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THE LONE EAGLE
One lonely student answered the notice which ap
peared in yesterday's Nebraskan:
The discontinuance of certain class honorary so
cieties will be discussed at Ellen Smith Hall Tuesday
mornin at 9 o'clock. The aub-comrmttees of the Senate
committee on Student Organizations will meet at that
time to prepare its report to the full committee which
wm meet on Thursday. On Tuesday the sub-comm.ttee
will welcome all who wish to be heard before action is
Thik open meeting was held for the benefit of
those officers of the defunct honoraries who disagreed
with the action taken by the Student Council last week,
when that body recommended to the Faculty Com
mittee on Student Organizations that the six under
class honoraries be abolished.
It is commendable that the faculty committee took
the trouble to hold an open meeting to test out student
opinion after the Council had already shown which
way the wind was blowing. Now that the committee
has given the students every chance to protest the de
cision made by their representative group, nothing
should stand in the way of the action of the organiza
tions committee.
Thursday that body will meet and from that
meeting will come the final edict, either approving
the Council's resolution, or refusing to accept its rec
ommendations. What will this committee do? Many students are
asking the question. With all due respect to the Stu
dent Council, it is safe to venture that above all the
committee will attempt to look at the question from an
unprejudiced viewpoint, weighing the merits of under
class honoraries, their type in this institution, and
whether they are justifiable.
After that question has been settled, however, the
Faculty Committee on Student Organizations should
not overlook for a minute that the action came from
the student body. If the students do not wish to have
underclass honoraries, their wishes should be granted,
providing they are reasonable.
And they are more than reasonable. The students
had their chance to protest through the presidents of
the honoraries, who might have gone before the meet
ing yesterday morning. They did not. The students
seem content with the action, yet there is a small group
who still oppose it.
The main argument for continuing the honoraries
seems to be that a Student Council should be con
structive rather than destructive. That argument looks
very attractive in print. But dig beneath the surface,
and find the constructive elements, if there are any.
For three months after the Council announced its in
vestigation of the question, the underclass honoraries
continued to lie practically dormant. The Council could
find nothing constructive for them to do. Neither could
the Nebraskan. Yet both waited patiently, thinking that
perhaps the question of existence would spur the hon
oraries on to some degree of usefulness. They did not
take advantage of their chance, which accounts for
their present predicament.
But, although "their song is practically ended, the
argument lingers on". No definite arguments appear,
just vague objections. Why don't the' objectors put
their grievances into organized form before the Com
mittee on Student Organizations meets? It is best to
have most of the students pleased before the faculty
committee takes the final step, either way. If the
silence remains 'golden, as at present, only one con
clusion can be drawn that the student body, and even
the objectors, are behind the Student Council in its
action.
IN THE LOOKING CLASS
Only a few of the men in school are inclined to
je "cake eaters", but they are of sufficient number
that their reflections, not in a mirror, but in words,
may startle them.
It is written in the good book of University life
that you shall know them by their brilliantlned heads
and the slick of their heels upon the sidewalk. If your
nostrils pick up the scent of brilliantine and your ears
hear the methodical click of long, Important steps ap
proaching, you know it is a college man, that typical
type of masculinity which the University of today
grinds out in small numbers, but with perfect precision.
As the college man catches up with you his head
turns slightly to bow a faint sign of recognition. He
is one of the moderns who contends that tipping his
hat to a lady smacks too much of the past, way back
in 1927. And then, he has his hair combed for the
morning, and mi-man's coiffure must not be disturbed
until he removes his hat for the luncheon hour at a tea
room with his fiance, "Wildcat" Betty Jones,
How he forges ahead, for pep is the keynote of
his appearance, and he fairly bounds down the street.
These writers on college subjects who describe the
"cake eater" as lazy and slow moving do not study
typical specimens before making their declarations.
The "cakes" may be lazy and slow moving mentally,
but physically their appearance is quite the opposite.
Their movements are quick. They keep in physical
trim. They dance frequently, run to classes, and hurry
to luncheon dates.
Now this man approaches his destination. He
makes his toilette on the way, for he will not let the
co-ed and her nose powdering performances put him
in the shade. He straightens his tie in the plate glass
window and shines his shoes upon his trousers. As a
final touch, he gives his shoulders a slight twitch up
ward, to make -his perfectly cut coat set still more
perfectly. He is ready to enter.
He beats two elderly ladies to the swinging door
and is lost in the crowd. But he is not forgotten, for
two other boys just like him are coming down the street.
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Daily Nebraskan readers are cordially invited to contri
bute articles to this column. This paper, however, assumes no
responsibility for the sentiment expressed herein, and re
serves the right to exclude any libeloua or undesirable matter.
A limit of six hundred words has been placed on all contributions.
To the Editor:
Is there any particular reason for kicking out the
Silver Serpents, or any of the honoraries? There is
nothing wrong with them. It seems to me it would be
much more advisable to hand out constructive criti
cism in your paper than to destructively talk about
abolishing them.
Why not give them something to do. The Student
Council did not.
Whether these honoraries do anything or not, they
furnish contacts for members of the different soror
ities and fraternities which are a part of college life.
Each time they work together friendships are made
which would otherwise not have been. Some of the
other honoraries have so much to do, why couldn't the
jobs be spread out so everyone could help? Use the
spoils system, and keep everyone busy, not just a few.
The seniors might be the most capable, but there are
lots of things the Mortar Boards do which the Silver
Serpents would be willing to undertake, and could
with as much ability.
Construction, not destruction, is what I would
advise those who do not want the honoraries. Give
them things to do, and always build, develop, progress;
keep the students busy.
G. C. H.
Dear Editor:
At last the honoraries seem to be going home "all
brokenhearted". But no one is sorry, at least not the
barbarians, whom I wish to represent while giving a
few ideas upon the subject.
These societies have been here ever since I've
been in school but they have done nothing. Very few
of my kind have been in them, although we might have
been if we had tried. We didn't care to find out.
Nevertheless, it is a piece of good news to us that they
are going out. Or are they clear out yet?
B. C. R.
In Other Columns
(By Cornell Daily Sun and Intercollegiate Press)
"I am thoroughly convinced," H. L. Mencken told a
representative of the Cornell Daily Sun, "that too many
young Americans are now going to colleges and that
their presence is greatly impeding the work of the col
leges. Certainly it should be possible to devise some
scheme to weed out the unfit."
Mencken is essentially opposed to the college for
, purposes of intellectual education. With Nathan he
holds that its greatest benefits are social. He did not
go to college himself though he was an excellent
scholar, obtaining high averages in almost every sub
ject. He is particularly interested in chemistry and
was graduated with honors from the Balti more Poly
technical Institute in 1896. There are many things
about college life, however, that interest Mencken.
Mr. Mencken remarked, "The military training idea
seems to me absurd. I see no reason why the college
student should be conscripted and not the younm man
outside."
Another aspect of colleges that interests Mr. Men
cken is the discrepancies used between the organiza
tion policies in this country and those abroad. He seems
to believe that, for Americans, the present system of
organized classes and lectures and recitations is better
than the tutorial system used abroad.
"The American system, it seems to me," he say;!,
"is better for Americans than the Oxford system. It
is obviously more in accord with the habits of mind
of our people."
Although he declares his familiarity with college
life to be slight, he eays, "Certainly the attendance of
graduate students at classes ought to be optional. But
I am in some doubt about undergraduates."
Mencken's comment on fraternities is, "Regarding
fraternities I kno wnothing. It is commonly alleged
that they foster snobbery. But I see no objection to
snobbery, per se; all rational men are snobs in some
way or other. That the fraternities exalt fifth-raters
and overlook men of merit may be true, but the same
accusation might be leveled at any other human insti
tution." The Mercury editor advises anyone attempting to
start in as a writer to have another job which will pay
his expenses while he is learning.
Carnival To Be
H?ld February 3
(Continued from Page 1)
their respective R.. O. T. C. com
manders. Two other special events,
the "N Men's Derby" and the "Sor
ority Relay" will be on the racing
program. Details of the last evenU
will be made known later.
Vraatlinf Final. Sta?aJ
T!,e finals of the intramural
v'.in,T meet will be run eft during
r r. evening. The matches will be be
t si the winners of the inttrfrater
'7 1d intrant artl raeets. Coach
V.'.V.czct:l fcaa iharge of the
:';' Th first of the Interfrat
' ! ; tournament wi'l be a
part of the carnival's festivities. The
Intercollegiate rules for boxing will
be used in the tournament. This fea
ture will be in charge of Rudolph
Vogeler.
One basket ball game will 'ie
scheduled for tbe carnival. It will be
between two of the leaders in the
Class A leagues
Presentation of intramural tro
phies will also take place at t.ie party.
The all around championship cup will
be presented to Kappa Sigma, while
the representative of the Bizad Col
lege will receive the trophy for the
last spring's inter-college baseball
cbampioniship.
An enfirely new plan will be used
in the dancing. It is called, tha "Oil
Color Dance" and the details of the
plan have not been made known as
yet.'
Similar "carnivals" are being spon
sored by the leading universities of
the middle west Such athletiu fro
lics are given at the Universities of
Ohio, Chicago, Michigan, and Illinois.
This party is one of the largest so
cial functions of the year at Ohio
State.
Notices
Wednesday, January 18
Pan-Hellonic Meeting
P.n-Hollonl. miin(r will be held Wed'
neaday at five o'clock in Ellen Smith Hall.
Girls Commercial Club
The Girls Commercial Club will hold a
meeting Wednesday night, 6:00 o'clock, at
Ellen Smith Hall.
There will be a very important Xi Delta
meeting Wednesday night at ocioca at
fcllen smith Hall.
nlla Omicron
Delta Omicron will meet this evening at
7 :S0 o'clock at the Pi Beta fhi house.
Student Council
There will he meeting- of the student
council, Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock.
r(oom 204, Temple.
Thursday, January 19 .
Daily Nebraskan Picture
Daily Nebraskan picture for all of staff,
Thursday, 12:80 o'clock at Campus Studio.
A. S. A. E.
The A. S. A. E. picture for the Cornhus
ker will be taken at 12:15, at tht Campus
studio, Thursday, Jan. 19.
Sigma Tau
Sigma Tau picture at 12:00 noon Thurs
day, Jan. 19 at the Campus Studio.
N. E. S. Meeting
A meeting of the N. E. S. will be held
Thursday afternoon at B :00 o'clock, in the
Mechanical Engineering building, room 206.
Nominations for the chairman of the an
nual Engineer's Week will be made at this
meeting. This event will take place gome
time in May.
Palladians
Saturday, January 21
P. E. O. Luncheon
The P. E. O. organization will hold a
Founders' Day luncheon 12:30 o'clock Sat
urday. Tickets are seventy-five cents and
reservations should be made before Friday
morning. Campus girls should make their
reservations with Mrs. Clark at the Oikema
apartments, 12th and R, Thursday. Mrs.
Clark's phone number is n-2185.
Tuesday, January 24
All Palladians are requested to appear at
the campus studio Tuesday noon. January
24, at 12 o'clock sharp, for the Cornhusker
picture.
Varsity Wins
From Yearlings
(Continued from Pajo 1)
their laurels.
Kansas Aggie supporters are broad
casting their belief that the fortunes
of the Ags are due to change about
Saturday January 21 at Nebraska.
After starting the 1928 season by
an auspicious win from Kansas, the
Agmen have dropped four straight
and a tpresen toccupy seventh place
position in the Valley along with
Nebraska.
Prospects for a Saturday win from
the Aggies are picking up after the
convincing defeat administered to
the yearlings Tuesday. Improvement
in morale was in evidence during the
Tuesday scrimmage and the Huskers
played a heady court game.
Volz Aid
"Mutt" Volz, former basket cap
tain and assistant coach at Nebraska,
appeared just before the practice
session and aided the guards in de
voloping new schemes for the de
fensive. "Mutt" was a guard himself
and has kept up with the changes
in the basket game since he entered
business.
The Oklahoma Sooners, by win
ning the seven games they have
played so far, stand at the head of
the Valley teams. Missouri, with one
defeat at the hands of Nebraska to
mar its record, is in the second place
berth. Missouri meets Washington at
St. Louis Jan. 20 while the Sooners
oppose the Oklahoma A. & M. quin
tet at Stillwater, Jan. 21. As a keen
spirit of competition exists between
the two schools, the Oklahoma Ag
gies may be the ones to upset the
march of the Sooners to the Valley
title.
Grinnell has undisputed possession
of tne cellar with six defeats and no
victories to its credit. The little Iowa
school has had a bad year in all ma
jor sports and was left out of the
Big Six recently organized. Other
Valley teams rank somewhere be
tween and most of them have broken
even in their basket aontests.
From the playing of last night's
quintet including Brown, Witte, El
liott, Holm and Lewandowski, this
team will likely start the Saturday
tilt with the Kansas Ags. Smooth
plavng which has been lacking on
the Husker team so far this season
was evidenced by this quintet Tues
day afternoon. As a result, the Tues
day practice team will probably
start against the Aggies Saturday
night at the Coliseum.
then judge of its worth.
"Show moral ballast; don't have
the kind of character that, is nothing
more than a weather vane," Dr.
Calhoun urged.
The simplest truth in the science
of education gives the key to moral
ballast, and here the educator Kil
patrick was quoted, "We learn that
which we practice, we do not learn
that which we 'do not practice."
It is the impulse in youth to be
critical so Jesus warned his disciples,
'Judge not that you be not judged.'
"Do not waste time in a critical at
titude but get busy on your job, in
the fulfilling of your responsibility
as you see it," the speakor concluded.
Prairie Schooner
Comes Out Monday
awsauaaaa
(Continued from Page 1)
collegiate short story contest a year
ago, is another feature of the win
ter number. Other short stories are
contributed by Alice Hyde Hupp and
Roselle Gilman.
Marion E. Stanley, Marie Men
gers, and Dorothy Thomas are
among the poets whose verses ap
pear. Others are Mabel Langdon,
Chou Han, Clari ssa Buckline, El
eanor Hinman Amy -Bruner Almy
and Preston Holden.
Frederick C. Christensen, Frances
Waggoner and Nellie Jane Comyton
are other essay contributors. The
book section, conducted by Gilbert
Doane, University of Librarian, is
continued and James C. Rosse con
tributes an article on midwestern
writers.
Kappa Sig Wins
Third Game in Finals
(Continued from Page 1.)
ters the Sig Eps aided by their fast
team play pulled away from the
Delts and maintained a seven point
lead at the end of the game. Othlrich
and Krause were the individual stars
for the Sig Eps, Krause being high
point man with 11 points to his
credit. Hill, the diminutive forward
for the Delts scored 10 points for
his team. King was second in honors
for the Delts with 4 points. The
guarding of Bauman and Johnson
was good considering that they were
somewhat shorter than their oppon
ents.
Alpha Sig Win 27 to 12
The Alpha Sijrma Phi lads easilv
had the game tucked away when the
gong sounded to end the game. Pil
ing up points for their team was their
main diversion and they emerged
with a 27 to 12 victory over the Phi
Sigma Kappa, last year's class "A"
champions. In the first quarter before
the echo of the whistle had died
among the walls of the Coliseum,
Norling dribbled down the floor to
make a set-up shot. After some slow
cautious play on the part of both
teams, Halbeisen sank a free throw
for the Alpha Sigs and the quarter
ended 3 to 2.
During the last two quarters both
teams played at top speed. With
Rosa Raisa To
Appear Here
(Continued from Para 11
teen, she reached Capri, Italy, where
she met a philanthropic woman who
provided her musical education.
After her debut at Parma before
Eva Tetrazzini she was whirled run-
idly upward in the realms of grand
opera. She sang stellar roles in the
great European operas with such art
and splendor that she was invited to
create the leading role of the opera
"Turandot" by the composer, Gio
como Puccini. Puccini is noted fnr
his operas "La Baheme", "Madame
Butterfly" and "Tosca".
At this time the long arm of the
Chicago Civic Opera company reach
ed out and beckoned her to the
United States where she has since
spent most of her time. She has per
formed since that time in Buenos.
Aires and Mexico City operas. Raisa
is without doubt one of the world's
greatest actresses as well as one of
the world's greatest singers.
Bringing such talent as thia t.
Lincoln is a big job, it was agreed
at a meeting of the opera executive
committee Tuesday. Members were
assigned various duties and a state
wide publicity campaign will be sent
out The committee was highly sat
isfied with the results of th nl
tickets on the University campus and
to the various organizations.
Calhoun Speaks At
Vesper Services
(Continued from Page 1)
According to Dr. CuIJioun we can
only show moral diHcrimlnation when
we look through to the end of what
ever matter we huve in hand, and
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Lunches
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Smoker Supplies
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NEW
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They are to be found here
new styles and colors
presenting a most unusual
money saving opportunity.
Norling who was getting "warm" on
the basket-shooting, the Alpha Sigs
scored 19 points in the second half
to their opponents four. The game
ended with the Phi Sigs trailing be
hind under a 27 to 12 score. The in
dividual star of the game was Nor
ling, Alpha Sig forward, who scored
from almost every angle of the floor.
He scored eight field goals, for his
team, leading the scorers with 16
points. Konkel, and Urban, of Alpha
Sigma Phi, tied with Jones, of Phi
Sigma Kappa, with four points each.
Jensen showed up well with his floor
work for the Phi Sigs, as did Carver.
The Kappa' Sigma team continued
their winning streak in the champ
ionship league by beating the Sigma
Alpha Epsilon team under a 33 to 5
victory.
The individual stars for the victors
could not easily be determined. What
one man lacked in the scoring col
umn he made up for with his floor
work and guarding. Paulsen was
high point man with eleven points
to his credit. Kronkright was sec
ond with ten points and McClary was
third witn eight points. Conner and
Roper guarded closely thus cutting
down many Sig Alph attempts for
field goals. Toms and Sawyer play
ed well for the losers. Both han
dled the ball well and guarded their
men.
Box scores:
Sigma Phi Epailon 20 fg ft pf
Oehlrich f 3 0 0
Krause f 5 10
Paul c ' 10 2
Elliot g 0 0 0
Farley g 113
Alph Sigma Phi 27
Norling f 8
Konkel f i
Urban c 2
Peterson g i
Halbeisen g o
Delta Tau Delta 15
King f
Hill f
Cook c .
Bauman g
Johnson g
Nelson g
10 2 5
2
5
0
0
0
0
7 16
Phi Sigma Kappa 12
King f o
Jones f 2
Jensen c i
Nicholson g o
Beechner g i
Carver f i
12 3 2
5 2 7
Research Work Here
Receives Discussion
An article on arsenical compounds
appearing in the Journal of the
American Chemical society for De
cember is the result of research work
done at the university chemistry dc
partment by C. S. Hamilton and Miss
Viola- Jelinek, Dr. Hamilton is now
at Northwestern university, and Miss
Jelinek is now teaching chemistry at
Hebron academy, Hebron, Nebr.
Oxford University students are
highly indignant at the film depict
ing Oxford life, "The City 0f
Youth."
Northwestern University students
select by ballot a mythical Big Ten
Conference football team each year.
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Dusty Rhodes' Free Throw
or Fame for a Day
They didn't expect him to make a point. But
he made a free throw. And that free throw was
the cause of their winning the game. The crowd
went wild and more girls wanted to put their arms
around Dusty's neck than he could accommodate.
Fame !
And after the game Dusty had a-few team
mates around to his rooms. He served them
"Canada Dry." It made a big hit even bigger
than winning the basketball game. More fame!
This ginger ale has a delightful flavor . . .
tang to it . . . dryness . . . sparkle. ' It has a
subtle gingery flavor because it is made from pure
Jamaica giatxerwIt contains capsicum (red
pepper).
Bug. U. S. I'll- Oil.
A Nil A TTv A rR1
"Th Champagne of ginger zAes"
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