bi-monthly meeting of the Stu
dent Council. Wednesday March 2. in
Temple 204.
lot Si cms PI
lota Siema Pi meeting Wed. March 2nd
7 :0fl p. m. at Chemistry Hall.
THURSDAY, MARCH 3
Freshman Council
On account of probation week there will
be no Freshman Council meeting this week.
Meet next Thursday 7 p. m at Temple.
Girts Commercial Club
Luncheon at Chamber of Commerce Thurs
day noon. Everyone out.
Pilgrim' Student Cabinet
The Pilgrim's Student Cabinet will meet
Thursdsv evening at 7:S0 at 1 S04 Q Street.
r KID AY, MARCH 4
Palladian
Open meeting Friday at S :S0. Prnirr.m
by Palladian Alumni.
Two Years Ago
WOMEN WILL GO ON
WITH DISCUSSIONS
(Continued from Page One.)
proach of the subject, opening the
conference with a discussion of thr
escape mechanisms of life, pointing
out the necessity of being acquainted
with these escapes, to take a broad
minded viewpoint of life.
On Saturday she led a discussion
of "The Life of Jesus as Compared
with Our Life," and especially the
problems that Jesus had to face due
to poverty and also to political con
ditions. The afternoon session was
taken up with a discussion of "How
Jesus Faced these Problems," leading
up to the baptism and temptations of
Jesus.
The conference closed Sunday
morning with a discussion of the pos
sibilities ol human life as Jesus saw
them.
The discussion groups have been
arranged especially for the women
who attended the conference, but if
others are interested they may enter
the proup by talking with Miss Apple
by at her office in Ellen Smith Hall.
The Giant Awake
Spring football is becoming a more potent factor in
the collegiate world each year. Alabama has scheduled
two practice games to augment their spring training
season, which is a radical step toward making football
training an all-year process. This move will undoubt
edly arouse the criticism of those who delight in con
demning football as an over-stressed athletic activity.
Yet not one word has been directed against rowing.
The crew candidate must spend practicay the entire
school year in conditioning himself for the spring grind
of rowing, and in acquiring the fine dexterity which is
the basis of oarsmanship.
When it is considered that the football coach has
only a few short months in which to whip his material
-into shape, the value of a spring training program be
comes apparent. The football candidate not only re
freshes his memory on the fine points of the game, but
also' adds to his stock of knowledge concerning foot
ball. Weather conditions in the spring are a favorable
approach to those existing in the fall, and there is no
reason why a football coach should not call ppring
practice sessions.
The present week has seen the gathering of grid
iron heroes of last fall, squad members, and freshman
athletes. From this, group of men, now starting a pro
longed period of training, will be selected the team
which will represent Minnesota next falL The basic
training which they undergo now serves many purposes.
To predict that the training started now will culminate
in a victorious team for Minnesota, would be folly. But
there is rjore reason than ever before, to hope that the
coming season -will be eminently atisfactory-nd
eminent satisfaction is no less than victory.
When weather conditions permit and the excess
moisture has vanished from the practice fields, spring
trailing will begin in earnest, and its progress will be
watched with flattering interest.
- Th Minnesota Daily.
The extension division of tho Uni
versity published a booklet of out
line questions on the literary values
of Chaplin's, "Five Hundred Dol
lars," and other stories for use by
teachers in the state. The booklet,
prepared by Prof. F. A. Stuff, was
distributed at fifteen cents each copy.
This was the seventh of a series of
lesson plans which has been published
by tho University. They have re
ceived wide demand and are gener
ally used by high-school English
teachers in the state.
The annual Life Service Banquet
under the auspices of the Methodist
Student Council, was held at the
Grand hotel. Royce West, chairman
of the council, was toastmaster.
Delta Tau Delta sprinters, 'run
ning the 8-lap relay race in 4:32.4
minutes, were winners in the initial
race of the first annual interfrater
nity relays. Alpha Tau Omega relay
team finished second In 4:37.5. Thir
ty-two track men representing eight
fraternities competed.
Y. W. ELECTIONS
TO BEJELD SOON
(Continued from Pag One.)
has served on tho Social committee
antTtho World Forum committee.
Marjorio Sturdevant, '20, Lincoln,
nominated for treasurer, was a mem
ber of tho Grace Coppock committee
during the past year and Gertrude
Brownell, '28, Lincoln, has served on
tho V. W. C. A. staff for two years,
the past year holding tho position
of chairman of the Church Relations
committee of tho Y. W. C. A. cabinet.
Nebraska Woman Has
Fellowship In English
Beatrice Johnson, who took her
A. M. degree in philosophy at Ne
braska, and afterward taught at the
University of Maryland, now has a
fellowship in English at the Univer
sity of California, where she is work
ing for her doctor's degree. Recently
she had a paper on "Classical Allus
ions in the Poetry of John Donne"
accepted for tho "Publications of the
Modern Language Association of
America."
Three Years Ago
Judge E. B. Chappell, of the Lin
coln police court, spoke at the World
Forum luncheon at the Grand hotel
no the subject, "Lawbreakers, Who
are They?" Mr. Chappell is a Ne
braska alumnus and a well known
man of Lincoln.
Miss Mary E. Markley, of New
York City, secretary of the board of
education of the United Lutheran
church, who was here for the inter-
church visitors conference, was the
speaker at Vespers in Ellen Smith
hall. Miss Markley's subject was,
"The Christian Adventure." Miss
Mary Davis played a violin solo, and
Miss Ester Garrett presided at the
services. Members of the church af
filiated acted as hostesses.
Teachers for the Phillipine Islands
were much in demand, according to
the bureau of education and the sec
retary of public instruction in the
Phillipines. Teachers of high school
English were in most demand, al
though there wa a need for a few
primary specialists or model primary
teachers. Entrance salaries were us
ually about $1500 or $1600.
COACH WHITE JUDGES
DAKOTA-KANSAS DEBATE
Prof. H. A. White, University do-
bate coach, was the sole judge of a
debate between Kansas State Agri
cultural College and the University
of South Dakota at Vermillion, S. D.,
Friday evening. The McNary-Haugen
farm relief bill was the question argued.
Dr. E. M. Cramb. U. of N.. '99.
Osteopath. Burlington Blk. 13th & O
St Adv.
Drake Tradition Given Shock
Drake University traditions were
given a jolt when a fraternity gave a
'Pour O'clock Breakfast Dance,"
which was attended by more than 200
university students and chaperoned
by several faculty members, includ
ing the Dean of Men.
The dance presented a new way of
evading present date rules, which set
the hour when a dance must close but
do not designate when it may start.
REASONS WHY
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School. Supplies ' 1 1 1 8 O
Talks of eating at the
You had just ordered your
soup for lunch when we "signed
off" the last installment. On
that day it was "Chicken Broth
with Rice" and cost you 15
cents, unless you decided to
have a meat order also, in which
case it would be 10 cents. This
seems to be an arbitrary re
duction in price as an incentive
for you to order more food. In
reality it is a sort of service
" charge.
The average cost to Manager
Harris for serving a customer,
whether at the counters or the
tables, is in the neighborhood of
ten cents and rather above
than below that figure. So that
if the lower price were charged
for soup, served alone, there
would be no margin of profit
. whatever.
On the day when the mimeo
graphed menu had "Chicken
Broth with Rice" soup, the Fish
-was "Baked White Fish Maitre
d'Hotel", 50 cents. This was
served in a three-division plate
containing the fish, a portion of
American Fried (or possibly
Lyonnaise) Potatoes, and some- '
thing in the way of canned or
stewed fruit, pineapple, or other
food. And without charge is
furnished bread and butter; but
coffee, milk or tea will be
charged for in addition.
On that day (which happened
to be Sunday.) there were eight
items under the Entrees head
heading: "Chicken Croquettes
a la Priness", 60e; "Baked Do
mestic Duck with Celery Dress
ing and Appie Saufe," 65c, also
braized veal sweetbreads, 60c
leg of spring lamb, 50c; beef
tenderloin, 60e; Stewed chicken
with dumplings, 65c; Stuffed
pork, tenderloin, 55c, and baked
sup-ar cured ham, 50c.
- These prices included the
bread and butter and the two
portions of the "line" served
with the three-division plate.
(Ta ba continued)
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Party Favors
GOLD
SILVER
LEATHER
BRONZE
Crest Applied
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UNIVERSITY JEWELERS
Eatab. 1S7I 117-19 S. 12th
Religious Group
Meet. For Luncheon
' Th. United nollglou, Cmpn,
recently to discus, and act on campu
religious questions, held their flr.f
formal meeting Saturday m,on at .
luncheon at tho University Y M c
A. Cafeteria. Perry Morton was elM'
ted president of tho group and Dor"
othy Nott was elected secretary .,!
treasurer. All future meetings are t
be called by tho president.
Student Chapel Ru ChnJ
Students at the University of Des
ver Collogo of Liberal Arts will hi
compelled to go to chapel it least
once a week, according to a new
rule to that effect, mado public last
Tuesday. This edict makes attendance
compulsory for women on Monday
and for men on Wtdnesdav. If
students show sufficient interest in
tho chapel program, it is probable
that all chapel attendance will be
voluntary, It was stated al tha Dean',
offics. Tho plan has been highly ap.
iroved by student leadorr as CU as
ly fii'.vlty members.
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