THE nATT.Y NEBRASKAN
The Daily Nebraskan
Published Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday mornings of oaca
Accented for mailing at special rat of
postage provided tut irt Soctioa 1103, A-t
of October S, 1917, authorised January 20,
1922.
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EDITORIAL STAFF.
Paul C. Richardson - Editor
William Bertwell ... Managing Editor
Merritt Benson
Win. Card
Hugh Cox
George W. Hylton
Ralph J. Kelly
Alice Thuman
3oris Trott
News Editor
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ADMINISTERING THE POINT
SYSTEM
The poini system as proposed by
Mortarboards has boon adopted by
the woriM of the University. Little
was said in the discussion which
preceded its adoption about how it
would be enforced. That a com
mittee under V. S. G. A. would have
c ha rev of putting it into efect was
the per.eral understanding. Voters
at the polls however were mainly con
cerned with it as an idea, a theory,
rather than a practical plan. Even
those who urjred it-s adoption re
garded it as an imperfect plan which
would probably have to be altered
and improved in weak spots.
The theory won out. Now the pro
blem is to make an attractive theory
practicable. The executive must be
apoir.ted. Machinery must be devised
to make the administration of the
point system efficient. In the mean
time, offices are being filled for next
year. Honorary organizations are
making elections to membership. Com
mines and board of various types
are being chosen. The point system
of course applies to these positions.
In abser.ee of a vlieck from the out
side each organization must see for
itself that it does not give its presi
dency or elect to its membership a
woman who has accepted other pos
itions which, under the point system,
make her ineligible. It must acquaint
itself with groupings which the sys
tem makes and seek to abide by them.
Even more than organizations the
responsibility for making the point
sysetem effective lies with individuals.
Each girl should regard abiding by
ic as a matter of honor and as a
matter of good citizenship. By such
means only can the point syem be
possible or bring about the ends it
is intended to bring about.
Ir. this stage of trials and transi
tion, "cooperation on the part of the
executives of organizations, and of
individuals is the only way in which
the theory can be practical. Failure
to keep in sight the ideal of the point
system by any person or group con
cerned will cause it to become inef
fective and useless.
To avoid mistakes and misunder
standing arising from ignorance,
W. S. G. A. may find that it would
be well to print and distribute the
point systf m in a usable form.
D. T.
THE MORNING AFTER--
IT'S ALL IN THE TOINT OP VIEW.
Mr. Average Student dropped in to see us the other day. lie was
looking worried and when we asked him the cause of his trouble he said
that he had had a rcam. He proceeded to tell us the following story:
"The other night I dreamed that I was about to enter the University
of Hades. As I walked up the shaded pathway that led to the TrinceV
office, it came to me that the place was wonderful, much unlike the mental
pictures I had painted of it. I was admitted to the presence of the 'Chief
Instructor' and immediately I told him that I wished to register and pay
my fees. ' ,
"He responded kindly, 'We have no formal registration and there arc
no fees to pay.'
" 'What courses may I take?' I asked a bit surprised.
"The requirements here are of your own making,' he returned
smilingly. , , . .... ,
"The thought came to me, there must be some mistake, this is not
Hades; it must be Heaven. I gave voice to my doubts but the only answer I
received was a slight movement of his head that might have meant much
or nothing. t
"I strolled about the campus the most beautiful I had ever seen, l
talked with groups of students here and there and learned that there were
no 8 o'clock sessions in any of the courses; that examinations were never
given; that subscription drives were unheard of. I repeated to myself.
'This is not Hades it is Heaven.'
"A near-by student leaned over and whispered to me: 'Were you a
fraternity man' when you attended the other university!' 'No.' I replied,
'But I expect to get into one here.'
"The student raised a cautioning finger. 'Not so loud,' he begged.
'Fraternities and sororities are prohibited here.'
"Then the realization came to me this is Hell!"
Anvway. that University should be a good place to get higher degrees.
UNFORGETABLE MOMENTS OF THE YEAR. t
Th.-it. n!irht at the Tan-Hel formal ... A mass of
changed as a shifting spectrum
dress tie fell off in the grand march.)
color that
The deep rumble of voices. . .
. . tr l
fi.iv lausrhter attuned to rapturous music. (I shall never lorget it. inaif
the night my "snap-on
The afternoon of the
bands. . . The kickoff. .
pense. (I shall never forget it
next week I lied on soup.)
Notre Dame game. . . The blare of the
. . Breathless moments of exquisite sus-
Thev said Notre Dame couutn t lose the
The day that I ran the
coach's smile of approval.
quarter, steps ahead of the rest.
Visions of cheering crowds.
. . For the honor of the school.
the day I got the condition in chemistry.)
,
IS A ROOMMATE A GOOD INVESTMENT!
tion, but of the many, many things
which can bo used ns symbols of
significance it appears that the de
baters and such could find something
other than tho "N" to mark them as
"fighters for Nebraska."
Lot's keen the "N" in its proper
athletic realm:
J. W. W.
place, the
umns of newspaper publicity
never forget it. That
. The
. Col- I fellow
(I shall
No!
The primary purpose of a roommate is to help pay the room rent. If
we go no further than this the proposition is laudable, but the foregoing)
sentence hardly scratches the surface of the question. j
Mr. Webster, of dictionary fame, no doubt had much information on j
the subject of roommates but he devotes only eleven paltry words to it in ,
his book. This convinces us that he was a believer m the maxim, it you
can speak no good, say nothing."
We have a roommate and we think lots of him but the things we
think". He is a husky chap weighing about 160 pounds with our socks on.
He is talented in other ways. too. Give him twenty-two seconds start and
he can misplace a shoe horn or a clothes brush so completely that Sherlock
Holmes could not find it in four chapters. And versatile only the other
evening we went to the room to "shiek" up a bit and we discovered the
partner of our shirts and ties greasing his patent leather pumps using our
Sta-oiled. Clever, eh! Well, we passed that off with a dirty laugh but
the climax came the next day when he steppe us on the street and asked
for a cigarette and a match. It was then we noticed that he was wearing
our other suit, the good one, and taking our girl to a show on a dollar that
he had borrowed from us that morning.
We stiil think lots of him and we hope that he lives and does well.
No doubt he will be a Congressman some day.
MORAL: You can't expect to clip coupons from the bonds of friend
ship but they should be exempt from taxation.
"HERR BRAINS"
"N" SHOULD BE PROTECTED
To the Editor:
I enjoy the privilege of wearing an
"N," not on a sweater, but on a little
gold medal given me by Ag club for
having represented Nebraska in five
national contests in which the best
livestock judges from as many as
nineteen other states competed.
I entered each contest feeling that
the reputation of Nebraska as a pro
ducer of livestock judges was at stake
and dependant upon the judgment of
my team mates and myself.
No one who has gone through one
or more of these contests can ever
know the nervous mental strain
under which a contestant must work
on the day of the contest. I spent n
a total of over S weeks entirely away
from Nebraska campus during my
junior and senior years in prepara
tion for and participation in these
contests. I took several courses in
colleges as prepartory hours for this
juding work.
The above statements are not
made in any boastful spirit but only
to prove my contention that a man
who represents Nebraska on a live
stock judging team is entitled to as
much recognition as the man who
must "stick himself up in a stuffy
room to pore over strange works and
dig out the facts" that make it pos
sible for Nebraska to win her debat
ing contests.
I am satisfied with the little "N"
medal which was given me by my
Ags. I would not consider
wearing the "N"of our athletic
teams for my reward, because I re
gard that as belonging to them for
their suport of Nebraska. I did my
part in the way that I could to up
hold the name of Nebraska and they
have done the same in athletics. Let
them keep what tradition has estab
lished as an honor which they alone
are deserving to receive.
AN AG.
Notices
Student Council.
Important meeting Monday
Freshman Commission.
Meeting Tuesday at 6:45,
Smith hall.
at 5.
Ellon
St. Paul Ep worth League.
Dean Thilo M. Buck of the Arts
and Science college will address the
I St. Paul Epworth League Sunday at
i 6:43.
about the word and phrases which major sport, and when this happened,
he i; storing in his mind! 'the basket ball man became eligible
The i'.Iustrtative case is extreme, j to wear the letter. The idea of let-
Block and Bridle Club.
Block and Bridle club will meet
Monday at 5 o'clock.
1
St. Paul Church Party
Leap year party for all the young
people of St. Paul's church and con-!
gregation, sponsored by the D. D. I
Sunday school class. Girls are asked j
! admittedly. The purpose is present-iter issuance became one 01 tne ira
'ing it not to insinuate that every stu- jditions upon which a school was built
dent who receives high grades is aland it was looked up to as one of
! sleepy-minded automaton, but rather! the best, most stable, traditions that; to remember duties as hostesses andj
to sueest that high class ranking, a school might have. If it is true . bring a quarter.
j may be secured without a greater ex-j that a school and its spirit is built
excise of actual intelligence than to j upon traditions, and few will say
there is a fallacy in this statement;
then, will not the school totter and
fall if its traditions are torn down
as a building will do if its founda
tion is destroyed.
v a certain amount
commit to memory
of material.
Is it revolutionary to question the
infallibility of a grading system! Is
it a mark of cynicism to wonder if
"brilliant" students are without ex
ception prodigies of intellect!
G. W. H.
WHAT DO GRADES MEAN ?
"These young thinkers."
Who are they, and how are they to
be identified! A writer in the Dart-'
mouth collese paper opines, and with
justification, that students who re
ceive recognition through the talis
man of high grades are not of ne
cessity thinkers.
It would be safe to define the
thinking student as one who puts to
the test of his own reasoning every
statement which he encounters in his
reading, and every opinion which
falls from the lips of an instructor
in his, the student"s. hearing. His
reason is by no means infallible, but
if it has his respect and is exercised
it will grow and receive some respect
from others.
Yes, grading is the instructors cri
terion of the rank of his students'
work. An ideal method of achiev
ing high grades is to commit to mem
ory, as completely as is humanly pos
sible, the material gathered from lec
tures and reading in the courses
under consideration. A great deal
cf hard work, yes. But think what
a beautiful defense against the
questions on the obscure material of
the course which so often make up
the bulk of the written test. A high
grade is inevitable.
So we have our hypothetical stu
dent working many hours to commit
to memory every sentence which
could possibly be useful during ex
amination hour. Is he thinking
Student Opinion.
GIRLS PLAY FIRST
ROUND OF TOURNEY
THINKS ONLY ATHLETES
DESERVE "N"
To the Editor:
I strive to construct an answer to
the "Thinks Debaters Should Oet
'N' column that appeared under
student opinion in last Fridays issue
of "The Rag."
Where is the true significance of
. . . . .. . - f r r x
our W going, II we suiier ji wj ire
issued to anyone who might get out
and fight for old U. of N.! Is the
debater any more worthy of a letter
for his services than the various
members of the Glee club, or the ed
itor of the Cornhusker, or any man
or organization whose time is partly
taken up by service to a school
worthy of any part or all of any
man's time! And if it be granted
that all these men and organizations
mentioned, and many that I have not
mentioned, are worthy of the co
veted "N," again I ask; Where is
the true significance of our "N" go
ing! In the beginning, when the idea of
issuing letters was first conceived,
no one was considered worthy of
such honor unless he had success
fully participated in major sport con
tests; the football man, the baseball
man, the track man, wore leters, and
as time pased, basketball became a
If these men who cry for the is
suance of leters to other than worthy
athletes will take time to look care
fully into the matter they will find
that the first institution of any sort
to issue letters to other than athletes
was a high school. Do we, as college
students, desire to see our standards
lowered to that of high schools! In
the opinion of the writer the standard
of U. of N. has been lowered to a
slight extent by making it possible
for our athletic managers to win an
"N," for none other than some stu
dents know that the small detail of
the stripe on the arm destinguishes
them from a Nebraska athlete. And,
too, it has been made possible tor the
rifle team to get a letter.
If the achievements of a marksman
are athletic in quality, then, likewise,
the achievments of a billiard player
are, for both require little more than
accuracy and skill. Each of these
steps down towards high school stand
ards of letter significance is serving
only to make the "N" a cheaper
honor, and an easier one to get. Is
anyone who professes to be a loyal
Nebraskan willing to see this thing
this taking away of fame from our
Nebraska athletes to whom too much
fame cannot be given continue!
ICo, no loyal Nebraskan i3 thus will
ing, and it is only those men ywho
speak before they think, as it were,
advocating promiscuous issuance of
"N's."
There is no doubt but that the
man who takes yart in any of the
various activities of our University
is worthy of some markof distinc
Freshman and
Take Lead in
Meet.
Sophomores
Womens
The freshman and sophomore first
teams were the victors in the first
round of the womens clars basketball
tournament played in the Armory
Saturday morning. Both won by a
large margin, the freshmen defeat
ing the seniors 20 to 13 and the
sophomores defeating the Agricul
tural College first team 27 to C.
Monday noon the second rcind of
the first team games will be played
in the Armory between the j ?;icr
and sophomore teams. The osh-
man drew a bye.
Second team games were p;ayed
Saturday morning in the Armory.
The freshman second team saved it
self from an overwhelming defeat by
rallying in the second half c:jd los
ing to the sophomore second team
with a score of 25 t.j IS.
mi
ine senior second team ran away
with the Agricultural College second
team and scored 43 points to the
Aggies 4. Tuesday noon has been
set for the second round of these
games when the juniors meet the
seniors in -the Armory.
The sophomore and junior third
teams met Friday ir the first round
of their games. This game ended
with a score of 31 to i in fvor of
the juniors. The junior team meets
the freshman third team Tuesday
noon in the final game of ihi third
team tournament.
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