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TWO THE DAILY NIWRASKAN vt r.i f . i i ... The Daily Nebraskan Station A, Lincoln, NeDraaka OFFICIAL 8TUD1NT PUBLICATION UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA Published Tuaaday. Wedntaday, Thuriday, Friday an Sunday morninga during lha acadtmlc vaar, THIRTIETH YEAR tnlaraJ a aacond-ciaaa mattur at tht poatoffict in Llncam, Nabraaka. undar act af congraaa, March I. I7f. and at apaeiai rat et poaiaga provided for In MCtion llOi aot f Octobar 1, 1117. aulhormd January 20. oil. Undar diraetlan tf tha Stujot Publication Board SUBSCRIPTION RATI 2 a yaar Unfit Copy I cants 1 aenwutr j a yaar mall.d H. temetttr mailed Editorial Oftloo Univartlty Hall 4. Buainaaa Office Unlvaraitif Hall 4A, Talaphonaa Oayi Mil Nlghti 82, B 3333 (Journal) Ask for Nabr.iakan adltor. EDITORIAL STAFF wmiam T. MeCletry Editor.lti.cma Managing Editor) Rabtrt Kally Elment Wain Nawa Bditora Franco Htlyoke uSRm William Medaffin Eugan MeKim tvZlyn alW.Vn. ... Wni.n-.Krt. Ed;.' Baranlae Hoffman Soeioty BdHor BUSINESS STAFF Charlo Liwlor ..Acting Butin.aa Manager Aialatant Buainaaa iVanagir 4orn.an C.M.h.r Jk Thon'p.on MCMBCRl Hit TvGTT 1 1 St . IjiJ Tale paper la refreaented for e.n.ral a4ertlaia . Tk. Ne.ia.ea rr. Aeaaeialiep. Student Self -Government The constitution committee o t lie .stmleiit council will meet this afternoon. O.ic rather revolutionary suggestion has already been made by an interested student. Members or the council arc seeking self-government for the Nebraska campus, and it seems likely that some progress will be made in this directum. How tar the council will strive to go is another lucstion. . A student contributor in today s columns deplores the lack of clearly defined jurisdiction for the several student groups that are reported to deal with student affairs. Her picture of the mixed up maze of student-group and fac-ultv-group rulings, whether exactly accurate ir "not certainly provides room for serious re flection. And even the most rational mind must finally reach the conclusion that students cannot govern themselves if there are too many conflicting powers. Tt is true that the A. W. S. board must handle certain matters. Likewise tlus Pan hellenic and lnterfraternity councils properly should deal with other questions relating to the Greek-letter organizations. When we mix in a dean of men's office, a dean of women's office, & University senate, a faculty committed or two, a Chancellor, and a board of regents, the results grow more complicated. And when we stir well and add a Student council, sup posedly king of them all, we get a decidedly confused mess. As its constitution now reads, the Student council, supposedly the main organ of student government, has but two definitely conceded powers. It has power to control elections, and to handle rallies. Every other power is con ditional upon consent of some faculty group or other. The A. W. S. board is little better oft. Supposed to function as a governing body for women students and prescribe regulations for their conduct, it encounters rules made by the Panhellenic council, the dean of women's of fice, the faculty committee on student affairs, the Chancellor's office, and even the board of regents. The two Greek councils are likewise tangled up with a million and one rules made by other bodies. ! If Nebraska is ever to have real student self-government, one thing stands forth as the prime prerequisite. The Student council should have authority over student affairs in general. The A. W. S. board should have, authority over the regulation of conduct of all women students. The Panhellenic and lnterfraternity councils should have power over the various !reck letter groups. All three of these should lie subordinate to the Student council. ' Faculty checks on some of these powers are probably essential. It does seem, however, that the present preponderance of administra tive rules hampering the student groups is not necessary. Other universities operate calmly and modestly under real student government. Are Nebraskans subnormal T The Xtbraskan does not presume to lay down any specific or definite amendments to the Student council constitution. It is obvious, however, that one thing must be done first of all; the present mass of conflicting authorities must be straightened out, and each group givu authority in its own projx-r sphere. With this done, and the few necessary faculty checks and balances provided, self-government could he roine s realization instead of a myth- And it i this publication's firm opinion that no real school spirit can ever be engendered upon this campus until the student body is given an opportunity to conduct its own affairs. An Ag instructor is to give a prize at tlr' dud of his coursp for the "best student bloepcr" in the class. Now if these downtown profs coo Id only get into the spirit of 1 lie thing . . . Whatever else may be said about the luiiir skirls the coeds are now wearing, it must In admitted tney certainly cover a multitude of shins. The collegiate pun is quoted as the worsi example of the sjK-eies. Nothing was said about the collegiate bun. Our Sweetheart Wlw Shall It Da' Charging Kosmet Klub with ruuidng a lopsided election, s contributor to the Morning Hail column today assorts that the lucky can didate for tbe position of Nebraska Sweetheart is already chosen, and all that remain is the formality of the balloting Whether be is rixht or not is another quru lion. Jf such is the situation, however, one thing will remedy it. If much is not the situa tion, again this same thing will improve it. The remedy is full student participation at the polls. If every student cHHta his vre one way or another in the election, all t ossible doubt vill vanish as'to the fairness ol that election. Nebraska is a campus with few traditions, and traditions are acknowledged to be valu able to any university. If Nebraska Sweet heart is to be a tradition, as it seems in a lair way to become, then her election must at all costs he kept free from any taint. If every student casts his ballot for one of the candi dates, the problem will be solved, since the election will be supervised by student nut faculty representatives, The problem rests with the student voters themselves. students no credit fur having minds and ideas of responsibility of their ow n. Avy.oy. XIII. Behind' the Throne, TO After all. though, would we want our girl to be pointed out as " Kverybody "s Sweetheart"? Mavbc the athletic department waited I until the zero hour to announce that band members will make the Iowa trip so tlmt the dean's office will not have time to declare three-fourths of them ineligible. The Urgi-llts must have need for a new dog house! overlooKril I lie A .ote Of Thanhs The Nebraskan lakes this opportunity of thanking the administration and expressing our sincere gratitude for the attention givoM a number of thus far unsatisfactorily settled questions of student welfare. Kirst of all we wish to thank the adminis tration and especially the operating superin tendent for the careful investigation made of suggested plans to relieve the jun king situation on the campus. They have made every effort, for instance to discover the advantages and disadvantages of The Nebraskan 's plan: To distribute wind shield stickers to every driver living more than six blocks from the campus, subsequently tagging all unmarked ears parked within the campus area. One or two of the "big guns" even went so far as to wonder if some such thing could not be done. It was suggested, of course, that, then were many defects in the scheme. For ex ample, the authorities would first have to sc cure permission to close Twelfth and possibly a section of It street to all but student parking. While we do not believe the proposed plan to relieve congestion was perfect, nevertheless it did have a few obvious good points. At least, we are glad it was so thoroughly investigated, considering the fact that the administration had nothing better of ils own to offer. Likewise this publication doffs its hat to the athletic department for its interested con sideration of a university swimming pool project. Also, The Nebraskan here voices its appre ciation for the shining new coat hooks installed in university classrooms for the use of students who heretofore have had to toss hats and coals on the floor or else hold them on Iheir laps, meanwhile struggling to jot down the neces sary notes on lecture and recitation. More instances might be mentioned, but we believe these will serve to illustrate the careful ami eaujiest attention that any sugges tion intended for the benefit of the student body promptly receives. May wc again express our heartfelt appreciation and gratitude? Thank you! T11K KIMTOU: Old Man Rumor walked across the campus a tin in early this week and dropped a few liiuls that the election of the Nebraska Sweetheart, chosen under the direction of that worthy or ganisation,) the Kosmet Klub. is already in the well-known bag for one of the candidates. That Old Man Humor should divulge the information at this time is not surprising as the grey-bearded old gentleman is especially active preceding the election of any of t ho rumpus queens. His assertion, however, cannot he taken lightly from the light of previous experience. It was quite a well-known fact that the young lady that will preside over the Thanksgiving review this year was the choice of the Kosni"t Klub last year. Although it has been impossible to ob tain the exact figures on tin election last full concerning the election of the sweetheart Old Man Uumor conies forth again ami says thai the election was not strictly on the up and up. Regardless of the fact that the fortunate young lady who was elected last year makes a very favorable appearance before "her public" the old gentleman afore mentioned rises to state th,-;t she was "'put in" through much manipulation of ballots, Whether this practice will continue remains to be seen. Although the Kosmet Klub has announced that the eleet ion would be carried on under the supervision of the Student Council it is entirely possible that the. Student Council representative that will watch the counting of the ballots may become blinded by the dazzling beauty of some of the candidates. Whether or not Old Man Humor has any legs upon which to stand, the law college, which is supporting Audrey Orcgory to a man, will have a tough lime overcoming; the Kosinel Klub and its candidate. If the old gentleman with the long grey whiskers is right, Ailecn Me Monies will be the young lady who will step out next Thursday morning as the sweetheart of Old Nebraska I'. Imabroug. Seriously, though, perhaps the administra tion has enough troubles already, what with coed smoking, editorial writeii, and Segrega tion of the Sexes! Wouldn't it be nice if women student could be permitted to remain out till 1 o'clock Friday night to cheer the departing Iowa State special? The hand, it is reported, favors the idea unanimous! v. 'Muddling Thought. TO THE EDITOR: The Daily N'ebraskan's editorial stand upon an increased grade requirement for initiation yesterday seemed to me to be a somewhat un called for alap at the Intel-fraternity council. That bodv, attacked and laughed at lmosi ever turn, is making a e.halit ltrt lo show its worth by gradually assuming pow ers which rightfully belong to it. It is succeed ing in spile of innumerable obstacles cast in. its way by the campus wiseacres and laeully bosses. Relative to the increased grade average for initiation, the committee appointed by the council is taking steps to have a change made in the present require its and is endeavm- ing to do this by gathering a consensus of opinion from every fraternity on the campus. The grade situation is a difficult and tick lish proposition because of the several profes sional groups which it affects. The groups contend that their situations are different from those of social fraternities and until that claim is investigated the committee will be unable to take any definite action. i I'.el'orc firing a target one must aim. That is what the lnterfraternity council is attempt iinr to do. It miifht be well for The Daily Ne braskan to do the same. A. W. TO ehranka sii'.y. 'IIK EDITOR: Following the announcement a Jew days ago that 1 Ik- National A. A. I". meet had been awarded to the city of Lincoln and the Uni versity of Nebraska' for the year students read the announcement and thought no more aloiit it. Few students realize what opportunities llierc are in such a situation fof favorable ad vertising of this school. It is largely through the efforts of our nationally known track coach, Henry "Indian" Schulte, that Lincoln secured the meet. Ath letes of national' esteem will assemble here In prove their prowess along lines of speed, strength, and skill ami in so doing will draw a lot of comment on our institution. Not only will they draw comment, bui they will carry away with them a feeling of joy, indifference, or unhappiness at the atti tude of this institution. Such -feeling will de pend largely on their impressior received while the majority of the student holy is vacation ing during the summer months; nevertheless it behooves us as loyal Cornhusker supporters to give the visiting athletes a most hearty welcome and wish them all possible success while they are here. We .night some day be pointed out as a school where cordiality to visitors is a theme song thereby making of this a better insti tution. K. K. T. BEHIND THE door RolaruJ Miller So we took the $50 and. are fully aware now why Nebraska needs a sweetheart. AND speaking of paintings calls to mind a very famous one, you remember The Rent Collec tor, after Rembrandt. FAMOUS LAST WORDS. Zymotic, zymurgy and zythum. Webster. MORNING MAIL Too Many Cookn. TO THE EDITOR: Who runs affairs around this university? Some of us who were asked that by Jayhawkers when wc visited at Kansas L' a few weeks ago were embarrassed by that question. It sounds well, doesn't it, to have to my fifteen-odd committees, boards, councils, deans, etc..' Take the A. W. S. board for example. It is supposed to be, as 1 understand it and as its own members understand it, a group I'm the self-government of women students. Self government! That's a hot one. Ask auv of th cm why nothing can be done about the rule against dancing in sorority or fraternity or boarding houses ou Sunday. That's a rule laid down by the student organization com mittee. Wc can't doing anything about that." Ask them about sorority smoking rooms. Na tional Panhell ciiie rule. AVe can't do anything about that." Ask them why men munt stand in doorways ami not be allowed Jo come in and sit down in a sorority house during tin daytime. That's a regent's or chancellor's or somebody clue's, rule. We can't do anything about lliat." This may be buek-passiiiK but they ar not entirely to blame. Just what can they (in about anything under the preoent regime' They put throng!; the I2::i(l rule yeah -after a concentrated campaign by The Daily X braskan and a student referendum conducted by the Student council, who couldn't really do anything about it either, made the pressure so strong as to force the issue. And how about the lnterfraternity and I'ai.hillenie eouiiciis and the t Barb council? They can do nothing beyond the Miiall limits of their individual powers. What would be the matt'r with a few of these poor, cramped or gan'zations getting together and bucking the situation 1 Sub-eoipmittees for individual need such as the Greek and barb councils could be formed. It would bring those bodied into h closer and more friendly contact and form some group that could listen to kicks on ob solete rules and remedy them or give a few reflsona why they should stand as they wt: n!i it would present a united front to an administration that give Nebraska university ALL in all the past week end proved to be a great disap pointment in a number of In stances. Missouri spoiled our homecoming much in the fame manner as we spoiled that of Kan sas, though perhaps not so de cisively. The much heralded fen fire was not so hot. and above all it rained. A complete register of flops. ' QUITE the attraction, however, was the manner in which the various sororities and fraternities decorated their houses for the annual homecoming event. A num ber of the motifs were original and clever, indicative of careful planning and a good deal of hard and conscientious work. From the Interest shown by the townspeople this custom is well worth while. VfR do feel sorry though, for the fraternities and sororities that competed with each olher In this matter of decoration. All we can say to each one is that the Judges surely must have overlooked their house. It is evident that they were all overlool:?d. with the exception, of course, of the winner. DUT cheer up, another year Is coming, and we have a brand new idea which anyone may use for next year as a homecoming motif. It will save the trouble of going downtown and paying fifty dollars for ideas and materials. It's very simple. Just take an old bushel basket, preferably one you have used to keep the ashes in, fill it full of cobs, label it "Wel come Grads," stick it out on the lawn, and there you are We'll wager an assortment of used tooth brushes against a pair of tissue paper book-ends that it will take the first prire. QNE fraternity didn't bother vith homecoming decorations this year. It's a puzrle to us why they amn t receive kt least an honor able mention. THE CAKE'S PRAYER. Give us this day Our daily cake, And deliver ut From all knowledge. IT used to be Ziegfield who glorified the American girl now it's the cigarette ad. pOR ail the faithful, conscienti ous souls who give with the idea of receiving, we might announce that there are Just thirty-four flays left in which to do your Christmas shuffling. Th men can expect a greater variety of gifts than ever Ithis year, since ulylml have ush- rrr-o lorio at least a dozen new and different shades of red with which to dye thousands of yards of throat-gripping materials to be known as ties. Women can expect oh Just lots of things, but that's not saying they'll get them. Times are hard, femmes. TRIPPING our homeward way tbe other evening we met up v.-itb a sight that touched our very heart strings. Perched upon tbe hood of an automobile, coming slowly toward us, and serene in I his cherubic comp;a-..uusc, was a! beautiful blonde lad. his delicate features flushed a roseate bue as if luey nan causal a on 01 un sun s fading glory. His soft white hands, at regular intervals, tolled forth from the bell (not belle at his side, soft peals of melodious chiming. What masterpiece of 1 exquisite coloring and chai r.. We , HIGH SCHOOL PUPIL ARRAIGNED IN COURT FOR EXAM CHEATING NEW YOR K Charged with cheating In a high school exam ination, Samuel Zurrarsky, eight een, was arraigned today in Coney Island court. He pleaded not guilty and was released on bail of J500 for a hearing, Dec. 14. His arrest on the charge of vio lating the education law is the first of that nature, it is thought, ever to be made in New York. The complaint against him is signed, by three teachers at the James Madison high school. They charge that Zurrarsky got Jacob Gamolsky, a graduate of the school to substitute for him in tak ing a Spanish examination. A war rant for (ibu 'sky's arrest has been issued but the officers said they had not been able to locate him. Argentina purchases one the 28,000 windmills which manufactured annually in country. half are this Survey Shows That 105,821 Students Use Building As Social Center. In the tv.D yearn thiit thu Mem. mini I'nioti buildiiiK hn lircn stundinsr on the rumpus of th University of Wisconsin it ha i worked itself Into a ilrm place i i the life of the students. SuhveVH conducted by the Alon oivil Union directors show llm; m ganl7ed group meetings nttiaciol 10a. 821 students to the building, during the two semesters of l.-cit year. The casual u c of Jj Union, which includes the u.u i the lounge Hnd library, t!ie rejec tion parlors, and the rclrcHlimiTt rooms ittractpd more limn a mil lion students, in addition to Ilia group meetings, It estimated. A survey of a single dr.y at tin? Union, talo.-n lust April under tlm supervision of Porter Bui In, Iihiimo director, showed that 4,(,'i)l) in dents entered the doorj of tin building. This Is eqiml to approxi mately half o." the student popula tion. Students Number Balanced. The total number of MtudcnH using the Union Is balanced in pro portion to numbers in the univer sity, between racial groups and between fraternity and nonfratcr nlty men and women, Mr. Bulls says. "Nothlnc the professor or lab oratory can do for the student can take the place of daily close com panionship with hundreds of his fellows," former President Vnn Hlse said in 1004. The Memorial Union has worked toward that end, and has rapidly accomplished its purpose of making tnc univer sity a more human plarc In which to live. To bring about a greater hu manistic, lelationship among tin students, the union has devclopej a comprehensive and well consid ered program for the social life of the university. And by organizing the social life ol the campus tho directors hope also to develop a better cultural intercourse between the students and the faculty. Leisure is Important. The Union is likewise undertak ing to deal helpfully with nil llio hours outside the classroom by recognizing Ihe Importance of th-3 leisure hours'. Mr. Kults pointed out that tha directors are striving to maitc til ! Union the living room of the uni versity by "giving students experi ence in governing and managing their own affairs and providing them with the opportunity of re duced living costs. If a profd 11 made in any of the Union activi ties, sueh surplus is turned I'C': to students' in the form of redu-.t J prices or additional social and rec reational equipment and facilities.'' RENT A CAR j Fard.. Reaa. Durnnta and Au.l'. t Vour Buimiu la Appreciated T MOTOR OUT COMPANY 1120 P St. Alwaya Open. B-6819 T i ii i 4 l 1 1 1 A 1 A A r - W f- fr- - DoOd ue AIDS You'll find that all the advertisers in this paper are re liable, high class merchants and loyal Husker boosters. They know your wants, your whims; they know their merchandise and in knowing what you want and how to get it for you, they have performed a wonderful service, and don't forget it. Right now somebody has what you need. If one of our advertisers says he has it, he not only means he has it, but that he is backing the goods. If he backs the goods, you are safu in buying from him. SO WE SAY "Buy from Nebraskan Advertisers" YOU'LL BE AHEAD! TTEH3EE ME lB a rr n A RASGAN THE VOICE OF THE STUDENTS