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VOL. XI. NO. 146.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, THURSSDAY. MAY 16. 1912.
Price 5 Cents
MINORITY CONTROLS COUNCIL
SEVEN MEN ASSUME CHARGE OF
INTER-FRAT BODY.
seniors lose dignity on 'ntAcu IdHNSdN (1FFFRS PRI7F
THEIR MILFORD OUTING T JUt1UI1 mt Lt
SEMESTER PLEDGING ADOPTED
New Plan Gives Alumni Power Se
mester Rule Effective 1913 Ex
ception Made as to Brothers.
Bv the appointment of an executive
committee conipoHed of seven mem
hers, the inter fiaternit council Tues
da night piacticallj sur lendered itH
tontiol and Hiipei ihioii ovei the at
lairs ot the fraternities at Nebiaaka
This committee is composed ol three
fncult inemhers, one ol whom ih the
chaiiinan of the council, two alumni,
ot whom one is the vice-chairman ol
the council, and two undergraduate
members ot the council The person
nel ot this committee is as follows
Professors Lees, Huntei and Buck .1
J Loduith. Verne Hedge, iOrnie Kiank
and ( K KadcliiTe
This bod will hae chaige of all
business ot the council in the lnteiim
botween meetings It will in addition
to this, be the sole judge ot alleged in
fractions of the mles and will iilllx
penalties foi the same It will also
hae charge ot the business and linau
tial aftairs of the council
Ruling Final.
The rulings of this committee ate
final '1 he council has the pouei to
reject the committee's iepoit but to
do so a twothitds vote ot the entire
inembeiship ot the council is net es
b,u To students who aie lainlliai
witli the methods ot the piesent toll
1 1 oiling regime, the possibllit of eei
mustering such a majority appears
quite i emote Also the appaient lack
ot interest manifested b alumni mem
beis of the council as evidenced b
tlw.ii fi lie. .iw frnm miwtim'H d.HCOIll
age, the idea of the council oxeitingi
its authority iih a bod
A semester lushing iule was adopt
ed the council deciding that no Ha
teinity shall enteitain, rush, pledge
oi initiate an student until aftei ''
has completed twelve hours This Mile.
does not go into effect until Septoin
her r.'i:: An exception is made in
the case ol brothers they being al
lowed to pledge upon entrance into
the I'nhersit
The present rushing r ules will be el
tettive one 11101 e ear, the onl change
being that the week tor rushing has
been advanced to the fourth week oi
pchool Instead of the second, as was
the case last fall
FETE DAY CAUSES RUSHING
School
Annual Invasion of High
Youths Causes Fraternities
to Spruce Up.
Althounh both the inter fraternlt
and sorority councils hae passed the
semester pledging rule, rushing at Ne
braska is as strenuous as ever
It Is particularly in evidence Hi is
week because of the coining of two
hundred or more eligible high school
students for Fete day, Satuida
Many of the prospective freshmen
will be entertained at the fraternit
and borority houses Dates have even
betjn made with high school students
who are only freshmen and sopho
mores In order "to get In early '
Because more men than girls come
to Lincoln for the day. most of the the ticket is twenty-five cents and this
dances given Saturday evening are j Includes admission to all of the func
by the fratornlUes. tronB of tne day
GIRLS MEET DIFFICULTY IN
LEAVING FOR A PICNIC
Undcrcla88mcn Lay Traps to Prevent
Seniors From Enjoying
the Day.
Although tho fatult have given
tlitii Tull consent to the annual Sneak
I)a fif the seniors nevertheless t lie
class of l'.llU experienced some dldl
(iiltU-H in then celebration josterdny
I mlci classmen who were anxious
to pi event then fi lends from enjojlng affected the spnit of Hie ot ( asion
themselves, gave the seniois the most A huge part of the moining was
of theli tumble ()n- miiioi irlil. who!"!"'"' '" exploring the Blue iivei, pad
Hied to lock a senioi m hei loom and
prevent hei fiom going had hei hand
hadl hiulsed
At one of the sotorit houses the
thiee senlois were so aft aid the
joungei girls would kidnap them that
the went awa Tuesda after 1100:1
and staved with some of the gnls w ho
lived in town in order that the might
not be pievented from going
One. of the senior Black Masque.
wan tailed awa from then picnic
Tuesdav b one ol tier oiingei Hat
sisteis and told that hei fiance had
been sei lousl hint Slit was anxious
1 getting Into the waiting automobile
w h'-n slie saw the 011ngei
gn 1 s J
mouth twitch and the joke was up
I he piolessors loi the most part
took the di as a matter of (ourse
one kind hearted pro! whose t lass is
moMl composed of seniors excused
the rem. under of the class, theieb
winning then lasting gratitude
HEAVY WORK ON SENIOR PLAY
Miss Howell Holding Nightly Rehears
als Steckelburg Working on
Music for Play.
U()k (jn (h( HtMli()I plu 1S K()1,lf,
,, ,a)1,ii Miss Howell, the coat h
,as ((.M n.,u.UIHaH a XVeek
NlH (;,,.,. t)f ( hjcago, is in chaige
() . , .,,,., U,Hi(ieH the tout
tlllI us u ll() i,a(. speaking paits m
the pl.i theie will be some lift een oi
l went gills ol all classes, who will
take pai t in the "aesthetic dances
In addition It) the ballet there will
be other special features A large ' o
tal t hoi us has been oiganied which
vv'ill be trained by (ail Steckelburg
of the I'niveislt School ot Mnsic
.Mi Steckelburg s orchestia has
been practicing the Mendelssohn Mid
summer Night's Drjam scoie foi the
past three months and rehearsals witti
the cast ballet and orchestra will
soon begin
"Stub" llascall, business manager-
()f tlie I)la'. went to Omaha Tuesday
to spend x couple of das selecting
costumes and making financial ar
langeinentB for the play
It is probable that onl one per-
. loi manco of the play will be given on
account of the expense and energy
tequiied to repeat It There will be
neurl a hundred people in the pro
duction, including orchestra, cast and
ballet, making it the most ambitious
spectacle ever put on by University
students
IVY DAY NOTICE.
Orders for the Ivy Day lunches have
to be in by Tuesday night so the com
mittee request that all students buy
their tickets at once, or at all events,
before Tuesday noon. The price of
to i
Ovei a hundred senlois aiose earl
esterda moining, ate littlt or no
breakfast and took an earl train for
Milford Although the girls outnuin
beied the bo s three to one, this fat t
was asciibed to the demands of tamp
and the undue pioportions in no ii)
. llln.r ..Iw.nt In (lot lw.tl.lil lwv.it., itl.l I
"' """ '" "' ""' ' "" "" I
sliding down the lire escape at
Hi
Old Soldieis Home The latter diver
sion pioved the most populai and al
though it icslilted in bruises and torn
lot lies, it was declared well worth
the while
Driven b the pangs of hunger
all the picnickers assembled at the
station to gleet the noon Haiti which I
brought the lunch The tame was
1 lanspoi ted to the pit nic giounds and
devomed without luithei teiemonv
'1 he afternoon witnessed an infot
1 1.1I dance on the veianda of the Sol
diets Home, a ball game visits to the
Shogo Bottling works mote sliding
down the fiie escape and much pho
loraphv and rambling about
1 he onlv sad leatuie ot the entile
dav t.une to light when the coudut tor
discovered that on the. leturn Hin ten
r..,..u ,,uui,, a. ... ,. i..i
thev had .etu.ned 0.1 an eailiei train
.. i..ih... i,..v ..... utni 1.. Milt,.,, 1
had not Ihmt mMtld JaU last i'eninK
NINE MEN ONLY FILE FOR BOARD
.
Competition for Places on Athletic
Board Limited to Only a
Few Men.
Over a Hundred Skip Classes
Participate in the Youthful
Pastimes.
I Idea to be Judged.
Onl nine men have hied as t.u.di ' ,,,,, p,nn (jffpml Iipp(, ot ,)(i ww
dates foi election to the athletic- , or M()N(ll t may ,K. u (lefoHHP of n
board out ot whwh number five willHHtem already in existence Tho
ho chosen b student voters prize is not given for the excellence
I'oiripetition for these places, how of .he composition, but for the pos
. ver, proriuses to be keen as all of the Bible effectiveness of tho plan In safe
aspiianls .ue men of piotniiience and Ruanling education and democracy
influence Mi O llanlik leceived Anyone wishing to compete should
his " , in basketball this jear and is
a member of the law college (' B
I'ndeiwood ih a basketball and base
ball man and is a law student J A
Hodman is a junior law and a member
of the 'varsit baseball squad O V
Miller is best known for his actlvlt
in wrestling circles He is hIbo u law
student A H Hiitner has Berved
one j ear on the uthletic board, has 1 dea 0f Second-year Class for Dance
two ears oil the basketball team to' f i.,i d.-,,.!-. d-.,...
1 at Capital Beach Proves
his credit, and is a senior academic 1
I) J Harmon has been for two years' opu ar.
on the 'varsity football and track
teuniB, and is a member of the fresh I .Members of the sophomore hop corn
man law class W I .McOowman Is ' mlttee report that they are turning
a two ear track inun and Is a law . away' dozens of would be purchasers,
student A A May a junior aca having sold out their allotment of tick
tiernlc. is also a two year truck man etB early in the week The chairman
V. (' Becker is a Benlor acudomlc and
has been on the track team for two
years
So far the campaign waged by these
gentlemen has been a mild one and
the election, which will be held next
Monday Ma 20th, promises to pass
off quietly.
There will be an Important meet
ing of the Ivy Day committee this af
ternoon at 1:00 o'clock In U. 106.
Members of all the classes are re
quested to be there.
' POPULAR AUTHOR LOOKING FOR
REMEDIES
CONDUCTED BY NEW YORK TIMES
$150 to be Given for Best Plan for
Social Organization in
Colleges.
A $1."() prize has been offered by
Mr Owen Johnson, thioiigh the New
or k Times lot the best constructive
plan foi social oi ganiat Ion in colleges
.1 till IMlU Jt ull IllU
Mi Johnson is the
well know n author ol Stovei at Yale"
whose finnk cilticism ol social con
ditlons in our colleges and unhersi
ties lias attracted much attention Ho
is himself a graduate of Yule and was
a member of the Mplia Theta I'hi fra
teinltv
Schools Neglectful.
He thinks social oiganlatlon is the
gieatest problem we face in higher
education and thai universities have,
In some respects, failed In their dut
to develop deinociacv and good clt
leiishlp Contiai to most univeislty
reformers, he does not oppose .it It
letics The ie the one great level
er,' he sas
The problem of social organization
for deinociacv has been taken up at
1 Princeton through the
rteshmau and
Ilmore eat ing houses wheie these
" classes aie assembled as integral
bodies, at Harvard various clubs havo
great 1 assisted the democratic Influ
I once of tho Union; In most of the
stale universities social organization
has developed in the form of fraternl-
ties Other colleges have dormitories
in which Hi st and second ear men
are required to live
send their plan in tpewrltton form
to the college editor of tho New York
rimes The best of these answers
will, from time to time be printed In
the Times and be paid for at regular
space rates
SOPH TICKETS ALL OUT.
, of the committee bus announced that
he Bold the last ticket Monday
The dance doeB not come until the
evening of Tuesday, May 21, which
, will bo the evening before Ivy Day.
The popularity of the hop Is probubly
due largely to the Innovation of hold-
ing a class dance at the Deach
Many tickets wore reserved some
time In advance The members of
tho committee have been Instructed
not to hold these later than Saturday
night or Monday morning. In case
their owners do not call for them "by
tb.at time they will be Bold.
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