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TUESDAY, FKBRUARY 11, m TWO TIIK DAILY NEBRASKAN Daily Nebraskan Station A. Lincoln. Nebraska OFFICIAL STUDENT PUBLICATION UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA Entered ds second class matter at the postoff'ce in Lincoln. Nebraska., under act of congress. March i. 1879 and at special rate o postage orovided for m section 1103. act ot October 3. 1917. authorized January 20. 1922. T H I RTY - SECOND YEAR Published Tuesday. Wednesday. Thurs. day. Friday and Sunday mornings during the academic year. SUBSCRIPTION RATE Single Copy 5 cents 2 a yenr $1.25 a semestei 3 a year mailed $1.75 semester Mailed Under direction of the Student Pub lication ogj'u Editorial Otrlce University Hall 4. Business Off ice University Hall 4. Teiephonei-Day; B6891: Night. B6882 or B3333 (Journal) ask for Nebras kan editor. EDITORIAL STAFF Editor-in-Chief Phil Brownell AssocUte editor F. Laurence Hall MANAGING EDITORS Dick Moran Lynn Leonard NEWS EDITORS George Murphy Lamoine Bible Violet Cross Sports Editor Burton Marvin Society Editor Carolyn Van An da Woman's Editor Margaret Thieie BUSINESS STAFF Business Manager ... .Chalmers Grah.im ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGERS Bernard Jennings George rioiyoKe Frank Musgrave A Little Folly Aoif ami Then. NUMEROUS college papers are reminding their readers that the time of the archaic practice of initiating freshmen into fraterni ties by putting them through a se ries of disagreeable performances is drawing nigh. College editors in ate sounds issuing from the school of music on warm days. Don't lie a Freak, Learn W ashing Technique! 1I7HEN clothes are washed Del TT ter, it will undoubtedly be a Nebraskan who will do it, if the 'vlnthesline on the campus" re search being conducted by the home ec department attains its goal. Graduates of the laboratory laundry, it is presumed, will be able to turn on the electric washer with a finesse which will make the less fortunate matrons of other states bemoan their inferiority and snap at their husbands with jeal ous fury. Particularly susceptible of logi cal analysis are the motives which induced the sponsors of the ven ture to choose Lincoln as the spot for their experiments. Falling back on the hardy plainsmen, with their solid common sense and high ideal ism, the "scientists" deduce that Lincoln is the ideal spot for evolv ing the "standard practice" of laundry work. The connection between frontier idealism and doing a family wash ing remains a bit indistinct, but the overwhelming force of the ap peal to sturdy ancestors (who most often went on to Oregon and Cali fornia I is great chough, no doubt, to justify almost any claims in the eyes of the Cornhusker citizens. Equally entertaining is this pro found analysis of life in the raw JAG SAWS By Reveller. ..,.ai hnv ..nnsisfentlv frowned 1 at the University of Nebraska: on the institution of Hell week as j ". . . Though, to tell the truth, an adolescent stunt which college a clothesline on the campus at the students should have outgrown. The days of real Hell weeks have passed for the most part and col lege graduates no doubt sit around and wag their heads over the pass ing of the good old days when thr cops picked up pledge so-and-so who was in the process of swiping some trophy according to instruc tions of some illustrious upper classmen. Or perhaps they sit about slapping their thighs at the recollection of brother somebody else who broke his arm when he walked off a platform, blindfolded. College fraternities are to be congratulated on having passed be yond the stage where the upper classmen with the most ruthless ideas and the crudest sense of hu mor planned and conducted the ac tivities of Hell week. Where rem nants of these dangerous practices exist they should be squelched by the most vigorous means. Where there is even a slight probability that injury of any sort may result liom some clever stunts, it is hardly conceivable that fraternity men will allow the carrying out of such stunts. But though the mature student may scoff with uplifted nose at the other harmless practices which fraternities carry on during their pie-initiation ceremonies, the worst that can be said of them is that they are childish. Many a fresh man will testify that he thoroughly enjoyed his probationary activities and nearly any upperclassman will agree that despite the nonsense of the performance, he enjoyed wit nessing and participating in the childish antics of his brethren. In the absence of any indications of cruel treatment of neophytes it seems unnecessary to demand that fraternities forego all the enjoy ments of a reasonable degree of horseplay if they enjoy that sort of thing. It hardly seems fair to assert that abuses are bound to creep in if a system of probation ary activities is tolerated at all. If we are wrong, then we are dis illusioned about the common sense of college students and are willing to subscribe to a policy of vigorous repression of all activities savor ing of Hell week. nts of the hardv plainsmen who certainty 1033, look around on the , . . ., campus. There are plenty of de- urned trackless wastes of waving yQs q power of v;lRm.m,ss. jn University of Nebraska is not quite the paradox it would W at some universities, ine ueseenu- a tu prairie crass into tiuy acres or corn and wheat, who replaced thundering herds of buffalo with mild eyed cows, supporting hun dreds of prosperous farm homes, regard anything that adds to hu man well-being as eminently suit able for university curricula." It is at least reassuring to know that the "prosperous farm homes" are being supported by something as substantial as mild-eyed cows. We were beginning to doubt what was doing the supporting. MAKING a bough is theoretic ally reserved to the Lord (see Joyce Kilmer's "Trees, ; dui col umnists are demanding a great deal these days, so we feel justified in taking this opportunity to thus Informally introduce what is hoped will be a regular feature. From the past experiences with Daily Ne braskan columns, we feel pretty sure that "regularly" will have to be qualified whenever there is an advertisement or when the founts of expression dry up in the writer's mind. Those, however, are mere ab stractions. In the first place, there are no ads, and in the second place there is very little mind. Since this is the day of science, it is best that we attack this busi ness of columning in a scientific manner. Expression of purpose rs likely to le scorned by the colle gian, but it is best that the possi bilities of misapprencnsion oe min imized at once. Imagine, then .a suitable number of decorative, offi cial scrolls clustered about Our Purpose. BE THIS COLUMN DhiUlUA TED, THEREFORE, TO THE PA RADING OF THE CONTENTS, (or part of them) OF ONE STU DENTS MIND. FOR THE AMUSEMENT AND EDIFICA TION OF ALL AND SUNDRY. That dedication may lack the spaikle which ought to be inherent in any column, but we bid you re mark its convenient vagueness, which may someday stand us in good stead. There is nothing like vagueness to refute criticism ask any practical politician, he'll tell you the same. Or, if you hesitate to search out a politician who dares call his pro gram "prac tical in uic year oi un Hospitality may have been un sophisticated in the old days but it didn't take the varnish off your furniture when it spilled. Daily Illini. M' It is a rare enough opportunity for students on this campus to hear or see artists of real merit so that the announcement of a sched uled concert at the university coli seum by Lawrence Tibbet is wor thy of particular note. The musi cal opportunities of most students ; re confined to listening to dance c;c.hestras and to the conglomer- T here's .4 1 trays .4 Catch Somewhere, ARK Sullivan asserts that the lack of accomplishments to the credit of the present session of congress is not the fault of the lame ducks but rather of the po litical leaders in congress who are not lame ducks. Mr. Sullivan's ob servations may dispel some of the illusions of people who have been looking for the millenium so far as congress is concerned now that the lame duck session is a thing of the past. Despite the fact that Mr. Sulli van has been slightly discredited as a political observer because of his favoritism of the republican party, his conclusions are none the less valid in this case. The fail ures of congress to expedite busi ness and carry out a program speedily have not been confined to lame duck sessions. While the lame duck amendment is undoubtedly a technical improvement in the structure of government it is by no means a guarantee of greater things for the future. Even a lame duck congress might do big things if the lame ducks were able to subordinate party wranglings and If the lame ducks themselves were able men. Similarly no congress can accom plish much if it is composed of such time wasters and publicity seekers as Huey Long, no matter how recent a mandate from the people such men carry. deed, here is one before your eyes. VAGUENESS: CON. Vagueness is a curse Than which there's nothing worse. '"THERE'S one thing that can be said for vagueness tho: VAGUENESS: PRO It helps a man to be urbane In a world that's quite insane. rF COURSE, if you don't believe the world's insane, there's no use talking. In that case, you've probably been under the baleful in fluence of the chamber of com merce, or some equally profound body of thoughtful analysis. ("Prosperity is just around the corner." ) Inspired by the knowledge that collegians are notoriously conserv ative, if their Republican vote is any indication, we indite the fol lowing to that peculiar individual, Pollyannacollegianus: The cure for the tired Is devoid of diversity. . . . Just take what's required By Our University. Of course you'll turn out Naught else but a lout, But most men are louts anyway. So what the hell? THE rhyme scheme seems to have been apprehended in its devious practices, but small matter when such a nobility of sentiment is involved. There are three genders: mascu line, feminine, and crooner. Daily Trojan. ND here's a real burst of glory for a finale: It's called "A Kick in the Pants," and we're in the pants: "Students are hidebound, lethargic and lazy." (But we who want more are noth ing but crazy. ) CO we make our bow, or bough. Now for the boos. v. Hunt Will Talk At Vespers Service "We Become Parents' will tie the subject of Rev. Ray Hunt's dis cussion at the weekly vespers meeting this afternoon. This dis cussion is a continuation of a series of meetings on the theme "Love and Marriage." The vesper choir will present a short musical program, oooooooooooo O n KJ Hotel w atHiiiuurjer q O X SHOT-GUN SERVICE O O O 1141 Q St. 1718 0 St. 2 o 2 oooooooooooo SENATOR NORRIS TO TAT.tf vnn CHARTER DAY CELEBRATION (Continued from Page l.) Nebraska's part in the Spanish American war will be the subject of another act. The first geological expedition, headed by Dr. K. II Barbour, and the founding of the Nebraska museum will be the sub ject of another skit. The University Glee club, and the R. O. T. C. band will supple ment numbers on the broadcast. General indications from all over the state and nation indicate that the Charter day programs will be more, extensive than ever. Among the members of the univer sity faculty who will help Ne braska alumni chapters observe the occasion are: Dr. Harold Stoke. Alliance, Feb. 18; Dean T. J. Thompson, Scottsbluff, Feb. 18; Dean H. H. Foster, Harvard. Feb. 15; Herbert Yenne, Broken Bow, Feb. 15; Chancellor E. A. Burnett, Aurora, Feb. 15. Dean Burr, Nebraska City; Dr. J. E. LeRossignol, Holdrege; Dr. G. E. Condra, Geneva; Karl M. Arndt, Pierce; R. P. Crawford, McCook; F. V. Peterson, Tecum seh will all speak on charter day in their respective towns. Dr. J. P. Senning, chairman of the department of political science, will go to Sioux City, la., for the Charter Day festivities there Wed nesday evening. Most of the other out of state meetings will include the showing of special films from the university, including such "shots" as football games, Ivy day program, campus scenes, and other university activities. Dr. Walter Judd, a Nebraska graduate thirteen years ago, will be present at the meeting which will be held on the University of Minnesota Calculus Problem Is Solved Over liailia PITTSBURGH. (CNS). MMh students at Carnegie Tech this week were telling this one to prove that science is unbeatable: A fellow student, who is also a radio amateur, was having diffj. culty with a calculus problem. He therefore, sent out an appeal via the ether and in practically no time got a correct solution via short waves and the dot-and-dash system. It seems that a Univer sity of Texas student in Austin also was operating bis amateur radio transmitter that night. campus, at Minneapolis, Feb. 18. Films will be shown at all the leading alumni clubs of the univer sity scattered over the nation, from Portland, Ore., to New York City, and from Minneapolis, Minn., to San Antonio, Tex. LEATHER JACKETS Get SH?cial Cleaning Procena Leather is difficult to clean we specialize on this class of work. MODERN CLEANERS Soukup & Westover Call F2377 for Service Wooden soldiers the war against decay To conquer the forces of decay which attack telephone poles, scientists of Bell Telephone Lab oratories carry on a relentless campaign. They study many kinds of wood, test many preservatives. They isolate wood destroying fungi and insects study them in the laboratory search for a practical means of combating their attack. They have set out armies of stub poles in Mis sissippi, Colorado and New Jersey where altitude, climate and soil vary widely. At regular intervals they inspect these poles to learn which woods and preservatives are best. Such scientific thoroughness is one reason why Hell System plant becomes more efficient each year. , And why telephone service is so dependable. BELL SYSTEM TAKE A TRIP HOME BY TELEPHONE ...TONIGHT AT HALF-PAST EIGHT I Jl