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A REAL OPPORTUNITY
Thursday morning students of the
University of Nebraska "will have a
real opportunity to see and hear two
of the best known men in the world
iaHv wVn Vice-president Charles
G. Di res and General John J. Per"
shing will be the guests of the Uni
versity at a convocation in tne col
iseum. These two men, both of whom have
called Lincoln their home in previous
years, are known and respected not
only in this country dui m rvn,
country in the world. The names of
Pershing and Dawes will be found
in histories as outstanding Ameri
cans f this day and age.
We will have as our guest Thurs
day morning the vice-president of
the United States, the author of the
world-famous Dawes plan for resus
citation of Germany, the man who
presides over the upper legislative
body of the nation, and the man who,
in case of the death of the president,
would take over the reins of govern
ment as the leading citizen of the
country.
We will have as our guest Thurs
day morning the man who led the
American Expeditionary Forces in
the World War, the largest conflict
in which the United States has ever
been engaged, one of the five full
generals this country has ever had,
and the man who had complete
charge of the United States armies
from October 6, 1917 until his re
tirement on September 13, 1924.
The friendship of these two men
started when Dawes was a young
business man and lawyer and Per
shing was an army lieutenant, com
mandant of cadets, and also law stu
dent, both of them living here in
Lincoln. These two great men have
been good friends since those early
days in Lincoln. When Pershing was
put in charge of the United States
armies and some man was needed to
take charge of the business affairs of
the armies, Dawes was selected and
it was he who put across the business
end of the American Expeditionary
forces.
So "Charley' and "Jack," now in
ternationally known figures, are
coming back to the scenes of their
early friendship. After leaving Lin
coln they are to go up to Cherry
County, Nebraska, where they will
hunt together.
To urge the students to attend this
convocation Thursday morning is
useless. Persons of the age and sup
posed mental capacity of University
student know a real opportunity
when they see it. We expect to see
'Thursday morning the unusual sight
of the Coliseum full and overflowing.
LOW GRADES
A number of professors seem to
have the notion that to be truly good
instructors they must fail SO or 40
r 50 er cent of their students.
There are some who feel that they
should never give a grade above 85
or 90.
This does not seem to be a policy
in keeping with the best interests of
the University. Students appreciate
most those instructors they know w ill
give them a mark commensurate with
the quality and the quantity of the
work done. Students have a right to
feel they deserve a grade of 95 or
better when their work justifies it.
The instructor should know just
how much he may reasonably expect
his students to do. He should set a
minimum requirement, and any stu
dent who fails to do this minimum
amount of work deserves to be failed.
Eat students who do more than that
minimum, and do it well, should be
rewarded accordingly.
Whenever a student knows that no
matter bow hard he works, he cannot
get grade above P5, he is inclined
to fftl that extra effort is not worth-
h3e. He probably will ease up a
Lit, .r.i may in time be u titfipd with
a 7 i If he knew that the instructor
wouH give him a 95 if he earned it,
v.Se student would be inclined to
j-trive for a higher mark.
Inslesd of being frowned nr jn, the
professor who is able to pass all, or
iicarly fc.Il, of his students is to be
commended. This indicate that the
l.-iKj-uclor has learned to win his utu- nitien; tut upon more mature con
diat.U so that they are willing to do sideration it follows that the trouble
the work be asks of them.
Cn the other hand, te instructor
vho ftils ha'J or more tlias half of
) .is rliisa i to be rriticized. Such an
i.-.f'rurtor is guilty of one tr more
f t) -e tlla s: (1) Lis coarse is un
rt": ntUr; or (f) he cannot present
his subject properly; or (3) he Is
lacking in that quality which makes
his students want to work, and should
not be in the educational game at
all.
CONGRATULATIONS
Last night some 40 or 60 fresh
men wore initiated into the mysteries
of the Green Goblins, freshman
men's honorary organization. To
those young men we wish to extend
our congratulations for:
1. They have gone through
an initiation. They have proven
themselves to be men. They
can stand up (or stoop over)
and take their medicine.
2. They have loaned ten
dollars for a year for which
they will get no interest and
which they muy or may not get
back.
3. They have started or soon
will start their first lessons in
the very fascinating and worth
while game of campus politics.
4. They may now get out of
study table one night every
week or every two weeks.
5. They now have a pin to
wear. This is a very important
point because Most of the fel
lows just have pledge pins.
6. They will probably get to
attend a banquet for which they
will pay.
7. They are now on the road
to success. Perhaps next year
they will get to join the Iron
Sphinx.
Other Opinions
The Daily Nebraskan assumes
no responsibility for the senti
ments expressed by correspon
dents, and reserves the right to
exclude any communications
whose publication may for any
reason seem undesirable. In all
cases the editor must know the
identity of the contributor.
To the Editor:
In the Tuesday issue of The Daily
Nebraskan appeared the statement
that the wearing of green buttons by
freshman girls would be enforced.
That in itself is very commendable,
but how far will it work out? For
a good many years, Xi Delta, which
is in charge of giving out the but
tons, has made the same declaration,
and after a week or so, no one has
thought more about it, especially the
freshman girls.
The wearing of green caps by
freshman boys has long been a tra
dition of the campus, and is very ef
fectively enforced. There are few
enough traditions left to us, and it
is good training for the newcomers
to submit to authority in this man
ner. But why should the boys be the
only ones who receive this sort of
training?
The green buttons are far less con
spicuous and less embarrassing than
the caps, and yet no girl's organiza
tion has enough authority to see that j
they are worn. It is true that a few
are seen on the campus, but compar
ed to the number of green caps, they
are negligible.
A rule or a tradition is effective
only in the manner in which it is en
forced, and it is far worse to say that
the green buttons are to be worn and
then drop the matter than to do away
with them entirely.
It is not exactly fair to have the
boys get the brunt of the freshman
burden, for they do not need to have
the Nebraska spirit instilled into
them any more than the girls do. The
wearing of green buttons should be
made compulsory and some organiza
tion see" that it is done or the matter
done away with entirely, and what
little energy was expended in this
direction turned to better channels.
E. H.
College Press
FRATERNITIES CONSIDERED At
LIVING QUARTERS
(The Oregon Daily Emerald.)
In answer to the query, "Would
you study more, less or the same if
not living in a fraternity house,"
Oregon fraternity folk have replied,
substantially, that residence within
the fraternal group has made little
or no difference in their application
to their study. This answer, while
given honestly, no doubt, is probably
open to more or less question.
During the last few years even
casual followers of the housing sit
uation at Oregon have noticed a
growing tendency for seniors, and
often times juniors or underclassmen
to move out of their fraternity
houses into private homes. When
asked why the change of residence
the student invariably replies, "I
moved out so I could do a little real
studying." If questioned closer, the
student will usually explain that too
many instrusions, too much noise
and too much sociability wtre the
chief reasons for his inability to de
vote proper attention to the chief
work at hand, the studies.
At firrt thought this might aPDeai
as a healthy condemnation of frater-
ilies. not with fraternities, as irnrtitn-
tions, but with fraternities as living
quarters. That is, fraternities as they
are constructed and maintained to
day, do not permit the student to
carry out hi scholastic activities
without sufficient freedom from in-
terruption. In fact, it appears that
fraternities are too poor to prov.uc
atisfactory living quarters and stuay
rooms. ,
Quite frequently charges are maae
thrt fraternities are exiravaganv,
that too much money is spent in the
construction of houses. In all probab
ility the situation is quite the oppo
site. Most fraternity houses cost in
the neighborhood of $1,000 a person,
cr $35,000 for thirty-five people. A
house of this sort provides a decent
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exterior, a comionaDie iorr
but usually offers very little in tne
way of study rooms and living quar
ters. In the average fraternity house
two people must dress, lounge and
study in a room no larger than many
cells. Furthermore, the room probab
ly pens directly onto a hall from
whence at all times of the day and
night come disturbing noises from
the other thirty or forty people.
Small wonder that the casual student
feels little inclination to seek the
silence and repose of a quiet study
when he or she knows that the quiet
haven will probably result in a gain
less bunk-fest before long.
Surely no one will deny that sur
roundings have an appreciable effect
upon the mood of the average young
man or woman. And when one con
trasts the temptations for a studious
evening in the average home with the
attraction for study in the average
fraternity house the difference is at
once apparent. In one there is quiet
and -freedom from interruption. In
the other there is noise, and constant
interruptions from persons that ap
parently believe that brotherhood as
sumes an utter disregard for an
other's time and occupations.
Some day fraternities will come to
the realization that the real function
of a fraternity house is to provide a
satisfactory place to study. When
that time comes, the houses will be
constructed with more attention to
living quarters, and fraternities at
the same time will play more respect
to the rights of reace, non-interruption
and the pursuit of quietude.
When that time comes one of the
most legitimate objections to frater
nities will have been withdrawn.
Three Years Ago
Robert F. Craig was appointed
Cadet Colonel of the R. O. T. C.
regiment of the University by Major
Sidney Erickson.
Herbert Yenne, instructor in Dra
matics just returned from an inter
esting study of the theater and thea
ter conditions on the west coast.
Merle Lodcr was elected president
of the University Commercial club.
Alpha Xi Delta sorority was
awarded the intersorority scholar
ship cup for the second time.
Helen Huncher, Sigma Kappa, was
given individual scholastic honors.
Ten Years Ago
Ag. College and School of Agri
culture used second flr of horse
barn for gymnasium.
William Jennings Bryan spoke to
the' faculty and University 6tudt-nts
in the Temple theater on the subject,
"Lincoln's foremost citiren."
Phi Kappa Psis revived the ancient
and honorable game of horseshoes.
Nebraska Univa.-s'ty pledged $10,
000 to help relieve the prison camps
of Europe.
Kappa Alpha Theta sorority en
tertained the whoie University at
tea informally after the football
game with the Jayhaskers
Fifteen Years Ago
Sororities decided to abandon the
practice of tubbing.
A University French club was
being organized.
A ban was put on the mid-week
Vogue dancing parties.
Delta Upsilon defeated Delta Tau
Delta in the interfraternity basket
ball league by a score of 17-11.
TrofeKRor Sarka Hrbkova gave a
stereopticon lecture on Bohemian
life at convocation that ..proved very
interesting.
DA1LY NEBRASKAN
APPLICATIONS
Applications for the positions of
circulation manager and contri
buting editor of The Dai.y Ne
braskan will be received until
Wednesday noon, September 29.
Application blanks may be ob
tained in the School of Journalism
office, University nail 104, or
from the Secretary of the Board,
John K. Selleck, University Col
iseum 106.
T. J. THOMPSON,
Chairman, Student Publication
Board.
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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
The University of Nebraska
Official DaUy Bulletin
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1926.
VOL. II.
Glee Club
imnnl-tnr. business meeting of the
old members of the Glee Club in
Temple 202, at 5 P. M. Wednesday.
Home Ec Club
I .he Home Ee Club will meet in
Ellen Smith Hall Tuesday evening,
September 28, at 7 o'clock. Every
girl registered in the College of Agri
culture is urged to be there.
Sift-ma Delta Chi
' Sigma Delta Chi will meet Thurs
day evening at 7:15 at the Phi Kappa
Psi house.
j Iota Sigma Pi
i Iota Sigma Pi meeting Wednesday,
Sept. 29. at 7:15 p. m. in CJiemistrv
Hall.
Silver Serpent
The Silver Serpents initiation will
be held Thursday evening nt seven
o'clock in Ellen Smith Hal'.
i Vesper Choir Tryouts
' Vesper Choir Tryouts will be held
at the Temple in Faculty Hall on
i Wednesday from 4-5, and Friday
from 1-2.
Xi Delta
j Xi Deltas please check in all money
from Awrwan sale to Pauline lilon
at four o'clock, Wednesday at El'.cn
Smith Hall.
A. S. M. E. Meeting
A. S. M. E. meeting will be Fri
day evening Oct. 1 at 7 o'clock. All
Methodist Episcopal students, espec
ially freshmen, are invtUd. Snapry
program and good eats.
Freshmen Gain
First Opinions
Of Army Life
A shirt that is probably too large,
and a coat, the collar of wnich can't
possibly be made to fit comfortably,
puttees that are too tight and a pair
of the heaviest shoes that he had
ever worn constitute in the whole the
freshman's first impression of Mili
tary Science in the R. . T C. de-j
partment of the United Stall's Army, j
Then he is given a long lecture on j
what to do, how and wlien to do it,
which he probably forgets immed-
iately. The varied and numerous)
commands of "ford harch!" com-!
p'ny 'alt!" "right hress!"' "hordtr.
harms!" and so on that are shot at j
him without end, seem to him to be
serious enough in the way they are
given, but as far as having any intel
ligent meaning they are merely vocal
explosions. !
After nine months of this, he has ,
a much clearer impression of what
he is and has been doing. After he j
has learned that a rifle weighs only
eight pounds and that marching is
not so bad if you are accustomed to
doing it And that a uniform is in
reality something a man should be
proud to wear. Knowing this, he will
be happy to tell anyone that Military
Science is a constructive stud and
that it has made him a better man
than he was before he entered the
R. O. T. C.
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your Freshman year. It will be even
more useful to you now. Upper
classmen get yours now in the Y. M.
C. A. rooms at the TVmple. Price
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Good taste and good health
demand sound teeth and
sweet breath,
The use of Wrigjey's chew
Ing gam after every meal cakes
care of this important item of
personal hygiene in a delight
fuL refreshing way by dear
ing the teeth of food particles
and by helping the digestion.
The result b a tweet breath that
shows care tor one's self and cotv
Ideradoa for otbxrs -both marks
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ing a eborthand system. Use longhand characters you already know.
Begin note taking from first lesson.
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Freshman Council
Freshmen Y. M. C. A. council
meeting will be held Thursday eve
ning, Sept. 30, at seven-thirty in the
Temnle. All freshmen who are in
terested in this work are invited to
attend.
Lutherans
The Lutheran Bible League will
meet for Bible study Wednesday at
7 p. m. in room 202 Temple building.
Nu-Me Banquet
The First Nu-Med banket of the
venr will be held Wednesday eve
ning, September 29, at 6 o'clock at
the Grand Hotel.
Clee Club
A meeting of the old members of
the Glee Club will be held at the
Library Wednesday at seven .p. m.
instead of at the Femple as previous
ly announced.
Mystic Fun
An important meeting of all last
years Mystic Fish will be at Ellen
Smith Hall, Thursday, Sept. 30 at
7 p. m.
Dramatic Club
The Dramatic Club will meet
Thursday at 7 p. m. in the Temple.
All old members please bts present,
Xi Delta Meeting
The regular Xi Delta meeting will
be held at 7 o'clock Thursday eve
ning in Ellen Smith Hal'.
Lutheran Club
A Lutheran Club meeting will be
held in Social Sciences on Wednes
day, Sept 29, at 5 p. m.
There was one student from Swe
den in the University of Nebraska
summer session this year.
During 1925-26 there were 188
students registered for the degree of
Master of Arts in the University of
Nebraska.
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