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jyfm-fmffmw- w THE DAILY NEBRASKAN H n Cbe 3)alls mebragftnn TnW PROPERTY OP THn UNIVERSITY OV NEBRASKA. Lincoln, Nebraska fBBLISHED EVERY OAT EXCEPT SUNIAY AKB MMOAY BY THE STUDENT PUB. BOARD. PrilieatlM Otnci, 126 No. 141b SI. EDITORIAL STAFF. Itor Clydo E. Elliott, '00 i..nnaolno Editor... Horbert W. Potter, Ma Newt Editor Lynn Lloyd, '11 AwocUto Editor Victor 8mlth, '11 BUSINESS STAFF. Manager........ .. George M. Wnllaoo, MO Circulation J. Roy Smith, '00 tt. Manager ....Earl Campbell, MO " i Editorial and Butlnets Office: HA8EMENT, ADMINISTRATION BLDQ. Poetofflco, Station A, Lincoln, Neb. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, $2.00 PER YEAR Payable In Advance Single Copies, 5 -Cents Ench. Telephone: Auto 1888. INDIVIDUAL NOTICES will bo charged for at the rato of 10 cents per Insortlon for ovory flftooh words or fraction thereof. Faculty notices and University bullotlns will gindly bo publlshod free. Entered at tho postofllco at Lincoln, Nebraska, as second-class mall matter undor tho Act of Conffross of March 3, 1879. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1008. INEFECTIVE RULE8. Tim rushing season, which cIosob tuduy at noon, has fully demonstrated that tho rules adopted by tho fratern ity council throo years ago aro a fail ure. They do not accomplish what thoy were meant for to rollovo the freHhmeu of the h train of the fall rushing. Thoy have mado tho burden of tho Greek lottor mon more hoavy and havo not romovod tho evil for the froBhmon. Some radical change 1h needed and ought tot be mado be fore next fall. The proHont rules wore violated last season and thoy havo been violated again UiIh fall. They havo not been binding enough on the frat men who havo broken the spirit of them on many occasions. One of tho rules In particular has been broken frequently. It Is the one that forbids tho pledging of freshmen until the close of tho rushing season. In their contest to got tho best of the eligible freshmen tho Greek letter men have not let this rule staud in tho way. They have "spiked" men; that is, they havo done everything but put the ribbons on him. In Home cases, no doubt, freshmon were "spiked" tho find, week of school. They were told that they wore wanted in a certain frat and asked not to pledge to any other. Some of tho frat men havo not tried to conceal the fact that thoy broke loiter Bocletlus and at tho beginning of his second year would know just what position each held and what its Ideals wore, Ho could then pick rout tho society he wanted to bocomo a memb'or of, kn8wingiuHt -what ho watf' doing Tho fraternities would not suffer from this rule. Thoy would all have an equal chance and would run less risk of taking In men whom tho later might wish they had not Initi ated. The ovlls of tho constant rush ing of the first half a semester would bo removed. Grcok letter men Would not bo forced to sacrlllco their studies and other work, as many of thorn havo had to do during tho past two or three weeks. The faculty and tho university as a whole would bo benollttcd by tho one year rule. Nebraska would bo re lieved of the "big headed" freshmen who, after ho has been invited to ono or two fiatornlty houses, strutB around the campus as though ho wore tho biggest man In tho university. Tho faculty could easily onforco tho ono year rule, for It would bo hard for tho fraternities to vlolato it without being caught. The penalty for break ing It could be mado so sevoro that nono of the sociotlos would caro to run tho risk of being detected. Something radical has to bo done with the rushing system, and tho ono year rule appears to ho about tho host way of correcting tho existing ovlls. It ought to 1)0 adopted and put In force by nevt fall, and onco adopted any violations of oven Its spirit ought to be dealt with In n sevoro manner. SPECIAL FOOTBAL'lTnJMBER.'H On Thanksgiving day the Dally No braskan will issue a special football number which will, probably contain more line illustrations and feature ar ticles than any gridiron edition over published at this university. It will be published at a great cost and no extra copies will be printed. Any orders that are not filed at the editorial rooms of this paper by Wednesday evening will not bo filed. Orders may be loft at tho Nebras ka n olllce during any hour of the day. WANTED Several copies of the Daily Nebraskan of Tuesday, Novem ber 17 to complete files. Cash paid for copies In good conditions. Call at Nebraskan office. The Football Numbor will be out Thanksgiving day. Extra copies 15c Order now. GET READY TOR RUSH LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE " BUR EAU"iGATHER8 MATERIAL. i mens or inquiry received Great Care Taken in the Preparation of Answers to Questions Asked by Members of Legislature. Tho Legislative Reference Bureau of the State Historical society is now about to enter on tho busiest period of the yenr. With tho opening of tho legislature a great increase will come in the number of demands which aro made upon the bureau for Informa tion, quarters will bo opened in tho state house and every effort will bo mado to facilitate tho work of tho law-makers. Already the bureau has received letters from twenty-five or thirty mem bers of tho legislature, which ask for information which will" take ja man anywhero from ono hour to sev eral days to collect. Although only having hecn in existence during one session of tho legislature tho bureau has already proved Its value by its popularity, and has onllsted the active support of many who were Inclined to think that It had but little practical value. Make Careful Investigation. It is tho policy of tho Nebraska Leg islative Reference bureau to go to every length for Information which membors of. tho legislature wish to get. No matter whether it takes an hour or a week tho Inquiry will bo nnsworod as fully ns It is po'sslblo to answer It with tho material at hand. Tho bureau alms to answer all inquiries as fully as possible but during the busy season requests com ing from people who hold no respons ible position aro answered rather hrielly, but the Inquirer Is always informed where more detailed In formation may he found. In Wisconsin, tho stato which first developed tho legislative reference bureau, no attempt is made to answer Inquiries coming from outside tho state. This Is probably partly duo to tho fact that as tho Wisconsin bureau was the first of its kind to bo estab lished it became the mark for a vast number of inquiries, which It would be almost Impossible to answer. Wide Range of Questions. 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Hnndsomo catalog direct from tho manufacturers, Tho Conklln Pen Co., 310 Manhattan Bldg., Toledo, Ohio, on request SOLD IN LINCOLN BY E. FLEMING, 2 O STREET All Souls Church, Unitarian Corner of H and Twelfth 8trcets ARTHUR L. WBATHBRLY, Minister. Service 10:30. Sunday School 12. All Students aro cordially invited to ittond Its services. ALL PEWS ARE FREE November 22 sermon subject, "The Coming People." All Souls' Church Is a free fellowship for tho worship of God and the service of Man. It judges no man's character. It erects no har riers of creed or doctrine. Its pulpit Is a free pulpit committod to the search after Truth. Unitarians do not seek to convert people to certain oplnlonss, but rather to develop a reverent and tolerant habit of mind. tfc Cravenette Businesses 10 Good and strong 75 new coats in yesterday, in Fancy Stripes and Black figures. The coats that I sell are worth &I5.00 or $18.00 nf nnvkorKo mnnA I14l,0. Two Stools 1415,0. -My price is $10.00WHY PAY MORE? the rules by "spiking" mon. Thoy havo rather boastlngly told their friends of tho men thoy havo clinched. With tho frat men breaking thoso rules, what is tho uso of having any rushing laws unless thoy aro mado binding and tho mon who vlolato thorn punished? Thoro ought to bo somo lawB adopted that could bo enforced on all tho frnts. Thoro Is no doubt that every fraternity in school during! tho last year has broken tho presont rules to a more or loss degree. What is really ncedod at Nebraska Is an entirely now sot of rushing laws. The period of rushing should bo changed bo as to bo conllnod to the first week of school, or no fraternity should bo allowed to pledge a stu dent until ho has been in tho uni versity for a year, doing high scholas tic work. BIthor of theso would ho hotter than the system now In force, but tho ono-yoar rule really is bottor than tho one-week rule. It wtould ho moro beneficial to both tho freshmon and tho fratornity men. If allowed to remain in school one year before being eligible to join a Greek letter society, tho froshmani would bo ablo then to know tho frat it would ho best for him to join. Dur ing his first year in school ho would havo seen all tho mon of tho Greek FROM RANCH TO A UNIVERSITY. Two Pretty Co-Eds Like the Great Change Very Much. From tho. freedom of a life on a. lo.ono-acro ranch In tho center of Wy oming, thirty miles from a railroad, to the life of a "Co-Ed" In tho Uni versity of Missouri, was tho transition experienced by Misses Wllhelmina and Lenora Boeke, daughters of W. H. Boeke, owner of tho famous "7B ranch" and ono of tho leading stock men of tho Northwest. To uso their own words, they find Columbia "quite a chango" from llfo on a ranch In Wyoming, In close prox imity to fieml-wllrt Yltn Tmlinnn nnrl yelling cow-boys. This is their first inp east, or, moro accurately outsldo bolr own state, and they wero guided In tholr cholco of tho University of Missouri as a placo to get an educa tion, through the fact thta their, moth er was a natlvo of Missouri. Their father wanted them to go to Vassar K"t f'o'r mother had a warm spot in her heart for her natlvo stato, and in tho end hor influonco won out - Tho Boeko sisters had riot boon Ion; at tho university before they at-, tracted tho attention of tho other stu dents, for it was at onco apparent tutu tneso independent, seir-rollant girls wore not products of tho modorn city high school or "sweet girl grad uates" of a fqmnlo collogo. Tho ad vlBor of women did not havo to show them around and fiud thorn a hoarding nlace. Thov struck out for tlioniRolvos and in a day know moro of tho Unl vors'lv of Missouri than the avorago "Co-Ed" learns in three years, of all kinds horn tho prevention of drinking in railway cars to the estab lishment of moro normal' schools. If tho material possessed by the .bureau is not sufficient to properly answer tho question tho Btato library is searched and if this falls to yield tho desired material It Is then written for. In order that the bummi mnv .i,a proparod as well ns nosslhin fnn hn coming session of tho legislature let- wih uuvo ueon sont to all the states In tho union asklmr for mntnini a - . ...Mvi.tu VIA subjects that are likoly to bo import ant this winter. Specific requests havo ueen mnuo tor tho following material: Latest session laws, report of secre tary of state, latest governor's mes sage, latest auditor' report, latest tax commissioner's report, penitentiary warden's report, civil service, commit tee's report. OFFICERS' HOP Lincoln Hotel December 4th Admission $1.25 Walt's Otchcstta E)l T Vvs ORDER YOUR PUNCH AT FOLSOH'S Hot Lunches a Specialty. -s ftlM Candies and Ices. , 1307 0 St. Phones: Auto 2214, Bel! 456. COLLEGE TAILORS COLLEGE VIEW BEST TAILORING at the BEST PRICES Auto Phone 48 WE WANT YOUR FRAT TRADE We can give you the best prices, best goods, best service Capital Grocery daMBfe 1435 M St. Tho Minnesota cadet regiment and the national guard will hold a joint tournament in February. Valuable prizes are offored for stho" best drilled company and for individual proficiency. Phi Alpha Delta, a now legal fra ternity, has been organized at Iowa. Tho authorities at Cornell aro threatening to refuse a holiday on Friday after Thanksgiving. At The Play Houses The Lyric. Next week commencing Monday, November 23, tho Pulton stock com pany -will produce fdr tho first tlmo in Lincoln a beautiful rural comedy drama "Out of tho Fold." Mr. Fulton has choBen this play for .Thanksgiving wcqk and no moro appropriate cholco could, have boon mado, as it is a Thanksgiving pleco filled with senti ment, pathos and comedy. Thoro will bo an extra matineo Thursday 'Thanksgiving) bes'ldes tho regular WqdnoBday matineo, as usunl. George Bros. Printing Engraving Embossing ft"fi3W3E Pine Lino Pound and Box Stationery tfi Half Million Glasses of Soda Water old and drank from our 20th Century Sanitary Soda Fountain season 1006. Agency Huylors, Gunthors and Lown oya Chocolates and Bonbons. The Drue Cutter. w The Drug Cuttm o t zmwmsssg.