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The Daily Nebraskan
TWaNTY-NINTH VsA
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la Lincoln. Neb., under act ol coogreaa March I.
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Official pubiicattua ot the University ot Ns
braaka and under ths direction of tba 8tudrnt
truncation Bard.
Published every oaornlng during the academic
year wttb lha asrtptmn of Saturdays. MowUyi
aad during tba vanuua vacation periods of tba
School.
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J. M. PITZEH BUSINEaS MANAGE
Editorial Staff
Associate editor: Joyce Ayrea
Managing editors- Kdgar Backus Gene Robb.
New editor: Donald Carlson, Robert Kelly,
William McCleery, Efiens McKlm. Dnuml Walla.
Sports rdittir lac tlllott.
Contributing editor: Maurice Akin, Donald
Cartoon. Lucile iVpreansen. David Fellrnan, Robert
Kelly. William McCleery. Elmer Skov.
Busmen Staff
Assistant business manager:
Chttrlo Law. lor. Lester Lohmeyer.
Leroy Jack.
High (Priced) Society.
Dazzling shirt fronts and brilliant formal
gowns came 1o tho fort-ground of university
hocirty Kri.lay night with the twenty first an
nual "Military ball. More than 1,000 gay
couples attended the opening formal of the
season.
According to The Daily Ncbrsj-kan stories
wh ;h preceded the ball, it was to have been
one of the most lavishly decorated parties in
the tritcdum of Cornhusker history. Evidently
there was a slipht change in plans.
The beautiful canopy which was to have
stretched from balcony to balcony, overhang
ing the coliseum floor like a multihued cloud,
was absent. However, it was futurist ically rep
resented by a string of light bulbs at conserva
tive intervals. Many of those attending the
ball were sentimentally impressed by these
bulbs for they are practically a tradition on the
Nebraska campus, having been used for every
thing from nuw-extinct varsity parties to non
fraternity parties.
. What if the paint does seem a trifle
cracked in places! Those bulbs represent
everything that is established and recognized
In university society circles. They are substan
tial and g'xxl for many more seasons.
Brilliantly striped hangings that were al
leged to have covered the orchestra stand also
were absent from the ball. The strip of silver
cloth was probably much more beautiful, how
ever, and provided the customers with a little
surprisft. That is, if they believed the pub
licity stories.
Fresh flowers, according to advance no
tices, were to be used throughout the decora
tive motif. By the time the party started these
flowers must have been plucked by young Loch
invars who felt the urge to send corsages, for
the only evidence of vegetation was a system
of artificial grape vines which twined apolo
getically, but nonetheless beautifully, around
the coliseum.
What could have been more striking than
the system of floodlights which were planned
for the ball! But thes floodlight miht have
illumined sunburned backs on some of the fair
formally dressed coeds, so the lights, too were
put in the class of never never arrivals.
All in all it was a stupendous occasion.
Posscibly some of the cadet officers and their
sponsors were out of step in the grand march,
but that simply illustrates the spirit of modern
youth. Why be stereotype!
At three dollars per couple the proceeds
from the Military ball should help materially
In paying off debts contracted by the United
Stares in the late war. In short, the Military
ball was a huge success.
Bon Voyage, Captain!
VThtn the University of Illinois meets its
football foes m-xt fall, Coach Bob Zuppke's
lean will be playing without a permanent cap
tain. But before each game Coach Zuppke will
naire the team leader for that one contest.
Thii decision was reached by members of the
1925 squad at the close of the past season, bc-eaai-ft,
as they expressed it, the change will
work for the best interests of the team.
That the captaincy of the football team
doe- become a bone of contention among the
players and fraternities they represent is an
admitted fact. Who will say that the election
of the team leader for the next year does not
incite petty jealousies among the players; cre
ate more politics on the campus in general and
among fraternities in particular; invite cliques
and factions to take undesirable dealings which
work against the welfare of the team!
Nebraska has experienced the results of
such evils. A Cornhusker captain of several
years ago, elected on an underhanded basis by
a faction cf players on the varsity, saw this
honor taken away by the university officials.
They gave the captaincy to another whom they
thought entitled to it, but there still remains
the question of whether the team's discipline
did not suffer as a result.
Add to this the case of a fraternity
"swingiEg" an election by having all of its
members on the varsity who earn letters vot
for one man. In an incident of this nature, the
captain is not always the one player who is
justly entitled to rich honor. Then there are
other ways fraternities can join hands to defeat
the spirit for which the election of this honor
ary position was intended.
The tf-am, the coach and the school suffer
from theso evils: The team, because of the low
roor&le which a defeated candidate may stir
up ; ti e coach, because of the upset of discipline
end poor playing which inevitably follows; and
the schooC because of knowledge of the lsment
able but remedial state of affairs which will
become widespread in the state
To Nebraska, this Illinois example ahouM
be a lesson; it should teach the Cornhuskers to
follow in the footsteps of the Elinl and carry
out an idea which next fall will product re
irults, all the more amazing beeause they were
brought out by the wmple formula of abolition
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55yS??5. How enaii ne marry wnnnui any
wife?
A' Summrr School i'lan.
The I'nivr ruitv of Nebraska ouiuiuer school
for 15:t0 la to be operated on a combination
plan of six and nine wet k eoursea, according
to irof. K. D. Mortt. director. The new
scheme affords fjjoituuili to three ty pen of
summer students: Iiiokk aeekiiiR a higher ie-
grrej those shortening their college course;
and the elementary school leather who are
required to take six hours of college credits
every three years to retain their certificate.
Heretofore, these three classes have not all been
served satisfactorily nor impartially.
It is a ffratifvinir improvement in the uni
versity summer school, both In the system of
operation and the spirit of ri-oration, that is
evinced by the university authorities. When
an honest effort is made by a state institution
to serve the greatest number of the citircn of
the state, in the most efficient manner, the ae.
tion is to be heartily endorsed.
Announcement has been made of the com
ing selection of the 1 !:Jrt football captain.
Which Is just a different way of declaring an
other contest between fraternity "pusher."
Freshmen who were Inveigled into attend
ing the Military ball were surprised to observe
that it was just an ordinary affair.
In ihe light of recent happening on this
campus, one wonders whether the Innocents
are so innocent after all.
Echoes of the Campus.
Too Much!
To the Editor of The Nebrakaa:
The firat party of the formal aeaaon. the Mili
tary ball, has again relied around. All the persons
preaenl were aaxloualy awtlUcg the presentation of
the honorary colonel. Many more were unable to
attend becauae the coat was waiting, too. Th?ae
forced ouUlders wanted to attend, but the expensea
of a ticket wa mora than they could afford.
Why ahould the adml-talon to this party be In
axceaa of moat others given during the year ?
The parties given by the barb council this year
have had the low admwsloo price of thirty-five
cents. Elaborate decorations have been had and the
music has been excellent. Even with auch a small
price, a profit haa been made on these partlea.
Everyone has been able to attend If they so desired.
Now the military ball appear and. ai In past
years, the admission la IS. The decorations are no
Uiure eUboimle thiui thue of oilier patties and the
music Is furnished by a Lincoln orchestra. The addi
tional expense for a few Incidental Is not heavy and
yet the coat Is more than six time as great.
It is true that the lnterfraternity ball and the
tunlor-aenlor prom have about the same price, but
the music has been furnished by out-of-town bands
which Increases the expenfiea. In auch a cass. the
added admiseton is expected and la not so greatly
questioned.
Why can't the military ball be placed within
the means of more students? Reduce 'ne price to fit
more pocketbooks and enable more sfjdenU to enjoy
the affair. Unless there Is some great expense that
la unknown to most of ua. such a reduction Is highly
possible. The party would then be attended by more
and wmJd be a truly representative university func
tion. F- A-
S-OS Y. W. C. A.
To the Editor of The NebraaJcan:
A T. W. C A. drive was recently conducted on the
Nebraska campus, the necessary goal being $2,000.
A minimum of about $1,200 was to be raised before
any contribution would be made through the city
community chest. At the preaent time the total of
campus donations falls short of the minimum by
several hundred dollars. If this deficter.y la not
collected within the next few days, the drive will be
a failure, with the probable outcome a compulrfTry
abandonment of the organization.
Would the coeda mourn the loss of the Y. .
C A, were it to be laid beside the graves of Mystic
Flab, Vikings. Awgwaii and other deceased extra
curricular activities?
Hundreds of young women attend matinees
throughout the week; hundreds spend their free
hours caking, spending money for cokes, candy, etc.
But when solicited for a trivial amount for the main
tenance of a worthwhile organization they pu-ldenly
become hard up, and are unable to contribute a
cent. .
It has not been hard to raise vast sums of
money to aead the band with the team, to help Kos
met Klub, and many otler organization in distress.
But Y. W. C A, one of the most worthwhile organi
sations on our campus, la now in distress and no aid
is in view.
If Y. W. C A. Is compelled to disorganize due
to lack of support, financially and otherwise, it will
be a poor recommendation for Nebraska women. IS
there no way In which we can appeal to these young
women and bring them to the realization of the
seriousness of Y. W. C. A. s pn-aent situation?
D. W.
Between the Linea.
Uy LAMU.k Ull MAS
Historical, Psychological, An
alytical and aientifit Treatise en
the Subject cf Mether Ooessi An
All amnracing study ef This
Little Known tit of Folk Lore.
Utile Jack Horner aal In a corner
Kaling hia Christmas pie;
He aluck In hi thumb and pulled
out a plum
A a any good home ec. can tell
you, it la not the custom nowa
And aaid. "what a good boy am I!"
.lays to give little boys large and
rich plum plea and ao the flavor
of the verse la lost on moat of ua
I-l us, therefore, draw an ana-
"lofy-
For the sake of clarity, let ua
rt mauler Little Innocent Jack
Jack Horner. The Little Innocent
doesn't generally alt in a corner,
on the campus, he's right in the
center of the room, dreased In red,
white and blue. He's got his pie
and he thinks US cake and apple
dumpling and everything else
and bt s eating It with great gusto.
All the rest of the little boy a and
girls stand around and watch him
with large and Jealous eyea He
makes the most of It-
Some Weekly Reflections
He alkka lu his thumb and pulls
nut all the Dlums he can ret. It
isn't hard to get plums If you're a
Utile innoceni jaca nonwr. n.
regards theae plums 'ist are bis
tv.r th takinr and ha aavs: "Mr
gosh! What a good boy am I!"
Kveryone then noaa tneir neas
f srhnuilv and arreeablv. Except
a few who murmur: "What is hs
good for?"
Little Boy Blue, come mow your
hnrn
The Sheep'a in the meadow, the
CoWs In the corn:
Where's the boy that tended the
abeep?
He's under the haycock, fast
asleep.
To bring our treatise up to date.
Little Boy Blue who blew the raUy
horn too often. Instead of too In
frequently. The sheep, following
their leader. Drone loose anu
niahed into the meadow and the
cowa crashed around In the corn
field, doing a lot of damage.
Rut after all the damage waa
done, someone wanted to know
where Little Boy Blue was. They
asked questions, but Little Boy
HI ne modern name unknown but
suspected went away quickly and
feigned sleep. He nasn i Deen iounu
under the haycock yet but prob
ably will be soon. What will hap
pen to the little boy that tended
the sheep?
Little Miss Muriel, ane sat on a
tuffet
Eating her curds and whey;
Along came a spiaer ana aai
down beside her
And frightened Miss Muffet away.
In our campus case, sedate and
1 demure Miss Universitas Nebras
kanisas was sitting on her tuffet
one bright and sunny p. m. She was
having a nice time of it, sitting
there eating her perfectly prope1"
curds and whey. Well, she knew
that there was a spider named
Awgwan somewhere in the offing,
but he was a small and very well
behaved spider and ahe thought
nothing of him.
But the spider had been living,
of late, on a diet of eastern uni
versity exchanges and he got
pretty large and gruesome and he
came over and sat down chummlly
beside our heroine. She suddenly
became sware of him and was hor
rified. He smiled villainously at
her and twirled his mustachios.
Now here's the surprise, for In our
case, ahe didn't run away scared
hatf to death. She rix up In wrath
and stompt on him.
Little Tommy Tucker aings for his
supper
What shall he eat? White bread
and butter.
How shall hs eat it without any
knife?
TTe Girl Friend of Nebraska.
1 dancea and smiles and shakes
hands for her rewerda. And after
she gets It. who wanta white bread
and butter, anyway? IVraonally.
we can't see how ahe ran choke
It down when half a doten bally
booera went around talkine It up.
Why not renounce all Queens and
8weethearta and lead a sedentary
and monastic life?
O':
OIJ Mother Hubbard, riie went
to the cupboart
To gel her poor pooch a bone;
When ahe got there the cupboard
was bars
And ao her poor dog haa got not
any.
,ld Iady Frat INilltlea went to
a lot nf trouble. She had to find
a dog and call him In and then go
over to the cupboard and open It
she could open It becauae it waa
her. The dog aat around all eyea
and empty stomach and licked hi
chopa expectantly. Yea, ahe found
a few crumb of this snd that and
the other thing and ahe gave them
to the dog. and be accepted them
gratefully and thought what a
lucky dog he waa.
But when he went to eat them,
he discovered that most of the
crumbs were puffed rice, full of
air and nothing else. He had to be
satisfied with what he goL but It
wasn't much, and he at ill follow
the Old Lady around to the cup
board, he realises tnai me crumoa
he la going to get are of dubious
value.
DELTA OMICRON
HOLDS TEA FOR
MUSIC STUDENTS
Delta Omlcron's annual tea for
all fine arts major was held
Thursday afternoon at Ellen Smith
halL There were several musical
selections offered by Virginia Ann
Schrtmpton. Margaret Anderson,
Mildred Johnson. Hsrriet Daly.
Dorothy Holcomb and Gertrude
Gierman.
The receiving line was composed
of the officers. The hostesses in
cluded. Lucille aine. Mrs. Phil
Sidles, Mrs. Molser and Mr. Van
Kirk. The committee In charge
inrlnrW Paula Eastwood. Evelyn
Bauer. Marjorie Kimball and Mar
Jons Byllesby.
BLACKMAN GETS
RARE SPECIMEN
OF INDIAN VASE
ltoton Trantcript
Till of iW fif)
AVnr OWW. Mr.
E E Blackmail, curator of the
t Mutorlral socletv. was In
Central City Thursday obtaining
an old Pawnee Indian vase in pos
....ir,n nf jnhn F. Mueller, who
has given the vessel to the society.
The vaae was round on r-raine
creek, near Central City, after
flood waters bad cul into ine creea
bank.
In the opinion of Mr. Blarkman,
ih arwM-imen is almost perfect.
only a small hole being broken In
the bottom of the earthenware.
This la the third Indian-made vase
found in Nebraska that is in the
possession of the society.
Telephone Expert Will
Talk on Practical Work
Dr. Perrtne of the Bell Tele
phone Laboratorle. Inc., will ad
dress the student branch of A. L
E. E. on "The Application of the
Photoelectric Cell to Communica
tion." Tuesday evening, Dec. 10,
In social sciences auditorium. Thi
lecture, which is to be supple
mented by demonstrations, is open
to the public,
HEWITT WILL READ
PAPER TO ACADEMY
"k Rtudv of Dakota Formation
in Nebraska and Adjacent Areas,"
will be the aubject of a paper to be
presented at the holiday meeting
of the American association for the
advancement of science in les
vnin bv L. W. Hewitt of the
geologist division of the conserva
tion and survey oi vision.
U may be that thers are univer
sity atudenta living near the ruin
of a lout c ity, according to a atory
In a recent luii of the Boston
Evening Transcript received by the
Nebraska Hutoncal society.
According to the Boston paper
"nuna of the second of throe loat
ancient Indian cltlea recently dis
covered near O'Neill, Neb, are two
nillea east and on the north bank
of the Klkhorn river. The loat city
la known to be about a quarter of
a rule In length and about the
same In width."
-Violent wind aided by the
heavy water caused erosion and
ha removed several feet of top
soil from the corn field on those
ruins. Enormous amounts of rock
material were found lying about la
the nnen" It told of dens DODU-
Intlon and a long occupancy by the
ancients, une unexpecioa paw
nt tk ittwAimfv tha arrow
hade of snow whit agatlsod
wood.
Tha hlatnriral aorlotV mUSOUIO
haa a number of large casea filled
with artifacts from this area, ine
above story come from a citizen
living near O'Neill. It Is the opin
ion of a local archaeologist mat
the ancient people who occupied
this "wonderful city" were of Irish
extraction.
E. E. Blackman. curator cf the
State Historical society's museum,
will make a trip to thla locality in
the near future, to determine the
true significance of the facts as
stated in the Boaton Transcript.
Worcester Will Talk
To Wesley an Faculty
Dr. D. A. Worcester will addre
the faculty of Nebraska Vosleyan
university Thursday. Dec. 12. on
'Some Attempt to Solve the
Problem of Freshman Failures."
Dr. Worcester Is professor of ed
ucational psychology.
NERRASKANS TAKE
PROMINENT PART
IN CONSERVATION
At a recent annual meeting of
the American Soil Survey associa
tion In Chicago, Frank A. Hayes
was retained as committee chair
man of technical soils studies and
E. A. NieAchmldt was made a
member of the committee on for
est soil. Mr. Haye made a re-
Dort before the convention oo the
lime content of Nebraska aoiia.
Both mon are connected with the
conservation and aurvoy division
of Nsbraake, ITof J- C nuaool of
tha agronomy departmen. waa on
the committee dealing with ehem
leal content of ths soils.
A Few
Homeland Ctothea ef
B alt I more at
$25.00, $30.00 and
$35.00
laiiMin e
Plan) and Cantettialr
$25.00 and $30.00
Lou Hill
Phot MOTS
Pee Appointment.
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Cheating the Vnirenity.
Nothing seems to dellgnt a surprisingly common
type of student mors than cheating the university.
In a multitude of ways, he soars to the heights of
human happiness when he has succeeded In putting
ons over on his school. He seems to condone s type
of action, in bis relations with hi school, which he
would be the first to condemn were It to sriae in
other forms of associate life.
This instinct to cheat has Its larger counterpart
In tha attitude of many people to their government.
Many otherwise bonoraol citizens will not hesitate
to cheat the stats, whether such dishonesty takes
the form of a falsification of Income tax raturns, tho
realisation of an exorbitant profit in a public con
tract or laalne-a and Ineptitude while in the public
employ.
Somehow or other, these people seem to think of
their gov-trnment or their school as something apart
and distinct from themselves. The stats and college
are to them mechanical contrivances, to be tolerated
as best ons can, and to be taken advantage of when
ever and however on can.
They seem to curiously dissociate themselves from
the Institutions Which represent social organization.
They are apparently obllvloue of the elementary fact
that a school is Just what fts component parts make
H, and that a government's excellence is measured
toy the virtue of Us Individual citizen.
Such students cheat In various forms, which
range from petty meannesses to grand larceny.
Boms win use their neighbor's notes in efforts to
put ons over on the instructor. Some will develop
ever ryoetralns during examination periods, to
cheat Owe university. Many win spend more time
and thought upon tie development of ingenious crib
heels than would be necessary for an honorable
mastery of the course. An unscrupulous few will go
even further, and reap pecuniary gains In dtvera
rubti ways, in the course of their eolleglat ca-
mr.
t-v .ttutanta whA mta cheat ahouid cause for a
mppi and conaldsr ths tremendoua price they pay
for the little advantages so attained. What littU
tfaer rim is evsTwhslmtngly offset by ths sacrifice
they make ta self-respsct. Living In ths press of
present ctretxmatanoss, they forget that they have to
fivs with tasxosalves and their souls for ths rest of
tfesir earthlv exietenoe.
ArplWsahls, tndoed, la tns scriptural paaoage: "Tor
la a man nrrrfUod. if hs shall gain ths whole
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Except Spring Felts
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when you need to make an
extra impression on the boy
friend better buy one of
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