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theless if such an attitude continues and the Soap Box
letters asking; about the subject continue to roll in, we
will get together the principles of companionate mar
riage and present them in an early issue.
An editorial clipped from the Omaha World-Herald
treating the subject ratheT cleverly in a semi-humorous
vein appears below.
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Last Year It Was Suppression
NOW ITS PREJUDICE
This paper has been charged, evidently in all ser
iousness, with "violating the essentials of journalism"
by printing an alleged biased account of the Sigma Al
pha Mu-Farm House interfraternity basketball game
last Thursday evening.
A long as "pleasing the readers" is not the pri
mary principle upon which the news and editorial staffs
of The Daily Nebraskan function, a terse answer to
J, M. F.'s letter, which appears in the Soap Box today,
can be made without regard to the insinuations which
may be cast at the interfraternity basketball teams
around which the argument centers.
Act i.rding to the accusation, this paper is "follow
ing a malicious campaign of prejudice". Perhaps it is
also trvine to please its readers with fairy stories about
basketball games, making interesting reading for those I
who like fiction mixed in with their news to take away
the drabness.
Your argument, Mr. J. M. F., attempts to make
a mountain out of a molehill Do you seriously believe
that what you contend at the end of your letter ap
plies to this case?
"In an institution of learning provided
for us all by the state of Nebraska, for which
we all pay taxes, there is no room for personal
prejudice and unfairness. When the official
and recognized organ of such a school voices
such sentiments it should be hastily repri
manded. When a Nebraskan reporter used the words "ter
rific drubbing" (the score was 12 to 1) to characterize
the Sigma Alpha Mu team's defeat, it was not a grave
enough question to call for the outburst you mailed
ns. That might be overlooked. But consider the facts.
The reporter has been questioned- He firmly asserts his
intentions to "cover" the game were honorable and
unlisted. We believe hixa. lie also ventured the infor
mation that Farm House played the first quarter with
only four men on the team, yet their opponents could
not score. Sigma Alpha Mu's only point was made on
a foul, so from all indications and Information from
those who attended, the game was not an even one.
Perhaps it would please the Sigma Alpha Mu's more to
call it a "trimming". As for being prejudiced, your
own conception of the game (being a member of the
defeated team's fraternity) might be even more biased
than that of the Nebraskan reporter.
In the future, Mr. 3. M. F., when you make such
glaring charges against this paper, why not back them
up with subjects which deserve serious consideration.
Your free use of such phrases as "essentials of jour
nalism" and that gem about the taxpayers really needs
a Berious background; but when applied to two words
of a sport writer's description of an evident defeat,
the contrast only deserves space in the Awgwan.
THE "CAMPAIGN OF CULTURE"
The University of Nebraska may point pridefully
at an acknowledged power in the field of athletics, but
now it will have to divide its prdde to include a praise
worthy and highly commendable addition. For want
of a better term, the name "Campaign of Culture",
might be applied to the situation now existing on the
Nebraska campus an increasing cultural apprecia
tion by the student body. Bess Streeter Aldrich, notable
Nebraska authoress, is the latest entrant in the field.
Thursday noon she will address a group of University
women interested in journalism.
Mrs. Aldrich has made a name for herself in writ
ing, and her accomplishments have brought fame to
herself and ber state. She will doubtless have a mes
sage of deep interest for the young women who have
been fortunate enough to secure her to speak on the
field of work in which they are interested, and in which
she has earned prominence and experience.
Getting down to cold facts quite removed from the
rosy vierr of cT2tr nni brain-development, the num
ber of tickets already sold for the event is large enough
to indicate an unusually great interest in Mrs. Aldrich
and what she will have to say. The affair, measured
in the volume of tickets sold, looks like another point
in favor of the University students, who are continu
ing to show people that they demand and appreciate
prowess of the mind as well as the body. John Mc-
Cormack and Sousa gave the campaign a head start
in the University. Bess Streeter Aldrich is continuing
but) wvr..
It is the consistent support of such events and
speakers that is the most convincing sign of the trend
of students in their thought and work. The University
is fortunate in having a student group who are actively
demonstrating that their minds are undergoing a thor
ough course of development, along with their muscles
and their lungs.
ON EVERY TONGUE
Every so often an idea, due to its rather abrupt
departure from accepted standards, gains sufficient im
petus to carry it across the continent At present, e?m
pwaociile marriage is well to the fore. Throughout
tne country, newspapers are giving quantities of space
in their editorial columns to the diitcussion of this
subject. Tomorrow, Dr. Hattie FJumm Williams of the
department cf sociology will give a Tadio speech on
the tame.
Students at Nebraska are buzzing about tompsu-3on.-;!e
r-MurSsre even though they have only haiy con.
f' ;-"n c wrU. Tlii paper fails to see the neces
'. V ''r V u J discussion of the subject here
? '" . T ! UT Vvgh -re readily adn.it cur proper
i croup who do not understand); never.
COMPANIONATE MARRIAGE
(Not an expression of editorial opinion but a
somewhat fanciful adventure into the realm of possi
bilities.) Minister Now, Juliet you, too, Romeo all us
folks are gathered here for the purpose of uniting you
two young folks in marriage. On second thought, per
haps1 unite is a bit too strong. Too binding. None of us
want you young folks to get yourselves into a tangle
you couldn't get out of that is, if you ever should
want to get out. I don't think you will. I think you are
going to be real fond of each other. Julie is a charm
ing girl and with no early crop of babies coming on to
detract from her beauty I see. no reason why Romeo
shouldn't cherish her and cling to her and all that sort
of thing. Of course that is only formula. Naturally, it
will be up to Julie to see that her loveliness does not
fade. That's her problem. Now, Romeo, do you promise
to take Juliet as your wedded wife and to cherish her
and love her and live with her as long as you DO love
heT?
Romeo I can't see anything dangerous in prom
ising to love her as long as I DO love her. I'll tell you
what I'll do, parson. I'll meet you half way. I'm a cau
tious man and I don't want to get into any domestic
entanglements from which, as you so appropriately
suggest, I might find it embarrassing or even impossible
to extricate myself at a later date. I'll agree to what
you say if you'll amend Article X to read
Minister We will do better than that, my boy.
Anybody as willing as you are deserves every consid
eration. We will eliminate Article X entirely.
Romeo Then I agree with reservations.
Minister Oh, certainly! Reservations are under
stood. And, Julie, do you agree to take Romeo as your
husband and be a companion to the boy? He really
needs you, Julie.
Juliet I agree tentatively.
Romeo That's all we're asking.
Minister Now, my children, you are man and
With reservations.
Juliet Tentatively, I said.
Minister Of course, of course! And I do hope
that after 15 or 20 years after, that is, you are cer
tain, at least reasonably certain, that you are going
io use eacn otner l hope a little one will come to
bless your happy union.
Romeo I won't sign anything about any little
ones at tnos time.
Juliet Who asked you to?
Minister Don't worry, Romeo. You will have 15
or 20 years to decide about the little ones.
Romeo Make it 25.
Juliet (horrified and drawdng back) Twenty-five
little ones?
Romeo Twenty-five years, silly.
Juliet Oh!
Minister Amen.
(Kice, 6hoes, treatises
Judge Lindsey, etc)
Wednesday, December 7
W. A. A. General Meeting
The W. A. A. will have a general meet
ing Wednesday evening, December 7, at 7
o'clock in S 101 Women's Gymnasium.
Corn Cobs
Short but Important meeting of Corncobs
Wednesday evening, 7:15 at the Temple
164.
Gamma Lambda
Important meeting and dinner of Alpha
chapter bf Gamma Lambda, Grand Hotel,
e p. m. Wednesday. All members should
be there.
Green Goblins
Tho Green Goblins will hold a meeting
at the Delta Chi house at 7:15 o clock
Phi Tu Theta
Methodist men's religious fraternity will
hold its regular open meeting Wednesday
evening at Wesley Foundation parsonage,
1417 R Street 7-8 o'clock. Chief of Police
Johnstone is the speaker. His aubject
"Fingerprints". You and your friends are
invited.
Silver Sernenta
Silver Serpents will hold a meeting at
12 o'clock on Wednesday at Ellen Smith
Hall.
Xi Delta
Xi Delta will hold a very important meet
ing at 7 o'clock on Wednesday at JM1
Smith Hall.
Thursday, December 8
Math Club
A meeting of the Math club will be held
Thursday, Dec. 8, at 7:110 o clock in faculty
Hall, room 202. Temple. A talk will be given
on "A Machine for Solving Nth Degree
Equations" by Merrill Flood. There will also
be initiation at thi meeting.
Friday, December 9
Prairie Schooner
The Wordamith chapter of Sigma UpM
Ion will meet at S o'clock Friday in the
office of Prof. L. C. Wimberly, in the Law
uuuding.
POLO TOURNEY
ENDS TONIGHT
Calendar
for
on eugenics, pictures of
Daily Nebraskan readers are cordially invited to eontri
L; V t0, th" This paper, boweve" a.Vume. ,
it ' J?'. th' , entin expressed herein, and ra-
A Wi, "J" t0ICiUd5 n'' Ubei'"" or undesirable matter.
tribuUon " Undred Wrd h" been 1ced "
December 5, 1927.
To the Editor, Daily Nebraskan,
Kind Sir:
I wonder if your reporters who have been cover
ing the interfraternity basketball tournament know
the first essentials of journalism. They do not seem
to know that a newspaper should, above all, be an im
partial witness; giving the facts without any coloring
by them, especially without bias or predilection. Fri
day's edition of the Daily Nebraskan carried a story
wmcn liagranUy violated this rule. In a story dealing
wun one oi tne basketball games played Thursday eve
ning, the Daily Nebraskan recited the fact that the
""a"" r"iJ" -iu quintet, met a "terrilic drubbing" at
the hands of the Farmhouse team. Beine a witness of
the contest, I believe these qualifying words entirely
uncauea lor. It lg trUe that tne Bcore Wfig parmhoU6e
12; Sigma Alpha Mu 1. But the game was much more
close than the score would indicate. In my opinion the
S. A. M.'s outplayed the Farmouse bov most the nn,,
That they had more trouble in locating the hoop, while
xiavmg many more attempts to score than the Farm
house five, is not shown by the score, nor in the rtirl.
containing the writeup. It is true that only when the
uiu siips tnrougn the hoop can the score keeper add
to the score, but a contest which displayed such ven
noor piay and opportunities to score by both teams
cannot be called a "terrific drubbine." If it can W
w not the Kappa Fsi victory over the Phi Alpha Delta
i t score called a "terrific drubbing" The
defeat of the Delta Sigma Delta by the Beta Theta Pi
by a 22 to 2 score was not a "terrific drubbing" either.
The margin of victory in both of these contests was
much more decisive than was that of the Farmhouse
over the Sigma Alpha Mu. The above fact would not
have rankled so much had not the Daily N,raskan
assisted the Phi Kappa in donblinv thoio -
the same victim. Either through the negligence of a
reporter or his wilful miaconduct the 25 to 4 score of
w nignt Delore wa. turned fnttf a 45 to i score fcy
this organ. I excused that as a typographical error when
A wa. firrt brought to my attention. But coming in con
nection wrth the above gross exaggeration it appears
to me that either your reporters axe incompetent, or
that they are following a malicious campaign of pre
judice. If you can draw any other inference from the
above facts I would like to know what it is.
In an institution of learning provided for us all
by the state of Nebraska, for which wf all pay taxes
there is no room for persons! prejudice and unfairness!
. ww. ,na recognized organ of twh m school
ucn sentiments rt should be
(banded.
Friday December 9
University Players.
Cornhusker banquet for men.
Cornhusker Costume Party
women, Armory.
Phi Omega Pi, Formal, Scottish
Rite.
Chi Omega House Dance.
Kappa Psi House Dance.
Theta Chi House Dance.
Saturday December 10
University Players.
Acacia Formal Dinner Dance, Uni
versity Club.
Sigma Nu Formal Dinner, Chapter
House.
Delta Zeta Formal, Lincoln.
Kappa Eho Sigma Formal, Lin
coln.
Alpha Gamma Rho, Farmer's Ball,
Elk Club.
Alpha Sigma Phi Freshman House
Party.
Alpha Xi Delta, Freshman House
Party.
Beta Theta Pi, House Dance.
Delta Chi House Dance.
Farm House House Dance.
Kappa Sigma House Dance.
Sigma Kappa House Dance.
(Continued from Tage 1)
Those who will swim in the dash are:
Joe Spangler, Gregg Waldo, Bud Mc
Bride, Bob Davenport, Frank Mock
ler, Bill Ungles, Ed Cahaw and
Wesley Mays.
Final Between Halvea
The swimming dash will be di-
'vided into three heats. The prelimin
ary heats will be held as the begin
ning of the evening's program, and-
the finals will be fought between
halves of the Beta-Lambda Chi game.
This evening's contest brings to a
close Nebraska's first water polo
tournament, which has lasted over a
period of more than three weeks,
and in which a score of teams were
entered. Beta Theta Pi and Lambda
Chi Alpha have battled through the
preliminary rounds, with easy vic
tories over their former opponents.
Indications seem to be that they are
closely matched and tonight's battle
promises to be a stiff one.
The following officials will have
charge of the game: Referee, Ru
dolph Vogeler. Scorers; F. Mockler
and L. Thomas. Timer, Saults.
The lineups as announced by then
i A ' 1 ill
respective cajjuiins:
Beta Theta Pi Lambda Chi Alpha
Egan rf Carlberg
Hall If Ilgen
Chalourka cf Erb
Kelly rg Wilson
Abbott lg Davis
Smith eg Kino-
Substitutes: Beta Theta Pi; Peter
son and Kingsbury. Lambda Chi
Alpha; Erion and Woodman.
FOSTER WILL TALK
AT FOROM MEETING
(Continued from Pag 1)
Foster lectures on religious topics
but makes them of more interest by
inserting a knowledge of science.
The luncheon will begin at 12
o'clock and end at 12:50 o'clock. It
open to all who are interested.
Tickets can be bought at the Tem
ple, Social Science HalL or at the
Grand Hotel.
DIRECTOR HAS
LEAD IN PLAY
(Continued from Page 1)
centers about the loves of two men
for one won an, Candida MorelL She
is the wife of an English clergyman,
the Rev. James Morell, who is nat
urally in love with her. The other
man is the young poet, Marchbanks,
who is befriended by the Rev. Mor
elL The action is laid in 1890, and
the production will be put on in the
costumes of that period.
As a prologue to the main play,
a short Christmas play, "Why th
Chimes Rang," by Elizabeth Ap
thorp McFadden, will be presented
in answer to numerous requests for
a repeat performance, the play hav
ing been first presented three years
ago. It is typical of the Christmas
season, so ir an appropriate addition
to the main performance, "Candida."
Season tickets will admit to the
play. There will be evening perform
ances, starting at 8:20 o'clock on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
nights, with a student matinee Fri
day afternoon, and an additional
matinee Saturday, starting at 3
o'clock. Tickets for all performances
may be purchased at the Temple box
office, or at the Ross P. Curtice
company.
Students working their way
through school are given their text
books free of charge by Stanford
University.
M. Lelong said? I looked at the
offending handkerchief. It was a
respectable white linen square bord
ered in blue (a purchase made last
spring with my text book rebate at
the university cooperative store.)
"What's bad about it?" I ques
tioned. "It's perfumed," replied the fam
ous monitor of Paris fashion.
"Of course, and with Lelong "B","
II rejoined proudly.
"A total waste," asserted M. Le
long. "Don't you know there are
reasons why you should never per
fume your handkerchief?"
He must have noticed my amaze
ment; for he continued without
waiting for a reply.
"First of all a perfume never ex
hales its proper odor until twenty
four hours after it has been sprayed.
By that time your handkerchief has
been discarded, and the true essence
of the perfume lost Furthermore,
the laundry soap used to wash your
handkerchief kills the delicate scent
of the perfume, and it is restored to
your bureau drawer, clean but un-perfumed.
I thought of the sentiment at
tached by my mother's generation to
a party "hankie" of lace and its aci
companying odor of violet....a senti
ment now banished by .this practical
odern perfume philosopher. My(
father still kept such an intimate
momento, now frail with age, tucked
away in his black ebony curio chest.
"But where does perfume belong
if not on a handkerchief?" I ques
tioned. "You will find that most women
use it in spots.. ..a daub just before
going out for the evening, a drop on
their hair, a touch behind the ears
but that only proves that they are
amateurs and have not learned how
to apply it," explained M. Lelong.
Instead, lingerie should be gen
erously sprayed with the perfume.
The odor of a good essence will last
for several days and improve by its
contact with fine silk. Never apply
it to any frock except one made of
woolen material. In that case use
a generous quantity of the frag
rance."
"And what about furs? Should
they be perfumed?" i inquired, eag
er for more secrets hitherto reserved
for the fashionable Parisienne.
"Yes, certainly," answered M. Le
long. "The nature of fur helps to
strengthen and improve a fine per.
fume. The fragrance, in return, re
moves the unpleasant animal odor of
the pelt"
"Any other rules that you think
might interest college women, M
Lelong?"
"Just tell them this....to find one
perfume they like and stick to it.
You may also remind them that per
fume should always be sprayed with
an atomizer to insure its even dis
tribution." I thrust the guilty handkerchief
which had been the cause of my per.
fume lesson into the bottom of mv
deep coat pocket, determined that it
should never again be honored with
a whiff of my favorite fragrance.
a
University Men
Everywhere'
are wearing derbies nowl So
are the best dressed men at
Nebraska. Have you purchased
yours?
$5 $8
agee s
M
The Wisconsin University exten
sion division is offering a training
course for policemen this semester.
Over the Tea Cups
Financial difficulties recently
snowed under "The Webfoot," hu
mor magazine f the University of
Oregon.
tastily rrprf-
Look at the
REGAL
REPRODUCTIONS
of Exclusive English
and American Custom
Bootmakers' Models
All Styles AH Leathers
All One Price
REGAL
SHOES
On Display
Bennett Sc. FlugsUd
a I
"Bill" Keanu
rU Datta TWU Hawae
By Yor.
Paris, Dec 6. "Um-m-m, that's
bad," muttered Lucion Lelong as he
reached to recover the handkerchief
I had dropped.
It was my second interview at the
Paris establishment of the well
known dressmaker and perfumer.
Every time I entered the artistic
ground floor salon devoted to the
display of perfumes and beauty pre
parations a dozen questions pertin
ent to their use demanded an im
mediate answer.
.But here I had clumsily dropped
my handkerchief and What had
A Complete
Shipment of new
HATS
Just
in
BOB BILL
BENNETT & FLUGSTAD
Across From The Campus
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merely, or until the four-year fcrind is done
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that spends the most days in the writing hand and
the least in repair shops. It costs more because
it is worth more. And the Titan pencil is a twin
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