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EASTERN CRITIC
OF UNIVERSITY
Thompson Denies Athletics
Are Emphasized Above
Scholarship.
'NEBRASKA IS TYPICAL'
Huskcr Student Head Says
Other Causes Dictate
School Policy.
Vigorously defending western
education and university culture
tn Ibis action of ths Ballon. T. J.
Thompson, dean of student affairs
st the University of Nebraska,
has written the Nebraska Slate
Journal a lengthy reply to a state
ment appearing on Its editorial
page Jan. 15 which stated that
teachers schooled tn the went
could not obtstn positions tn the
art because "in ths west you
place athletics first"
Dean Thompson, by questioning
eastern executives who corns went
to hire many of their employees,
declares tbst western college grad
uates are considered mors alert,
generally equally Intelligent and
-much mors adaptable than those
educated In the east.
Athletics Placed ftrtu
The original comment tn the
Journal came after a University
of Nebraska graduate bad tried
and failed to get employment as
a teacher. The bead of the bureau
where she applied said this uni
versity did not rank with eastern
Institutions and remarked. "East
"ern college emphasise Intellectual
attainments, but to the west you
place athletics first,"
To this statement Dean Thomp
son replied, tn Sunday's Issue, as
follows: "It was with considerable
interest that I read the Item In
the 'More or Less Personal1 col
umn to The State Journal Wed
nesday morning In which It was
stated that a graduate of the uni
versity found that she could not
obtain employment In the city of
Borton as a teacher because as she
said she was Informed "eastern
colleges emphasise Intellectual at
tainment but in the west you place
athletics first.'
- "It was any trlvileg to-complete
my secondary education and
the major part of my college edu
cation In the east and I know from
bitter experience that It Is very
difficult to convince an easterner
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Student in School in 1880
Describes University of
Fifty Years Ago.
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cial life of the university since 1S80
is related bv John w. uryaen,
student at toe institution at that
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time rill sxory b puuimucu ...
Sunday. Jan. 7. issue of the Ne-
braska State journal.
He tells bow he was Induced to
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come lo me uiuvli diu w.
bralla by the prospect of paying
low nnces xor Doara ana iwui.
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CHANGES
SCHOOL
Burnett Thinks University Should
Have One Building That Will Lend
Dominant Note to Physical Plant
Chancellor Gives Some Suggestion of Structures
Particularly Desired; Article Appears m
January Issue of Alumnus.
Editor's note- University of Nebraska needs seven major im-
verstty needs writen by the chancellor:
There are many men and women among tlie alumni and
friends of the miiversily lio like to think in big figures, who
consjure up in their imaginations t-ndunng woirumcnts, wl.o
like to plaA r-eat and worth hfle thing, lor the man who
desires a niagnific-cnt project, the Lmverwty of Nebraska has
several suggestions.
rrM Mnr nrnti find women O
whownuTdlikTmanrmemonal.lars, or a chapel or hbrary cost
which would be something more
than mere brick or stone and there
are men who having achieved a
competence in life desire to ex
ercise their imaginations on a pro
ject that is really worth while.
Here, for instance are some
ideas alongr this line:
A tower and chimes,
A. chapel building,
A library building:,
A student infirmary.
An art museum,
A dormitory building,
An observatory.
Now what the University of Ne
braslce needs roost from a campus
fitandpolnt is some building that
win give a dominant not to the
r entire plant- At the present time
I the city campus does not have a
single building that really accom
pliabes this end. Several of the
suggestions which we have made
above accomplish this end, whether
a modest tower and chimes costing
from fifty to eighty thousand dol
Publication lloaril
U ill Mu t Thurnlay
The S t a d n t Publication
board vtil mtct Thursday. Jan
uary 2 J. st 3:30 p. nv, in Unl
ftrtity hall room 106. It will
contider the applications for th
various positions of The Dally
Nebraskan for ntut sanv
eater. AM applicants are asked
to be avallsbls at that time.
ES WILL BE PAID
1. 27
Students Are Responsible
For Making Payments
On Right Day.
Students will pay fees the week
beginning Jsn. 27. according to
the report from the registrars of
fice. The eat end of Memorial hall
will be open from to 4 o'clock,
including noon hour, on Jsn. 27 and
M for the ravment of fees bv stu
dents In the colleges of agricul
ture, dentistry, engineering, law.
pharmacy and leacners colleges.
The same hours will be maintained
trr th mllrpe of arts and sci
ences and business administration.
on Jan. 29 and 30.
Each student should call for his
own registration slip tn Memorial
hall. If fees are nt paid at the
time Indicated for each college, a
late registration fee will be
charged.
LEROY JACK GOES
TO HOSPITAL WITH
FOOT INFECTION
LeRoy C. Jack. 'St, Tekamah,
was taken to the Lincoln General
hosnital lste Sunday afternoon
with an lnfecttd foot. The Infec
tion, which developed irom a sore
spot on Jack's left foot. Is not re
garded as serious.
Attendants st the hospital said
he would probably be able to leave
within the next two days. If not
sooner. He is being attended by
Dr. Deppen.
BEHIND J
Ray Ramsay Gets Unusual Ovation
For Work in 'The Queen's Husband9
An unusual -ovaliaa was gives torial Gaaral Tortarunba trie
night performance of The Queen's
Hn.nri" Universitv Players at
thT Temrlo Theatre this week. " secretary, rreaencK u
tne ' ton who wins the love of the prin-
the meek, hen-peckea King, idosc
who have seen Mr. Ramsay in his
hmur cniwsses declare wai bib
acting in "The Queen s Husoana
surpasses tne lormer in toj:uv.
Mr. Ramsay gets many a laugh
tmm th audience because of the
r,aint .nv in which he imperson-
ates the King in wain,
voico, and facial expressions. Mr.
Ramsay is realastic and natural.
The fimlnine leads in the play
tvn Viv Maurine Drayton as
queen. Martha and Mildred Orr as
her daugnter, we rnnwss ui'
Miss Drayton makes an excellent
hr ramaee ana kcu
,i mnv.Tnnt she soon imrrese
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the audience with her acting abil-
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share of praise for her portrayal
(v. tv.Io was verv well done.
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Miss Orr has poise and charm
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characterization of the part, ine
-T,. .v-hirh both Miss Dra5t"n
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and Miss Orr wear add materially
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Zolley Lerner as the dicta-
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ing from a quarter of a million
to one million dollars. The univers
ity will, of course, provide suitable
sites and develop attractive sur
roundings for any structures of
thin kind which may be presented
to the institution.
Let us describe in greater de
tail a few of these projects, bear
ing in mind that these do not by
any mans constitute all the pos
sibilities. Tower and Chimes.
For the money tn ested. prob
ably nothing adds more distinc
tion to a, university campus than
a campanile with chimes. The uni
versity has several very appropri
ate locations available for such a
memorial. A magnificent tower of
this kind with the chimes ringing
out every quarter or half hour of
the day "would probably do more
than any other thing for the
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JANUARY
ALUMNUS
CONTAINS
FEATURES
Burnett's Article and Plans
Of Methodists Arc
Highlights.
ISSUE IS MAILED OUT
Tbo first 1M0 Issue of the Ne
braska Alumnus has been sent out
to the former student i of the uni
versity. The opening story gives the gen
eral plans of the proposed Metho
dist student center together with
the architect's drawing of the pro
posed building. This is followed by
a discussion of the new plans for
holding the Ivy day exercises the
early part of May and the post
ponement of roundup week until
after final examinations in June.
Chancellor Burnett writes a con
cluding article on the ways in
which the university may be
helped by alumni. He llsta some
of the larger projects which
alumni might like to see become
reallt'es such ss a tower and
chimes, a chapel building, a new
library, an Infirmary, or an art
museum.
Notes On Faculty.
Another article discusses the
holiday meeting which the vsrious
members of the faculty attended
during the Christmas vacation.
Notes on the various activities of
the different professors as well as
campus news which might be of
Interest to th graduates are In
terspersed throughout
Two reproductions of pictures
in the Mornll hall collection are
shown. A story telling of the Corn
busker basketball team Is supple
mented by a picture of the five
"regulars" on the team.
Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur writes
on the history and progress of fra
ternal organisations on the cam
pus with suggestion and forecasts
about their future. The usual news
of the different classes and edi
torial comment complete the issue.
tJs Walter Vogt
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William who is forced to marry the
Princess Anne for political reasons
causes the audience much amuse
ment when be tells his fiance
that he dosenf like her. Other
members of the cast are: Edwin
Quinn as Phipps; Richard Page as
Lord Dirt en; Paul Thompson as
Petley; Art Singley as Major
Blent: Harlen C fcaston as Dr.
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dier Al Riffany as Laker; and
Eleanor Foley and Gertrude Sul-
I'.van as ladies in waiting.
Coeds on Junior-Senior Prom
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Pictured abm-e are coeds who have been chosen by the Student council to serve on XAtJ-iyk
Prom committee, the annual affair which closes the formal Banc. .J?
are- Miss Miriam Wlcgenhom. Delta Gamma, of Ashland; Miss SaJly Pickard, Pi Beta pht c Omaha.
Mill Se NmechePu. of Humbolt; Mis. Dorcas Weatherby. Alpha Xi Delta jrf
Mis. Katherine Williams. Alpha Omicroa Pi. cf Dun lap. la.; and Mu Dorcniy McGey Ii Dt
Delta, of Lincoln. Men on the committee are: Donald A. Carlaon. Alph Sigma Phi of Qyenne.
Wvo Kenneth A. Gammill. Delta Upsilon. of Bertboui Colo.: Fiji ICran. DeltaPhi Gamma, of Ben
nington; Carl Hahn. Sigjna No. of Twin Falls. Ida.; Georye Kennedy .TClpha Tau Omega, of Omaha; and
Cyril Winkler, Delta Taa Delta, of Lexington.
Organization llavp
n'l 77iu' f (li't
I'icturc in Annual
Taking organliatlon pictures
for ths 1130 Cornhuikse mutt
b completed by February 14.
The atudio can only accommo
date three groups a day, and as
thert ar many pictures yet lo
bs taken, ths managing editors
advlts that all groups who have
tot had their pictures taken to
makt arrangements to do so as
soon as poitible.
George Kennedy, business
manager, Is now taking con
tracts for organisation space In
the yearbook. All groups wish
ing space should sea htm In tht
near future.
METHOD OF ELECTING
Story in Daily Nebraskan
Of 1926 Tells Bases
Of Selection.
EDITOR'S NOTE: The fol
lowing Is taken from the May
26, 1926, edition of The Daily
Nebraskan, primarily because
of its news value at this par
ticular time shortly before
the second semester, when the
elections to the Innocents so
ciety are made. It was In
1926. according to The Ne
braskan of that year, that a
second election was required
ef the Innocents. Whether
this article appeared before or
after the second election is not
known.
To show upon what basis and In
what way the members of the In
nocents, senior men's honorary so
ciety, are selected, the following
extracts from the constitution
were submitted to The Daily Ne
braskan Tuesday by the society:
Extract from the Innocents So
ciety constitution:
"The Innocents society, founded
In the year 1903. shall be composed
of thirteen male students of the
University of Nebraska who have
affiliated with the class tn which
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I CAMPUS CALENDAR
Tuesday, Jan. 22.
Interfratemity council meeting,
7:15. Morrill hall, room 9.
- Phi - Epsfloa KrP- honorary
physical education fraternity, 7:30,
K club rooms.
Women's rifle team, 7 o'clock,
armory, room 101.
Phi Beta Kappa dinner. 6
o'clock. University club rooms.
Men's Commercial club, election
of officers. Social Science hall,
7:15.
Wednesday, Jan. 23.
DeMolay meeting, public Instal
lation of officers and dance, 8
o'clock. Scottish Rite temple.
Iota Sigma Pi, chemistry halL
Thursday, Jan. 24.
Dr. Pvobert E. Speer, secretary
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rf tvuirrl f iDreiirn missions ol
the Presbyterian church to speak,
Westminster Presbyterian church.
Pi Mu Epsilon. social sciences.
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Services for Late Senator
W. Pcrwin Will Be Held
On Campus.
BURNETT IS SPEAKER
Classes will be excused and of
fices cloned from 2 to 4 p. m. at
the agricultural college Tueaday
for the funeral of Senator W.
Pertn, former superintendent of the
agricultural farm, which will be
hf Id at the student activities build
ing on the agricultural college
campus at 2:30 p. m.
Chancellor E. A. Burnett will
eulogise the life of Senator Perln
and ths services which he has
given the college of agriculture
during bis life, at the funeral this
afternoon.
Senator W. Perin died Saturday
morning at 5 a. m. at his home at
32S5 Orchard street, following a
two months' Illness and several se
rious operations. He has been
connected with the college of agri
culture for forty years, during
which time he has done much to
aid tn the building up of the col
lege of agriculture to ita present
standard.
The body is at rest at the Hodg
man mortuary awaiting burial.
Special mu.ic for the funeral
will constat of songs by Mrs. Quil
lis and H. A. Bradford. Those who
will act as pallbearers are P. L.
Baldwin, O. A. Ellis, W. J. Rum
malls, L. G. Reynolds. W. H. Dun
man and Dean V. W. Burr.
Mr. Perin is survived by his wife
and two daughters. Mrs. J. L. La
barrere of Denver. Colo.; Mrs.
George S. Reedcr of Columbus;
her two sons, Charles C of Phila
delphia and C D. Perin of Lincoln.
Meeting of N Qui
Is Set for Thursday
Members of the "N" club, organ
ization of Nebraska lettermen, will
banquet in their clubrooms at the
coliseum Thursday ex-ening at 6:15
o'clock. H. D. Gish, director of ath
letics, announced today.
Force of Men Clear Snow Off Walks
Before Students Arise in Morning
BY HERBERT BENNELL
Students who consider snow and
the accompanying cold to be one
of the major hardships of their
lives, should, before voicing" their
complaints too vociferously, give a
thought to the hardships it brings
for whose duty it is to clear the
walks of the campus after a storm.
A recitation of the rnutine of the
walk clearers on d? following a
Wizards makes t woes of the
students truly i .significant.
A heavy snow storm in Lincoln
is a message for the local team
ster who holds a walk clearing
contract to have his team of horses
and snow plow on hand at 6
o'clock in the morning. He is
joined by one of the regular cam
pus force and the battle against
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For Knginvvrt Feed
Tickets are now on sals for
the American Institutt of Elec
trical Engineers' annual ban
quet lo be held at the Grand
hotel at 6 p. m. Wednesday,
Jan. 22. R A. Richardson of
the Program service company
will talk on "Radio Telephone
Program tervtci." Election of
officers for the net two se
mesters will take place follow
ing ths talk.
WILL TALK 10 GROUP
Dr. LeMer I; Scheduled to
Speak at Meeting of
Local Chemists.
Dr. V. K. LeMcr. profeanor of
physical chemistry at Columbia
university and well known speaker
will give a talk on "solutions" at
the one hundred and forty-fifth
regular meeting of the Nebraska
section of the American chemical
society, Wednesday Jan. 22 at o
o'clock tn the lecture room of
chemistry hall.
The subject of the talk will be
treated in a manner of interest lo
all. and will not be a highly spec
ialized such as Is only of Interest
to psyical chemists, according to
Dr. C S. Hamilton, professor of
chemistry All students are Invited
to attend the meeting.
PUBLICITY STAFF
WILL ENTERTAIN
kY' COLLEAGUES
The publicity staff of Uft T. M.
C. A. of which Mary Nichols is
chairman will entertain at a din
ner and radio the members of the
"Nebraska in Shanghai" staff of
which Minnie Nemechek is chair
man. The affair will be held at 6
o'clock Wednesday evening in El
len Smith halL This Is the fourth
of the series of dinners given by
the publicity staff.
the snow drifts begins. With the
early morning temperature at
somewhere in the proximity of
fifteen degrees below zero these
two men, lacking the coon skins
in which the students do their
shivering, begin the struggle to
clear the snow from the walks.
The plan for the campaign is
to have a pathway cleared on all
the campus walks by 8 o'clock
when the students are supposed to
arrive. No mention is mside of the
vast expanses where the laying
of sidewalks has been neglected.
After the worst of the drifts have
been removed with the team and
snow plow, a force of six to eight
men armed with snow shovels es
says forth to complete the task.
While the students sit or stand
about in fairly warm building
"griping" about the sub zero
weather, these men spend the en
tire day outside shoveling snow
from the walks in order to faci
litate the movements of the seek
ers of knowledge as they "hurry
to their classes.
And so fellow students, when
about to curse the frigid weather,
think of those who are clearing
the paths and leave the complain
ing to them.
Lincoln Man Remembers When 'Barbs
Controlled Campus Politics; Weaver
McMullen, Dernf Pound Were Leaders
C. L. Towne Recalls Time He Combined Nebraskan
Wilh Hesperian to Organize Daily Paper;
Both Were Factional Organs.
Editor's note: The following article is the firrt of a short series
of stories on the political and social history of the university. In
formation for the series has been obtained through Interviews with
prominent Lincoln men. graduates of the univeraity.
i;y UiU McGaffin.
A lime when the "fcarb" students at tlie univertily were
the most powerful politically, when the barb literary societies
of Talladian, Dt-liaai and Union controlled every student elec
tion, and when the entire number of fraternities did not exceed
four or five, was described by George h. Towne, president of
the University Publishing company and graduate of the uni
versity in 1895, in a recent interview.
Mr. Towne, wno came Dae io
h univrrsitv in 169 S and 99 and
organized The Daily Nebraskan
into a daily newspaper, had much
to tell about the days when there
were oo Innocents and not nearly
activities as at present."
He said that previous to his re
organization of the Nebrasran,
there had been two newspaper
One was "The Nebraskan a
weekly publication edited by the
fraternities and the other was
called The Hesperian Student"
publia-ci by the barb. These were
the official organs of the two op
posing factions. Some of the prom
inent barb editors of The Hesper
ian Student whft WiHa Gather. J.
VV. Searscn. Lcuiss Poesd. and
Wil Keitxman. Vr Towne could
not remember any of the Nebras
kan editors.
Reorganized Nebraska.
He said that be west about the
process of reorganizing The Ne
braskxa by forming: a stock com
pany which bought out the paper.
IVY DAY WILL
BE HELD FIRS!
WEEK IN MAY
Traditional Ceremonies of
Seniors Will Be Staged
Earlier in Year.
SENATE EFFECTS CHANCE
All College Functions Arc
To B: Part of General
Festivities.
Ivy day with Its traditional cere
monies for seniors and the Inter
fraternity and Intersorority sings,
will be held the first week in May,
while roundup week will not be ob
served until after examination
week, according to an announce
ment made today through tbo
chancellor's office.
All other spring festivals. In
cluding Farmer's fair. Engineers'
night. Pharmacy night, and the
Honors convocation will be held in
the same week with Uy day. prob
ably all within a period of threo
days. The exact date for roundup
week has been set for June 8 and i.
The action In changing the cus
tomary dates for these occasions
was taken by the university sen
ate In a recent meeting. Com
plaints lodged by university pro
fessors against the usual dates
caused the action to be taken.
Break Hindered Study.
That the break in the school
year immediately before examina
tions, caused by having Ivy day
and roundup week in the latter
part of May. was derogatory to
study was the basis of the com
plaint ot the faculty.
It was felt that the three day
recess preceding the final examina
tion week detracted from the value
of the examinations. Undei th
new plan school will continue un
interrupted from the first week in
May when the traditional spring
ceremonies are held until after
final examinations. The new ar
rangements will also Incorporate
commencement with roundup week,
furnishing an added incentive for
the return of the alumni.
Ivy day is a tradition at the Uni
versity of Nebraska. It la at this
time that the May queen is
crowned, that Innocents are tapped
and Mortar Boards masqued. Fra
ternities and sororities have song
contest, and an Ivy day oration la
given. The day is regarded as the
climax of the school year from a
university standpoint and has been
observed for many years.
10 IRE GROUPS
Alpha Tau Omega and Delta
Upsilon Go On Air in
Contest.
Alpha 'i"au Omega and Delta
Upsilon fraternities each presented
a fifteen minute program over
KF.B and the Program Service
company at 10:30 p. m. Monday
in connection with the interfrater
nity song contest being sponsored
by the Kosmet Klub and interfra
temity council. Sigma Nu and Al
pha Theta Chi fraternities sanj,
last week. Other fraternities will
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H saifJ it continued under the
guidance of the company for
some time and tn the end the uni
versity bought out the company
stock and assumed the control
which it has held up to the present.
Mr. Towne joined A'pha Theta
Chi in his senior year. Among the
four or five fratemiU m who were
here when Mr. Towne first entered
chool were Phi ' elta Theta.
Sigma Chi. and Beta Theta PL He
said that by the time be had grad
uated fraternities were coming in
fast and were pavinc the way for
gaining an upper band over the
barbs One particular situation
which accounted for much of the
influx of fraternities was that
groups ot barn leaders would get
together and organis Creek let
ter aocietir. Among' those which
were orraslzed in this way were
A.-ha Theta Chi. Delta Taa Delta,
aod Phi Kappa Pst
Governor Arthur J. Weaver,
former governor Adam McMullen.
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