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Ihc Daily Nebraskan Properly rf TMfc UNIVIOUSITY OF NEBRASKA Lincoln C. A. SORKNSBN Editor-in-Chief . Aflnir Murine inn Keillor. . . . It. V. Koupal Associate Editor 1 O. Chatt KEPORTORIAL STAFF Ivnn r, iwd Irving T. Oberfelder I C. Beard Lester Zoole- Rverett J. AlthOUB Pm Sluter F V McDonald Mar. KaulTman E! GrablU Harold U. Kin Charles M. Frey Jamea A McKachen iy Glassey Bennett C. Vlff W Jaw MB T. W. McMUllan J. L. Ulffln Luclle Uvda sppftAt, FEATURES Whos Who Silas Bryan Jl.orena mxuy Pnmllln Levua w nT.rth El sworth Cartoonist Ch'nrles MIsVo Athletics Henry Kyis Business Manager nkSrTe'!! Asst. Business Manager. .Russell F. Uarlt Subscription price 12.00 per year, pavable In advance. Single "copies. 5 cents each. Entered at the postofflce at Lincoln. Nebraska, as second-class mall matter, under the Act of Congress of March 3, IST9. TUESDAY. JANUARY 12. 1915 HORSE PLAY AT INITIATIONS la a complete, dignified and impres sive initiation service there can scarcely be room for "horse play." Physical abuse and mental torture in the form of a fake violation of the oath have no place In organizations with serious motives and purposes be hind them. ou can-quite generally gauge the caliber of an organization by its initiation. Of particular inter est along this line are the replies re ceived by T. A. Clark. Dean of Men at the University of Illinois, from a letter written to the heads of each of the fraternities at that university. Dean Clark says: "Of the' twenty-eight replies re ceived, sixteen were opposed to the practice and twelve favored it. In general, local organizations whose rituals are probably weak and inade quate were strongly in favor of the practice, and those national organiza tions who thought it a mistake to omit the Tough stuff' from the initia tion ceremonies were in general of recent organization, with little or no tradition behind them, or the local chapters were without strong leaders. Such organizations have little else to depend upon to keep their men in line excepting the 'strong arm. Those who were most strongly against it were the organizations with definite traditions, or those whose local lead ership is vigorous and effective." There is another reason for the sur vival of this practice. Is it not true that the paddling part in an initiation is usually taken advantage of by a few who want to get even with the pledge? And then, of course, there are those who have gone through it themselves and wish to see the others writhe. The wielding of a barrel stave gives them a certain pleasure and -satisfaction. Even alumni will come back just for an opportunity to help beat up some freshman. "Such practices," declares Dean Clark, "cheapen the ritual and center the thought cf the initiate not on the seriousness of the ceremony through which he is going, but upon the proba bility of bis getting a good crack . . as he Is being led about by the fra ternity officer." This practice is of doubtful value to freshmen, and appeals chiefly to those of somewhat coarse sensibilities. All honor to the organizations who oboV ish iL UNI. NOTICES No bluffing! Cornhutker pictures Monday, January 18. Candidate I hereby announce my candidacy for the office of Junior managing editor of the Cornhnsker for 191M915. tf STEWART B. CLAAR. Cornhutker Pictures No individual pictures for the Corn husker will be accepted after January 18. This is final. The book must come out on time. Do your part. M. L. rOTEET. Silver Serpents The meeting of the Silver Serpents, which was to have been held last evening at 7:15, was postponed until next "Wednesday at the same hour. Senior Pins Senior pins are here and can be secured Tuesday morning from 10:00 to 12:00 in the Library. Additional orders may be given to any member of the committee Esther Bennett, H. G. Hewitt, Esther Starrett. Wrestling Class The wrestling class meets every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 4 o'clock in Soldiers Memorial Hall. All men are invited to join this class. University credit Is given on the same basis as in the regular gymnastic classes. ENGLISH AND LATIN The English Club will meet next j Saturday night at the home of Miss Helene Mitchell. The Latin Club will meet Tuesday night. January 12, at the Chi Omega house. 1426 E street. Miss Liberman and Miss Stnby will be the hostesses. . i German Dramatic Club I The German Dramatic Club will meet Wednesday night, aJnuary 13, j at 7:30 o'clock, in Faculty Hall, Tern-! pie. A program as well as business awaits the members. D. G. V. ; Members of Deutsche Gesellige j Verein who wish to attend the German play in a body can procure special , reservations at the Temple. Girls' Club Girls' Club council meeting Tuesday, January 12, at 7:15 in the Y. W. C. A. i rooms. Important. Be prompt. If you can not come, send some one in ; your place. Hey, You! Got those Cornhutker pictures taken yetf Applications for election to the offices of Editor-in-Chief, Manag- ing Editor, two Associate Edi- tors, and Business Manager and Assistant Business Manager of the Daily Nebraskan for the sec- ond semester of the current school year will be received at the office of the Secretary of the Student Publication Board, baae- ment of the Administration build- ing. until 12 o'clock noon, Thurs- day, January 14. 1914. Applications to be made on forms which be furnished by the Secretary. Applicants for election to the position of Managing Editor must have served creditably at least one year on the Daily Nebraskan. or shall have bad an equivalent of such service elsewhere. T. A. WILLIAMS. Secretary. :i Classified Column FINE, large room for rent; house strictly modern; good and cheap room. 215 No. 18th St. 70-72-11 FOOTBALL FIGURES (Continued from page 1) local critical opinion. A fair belectlon of the best teams in the principal foot ball sections of the country Is be lieved to be as follows: East Harvard. Ohio Ohio State. South Atlantic Virginia and Wash ington and Lee. Middle South Tennessee. South Auburn. Middle West Illinois. Missouri Valley Nebraska. Pacific Northwest Washington Uni versity. Southwest Oklahoma. Southeast Texas, The data of the various games, examined from a team standpoint, dis close the return of the sustained at tack, characterized by continuous first downs, frequent touchdowns, and few scoreless games, with the losing side generally scoring. Notwithstanding, more goals were kicked from the field than ever before in a single year, and more goals were achieved from ex traordinary distances than has oc curred within the last fifteen years. The majority of these, far and away, were from drop-kicks, indicating that the place kick which fifteen years ago ihreatened to displace the drop-kick. and finally failed to survive as the fittest. Viewing the data collected from the standpoint of individuals, it must be said that the performances of 1914 are the most brilliant in many years, due to the remarkable band of half-backs throughout the country, which the in creased numbers playing the game will further improve from year to year. A pleasing feature of the principal feats of the sport is their widespread dis tribution, east, west, north and south sharing equally in the laurels, thus in dicating the nationality of the sport The largest total of scores against all opponents, amazing in Its propor tions, comes from the west, where Rolla. formally known as the Missouri School of Mines, amassed the huge sum of 560 points against their oppo nents' none. In the east, the chief ex ponent of heavy scoring was the very remarkable team of Washington and Jefferson. Lei these college teams, however, not shake their plumes too proudly, for out of Everett, Massachu setts, came a high school team which met the best .teams of four states, in cluding a representative team from New York City, DeWitt Clinton, and another from Chicago, Oak Park, and defeated all by 600 points to none. Five teams, and five teams only, pascse the 300 mark with their scores in 1914. These teams were: Everett High GOO to 0. Rolla 560 to 0. Washington and Jefferson S59 to 54. Virginia 319 to 25. Washington and Lee 313 to 12. Century scores in a single game were fewer in 1914 than in previous years, a circumstance caused by the improvement in defensive plays Those teams which were fortunate, or perhaps unfortunate, enough to roll up 100 points in a single contest were as follows: ' Georgia Tech 105. Mercer 0. Washington and Jefferson 105. Dick inson 0. St. Louis 104, Blackburn 0. Washington and Lee 103. Rose Poly 0. Notre Dame 103. Morris Harvey 0. (To be continued) FOUND A key on R street, between 24th and 25th. Owner can get same by calling at 707 No. 26th, or phone L-9590. FOUND A bunch of keys on way to school between 14th and 15th on S. Owner may call for sane at the Regis trar's offlce." Resignation The following communication has been received from J. C. 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