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TWO THE DAILY NEHRASKAN riJKSDAY. NOYF.MHF.R 1ft. TWO. The Daily Nebraskan Station A, Lincoln, NPbiauka OFFICIAL STUDENT PUOI ICATION UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA Published Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday mornings during tha academic year. THIRTIETH YEAR Enter at second-cuss matter at the poMoffce in Lincoln, Nebraska, under act of congress, Matcti 3. Il9. and at apeclai rata ot postage provided for in aection 110.1 act of October 3. 1917. authorized January 23, otii Under direction of the Slujtit Publication Board SUBSCRIPTION RATE 2 a year Single Copy 6 cents 11 2S a itmntrr S3 a year mailed 1.?5 a aemeater mailed Ednarl.M Office Univemty Hall 4. Buaineea Office University Hall 4A, Telephones Day: B-6891; Night: B-6882, B-3333 (Journal) Aak for Nebr.iskan editor, EDITOR .AL STAFF William T, McCleery Editor-in-chief Managing Editors Robert Kelly Elmont Waite News Editor Francea Holyoke Arthur Mitchell William McOaffin Eugene McKim Rex Wagner Guy Craig Sporta Editc Evelyn Simoaon. Women's Snorts Editor Berenice Hoffm-n Society Editor BUSINESS STAFF Charles Lawlor Acting Business Manager Assistant Business Managera Norman Callaher Jack Thompson osti'i'lntioii mill ilisplnv. It in 8ii excellent example of conspicuous consumption. fccoiully it is an iiulication of unexampled laziness tin 1 lie port of most of us. We lack the energy to enjoy such a recreation an hiking. Alter nil it is a fault, of human nature and not of tin1 automobile. Want a "Holiday" that was the caption over one of the pictures m Sunday s Nebras kan. Don't wo all? But we'll have to wait until Tluuikstfivinfj. iMEMBERp liSO m rtprwanted for f mral AMOtaftUOB. Judging the Fraternity System. In the appointment of a .scholarship com luittee Recently the Interfraternity council set itself to a constructive task. The appoint nn-iit of a committee, however, docs not always pre sage any actual accomplishment. In fact, it is often the method of conveniently pigeon holing a disagreeable matter. Scholarship is, or at least should he, consid ered a dark cloud on the fraternity horizon. Consistently for several semesters fraternity men have registered grade averages which, compared to averages of nonfratciiiity men. are nothing to write home about nor to flaunt in the eyes of a critical public. The records for the second semester uf laM year, being the most available, are here pre sented: Orade Points All sorority 2.7G3 All women 2,659 Nonsorority 2.5S8 All student 2,311 Nonfraternity 2,037 All men ..2,044 All fraternity 2,002 Those figures should be indicative of sonie- ' I hilly. Fraternity men register lnwr than non fraternity men while sorority women are con siderably higher than nonsorority women. The all sorority average is highest; the all I'raterity average is lowest. An explanation of this difference set ins evi dent. Practically every sorority lias set up an SO percent average as a prerequisite to mem bership. Most fraternities have either blindly iunored scholarship as a membership require ment or have made the standard so luw that it is useless. The Interfraternity council is the only organization that can do anything about the scholarship of all fraternity men. If the "Greeks" on the Nebraska campus are willing to countenance this inferiority liny may forget about grade requirements. Hut if they want to make the fraternity ; m amount to something they can require ilm-i every pledge demonstrate his ability to make at h ast a 75 percent average before he may be initiated. Perhaps an even higher standard is feasible. There 5s It point at issue as to ihe advisa bility of the Interfraternity council making such a ruling and thereby taking away from ihe individual fraternity its autonomy. Some will hold that it is an unwarranted encroach ment on the rights of each organization. The Interfraternity council is concerned wilh the welfare of the f raternity system as a whole. A few laggard organizations can put all fra ternities into disrepute. The rule sucgested would, keep Mr. Inferiority and Mr. Medi ocrity out of fraternities. Will the Interfraternity council have the courage to act in this matter! Tlit' Proper Time And Place to Study, Immediately upon entering the university freshmen are advised by professors and eon vocation speakers to budget their time care fully. They are told to devote regular hours to study and are warned to secure the proper conditions under which to study. This admonition is sound on the whole but it sometimes tends to cause students to get a wrong attitude toward study. They are apt to become too regular and too "touchy" in their st m!y habits. They develop silly notions regarding when and where they can concentrate on school work. Anything that disturbs their inelastic schedule upsets them to the extent that they go to class unprepared. AVc have heard students complain that they can't study any place except at their own desks or that they can't study for an hour between classes in the daytime. Others maintain that it is impossible for them 1o work on lessons before a football game or on Sunday nights. A great many students say they cannot eon. eentrate midst ihe din of a typewriter. There I is, perhaps, a little more validity to that com plaint. In must cases, however, students can over come minor handicaps or slight ariations from their regular routine if they make up their minds to it. It is desirable to form good habits but it is well not to become a slave to habit. BURR, BROKAW GO TO DROUTH RELIEF MEET Gathering of Officials Scheduled for Nov. 20 in Washington. Is CALL ISSUED BY HYDE Dean V. W. Burr, of the college of sericulture, and V. H. Brokaw, director ot the extension service, will attend a meeting of drouth re lief officials in washlncton on Nov. 20. They loft Saturday night and will return this week end. Although Nebraska is not con sidered as one of the drouth stricken states, Dean Burr and Mr, Brokaw have indicated much in terest in the work of the relief of ficials. The meeting has been called by Secretary Hyde of the federal department of agriculture. Financing the stricken states of the recent drouth is the program confronting the officials, it was stated. Nebraska was not badly enough hit to be included as one of the states needing assistance. Dean Burr and Mr. Brokaw will be in Washington on other business and wilt attend the drouth con ference. Thev are both members of the Nebraska committee. ('ay Williams of the Lincoln Star labelled ihe Missouri game, ".Much Ado About Xcthine." Our private informant says that Coach Hible called it "A Comedy of Krrors. NVc thought it Mas a tragedy. ( Ilandliook t or Sports Writer. If Nebraska wins: The C'ornhuskers were alert. They fought hard, tackled and blocked well. The plays were neatly executed. Deception and quick ihiukiuK won the game for Nebraska. The team was primed for the game and student spirit was high at Ihe rally. The Cornhuskers are rapidly developing into one of the strong est teams in the country. If Nebraska ties: The Cornhuskers weir sluggish. They tackled and blocked indifferently and lacked a scoring punch. Their plays were poorly timed. The judgment of the quarterback was bad. The team was overconfident and lacked spirit. Ne braska has a good defensive team but the back field doesn't seem to function. f Nebraska loses: The Cornhuskers looked pitifully weak. They were hopelessly outclassed. Nebraska lias very little football material. It is the worst team in years. Uuskcrs will be lucky to win a game. The wolves are howling for a new coach. Very little spirit was shown by student body. AORNINC MAIL Somebody asked if the Nebraska football squad members are known as Cornhuskers lie cause the Delts filled their front yard with shucks of corn. The sorority politicians have just elected an honorary colonel. Now they arc lining up Iheir forces to name a Nebraska Sweetheart. Whj not elect a "Coed of the Month?" Don't Walk if You Can Pos$ibly Ride. A multitude of evils and complications have arisen as a result of the introduction of the automobile into modern American life. hi ad dition to death and accident statistics wc have the testimony of pessimists the cars are the instruments of the devil and the cause of a crime wave. .Still another evil, though not so well recog nized, must be aseribable to 1he preponderance of gas snorting vehicles. Hiking as a recrea tion has almost passed out and the habit of walking is being sadly neglected. That is par ticularly Irue and particularly inexcusable on a eollrjrc campus. Automobiles have come to be considered almost necessities for the up-lo-tlic-iuiinilc col lecian. lie must have a ear so lie can she) till iniiiU'l lci'iP ill tlil: iiiiiiimiK .iii.I iniike (ill c.igh I -o'clock. A car will enable any. sttiile;it to waste at least a half hour more at an eating house. The typical collegian is in a hurry 1o go iii'i place and do nothing. Above all an automobile is deemed essential to social suceei'S. The idea of walking on a date is the height of absuidity in l!i:t) although it must have been a fine old custom for centuries. What are we to conclude from it all.1 Two things seem evident. The automobile, to some, has become an end rather than a means to mi end. It satisfies a natural ego, a de.-in- for Still the Bumps Remain. Thousands of visitors to the Nebraska cam pus duriiiv the arious football games have humped over 1 lint terrible stretch of road on Twelfth street from Nebraska hall to Ihe south end of the stadium this fall. It is impossible to conceive of a bit of more unfavorable advertising than that stretch of bumps gives to the university. No one can see the campus, unless walking, without driving across these, and no normal person can be said In particularly enjov being shook up as thor oughly as they are while traversing this half block or so in an automobile. A lew &0(ei men with a plow and a grayer could do wonders to this road in a short time. I understand that the building program of the university is the excuse for not paving tin stretch, but I can not see why it can not be smoothed up a bit. Gravel roads can be con structed and kept 'ip which are nearly as pleas ant to ride on as paved roads. AS e do not understand why Ihe university ran not do something in the way of smoothing things up on 1 nis section of road. It would at least give visitors a more favor able impression of the. institution, to say nothing of the wear and tear saved on student and faculty vehicles which cross it every da v. E. M. M. COLLEGE COMMENT Down by The old mill He tried to kiss her But she said she wouldn't kiss him by a dam site. Rammer-Jammer. "Pardon me. haven't I seen vou somewhere before."' "Well, maybe so; I'm Chi Jiho " "Oh, sure, a Chi Kho; at Cornell, wasn't it? Yes, 1 remember you well. What's that pin? Honor society?" "No, that's my Chi Rho " "Uf course, the Chi Rho pin! 1 didn't rec ofciiiA: it it i'iioi. Well, lioivNe you been Pudding up a fat average? Uut for football again this semester? Or was it publications? Are you stil rushing that blonde babe with the parentheses legs that 1 saw you with at ' e Chi Rho formal last yeur? And say, . re you " "Shut up will you! I've never been to col lege! I'm a chiropractor, and that pin is the badge of the Belligerent Band of Bone Peiiders!" California Pelican. It 'ins intermission at the prom, and evcry hoilv came inside to rest. Pennsylvania Punch r.ou'l. NEWS STORY BY CLIFF SANDAHL WHICH WON SIGMA DELTA CHI CUP i Continued from Page 1.) and honesty cannot be manifest in politics as well as in other walks of life. And proportional representa tion is premised upon just these considerations," he says. "Our Student council represents but half of the student body. The other half has no representation at all. Why not give all the students a voice in their ony selve-governing organ?" Barbs Are Important. That the Student council has suffered tremendously in prestige because it does not command the loyally and support of all the stu dents is attested by Fellman. The unaffiliated group or the barbs on the campus are too important to be ignored, he believes. "If the brbs are not admitted to the Student council," continued the sponsor of the plan, "they will strengthen their own ccjncil, as they have done already to some degree. This will tend only to solidify factional sentiment on the campus, pulling apart and setting up barriers where they might be tional representation, is a method of minority representation, is the interests of the university as a whole, and the university spirit. Objection Are Raited. Objections raised during the course of discussion on the plan ever since it was taken up and some of which, incidentally, are brought out in subsequent inter views, are answered by Council man Fellman. The idea that pro portional representation would drag women into politics seems to him to be specious. "The plan does not require it: in fact, specific provision is made to make possible their continued par ticipation in stuuent affairs inde pendent of politics. And I may add that even if it would involve the women in politics i which it doesnt.) what of it? This is an age of universal suffrage, women's leagues and equal rights, isn t it 7 Fellman Replies. I '.The objection that the plan re- I moves representation by college is equally unfounded. All that is necessary to refute this is to refer to the clear text of the amendment which retains the present plan of representation by colleges. Regarding what he considers to be the greatest objection mat the representation on the council will be all muddled up Fellman waxes warm in his reply: Students Must Consider. "The only muddling I can con ceive of this in the minds of those who don't take the time to sit down, reaJ the plan, and think it through. The greatest hazard which lies ahead of the adoption of the plan lies in the fact that Its comprehension cslls for some thinking on the part of him who seeks to understand It. Thinking is. unfortunately, the most difficult of all human processes. But. strange to sav, that's what everybody is complaining about the plan they don t understand it. They have a vsrue idea of what it is sll about, and therefore formulate their opinions on that basis. Blue Shirts Favorable. The attitude of the blue shirts, who now control the seats in the Student council, was sounded at a meeting of the faction Thunrlay evening. It was unanimously de cided at that time that the party shall give the plan solid backing. We are willing to sacrifice the hold we now have on the council," declared Stanley Day, president of the blue shirts, "in the interests of stronger and more virile atudent government. We believe that by Instituting this plan whereby all factions are represented that the factions themselves will be able to get better men and women and that the council will be a really responsible group." Naturally the nonfraternity stu dents are expected to favor the proposal. The same Is true with the yellow jacket faction, com posed of twelve fraternities, which New Process Tasty. Delicious SOMETHING, DIFFERENT CARMEL CRISP POPCORN LARSEN'S 1210 N St. Rudgt at Guenzel BldO- Learn to Dance! In We'll Taaeh Vou to Dance Six Private Leaeons BALLROOM AtfD TAP Special Course in Ballroom Variations I Specialize in Correcting Defective Dancing Lactone by appointment, one hour , each, etrictly prlvete. Mornm afte.-noon and evening. Pteeuii guaranteed Lee A. Thomberry J L8251 Private Studln 23P0 Y t-' i. ........ our 1 ng, 1 jits 4 i ) at tha present time has but a very small minority on the council. Williams Gives View. "It's the eloseit thing to any representation we'll ever hope to (ret on this campus," declarea Alan (J. Williams, captain of the barbs. "It probably Isn't the best idea that could have been worked out but we are willing to atand by it as It Is now and are certainly anxioua to see something of the sort attempted." Douglas Timmerman, president of the yellow Jacket faction, la strong for the new system. He thinks the barbs and the lesser fraternities are entitled to repre sentation on the Student council as well as those won are now on power. If any group deserves to be recognized it is certainly the barbs," Timmerman avers. "They have shown themselves to be real leaders in activities through their All-University partiea and I be lieve they are enjoying It, which is something more to consider in the matter of student government." Present Council Favorable. The present Student council has already expressed itself unani mously In favor of the change. Its president Ralph Raikea, ia giving wholehearted support to the mea sure, as shown by the following statement: The plan is fair, because it gives representation to all of the groups in accordance to their rela tive strength and interest in uni versity affairs as desplayed in past elections." Asked why the council was will ing to see Its structure altered, Raikes stated that the main rea son waa its realization that there have been political parties exist ing but have never been officially sanctioned or allowed to exist. Plan is More Representative. "With this new system the par ties will be recognized as such and the council will be generally a more representative group of the atudent body of the Univers ity of Nebraska. And then it will be better able to command respect and power in the minds of the faculty." The dean of women and the dean of student affairs aie both willing to see the plan given a trial. They are not sure of what the outcome will be but think that the best way to test the merits of the plan is tl let It be in operation for a short time at least. Miss Heppr.tr Sees Danger "The only danger I can see." says Miss Heppner, dean of wo- men, "is that the plan might have i to organize into political parties, 1 not only locally but nationally as ! jj well as is the case in several p other large universitiea and col- ' rj leges. i. "Of course women have partic- i ipated in the polls here all along j ! and have probably lined up with J either of the fraternity factions j; or the barbs, but it seems to me ' I' that if they wish to get any place ' V unoer the new system they will i ll have to form groups or cliques of , 1 their own." fl Thompson in Favcr. ' When questioned as to his re- 1 action to the Fellman proposal. p Dr. T. J. Thompson, dean of stu-' W rent affairs, asserted: ,r "I am not expert enough in such ii plan. His objections, as outlined to t ie faculty subcommittee dur ing its conference with him, are as follows: "1. It is lnconslsten to have group and college representation at the same time. Only one or the other, singularly, is practical "2. The amendment docs not specify whether the voter shall cast a single vote for all candidates or for candula tcs individually. "3 No provision Is made for the method of counting the votes. "4. Opportunities are offered for groups to consolidate tiu-ir inter ests to such a degree Hint thry can control the power in the council as they have in the past." selection. They arc fast rounding into shape, nccoiding to the diicc tors bihI will soon be rowiy to bn put together in I he whol ercvue. This pioecss niul tho presenta tion of Ncljirtlm sweetheart aio expected to tnkc a good deal of time. For this reason, aetiou ivMl be commenced on them semi. Members of Kosmct Klul) are working on ideas for presenting the nweothcart ami these will ho tr.vted for practiciiliilily sonio tirio this week. Neoi-.-oka : ueelh-Ml Ciiiiilulati will lie voted on Thursilny. Ki'jl-.l coeds have entered Iheir names i: te running. COEDS FORM B A T T LK j U 'KNIM,! ! AM 111. LINES AGAINST COL LEGE JOES SUPPORTING VARIOUS NEBRASKA SWEETHEART CANDIDATES (Continued from Tage 1.) Anchorites are now well versed in the evil art of vote grabbing. Chi O'a Work Hard. The Chi O's are working up steam In their own sly way, the Phi Mus are sharpening their lip sticks, and the Gamma This have launched their campaign with a crash of iowdr puffs. (Dear old Joe is getting woozy lines are closing in.) The Zeta Tau Alpha'a are get ting ready for the annual hand clasp debacle, the K. D.'s, are mob ilizing their forces as only K. D.'s can, and the Alpha Phi fortifica tion is buzzing with political ideas. And thus goes the campaign for Nebraska's own Sweetneart, the princess of theh Kosmet Kluh morning revue. The ills are wild ' iji with the frenzy of contest, and the j III helpless boys are mild with the III whimsy consent. ' But all of this doesn't answer III the question of who our "Sweet- i heart" is goinf.' to be. Come to the , polls and see. hiing someone with tip you, your guest is as good as mine, i jj: SlMvAk AT KOKUM VK1KKS1)AY iNOON Prof. Harry Cunningham, h"nd of the department ot architecture, will address mem'oris of World Forum nt iheir i.sular weekly meeting to be held Wednesday noon at the Temple cafeteria. The meeting, it waa announced, will if conduded in time to pc: mil the Members to attend 1 o'clock classes. Kxpensc of t':u nie.il will he whatever Ihe mem bers choose to pay, since the group is to assemble in the Tiinpla the battle cafeteria. Dean W. E. Serloek of ,hn tenchers college has returned fr .n Chu.iRo where he attended a mert Injf of the dean of all Mississippi valley colleges interested in grad uate woik. 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