THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1933.
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
TWO
Daily Nebraskan
Station A. Lincoln. Nebraska
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Council Climbers.
JJTOPIA is here! Or so it would
seem from the headline '"Fra
ternities Will Co-operate in Ball
Decorations" which appeared in
the Nebraskan Wednesday morn
ing. If they do co-operate, it will
be the first time in history, but
one suspects that the prediction
was only the work of a naive com
mittee chairman. He'll be disillu
sioned, we fear, when he begins
trying to get that flaunted co-operation!
It isn't that the Greek system is
entirely bad, but the workings of
the system in the Interfraternity
Council, which we presume is the
organ thru which the hoped-for
co-opefation is to be sought, is
certainly open to question.
The delegates themselves are
often worthy men. but so thoroly
are the creeds of their respective
organizations imbued in them that
they accomplish little of value. To
put it less gentlj. every member
has only one thing in mind his
own house.
The Interfraternity council, of
course, does not stand alone in
this respect. Human institutions
uniformly reflect human tenden
cies, and selfishness bulks large
among those traits.
gUT it is not the Nebraskan's
contention that a perfect or
ganization should replace the coun
cil. The Nebraskan does contend
that the present composition of
that council might be changed to
bring perfection a little nearer.
The basis for membership in the
council has long been subject to
criticism in these columns, and it
will continue to be until delegates
become not "activities juniors"
who seek to climb, but proven
seniors who may be expected to
attain more nearly unprejudiced
views.
A body as important as the In
terfraternity council could be de
serves the most experienced men
among the Greeks to conduct its
business. When the membership of
the council is confined to those
men. when their experience en
ables them to approach compara
tive freedom from the pettiness
which characterizes the "climb
ers." when, in short, seniors take
over the reins so ineffectually beld
at present by juniors, then perhaps
the council will achieve some of
the dignity, authority, and respect
it deserves.
Meanwhile, expectations of co
operative, constructive work
among the fraternities can only
bring a smile. The climbers suc
ceed in climbing, to be sure, but
they succeed in trampling the
whole Greek world while so doing.
Ttrenty Percent.
yHE Student council took a wise
precaution Wednesday when it
insisted that the Y. W. C. A. sub
mit for consideration its financial
plans of operating a student book
exchange. The council having pre
viously passed a resolution limiting
the YW to a ten percent profit on
book handled, unless Epecial per
mission should be obtained, de-fc-rfd
to know why the YW needed
i twenty percent margin which ac
cc ruing to annojiicerntnls, they
4ntnd to charge.
The women' organization is to
t congratulated on instituting the
j an for a co-operative book ex
cr ar.e v.iin the need of the ttu-
dents to purchase books more
cheaply and realize more on their
old books is particularly appa
rent. But the organization should
not allow the idea of making
money for themselves to enter too
strongly into their laudable de
sire to provide a service to stu
dents. A reasonable profit for the or
ganization is justifiable. There
will also be cxpensse connected
with the running of the exchange.
But inasmuch as the YW has been
granted privileges of rent free
space and is being run to some
extent in competition with com
mercial enterprises, it is under par
ticular obligation to run its enter
prise largely on the basis of pro
viding a money saving institution
for the benefit of students.
The council is right in attempt
ing to look after the interests of
the students. Its action is not in
criticism of the Y. W. C. A. but
rather is taken as a safeguard
against overlooking the broader
interest of the student body in pre
ference to the need for money. The
former must stand first.
The First Lady.
igOME people say she is courage
ous, and some say she's a
fool. About all we can say about
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt's
broadcasting attempts is that she
is probably unwise. Whether one
agrees with what she says or not,
and a large part of what she says
is so trite as to defy disagreement,
we doubt that the fact her husband
was elected President of the United
States qualifies her as an oracle
of American womanhood. If her
abilities before the elevation of her
husband to national prominence
had been such as to demand ex
pressions from her about problems
of the American home, etc. there
would be no reason why she should
not continue her public discus
sions. But without passing judg
ment on her abilities as an ad
viser to mothers or young people,
or whomever she advises, we
think it would be better if she did
not take advantage of the position
she holds thru no merit of her own
to dispense advise under the aus
pices of a beauty preparation com
pany.
Contemporary
Comment
The Art of Living.
J""HERE is a character in fiction
cawed 'Trine tne leaser." ne
is better at arousing desires than
in satisfying them.
Films, musical com ;dies, novels
and other wish-fulfillment agen
cies are not the only Tillies arous
ing needs which can not be satis
fied this side of Hollywood boule
vard, and end only with frustra
tion. Institutions of higher learn
ing may be among them.
More education: More money;
More happiness . . . On this line cf
reasoning, many parents labor
long hours for the honest dollar
with which to send John or Mary
to college. But if John falls into
the toils of "Tillie," college sup
plies him with more desire and
ambitions than means for gratify
ing them. Things which he can not
possess and powers beyond his ca
pacity to experience, converge in
the balloon of his new desires. He
finds it Ls easy to be ambitious.
Why should he be content to put
in an honest day's labor for home
ly returns, when he need only sit
by the fire a la Cinderella and wait
until b i coach and six material
izes in t- shape of a sheepskin ?
Neither the schools nor the stu
dents, in our estimation, are as
liable for this unwholesome condi
tion as are outside ndividuals who
willfully or wiihf fJy circulate
misconceptions. The latter are well
meaning persons who imagine that
the cure for the cation's ills is in
discriminately broadcast educa
tion. In the other group, we have
the insurance company which ad
vertises that a degree is wor'L
$100,000. Their business is selling
send-your-offspring-to-college pol
icies to ambitious parents.
Such propaganda assigns a mis
leading enphasis to the part edu
cation plays in delineating earning
power. A liberal education does not
guarantee "a place in the sun." It
does not necessarily increase a
man's earning power. It does not
decrease his susceptibility to un
employment. What is more, a lib
eral education does not even at
tempt to do these things.
The Minnesota Employment
Stabilization Research Institute,
in its nationally known work, has
tabulated more than eight thou
sand college graduates in its un
employment survey, On Nov. 3.
Dr. M. T. Tiabue of the institute,
opening the annual convention of
the Association of Urban Univer
sities, said some of the unem
ployed college graduates hold ad
vanced graduate degrees end Phi
Beta Kappa keys won by superior
scholarship. The number of college
graduates who are now unem
ployed is as large as the propor
tion of less well educated persons.
These are conclusions, not of opin
ion, but of fact. He said further:
"It is unfortunate that 'living,'
as these unemployed young peo
ple seem to have learned it at col
lege, involves a number of rather
expensive tastes and habits which
cannot be supported financially by
means of any of the skills or
knowledges they acquired at col
lege." Unfortunately, when Joe College
comes to his chosen university for
a liberal education, he is not bar
gaining for a trade, occupation or
specialty, nor for a course in how
to get a job or how to get a raise;
nor for an insurance policy against
unemployment. If he has been told
that an education is an investment
like a stock or bond, he has been
misled. He cannot put a diploma"
in a safe and let it go to work
earning dividends for him while he
snoozes in an easy chair.
A liberal art course seeks to
equip young men and women to
live, rather than to earn a living.
Students and their parents
would do well to understand the
aim and the function of a liberal
education before beginning, sight
unseen, to buy one.
The Minnesota Daily.. .
RUTGERS STUDENTS
HAVE CAMPUS BASK
Institution Capitalized at
$200; All Regular
Services Given.
(CNS) Students of economics
at Rutgers university this week
were gaining first-band experience
in the theory and practice of bank
ing as the result of the formation
of a campus bank, capitalized at
1200.
Students act as tellers and com
prise the board of directors of the
bank, which functions as an
agency for the granting of loans to
other students. All regular bank
ing services, except the mainten
ance of checking accounts, are of
fered. "The bank is a pedagogical ex
periment, which makes the univer
sity's course on money and bank
ing realistic and aids the student
to grasp the theory more readily,"
according to Professor Eugene E.
Agger, head of the economics de
pprtment. HA
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OClETY,
Alums Return.
The Alpha Phi and Gamma Phi
Beta formals will attract many
alumnae who will return for their
party are Jane Stringer, Omaha;
Margaret Munn, Omaha; Lucille
Jorne, Seward; Carlotte Davis and
Evelyn West, Grand Island; Jos
ephine Berglen, Wahoo; Helen
Deane, York.
Gamma Phi alums who will come
to Lincoln are Edna Kummer, Co
lumbus; Margaret Barker, Omaha;
Martha Sterrecker and Mardel
Rucker, Omaha; Lorraine Steven
son, Beatrice; Alva Viergutz, Co
lumbus, and Amelia Luikart, Nor
folk." Chaperons Announced.
Sponsors for the Gamma Phi
Beta formal dance at the Corn
husker Friday night have been se
lected. They are Dr. and Mrs. H.
C. Koch. Dean and Airs. j. n. um
father, Mrs. F. H. Beetle, house
mother and Mrs. Anna Marsh. Spe
cial guests at the event will be
Dean Amanda Heppner and Miss
Elsie Ford Piper.
Honorary Meets.
Alumnae members of Sigma Al
pha lota musical honorary were
entertained at the home of Mrs.
Howard Kirkpatrick Monday eve
ning. Miss Ruth Dreamer and Mrs.
H. W. Meginnis were the assisting
hosteses. A buffet supper for the
twenty-three members was served
late in the evening. Red and white
taper candles and flowers were
used in the decorations.
Alumnae Entertain.
Yellow roses and orchid sweet
peas were combined for the table
decorations when alumnae mem
bers of Kappa Delta sorority held
at dinner Monday evening. Mrs.
Barlow Nye, Mrs. T. H. Schiefen,
Miss Ruth Rotsford. and Miss
Eleanor Hinman were the host
esses. Mothers Meet.
Alpha Omicron Pi Mothers' club
entertained at a benefit bridge at
the chapter house on Tuesday.
Hostesses were Mrs. J. W. Carr,
Mrs. L. F. Seaton. and Mrs. Vernie
B. Cheney. The next meeting will
be at luncheon at the chapter house
on Feb. 14.
Officers Are Chosen.
Phi Tau Theta, Methodist frater
nity, elected officers at the meet
ing Tuesday evening. Those who
will hold positions are Kenneth
Millet, president; Henry Gembala,
In the 1933
ECONOMY
In your Junior-Senior or your Fraternity
Sorority picture.
These prices set an all-time low record:
A new picture in:
Junior or Senior Section
Fraternity or Sorority
Fraternity or Sorority.
Junior or Senior
To use your old picture:
Junior or Senior and
Fraternity or Sorority -335U
Fraternity or Sorority... $1.00
Junior or Senior $3.25
The Studios have opened the
sections for a limited time only.
HAVE IT TAKEN
TODAY!
1 1 nucl; s or TounwrnVs
vice nresident: rnul Day. chaplain:
Carol Wilson, recording secretary;
John Stover, corresponding secre
tary; Marvin Edmiston, treasurer;
Rev. W. C. Fawell, advisor; and
Mrs. W. C. Fawell, honorary spon
sor. Kappa Sig's Elect.
Tom I. Kerl was elected presi
dent of the Nebraska chapter of
Kappa Sigma at the election Mon
day tvening. Dick Bulger, Lee P.
Young, Harry Letton, Harold
Hinds, and Ralph Eldridge.
Gamma Lambda, honorary R. O.
T. C. band fraternity, held its
monthly banquet and meeting
Wednesday night at the Annex.
Plans are being made by the or
ganization for a party to be held
sometime next semester. Jack
Plamondon, president, is in charge
of arrangements.
EISSTEIIS WILL TALK
TO 3,000 STUDESTS
College Men and Women
Plan to Meet in
California.
Approximately 3,000 college men
and women are expected to con
vene in the Civic Auditorium at
Pasadena, Calif., Jan. 23, to hear
Dr. Albert Einstein and other au
thorities speak on "The World
Economic Situation." The program
will be broadcast over a national
hookup.
The success of a meeting on
"World Armaments," also spon
sored by the Southern California
Student Body Presidents associa
tion, was responsible for the deci
sion to sponsor this meeting.
Among the featured speakers of
last year's meeting were Dr. Ein
stein; Dr. Charles A. Beard, gov
ernment and American history au
thority; Dr. Robert A. Millikan.
scientist and winner of the Nobel
prize, and Dean McHenry, who
was president of the University of
California at Los Angeles last
year.
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Lunch
A hot plate lunch
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For otdy
Duck's Coffee
Chop
Cornhusker
and in
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