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Haw, haw, haw!
We're still laughing over the ex
plosion of Mr. Black of the student
council in an interview published yes
terday in The Nebraskan.
"The All-University party com
mittee is not representative of the en
tire student body and does not have
the power to select its successor.
That power belongs to the student
council and it will be exercised," de
clared Mr. Black, the most worthy
president of the most worthless stu
dent council the University ever had.
It seems that the party committee
has named members of the committee
for next year itself, rather than leave
the matter to the student council. The
committee appointed Mr. Hoagland
chairman. (Need we explain what
political faction he is -with?) The
student council doesn't like it. Of
course, there's a reason.
And, their first blow is to charge
the committee . with attempting to
make itself a self-perpetuating, unre
presentative group. Well, what's
wrong with that?
The Innocents are not selected by
the students, and they have ait al
most complete monopoly on the bon
fire building. The Iron Sphinx are
not elected by the students, and they
have absolute power in respect to
-reen Caps. The Nebraskan editors
are not elected by the students, and
by common consent they handle all
publicity work forilly societies. The
Vikings are not elected by the stu
dents, and they reap the most unde
served honors of any group on the
campus.
Why shouldn't the All-University
party committee be self-perpetuating?
Give it a pretty name and
call it an honorary society. Make up
a crazy ritual and have secret initi
ations. Such an organization would
at least have something to do name
ly, give All-University parties.
Well, kind readers, there is a rea
son why the committee shouldn't be
self-perpetuating. The student coun
cil wants a finger in the pie. And
their desire is strongly suggestive of
certain political squabbles. Petty
politics is the reason.
That's not the only reason why the
student council is tearing its hair, but
also the reason why the student coun
cil doesn't amount to a hill of beans,
and the reason why there isn't a sin
gle genuinely legitimate, democratic,
representative body on the campus.
The council's accusation is weak
ened by the sins of the council itself.
And the council is sinful for the sim
ple reason that all men with real skill
and ambition are trying to become
Innocents rather than council mem
bers therefore, the council is com
posed of second-raters, who have now
made the terible, terrible blunder, of
letting a political squabble break out
into the open. Such things, accord
ing to the perverted ethics of the
fraternity politician, should be kept
secret.
Not long ago, the student council
was asked to take a poll of the stu
dent body on the proposals to modify
or repeal the prohibition law. The
request came from the National Stu
dent Federation, a liberal represent
ative organization of just such
groups throughout the country as the
student council should be here.
The members of this University's
council were scared to say anything
about it. They didn't even have
brains enough to figure up a good
reason (and there are many) why a
poll should not be taken.
Such is the quality of the group
that now pretends to be fighting for
democracy!
But the present squabble will be
amusing, and The Nebraskan is pre
pared to enjoy the antics of the
clowns. The situation demands an
answer from Mr. Hoagland or some
member of his committee, and some
explanation from the retiring mem
bers of the All-University party com
mittee. The council will meet today
and, we hope, hurl another rock at
someone.
The thing promises to be almost as
aronsing as the Ivy Day tapping cir
cus.
But, while speaking of the Inno-
-lit 3, it is only fair that we mention
Tcluctance to act on a recent
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Fraternity Leaders Disagree
On Best Methods of Pledging
tv, rodent of Lambda Chi
delphia, declares in a letter which follows that second semester pledging
is more desirable because it prevents "square pegs in round holes." The
supreme archon of Pi Kappa I'm, Mr.
other hand, sees little to be gained by
present practice at NebrasKa. riease
LAMBDA CIII ALPHA
May 8, 1926.
The Daily Nebraskan,
Lincoln, Nebraska,
Dear Mr. Torrey:
Your solicitation as to my personal
views on pledging and initiating
students Into fraternities received.
Probably pages could be devoted
to these two extremely important
Dhascs of college fraternities, and
moreover probably when boiled down
the general trend would be in the
same direction.
The prseent day resume of past
experiences leads one almost to a
common conclusion. Perhaps this
may be a personal opinion but it
comes from discussing these very
same points with others in similar
positions.
Many chapters and of different
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it as they have not had the oppor-
tunity to look back over past years
but see only the present day of 'com
petition. A little retrospection
should however point out to them
that these facts in most instances are
true. Second semester rushing is by
far more successful, because it covers
three important objections. First of
all both the freshmen and the frater
nity have had their opportunity to
look each other over, and select ac
cording to their individual ideals.
This prevents what is termed in busi
ness 'Square pegs in round holes.' It
isn't right to rush a man off his feet
at the station and run him into an
organization, even though he might
be the finest kind of a chap, and the
chapter may have the highest ideals
and make up, but both incompatable.
Both suffer under such a condition.
The second important feature is that
chapters are just so strong as they
are able to graduate their members.
Second term rushing usually results:
in less 'mortality' from scholastic J
work.e and here again the chapter
benefits. While the third reason is,
just as important as all the rest put
together. Many upper classmen in
fraternities are asked to take i se
mester recess until the next class
catches up with them, for failure to
pay the same amount of attention tc
the main purposes of attending col
lege, as he has to rushing the incom
ing class for membership. The fresh
man comes to the university only
tested by entrance examinations, Hif
attendance or continuation hinges
greatly on how he passes the first
semester examinations. Under the
present heavy college attendance
throughout the land there is a ten
dency on the part of the authorities
to use the mid-years as a sifting pro
cess, and by placing too much stress
on first semester rushing we play
right into their hands, rather than
foster the spirit of keeping the men
we consider good material to take in
to fraternities by placing rushing in
the first semester. I hope that I
have made that clear but feel that
you will get a like summary and per
haps more forcibly ' expressed from
others.
Now as to 'probation week', or any
letter to the secretary of that honor
able senior baker's dozen, asking that
they pass a resolution urging Btudents
to attend the performance of "The
Red Cockatoo." The society did not
pass it.
Since the Innocents are afraid or
too busy to endorse the play, The
Daily Nebraskan does so whole-heart
edly. We believe that it will be a
good show. We believe that the In
nocents will enjoy it if they- have
brains enough to see what it is all
about. Two of them have confessed
in personal conversations that they do
not have the slightest idea what a
"red cockatoo" is.
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delayed pledging and endorses the
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other term that you might hear in
various colleges for that period prior
to the ritualistic work of the frater
nities. Let me say that the general
tendency the fraternity world over,
is to eliminate this sort of 'stuff.' I
for one will enjoy good fun, and will
always be present when ever I can,
but fail to see where anything is gain
ed by what I term 'bully' work. It
is nothing more than the 'Might
makes Right' spirit or 'The end justi
fies the means' and I think any one
civinir these two principles serious
consideration will not be in full ac
cord. Why should we line up say ten
men and treat them all alike for no
particular offence except that the'
are 'green' or in the minority? Would
it not be far more better to eliminate
it or if punishment must be met out,
by holding a Beries of pledge courts
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have been successful in fc.tting the
majority of our chapters to put in
the pledge court and when the
pledge has violated some of the rule?
he is given some specific duty around
the house, which may seem humili
ating if that is necessary, but resulted
in two very good things, namely
benefitted the chapter as a whole
through Borne physical improvement
of the chapter house or suroundings
and has made the incoming member
appreciate the property that his fore
runners have spent much time, labor
and effort to make possible for pos
terity. I surely disapprove of any
outward form of 'rough-stuff which
cheapens the college man. He is
supposed to be at least a little higher
type of mentality and should not re
sort to something beneath his dignity
nor that of one whom he expects to
make a gentleman.
Any college community that has
silly and foolish stunts flaunted be
fore it each college year, sickens
very quickly of the antics. They
think less of the student body, and
no longer look upon them 83 men,
but. uvergTOwn high school kids.
The whole trouble seems to be
that there is no sophomore class wil
ling to go on record and say, it shall
stop this year, but rather they want
to outdo the class before them, when
they were sophomores. Once this
traditional chain of animal like show
ing, can be stopped I think in four
years, people in general will raise the
estimation of a college student. Am
I right in this thought?
Hoping that these tersely expressed
opinions will meet with your student
body's thought and even debate, I re
main, Sincerely yours,
E. J. C. FISCHER,
President Lambda Chi Alpha Fra
ternity. PICAPPA PHI
May 8, 1926.
The Daily Nebraskan,
University of Nebraska, ,
Lincoln, Nebraska.
Dear Mr. Torrey:
This is in reply to your letter of
April 29 in which you ask my opinion
of the respective merits of second
semester and sophomore pledging for
fraternities. Due to the varying
conditions of student life at different
schools the same plan would probably
not apply equally well at all institu
tions. As a generalization I would
say that of the two plans you mention
I favor second semester pledging. My
reasons are the same as lead me to
favor, over either of these, your
present plan of early fall pledging.
With very few exceptions the en
vironment and friendships of the
particular fraternity with which
freshman affiliates during the first
week or ten days he is in college,
prove as happy and beneficial as
would those of any other. I see
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littlo to be gained by postponed
pledging. At Nebraska I would an
ticipate an undesirable situation
from extending the rushing season.
It would be difficult to provide regu
lations which would prevent taking
too much of the time of both the
freshmen and the fraternity mem
bers. This was the reason given for
the recent change from second se
mester to early fall pledging at an
other state university.
It seems to me that there is much
the freshman can gain during his
first semester by affiliation with a
properly conducted fraternity. The
realization there is today among the
college authorities and fraternity of
ficials and alumni of the advantages
of fraternity membership when pro
per safeguards are provided against
the weaknesses of the system, is pro
ducing a condition where most chap
ters can be classed as "properly con
ducted." You also ask for my comment on
the best method of eliminating the
objectionable features of probation
week. Probation week customs are
of long standing and in many cases
originated under conditions very
different from those of today. Na
tional fraternity officials are almost
without exception doing all they can
to discourage the objectionable fea
tures of these practices. Two fea
tures of objectionable probation week
practices which cannot be tolerated
are interference with school work and
the attraction of the attention of
people outside the fraternity. Both
of these conditions Bhould be pre
vented at Nebraska by regulations
which I understand were recently
adopted by the Interfraternity Coun
cil there. Further disposal of this
question can I think be safely left
to the fraternities themselves.
Cordially yours,
GEO. D. DRIVER,
Supreme Archon.
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WHO CALLED THEM RAH RAH'S?
(Judge)
In principle the recommendation
of the student council at Harvard
that the university be subdivided in
to colleges on the. Oxford model
strikes us as excellent. Harvard is
far from being the largest univer-
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had to limit Its freshmen class to
1,000. One thousand students are
not a college, they're a mob, and in
this case they form only one of four
classes in the undergraduate unit
With units like this to deal with lit
tle wonder that our colleges have
become factories, turning out grad
uates like Fords. There is no other
way to handle a mob than by supres
ting the individual.
If Harvard were divided into col
leges numbering about 800 students
apiece, individuality would get a
chance to assert itself once more. In
struction would become personal,
and intramural sports the main ath
letic activity. All without loss of
the advantages of the larger center.
But why don't suggestions as good
as this come from faculties? Of late
at least, all the new ideas, all the sug
gested solutions, all the ferment of
rebellion against goose-stepping con
ventions and, sacred cows, affecting
academic life in this country, have
come from the students. Why wor
ry about a younger generation that
shows more intellectual and moral
vitality than the whole procession of
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Four men put their heads together in
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a new and scientifically accurate basis for
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Construction engineers, whose pole lines
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University Chorus
In Sunday Concert
The University Chorus, under the
direction of Mrs. Carrie B. Raymond,
will present "The New Life" by
Wolf-Ferrari at a concert Sunday af
ternoon, May 23, ft Memorial Hall.
Miss Harriet Cruze, soprano, and
Mr. Hermann Decker, baritone, will
sing the solo parts. The chorus will
be presented with string, piano, and
organ accompaniment.
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The Famous Changes its
Fashion Spots Again!
the style leopard of Lincoln
is this smart shop of women's
wear! Just now you'll find dis
played here, the coats and
frocks that indicate what is
whattest in summer apparel
that will appeal to the colle
giate taste. Sport frocks there
are, in the new light and bright
silks; dresses that show clever
sleeve treatment and color com
binations. Among the coats,
sneciallv nriced at S15. S19.75
and $24.50 are those that cause
many a stiff neck among male
connoisseurs on campus!
Graduation Gifts
Galore at Eastman
Kodak Stores, Inc!
a visit here, and the perplex
ing problem of "what to give"
is solved once and for all
no" matter what the length of
your list! Probably the most
appreciated remembrance to a
degree - annexor would be a
Kodak and there is one to
fit your particular gift budget
at the Eastman Kodak Stores
Inc. (formerly Lincoln Photo
Supply Co., 1217 O). Then
there are leather writing port
folios, memory books, scrap
books, line-a-day books, pot
tery, pictures, butterfly jewel
ry and many other items;
things that you will be proud
to give, and that the graduate
will receive with delight.
Everybody's Getting
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it's the popular collegiate
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acre' co-eds! Champe-waved
heads bob in and out of every
sorority house; his permanents
bend over the most intricate
problems in calculus; are at the
other end of the latest dance
steps. And why? Because
they are successful are put
in by experts in exactly the
right way. If you have the
idea that a permanent wave is
complicated either in the
event itself or its after care,
come to Champe's beauty Shop,
watch one put in, and hear it
explained. All its beauty and
comfort may be yours for only
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New Two Piece Sport
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You at Colton's!
see them, and you'll decide
that the balance of the school
year will lack flavor without at
least one of them in your ward
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sale of women's fine footwear
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