THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
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Twenty Years Ago
Captain Borg issued a call for
spring football practice. C. A. Tuc
ker offered a loving cup aa a prize to
the best punter, which caused more
interest to be aroused than usual.
Practice was begun early in order
that it would not conflict with track
and baseball. The plan was to put
in a few weeks drilling at fundamen
tals such as punting, falling on the
ball, and catching punts. By doing
this in the spring the men' were able
to line up for skirmishes much ear
lier the next fall. Captain Borg, As
sistant Coach Westover, and Ex-Cap
tain Benedict had charge of the men.
Nebraska played almost errorless
ball to defeat Colorado 9-1. The
lina frtlnrailrt run waa Aim tn thp
single error chalked up against Ne-
school. But some day the Jolt will
come.
Maybe the prowess displayed by
those who can get grades without
work isn't so admirable after all.
University Daily Kansan.
PERCY MARKS ON COLLEGE
Percy Marks, author of "The Plas
tic Age," offers some rather unusual
comment in regard to college stu
dents. He declares that fifty per
Ing good hours and good thoughts
on Immaterial Jobs.
So bofore we can be convinced of
the value of going into activities, we
shall wait for the men engaged in
them to make the thing sound more
attractive by proving to us advan
tages we cannot possibly gain by
loafing around. Ohio State Lan
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braska at an unopportune time. The 'Marks thinks that going to college
A "padded cell" sound-proof
broadcasting studio was recently in-
cent of all college students snouia do Btailed ln the radio station WIiA
put out, both for their own good and .University of Wisconsin
for the trood of their college. He
maintains some go to college because
it is the "usual thing" and others be
cause they wish to join the Univer
sity club in their home towns.
Perhaps the most interesting thing
in Marks' criticism of modern college
methods is his statement that "First-
class mechanics go to college and
come out lourtn-rate engineers,
GREEK LETTER ROBOTS
"The college fraternities seem to
exist to force their members into a
mould. The pressure on the individ
ual is tremendous. Every tangent
and every angle that would make him
stand out as an individual is re
moved." This is an observation made by J.
D. Woodruff, leader of the Oxford
Debate Team which visited many of
the colleges of this country, last au
tumn and winter. It is more than a
passing and casual comment on the
present tendencies and a significance
which is rarely given adequate recog
nition. Mr. Woodruff has hit upon a very
unpleasant truth. The moulding pro
cess, for which he accuses the fra
ternity of being responsible, is a pro
cess which is usually unconscious but,
nevertheless, highly effective. It be
gins, when the freshman first enters
the fraternity, with things which are
apparently trivial and innocuous. He
begins to cut his hair as his fraterni
ty brothers do, he begins to wear the
same kind of clothes they wear, and
he begins to go in for the same kind
of diversions they enjoy. He does
these things, not because the fratern
ity consciously forces him to do so,
but because he is subjected to an un
conscious but powerful social pres
sure. He must do them or be con
sidered queer. This unconscious con
formity does not end with the mat
ter of clothes; it ultimately extends
to the more important aspects of life
If the fraternity begins, in the fresh
man year, by regulating the hair cuts
and the cut of the trousers of its
members, it ends, in the senior year,
by regulating their thought. The
senior classes of many fraternities
are composed of politely complacent
Robots whose clothes are made by
the same clothing companies, whose
entertainment is furnished by the
same dance orchestras and the same
sport sheets, and whose thinking is
done by the same five-cent weeklies
uonlormity, under - any - circum
stances, is hardly wholesome, for, its
intolerance and blindness obstruct
progress. It reaches the very heights
of deadliness, however, when the
standards and the ideas, for which it
demands reverence, have few quali
ties of excellence. Unfortunately it
is too often true that the ideas and
standards of the fraternity are of
this kind. The standards which are
spoken of here, it should be remem
bered, are not those found in the
motto and the ritual of the fraterni
ties nor in the impressive utterances
of their national officials. They are
those highly practical ones found to
be the actual basis for the activities
of the organization.
Of these ideas and standards it is
possible to say, without being either
hostile or unfair to the fraternity,
that they are often the result of
those misconceptions and fallacies
which are, at present, playing havoc
with the work of American colleges.
It is in the fraternity that the wor
shippers of athletic success are to be
found in the greatest numbers. It is
in the fraternities that the doctrine
that activities and social life are, af
ter all, more important than educa
tion, makes its last stand. It is in
fraternities wherA tnd-?nt lire given
to understand that if they successful
ly acquire four points of Spanish,
four of chemistry, two of istory,
etc., they have an education. It is in
the fraternities where the tendency
is to' commend anything which is suc
cessful. It is to such a standard as this
that the fraternities, unconsciously
or , otherwwise, make their members
conform. Whether their members
will ever be willing: to break away
from this conformity, is uncertain.
But they should be wiling to change
the standard ' to which they conform.
Until they, at least, attempt both of
these reforms, they stand faced by
a charge go serious that the usual,
and unfounded ones, of immorality
and snobbery, sink into insignific
ance. It is an indictment whose force
and validity the fraternities cannot
st present, truthfully deny.
game was played on a muddy field
and in a high wind. Morse, the Ne
braska pitcher, hurled a faultless
game and kept his hits well scattered
with the exception of the ninth inn
ing, when he allowed two hits.
The glee club was accorded a
warm reception on its Bpring vaca
tion trip which included seven con
certs, at Crete, Beatrice, Fairbury,
Grand Island, Aurora, York, and
Seward. The club encountered much
rainy weather on the trip but a
crowd greeted the members at ac'
stop.
Ten Years Ago
The annual government inspec
tion of the cadet regiment was one
of the most successful ever experi
enced. The inspection was made by
Major Andrew Muses of the College
Inspection board of the general staff.
After a thorough inspection, the
work was divided into several parts.
Company G performed guard duty.
Companies E and F performed bayo
net exercises. The first battalion
executed a variety of movements in
battalion close order drill. The Third
battalion executed Butt's Manual to
band music, which was one of the
most pleasing exhibitions of the afternoon.
The Husker track squad, in its first
appearance of the year, took a prac
tice meet from the Wesleyan squad
at University Place. The Methodist
team showed up strong in the field
events and took two firsts on the
track. The heavy wind handicapped
the athletes greatly and made fast
time impossible.
A marked decrease in the frater
nity scholarship record compared to
that of a year ago was shown in the
report for the first semester issued
from the office of the executive
dean. The bulk of the blame for the
lowering of the record was due, ac
cording to Dean Engberg, to the de
sire for amusement which he says
is on the increase.
.should teach a person how to live.
There is much food for thought in
Marks comment. It is rather doubt
ful however that fifty per cent of all
college students should be sent hoirx.
At any rate ,a first-class mechanic
who is a fourth-rate engineer can al
ways rely on his mechanical skill and
has the opportunity of advancing to
a better position in the professional
field.
The average student, on reading
Marks' opinions, is inclined to believe
that the eminent author has been too
much influenced in his views on col
lege by a group of cynics. But this
is as big a question as the college
youth, himself. The Oklahoma
Daily.
ACTIVITIES
The first thing the activity men al
lege, wwhen they are put on the de
fensive about their activities, is that
the friendships which are made
through work are invaluable. They
say, the activity men, tnattney learn
to know more persons by being en
gaged in haf a dozen movements dur
ing their college career than the
average fellow learns to know, and
that the friendships so formed are
the best part of college ife.
Now no one will deny that college
is improved in proportion to the num
ber of persons one meets, and the
number of friendships one makes. So
far the activity men are right. But
they fail to take into consideration
the fact that one does not have to
engage in activities in order to meet
people.
We can name half a dozen loafers
around the campus, for example, who
we are certain, know as many people
as any run-of-mine activity man.
These loafers are getting out of col
lege the chief thing the activity man
says is there, namely, friendships,
and these loafers are not exerting
themselves in petty causes and wast
Gelogical trips to Baraboo, Blue
Mounds, Waterloo, Devils Lake are
a regular feature of the University
of Wisconsin Summer Session.
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WHO LOSES?
Who are the intellectual giants on
the campus?
To hear students talk, one might
easily gain the impression that they
are those students who are clever
enough to "get by" without studying;
to skim throusrh a course and draw a
fairly good grade, without even get
ting a smattering of the subject mat
ter.
Recently a man well established in
his profession was speaking of a
graduate of this University whom he
had taken into buisiness with him.
"He's a fine fellow well meaning
too," he said, with considerable re
gret in his voice, "but he simply does
not know his stuff. I am going to
have to let him go, much as it hurts
me."
The school this man was graduated
from has a reputation for turning out
proficient men. Its courses are thor
ough, and offer the student plenty of
opportunity to get a good back
ground. This man, when a student, had
"gone over big" on the campus. He
loaded up on activities, and "got by"
in his courses, using his personality
as far as he could to pull down
grades.
Other men from his class, some
of them hardly heard of while on the
campus, are working into big posi
tions. Yet he is losing his chance.
If e are alert at the right time
we may slide along quite comfortably
without studying much while in
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Notices
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be written out and banded In at tho
editorial office, U Hall 10, by 4:00
tha afternoon previous to their publication
I liter fret Baseball
Fraternity baseball teams should
turn in a score by innings and bat
teries of each first round game at
the office of The Daily Nebraskan.
Lutherans
The Lutheran Bible league will
meet for Bible Study Wednesday at
7 o'clock.
Union
There will be a business meeting
of Union Tuesday at 7 o'clock.
Math Club
The Math Club will hold its last
indoor meeting Thursday at 7:30 in
tho Dhvsica lecturi room. Professor
S. D. Swesey will give an illustrated
lecture on "Mathematics for Astron
omers." Creen Goblins
There will be a meeting of Green
Goblins at the S. A. E. house, 229
North 17 at 7 o'clock tonight. It is
very important that all members be
present that plans for next year will
be discussed and tho settlement for
the party will be made.
Sigma Tau
Meeting of the Sigma Tau in the
Mechanical Engineering building
Thursday at 7:30.
Sigma Tau banquet in the Chinese
room of the Lincoln Hotel Saturday
at 6 o'clock.
Silver Serpents
Important meeting of Silver Ser
pents tonight at Ellen Smith Hall.
Tassels '
Tassels will meet Tuesday at 7:10
in Ellen Smith Hall.
Iota Sigma Pi
Iota Sigma PI meeting Wednesday
at Chemistry Hall at 7 o'clock.
Faculty and Seniors
Caps and gowns are now beingr or
dered at the College Book Store.
Everyone who is going to wear the
cap and gown in June should order
this week.
If any member of the faculty de
sires a hood it is very necessary that
the order be placed at once, because
due to the scarcity a late order
makes it almost impossible to get
the hoods.
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