WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1932
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MANAGING EDITORS
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NEWS EDITORS
Phillip Brownell Oliver De Wolf
Laurence Hall Virginia Pollard
Joe Miller Sports Editor
Ruth Schllt Women's Editor
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS.
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Edwin Faulkner Don Larimer Boyd Krewson
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BUSINESS STAFF
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ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGERS
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The Men Are
Worried!
Congratulations, felicitations, and deepest
sympathies to the Mortar Boards. For the
.Mortar Boards have awakened the campus.
For the first time since the history-making,
rib-breaking riot before the Kansas Aggie
game two years ago. the campus is agog with
an idea. And the Mortar Boards are respon
sible. Full credit for the idea must go to that
worthy organization. Tuesday morning, like
a bolt from the blue, came the first announce
ment that the most popular man on the cam
pus would be presented at the Mortar Board
Leap Year party, Feb. 20. The women are to
elect him. They are busily dashing about their
respective houses finding out the opinions of
their sisters on the question. The men are
worried.
And well they may be. As two contribu
tors to the Morning Mail point out, what man
wants to be known as "Nebraska Sweetheart"
or the winner of a male beauty contest '! Says
AY II. B. "In one of the country's largest
universities, where students are supposed to
have progressed beyond the stage of paper
wads and lollypops, it is absurd, even path
etic." Cock Robin pans the group on the
grounds that the man will not be representa
tive because he is chosen only by the sorori
tios. This, is an erroneous idea caused by a
misstatement. The Mortar Boards are asking
votes from every organized house on the cam
pus. Requests for votes were sent to sixty-two
organized houses and reports today indicate
that most of them intend to respond. The
gi-oup also intends to take steps to reach other
jirls not living in organized houses. The man
will undoubtedly be representative and the
men are worried.
Both contributors label the idea as a "per
fect piece of asininity." We are inclined to
disagree. The lethargy which has crept upon
the University of Nebraska students has be
come extremely hard to pierce and this idea
is t?.e first in years which has successfully ac
complished that task. It requires more than
a "piece of asininity" to awaken the student
body to at least a sleepy-eyed "whaf's it all
about?" Comments, razzberries, and congrat
ulations flit about the campus and the men
are worried.
It seems highly probable that the man
chosen will be a senior and it also seems prob
able that he will be chosen from the ranks of
the activity men. May heaven help him after
his crowning. For four long months he will
be required to go about the campus with the
gibejr of his classmates in his ears. Most of
theuvwill be in fun it is true, but a wreath
of pnsies on a man's brow is a hard thing
to live down. Imagine if you can one of the
fading campus B. M. 0. .'s trailing down
Ihe aisle to the tune of Mendelssohn's "Spring
Son," his number ten shoes tripping along
over a rose-covered carpet. Then imagine the
lasting impression it will make. And then
imagine how long it will take the campus to
forget. No wonder the men are worried.
Regardless of whether the idea is good or
bad, intellectual or nsinine, the campus will
nwe a debt of gratitude to the Mortar Boards
for advancing a new idea on the campus. The
party should be a success there is one fly in
the ointment. There is some possibility that
a man may be elected as the most popular on
the campus nnd then not get a bid to the
party. And then what? Little details to be
ared for by the group. Those details had
better be cared for because the men are
worried.
Hodge Podge
In the Maze.
Architectural drafting rooms for freshman
courses in that department were installed in
the basement of University hall this week.
Now occupying dilapidated old "U" hall are
the School of Journalism, the university news
and feature service office, the department of
romance languages, including class rooms and
offices for instructors in French, Spanish,
Italian and Scandinavian, the Daily Nebras
kan office, the Cornhusker 'of f ice and the Aw
gwan office.
The new-comer but adds one more to the
conglomerate of odds and ends now housed in
the favorite catch-all of the university plant.
Incidentally, it points again to the need of a
student union building at Nebraska and calls
attention to the inadequacies of the present
university building facilities.
We have wondered why the swimming pool
was not put in "U" hall instead of in the
Coliseum.
There are only four classes of people who
do not come to university to study. These are
freshman, sophomore, junior and senior.
A Note to
New Officers.
Advance omens on the coming spring clcc
tions pointed toward the Blue Shirt faction
last night as the majority group voted three
men into office in the Interfraternity council.
Custom in the past has dictated that the lei
low Jackets be given at least one officer on
the body but the Blue Shirts threw that cub
torn overboard. And so Norman Galleher,
Marvin Schnud, and John Zollinger, success
ful candidates, hold the reins of the supreme
Greek governing body for the next term.
The emphasis placed upon faction politics
on the University of Nebraska campus has
been, it seems, a trifle overdone and this over
emphasis has done the situation no good. It
makes little difference, here or in state or na
tional politics, what party swings a man into
power. It is not the principles or ideals of
the oartv which are held so high but the capa
bilities and principles of the man, himself. The
Blue Shirt faction stands for nothing wincn
the Yellow Jacket faction docs not stand for,
in fact, it stands for nothing. The significance
of the' election is not the party which is in
power but the man.
The Interfraternity council is the supreme
governing body of the fraternities of the Uni
versity of Nebraska campus. It has Jong been
lost in the maze of motion-making but it is
now emerging from that wilderness and is
assuming the proportions of a worth-while or
ganization. Chief among its duties are, of
course, the Interfraternity ball, the Interfrat
ernity banquet, and the scholarship awards.
The taking over of another function within
their jurisdiction has caused them much trou
ble and will cause them much more. Rushing
has ever been a festering sore on the other
wise smooth surface of fraternity activities.
Two years ago, the council undertook to reg
ulate those activities. During the first year
of its attempt the plan worked admirably and
the actions of the council received wide notice
from other schools. This year the rules were
disobeyed flagrantly and no complaints were
made.
Those rules must be revised. It is up to
the officers of the council to take steps to
see that the situation is rectified. The new
officers have this job on their hands and they
can not afford to ignore it. The routine mat
ters of the regular business can be cared for
easily. It is matters like these which demand
the attention of the leaders, and it is matters
like these which will test the mettle of those
new officers. Congratulations to them and
the best of luck.
There arc two distinct types of people who
should keep their mouths closed at all times.
Those who have gold teeth and those who
have not.
the old charms nnd stick to it doggedly, and
maybe you wil be tho answer to a maiden's
prayer, in person.
Women's beauty and personality contests
are as old as the world, but this masculine
contest is an innovation. Recently two col
leges instituted them, and about five thousand
didn't. Still there is nothing like being a
ftiuueer in any particular field. It is more or
ess traditional for the world to admire a beau
tiful woman, but when it comes to choosing
the personality man then the thing becomes
a laughing stock. Still, it will be a wonder
ful thing to be presented at the Leap Year
party as the campus shiek, and an honor of
which any he-man can be justly proud, or
something. And just think, 'all during the
rest of tho school year this Romeo can walk
about the campus and know that behind him
he is leaving a trail of broken feminine hearts
and gnashing masculine teeth.
8 COCK ROBIN.
ISo More
Booing.
The university athletic department and
the university as a whole will be hosts to over
three hundred high school basketball players
and their coaches at the basketball game this
evening. The game promises to be one packed
with thrills. Although the Nebraska team has
won only two conference games and one non
conference game they will be showing plenty
of fight since their win over the Kansas-Aggies
last week.
Tonight these high school boys will be shown
a high grade of basketball playing which
should give them pointers on how good teams
play basketball. The teams, however, are not
the only ones who will make their trip suc
cessful. The student body also has its part to
do that is to show good sportsmanship during
the game. In the past at the games the crowd
has been in the habit of "booing" the referee
when he makes unfavorable decisions. Such
conduct as this is not excuseable at university
games and should be stopped immediately.
During our sojourn here we are supposed to
have learned how to conduct ourselves while
supporting Nebraska teams and might be well
to show some good sportsmanship tonight in
stead of displaying the usual "boo" attitude
toward the referee.
And then suppose the "popularity king'
had to take his girl to the party.
Why not eontribut ions for an easy chair for
the editor?
MORNING MAIL
More About Asininity.
TO THE EDITOR:
What ingenious creatures these American
college girls are! Under the guise of choosing
Nebraska's most popular "Joe" they pass off
on the unsuspecting student body a high
powered advertising scheme. The thing is
naive, to say the least and in my opinion it
is the most perfect piece of asininity that 1
have seen perpetrated during my four years
of college.
If the method of choosing this most popu
lar man was representative of the consensus
of opinion of the whole university it would
not be quite so ridiculous. But as it is, each
sorority is going to cast four votes and the
big "IT" man is to be the one who receives
the majority or perhaps plurality. Someone
told me once that all the girls aren't in soror
ities, in fart not half of them are. And what
about all these other girls. Are their votes
no good? If this man is to be truly represen
tative why not have him chosen by all the
women students? When any of the women's
honorary places are filled, all the rnei. ve
a chance to vote.
What, after all, is the basis on which the
big shot is to be chosen? Those who spend
the most time at the Moon will no doubt be
right in the thick of things. Then there is
the sorority gigolo, the perennial doormat, who
is sure to get the unanimous vote of the par
ticular sorority that he favors with hii.good
looks and masculine charms. Hell be a good
bet too. Caking, dating, soft-whispering cab
alleros will be the vogue and he who aspires
to be the darling of Nebraska's "Josies"must
be seen in all public places from now on and
clothe himself with that smirking, smiling,
dashing personality of a big personality man.
Well, boys, don'; be bashful, just dig out all
Mr. Nebraska Sweetheart.
TO THE EDITOR:
I once heard a college professor remark
that students often acted intelligent for almost
long enough to convince the doubting public
of their sanity, and then did something suffi
ciently assinine to destroy this slowly acquired
confidence. Such seems to be the case at pres
ent. So far this year the various student or
ganizations have accomplished many worth
while tasks and done many things which re
flect credit upon the university. Then along
comes that stately and august group known
as Mortar Board, and contributes the prize
high school stunt of the year.
Of all the idiotic ideas which might occur
to the average moron, that of selecting a
"popularity king" among the men of the uni
versity stands supreme. It is the kind of thing
that a few of the state's smaller high schools
still do when the senior class graduates. In
those cases it is probably excusable on the
grounds of immaturity and provinciality. But
in one of the country's largest universities,
where students are supposed to have pro
gressed beyond the stage of paper wads and
lollypops, it is absurd, even pathetic.
If the contest could be looked upon as an
honor, rather than a farce, there might be
some excuse for it. But this is not possible.
The contest is destined to become a joke, and
worse than that, the kind of stupid joke that
reflects upon the intelligence of university
students in general.
And now consider the predicament ot mat
highly honored individual who emerges vic
torious in this contest, lo acquire the dis
tinctive title of "Nebraska Sweetheart" is not
the highest ambition of any college man. In
short, someone is going to De tne -victim in mis
College Editors Say
Educational Change.
l'onuliir educntion is the cry of the Amor
ican leader who wishes to promote an ideal or
replace an outgrown institution with one ci
i'ectively modern. American education is con
ofdel. common! v. if not by the more astute
scholars and professors, to have a quality of
thoroughness and practical culture not at
tained by the other universities of tho world.
Illiteracy is practically non-existent in
many parts of the country and the percentage
who receive education under our compulsory
system is much larger than the number bene
fited by any European system. But the aver
age graduate of a secondary school in Franco
or Germany has an educational background on
a par with the average sophomore in an Amer
ican university.
This does not mean necessarily that, an
other wedge is provided for pessimists who arc
convinced of the downhill tread of American
youth, for students in France attend school Bix
days a week and student in German schools
begin studying secondary subjects in the upper
elementary grades, while American students
attending their first year in college are still on
general cultural courses that are a continua
tion of the high school curriculum.
Individuality is a prerequisite to leader
ship. And individuality is stifled by the re
strictions of the typical American institution.
After four years of followng the prescribed
course of study and activity along with thous
ands of others in pursuit of the same practical
information, original convictions nnd distinct
ideas are dimmed and conventionalized. Tho
product of each university is monotonously like
the graduate of every other institution.
The trend is for greater freedom in educa
tion, fewer rules nnd more individual effort.
If we cannot provide an example of efficiency
in education we can at least follow profitable
suggestions offered by others who have experi
mented with the theories which we have be
lieved reasonable.
Montana Kaimin.
contest, and is going to suffer through no fault
of his own. Someone is going to be the "cam
pus darling" whether he wants to or not.
It is unfortunate, to say the least, that
such a reputable organization as Mortar
Board should lapse into a state of mental dc.
cline, and should create on the campus an
elective position which, by its sheer asininity,
will throw the shadow of the ridiculous over
the truly worthwhile student offices.
W. II. B.
ST TPFMn OF THF
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by
GERALD BARDO
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B TIMES
The Literary Digest says we
will do It" take a poll on prohibi
tion. In the next few weeks voters
will be receiving their ballot thru
the mail. In 1930 the magabine
poll showed 1,464,098 for enforce
ment, 1.399,314 for modification,
1,943,052 for repeal.
Not for the magazine but for the
nation, college students who are
eligible should take part in this
vote.
Now comes the charge from the
Association Against the Prohibi
tion Amendment that prohibition
has cost the government eleven
million dollars. Part of this cost,
370 millions dollars, the expense of
enforcement. The rest is that
which might have been received
as taxes. But many of these anti
prohibitionists are also fighting
the inequality of taxes. If you tax
whisky or beer it falls most heav
ily upon the masses. In fact in
stead of being a progressive form
of taxation it amounts to regres
sive taxation.
It is all right to talk of anti
hoarding campaigns. And perhaps
much of our trouble is "Induced by
eyestrain from looking across the
Atlantic," but how is the nation
going to get money to the farmers
and laborers who haven't had the
money to hoard? To get this
hoarded money out is one thing.
To get it In circulation is another.
England, represented by Sir
John Simon , has attacked the
French plan of arming the League
of Nations. Sir John termed the
French plan of securing peace by
preparing for war. France on the
other hand is not willing to disarm
until she is sure international or
ganization will give her security.
Arming- the League is the way
she believes this security can be
secured.
A summary of England's propo
sal in Sir John's wortis: "We ac
cept in general the methods and
limitations with reference to the
establishment of maxima con
tained in the convention. We sup
port the establishment of a perma
nent disarmament commission. We
urge the abolition of gas and
chemical warfare. We press for
the abolition of submarines."
United States should call out
the army, but not to fight Japan.
Monday, a Kansas City detective
died with fourteen machine gun
bullets in his body when he had
thwarted bandits in a planned
Mercantile Trust company rob
bery. The army should be used to
fight bandits like those.
HENZLJK ADDRESSES
SCHOOL BOARD MEET
(Continued from Page 1.)
school system art added to injury
to the children's education under
such a condition.
Advocating a sane, systematic
and intelligent procedure In selec
tion of superintendents by school
boards, Henxllk brought forward
five things, which must be done if
this la to be accomplished:
1. aohool boards mutt havt a
el tar conception of tht rtquira
mtntt of tht potitlon at school
tuptrintendtnt in tht particular
community and mutt rtalizt tht
big things that a superintendent
it to do.
2. Tht board mutt tecurt data
on tht personal traltt and pro
ftttlonal qualification! a man
Sorority Coeds Spend Many Sleepless
Nights Worrying About Averages
The past week has been one of
tears and sleepless nights for some
of Nebraska's freshmen. It has
been a test of will power for tend
erhearted professors. It has caused
many a worried consultation
among upperclassmen and num
erous trips to the registrar's office
with drop and add slips. In fact,
it has been a week of reckoning.
For the truth will out and so will
the first semester's grades.
Anxious to hear the best about
themselves, the pledges who have
chummed their teachers assiduous
ly trip to their offices to find out
if it haa helped them make the re
quired initiation average. More
timid souls slink into the offices or
slip self-addressed envelopes under
the door with an attached note
asking that the grade be sent to
them. In either case, the results
run according to rule and the usual
number of freshmen find them
selves desperately hunting "pipes"
so that they can make it next time.
Then follows the excursion to the
adviser and the story about ill
health and the doctor positively
saying that you must carry less
hours and not take anything that
will worry you or make you nerv
ous. The story is vermea Dy tne
heavy lids and the circles under
the eyes and the trembling hands.
Then there are the letters to De
written home hours spent in con
vincing .the family that professors
are crazy and promises that tne
second semester will be spent in
quiet study.
Meanwhile tne upperciassmen
count on their fingers the number
of pledges who have actually made
the average. Hard times are here
and it looks as if the house won't
be full next year. They visit the
professors and then they have con
sultations with each other and
whisper about a possibility of low
ering the initiation average. This
is to be kept perfectly secret, of
course, but we just can't afford to
lose these girls after all the work
we've done on them.
And the professors they must
build up a veritable wall of will
power to resist the charms, the
tears and the excellently worked
up arguments and alibis with
which these pledges besiege them.
At the registrar's office stands
a long line of young hopefuls,
starting the semester on a new
road with easy subjects and lots
of study time promised them. Hope
springs again in their eyes and
they pay the dollar necessary for
the change with happy hands.
The alumni scholarship adviser
comes down to the evening meet
ing and charges around a good bit
and dwells on the past sins of
the chapter and individuals. She
points out the defects that have
existed in study table the whole
year. She recommends that the
telephone be disconnected that
the radio be sold and that every
one eat more lettuce.
All in all it has been a tryiug
week. The tension of examina
tions is over but the results
stand out like a sore thumb. The
initiation average seems higher
now than it ever has since so
many hours of sixty are flocking
around the door.
mutt have to mett tht netdt of
the community.
3. Sane rtatonablt and business-like
methodt In studying
applicants for the positions.
4. Intelligent comparison of
the qualifications of each appli
cant 5. Proper ust and support of
the tuperinttndent chottn to
that tht best tducational Inttr
ettt of tht community shall bo
promoted.
"The superintendent has a right
to expect the support of a board of
education long enough at least, to
give bis theories and programs a
fair chance, and for so long there
after as they are not absolutely
certain they can get someont who
can do the job better," Henzlik
stated.
Compliments School Boards.
The speaker warned against
school boards slipping into choos
ing the school executives "because
of political associations, personal
antagonisms and other motives
that have nothing to do with a
good school system or a furthering
of the educational program."
The dean told the school board
men in detail how to approach an
applicant for superlntendency and
how to make complete investiga
tion of candidates' qualifications.
"School boards of Nebraska," he
said, "are in general composed of
the best citizens. . .honest, success
ful, well-principled people, but
when they get to breathing the
stale atmosphere of a board room
in the wee small hours of the
morning, they seem to lose their
ability to judge a matter from the
standpoint of public or community
good and fall into personal-mihdednessr"
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BEAUX ARTS BALL
WILL INTRODUCE
42ND EXHIBITION
(Continued from Page 1.)
like, upon presentation of their
identification cards.
The exhibition this year has been
assembled by Professor H. C. Cun
ningham of the department of ar
chitecture, through direct invita
tion to a large number of repre
sentative individual artists.
Notable anions; tht paintings ex
hibited are "Fan and Guitar," by
Gari Melchers, the "Dean" of the
American painters, "Food Bear
ers ' by Miss Olive Kuan, wno wan
formerly of the university faculty,
"Actress" by Savely Sorine,
"Flamingos," by Mrs. Jessie Arms
Botke, two painting's by Dr. Ma-
gonigle, who was given the honor
ary degree of doctor of architec
ture by the University of Nebras
ka last June. "Jack and Mrs.
Sprat" by Mrs. Magonigle, several
paintings by Doctor Fischer, who
will speak here on Friday and
again on Sunday, three paintings
by Eugene Savage, and a special
exhibit by members of the Yale
university School of Fine Arts,
(which are hung in the third floor
corridor.)
The principal feature of the ex
hibit will bo a group of cartoons
for mural paintings and mosaics
by Miss Hildreth Meiere who made
the cartoons for the coloured tile
ceilings and panels in the state
cspitol interiors and those for the
marble mosaic floors in the foyer
and rotunda.
Fischer to Lecture.
Doctor Martin Fischer, a doctor
of medicine, professor of physiol
ogy in the University of Cincin
nati, painter of note and expert in
the chemistry of colours, will ad
dress the students of the School of
Fine Arts and those of the depart
ment of architecture in Morrill
hall auditorium at 3:00 p. m. on
Friday, Feb. 12th.
Doctor Fischer will speak again
at 3 p. m. on Sunday in Gallery
"A" of Morrill hall. Doctor Fisch
er's appearance here and for his
contributions to the exhibition, are
due to Dean Upsom of the gradu
ate college, an old friend of Doc
tor Fischer's. Doctor Fischer's talk
will be of especial Interest to Ne
braska students.
The Nebraska Art association, it .
was reported to The Nebraskan,
wishes to record its thanks to
those Industrious students who
have so generously aided In the
preparation for the Ball and the
exhibition. Thanks are due partic
ularly to Miss Mary Sibley and
Harold Hart of the school of fine
arts, and to Marvin Robinson, Nor
man Hansen, Wayne Owens, Ray
Waddle and R. E. Johnson of the
department of architecture.
Special offer to students on
Char Portraits made from Corn
husker negatives. Hauck's Stu
dio. Adv.
START ACTION TO
LEVY PENALTY ON
20 FRATERNITIES
(Continued from Page l.l
sent the 20 alleged violators fol
lowed a list of the men who, it is
charged, were initiated contrary to
interfraternity council requisitions.
The questions are:
1. Were these men initiated?
2. Were they "up" in 12 hours .
at the time of their initiation?
3. Did they make an average
of 70? (Conditions and incom
pletes to be counted at 55, and
flunks at 45.)
4. Did you get the university's
permission to Initiate the men by
securing clearance slips from
the office of the Dean of Student
Affairt?
In replies so far received. Spen
cer declared that most of the fra
ternities on the "blacklist" failed
to get clearance slips on their men.
The personnel of the scholarship
committee is: Ralph Spencer, as
chairman, Art Pinkerton, Glen Le
Doiyt, and Chalmers Graham.
A report of action taken will be
given at the next meeting of the
interfraternity council. The com
mittee leader said.
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