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Entored at tho postofllce at Lincoln,
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under tho Act of Congress of March 3,
1879.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1913
THE INVISIBLE GOVERNMENT I
In university politics as in national
polltlcB there 1h tlie ostensible and un i
real, and the Invisible and real Klse
where in IIiIh paper is described the
ostensible, the unreal government as it
makes itseir known to an extrinsic ob
servei, the good clti7en ineinber of j
hlH class In this column, we present
the Invisible class government as it
munlfests Itself to one who has had
the political process used on him and
who has assisted in using the political
process on otheis For reasons that
we shall heie explain the machine and
steam roller are much more facile
tools in the hands of the average class,
politician than they weie in the hands
of the notoiious Senator Quay and
"Boss" Cox
The facts about our Invisible govern
ment are these In the freshman and
sophomore classes various competing
groups are still struggling for suprem
acy This Is due to the fact that the
lower classes are st ill young in politi
cal experience, still weak in the power
of effective organization and unused to
the habit of mutually beneficial mate
rial compromise. It Is In the junior
and senior classeH that political ma
chinery has reached Its maximum ef
fectiveness In the junior class an
Informal but powerful junta of six or
eight men provide for all the social
life membership In that class affords
And our experience with this junta
convinces us that It can easily be
pealed down to nucleus of two ecep
tlonally potent spirits A small mi
nority group has joined the machine,
and the situation is now commonly
spoken of, by those who have known,
as "cinched " This is the junior claas.
When j on get up to the senior class,
ou find that by long applied, sys
tematic elfort most of the "irrelevant
matter" has been excluded. Three, pos
sibly four students entertain the
senior class, as a class These three
students do not agree with each other
All Winter Suits and O'Coats
"ON A DOUBLE QUICK MARCH"
In order to make a speedy clearance of all Winter Suits and Overcoats we have
cut prices to the quick regardless of cost, prices lower than ever dared before on high
grade Clothing.
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FRIDAY AND SATURDAY ONLY
Your Choice of and $25 to
$30 Suit or Overcoat t1 C
for
Your Choice of all $20, $18
and $15 Suits and J 1 A
Overcoats for p 1 1
Furnishings, Hats and Caps at Big Reductions
Mayer Bros. Company
on an thing Political points upon an
agreement whlch'could be reached by
persuasive means were all exhausted
in the three years that proceeded the
senior ear Now there are between
the four men who hae controlled the
class large and irreconcilable differ
ences diflcicnces which thev all rec
ognize, but which tho never allow to
lnterfeie with election of any candi
date whose elevation to olllce is at
least equally benetlcial to each mem
ber. The method by which this
result is achieved is, of course,
compromise ; compromise for mutual
material benefits, like hop tickets, a
little "pull," or an automatic self ad
vertlslug job.
Tho abovo la a broad genernl out
line, Impersonally stated, of tho real
but hopeless Intangible government of
social life for the upper classes. The
"slckenln" details are a sort of spe
cialty line of interest to those alone
who are privy to "tho system." Of
the facts here presented we have not
yet said what we think. We merely
supposed that In addltiorr to a front
page eulogy of prospective candidates,
and the alleged merits of the Austra
lian ballot system, a slight taste of
the real stuff about university politics
would prove refreshingly beneficial
to our leaders The next time the
political pot boils over in these pages
we will tell you whether machine- con-.
trol of class politics is right or wrong
Freshmen as well as older students
will receive a hearty welcome, courte
oirs treatment, and the best of service
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20 N. 11th St. Adv.
SPRING HATS $2.50
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We serve the purest and
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$1.00 Fountain Pens
$1.00 Safety Razors
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