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NEWS EDITORS
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MUlie.nt Oinn Laa Vanca Arthur Swaat
ASSISTANT NEWS EDITORS
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Fred IL Eimmer
pivrRTHTrrrNO editors
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The Daily Nebraskan rejoices in
the news that the Student Council
will reorganize under a revised con
stitution, and hopes that this may
be the first step in the direction of
putting student organizations on a
fair, open, and legitimate basis.
We congratulate the members up
on their decision, which is fully in
accord with the constructive criti
cism that slipped into this column a
few days ago, and urge that they
make every possible effort to secure
for the council the authority and
power to which it is entitled.
The new council also showed good
sense in deciding to drop the quarrel
about the All-University committee.
If the council is to effect a thorough
revision of the undergraduate gov
ernmental system, it should begin at
the top and pull corruption com
pletely out by the roots, rather than
worry around with inconsecpental
details.
This newspaper has ridiculed the
Student Council as it has many other
deserving organizations; but it has
done so because such lampooning is
preferable to fulsome flattery it
does the organization more good, and
makes better reading. But The Ne
braskan has always contended that
the Student Council should be the
strongest group on the campus, that
all activities should center in the
Council, and that membership should
be the heighth of every activity
worker's ambition.
The national fraternity officials
from whom The Daily Nebraskan re
ceived letters regarding pledging and
rrobation week practices were un
animous in their opposition to rough
stuff and initiation stunt3 which in
terfere with school work; but there
was considerable disagreement as to
the relative merits of first semester,
second-semester, and sopohomore
pledging.
The chief argument in favor of
first-semester pledging was that four
years are required to make a good
fraternity man. That reminds one
of "The Red Cockatoo." It would
probably have taken a good many
more than four years to make a good
fraternity man out of Abraham Lin
coln, or nearly any other great in
dividual whom you might mention.
And the argument that the time is
needed in order to perfect "stand
ardization" which will convince
many people who question the de
sirability of such factory production
of "good fraternity men" as takes
place on all sides every year.
In respect to second-semester
pledging, the most frequently re
peated objection was that it would
cause a decided financial burdln by
bringing more students into the fra
ternity house during the second se
mester than during the first. That
is a legitimate and important mat
ter, which the friends of second-se
mester pledging will find it hard to
answer.
But there was no such claims in
regard to sopohomore pledging,
which would permit the same number
to live at the house all year. The
only objection to sopohomore pledg
ing that was seriously raised, other
than the "good fraternity man
talk, was that it would deprive the
new students of the training and as
sistance which a fraternity can give
while they are accustoming them
selves to a new environment. Dor
mitories under proper supervision
would be the answer to that argu
ment. It was pointed out, of course
that any system of delayed pledging
was likely to be harder to enforce
than the present less complex meth
od. This would be especially true if
pledging were done in the second se
mester. But if fraternity men could
be made to see the desirability of
the change, there should be no more
"spiking" of freshmen under a soph
omore pledging system than there is
now of promising high-school stu
dents.
ims newspaper concludes, on a
basis of the, survey made this se
mester, that:
1. The day of bothersome and
objectionable probation week prac
tices is about past, both the national
-.''era and the local Interfraternity
uncil being opposed to its continu
nnce. 2. No charge in the pledging
i f Vnll i,e made until a ma-
From The Freshman Scrapbook
ONLY FROGS
By Corf. L. Jackson
Once upon a time a frog-pond was
filled with fairly satisfied frogs.
Then some of the larger and strong
er ones, who did their croaking only
in the twilight of evenings, got to
gether and said to ono another, "We
don't believe that any frog shoTild be
permitted to croak at any time ex
cept at twilight." And they let it
be known among the rushes and lily-
pads that any frog who presumed to
cronk at other than the twilight
hours would bo severely dealt with.
Now in this pond there were num
bers of frogs who had always croak
ed at any and all hours of the day,
and who complained loudly at this in
justice, insisting it was a frog's
right to croak whenever he wanted
to.
After several throaty individuals
hnd been severely punished for per
mitting a few quavering croaks to
escape them at high noon, some of
the bolder ones gathered to them
selves and said: "Let us hop over the
long, long hill to the west of us
where there is another pond, and i
where nothing but a few toads live.
Perhaps there we can live in peace
and croak whenever and wherever
we wish."
So they set forth and after a
long, dangerous, and very painful
journey, they reached the shores of
the new pond. Here they were wel
comed by the toads and given nice,
shady banks and pools, well filled
with lily-pads and bugs, in which to
live and rear their tad-poles.
Word was sent back to their
friends in the old pond that there
was a place where one could croaK
to his heart's content and where all
frog3 were born free and equal. This
joyful news at the home pond caused
great numbers of their dissatisfied
jority are agreed on its desirability,
because delayed pledging would be
too difficult to enforce if leaders
objected to it.
3. Second-semester pledging is
out of the question because of the
financial problem it raises.
4. Sophomore pledging would
eliminate many of the difficulties
now encountered, and reduce the
amount of "standardization." It
would prove most satisfactory, how
ever, if the University could pro
vide properly supervised dormitories
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friends to start on the dangerous,
toilsome journey across the big hill
to the west, over which roamed
snakes, ducks, horses, and other ere
atures who were dangerous to frogs.
For many years there was a con
stant stream of hopping frogs over
the long dangerous hill. There were
green frogs, brown irogs, yeiiow
frogs, striped frogs, spotted frogs,
frogs with very loud, voices, and
some who could hardly croak at all.
But a very wicked thing happen
ed. Some lazy frogs went to a third
nond and drove over hundreds of
poor speckled toads and forced them
to go out into the blazing sun and
catch bugs for them while they rest
ed in the shade of cool, mossy banks
and did nothing at all..
Years and years have passed away,
The new pond is now as full of frogs
and tadpoles as the old one used to
be. The children and grandchildren
of the old adventurous frogs who
underwent so many hardships in or
der that they might croak when
they pleased are now fat and Btrong
and feel very proud of themselves.
Some indeed have gathered togeth
er in groups and are saying to them
selves: "We are superior frogs and
because our grandparents came to
this pond a long time ago. Further
more, since we do our croaking only
after midnight, we shall deal severe
ly with anyone who presumes to
croak at other hours. And not only
that, but we shall deal severely with
the descendants of those speckled
toads whose grandparents our grand
parents stole away from their
homes."
And so the story ends. But are
these proud and haughty frogs do
ing to all other frogs and toads as
they would like to have all other
frogs and toads do to them?
for freshmen and require that all
first-year students live together in
such dormitories.
In view of the announcement that
"The Red Cockatoo" is to be re
peated during the Round-up, we can
not refrain from publishing the sar
castic comment of an alumna:
"Your Daily Nebraskan and es
pecially its editorial column have in
terested me keenly of late," she
writes. "Of course since 'The Red
Cockatoo' got shut up in the cage
I won't have the nerve to go near
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The Freshman Scrapbook goes on
salo this week. It is truly a re
markable collection of surprisingly
good literary work. We wish that
we could have seen it earlier in the
semester. This page could have
been improved greatly by contribu
tions from a few of the able young
men and women whom The Scrap
book introduces to the University
public.
The fable of the frogs by George
L. Jackson is a better editorial than
The Nebraskan has ever published.
For that reason, we reprint it on his
page today.
Other Opinions
An Innocent Defense
To the Editor:
After talking with various stu
dents on the campus I have come to
the conclusion that the attacks upon
the Innocent society is entirely un
warranted.
A great part of the student body
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particular merit, but because they
have been cunning enough to work
their way in, by whatever means ne
cessary. That their activities are a con-,
stent 'Source! of amusement to at
least 90 per cent of the university
cannot be denied. Their runnings
around and vast excitement over an
approaching football game have
caused many a chuckle, even among
some of the August Thirteen them
selves. Why should a humorous
spectacle thus be taken away from
the campus, and something having
both ' diernity and virtue substituted
therefor? Nay, a thousand times
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Furthermore as a training course
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