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THE DAILY N12BRASKAN
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1929
The Daily Nebraskan
Station A, Lincoln, Nsbrssk
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TWENTY-EIQHTH YEAR
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"Let us hope that by tho best cultivation
ol U10 physical world beneath and around us,
and the Intellectual and moral world within us,
wo shall secure an Individual, social, and poli
tical prosperity and happiness, whose course
shall bo onward and upward, and which, while
tho earth endures, shall not pass away."
Abraham Lincoln
SAFE AND SANE
Probation programs are In the process of mak
ing thl3 week, it such a thing as a probation pro
gram really exists. Stunts are being designed to
test the fortitude, the courage, and the fidelity of
tho pledges of the various fraternities. All must be
In readiness for the signal that goes ringing through
the house, 'probation is on.'
Fraternities nro laboring in a great many cases
to mould a program of probatlonal activities that
will be beneficial to their own group and to tho first
year men who are about to assume the bond of a
fraternity man. At the other extreme stands the
fraternity that never has outlined a program to put
pledges through, beyond, of course, the expectation
of breaking paddles into kindling wood, and doing
a multitude of menial tasks about the house.
This year, there stands as a hard and fast
ruling, that all probatlonal activities shall be re
stricted to the fraternity houses. It does not mean
the environs of the fraternity house, but inside the
houses. The Interfraternlty pouncil has placed Its
sanction upon this modification of the probatlonal
activities of the fraternities, and have stipulated
that violations of the ruling shall warrant drastic
measures of punishment.
Probation among college fraternities is a fading
institution. It has become recognized as a falla
cious basis for judging the qualifications of a fresh
man for membership Into a fraternity. It is an
established fact that probation never has tended to
create a higher appreciation of the group in which
the man became a member. Some of the most flag
rant abuses of the probation system have resulted
In casualties, serious injury, :iwn right humiliation
and uncalled-for situations for the college man. On
the University of Nebraska campus, there has never
been a fatality due to excessive probation activities,
but there have so many times been those hair
breadth escapes from death that even memories
are unpleasant.
It Is a feather in the hat of Nebraska frater
nities that they have been able to visualize that
tlmo when probation will only son-e as subject mat
ter for fireside yarns. Two definite steps havo been
taken In the direction of discarding the entire pro
bationary practices of the campus. Setting a time
limit and shortening the usual period of a week to
an even fifty hours, and now, restricting probation
activities to the fraternity residences, have been
theso two definite steps.
By restricting the probatlonal activities to the
house, modification of tho severity of practices does
not necessarily follow, but if fraternity men are
shown that probation must be Idontlfled with the
chapter rather than finding expression In wild night
chases over the countryside In search of cats with
blue eyes and pink whiskers, then the system will
lose the maliciousness that is so undesirable.
BEAUTIFYING MAN
Although the male aggregate of this University
for some time has been running a close race with
fomlnlne competitors In color schemes and gaudy
'ifray, never before have the staid old buildings of
this campus gazed down upon such Hvld-hucd head
coverings of glaring orange, screaming red, indigo
blue, shouting purple and freshman green as dis
played so flagrantly by college youth tho last few
daye.
It Is Just another step In what old-fashioned
gents with heads a wagging term tho feminization
of man. This latest outcropping of masculine ar
tistry, It Is true, is not the result of a complete
metamorphosis, but has come about through a grad
ual evolution which college boys of today have wit
nessed since childhood.
A few years ago, when plpe-putflug law students
wero still In knee breeches and getting sick over
their first cigar behind the barn, the only bright
colors In their proud papas' garments were shown
In cravats where occasionally stripes of red, blue
and yellow might be seen under the choking collar
of an especially flashy Individual.
The men, however, seemed to like color and
soon many neckties of brilliant design were worn.
It was not long until the old' black and wl-.lte muf
flers were replaced by florid scarfs. Soon a gentle
man's attire was not considered complete unless he
showed the colored border of a silken handkerchief
from the side pocket of his coat.
Socks acclaiming themselves In kaleidoscopic
patterns were the next articles of flaring tone
adopted by the men who at once discarded all of
their more somber hosiery. But that wasn't enough.
Shirts of plain design or with but a fait'. tluge of
color found themselves used for everything else but
a shirt -while the stronger sex manifested a pro
neunoed weakness to grab every garish-locking shirt
they could lay bands upon.
Jttat why they Should decide that glaring under
gameats and pajamas were preferable to long 'flan
Ml sad colorless nightshirts is a moot question,
at the eUe style now in vogue calls for silken
aAden&irU ef teader and delicate tints In harmony
wtay variegated shorts. Pajamas are beyond de
ar)tioa. They embody all colors ot tho rainbow
an must that erea Noah himself never even Imag
ined existed in that arch of color when ho Btcppod
forth from his famous Ark after tho great flood.
Showy hats wero tho Inevltablo next step. But
this latest development has so far surpassed any.
thing previously consldored It naturally leads to
tho question:
What next?
A STUDENT LOOKS
AT PUBLIC AFFAIRS
By David Fellmnn
These are trying times for the Uluo Shirts and
the Yellow Jackets. Sometimes there Is a little
difficulty In deciding Just which man Is capable of
holding tho responsible position of class presldont.
AN OVERSIGHT
Announcement has been mado of (he opening
of tho thirty-ninth annual art exhibit of thu Ne
braska Art association given In Morrill hall through
out February and part of March. Accompanying
tho announcement wns tho description of tho work
that Is on display, work of' mastors and near inns-
Tho long deadlock existing be
tween the Itnllan govornmi'iit and
the papacy, which Dr. William 11.
Munro believes has been "tho most
porploxlug and tho most persistent
of all the problems that tho Italian
government has had to face," has
apparently been terminated, and
an understanding reached. Kver
.since tho Itnllan national move
ment attained Its, fruition by the
addition of Homo to tho republic,
by wresting It from tho hands of
the popo, whose hold on Homo had
been sustained by the armies of
(ho French, thero had boon n com
plete sovernnco of relations be
tween church and stnte. Tho popes
refused to bo assungeu, in men
.... ,1 refused to do assungeu, ' ":",
With the extensive exhibit that Is displayed by ( ,0S3i by Uu, gem,roUR iaw of papal
the art association conies unlimited opportunity for guarantees of 1871, which con
cultural thought and education. This Is an oppor- j firmed tho supremacy of ' tho popo
.unity for students having cu.tural minds. But not n he ,
privileges, and guaranteed him ab
solute Immunity for his person and
his officials. Since IS" I, not a sin
glo popo has ever stepped outBldo
of tho Vatican, each going Into vol
untary seclusion at the beginning
of his rule.
ni., la it murium) m this tvno of student: all
should havo some Interost In this type of culture
In the modern trend of thought cycles, students
too often glvo consideration to the concrete, Imme
diate occurrences nnd eliminate nny thought of the
nbstract. It .Is true that In this rapid-moving world,
students as well as anyone else must bo ever-aware
of the present but this Is no reason to entirely shut
out the consideration of the future.
The art exhibit provides this opportunity for
futuristic thinking. A study and appreciation of the
work on display mere may nave mue or uu ut..6 , , - vso. reiani,nr
on anything concrete or immediate but It will cor-. roiurty. dlvorco laws, tho
A treaty was signed yesterday,
In tho historic Latern palace, by
Pope Plus XI and Premier Benito
Mussolini, acting for tho king, the
most important provisions of which
guarantee the complete sovereignty
nnd Independence or tne pope
talnly broaden the ability to appreciate finer things
of llfo classified under the head of culture.
Fundamentally, education should aim to broaden
understanding, and the mind. Thought confined to
concrete, practical subjects contribute only a part
of this education. To reach a balance, considera
tion must be given to the opposite type, the abstract.
Not every student body has the opportunity
that Nebraska students have at the present time.
A fine collection ofirt work Is displayed right on
the university campus, In Morrill hall, providing a
wealth of material for the cultural thinking student.
Such a channel for study so akin to goneral educa
tion should find a large number of students asso
ciating themselves with It.
status of ecclesiastical officers,
and religious education In the
schools. It Is expected that tho
pope will end his self-Imprison-meut
at Faster tine. High authori
ties In the church havo hailed this
treaty ns a signal event of tho
greatest Importance In the history'
of tho church, and are free In
their praises of Pope Plus XI and
Cardinal Gasparri, tho papal secre
tary of state.
Edwin Denby, secretary of tho
navy In the Harding-Coolidge cab
inet, till the Teapot Dome oil de
bacle occurred, died last Friday,
(mm n midden heart attack. Mr.
had an Interesting career.
nflnhv
rni. ti.a Amoi-Innn minister
i l lit? ewii l w . j jwa.i..
Xmv r:ir li.-.nscs must be purchased by the last 1 to China, he was a member of
dav in February. Students ran to tne caicnaar 10
count the days left In the month as soon as the
warning was Issued.
Mirhlean's varsity elcveu. a law
yer, a gunner's mate In the Span
ish-American war, a niemner 01 me
' house of representatives, and a
mnrino riurine the world war. Ills
IN YEARS TO COME appointment to the cabinet won
Ih-nest sch.ll. elghty-one, is tolling on .S.
in northern Wisconsin in order to create an endow-, h(g more or ,egg torceil resignation
ment that will enable his grandchildren to acquire from tne cablnot, did not lower
. . 1 it. 1 lU.f 1.a I Lit tn thn cotnom nf t)lA
ho pflnrntlnn mat was uemea mm. no icoio mi niiu uue ui ii iiiu
nrefnrs to be nroductlvo rather than a parasite.
This incident illustrates the sacrifice that is
being made by Americans upon the altar of educa
tion. For the average college student some person
or family is sacrificing. This should Impress the
necessity of making the best of opportunities that
come at the cost of parental discomfort.
Mr. Schall should be commended for his spirit.
But thu sacrifice Is so common as to he almost
uWoUceable, especially In the mlddlcwest. The first
generation to enter college works the greatest hard
ship upon its parents or grandparents. The sons
and daughters of the present generation of college
youth should not necessitate as great a sacrifice,
for college trained parents got the vision early of
sending their children through college.
The observant. University .student remarked that
there must have been trees In front of Ellen Smith
hall, now that several have been cut up into logs.
Voting will take place this week for the May
Queen. She will be elected sometime In the spring.
January was a very chilly mouth, weather men
will testify. And so will those fellows who slept In
a dormitory with windows wide open.
There wns a great 'run' on Morrill hall the other
day. Someone suggested that perhaps the are ex
hibits included a movie.
The College of Medicine student who shunned
the chance to get a throne, probably knew what
getting crowned meant.
nonnln of Detroit, his home town
where has was considered one of
the city's foremost citizens up to
the day of his death.
We spent a few hours over tho
week end reading Henry Menck
en's "Notes on Democracy." (Al
fred A. Knopf. 192G.) This book
Is good reading for tired minds, as
for example, directly after the
writing of various final exams.
The publisher says, in a prefatory
insert: "This terrific polemic em
bodies tho linal conclusions of tho
most uncompromising and devas
tating of all the critics of Amer
ican democracy. It issues natur
ally out of his past writings upon
the subject, but it Is by no means
n. rpnrlnl. Save for a few ' nara-
graphs, it Is wholly new matter."
We weie 'nappy thai the publlnhcr
offered this explanation. Klse we
wnnlrl hav( thnucht that, we were
reading tho same old drivel over
again. We admire Mencken's caus
tic style, his direct aud emphatic
way of putting things, and wo
secretly envy his splendidly rich
vocabulary of slang nnd naughty
words. But once you have read
about a hundred pages of his thun
der, you bocome accustomed to
thunder, and more of It no longer
VOOK AT YOUR SHOES IF
THEY NEED REPAIRING
TAKE THEM TO-CITY
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No. 12 Phone B4154
Sometimes It is hard to tell whether mid-year
pledge lists mean now plodgcs or Just those who
failed to make the averago the first trial.
It becomes n pofl
frightens you.
ltlvo bore.
ri'i... i,m. nf Mr Mencken's
I III- LMIIl.U, V- ..... ' - , .
argument, In this "polemic," Is
that there nro two cinssuH ui yvr
plu In this country: those who nro
I. crrm,l Hill l 111 till) COUTH''
of their earthly existence, and
thoso who nro not. Tno'.o wno uiu
not, nro Puritans, and spend nil
their tlmo in envying and hating
tho others. Therefore, they try to
spoil tho good time or tne neuon
Ists. This Is sort of a dog In tho
nuinniTRr nrnccss. . This they are
nblo to do very effectively because
of tho existence or tnat Bystem 01
government known ns domocracy.
TliU Mr Mpnrkim assorts. Is tho
ballot, ho believes, tho Puritans
havo been able to visit upon tne
people tho prohibitive system, aud
nil other usurpations of the popu
lar liberties.
Mr. Mencken's statements ring
with their smnrt, machluegun dic
tion, but sadly lack the first olo
moat of proof. Ho prates nbout
tho scientific spirit, and how tho
rule of the mob has always re
sented and opposed Its develop
ment, but ho himself evinces no
understanding of the scientific
method. His arguments nro sound,
but tho troublo Is that they aro
"nothing but sound." This Is surely
remoto from the scientific. And
furthermore, It Is very doubtful
whether It Is necessary to be so
nasty about It nil. Ono would think,
In reading somo of his chnlco an
alogies, that he Is reading one of
these cheap breezy magazines that
must he smuggled through the
malls. But that's Mencken for you.
Tho book Is worth while reading,
however, all of Its cheap sensa
tionalism notwithstanding. It. Is
very thought-provoking. It can be
read. In a few hours, with the as
surance that you will not fall
asleep over It.
BETWEEN THE LINES
By LaSelle Gilman
&
Hero Is an excerpt from the
Broadway production, "The Front
Page." which I ran across and pon
dered upon. (Egotism!)
"Journalist! Peeking through
key-holes! Running after fire-engines
like a lot of coach-dogs!
Waking people up In the middle of
the night to ask them what they
think of Mussolini! Stealing pic
tures off old ladles of their daugh
ters that get murdered in Oak
Park! A lot of lousy, daffy, but
tinskis, swelling around with holes
In their pants, borrowing nickels
from office-boys! And what for?
So a million hired girls and motor
men's wives'll know what's going
on! I don't need anybody to tell
me about newspapers. I've been a
newspaperman fifteen years. A
cross between a bootlegger and a
bum. And if you want to know
something, you'll all end up on the
copy-desk . . . gray-haired, hump
backed slobs, dodging garnishees
when you're ninety."
So declaims "Hlldy Johnson,"
one of the characters. Now, the
question which arises in one's
mind after reading this outburst
is: Why do members of a profes
sion, whether it bo medicine, law,
engineering, journalism, or what
not, why do members go about
consistently knocking their profes
sion? It's theirs; they've chosen
it! they aren't tied to It It they
are discontented. And yet law
yers say: Don't go Into law If you
want a future; and doctors Bay:
Don't study modlclno If you havo
ambition; nnd nowspaponnon warn
tho young person that ourna Ism
Is a vocntton for half-bakod Idiots.
Tho fact Is. I'm sure, that tho
members of tho various profes
Blons nro very proud of tholr call
ingbut they hide It umlor nn ex
ternal cynicism. And reverting to
an nrtlclo on Joumnllsm In n re
cent issue of tho Amnrlcnn Mer
cury, tho author states that all
Journalists nro secretly romanti
cists, whoso lives would bo dull
and barron without tho continual
stimulus of news gathering nnd
news peddling. It would appear to
mo that "Hlldy Johnson's" orntory
Is only tho old lino of gab; not
something which ho really beiloves.
As one of the best burlesques on
the market, n llttlo book of verso
by Newman Levy takes tho prize,
in my estimation. It Is called
"Opera Guyed," and glvos tho plot
and story of fourteen operas, In
rhyme. Not that Uobject to opera
with "Faust" In the offing,--but
these "reviews" do voice ninny
people's opinions of somo of the
melodramatic, farclal productions.
The book Is Illustrated with pic
tures by Boa Irvln, which add
greatly to tho humorous flavor.
Levy starts from tho very- first,
where he dedicates (he book "to
E. 0. L. my best pal, and I may
add, my severest critic." It then
plunges into the barbershop
scene from Samson and Delllnh,
the drinking scene from Tann
hauser, the cabaret sceno from
Thais, nnd the mad-house scene
from Hamlet. Tho book is not new.
and anyone, whether ho rovels In
opera or not, would enjoy It
hugely.
I can't resist the temptation to
make a final comment on Kenneth
L. Bobert's series of articles on
American collegos, which has been
running In the Post. The articles
havo mado an Impression upon me
because of their keonness, their
Introspection, their fairness, and
their liberal humor. Bobcrts Is a
champion ot the present genera
tion ot college students, and this
last article "Harvard: Fair and
Cooler," upholds tho general theme
of the cntiro series. Tho article
concerns the Harvard undergradu
ate, picturing his life and his prob
lems. Kobertfl explains tho general
conception of the Harvard student,
with his sloping shoulders and his
glasses, and then refutes the con
ception. He explains tho air of
"Indifference" of which tho Har
vard student Is so proud, and he
shows that this Indifference Is
GET 'EM
WhUe They're Hot!!
Stick and Stay and
Take them away
Buy 'em by the Sack
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m
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What
shall I
do with
that
Spot?
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nothlnc but "hooey," ns he so aptly
stntcs It. And this quotation comes
from tho Inst paragraph:
"Thoro Ih ono generality, how.
over, that can bo mado About Har
vard undorgraduntCB and all the
other Amurlcan undergraduate!
that I havo soon In my recent col.
leglato tour: With no mental rn
orvatlons of any sort, they're the
best nnd sanest aggregation of
young pooplo that can be found
anywhoro In tho world."
Hnll, Mosslah!
Speaking of operas and "Fuuit,"
above; thero is a rather rood ar
tide In tho February Mentor en
titled "Tho Legend of Doctor
Faust," by .Gilbert W. Gabriel. It
given the historical foundation of
tho story aud explains tho plot
briefly. Anyono contemplating at
tending tho opera In March, and a
little hazy on the subject, could
do himself no harm by reading
the article.
Trtero seems to bo a tendency
lntcly to knock our heroes. Some
editor or other Atnrtcd It with a
dig at Lindbergh. L. H. Kobblne
wroto this In tho February 3 Issue
of tho New York Times:
When horoes nro called for P,
D. Q.,
Very plain porsons will fre
quently do.
Hadlcnl? Enough to make any
ono faw down go boom!
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CLEANERS AND DYERS
231
The student who tries to show off a great deal
seldom shows up well.
Pledccs who woke up early this morning to , L.
stoko the furnace or to turn up tho oil burner prob
ably never remembered that Abe Lincoln grew up
without the advantages of a furnace.
KEEPER'S CAFE
233 No. 11th St. Phone B7S5S
Regular meals, homemade chill
Waffles
MAX L. KEEPER
Regular menls, homemade chill
Open Till Midnight
ANOTHER POINT OF VIEW
HELL WEEK
In theso days when a college education Is be
coming Increasingly available for all, when student
government aseociatlons are functioning, and when
education In general is in a healthy condition, Hell
Week remains a source of irritation.
It Interferes with the class work of pledge and
active members alike. It Is a childish 'practice car
ried on by those who wish to return the beatings
they received when they were pledges. The upper
clansmen fall to use proper discretion, and often
times beat pledges cruelly, or make them do utterly
nonsensical tasks. A number of accidents occur
each year from the activities of over-enthuilastlo
tormentors.
University administrations all over the country
are frowning upon Hell Week, particularly because
It is carried to extremes. Fraternity chapters are
too prone to advertise fhelr celebrations of Hell
Weok, so that they disturb the peace and property
of outsiders. The supposed benefit derived by the
fraternity Is to test the mettle ot their prospective
brethren. That Is Indeed a meager virtue compared
with the preposterous means of procedure employed.
When boys become men they should put away
childish things. There are plenty ot ways to have
fun without Hell Week. Sober thinking fraternities
have abolished It.
Dailu Kanson
An eminent scholar complains that college grad
uates are earning more In their chosen professions
than the professors who taught them the profes
sions. What better way for the student to get
even for all the flunks!
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