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TITURSDAV. JANUARY 4, 1932
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THE DAILY NEHRASKAN
The Daily Nebraskan
Station A, tlnccln, Ntbrk
OFFICIAL 8TUOKNT PUBLICATION
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
Publlhd Turidy, Wtdneiday, Thuriday, Friday and
Sunday mornings during tha academlo ytar.
THIRTY-FIRST YEAR
Entered at aecond-clati matter at tha pottofflce In
Lincoln. Nabraika, undar act of eongraia. March S, 1879,
and at apaclal rata ol poetaga provided for In taction
1103 act of October S, 1917, authorized January 10, 1921.
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EDITORIAL STAFF
Marvin Von Seggern Editor-in-chief
MANAGINQ EDITORS
Evelyn Simpson Art Wolf
NEWS EDITORS
Howard Altaway Jack ErloKton
Laurence Hall Joe Miller
Murlln Spencer Sperte Editor
Berenices Hoffman Woman'a Editor
BUSINESS STAFF
Jack Thorn pton Bualneaa Manager
ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGERS
Norman Calleher Carlyla Sorenten
Bernard Jennings
Student
Loan Fund.
The student loan committee at a meeting
Tuesday expressed its desire to help as many
worthy seniors as possible with the addition of
$6400 to the student loan fund. Loans will be
a godsend to many seniors who find that it will
he almost impossible for them to take their
last semester without financial help.
Student loans have helped many students
to continue their education where it would
otherwise have been impossible to do so. The
uiie great trouble that the loan committee en
counters is trying to make the limited funds
available cover as much territory as possible.
On!y worthy students are considered, but still
there is a lack of funds, especially this year
when more students than ever are in need of
loans.
At the University of Wisconsin and the Uni
versity of Syracuse as well as at many other
colleges, there has been an effort made to in
crease the size of the student loan funds. All
over the country and in nearly every school
there has been a greater need for loans than
ever before. Those who are on the verge of
uraduating should be helped if they need hlp. j
It Mas a wise move on the part of the Board of '
Kegents to authorize the turning of this extra
amount of $6,400 to the student loan fund.
Any philanthropist who is interested in
putting some of his money in a worthwhile
place, can seriously consider the student loan
fund. It helps worthy students to complete
their education where otherwise that would be
impossible.
for or after the finals, except that a better
grade might result if the forgetting process
was postponed until afterward. The high
grades of this type mean nothing.
Those who do not like the present arrange
ment of t lie Christinas holidays, do not advo
cate abolishing them, but merely wish to see
them rearranged so that they occur between
semesters. This would eliminate their diffi
culties and make the vacation a much better
one. Another student writing to the editor
says, "A vacation in order to be a real benefit
should be free from responsibility and worry.
Altho he is free from the work that is being
left behind, every student knows that when he
returns his agony will be much worse, than
before. Wouldn't it bo wonderful to have all
worries and cares over with before leaving for
Christinas holidays!"
This changing of the semesters so that
Chiistnias will conic after the finals of the
first semester, may be a good idea, but it in
volves several serious changes, such as start
ing school during the last part of the hot
month of August. Having the vacation as it is
now should not spoil the final exams if tho
student is not infernally lazy, as is the case
in manr instances. There are two and a half
Weeks between Christinas vacation and the
holidays, and during this time students are n
little more crowded with work than during the
other part of the semester, but most of this is
due to the fact that either back work must oe
made up or the instructor gives longer assign
ments in order to cover all of the ground that
the course should cover. This would occur
with or without the holidays. It is illogical to
blame the Christmas vacation for nil of the
evils that attend the end of u semester and
final exams.
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life on Quadrangles'
Shown High Schools
In Illinois.
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The entire cost of going to college in Berea,
Ky., is $146 per year. Students earn their way
by milking cows, shoeing horses, and making
brooms.
Men at Northwestern university declare the
perfect coed must have charm, personality, in
tellect, and sophistication, abstain from use of
tobacco and liquor, and must be tall enough to
see over.
More About
The Lair Derby.
Mr. L. P., who writes to the editor thru
the Morning Mail, seems to have come upon a
startling conclusion while he was searching for
clues with which to solve the brown derby
mystery. He admits that the engineers might
have stolen the thing, and he admits that it is
possible for something else to have taken place,
but his final conclusion tends to shove the
dirty job off as the handiwork of journalists
who must stir things up once in a while so
that the long columns of their paper can be
more easily filled.
We will admit that it is possible that a
journalist or several of them could have done
the job. but we can also see how it is possible
for any of the five or six thousand students in
this university to have done it. It is quite
likely that the journalists will deny any con
nection with the iron hat. What could the
journalists do with it? The engineers could
have it remodeled into a miniature boiler for
testing purposes, or they could carry concrete
in it. Engineers might have some use for the
hat but the journalists couldn't use it except
to put old razor blades in.
Some wanted to know if a ''dutch date"
was one at which you eat sauerkraut instead
of sandwiches before going home.
1 acation
Between Semesters. I
Altho Christmas vacation ended almost j
two weeks ago, there is still some talk over j
whether or not two weeks of vacation near tho
ond of the semester is as much of a blessing as
it is intended to be. The chief argument that
is used against having the vacation at this time
is that it gives the students too much of a j
chance to forget what they were supposed to
Lave learned during the first part of the semes
ter. Jt is claimed by many persons that the
two weeks of Christmas vacation gives an op
portunity for students to catch up on back
work, but usually the opportunity is not taken
advantage of. Therp are so many other things
u'oinfj on during the holidays that r.o one
thinks of studying.
One student, in a letter to the editor
says, "Final examinations arc really very se
rious: too serious to have the students trend of
thot broken and completely undone by a two
weeks vacation just before the final weeks.
The student returning from a vacation finds it
difficult to regain the same train of thot he
bad b' fore going away from his studies. He
finds 1hat in two weeks he can forget a great
deal. Sometimes he wonders if the two weeks
vacation was worth all the extra cramming
and studying he is having to do."
Another student thinks that "Most stu
dents go home for the holiday vacation with
the id-a that much studying must be done be
fore finals. They plan to go home and study
for finals during the vacation, but nine times
out of ten they fail to do this. In most places
a continual round of parties is held whieh
keeps the student more on the go than he is
during the school year. About all he has time
for during vacation is parties, food and sleep.
By the time he returns to school after New
Year's day he is all set for a good long rest.
It takes him a week to get adjusted again, and
before he knows it, finals are at hand."
It is a fact that most students could use
a little of the time during vacations to study;
but it is also a fact that very few of them do
this. Because students do not Htudy during
vacation is no indication that the vacation is
of no value, it is merely a reflection upon the
student. If he had not been so lax in regard
to his classwork while school was in session, he
would have little need to study during the
vacation. And if he had actually learned what
he was supplied to have, he should not forget
it so eisily. If his memory is as poor as to
make him forget in two weeks, he isn't going
to derive much benefit from the things he
studies.
The Christmas vacation gives an oppor
tunity for those who need to and want catch
up to do so. Whether or not they take advant
age of their opportunity is another matter. To
say that vacation gives the student top much
time to forget, is suggesting that the student
is barely able to hang on to enough of what he
learns until the final exams come. After that
ordeal is over he can forget what he has
learned as quickly as possible; the quicker the
better.
,Wliat Is the difference if one forgets te-
The so-called "monkey wrench" was not
named because it was a handy thing to monkey
with or for any other kindred reason and mon
key is not its right name at all, but "Mon
cky." named after its inventor, Charles
Moucky.
MORNING MAIL
A three reel talktnsr picture
"Life on the Quadrangle," has
juat been completed for the Uni
versity of Chicago. The university
has been seeking lor suroe ycoi.
the most effective means of satis
fying requests of its alumni and
oit high schools for information
concerning its activities, and
adopted the sound picture medium
as providing the most vivid and
satisfactory method. . . .
Touching on all phases of col
lege activities, the picture presents
realistically the student life of the
University of Chicago. It takes
h iiriience into the lecture room,
the conference room, and the lab
oratory. It enables them to hear
President Robert Maynard
Hutching explain the new educa
tional plan. Among other notables
seen and heard are Thornton
Wilder, the novelist, advising a
student writer, and Director A. A.
Stagg, the famous "Old Man" of
Chicago athletics, talking to his
football team before It takes the
field in an important game.
There is a representative selec
tion of campus activities, among
Ihem scenes showing women's ath
letics, archery, hockey, and swim
ming, the staff of the student
newspaper at work, dramatic re
hearsals, and informal views of
dormitory and fraternity life. A
scene of unusual beauty in the uni
versity chapel emphasizes the
spiritual lief of the university.
While the picture maintains a
tone of dignity throughout, it
moves swiftly and holds interest to
the final fadeout. The voice of
Quin Kyan, of radio fame, makes
running comment on outstanding
festures of the picture. The "Alma
Mater," sung by the university
choir, furnishes an attractive ac
companaiment to the title footage.
Staging of scenes was avoided in
producing tho picture and the
action is consistently natural.
Several previews "of the picture
were held to test audience re
sponse of the groups toward which
the picture is directed, and the
university authorities were greatly
pleased with the reaction. Three
different high school student
bodies, totaling 2,500, were keenly
interested in the picture, and
alumni clubs have been enthusi
astic in their reception. A special
preview at the University of Chi
cago for the benefit of the unem
ployed packed Mendel hall and
netted $900.
A portable sound projector, oper
ated by Kenneth A. Rouse, assist
ant to the dean, and former Chi
cago football captain and winner
of the Tribune trophy, is being
used to show the picture before
high schools and alumni In the
middle west. The university is
now planning to have the picture
reduced to 16 mm. for use before
small groups at distant points
where it is not convenient to send
the present equipment.
"Life on the Quadrangle" was
produced at the university and the
film studios, under the 'direction
of Avery B. Chereton. The photog
raphy and sound are theatrical in
character and of a quality not
ordinarily found in straight com
mercial productions. An enormous
amount of incandescent lighting
was used on a numoer of the uni
versity scenes.
The Broun Derby.
TO THE EDITOR:
Everyone knows by this time that the
lawyer's brown derby has passed into the
hands of the engineers. On the night of Satur
day lastt, at the Engineers' Ball, a box was
presented and opened before all the guests.
This box contained the famous brown derby.
Now the question is, who sent the derby?
There are several possibilities, one or two
of which are quite probable. Number one pos
sibility is that the lawyers themselves might
have sent it in an ironical mood regarding the
idea of the engineers giving a ball, a formal
ball. But, on the other hand, who ever heard
of a lawyer being ironical ? To be ironical one
must be educated in the studies that tend to
elevate the student so that he ran look down
upon a lesser thing, pass judgment, and laugh.
Is a lawyer up high enough to look down, pass
judgment, and laugh? Well! of course, that is
a question.
About four years ago there was an awful
riot between the engineers and the lawyers.
The lawyers, as per habit, tore up the engineers
bridge that stood South of Pharmacy Hall,
and then rushed up to the P. A. D. house where
they proceeded to throw rotten eggs by the
truck loads until the streets were all gummed
up with eggs and hanks of hair and teeth and
things. Then the fire department was called
to quell the riot and what a mess they made
of things. They squirted water into the poor
P. A. D.'s house spoiling the furnishings and
ruining the walls to such an extent that the
P. A. D. 's had to completely rebuild and refur
nish. It was noticed that on the borders of each
riot, both at the campus and at the P. D. A.
house there were to be seen people with pencil
and pad in hand apparently taking some sort
of notes. Who were they? They were jour
nalists collecting data to put in their "rag"
and save themselves the trouble of making up
fairy tale stories about the "da-rate big cour
tesy man" and "The Beautiful Prince Of The
Leap Year Ball." Sometimes the "news let
ters " are hard put for material. It is quite
possible that here is possibility number two
for the brown derby.
The authorities over at the law school
request that nothing further be done about the
derby situation until exams are over. Of
course, there is a possibility that the lawyers
can't wait that long.
It wouldn't be at all surprising to see the
dean of the college of law running hither and
thither in the next riot. Maybe that's why the
lawyers prefer to wait until after exams; so
everybody can be there. Even the journalists.
L. D.
STUDENTS MAY
SEEK ATHLETIC
BOARD MEMBER
(Continued rrora Page 1.)
to Lincoln some time in the near
future for an informal conference
on subjects of mutual interest.
The delegates to the convention
reported that the student govern
ment at Nebraska compared very
favorably with student govern
ment in other universities and was
organized and functioning much
better than were those in many
schools.
By-Laws Passed.
Several changes in the by-laws
of the council were recommended
at the last meeting of the council
by Phil Brownell, chairman of the
by-laws committee. The measures
were discussed, but the voting was
postponed until last night. The
following rules were adopted at
the meeting last night:
1. By-laws of the student
council may be passed, revised
or repealed by a majority ac
tion of the council except that
such proposals shall be present
ed to the secretary and read at
one meeting previous to being
voted upon.
2. A council member missing
three consecutive meetings of
the council without excuse may
be dropped from the council roll
at the discretion of the council,
such action requiring a major
ity vote.
3. For the purposes of trans
acting ordinary business a quo
rum shall consist of a majority
of the council members.
4. Upon the oral application
of any single member of the
council for a vote by secret bal
lot such a method shall be used.
5. Upon the majority vote of
the council a vote by roll-call
shall be taken; a call for a vote
by roll-call shall take prece
dence over a call for a secret
ballot and if a majority is ob
tained, a secret ballot may not
be called for.
6. When individuals not mem
bers of the council shall appear
before the council to present a
proposal or argue a .question,
such individuals shall be privi
leged to remain within the coun
cil for questioning, but shall not
unless the council resolve itself
into a committee of the whole,
be present during a discussion
of the question at issue or wnen
a vote upon a motion arising
out of the question at issue is
taken.
7. In all cases of controversy
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over points of order, Robert's
Rules of Order shall be the ac
cepted guide.
The constitution of the Eeonom
les Round Table, a newly formed
organization on the campus, was
relerrcd to tho committee on stu
dent organizations for Investiga
tion and report at the next meet
ing. At the request of tho Mortar
Board society, which is planning
a leap year party for Feb. 20. per
mission was granted to that or
ganization by the council to hold
tho party,
HARPER REPORTS
TO FRATERNITIES
RULE VIOLATORS
(Continued from Page 1.)
the rules that are now in force.
"A man to be eligible for Ini
tiation must have passed twelve
hours the semester preceding his
Initiation. He must have an av
erage o' 72 or above in ALL
hours, F counting as 45, and in
completes and conditions as S3
unless they are made up, in
which case the grade given by
the instructor will apply. The
other new requirement is that
fraternities must wait until a
quarter has passed before ini
tiating, and that the pledge
must wait until a quarter has
passed before initiating, and
that the pledge must be up in
at least twelve hours at the time
of the Initiation."
The eligibility of men for initia
tion into fraternities is checked
thru the office of tho dean of stu
dent affairs, where tho scholastic
record of the individual is investi
gated, and the list of eligible men
is presented to tnc rratci nines.
TWELVE JUNIORS
NAMED TO POSTS
FOR CLASS PROM
(Continued from Page 1.)
Plnkerton, Omaha, is a junior in
the college of business administra
tion and a member of Sigma Alpha
Epsilon. Charles Skade, Lexington,
is a junior in the college of busi
npss administration and a member
of Tl Kappa Alpha.
Marv Alice Kcllcy, Omaha, Is a
junior in teachers' college and a
member of Kappa Kappa uamma.
rwtrndp Clarke. La Grance. 111..
is a junior in teachers rollege and
a member or Aipna ai jjeua. jane
Robertson, Beatrice, is a junior in
the college of arts and sciences
and a member of Delta Gamma.
Jane Axtell. Omaha, is a junior in
teachers college ana a memuer ui
Alnha Chi Ometra. Mary Sutton,
Lincoln, is a junior in the college
of arts and sciences and a member
of Delta Delta Delta. Eleanor
Dixon. Blair, is a junior in home
economics and a member of Chi
Omega.
One of the features of the Junior
Senior prom is the presentation of
the prom girl, who will be elected
by the students attending the af
fair. ROBINSON NAMES
MONDAY RELEASE
(Continued from Page 1.1
dent at every school throughout
the country. It solves these prob
lems and overcomes all obstacles
thru a simple mathematical form
ula. The article continues in show
ing Instantly, thru this formula,
whether members of Greek or
ganizations are now satisfied and
happy, and explains why or why
not they are in either case.
Other material carries out me
central theme of this month's is
sue as indicated by the name of
the special issue. Another article
contains a directory of fraternities
and sororities, and includes a great
number of enlightening details
concerning the inner mechanisms
which drive there organizations
on to success or failure.
One page is devoted entirely to
cericatures. This sheet, which is
entitled, "Greeks Had a Name for
Them," features several prominent
students on this campus.
Many Contribute Work.
Contributors to this month's is
sue of the Awgwan include: Art
Wolf. J. T. Coffee. Francis Cun
ningham, Roger Wilkerson, How
ard Allaway, Norman Hansen,
Dick Moran. Irma Randall and
Marjorie Quivey.
Striking and important cnanges
are being made in this issue, ac
cording to Robinson. He refused
to reveal the nature of the changes
however. Departures from former
styles are likewise being planned
for the issue to appear next monin.
Contributors for tebruary's is
sue are requested to start work at
once. The deadline tor copy win
be announced soon, the editor said.
The changes which are now be
ing made by the eidtor are hoped
to bring the Awgwan far to the
front and bring its rank among
the best publications in the coun
try, so far as the appearance is
concerned, the editor hopes.
NEBRASKA HI CLUB
WILL MEET TONIGHT
The University of Nebraska 4-H
club will meet Thursday evening of
this week in Ag hall on the college
of agriculture campus. No special
entertainment is planned but plans
for a party to be held in the near
future will be discussed.
UNITARIAN CHURCH
12th and H Streets
Arthur L. Weatherly, Minister
The Church Without a Creed
Not the Truth, but the aearch
for Truth
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