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Are The Innocents
Reorganizing?
7ITH the customary lull after the storm pervad
ing the campus, a studied reflection of what
is actually taking place in the reorganization of the
Innocents society reveals several interesting items.
Campus sentiment, unfortunately, s apparently
looking upon the proposed changes with some de
gree of skepticism. Discounting the usual amount
of sour grapes and natural inclinations to doubt any
reform movement, there remains sufficient evidence
to provoke questioning thoughts.
Examination of the reorganization program re
veals, at beat, only a few major changes from the
system now in operation.
At the outset, the "fusion committee" proposes
a general election when all men students of junior
and senior standing may vote for representative
junior men. The high twenty-five are considered
for membership. This item, while unquestionably
democratic in Its appeal, is in reality nothing more
than a superfluous addition to an already over
worked student ballot box. The major justification
for this unwieldy procedure is convenience in elimi
nating at least two-thirds of the junior class men
Either not qualified or uninterested in making a bid
for membership within the ranks of the Innocents
society. The other third are considered for mem
bership. It is to be seriously questioned whether a
representative student vote could be gained from
this election. If membership in the senior honorary
society is to be removed from the field of politics,
the election proviso should not be retained mainly
on the score that it throws selections more directly
Into the quagmire of political machinations. And
lastly, it must be perfectly clear to the more gulli
ble, that an election would not drastically change
the personnel of candidates from the which the
members of the society would be chosen. There
would be, of course, an occasional exception.
In one respect the faculty committee affords
three convenient loopholes through which may slip
the type of men the entire program is designed to
eliminate. The faculty committee may recommend
any man for membership not fulfilling the require
ments if it so chooses to do. It must be admitted
that in practice it may not work out in this man
ner. In many instances, we suspect, these appeals
would be turned down. This section of the reor
ganization plan is a mct effective check and at
the same time a most convenient target.
The provision to make the membership in the
society fluctuating should eliminate much of the
present dissatisfaction. But here too, we find ma
chinery set up for a practice which will probably
never be followed. It is hard for us to conceive
a self perpetuating body fluctuating its member
ship to meet the conditions of a given year when
fewer or more than thirteen juniors are qualified
for membership. This point may be open to con
siderable speculation. There is nothing to discour
age belief in the fact that membership will fluctu
ate. There is also nothing to encourage this belief.
Most of the campus has the jitters over the kind
f a point system to be drawn up by the fusion
committee. Perhaps there is sufficient justification
for this feeling, however, for the success of the
plan depends largely upon the fairness of evaluat
ing the relative worth of activity organizations. The
Nebraskan has no solution to this problem. Neither
has any one else, apparently, for the reorganization
committee has been wrangling over this issue for
some time.
It seems rather pitiable when men's activities
must be put upon a point system basis. It seems
unfortunate that the process of selecting men to
membership in our senior honorary society must be
governed by the cumbersome machinery of a point
system in order to insure at least a small degree of
-fairneiw. - But such is evidently" the" case for the
T i sA BAiLit liu-ar aRiisTntUi Kaam AnnaAi1
much adverse student criticism purely on this score.
It is for this reason that the Innocents and in
surgents should attach more than ordinary signifi
cance to the formation of a point system. When
adopted it would be to their further advantage to
let ita contents be generally known. Much rather
this, than numberless idle rumors filled with in
accuracies. The Innocents society must realize that their po
sition is at best unsteady. They should forget for
the moment lllusUons of "glorious tradition." They i
should in addition put fraternity politics and selfish
motives in the background. In short, they should
face the issues squarely.
And well should they do this for they will dis
cover eventually that university students refuse to
be swashbuckled into believing something which is
not actually taking place. Blustering phrases and
insincere gestures are not particularly in order,
for too many students know how to say, "Oh, yeah."
Others will say. "Balderdash."
Cam put Politics
Not To Be Abolished!
JHANK3 to William Randolph Hearst s Omaha Bee
News, university students may quiet their fears.
While most of us were wondering whether politics
were going to be abolished on the Nebraska campus,
an editorial In Friday's issue of the Omaha paper
informs us quite seriously that "Politics on the
campus are not likely to be abolished." This Is
encouraging, for it has been the source of wonder
ment to many students just where all this "political
upheaval" was going to wind up.
Being a bit skeptical we aren't entirely satisfied
with this sage advice from our ciders. In fact, the
Nebraskan takes considerable exception to the Bee
News' comment. In spite of the probable well
meaning intentions which provoked the editor's
thoughts, a perusal of the editorial Indicates a rath
er ridiculous almost nauseating, ignorance of the
facts.
We quote: "Insurgents recently overwhelmed the
Green Togas,' supposed to represent the 'Greeks,' "
or organized societies, capturing practically all the
pluces contended for at the election. Now more
votes are to be taken, and it Is proposed to elimi
nate politics and carry on a simon pure contest.
"Argument is thut elections as heretofore held
do not reflect the scholarly spirit of the campus,
but rather tend to degrade its intellectual character.
". . . the livelier the politics, so long as the con
tests arc clean, the better it would be for the school.
Scholastic honors are settled in another fashion,
but political places belong to politics."
We should not care to take exception to the soul
satisfying philosophy, if it 6 not indicate a gross
misprcsentntion of the fact - -he first instance,
the campus is not attemp , nder any stretch
of the imagination to dispute pontics with scholar
ly endeavor. In the second place, another student
vote will not hi; held to "carry on a simon pure
contest." And lastly, in no case, have campus poli
tics been held out as degrading the intellectual
character of the campus.
One of the essential prerequisites of newspaper
work, wo understand, is accuracy in editorial con
tent. While we are in no position to give advice to
our superiors, we offer this virtue of the profession
as an apparently much needed suggestion.
It is with some amusement, then, that we reflect
upon the observations of the campus political sit
uation as seen by the Bee News. While we are
tempted to brand the item as a trifle stupid, our
curiosity is satisfied with the remote possibility that
the editorial may have been the result of a possible
"slip-up" somewhere along the line.
Scholarship Honoring
Takes Place Wednesday.
JJONORING students who have attained high
scholarship, the University will hold its sixth
annual Honors Convocation next Wednesday morn
ing at 10:15 o'clock in the University Coliseum.
The Administration will recognize students be
cause they have proven their superior scholarship.
They are selected on a basis of merit shown during
the past two semesters. Recognition comes as the
reward with "superior scholarship" rating for the
upper three percent and "high scholarship" for the
top ten percent in all classes. Scholastic honors
from all the various campus organizations will be
revealed at that time.
Dr. Norman Foerster, recognized educator and
author from Iowa University will deliver the main
address to the assembly, and an appropriate pro
gram has been scheduled for the meeting.
Next Wednesday's convocation should be the
greatest and most deserving of all Cornhusker tra
ditions. Founded for the purpose of recognizing
high scholarship, the ultimate aim of every univer
sity, and the promotion of higher learning through
that recognition, the convocation merits support of
the entire student body.
No other official convocation attempts to accom
plish this task. But previous to the honors assem
bly other honorary groups inscribe upon their rolls
the names of students deemed deserving of their
honors. Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Sigma Tau,
Beta Gamma Sigma and others have already as
sembled and have passed out their keys to those
apparently deserving the honor. The joint an
nouncement of Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi
quickens the pulse of many, as do the approaching
"key hangings" of other honoraries. By the time
honors convocation arrives there remains but a
small part of scholastic recognition to be done.
The university encounters some expense at the
time of the annual assembly. Its purposes merit
greater appreciation and student support than they
actually receive. All in the interest of scholarship
it seems logical that all scholastic honors might
well be recognized in this one general honors con
vocation that first, second, third and fourth class
men alike, deserving of honorable mention, be hailed
for their accomplishments.
Such a plan, once worked out, would unquestion
ably be a more comprehensive occasion. Withhold
ing: names of the national society honorees until
such time as the university chooses to make public j
its honored students would certainly add distinction
and dignity to the event. Not to mention that the
amount of expenditure for scholarship recognition
would also be more equitable.
age of 78 provision means nothing. Freshman
grades are net included, 78 is pretty low anyway,
and then, even if a candidate is below 78, he may
present ft pitiful tale to the faculty committee, and
find himself once more an eligible candidate for
the mighty thirteen.
Fluctuating membership as planned is an ab
surdity. Why limit the number to thirteen or less?
The campus has grown and will grow more, and
times will comes when there are more than thirteen
eserving men just as now there are probably less
than thirteen who deserve the honor. The reduc
tion provision only gives the "Ins" a chance to
wreak vengeance.
Success of the whole system revives about an
equitable evaluation of the point system. There is
an appeal available from every other restriction.
The faculty committee seems to be more or less a
figurehead; its hands are tied. The threat of a
rival honorary seems past Now it remnins to be
seen if the Innocents' move was but an empty ges
ture occasioned by competition, or a truly sincere
and worthwhile reform effort. Ivy Day is but
three weeks away and by that time all reform re
visions should have had an opportunity to go into
effect. The results should be interesting.
M. M. M.
Browsing
Among The
Books
By
Maurice Johnson
CTUART CHASE has outlined plan after plan for
saving the world. He is the beet known of lib
eral economists, and his "Mexico," "Your Money's
Woith," "A New Deal," were popular sellers. Mr.
Chase presents another plan in his "Economy of
Abundance," Just off the press, and in it he lists
eighteen "imperatives" to be followed. He uses
illustration and dramatization as a sugar-coating
for his statistic pills. How glibly he writes: We
have let us say an onion. The onion represents . . ."
A murder story which Is more than a murder
story has been written by Dashiell Hammett, and
is called "The Thin Man." This novel serves the
reader with a slice of American life not a pleasant
slice, but one well done. Mr. Hammett who used
to be a Pinkerton detective, is a member of the
hard-boiled school of .writers the three minute
eggs who are becoming more numerous as each
publisher's list appears. This book makes nice be-fore-breakfast
reading: "She swung her arm and
let the skillet go at his head. It missed, crashing
into the wall. Grease and egg-yolks mftde fresher
stains on wall, floor, and furniture . . . The woman
had picked up a paring knife."
When Norman Foerster addresses university stu
dents here next Wednesday, he may deny that hu
manists are academic, un-American, Puritanic.
Near the hub of the humanist wheel Mr. Foerster's
name is associated with that of Paul Elmer More,
T. S. Eliot, and P. H. Ftye. In his symposium,
"Humanism and America," he writes of humanism:
". . . today its great foe is this worldliness, obees
sion with physical things, and the instincts that
bind us to the animal order . . ."
Personal nominations: The most exotic book:
Henry Hudson's "Green Mansions." The most hor
rible book: Leonid Andreyev's "The Red Laugh."
The most amusing book: Max Beerbohm's "Zuleika
Dobson." The most meaningless book: Ernest Hem
ingmay's "The Sun Also Rises."
The swashbuckling-tale-of-the-aea-wolf motif has
been taken out of mothballs by Chars Nordhoff
and James Norman Hall, and has been qu!te con
vincingly revived. "Mutiny on the Bounty" hud
wide sale and commendation. "Men Against the
Sea," which followed, is an even better book, in
structure at least Hall is writing further into the
legend in his Atlantic Monthly series: "From Med
to Mum."
Julius Meier-Graefe's "Vincent Van Gogh" is a
biography of that amazing artist who cut off his
ear and sent it to a friend. Van Gogh was ft tragic
madman. He painted in "smiting colors, accentuat
ed contours, forms flattened into violent silhouettes,
distorted forms writhing in pain, the pain of his
own soul." He died by suicide, shooting himself in
the stomach. Meier-Graefe's life of him, based on
his letters, is interpretative, steeped in the mood of
his impending madness.
Miss Ruth Odell, English instructor in the uni
versity, Is writing a biography of Helen Hunt Jack
son, Rocky Mountain author of "Romona." In the
Books and Authors section of the New York Times
for March 25, Miss Odell asked for any new mate
rial concerning her subject
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Vallee, Jimmy Durante, A I
aye, Adrienne Ames, (jrii .
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LINCOLN (Mat. 15c-Nlta 25c)
Starting Monday: "MOULIN
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and Franc-hot Tone. Tulllo "J"
minute and Russ Cnlumbo. Bo,
well Sisters. Extra Thrills with
"ANIAKCHAK." Uh
ORPHEUM (Mat. 15c-Nite 85c)
Starting Monday: "JOURNAL ftp
A CRIME" with Ruth Cnatterton
and Adolphe Menjou. u"tn:
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Starting Monday: "MURDKR TV
TRINIDAD" with Nisei Bruce
Heather An eel and Victor Jon-'
Extra Harry Lanirdon Comedy.
LIBERTY (Mat. 15e Nlte 20c)
Starting: Monday: "SINS OP
LOVE, a most unusual picture.
SUN (Mat. 10c Nite 15c)
Starting Monday: Two Big Fea
tures "B R I N G 'EM RACK
LIVE" and Spencer Tracy in
"THIS MAD GAME."
Union Pacific Puts
Train On Exhibition
Union Pacific will have the new
streamline train open for exhibi
tion at the passenger station at
7th and P st. Sunday, April 15th,
from noon until 10 p. m.
The train will come to Lincoln
from St Joe, Mo. It has been on
exhibition In various points over
United states. Over a million peo
ple have gone through it.
Not to be outdone by the gibberish of Gertrude
Stein and James Joyce, T. S. Eliot offers more of
his verse in the style of his famous "Wasteland."
In the Virginia Quarterly Review he writes:
Still hills
Wait Gates wait. Purple trees,
White trees, wait, wait
Delay, decay.
OFFICIAL
BULLETIN
Phalanx Meeting.
Phalanx wil hold its first meet
ing Monday at 5 o'clock in Ne
braska hall. Major John Crissy
will lecture.
AG Y. W.
Elaine Fontein will give a report
on the International relations con
ference at Grinnell, before the Ag
Y. W. C. A. Tuesday noon.
Cabinet Meeting.
The regular cabinet meeting of
the Y. W. C. A. will be held at
7 Wednesday. At 7:30 the meet
ing will adjourn for a joint meet
ing with the Y. M. C. A. cabinet
at the Temple, for a report by
Elaine Fontein on the international
relations conference held at Ge
neva, April 6 to 8.
GEOGRAPHY STUDENT
GOES TO HUNTSVILLE
PLAYERS XAME MISS
AUCEBETU ISEW HEAD
Wesley Members Select
Officers, Schedule
Installation.
Election of officers was held by
the Nebraska chapter of the Wes
ley Players, last Wednesday eve
ning in the Wesley foundation.
Miss Alicebeth, present vice
president of the National Council
of Wesley Players, was elected
president. The other newly elected
officers are: Esther L. Compton,
Swanton, vice president; Helene C.
Byers, Hastings, treasurer; Yutiva
J. Barnes, Lincoln, secretary, and
Clare C. Wolf, Lincoln, business
manager.
Installation of officers will be
held two weeks from Wednesday
at a regular dinner meeting of the
group. Because of recent reduc
tion of dues at the recent national
convention of the council the local
chapter has made a substantial re
duction In dues.
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Article Bv Dr. Pound
On Poe 1 Published
CZrrc ftrVilasQAlman now fin- '
ishing his work toward his doc
tor's degree in geography at the
university, has been elected to
teach geography during the sum
mer session at Sam Houston
Teachers college of Huntsvllle,
Tex. He will instruct thru both
terms from early in June to Aug
ust S3.
The Student Pulse
Brief, concise, contributions pertinent te mstters
cf student life and the university are welaomed by
this department, under the usual restrictions of sound
newspsper practice, which excludes all libelous mat
ter and personal attacks. Letters accepted de net
necessarily indicate the editorial policy of this paper.
Bring On
The Point System.
TO THE EDITOR:
Wednesday, midst a glaring display of red head
lines and anjmppsjng array ofintended- Mferms,
oLosfjnjlyrnpefLthe- traces-and-am
out with their long-awaited reorganization program.
At first glance one is temped to believe their ef
forts may accomplish the badly-needed cleanup in
campus politics they are supposed to correct A
closer survey of the plan, however, reveals so many
loopholes for every intended rstriction, that I
question seriously ultimate achievements of bene
ficial results through the scheme.
In the first place, where is the point system T
Certainly evaluation of every campus activity Is a
delicate and time-consuming task but it should not
take three or four weeks and then still be dead
locked. Quibbllngs and incessant delays as to
whether this or that activity shall receive enntigh
points to insure an aspiring brother's election to
the society only arouse further skepticism as to the
society's sincere intentions of reform. What's hold
ing up the parade? Bring on the point system!
Aside from the point system, we have among the
reforms the election of Innocents nominees by all
men juniors or above. But If a man is not included
in the charmed list of twenty-five which are to be
considered, he may appeal to the faculty committee
to have his name included. The faculty may recom
mend until doom's day but what good would it do
in the final balloting where they are powerless?
The ballot box is just taking another beating, and
the society will probably chocse whom it llkel best
despite the campus vote. The whole idea is farcical.
What of the other reforms ? The minimum aver-
VAN ROYEN SPEAKS
AT OPEN FORUM CLUB
Dr. Willem Van Royen gave a
paper before the Open Forum club
Wednesday evening with the sub
ject: The Significance of Popula
tion Trends in the United States.
Dr. Van Royen is assistant pro
fessor of geography at the univer
sity. GIVES ILLUSTRATED TALK.
Miss Marjorie Shanafelt of the
university museum presented an
illustrated lecture "Romance of the
Rose" before the P. T. A. of the
Saratoga school Tuesday afternoon.
Miss Louise Pound of the de
partment of English contributed
an article enuuea -un roes inn
City in the Sea" to the last issue
of "American Literature," an issue
of the periodical especially devoted
to Poe. In the same number she
has a review of M. M. Mathew s
"A Survey of English Dictionar
ies."
Chi Delta Phi Meets
At Miss Pound's Home
Chi Delta Phi, honorary club of
undergraduate women writers,
meets at the home of Miss Louise
Pound Sunday afternoon at 3 p. m.
ROAST CHICKEN
DINNER
35c
Ptomaine Tony's
Dine and Dance
(Facing Campus)
Reading of prose and poetry will
form the program. Miss Margaret
McPhee and Miss Mamie Jane
Meredith are assistant hostesses.
McKIM BACK FROM
FIELD WORK TOUR
V. Calvon McKim has returned
from a tour of northeastern Ne
braska where he has spent some
time in field work, checking and
supplementing earlier data toward
his doctor's thesis. Now a graduate
assistant in the geography depart
ment, Mr. McKim is interested in
the geography of the Pine Ridge
region of Nebraska.
K. 0. BROADY PUBLISHES
V0CATIONJBIBLI0GRAPHY
A bibllosTarhv of 1200 books
and bulletins that describe the vo- j
cations has been compiled and
published by Dr. K. O. Broady, 1
professor of school administration !
at the university, and Edward E.
Carstens of Grand Island high I
school. One of the most compre
hensive lists of its kind, the out-
line records publicat'cns which tell 1
of the different vocations from
fishing and forestry to transporta- !
tion and commerce. Available to i
high school students over the state,
Dr. Broady hopes to aid them in
choosing future work.
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