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UNIVERSITY Of NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1908.
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FRAT RILES CHANGED
REQUIREMENTS FOR PLEDGING
OF freshMen LIGHTENED.
ADOPT A tWELVE-nOUR RULE
Npw Rules of Inter-fraternlty Council
Now Conform to Requirements
Exacted by University for-
Other Activities.
At a meeting of the lntor-fruternlty
council held yesterday morning the
hibhing rules governing tho conduct
of tho fraternities towards first-year
men wore revisod bo as to admit of
the pledging today of many men who
would not' -haVe been eligible under
the old rules.
Tho revision Of tho rules puts tho
fratornltles on tho same busls as ath
letics, debatb teams, and other uni
versity organizations In bidding for
first-yoar men. Heretofore It wna
necessary "for a freshman to maintain
a considerably higher standard in or
der to be eligible for a fraternity than
to represent tho university In any
form of student activities. A man la
eliglblo to a place on any athletic
team, to the debating team, to glee'
or mandolin club, or any other like
organization If he carries twelve hours
successfully. By the old frntornlty
ruloa a man must got passing gradca
In all Ills work for the mld-scmcstor or
Too Heavy Work.
ho could riotT)cpledged.
Tho fact that many first-year men
fail In a part of their work owing to
their lack of judgment in registering
for too many heavy courses wad a
pending consideration -which influenced
the council to take the step which It
did yesterday morning. The most de
Hlrablo men from the fraternity point
of view are -usually found to be those
who aro carrying eighteen hours.
"When tills course 1b made up of hard
.studios and is helped out with Bonio
football or class politics, It very fre
quently b enough to flunk the fresh
man. Tho evil, combined with the
fact that many of tho rushees flunk
bocauao tne long rushing season takes
so much of thoir timo, caused tho
change in tho rules. Tho change Ib
declared by both students and faculty
members to -bo but a just Standard in
accordance with the regulations of the
university Itself In similar matters.
Must HUve Twelve Hour.
Tho new rule, as approved yostor
day. and ..which will govorn today's,
pledging, follows:
"Wo, tho Beveral fraternities com
posing tbitf ihtor-fratornfty council or
tho University of Nebraska, ngreo
for the first semester of 1908-9 .to
pledge after 12 o'clock noon of Sat
urday, NaveWb'er 21, 1908, only such
now students as fiavo satisfactory
standing &' twelve (.12? cc-llcfee hours
- at mid- Bcmetjter! nd';-
"Further y'at wo inltlato no de
linquent itu'a'Snt so, pledged until his
- jnamo' twiremovod from the delin
quency list In aff subjects.
, "It la recommended that this action
bo taken with a vioW to shortening:
the rushing season already too long
extended?'
By this rule tho tension of entor
talulug now students without bolng
permitted to pledgo is relloved and
moreover any neW student who 'is de
linquent In even one subject must re
movo such delinquency before he can
bo Initiated". To accomplish this tho
best effort "Will in all probability bo
pnt.rortn uy an cqucuwiou.
Tho lnter-fratornlty council, which
thus exorcises Its governing power In
tho regulation of rushing, was estab
lished by authority of tho hoard of
rogonts, giving it power to regulate
all matters' relating to rratornltlea gen
erally. Half of its members are alumni
of tho university chotfon by their re
spective fraternities rind hulf aro stu
dents. Its proaident is chosen bach
year from among three faculty mem
bers whoso uames aro presented by
the university sennte. Professor Bar
bour Is at the head of the council this
year. Tho idea of audi an intbr-fra-ternlty
council originated at Nebraska
two" years ngo; and lias extended to
nearly all tho lending universities of
the country.
Finish Comes Today.
Todiiy at noon tho first-year men
who have passed In the required
amount of work can be pledged and
some rapld-flro persuasive arguments
will bo presented by the various fra
ternities to doubtful men from that
time until they have signified thoir
Intention of Joining one or .mother of
the contesting organizations. It Is
not infi'cquet for one man to have
a dinner date with one fraternity, a
date Inter In tho afternoon with an
other, and still a third engagement
for the supper hour. The dinner date
of course Is by far the most advant
ageous, Some of tho fraternities have
attompted to get around this by se
curing a promise from tho rushefi
that he will not pledge the frat with
the first dnte until after he has talked
with the secoid crowd, but thlB
means is at 'best but doubtful.
Altogether, the" long and hnrd rush
ing season this year is bolng made
the subject of all sorts of advorde
comment. Frat mou in general are
a unit in decrying Its ability to copo
with tho evils of ovor-ruBhlng. In all
probability next year will see a rad
ical change in the rushing period.
Whether tills will mean tho shifting
of the rushing' season" either" GarUer
or later or to shortening of tho per
iod, Or both actions. Is a matter still
in question.
SENIORS ARE WINNERS
DEFEAT THE SOPHOMORES
FIERCE STRUGGLE.
IN
VARSITY IN SECRET PRACTICE
Scniocs Trimmed the Sophomores In a
Spectacular Game by a 8core of
11 to 0 Seniors Make 95
Yard Run.
INTERESTED IN THE MOVEMENT.
Old
Nebraska Man Writes of Three-
Year College Degree.
Dean C. E. Beasey Is in receipt of
a letter from Dan Bentloy of Clark
university at Worcester, Mass., In re
gard to tho movement inaugurated
recently In Nebraska looking towards
a three-yoar bachelor's course In tile
smaller colleges. Dean Bentley Is a
graduate of Nebraska in tho class of
1891, and he Is much Interested In tho
movement which has for Its end the
giving of a greater usefulness to, thb
university.
Tho movement for a throo-year
small college courso which would fit
students for tile bacholor's dbgreo was
discussed at the recent meeing of
tho Nebraska association of colleges
and universities in Lincoln. At that
Hm'A thh suggestion was made that
tho proper function of tho small col-
logo was' to provide instrhctlbh In. the
primary co'drses'now comprising tblo
fltst and secorid years' of unlvorslty
work, tho advanced work being left
to tip university. Tie proposed ,plan
provided for the granting of a bach
elor's' degree on tho complotlbn of
three years' tfbfk' loT th'o small col
lege. Tho. stuafe'nr'could then come
to tho university for the advanced
work loading id highor dogrees.
Dean Bentley writes that this same
system is now bolng pursued -with ex
cellent success at Clark university.
In that ihritltutlbn the student 'woo
has taken a bachelor's degree at Clark
college pursues advanced courses.
The degree of Clark college is granted
after three years' work and yet the
curricula of required . Work Is so ar
ranged that tho Clark college degree
ranks with thos,o of four year schools.
The university sennto will inoet
Monday afternoon at 5 p. m. in U 204
to cbnsldor what action it shall tako
concerning tho resignation of Chan
cellor B. B. Andrews,
Baked beans, baked omthe premises
and served Hot with delicious brown
bread, 10c, at Tho Boston Lunch.
Preceding the varsity practice yes
terday afternoon at Antelope park
the .seniors and sophomore class
teams met In ono of the hardest
fought class contests ovor witnessed
In Lincoln. The game abouudod In
spectacular rlays and although out
classed for tho most part, the sophs
frequently took broaks which caused
the seniors real concern over tho out
come. The seniors had the advantage ovor
the underclassmen In almost ovory
respect and for that reason tho out
come of tho ga'mo was not unlooked
for. In the matter ot weight tho sophs
were hopelessly outclassed and as a
consequence theyj found themselves
unablo to dupllcalo the ropoated and
consistent gains through the lino
which tho seniors were able to pull
off. The sophomores were also liaudl
en prod In the number of players avail
able as well as In experience. The
upper-clnsHinen used almost an entire
ly new hackfleld during the second
half and six substitute line men, whllo
tho sophs went through the wholo
ga'mo 'with practically the juimot.lin&,
up they had at the beginning offuo
contest.
Details of the Game.
Tho seniors won tho toss and kicked
off to the sophomores who wero de
fending the oast goal. Tho kick-off'
went over tho goal line so tho sophs
punted out from the 25-yard line to
Boll of the seniors, who returned llvo
yards. On two Hue bucks tho seniors
gained live yards and Bell punted
over the soph goal lino 'for a touch
.down. On the punt out tho seniors
failed to return, but on first down
Campbell mado two yrtrds through
center and Wangorun followed with,
seven through right tackle. Campbell
added five through right guard but
Woods failed to gain through left
tackle,
Wangorlen made tho first down on
a straight buck. Baxter mado threo
yards around right tacklo and on the
next play tho seniors made twolve
yards on a forward pas's from Boll to
Harrison. A lino buck gave tho sen
iors a Binnll gain and Boll mado two
yards on a quarter back run. With
four yards to gain on tho third down,
Overman made tho required dlstanco
through left tackle. On first down
Boyle mado threo yards and Woods
was pushed over for the first touch
down. Waugorlen missed goal. Score:
Seniors, 5; sophs, 0.
Musson kicked off to Woods, who
was tackled by Russell. Wnngcrlen
made five yards through right guard
and Baxtor mado tho first .down. Camp
bell was thrown for a loss by Russell
and on the next play Bell fumbled and
tho sophs secured the ball.
Spectacular Rim.
Russell was tacklcdfor a loss by
Harrison but a forward pass from
Hydo to Smith netted twenty yards.
A touchdown toy tho sophomores Was
Imminent but they fumbled on the
nfext down and Baxter picked up tho
ball and started for tho sophs' goal.
After running about thirty yards ho
was overtaken by Hydb but Baxter
passed tho' ball to Harrison, who ran
the remaining distance of sixty-five
yards for a touchdown. By this play
the seniors spoiled tho only chance
of tho soplis to score. Wangerien
kicked goal, making tho xscoro 11 to
0, which ended the scoring of
the gamo.
Trtrlng the remainder of tho half
tho bail was carried altornntoly by
ouch Hide, but neither was able to
vnlu regularly. Tho sophs made fif
teen yuds on a paHH from Hydo to
.lusnrr, but It availed nothing, since
they wore Immediately hold for
dt'Wiiri.
In tho second luilf nothing startling
oc( unod. Tho seniors woro strength
ened by practically a new line-up
and they kepi the sophs for the mosL
part on the dofonsive, but tho woro
unablo to score again.
The line-up was as follows:
Si aloes. Sophomores.
Waters, Wostovor.ro Chaunor
Ovcimun rt lCrlokson
Tlngloy. ll.iker rg Tlndall
McOulchoon, Whlto.e Piko
Carnoy, Dobhs....lg Dlnsmoro
Unrrntl, (luldlnger.lt Merger
Harrison, (Iroenslil'lo Hamilton
Jltll q Hydo
Woods, Hummel. ..lh. ...:.. . Russell
Wangorlen, Wlldlsh.rh. . . .'. . . . Smith
Campbell, Taylor, .fb Inssen
. Varsity Practice.
After the class game was over tho
varsity sauad appeared and put In
soino .good licks In preparation for
tho Wabash game next weok. Con
siderable tackling tho dummy and
then the guards woro cleared whllo
the team had secret signal .practice
and some light scrlnimago work. Now
formations are being perfoctod for tho
Wabash gamo, and by next week tho
vaisity offense will ic belter than
over,
"King" Colo loft last evening for
Minneapolis, whero ho will witness
tho Minnesota-Carlisle gamo today
;Tho first ot Uiq weok ho will doubt-
loss", boglu drilling his pupils In a
special defense for tho Indians.
THE BIG PAIR TONIGHT
INDICATIONS POINT TO A LARGE
ATTENDANCE.
MANY ATTRACTIONS SECURED
Soroiitles and other Organizations
Taking an Active Interest In
the Y. W". CT A at the
Armory.
HAVING HARD WORK TO STUDY.
Students 'Are Attracted by Unusually
Pleasant Weather.
Picnic parties on the campus aro
in order Just now with the coming
of the Indian summer with its balmy
breezes and warm sunshlno, Ruroly
do Nebraska studentB enjoy such a
lellghtfu11y pleasant period as tho
past few days have been at this tlmo
of the year. Following tho cold winds
and Ihe light snow of but a fow days
ago, the warm wave which, has swopt
down over the state Is particularly
appreciated. Windows nrfvc been
thrown open once more and tno Bight
of .many students, enjoying tho free
dom of tho campus is a distressing
ono to the man who is reciting some
dry. suhjpet -Just within tho window.
Noxt Thursday is Thanksgiving and
with the turkey thoro is ggnorallysup-
posed to bo a light supw. At least
that Is what all tho old legends pro
scribe. But this year thoro is noth
ing of tho sort in sight so far, al
thougiitticro aro 'still five days for a
chaugo in conditions. Turkey with
out snow and a Thanksgiving football
gamo in a tomporaturo as mild as mid
spring wiil sufcly-Tie hovel ties to tie
Nebraska man.
All Is In readiness for the county
lair, tho biggest and most popular
of unlvorslly" social ovonts, for It is
a lime .of merrymaking und frolic.
Tho doors open at 7: .'10 tonight at
tlit armory. Under tho dlroct manage
ment of the Y. W. C A. tho county
fair Is representative of many Intor
ohIh in the unlvorslty. All of the
sororities take part In tho fair, pro
viding booths or othor monoy ranking
schemes and tho rivalry botwoon tho
different sororities Is strong to see
Which organization raises tho most
money. Besides tho Bororotlos, tho
Palladtnus and tho Union lltorary so
ciety will tako part. On tlio plko
are to be found representatives from
all college activities.
Tho committco In charge is exceed
ingly fortunate In securing so many
new and varied attractions for tho
fair. Both rooms of tho armory will
bo required for all of tho booths and
other attractions, whllo ordinarily ono
room sufliccs to hold the crowd.
Chlng-Loo Here.
Dainty llttlo Chlng-Loo, who will be
seen at tho Alpha Chi Omoga booth,
arrived In tho city tonight direct from
St. Louis. Ho expressed himself as
being In perfect health and gratified
that ho should bo allowed to appear
hoforo the unlvorslty students. Whon
questioned us to Ills two helpors, An
heuser and Busch, ho stated that thoy
were also supposed to leavo St. Louis
at tho immo tlmo which ho did but
they were detained by missing tho
train, Ho gave assurauco, howovor,
that thoy would bo on hand for tho
evening's entortainmont Chlngf-Lop
Is a dwarf In stature, but what he
lackB In height ho makes up In wit
and ho Iccops his audfunco in a con
tinual round of laughter. Everyono
will want to sco Chlng-Loo this ovon
ing. Tho Alpha Phi sorority in charge
of tho pop corn and candy booth,
aro making tho candy and promise
that it wili bo exceptionally good. Tho
old town well, with its Irioxhaustlble
supply of lemonade, should prove
toraptlng. Tho well will bo novel In
asmuch as decorations of vinos will
bo used to mako tho woll raoro real
istic. Tho trl-Dclta -vyfil give a hovel
entertainment in a sofles of tableaus
taken from tho Ladles' Homo Jour
nal. Each picture in the last issue
o tho book Is .depicted', Tho. Phlo
will again glvq iheir fcduntry-storo,-whicn
mado such a hit last year, thoy
TEAM AT "HONEYMOON TRAIL."
Cornhuskers Ha,Ve Box Party at Oliver
Theater.
The 'Cornhuskor football team was
trontcd.to a box party a tlio Oliver
theater last night. It occupied tlio
lower boxos on tho right sldo of tho
houso.
The play presented last night at
tho, Oliver was "Honeymoon Trail,"
a beautiful muslcaLcomcdy. It is one
of the best that mm been seen in
Lincoln m several seasons,, Tho
chorus is largo, the miisfc 'flno, and
the' costumes pretty.
During the last act ono of thb mem
bers bt tho obrasUa team throw a
Cornhuskor pennatit attachod to a
enno from ono of tjho'b'oxe to ono of
tho actresBos on the' stage.
taking in tho most money.
That Double Swing.
Promising to bo exceedingly novol,
tho Clii Omegas have arrangod for a
swing 'Just largo enough for to. A
largo corp of helpors have been so
cured to assist at tho swing, and it
Is oxpocted that they -will bo kept
buBy all of tho time. Madame Brown,
and tho real Madame Brown .this time,
will also tell tho fortunes' of the call
ers at ho Chi Omega's booth. Sho
can fortoll tho fortune with -unerring
accuracy. Tho Thotas will- havo a
freak show .at which thb ,fat; and tho
slim lady will bo oxhlbited: (Tho Alpha
O'mlcrort Pis will givo a pnrady on
tho "Eternal .Quostlon," '
Besides all of those attractions thero
Is tho Plko with Us plctureaquo char
acters and interesting sights. Thb
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