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TIIUPSI', nKCKMHER, 1L I'M 2
THE ISSUE TODAY.
The Daily Nehraskan is not disposed
to take Issue with a conscientious pen
t ion of the student body i no an- advo
eating u measure thai Hi-, feel will
innure to the inteii-st ami In-notlt ol
the I'niv oislty Yet thei ate certain
vvoaknosses and objections in the
freHhman cap idea that dine us ti
an expression of our views We- do
thin in .1 purely aelviscuv manuci. bene.
ever. If a substantial iii.ijeuitv of the
student body, in the Muht of all the
laetH, and in their own e nl-ghteneel
judgment, feel that, accordl. , to pi in
eiplos of right and e;"i'n ncy, the
freshmen .should be mud . encoui
aged to wi'iir green sl.u.l caps, this
paper, In obedience' to stulent senti
ment, will willingly coope-iaie In help
ing to enforce the proposed p'an
While the plan is being put up to
Ihe freshineii primarily, .-eel it would
apnea, that they were ,oing to have
the option of deciding whether they
will wear the caps or not, it is not clit
ticult to see that the r'.le of tin' uppei
classes will prevail In 'he end, pioid
ing the upper classes once decide that
they want the freshineii to so ,ic
iuiesce It Is also safe to presume
that the freshmen will adopt the mens
ure this morning not so much upon its
merits, but because in propiioty they
hae no other avenue ot escape- We
do not make this statement m ells
paragement of the motives ot those
behind the plan, but nuue in lotogni
tion of the fact that the fre-hmen are
scarcely In a position to deteiniine the
merits of the controversy The e
slrahility of a numerous class ot stu
dents being sot off apart Ironi the iest
of the t'niveisity by a system ol ldon
tilication involves too many iiuestions
ol prim-iple and expediency that would,
in the ordinar.v coin bo ot events,
scau-olv find solution in the minds of
a beginning student unaccniainted with
conditions at the Cniversity and un
informed on the causes that really lie
beneath the apparent lack of college
spirit fillers the fieshmen aie maele
to see both sides of the (tiestion, and
we do not think that that can be done
in an bout s time, it can be said in all
fairness that their election will not be
on the merits of the eiuostlon nt issue. '
The responsibility of deciding the
freshmen cap question, therefore, must
necessarily lie with the upper classes,
for It will be to them dial the fresh '
men in their efforts to enforce the mle
will have to appeal The freshmen are
not going to be able to enforce their
own measures if the rest of the stu
dent body is not behind them, and the
rest of the student body Is not going to
be behind them unless they feel that
the freshmen in justice should be made
or encouraged to wear the caps Kor
this reason upper classmen, in meet
Ing assembled this morning, should
not be misled Into the belief that in
ndopting the cap proposition they are
simply latifying the contemplated ac
tion of the freshmen They are doing
more than that They are endorsing it,
and In m doing they guarantee to help
put it into fence Their action, there
fore, sliou'd be predicted on the pre
sumption that in the long run the re
.ponsibi'itv of giving the measure life1
lests on their shoulde-is They must
he piepareel to enforce it ami make
the freshmen subject to such methods
as practical enforcement will iiee-essi
tate
Class s,ui it i - not a ue i-i.in in
i dp i t ol olle ue s-pii H Tin- ci-nte i
ot Ml eiund w 1 i h all ' ollege i US
loll.s should till 11. Is the idea ol the- col
lege and not the ia-.s We are now
besieged with :i niulilluib- ol organized
elisti ,ii lions ail ol which ten 1 to bin:
our conception and appreciation ol
I he l'lll e rst j ideal
The liateinitv svstMii dominates
those- whom it numbers I-'i al crnit .v
men an- loval Cniversily men, vel the
,u i hi their frati-t nal oiiih-c I ion
blunts i!n- aidoi ot then enthusiasm
Mil the 1'nivi-isitv And yet the Ira
lelllilv llesliniell aie (lestllied to Ieild
the dav In establishing the- new c us
I on i The wiile-i knows this to he a
tail .Hid so does every one else who
is in much with the situation How
much ol the college ideal does the
leadei suppose these young men will
get aftei thev have submitted to the
exactions ol the measuie as a pait ot
their menial service to the organiza
tions with which they have- affiliated''
Kroin such a condition class distinc
tions will Inevitably be- drawn, en at
ing more harm than Ihe piopose-iT
measure could compensate in genera
lions There are other distractions
til at might be mentioned, but the sin
gle illustration should seive the pur
pose The thing to do is to check Hie
spread ol the organization lever, not
to Iced it
The I'reshnii'n cap idea is belli ;
sponsored to give the entering men
something in common, something to
tie to Whv not attain the same end
by giving th-'in a bigger means, a
means that re-spee ts the University
and not the class The class organiza
Hon, at best, is but an artlllcjal ar
langenient ciealed for the purpose ot
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Christmas Gifts will find in our stock
many original pieces of Jewelry and
Novelties that will be sure to please.
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137-139 SOUTH 13TH STREET
Foilct Articles Stationery
$1 Safety Razors $1 Fountain Pens
Athletic Supporters Rubber Aprons
Shoulder Braces Pennants & Trusses
Huylers, Lowney's, Gunthers Chocolates
Christmas Candies
Students 3-Course Lunch 25c
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' malving the fie-slimau hail the standard
of t.heli class you are but making
them Hoc k mound the unreal goal
Doe-s this, engender college cspirit9 No
'College spirit is not stimulated by the
i sLunglheiiing of artificial ties Rather
do thev detract from it, and help to
cloud the leal glorv of the college
1 ideal
, And now it c lass spirit and loyalty
'aie not tundainental, why institute a
Kreslunen as well as older students
will recilvo a hearty welcome, court e-'
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