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THE DAILY NEBR ASK AN The Daily Nebraskan Station A. Lincoln, Nebraaka OFFICIAL PUBLICATION UNIVERSITY Or NEBRASKA Under direction of the Student Publication Board TWENTY-SIXTH YEAR Published Tueaday, Wedneaday. Thursday, Friday, and Sunday mornlnga during the academic year. Editorial Office Univeraity Hall 4. Bnetneae Office U Hall, Room No. 4. Office Houre Editorial Staff. Z:G0 to f :00 except Friday and Sunday. Buaineaa Sufi: afternoon except Friday and Telephones Editorial and Buaineaa i B6891. No. 142. Night B688I Entered aa aecond-claaa matter at the poatoffiee in Lincoln, Nebraska, nnder act of Congreaa, March t. 187, and at apecial rate of poetage prorided tor in eection 1108, act of October 1, 117, authoriied January SO, 1928. li year. SUBSCRIPTION RATE Single Copy 6 cents 11.25 aemeater WILLIAM CEJNAR Lee Vance . Arthur Sweet Horace W. Gomon Ruth Palmer EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Managing Editor Iaabel O'Hallaran Gerald Griffin lame Roaae Florence Swihart NEWS EDITORS Dwight McCormaek CONTRIBUTING EDITORS "'Asst. Managing Editor Evert Hunt ASSISTANT NEWS EDITORS Mary Loulae Freeman Oicar Norling Lincoln Frost Dwight McCormaek Robert Laach Gerald Griffin T. SIMPSON MORTON Richard F. Vette Milton McGrew William Kcarn BUSINESS MANAGER Aaat. Buaineaa Manager Circulation Manager Circulation Manager TUESDAY. MARCH 29. 1927 After University Night, The Campus Prayer : "THANK GOD, WE'RE STILL PURE." PHI BETA KAPPA Phi Beta Kappa will announce election of new members at Convocation this morning. Last year forty-five were chosen. About the same number will probably be elected this year. That may sound like a large number, but it isn't when consideration is taken of the fact that there are about 8 hundred graduating seniors of whom three or four hundred might be eligi ble. The oldest Greek-letter society, and at the same time the most modest of them all, Phi Beta Kappa has standards of membership which probably exceed those of any other honorary society, excepting possibly Sigma XS and one or two other similar academic societies. One of the greatest satisfactions of membership in Phi Beta Kappa must be the feeling that the honor was honestly earned and really deserved. That's a feeling which members of other honorary societies often fail to have because they know right well that their membership must be credited in part at least to the influence of friends. A Phi Beta Kappa member doesn't have to have a fraternity brother in the sosiety in order to be elected. Especially must membership in Phi Beta Kappa be pleasing to those who did not make it faeir conscious goal in college those who attained the honor simply as a result of normal study, and without the nose-grinding application which oftentimes results in slighting al together other features of college life almost as worth while. Those who attain the honor this way are pro bably better balanced and better all-round men and women. And yet a word of praise must also be said for those who set their goal, worked hard for four years, and now finally have reached it. They have probably had to exercise a great deal of self control, and on riauy occasions must have turned resolutely aside from distractions which would hae meant hours away from study. These men and women in the attainment of their goal have probably gone through a period of self imposed discipline which will be of inestimable value in later life. To both groups The Daily Nebraskan extends congratulations on the successful culmination of four years of college, life. May the years to come bring still greater excellence of achievement. KANSAS DEBATES NEBRASKA The University of Kansas and University of Ne braska debaters will meet this evening at Beatrice on the McNary-Haugen question. The mere fact of the debate is not the item of particular interest. It's the fact that the debate is held not at Lincoln of at Lawrence but at a town removed from either campus. The primary reason for this removal of the de bate, of course, is probably the lethargic lack of interest among students. in keen intellectual matters of this kind. But a secondary and even more important reason for the removal of the debate is the desire to present the discussion before the farmers and business men who are most directly concerned. This bringing of the college campus to the very door of the people back home is a rapidly growing field of university endeavor. It started many years ago with the establishment of the first extension courses. It has been developed by the same department, and at our University in particular, by the agricultural extension department to such an extent that members of the faculty give regular cooperative courses all over fhe state in conjunction with chambers of commerce and other community organization. It is all a part of the great university ideal of service to the people. In Other Columns The) Ready Economist Prof. Gilbert Murray, the noted Greek scholar aid at a Harvard reception: "Taxes all over the world get higher and higher. And they'll keep on getting higher and higher till gov prnmpnte learn to e'nnoT!i!. When it com 22 to ccoflo mizing the average government is like the lady. " 'Business' the lady's husband said to her, 'is on the blink, my love. Do you think you can economize a littl- wear simpler dresses, gay?" "'Why, of course, darling,' said the lady. 'I'll order some simpler dresses this very afternoon.' " Chicago Newa Wanted the Victor , A pessimistic young man dining alone in a rcstau rant ordered broiied live loboter. When the waiter put : it on the table it was obviously minus one claw. This pessimistic young man promptly kicked. The waiter said it was unavoidable there had: been a fight in the kitchen between two lobsters. The other one hadTtorn off one of the claws of this one and had eaten it. The young man pushed the lobster away from him. "Take it away," he said wearily, "and bring me winner." Ererybody'i "From" or "Into" There are r.omo 1,800 strident In the University Lc Rtill htve a littie more than two months In which to realize the full significance of the distinction be tween graduating "into" rather than "from" the Uni versity: This difference in attitude on the part of t e who have terminated their undergraduate day i '. ? :;cl,i-un, which was convincingly brought out by 3. J. CUawny, president" of the Alumni association, , " ""Z jn .y'-'rs .?.rrv?sn-rrv rsdw pregTSTn, may b r garded as the keynote of alumni relations with the University. The alumni executive .pointed out that the student was regarded as having been graduated into the Uni versity circle upon the receipt of his diploma in the earlier days, while too many, now consider their gradu ation as a departure from the campus. Admittedly, President Little, and the University authorities in general, are trying to imbue the student body with the older viewpoint. Unless students will meet them half way, the efforts of the administrative officials will be futile. The development of such an attitude will of itself bring about a closer feeling between alumni and the University. That such relationship will mean much toward the general welfare of Michigan is only too obvious. Michigan Daily Collapsible) Editorial Mental perspiration and fever born of extreme cerebral effort is unnecessary in editorial writing. At least it would be so if all editors of student dailies equipped their journalistic vocabulary with the "Pa tent Collapsible Editorial" which Sid Patzer of the University of Washington Daily so ably sets forth, Hundreds ol satisfied student newspapers use it," is his claim for the redoubtable formula : "Do persons come to the university to study or do they come for activities? It is fairly evident to all fair-minded persons that a college education is waste of time because there is too much football in it. What do we come to the university for if not to study and if this is the case is it not also our duty to take drill because of various other reasons?" There it is, a digest of student problems as they actually are or as the editor sees them. - Any one of the above elements may be enlarged upon and expanded into coulmnar length, and yet the whole may be folded up and placed on reserve in the smallest pigeon hole of an editor s brain, so economical is the concentrated wording. In short, the collapsible editorial will do for jour nalism what the beef-cube does for soup. The Daily Californian Notices Whisper. One of the more innocent pastimes of our early youth was a game known as 'whispers.' Gathered around in a circle, we heard a message from the neigh bor to our left and then, after sufficiently garbling the casual phrase, passed it on to our right. The missive on completing the circle, finally was announced to its originator, who mirthfully accepted it in a mutilated and unrecognizable state. Great joy was manifested at the completion of every round. The small contribution of wit from each participant sometimes provided real humor in the final reading of the message. Certain it is that the game was not considered anything but an exceedingly mild and innocent pastime. Today we are still playing that game of our youth, but in place of the harmless pleasure of the past, we have inaugurated a new and more dangerous form of the game. Straight accounts of incidents come to us directly or indirectly, and we through some malicious spirit within us, seem to take pleasure in garbling and mutilating the gossipy tale never failing to put it back into immediate civculaton. No oie laughs now when tha message circles back to its source for only a moronic being could manage a smile. This game is barbarious and cruel. It is a back-biter's game; devoid of any semblance of sports manship. The enlarged account lends interest, per haps, but interest that only the jaded soul can appre ciate. The next time the temptation comes to repeat the story about a certain well-known girl; the next time that tale concerning a respected class-mate trembles on your tongue, choke it back if your will is strong enough and thus respect the harm that inevitably results from a few careless words. Penn State Collegian What the Devil, Pauline!! It becomes more apparent every day that some thing is radically wrong with the colleges and nearly every critic has something to say on the matter, apt or inapt, mostly the latter but the fact remains that the colleges are coming in for a little criticism and the rah rah boys are getting the merry raspberry for wearing coon coats and wide pants and no garters and the like, but no one seems to have stopped, and though what the results would be if the dear little boys wore wide coats, coon pants and no garters, or no coats, wide garters and coon pants or (we blush when we think of it) coon garters, wide coats and no pants, not to mention the complications of co-education and the cry that women are smoking and drinking when their place is in the home, but ask any college man where women's place is 6.rd ti's a ten to one bet he won't say in the home which is enough to blast the critics, even those who are willing to admit that college improves a girl and failing that always manages to get her a husband for herself quoting the good book that man wa3 not made to live alone and cook his own meals, which inspires the dash ing retort that the girls don't learn how to cook in college, but anybody that says that never took a course in, physics lab. or tried to explain why they came in at 1.30 last night when they should have been in at ten, and if that hour reminds us of anything it recalls vividly the fact that at ten that mournful cry of "Drink up Gentlemen" goes up from our great city and home less men (and many with a home) are sent out to wan der on the streets until it is time to go to bed proving' conclusively that what this city wants is more coffee houses that have the proper licenses, and we don't mean hunting licenses and the suggestion has been made (not for the first time this year) that beer be sold in the Union with the obvious reply being that it is too crowded now when the only entertainment at the pres ent time for the habitues is playing billiards watching others play billiards and looking at the girls in the rufetpria pirking up the dirty dishce, or at best dirtying the dishes, which in our estimation is pretty iiollow sport which, however, should have no place in this column but be consigned to page three or regions of other repute not mentioned in polite journalistic circlca such as this argument in front of you, but while we are at it (to be original) we may say that we think that sort is the bunk although we don't mind admitting that if we owned a stadium or a rugby team like some peo ple we know, you wouldn't see us walking to work, or even to college or going to college for that matter, which brings us to our point with the suggestion that instead of buying athletic books of coupons to give to our friends, that each student have the option of buy ing a snare in his rugby team and then could shout his head off to his heart's content thus dispensing with cheer leaders, rooting sections, athletic managers, prin cipals and possibly, professors, although many are in clined to think that the latter proposition is rather a radical one and the propounders are likely to get a bad name. or being accused of belonging (God forbid) to tne freudian Urcle and thus end his life by his own hand or at any rate feel like kicking himself for the rest of his life which is just what a lot of us will feel like doing for ever coming -to college when the exam draw nigh in a month or so, though some poor wretches (and there are always , few) will feel like . kicking inemseives tnat they didn't study, but let some of u at least (we or us who are lcjced upon as the leaders in eo'lege) stand up and say"What the devil, Pauline. what th devil?" TUESDAY, MARCH 29 Home Economic Club Meeting of the Home Economic Club Tueaday March Z9, at 1 p. m. at Ellen Smith Hall. Blue Print Staff A meeting of the member of the Blue Print staff will be held at 12:00 o'clock noon in the Temple cafeteria. Pershing Rifle All Pershing Rifle pledge are requested to appear at the judging pavilion, Ag College campua. Tueaday evening at 7 O'clock. Bring five paddles and a blindfold. Theta Sigma Phi Theta Sigma Ph will meet Tuesday, March 29, at 6 o'clock in S3 218. r..mm. Ink Chi Gamma Alpha Chi will hold a meeting at 12 o'clock on Tueaday at the Temple. P. E. O. Luncheon on Tuesday Msrfch 9, at Mrs. Rixby's 2S4 North 11th St. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30 Alpha Kappa Pal Initiation and Banquet at the University Club at 4:30 Wednesday, March SO. Lutherans The Lutheran Bible League will meet for nible study Wednesday at 7 p. m. in Tem ple 202. Some questions will be anawered. THURSDAY, MARCH 31 XI Delta XI Delta meeting at Ellen Smith Hall Thursday at seven o'clock. Freahmjui Commission Freshman Commission meeting Thursday at 7:10 at Ellen Smith Hall. Senior Invitations A copy of the senior invitation card is on display at Long' Book Store. All sen iors should arrange to place their order for them as soon as possible. One Year Ago Prof. Swezey, of the Department of Astronomy, gave a short illus trated lecture on the subject, "The Ancient Conception of the Universe." Swezey reported there were ninety- two elements in the universe, and that the latest discovery of a new element was made by a University of Chicago professor, who found the element while alalyzing some of the refuse from manufacturing plants, applying it to tests. The result was the discovery of this new element which now leaves only four elements to be discovered by scientists. The University of Chicago professor's name was not known at this time, as he desired to keep his identity hidden until a later date. He named the new element Illinium, after the state oft Illinois. The University School of Music orchestra, under the direction of Mr. Carl Steckelburg, with Mr. Rex Elton Fair, flutist gave a concert at the Whittier Junior high school Auditor ium, Twenty-second and Vine streets. This was the twenty-third program of a series of"Vesper concerts by the School of Music. COUNSELS ARE VAHBD1N SUIT (Continued from Page One.) tho skit. Maiabers o:T Sigma Delta Chi are very desirous of obtaining it since it will undoubtedly be intro duced as evidence in the coming suit. The skit is said to be a startling ex pose of fraternity politics; members of the journalistic fraternity have charged that this is the reason why the skit was not produced Monday night Next time try some of C. Edison's Special History Paper. The Big gest Value yet. And while there look over that fine display of guaranteed Pens. Your old pen is good for a liberal allow ance. C. Edison Miller Co 218 No. 12th Talks of eating at the Avoidable Waste Not long ago a prominent hotel man wrote an article on a certain phaae of the hotel busi-1. ness for one of the leading magazines. It created consider able comment, because of some startling revelations he made regarding the h.rge amount of pilfering done by guests. Blankets, sheets, pillows and pillow cases, towels, stationery, pencils,- penholders, ink-wells, and pictures in great numbers are carried away from the rooms by guests; and in the din ing room the silverware and china is looted alarmingly. This writer showed that the traveling public, as a whole, must pay for the pilfered goods or the hotel "go broke". And the successful hotels are obliged to recoup themselves for such losses by rates higher than they could be made if no such losses occured. Manager Harris of the Cen tral Cafe finds his losses from this source growing lighter each .year; and other hotel men cor robrate him in this experience, which would indicate that the public are learning that "sou venirs" collected froiu cafe and hotels must be paid for by the public. (Te be continued) 1325 P PHI BETA KAPPA ANNOUNCEMENT WILL BE TODAY (Continued- from Page One.) highest. The following is an interesting record of the election for the past seven years: Lowest Highest Year Number Average Average 1920 44 87.5 97.1 1921 53 87.53 96.06 1S22 47 87.60 94.64 1923 43 87.73 94.06 1924 41 88.1 94.99 1925 55 89.38 95.88 1926 45 88.94 94.5 Dr. E. M. Cramb. U. of N., '93, We feature constant comfort .hoes with ateet arch aunnort ... oie, medium heel with rubber top lift, in our Baaement .tUrn secuon at (2.49 to 14.86 v Ask about the little Red Wheel on our Gas Range 1 B3214 STORE NEWS Osteopath. Burlington Bile 18th & 0 St Adv. 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Come in Wednesday Look at the new models the newer colorings and patterns See the extent to which thesg world clothiers have gone to furnish the authentic for University of Nebraska men. B3214 niiiuumiiiiuninnmi -antra eii,- iW a W -