THE DAILY N E B R A S K A N
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THE PARASITES
That the presence of useless organ
izations Is not confined to the Uni
versity of Nebraska is demonstrated
by a noble remonstrance contained in
an editorial in the Daily Texan, which
is reprinted in another column on this
page today. That college newspaper
diagnoses the case as "organization
mania."
For three years The Daily Ne
braskan has consistently clamored
for a ruthless slashing of the organi
sations list. Better editors than this
one have condemned the various
smug societies now in existence
condemned and condemned until the
ribbons on their typewriters have
dropped listlessly into strings of
black pulp. As yet there is no out
ward manifestation of a change in
the ways of the individuals who are
infected with what the Daily Texan
calls an organization complex; but
all these editorials have not been in
vain, for it is a known fact among
fraternity men (from which group
most of the members for campus or
ganizations are recruited) that
young, fresh material for the sopho
more, junior, and other "honorary"
clubs is difficult, nay, well-nigh im
possible, to get.
High-minded freshmen heve re
fused to join the organizations where
their talents were expected to be
used, and it is especially difficult to
ensnare new members for a certain
organization which takes $15 from
the neophyte in return for a dinner
dance. Other examples of this situa
tion, which The Daily Nebraskan re
gards as a symptom of encouraging
intelligence, are not hard to find.
To re-state the old, old principle on
which an objection to all these or
ganizations is based would be but to
echo the words of the Daily Texan,
Those parasitical organizations bring
about "the pandering away of val
uable time," "misdirected energy,'
and "hamper the progress of worth
while organizations."
The reason for. useless societies is
a misconception common not only in
student life tut in the lives of busi
ness men all over the country. There
is no more familiar figure in the bus
iness world than the "joiner" he
who leaps with four feet into the
Rotary club, the Real Estate club,
the Chamber of Commerce, the Retail
of Wholesale dealers' association, and
other organizations limited to men in
his own occupation or profession.
There is a student of this type as
was declared but evidently the mob
spirit of thf students was not satisfied
for the COO members of both classes
started on a regular rampage. Auto
mobiles were wrecked, trolley cars
stopped, windows broken, wires cut,
car windows pulled out, electric
lights broken, and the fixtures in a
public dance hrtll demolished.
They took possession of subway
trains, blocked traffic, in short did
everything they could to show the
world that they cared nothing for law
and order.
Is it any wonder that so many
people think college students are "a
bunch of bums and hoodlums"? Is il
anv wonder that colleges are getting
the renutation they are? Our at
tempts to unhold the modern college
student crow more and more feeble
as such demonstrations as this occur
in various parts of the country.
Because of that riot in Boston,
some farmer in Nebraska will deny
his son or daughter the right to come
to this University. Because of that
r'ot, some peace-loving, law-abiding
citizen in Kansas will send his off
spring to work rather than to CK.lege.
And so it goes, colleges throughout
the country will have to suffer be
cause of the actions of those stu
dents in the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology.
SENIOR SUPERIORITY
Not to be outdone by the sopho
more and junior classes, the senior
class has called a meeting. But to
show its' superiority, the senior class
is to meet all day. At least, that is
the inference to be drawn from the
notice which was handed The Daily
Nebraskan Monday which read
Senior class meeting Tuesday Nov. 9
Social Science 101."
All of which upholds our state
ments concerning the efficiency of
our present class organizations.
College Press
bers, hold a meeting and elect new
members upon whom to try out the
Initiation features. Following this, in.
tcrest wanes, enthusiasm passes al
together and the club enters the in
ertia stage, which apparently is per
pctual, unless a lingering death
brings it to an inglorious exit from
the campus stage.
Although unquestionably one of
the characteristics of the age and a
frailty of human nature, this ten
dency toward over-organisation is es
pecially truJ in student life. This or
ganizing complex results in an over
abundance of clubs and societies
which not only are useless but tend
to hamper the progress of worthwhile
organizations. Not only is much time
piddled away at frequent meetings of
no consequence and in idle rivalry
with duplicate groups, but energy Is
sapped from the projects and inter
ests of the student body as a whole
The unit suffers at the hand of many
small cliques and bands,
To relieve such a situation and put
student application and thought back
into proper channels, even at the
cost of somebody's social or politicaj
prestige, Texas might do well to fol
low the lead of the University of
Southern California. There an Organ
izations Committee is attempting to
weed out all dead and useless organi
zations which exist in name only.
Such eliminations will make it pos
sible for the groups of real merit to
flourish as well as for Varsity to have
in the place of many discordant
pastime clubs a more thoroughly uni
fied student body with a more admir
able and true spirit.
PASTIME CLUBS
(Daily Texan)
A mania for organization has
seized the University of Texas, bring
ing with it all the evils of disintegra
tion of student spirit, the pandering
away of valuable time, and the worth
less fruits of misdirected energy. The
average student belongs to from
three to six organized groups, among
which there is one, perhaps two, that
can show any right to existence.
One can see some reason for or
ganizations of a scholastic or profes
sional nature or those actually pro
moting some specific line of thought
or endeavor, but when it comes to
the great majority of groups, one can
but classify them as pastime clubs
nothing more. Conceived in a moment
of idle thought, they continue an idle
existence. In this category might be
included such silly outfits as bathe
lor s clubs, hometown clubs, bald- or
white-headed clubs, and others hav
ing similar characteristics.
First, someone gets a crazy idea to
form a new society, possibly for the
sheer novelty of the thing but more
likely because he feels that he does
not have the proper amount of social
prestige. He probably communicates
with a few like-minded students and
when their ideas have been sort of
cemented together, the organization
has reached the larvae stag. Next
comes the selection of a fantastic
name, after which the club is ready
to break into full glory.
Essential to this, however, is a
ritual overflowing with impressive,
flowery, yet meaningless words, de
signed to be presented in a dark
room with costumes to match for the
Northwestern Will
Use Films in Course
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the most exacting research of histori
cal documents and drawings. The
second, likewise, commanded that
every character should be presented
faithfully and accurately. The third
required that every incident depicted
on the screen should be truthfully
revealed.
"In other words, the finished
screen work should be so perfect a
recreation of America's glorious
story, that it might well be used in
any school room as a means of edu
cation through the eye, thereby ex
tending and clarifying the establish
ed course of history."
These films turned out to be so
attractive that they became extreme
ly popular and were shown many
times in leading motion picture
theatres of the country under the
auspice's of the Yale University Press
and the associate theatres which ex
hibited them. Gradually, their im
Notices
Graea Coblin Metiof
Green Goblin meeting Tuesday
evening, November 9, at 7 o'clock at
the Alpha Theta Chi house, 1806 D
Street. It is necessary that each
Green Goblin be present
Komensky Klub
The Komensky Klub will entertain
all Czech students of the university
at the temple, room 204, beginning at
8:15 P. M. Friday eveni- , Mov. t
Freshmen students are especially In
vited to attend. The Business meeting
called for Wednesday has been can
celled.
Taaiele
Tassels Very important meeting
nromntlv at 7. at Ellen Smith Hall
Bring all money and unsold tickets
for Navy Band Concert.
Mw.tl- Fl.h
The rca-ular meeting of the Mystta
Fish will be held Wednesday of this
week rather than Thursday. The
members are requested to hand in
their final reports on the sale of tick
ets for the Girl's Cornhuskcr
luncheon.
Xi Delta
Xi Delta meeting Thursday at 6
o'clock in Ellen Smith Hall. Very
important.
Chea Club
A meeting of the University Chess
Club will be held next Saturday,
November 13, in the Y. M. C. A.
room, Temple, at 7:30. All students
interested in chess are invited.
Armistice Day Parade
Cadet Regiment will be formed
for Armistice Day Parade Nov. 11,
1926. First call 1:20. Assembly 1:30.
All cadets to attend.
Commercial Club
Important meeting of the Commer
cial Club today at 11 o'clock in Club
rooms.
Two Years Ago
portance from an educational stand
point became apparent and that is
why Trustee Cunningham of North
western presented them to the Uni
versity and to the high-school .in
which he has special interest. Mr.
Cunningham is a resident of Evans-
ton, Illinois.
A HANDY PLACE
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Dr. I. B. Shreckengast, Chancellor
of the Nebraska Wesleyan Univer
sity, gave an address on "Life Build
ing" at the first Methodist student
banquet of the year, which was held
at the Grand Hotel. Dean Parvln
mm. .-j Mr Aacnr Bennett fur
nished the musical program. The com-
. -r J -.11 tAjt
mittee In charge was, wenuuu
Jean Kellenbarger, Agnes Lundcen
and Archibald Weaver.
The Lincoln Y. M. C. A. ranked
first among associations of the coun
try in cities of less than 125,000, ac
cording to a telegram received from
national headquarters in New York.
This rating was founded on fifteen
tA.ta in till ,iino. the cnnital employed.
money raised, members served and
numbers reached in activities sucn as
industrial, physical, educational ana
Bible study. -
Three Years Ago
College Students To
Attend International
Lutheran Conference
The International conference of
the Lutheran Student Association of
America to b. held JDecembec 80
January 2 at Madison, Wisconsin, will
draw representative young men and
women from colleges and univers.ties
throughout America who will not
only listen to a number of inspira
tional addresses by prominent men
but will also take an active part in
the program.
Questionares, sent out by com
mission, seek information on the op
portunities and obligations of the
i .ml the Lutheran
LUtncran mu." - -
students, what the local churches and
campus churches are doing and what
. .. . vi vn to be their
Lutnernn nuutu -
responsibilities. These commissions
. . . JnlAMAtAI
ference after wnicn me u.
will meet in discussion groups. Thus
each student Is expected to contribute
to the conference program and also
to receive much from it.
Ottawa University
Has No Fraternities
(By New Student Service) So.
cial life at Ottawa University, Kan
sas, moves along without the aid of
Greek-letter fraternities . The sub
stitute is "Social Groups." The stu
dent body is divided into sections of
thirty-five or forty for social pUN
poses. The division is "not arbl
trary", but alon the lines of n.
tural congeniality and of friendship
already existfng." No rituals or n.
mgnias are permitted, and there are
no inter-collegiate., affiliations.
Two co-eds from the University of
Ohio had the honor of demonstrating
the Charleston before the Prince of
Sweden, while on a tour of Europe.
nnrriAan tf ofninirn flia .4ei"A1 -f
well. Where the incongruity comes is' . v ..... . . . .
wnen you scop w --- can consider themselves charter mem
ness man Has some excuse, ior ne is
a joiner in order to better his busi
ness; but what is a student to gain
by his activities in this field? He is
making no money, is engaged in no
campaign, and is not advancing the
university by joining the clubs he
does. Why does he do it
The University of Southern Cali
fornia has created an organization
committee to weed out the useless
societies. But that is only one more
organization. Nebraska does not need
"it, for present indications point to
the gradual accumulation of senti
ment against the parasites, and The
Daily Nebraskan predicts that within
four years most of them will have
died a quiet, inconspicuous death.
And there will be no funeral!
NO WONDER!
"RIOT OF STUDENTS IN EAST
COSTLY COLLEGE MEN BAT
TLE WITH BOSTON COPS Thou
sands of Dollars Damage Done When
Six Hundred Massachusetts Tech
Students Go On "Rampage" Autos
Wrecked, Windows Broken and Ball
room Stormed."
These or similar headlines were
seen by the readers of nearly every
daily paper in the United States Frl
day. And you can be sure that fully
90 per cent of them were interested
enough to read the story, for the
pranks of college students are topics
which are greatly relished by the
reading public.
Cm reading the article, the public
found that several thousands of dol
lars worth of property was destroyed
curing a batue Between police re
serves and several hundred students
of the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology. The trouble started when
4C3 freshmen attempted to break up
the annual sophomores' banquet with
texr gas bombs. A battle between
members of the two classes ensued in
vhkb six sophoaores became un
conscious. A't-?r a few minutes an armistice
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He has catered to "Colle
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Ahnut fiftv students of the eight
thousand enrolled in the University
were more or less regularly engaged
in reporting news for the Daily Ne
braskan.
Miss Ida Cannon, director of the
locinl service department of the Mas
sachusetts general hospital, addressed
sociology classes on training lor med
ical social servicej
Gamma Epsilon chapter of Kappa
Psi moved into their new home at
S4B North 13 th. formerly occupied
hv Omeira Beta Pi. Kappa Psi was
founded at the Medical College of
Virginia in 1879 and numbers 108
chapters.
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It all gets back to the simple idea of being
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An engineer should be well up on his specialty,
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