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SUNDAY, APRIL 10. 1927.
WHITE LIES
Whits Lies the campus is full of them nobody
believes them And Yet, everybody tells them.
That's the case in short for this lubricating feature
life. ' , .
Probably nowhere else is this art so well developed
as on a college campus. At least everybody on this cam
pus seems to believe in the practice. (The Nebraskan
staff tried for three days to find some one who does
not believe in the custom, and the nearest approach
was a person who preferred to dub the whole thing
Tact) . T ,
There are White Lies and 'more White Lies. We ve
all heard about them from childhood days up. The
classic example in ethics books is the one about ine
theater manager who tells a wow of a white one while
the stage is burning behind his back; and that way
prevents a panic while the audience marches out with
orderly dispatch. The theater always burns to the
ground as soon as the last child gets out
Then we are all familiar with the one about the
"wonderful party, etc., etc." That one is so common
it's like "yours sincerely" at the close of a letter, you
try to find pleasing variations to relieve the monotony,
and if you leave it off, you're mighty liable to become
persona non grata.
On a college campus, though, especially a coed
campus, there is a line of white lies all its own.
It's an innocent professor or instructor, indeed,
for instance, who believes everything that every student
tells him about how wonderful, entertaining, and inter
esting his course is. It's an even more innocent and
naive professor who thinks his jokes are funny just be
cause the class goes into convulsions about them.
Then there is an equally good line of white ones
about this time of year at senior recitals. And in a
few weeks when their yearly efforts leave the press,
the Cornhusker staff will be deluged.
Every fraternity and sorority has a line of white
litsV its' own when it comes to esoteric discussions
between members and pledges, without mentioning the
great white way (and some times great black way) of
white ones during rush week.
But the best line of all white lies is orthophoned
in the twilight hours of evening when swains call maid
ens, and maidens call swains. There's a technique to
that all its own. Perhaps the most common of all white
ones in this department is the one when a swain asks
a maiden for the pleasure of her company, a "date"
in other words.
But that's so common, it's in the elementary stages
of the game. The real technique is displayed at the
other end of the game when either the swain or the
maiden wants to cancel, postpone, or otherwise break
the compact for the date aforementioned. And the finest
stages of the game are reached in the case of two who
have been "going steady", if the "going steady" is not
really so steady after alL This graduate stage calls for
the highest exercise of the art of coining white ones,
and any one who becomes adept at it might consider
himself a fit candidate for a Balkan diplomatic post
So much for the blithsome side of all these white
lies. They are an established institution here at school,
back horn?; und everywhere. And there really is very
much of a reason for their existence. They are a salving
balm to ease over situations embarrassing or potentially
embarrassing to some one elst Sometimes as in the case
of the theater manager and his fire, they are agents
of real good. And as mentioned above, practically every
body agrees with the practice. 1
But the great danger lies in the over use of this
simple, ready, and quick expedient Before a person
knows it, he finds himself white-lying out of every
troublesome situation. And then before a person knows
it be has destroyed in great part all faith that people
have in him.
The dividing line between a pure white lie and a
real one is often quite shadowy. And it is a delicate
c?niirifA indeed that does not become dulled in time.
It is no wonder then that a great many are quite
cautious in their trust of other people, preferring to
distrust a person Until they are sure the person can
be trusted, rather than the other way around which
WO&lu ri tue Inure natural and sociable way.
White-lying to excess has still other dangers in it
It undermines even the confidence of those to whom
no lies Lave ever been spoken. For instance we know
of the case of two young men who have been pals
since high school days. Both of them tell white lies
aplenty, to other people. They do this often while they
are together, and most of the time they confide in each
other their true feelings after telling the white lie to
the 'other person. Now consciously or unconsciously,
there has arisen between these two friends just a mere
shadow of reserve and cautior. They have seen each
other white-lie to others in all degrees so much that
sometimes they are not quite so sure but what the other
one of the pair is white-lying to them.
There hi a real self-interest, then, in using white
lies sparingly, and sticking to the truth as much as
possible. It's like -credit at the bank. Yon can get out
cf laying debt once or even twice, but the temporary
raia is far outweighed by the permanent loss of credit
find tor.Ma -
freshmen do the work. In fraternity meetings there
have been countless solemn conferences regarding the
laxity in freshman labor. Committees have . been
formed, supervisors appointed, and general investiga
tions conducted into this strious matter. I everything
the one objective has been to see that the freshmen
work.
Isn't it silly? After all, there are only two acci
dental circumstances which sentence a young man in
the university to the humiliation, slavery, and servitude
of being a fraternity freshman. Those two conditions
are first, that a man happens to bs a freshman, and sec
ond, that he happens to be in a fraternity. From these
premises is supposed to follow the conclusion that a man
shall give up his self-esteem, his freedom, and his re
spect for upperclassmen.
There art times when one wishes devoutly that the
gods who rule the fraternities had a mite of sense about
them. If those exalted rulers did have sense, they
would see the futility of slave-driving in trying to
make nice men out of promising boys. If they had just
a grain of intelligence they would perceive that the only
way to make a fraternity what every good fraternity
aims to be is through whole-hearted and complete co-operation
of all the members, freshmen, sophomores, sen
iors, and juniors. This idea of enslaving freshmen is
really laughable, but one finds it hard to laugh at such
a startling example of blindness.
wtn
The Campus Pulse
Letter, free readers am cerdlaUy welcomed la this oepartmen
h. TbTSr 7ubit oniyt. th. '.1?rn P",
laf mat all libelaaa matter, and attacks against nlviduate and rei
this department, and
act tee at
raUgiaaa.
MOVIE STUFF
Two university students spent the latter part of
Friday night in jail and were hailed before the muni
cipal judge Saturday morning. They were well-dressed,
typical students. Two circumstances had contributed to
their arrest and subsequent arraignment in court.
Those were, (1) the fact that they were sauntering
down Eighteenth street at 1 o'clock in the morning;
and (2) the unfortunate accident thatQone of them
carried across his shoulder a heavy "No Parking" sign,
which was legally and morally the property of the city
of Lincoln.
Surprising, wasn't it? It was odd that such a thing
should happen right here in prosaic Lincoln, when
that kind of an event can usually be seen only in the
movies, or, possibly, in those story books that are sold
at magazine stands three for a dollar. Doubtless Lin
coln itself did not know that it had such romantic, fan
tastic happenings going on right here in this typical
college city.
When one goes to the movies, he expects to see,
in a college scene, a student's room decorated with all
manner of signs: No Parking, Do Not Spit on the
Floor, No Loafing Here, and a host of others which
might not look so well in print. Of course, the movies
have a perfect right to present such scenes, for the
public likes to think of its college boys as playful
pranksters getting into all kinds of scrapes and having
all kinds of fun. But in real life! It simply will not do.
Back in the dim days of 1902 and 1903, the yel
lowed files of college publications tell us, students fre
quently broke into riots and fraternity factions did
their political wrangling with bricks, kidnappings, and
clubs. Students met in front of dear old U Hall to
fight it out in glorious fashion, and class presidents
were spirited away to vacant houses, et cetera. And
those were the days when every up-to-the-minute stu
dent had his rooms decorated with appropriate signs
appropriated from various parts and places of the city.
Well, they may have been the good old days, but it
is certain that they are gone, gone forever, as the
phrase goes. Colleges and universities are acknow
ledged (by the liberal and optimistic critics) to have
outgrown those puerile tartics, to have bettered them
selves in that one line at least. The college today is
generally accepted as a better thing than that of twenty-five
years ago, what with prohibition and student
councils and such improvements over the old order.
Yet here in this year of our Lord 1927 are two fra
ternity men dragging in such old, stale, movit-worn
ideas as stealing parking signs. What does it mean? Is
there nothing new under the sun? Is there no original
ity among our fraternity men?
Or is it just another example of weary college boys
seeking diversion?
In Other Columns
To the Editor and Campus:
I am taking this opportunity to
promulgate the beginning of a series
of articles which I believe in the end
will materially alter the existing in
equality of social relationships on
this campus. The social status prob
lem has been an oft discussed one,
and as I see the thing, it is still a
live issue.
By a live issue I mean an issue
which is right now and always has
been in the minds of most of the stu
dents who are not within the rather
limited yet nbt exactly exclusive do
main of fraternal life. A fraternal
organization is all O. K. some of
their motives and laws are all well
and good yet their ge'neral attitude
towards those who are not one of
them, their sweeping, grasping, and
monopolizing of every field of social
expression on this campus is both tyr
anical and unwarranted.
Now may I ask why this is pos
sible? Why this subserviency of the
non-frats to the all domineering pow
er grasping of the fraternal machine?
Why this lamentable tendency on the
part of the majority of sturfents to
recognize this rule of the minority,
who seem to have such a satorif ic ef
fect on all their minds and actions?
The answer lies with the rather lowly I
non-frat mob, who are nothing but
"Barbarians" at least that is what
they are termed by the most refined
and cultured fraternity man.
How many of the parents of said
"Barbs" Would stand to be thus
labeled by a small group of organized
individuals who are really not a whit
different? How many United States
citizens would stand for this? ' One
might really concede the fact that
he or she probably could do more in
the way of becoming a higher civil
ized being, yet to be proclaimed a
"barbarian" by a group of intellects
who are no more, in most cases, than
their equals. It should be appalling
it is appalling and yet the so-called
"Barbs" acquiesce cheerfully to this
abominable situation and proform
the occurrence of being termed a
non-working, socially unfit cog in this
wheel around which revolves the
school affairs.
How much longer is the undemo
cratic condition going to exist? this
glaring present group of collaborated
fraternal units which have succeeded
in absolutely obliterating all sem
blence of opposition from the majority
of less favored and lesser endowed in
dividuals individuals . whose fathers
are paying just as much towards op
erating this university of which we
are all members. The answer is just
as long as the so-called "Barbs" sit
with their hands folded and their
heads bowed to the all would be pow
erful fraternity man and the affiliated
aofoiity sisters.
Wake up "Barbs".
I will say more
signed D. N.
APPOINTMENT OF
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(Continued from Page One.)
ion Stone. W. H. Uehling, Joseph R. Wat
son. W. Eugene White, Albert M. Wood.
Company A: Henry M. Celik, Harold J.
Gleinburg, Boyd Hoag, Kenneth A. Caryer,
Ralpr H. Dexter. Charles E. Dox. William H.
Joern, Max R. Karrer. Theodore H. McCash,
Harry C. Young, Herhert S. Spender.
Company B: D. M. Arganbraght, E. D.
Compton. K. C. Miller. M. M. Carpenter, S.
J. Lvnrh, K. R. Hofferber, C. G. Rhudy. M.
M. London, A. C. Ziemer, G. W. Wrighty,
D. M. Uehling. M. G. Swan, F. Oamek, L. S.
Gibb, Lincoln R. Jones, H. N. Miller, David
Fellman. J. T. Cox. A. G. Goth. H. E. Heed.
Company C: Allan E. Reiff. Charles D.
FaBtman. William H. Kearns. Philip E. Fink.
George R. Hrdlicka. John D. Clark, R. Ken
neth Dunn, Emerald A. Ericson, Clairmont
J. Herman, Otto J. Jacobsen. John R, Lan
caster. Ralph H. Lancaster. William R. Mar
shall. Eire P. Oehring. Otto T. Saar, Omar
K. Snyder, Stanley A. bwanson, Irving J.
Wilke. Lisle C. Wochner.
Company D: Dale Weese. George H.
Genman. H. A. Benedetto. A. H. Schroeder,
C. H. Lindell. M. M. Flood, D. E. Rissler,
J. A. Menter. R. H. Elliott. D. M. Zimmer
man, W. G. McNamara, H. E. Luedeke, J. H.
I.avine. L. W. Chatfield. C. A. Bruce, M. W.
Konkel.
Company E: B. R. Austin, A. H. Beard.
W. H. Pennoyer, S. F. Sherrill, C. N. Witte,
D. K. Cutthall, A. G. Spencer, E. A. Locke.
Paul N. Morrow, E. W. Boyd. T. F. Damme,
J. P. Jorgensen, F. J. Chapman, S. H. Eck
lund. Company F: W. C. Enders Bahls, Adrian
G. Ehrenberger, Lawrence E. Johnson, V. A.
SLAVES
Wv.H, rrJy abTJt seven weeks more of slavery for
toe fwhmcn. Tn If" thnn two months now the term of
j ion ia tbe fraternities will be ended.
It H ben a long, hard year, hasn't it? Not only
- '. f . Ymea, either, who hsve had to wash win
, t r r -term, rweep sidewalks, shovel snow, cut
. I i f'.:nr du?t furniture, scrub automobiles,
i, r ' t c';-irtUes, press trousers, shine
" " " t ; to tV.e fretLman are not alone
THINKING BY PROXY
The college undergraduate is affected today just as
youth in any period is affected by the things which have
been done and said by other men rather than by what he
himself has originated or conceived.
There is no period in the life of an individual when he
is more conventional and conformative to the opinions
cf the world and civilization than when he is young. He
reads books and accepts liie iiica of the writers xithcut
a struggle if they are at all logical. He reads Schopen
hauer one week and becomes convinced that it is im
possible to be happy in the world and that he must not
expect it, or he will be a frightful dolt. He reads New
man another week and decides that nothing in life is
worthwhile unless it be published, refined, idealistic,
scholarly. He reads the novels of Joseph Conrad still
another time and can conceive of satisfaction from no
life except one of adventure, travel, freedom from con
vention, and excitement.
He is forming his own mind gradually from what he
chooses and selects to retain from his reading. But
in the meantime he goes from one extreme to another,
undecided, immature, and helpless. He has no original
ideas. He is afflicted by the thought "I am young, in
competent No one will listen to me if I do get up and
bray. It would be foolish of me to express my own
idea on this subject rather than to accept the ideas of
this famous man, who of course is right, because every
one says he is." In his conversation he takes pride in
being able to relate what someone else has said about
such and such a subject. If he talks of a play, and has
read Nathan's vtews of it, he dares not put his own in
opposition to them. It would be 1 resy, a felony
against the established beliefs of thi iritical world.
Of course he is right to some extent in his reasoning,
and his own ideas would ordinarily be inferior to those
of older and more experienced men. It is inevitable
that he should feel this way until be has acquired a ma-
turtness of mind which will render him capable of orig
inating sound ideas and give.him the confidence to stand
on his feet and let the world hear his opinion. But un
til then it does no harm for him to attempt to use his
own mind instead of conforming unthinkingly to what
the world believes is right '
The Minnesota Daily
Less "Society"
In spite of the dictum of Arthur Brisbane that a
dog biting a man is not news but that a man's biting
a foa is news, the valuation f t news is no; merolv
a matter of "playsi. p" the unusual or tha; which
will be talked about ?o doubt tabloids most nearly
carry out Mr. Bmba-ie's remark; college papers, on
the other hand, should and do the bps'- of thm
recognize the fact t!at news is of two sorts that
wh'ch creates much gossip, conversation, and som-
mt but which really does not renort an evpnt of,
f rcting the live of many people and that whicn, though
it may pass almoft ui.read, is a report oi an event
furdamentally cbar-jrirg the mode of Ylz of many
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At the Central Cafe every
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Sometimes mashed; at other
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