DAILY NEBHASKAN
FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1939
TWO
perseverance, and initiative. They have displayed the qualities
of courage and honesty, integrity, and sincerity. They have
proved themselves dependable and enthusiastic, imaginative
and tactful, open-minded and ambitious. For the most part they
have shown the personality desired in a man who leads and
forms destinies. They can best be described as "real men."
That is the type of person your founders wanted you to select.
Conspicuous by absence is the name of any unaffiliated
man from this proposed list. This year, last year, and for many
years before, there has always been at least one barb elected
to Innocents. This year, however, no unaffiliated student has
displayed the qualities of manhood and of character to lit him
among true leaders of the campus.
For years, Innocents, your society has been defamed and
degraded by the injustices of political selections. Those who
have gone before you have debased the name of your society
by selfish and wanton refusal to choose them who deserve
and to eliminate the weak and low-grade candidates who do
not qualify.
Open your eyes, fools. This sort of selection is not a nec
essary evil. There exists no unbreakable precedent which de
crees that certain fraternities must be represented. It will
prove better for all if the aspirants who are to come learn
now that it must be merit and merit alone that will clinch
wh?.t must become again, a coveted position.
To you, Innocents, we sound a challenge a challenge to
uphold the ideals and principles upon which your society is
based. Be the men yourselves that you would have in the
society to follow you. Have the nerve to thrust from you the
false shackles which you imagine bind you to a faction you
were supposed to have forgotten a year ago. Have the cour
age of your convictions that to do what is best for the Inno
cents is best for you.
Look again at that list. Forget your fraternilies. Obliter
ate from your minds the selfish factions. Think only of your
dreams and aspirations of four years ago. Recall the beautiful
thoughts of just reward for hours of work and development
bothof yourself and of the organizations to which you gave
your time. Did your minds at that time conceive that it could
be ugly, filthy" polities rather than quality and worth that
makes Innocents?
Think not of the extraneous factors. Be true to yourself
and to the organization for which you yourself strived, and
you cannot then be untrue to any one or any group. Prove to
the campus and to the world, yes, and most of all, prove to
yourself, that it is you yourself, not the badgefthat sparkles.
Today, tomorrow, perhaps next week, look at this list,
and elect the men who have earned, who deserve, to wear the
red robes, to be the Innocents of 1940..
Montana art
shows here
NU exchanges exhibits
with Northwest school
An exhibit of student art work
form the Montana State college
chapter of Delta Thi Delta, hon
orary art fraternity, is being
shown on t he third floor corridor
of Morrill this week.
The exhibit consists of illustra
tions, water color sketches, and
architectural drawings and will be
on display until April 30. Work
from the Nebraska chapter of the
fraternity is now on display at
Montana State and will be shown
here when it is returned.
Showing concurrently with this
exhibit is i group of paintings by
Mis. Dean K. Leland and Mrs. A.
R. Eilmiston, Lincoln artists, in
Gallery A and a Mexican contem
porary exhibit showing in uanery
B.
Circulated by the International
School of Art, the exhibition of
Mexican Contemporary Crafts was
assembled by Count Rene a
Harnoncourt, who selected only
the items which genuinely repre
sent the contemnorarv crafts of
Mexico. The show includes Mcxi
can textiles, glass, pottery, jew
elry, metal work, lacquered ob-
iects and basketry, opened last
Sunday and will continue thru
April 30.
The joint exhibition of Mrs. Ed-
miston and Mrs. Leland has heen
drawing a number of visitors daily
since its opening on April 9 ana
has been viewed by many out-state
art clubs.
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Beecher to conduct Uni
Episcopal confirmation
The Right Reverand George Al
len Beecher, bishop of Western
Nebraska, will visit the University
Episcopal church to oresidc at
confirmation services Sunday eve
ning at 7:30.
All university students and fac
ulty are invited to attend. Dr,
Beecher will also deliver the ser
mon of the service.
Entered at aectfMl-euiaa matter at tlx
pootoffitc In Lincoln, Nebraska, onder art
congress, March S, ISM. and at special
rate of postage provided for la aeeflon
JIM, act ol (Mtober S, 1917. aathorlted
Jaaaary M, W.l.
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Grads divide on chance
of success in future
Several weeks ago, some daring
Harvard student plucked two .yel
low goldfish from the handiest
aquarium and swallowed them.
Not lone, after, another student,
trying to better the record, chewed
and apparently digested two razor
blades. With competition grow
ing stronger, another husky col
lege lad established a new record
by eating two phonograph record
ings. And now, other publicity
mad students are beginning to
make plans for eating bigger al
though not better thinls such as
paste, frogs and what have you.
All in all, this new craze is fast
becoming a thing of national in
terest and disgust. Stories of the
Sino-Japanese strife gave way on
front oaces to large illustrative
photos of students caught in the
act of performing such dastardly
deeds.
As an explanation for such
antics psychology students con
tend that it furthers the egotism
of these students. Public rela
tions men say- that it is done pri
marily for publicity for both the
individual and the school. Mean
while, the layman presents a
number of theories as to why it is
done and how it will end. It is in
these two points that we find
cause for today's ciucstion "What
do you think of the recent col
legiate craze of eating gold fish,
razor blades, phonograph record
ings, etc.?"
MARY JANE VYITMER
UNAFFILIATED
"I think that they do it to get
their name in the paper. Of
course, they may have been hun
gry. Who knows?"
JIM LIPSEY AFFILIATED
"Well, I have always contended
that there is no one so dumb as
people. These little ads per
formed by apparently educated
persons definitely prove my
point."
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DOROTHY IIOLBROOK
UNAFFILIATED
"It is publicity for the college
and the individual student. It is
just a fad that won't last long and
as long as those poor fellows don't
eat to excess, no definite harm
will come out of the crazy ven
ture." ROBERT FLEMING
UNAFFILIATED
"1 tend to think that these stu
dents do it merely to satisfy their
own ego and to obtain publicity
which will further this ego. If
this is the true purpose, it is cer
tainly working for they are draw
ing a good deal of attention."
ANN IIUSTEAD AFFILIATED
"As Thil Baker pointed out on
his program Sunday, they ptob
ably do it for the halibut, runny."
ED HOLM AN UNAFFILIATED
"Oh, it wouldn't be so bad if
they didn't swallow them raw. I
think fiat if they were fried and
served with a bit of parsley, they
would be quite a delicacy. How
ever, I hope that Nebraska doesn't
have students silly enough to try
to create an impression by doing
such things."
DON DAVIS UNAFFILIATED
"Such actions reflect upon the
intelligence of the individual and
the school that he attends. It is
one of thoe things like flag pole
sitting. It will never last long."
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Bv Student Opinion Purvevs of America.
AUSTIN, Tex., April 20. There
are some six million young people
who within six weeks to several
years will leave college with a
pessimistic outlook on their own
futures.
Almost one-half of the men and
women in colleges and universities
in this country believe they are
facing a world that offers less op
portunities for success than it did
before the time they were born.
These are the results of a noil
Just conducted nationally by the
Student Opinion Surveys of Amer
ica, the wt-ekly sounding board of
college youth, of which the DAILY
NEBRASKAN is a member.
A scientifically defined cross
section of students was asked, "Do
you think the opportunities for
most young men and women to
get ahead today are as good as
they may have been 30 years
ago?" The economic problem of
youth is no myth to 48 percent of
the collegians, while the rest of
them, 52 percent, have an opti
mistic view of the world Into which
they are going.
Altho very few college students
today have a personal knowledge
of conditions three decades ago.
their answers appear to be based
on what they can see now and
what they have learned about the
past. A slight majority is con
vinced that opportunities have
been increasing, like the Pennsyl
vania student who points to the
greater number of occupations
which now exist. On the other
hand, another student in the same
state, in Temple university, an
swers negatively, stating that the
number of youth has increased
thus reducing the number of avail
able jobs. A Cornell senior believes
that success is there for those with
initiative, regardless of conditions.
The growth of the use of ma
chinery, the demand for more edu
cation, and government regulation
of industry and employment are
given as reasons for a decrease In
opportunities to get ahead.
The survey also shows that stu
dents in the southern and west
central states are the most optl
mlstic, while less than R0 percent
of those elsewhere believe their
chances are better.
The poll, of course, makes no
attempt to analyze the situation,
but it does definitely nhow the at
titude of students on the question
asked.
MORRIS MAYFIELD
UNAFFILIATED
"I should say that it is a pub
licity stunt entirely. Common
ordinary horse sense will tell a
person that they can not expect
to obtain any good from it. Look
ing at it from the lighter side, I
believe that it will make the
aquarium and fish bowl market
obsolete. People will just swallow
their fish and let it go at that."
MARY LOU BALL-
AFFILIATED
"I think that they must be quite
financially embarrassed to resort
to such practises. Personally, J
like my Uisty bit ol fish well
done."
VIRGINIA GEISTER
AFFILIATED
"I believe it is absolutely ridic
ulous. It is just a typical Jot
College stunt. It certainly is the
wrong kind of publicity for col
leges. It creates the impression
that a college is just a place to
come and pull foolhardy tricks for
four years and then get a degree
for it. Father and mothers will
rx pin to wonder iust to what kind
N.U. Graduate School of Social Work SftttoSi.hey "re s"nding tht,r
attracts students from all parts of US
The Nebraska Graduate School
of Social Work is only two years
old, but It is already receiving its
share of attention from students
interested In professional training.
This is illustrated by the fact that
applications for entrance are being
received from all over the country.
Thirty-five applications from
students in fourteen Ktides have
been received to date. Thia num
ber doea not include the applica
tions expected from at least
twenty undergraduates. The le
anest are for entrance into the
school this fall.
The committee on admissions,
headed by Miss Alice Taylor, is de
veloping a new method for determ
ining who will be accepted into the
school or not. Every application Is
now passed upon by the entire
committee only after careful in
vestigation. The school haa had requests
from other social work schools as
far apart as Fordham and Wash
ington University for outlines of
courses which were originated
here, according to Dr. Ernest F.
Wittee, director.
LEE LIGGETT AFFILIATED
"Oh, 1 don't think it is so bad.
I would c-al a gold fish for five
dollars any day."
DOROTHY WIND AFFILIATED
"Without a doubt, it is very
good publicity but I would not do
such a thing myself. If you really
think about it, it is very silly. If
it keeps up, perhaps the humane
society ought to step in and pre
vent cruelty to dumb animals
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Church
Sunday, April 23
First Baptist
14th K
Mlfton H. Ualeoll, Minister
;4.ri A. M. Student Class.
10 45 A. M "Wh;it Money Can Do.
6.00 P. M. Roger Williams Club,
First Christian
1th K
Ray K. Hyal. Minister
0 45 A. M.-Three Church School
elm-sen for University
Student.
11:00 A. M. "The Christian's V.ayot
Overcoming: Evil.
6:.T0 P. M. College Group.
First-Plymouth
Congregational
toth ft I
Uynwn A. Mrionoell. Mlnlter
11:00 A. M. "The Dlvln Proces-
i. tonal."
7 00 P. M Sunday Evening Cluh,
8.01 P. M. -Social Hour.
University Episcopal
IStb A
e. I.. W. MrMMon. Prel N '
a M and 1 1 IK) A. M - H e U 1 r
Services.
1 SO P. M - Krlilov. Confirmation
R if hop Beecher of !!..-
Hngs, Nebr.
First Presbyterian
no. r
Dr. TAtnuni V. Miller, MlnMer
B 40 A. M.-BiNe Claim for College
Age. Prof T.. W. lnt.
11 00 A. M Morning Worahlp. Mo
dern Man and Worship.'
0 00 V. M. Youth Fellowship.
Westminster
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II 00 A M - '-Rlch Man, Poor Mn.'
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7:30 P. M - Discussion Period.
