TWO The Daily Ncbraskan Statlen A, Llneeln. Nebreeaa OFFICIAL PUBLICATION UNIVIrUITV OF MMAASKA Under dlraetleit af the Student Publication leard TWINTV-SIO.HTH Vi AR Publlened Tueedey, Wednesday. Thgreday. Friday and Sunday merfilnae during tha atademle ytr diurlai Office Unlvereity Hill 4. uelnoee Office Unlvereity Hall A. Office Heure tditerlel Staff. 1:00 a 00 ecept Friday and Sunday, Buelneee Steffi liOO ta 4i00 afMroeene except Friday and Sunday. Telephone Kdllanalt M1, Ne. 1l SutlneMt Ml, Na. 7T Nlht Ml. Entered aa aacand-claaa matter at the aeeteffiee Cincain, Neoraaka. under act af Cenoreee. March . 1 and at aptcial rata af pootooe prevlded far In eeetien HOI, act af October t, autharlaad January 0. IWi. SUBSCRIPTION RATE finale Capy I tanta H I yaaf 'j"" DEAN HAMMOND EDlTOrVIN-CHliP" Maurice W. Konkal Aaaoelata titof MANAQINQ EDITORS W. J0)c Ayrta CMft F. Sandahl NEW EDITORS llarl Anderaeu Lmo11 tduar llackiu William MrCIry Dou Carlaon Uobl CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Maurice Aklu Kenneth Ll Vernon Kstring William McCloiy Robert LaluB Wfn Kobb Itmigle Tninprmait MILTON McGREW BUSINESS MANAGIA ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGERS William Kearna Marshall Tiuer Lyman Can ' INTO THE WASTBBA8KET Defeat of the r"t weaaur of RapraMntatlva Hovls of Paivaon eounty yesterday afleruoon In tha house of reitreseniauvca. a bill which would have brought about second year pledging In the Inlver bity of Nebra.sk a. marks the second failure of such a meaoure In the Nebraaka legislature. Two years ago. a bill patterned along the came Identical lines, per ished in the legislature grist mill. Opposition to the deferred pledging bill was prompted not because of the relative mertU of first yem- pledging In fraternities and sororities. The ad- vtwblllty of compelling rresamen stuaenia counu to the University to remain outside the bonds of Oi-ei'k-letter organisations for a year before affilia tion, was overshadowed by the fact that there exist no adequate dormitory facilities for freshman stu dents. While it has been pointed out that the number of freshmen thrown out to seek rooms In Lincoln, if denied the privilege ot Joining fraternities and sororities, la comparatively small compared with the total number of flirt-year registrants, it remain that these four hundred would simply add to the multitude forced to depend upon Lincoln rooming houe facilities. The problem of housing University students would become even more complicated and deplorable than It It at the present time. The deffered pledging bill would have been a boon to home owners who depend upon the student Influx, in that they would be encouraged to boost the price of room. Desirable quarters would thus be at a premium for the non-resident student, and far beyond the reach of the arerage budget The problem of widening the breach between the Uni versity administrative offices and the Individual stu dent was also Interwoven In the le.-slation to pro hibit first year pledging. rraternitlea and sororities arc r.tt unalterably opposed to a deferred pledging plan. ' ' lf en timent waa properly fathomed, aid soundings were made among the men and women of fraternity groups who ar fraternity-conscious and willing to listen to reason, a deferred pledging plan would probably meet with approval. At the preaent time, however, the lsaue hovered about the advisability of forcing deferred pledging down the throata of fra ternities and sororities before they were prepared for it, and before the development of a dormitory system wa aasured. Undeniably, however, there was a feeling that the defeated measure was fired point blank at the whole fraternity syaiem. Interest of the state legislature in the matters of student life on the University of Nebraska campus has been commendable. There is nothing more de sirable than to understand that a state1 cltUenry are interested and informed concerning campus con ditions. But there is alwayt the possibility of mis interpretation of the student attitude and behavior. Too cften particular cases of misconduct and mis demeanor are accepted as general campus-wide con dltloas. Hesitancy of student organisations to rem edy their own situations la looked upon with ask ance, with little thought that there is a process of educe Mon to be undergone before a thing can be scuttled. It has taken years to build the University of Nebraska, and w ill take years to continue the con struction. To attempt to right a problem as deep seated and a consequential as deferred-pledging by state legislation, when there are no dormitories, would have been a step backwards. THE DAILY NKIIUASKAM TLKSDAY, KKURUARY 26, 192) Those ten men elected to Pershing Rifles have one consolation at leaat in regard to the informal Initiation announced for tonight they won't have to wear old clothes. KNOWING THE TRUTH Charging the University with aponsoring a so cialistic policy, a Havelock taxpayer seta fort In the "Publie Forum" column of a downtown news paper hia views regarding the tfispetsing of free fedlcal sen Ice to students of the University. "No one doubts the advisability of" maintaining a first aid siaUon on the campus," he writes, "but there Is considerable difference In the malptenance of a free first aid station and a free unlrerslty hos pital of twenty or thirty beds. In addition to the free university hospital, it ta to be inferred that other free medical service has been provided." The taxpayer then proceeda to quote several statements made by Dr. R. A. Lyman, who haa charge of the hospital or Infirmary, as It has come te known, which appeared In a recent issue of The Pally Nebraskan. Ths writer make the as sumption from the dean' remark! that the "free hospital and free medical service are made possible at lat to a large extent by the appropriation of tae legislature for university tDaioUnaace." . tf this' bo trus, n argue, hr th leglclator appropriate money for numerow other taints, too, m that university atndenu. ea get an eduoation for Uttlo or nothing In the way of ex penses It is on these grounds that M bases Ms harge against the University. Ttd appropriation charge is emphatically denied br Dean Lyman in a public statement appearing la another column of this law. et The Nebraska The taxpayers' monsy la not uid tor this purpo, so cording to the dsan, who points out that th expense of the Infirmary and other medical service Is en tirely covered by the students thetnselres through the payment of raes at ths time of rtglatrallon There have always ben questions of thla char acter arising In connaotloa with university affairs and there will continue to be similar questloua as long as the Institution Is state supported. The public cannot be denied Its right to know ths untainted and unfeigned truth concerning the University aod U therefore Jur'tfled In advancing any criticisms which It sees fit. A little explanation, however, similar to that offered by Doctor Lyman In this particular case, does much to steer the public on the right track and at the same time eliminating misinterpretations. A STUDENT LOOKS AT PUBLIC AFFAIRS By David Fallman ivo.l.l.mi i'Iim'I lluitver l now bunily euMed 1 Waahhwton with the Important M of rounding out hi cabinet anpnlntmeiiiH. n is n; ported that he has Already definite lv tilled sown Of the ten positions, The positions still opin nre those nf ihn iiiinrtments of liibor snd agriculture and the attorneygen eialxhlp. Senator Koran of Mnho, Mr. lloover'a greatest campaigner, refined the attorneys. neralnhlp, on the ground that he can do more for h i count rv ami ni party ny it malnlng In the senate. Mr. Hoover la especially cautious with his ap pointments to the labor and agri culture posta, as h wants to ap point men to those position who will help to solidify popular senti ment In favor of the republican wo on to Tut witE i party. With a popular labor leader WORDS TOTHI Wilt popular farm leader In the First quarterly examinations' are scheduled for ca5lnM Mp, u00Ver's position will be Inestimably moro secure. looking over the list of Farmers Talr commit tees, one wonders why the whole thing wasn't con solidated under one heading "the committee of the whole." (he ensuing week. There Is nothing new about that Home studenta are known to take firat quarterly examinations rather Indifferently and especially the tens given the first quarter of the second semester. Most students feel that they have successfully estab lished themselves the first semester and can ride through for a while on their past reputations. What a mistake! These students will likely be taught napping and before they realise It they will be far behind and finally be burdened with extension reviews to regain their lost reputations. It has been found that the second semester fur nlshed more distractions from study than does the first. In a few weeks spring will be reigning fully and there U nothing quite so hard tor studying to combat as warm, balmy weather. It furnishes many subterfuges to the student, besides encouraging a general altitude of contented lasiness. All these things should be considered and should students be tempted to "let up" on their work they should look ahead. Now Is the time to be gaining momentum. Bluffing now Is only a forerunner of a hopeless chaos of back work. It must be reckoned with sometime. No excuse for coeds going without lunch the V. W. has announced free coffee, tea and hot choc olate. ' The rYom committee has secured a Chicago orchestra for tin- final formal of the season. It will be just as veil v.tth the dancers If the machine guns are left at home. A fellow flying from New York to San Fran risco wore a raccoon eoat. It Is gratifying to know that a raccoon coat is good for something. A student could go to school for half a semes ter before he found out whether he needs any more education or not. But grade cards come out even tually . Spare time doesn't mean time to spare during exam week. OTHER STUDENTS SAY THE RIGHT MAN IN THE RIGHT PLACE So often do we bear people make the remark a boat the wrong man being placed in an office, and so often Is It demonstrated In our public office-hold ers, that when, as the title suggests, the contrary Is found some comment is warranted. The position in question Is a particularly trying one to its bolder as he is required to punish snd at the same time re main and. If possible, retain the friendship and re spect of the punished. The office Is that ot dean of student affairs. There are but few of us. even though possessing a clear conscience, that on receiving a request to see the desn In his office, do not experience a sink ing feeling. Vet after the appointment or visit (for that Is what It becomes) there is not one, whether guilty of some mistake or not, that does not feel that here is the right man in the right plaee. He feels that his ease will not only be considered fairly, for that Is his right, but that it will also be consid ered from the standpoint of a student by one who U interested in the student's welfare. It is this happy combination, so rarely found, that enables the student to leave Dean T. J. Thomp son's office feeling that here Is a friend who takes personal Interest In him. As long as student affairs are placed in the hands of such men as Dean Themp son the studenta can be assured of not Only a fair t ready secured over fifty percent yf The house of representatives Is con sisiently refusing to approve the senate's special appropriation of $24,000,000 for the further enforce ment of the, dry law. The senate's appropriation Is an unusual one In that It puts $;4,000.000 at the dis posal of the president, to be used by htm. at his dlsrreatlon. in the enforcement of the Volstead Act. The republicans In Ihe house are blocking every attempt to raise the regular appropriation for enforce ment, which amounts to $2,727,000. t We pause for a moment to ex tend our sympathy to Colonel Llnd bergh. The poor fellow can't even visit his fiancee without the whole world knowing about 1U He is pledgd to Miss Anne Morrow, daughter of our ambassdor to Mex ico. He flew from Eagle Pass. Tex ss.to Mexico City, lasi Sunday, for a little social call. This fct ws the feature story lu most of the Sunday editions of all the papers In the country. Incidentally, this little Jaunt of America's air hero strikes one a bit philosophically. It looks like It Is no feat at all to hop from one country to another to see your best girl. This Is surely an sge of mechanical wonders. Europe is at present suffering from an Intensely cold winter, one of the worst in recent years . A number of people have been report ed fiosen to death. It Is ao re- portes that Sweeden is suffering from lack of coal, because of the ice-bound southern coast. Indus tries sre beinf handicapped be cause of lack of fuel, and ships are held fast in the Ice, some of them having been unable to move for over threo weeks. They are be ing provisioned by airplanes. The new Nationalist government of China, which seems to have finally established some semblance finally established some semblance of order in that troubled country. Is at present facing Its first test of power. Its authority is being chal lenged by separatist revolt In Shantung, whero certain military leaders are pticmptinR to establish an Independent zone. It is reported that the natioiilit t government has the situation m II In hand. Elaborate provisions are being made for the Inaugural of 1'res.- dent-elect Hoover on March 4. There will be a nation-wide hook up of radio stations so that the whole country will be able to hear too inaugural address. Those who are so fortunate as to possess a televltlon outfit and there are about 2000 of them in the country may be able to actually ee the ceremony, as well as hear the words uttered there. The inaugura tion of the vice-president, Charles Curtis, will be broadcast right from the senate chamber. It will be the first time that a microphone has been put In the chamber of the United States Senate. Tiie fight between the Stewart and Rockefeller interests for the control of the Standard Oil Com pany of Indiana goes merrily on. The Rockefeller family and in terests are ont to unseat Colonel Stewart from the presidency of the company. It ia reported by those who aeem to know the facts that the Rockefeller group has ! proposed by various statesmen. Snld iwclor Nasen: "V m-ed have no war unless we wish to. It depends entirely upou our free will If we would work really ef ficiently for peace amon the nn lions of the earth. e must begin from within -In the people them selves. It Is not so much the dis armament of armies and navies that is important; 11 Is the dlsara ment of the human mind." International Education Secretary Of National Y.WJCAM Guest Here RKTWELN THE LINES By LaStlU Oilman aald "Colutnnlng Is a heck of a life," especially when the one writing it has nothing to write. (An opportune moment for readers If any to breath, "He never does.") However, the disap pointing spring weather Bang Its siren song in my good ear and I ipft hnnka to be reviewed another day, whlllng away tue -time with such highbrow literature aa true Story and Pep. Tho I dM commune with Mr. It. L. Mencken thru the medium of his March American Mercury. Conseivatlves may sniff nr 0H8i. but the Mercury is sood -aa,nn If one takes It With a SI'S 1 11 of salt and avoids being the timid soul by inhaling it wora tor wora. W V w w First of note, for those inter ested In the sports side of Journal ism, William Henry Nugent has written an enllghleulng article on "ihe bporu (section. " He deals mainly with the rise of the section from obscure notices to pages with editors In charge. And also with the lingo the page has produced that is. the glossary of words which we may call slang If we will, but which are Indispensable to the page. He gives their origins and various con notations. It is good reading. And sllow this quote: "When I consider the amount of space given over to sports my intelligence is offended, but my editorial Judgment supports it." William P. Beaiell. assistant managing editor of the New York World. George Jean Nathan, in his Clin ical Notes, writes a pungent word or wet on Radicalism In America. The chief point he makes Is the fact that radicals are nit-wit In this country, the European radicals Tar surpassing them. The English, French, Russian or Italian radical commands respect even in quarters where his doctrines prove distaste ful. But Oompers and Debs, Na than argues, had nothing but a gift for soap-box oratory. "The pro roundest thing the rank and file of American radical masterminds have been able, with concentrated effort, to think up to say against American capital In the whole last thirty years is that the late J. Pier pont Morgan had a red nose and a mash on an actress." And I also notice that as a pro phet, I'm not so bad. Several months ago, when I reviewed Mid dletown. I made a guess that H. L. Mencken would pounce upon It and hold It up with loud cries of appro bation, for It Is the type of book that is meat for such as Mencken and Sinclair Lewis. Mlddletown t reviewed by Mencken and he urges it onto every reader in America chiefly because It has more to do with the Babbitts, and Main Streets. Seems to me, tho, that Main Street and Babbitt did enough; let's forget it. Last week, in this column, I sug gested that Nebraska might have a "Type." Several students talked it over In & coffee-shop afterwards. The opinion seems to be that Ne braska does have a type, but its peculiarities are somewhat vague. One argued that the truly represen tative Nebraska type is an athletic worshiper, more so than other col leges, both east and west. Another expressed the belief that our type is the rough-and-ready, sheep-skin-coated, corn-fed barbarian. I can't agree with the latter: it smacks too much of the prejudiced ideas of the so-called Intelligentzia. Rut what are we marked by? Snobbish ness? Indifference? Spontaneity? Shallowness? Enthusiasm? it's rather difficult to find out unless one gets an unprejudiced, calm, analytical view. What impresses the outsider? One of the interpreters of our ; Miss Helen Thoburn. secretary for International education for tue national Y. W. C. A.. I. the guest of the university Y. W . J A. this tt-cek. Miss Thoburn Is Interna- I unn.iiv known as an exceptionally fine speaker, and students on the campus will have an unusual op portunity In being able to hear her, for she will speak at a great many meetings during the week. Includ ing World Forum and Vespers, botn at the College of Agrloulture snd the down town campus. For eight years, until last year, Miss Thoburn was a secretary lu the Chinese Y. W C. A., and for a time she worked with Grace Cop pock, a Nebraska graduate who went to China as the first woman missionary sent to that country by the Y W. C. A. Grace Coppock or ganised the Y. W. C. A. in Chlua, and because she insisted upon giv ing It into the hands of Chinese leaders It is today headed by Miss Ting Shu Chlng. a young Chinese woman who was trained by Miss Coppock to succed her. It. was under Miss Ting that Miss Thoburn worked while she was in Chins. Fifty Will Aid Drlvs. The Y. W. C. A. In China, as Miss Thoburn explained to a group of fifty captains who will work lu the drive, whom she met at five o'clock Monday In Ellen Smith hall, has takeu over nearly every activ ity that Is In this country sponsored by a particular organisation with a very speciric purpose. Child wel fare, women's labor problems, phy sical education for women, nursery schools, snd social llfe are all sponsored by the Y. W. C. A. be cause there is no other organisation nrf imnarilaJ view of their trouble, but alao of a friend whenever needed. A STUDENT. Wonder how many students know whai. taking place next Monday. ANOTHER POINT OF VIEW QUEEN OR POLITICS? Another year has rolled around, another Junior Prom is In the making, another orehestra has been engaged and another committer frets and bothers all ot the campus hoping to make the annual dance an annual success. i.Aiior ictian aooreaches. another series of tampus political maneuvers is in the offing, new Student politicians are beginning to pull the strings and set the bait and another Queen will be Selected when the smoke blows away. Wnat kind of Queen will she be? Wilt she be beautiful and attractive, popular, prominent on the campus, a sorority lealer. every man's girl or the "spouse" of any certain male political leader, a g6oi dancer or one with a good bank account? 8!nce the Junior Prom wa InsUtuted, all these types of "queens" have been honored. Sometimes the honor has been merited, and other times the dis tinction of being Prom Queen has been questionable, in many eases bad polities and underhand methods. such aa are a blot on the name of a university, hav "darkened" the winning candidate so that eren the daace itself waa a flat failure. The committee owes it to itself to make the Prom Queen seleeUo entirely above board. Every possible safeguard eould not make It a clean cam paign if those who are vitally interested do not so wish. There Is Uttle honor, however, la being a Prom Queen If tae selection is made through fraud or even political stress. And so, another year, another daace. all may brine new twists in eampuS politics, something dif ferent in political campaigns and the choosing of aa excellent Prom Queen with all the qualities she should have. The most Important quality is that she be elected because of her beauty, popularity and merits of character alone. Indiana Daily Student. the proxies and that Colonel Stewart will go on March 7, when the board meets. Dr. Fridtjof Naaen. famed ex plorer and humanitarian, made an interesting statement at a banquet recently given in his honor in New York. With eight years of experi ence In relief work during and af- iter the war. Doctor Nasen has a I bitter Bate for war, and is deeply j concerned with methods of dls jarroment. But his plan for disarm ament from the ordinary schemes In the country, which Is able to do these things, or wllllnr to do them. Chinese people are very quick to take up new ideas once they make up their minds to adopt them, ac cording to Miss Thoburn, and when they do adopt a western custom they go all the way, and takto no half-way measures, so that It be. comes a real problem for leaders to keep them from going too fa.r. Many Chinese women hare turned to the Y. W. C. A. aa a means tor securing social contacts, a desire which directly opposes ancient tra ditions in China with respect to the real place ot woman. Explains Odd Name, The shortened form of the Chi. nese name for the Y. W. C A., when It Is retranslated Into Eng. lish Is Green Years, and though many strangers wonder at the color scheme, when the Y. W. C. A. pa per is put out under the title ot the Green Year, with a blue trianglo directly below, the symbol has a very vital significance to thoea wVe are working In the movement la China. Early In March the local MsooW. Hon sponsors a drive for fund to be sent to China to promote tho work which is being carried on there by the Y. W. C. A., and ft is to make the woik whkh Afta money supports more vital to Individuals on the campus who will contribute to the fund, that Miss Thoburn Has come to Nebraska. Nebraska w&a the first group to sponsor such a. drive when it began a campaign for funds to be sent directly to Grace Coppock In 1915. Miss Coppock baa since died, but the fund is still raised In her name as a memorial to her. "type" made a side-remark whloh was interesting lf true. Having at tended eastern schools and there fore not speaking for a snobbish effect, he stated that Nebraska stu dents. In comparison with eastern students, arc extremely lacking In culture, finesse, "smoothness." He believes that the Nebraska stu dents are crude, with their corners still rough snd sharp. Literal minded, he said; materialistic, un read, uneducated when we gradu ate. The eastern student Is pol ished, he stated, with widely vary ing interests in literature, politics, the arts, et cetera, without being Intellectual snobs. Rather strong, I suppose, and yet others have said the same thing. Something to think about, at least. Yesterday 1 read an article deal ing with the civilizing of the West. The range is gone, the cowboy has vanished, roads are made of gravel, schools have sprung up, and the Indian, the fierce, liberty-loving, war-like Sioux, has gone the trail of the setting sun. Today I read a news clipping, to wit: "Amos White, a Sioux Indian, bit off the end of his wife's nose so she would be lees attractive to other Indian men. Today he was sentenced to two years and eight months in the State Penitentiary." (South Dako ta.) More proof that the West Is gone. An American Indian cant even bite off his wife's nose with out getting thrown into Jail : seen some of the impromptu varia tions ot the Virginia Reel which were danced at the Y. M. C. A.-Y. W. C. A. party last Friday. "We had a great party." said C. D. Hayes, secretary of the univer sity Y. M. C. A. "From the time the doorbell first rang, on through the cherry pie a la mode, to the singing of Good Night, Ladles, It was one of the Jolliest socials the "Y" has had In recent years." 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