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ft THE DAILY NEBRASKAN The Daily Nebraskan Station A, Lincoln, Nebraska OFFICIAL PUBLICATION UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA Under direction of the Student Publication Board TWENTY-SEVENTH YEAR Published Tuesday, Wednesday. Thursday, Friday, and Sunday moralnga during; the academic year. Editorial Office University Hall 4. Business Office University Hall 4A. ... d Office Hours Editorial Staff. :00 to 6:00 except Friday and Sunday. Business Staffs afternoons except Friday and The Cynic Says: I had planned on taking the girl friend to "II Tro vatore" but she hadn't had a chance to see "Ladies Night in a Turkish Bath". In Other Columns Telephones-77 -Editorial! B-891, No. : Night B-6882. 142; Business: B-6891, No. Lincoln, i . - . V.a xintnfTif In Entered as econo-c "'''"" " V-j . nrlal Nebraska, under act of Congress. March . 1879, and at special rate of PO.U. provided for in section 1108, act of October 8. authorized January u. 1917. 12 year. SUBSCRIPTION RATE Single Copy cents $1.25 a semester Oscar Norling Hunro Keier Gerald Griffin . Dorothy Nott Editor-in-Chief " Managing Editor .Asst. Managing Editor ..Asst. Managing taitor NEWS EDITORS Pauline Bllon Dean Hammond Maurice W. Konkel Paul Nelson W. Joyce Ayres ASSISTANT NEWS EDITORS Cliff F. Sandahl Lyman Cass Richard F. Vette Milton McGrew William H. Kearns J. Marshall Fitter .business Manager Asst. Business Manager .CIrculation Manager . Circulation Manager WHEN OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS Grand opera staged by an original company will 'be given for the first time in Lincoln when the ' Chicago Civic Opera company presents "II Trovatore" m the Coliseum this evening. If the experiment is-successful Lincoln will probably be included in the itinerary of the company on their annual tours. The opportunity of seeing such a production of grand opera is rarely extended to students living in cities the size of Lincoln. The inability to find a build ing suitable for the staging of the opera is one of the chief reasons. The places visited by the opera company must necessarily be limited. Naturally they chose the cities in which the opera can be successfully presented. It is not often that students should be urged to neglect their studies, if necessary, to attend a theat rical production. But "II Trovatore" is certainly an exception. "Find Plane Parts' It's headlines like that that keeps us pedestrians satisfied. THE FRATERNITY PIN Fraternity and sorority initiates, undaunted by the chilly March gales, are proudly allowing their coats to flop loosely open in order that all may see that they are no longer pledges but regular members of the greek order with honest-to-goodness real pins. They are to be congratulated for successfully com pleting their duties as pledges. For they have been initiated into a group that, although sometimes prone to do foolish pranks, is beneficial to the individual and an asset to the university. A word of advice, however, is not irrelevant at this time. Initiation ceremonies, made impressive and formal by solemn vows and oaths, naturally stress the impor tance and merits of the individual organization. The new member is impressed with the outstanding quali ties and principles upon which the group was based and upon which it carries on its work. The bond of fellowship is exalted time after time. Such ceremonies have their place and no criticism is intended of the manner in which they are conducted. Once in a while, however, thef new member, re ceiving congratulations on all sides, gets the distorted idea that he is being bestowed with an honor that few individuals receive. He begins to judge a person by the pin he or she wears and those without pins are often regarded with a slight lifting of the eyebrows. To be sure fraternal organizations are a fine thing. Some groups may even be more selective, according to the standards set by the individual, than others. But, after all, such organizations are only a part of college life and are always secondary to the institution and its policies. To regard them in an exalted and highly exclusive light is both foolish and deplorable. A VERMONT EXPERIMENT If all comes to pass as outlined at the present time, Bennington, Vermont, will be the scene- in 1929 of the beginning of a novel experiment in higher edu cation. At that place and time the first freshman class will matriculate in a women s college which plans to leave behind all pre-conceived notions of education and start out on entirely new lines. There is much that is challenging and thought pro voking in the idea. Faculty members will start with an initial maximum salary of $7,500. Bennington will em phasize psychological training. There will be a con sulting psychiatrist in attendance and a resident expert in mental hygiene. The long vacation may be placed from December to March, giving a longer college season for sports and mountain climbing. There is to be no line of demarcation between curricular and extra-curricular activities. But the most interesting phase of the new college will be its method of selecting students. Written exam inations, which are branded as misleading and as plac ing a harmful strain on the student, will be dispensed with. Instead of this, the director of admissions will confer with the applicant and her parents, whenever possible in ber home town. The applicant's former re cord will be studied carefully, but with as much at tention to activities outside the classroom as to regular scholastic work. Finally, and this appears to us to be the finest fea ture of the new institution, Bennington will give a girl "with evidence of special aptitude, even though in a restricted field, preference over another whose record is more uniform and also more mediocre." Bennington hopes to "spot and develop excellence." Such a college as this could fill a great need, and the trustees of the institution are right in beginning with a new plant, a new faculty, and a new under graduate body. In this way there will be no restrictions as to which way the college shall develop. It is much easier to build from the very beginning and not be forced to tear down old icons to make way for the new. We hope that by 1929 the Trustees will have raised sufficient money they already have over half a million dollars plus the grounds and a few buildings . to make Bennington college an actual experiment, for on paper it appears to hold forth greatest promise. The Michigan Daily. I 1 Friday, March 30 Baptist Students All Baptist students are asked to attend the annual B. Y. P. U. banquet at the Second Baptist church Friday evening, March 80, at 6:80 o'clock. Plates fifty cents. Football Practice There will be regular practice sessions of spring football on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of this week. Practice was not held Tuesday because of the K. O. T. C. parade. Monday, April 2 Engineers ident, Marjorie Sturdevant; secre tary, Lois Haninar; treasurer, Mary Bail. Cbairun v. tU rn. fritters who compose tno jervaiiV.r f the cab inet nre: Bible study, I 'i l!n: fii'r.man coiiimissioii, Marg t JVilim.; world foium, Julia RfJr c r.fcrt i re, Su Hall; social, Helen Day; vespers, Evelyn Collins; rooms and office, Dorothy McCoy; publicity, Audrey Beales; church relationship, Marion Wilkerson; Grace Coppock, Maurine nesday evening, April 4, at room 320 Teachers College. "Self-Analysis" will be the topic for discussion. Dr. Charles Fordyce, chairman of the department of educational psy chology, is the principal speaker and he will be assisted by Professor H. E. Bradford, chairman of department of vocational education, and Clark A. Fullmer, who has charge of voca tional education in the high schools of the state. Students making the inspection trip 0T. . i-nr,o TTMno SfffciMoIr . at a meeting will De ' ' ' " PMrnirn im nntiAoH that held Monday April 2 at 5 o'clock in M.E. vCSper choir, f!Atheririn Tlapk-mnn ; 206 at which time final instructions Willi, . i. , , r,.. W. ffiviiTi nH .o-,. i.nnn.nt announce- '""SIKH BlUUeill, ICIBUUUS, .ciiiiur ments made. H. P. Kauffman, city pas- Cooper; poster, Dorothy Cratg; in- present to answer any questions that may dustrial, Ruth ShallcrOSSJ College of be asked him. Students may purchase iick ets from him at this time and make their reservations Social Calendar Scientists at the University of Pittsburgh have found that th'e average sound sleeper moves about 35 times during the night. This shows how deeply the idea that one cannot park long in a place is impressed on the average mind. Purdue Exponent. OUT OF THE DITCH No students can spend four years on a college campus and not learn something. But what do they learn and to what use are they going to put it when they face the task of bucking Old Man Reality? Is the fellow who went to work as soon as he took his high school diploma going to make more of a suc cess than the college graduate? He will surpass some of them, to be sure. But many college graduates will surpass him. What is the percentage and is it great enough to justify everyone taking a college education? A story was once told that illustrates a good point: A young fellow, just out of college, returned to his home town for a brief visit with his parents. His father was a contractor. Labor was short and the young fellow went to work in a ditch to fill in the ranks. A bulking fellow next to him had known him be fore he left for college. "Well, John," he Baid, "four years ago you worked in the ditch with me. Then you went to college. Now you are back in the ditch. What good does an educa tion do you if you have to come back to where you started? I am just as well off that way without an edu cation as you are with one." "There is just one difference," replied the young fellow. "I can climb out of the ditch and you can't." The Oklahoma Daily. Friday, March 30 Sigma Chi spring party, Lincoln hotel. Acacia spring party, Scottish Rite Temple. Alpha Gamma Rho, house dance. Alpha Delta Theta, house dance. Ag College Mixer, Student Activ ities building. Phi Alpha Delta, house dance. Saturday, March 31 Delian Literary society, University club. Phi Kappa Psi, house dance. Farm House, house dance. Delta Sigma Lambda, house dance. Lambda Chi Alpha, house dance. Phi Gamma Delta, house dance. Kappa Alpha Theta, initiation banquet, Lincoln hotel. Phi Omega Pi, house dance. Alpha Chi Omega, house dance. Alpha Sigma Phi, house dance. Sigma Delta Tau, initiation ban quet. Delta Upsilon, house dance. Girls Commercial Club tea, 3-5, Ellen Smith hall. Agriculture, Marjorie Brinton; big sister boarU, Dorothy Norria. Walcott Tells About Ministry (Continued from Page 1) pastor and it takes a considerable time to fill the vacant pulpit." That rural churches need highly trained men just as much as city churches was a pdlnt emphasized by the speaker. "The rural field offers many opportunities. Likewise does the suburban church field, which is sometimes looked at as the best kind of religious work. Not Sure of Church "The reason why more young peo ple do not go into the ministry is simply because they do not feel sure of the doctrines of their church," he explained. "They perhaps feel the urge and are willing to enter the profession yet they are withheld on account of lack of knowledge of the church doctrines." The final lecture of the "Voca tions" series will be given next Wed- Fawell Says Lent Is Spiritual Opportunity (Continued from Page 1) of three months. "Doctor Gilkie said that this was also the opinion of Dr. Charles R. Brown, who holds that the most dif ficult congregation to preach to in the world is the student congrega tion," he added. "Then Doctor Gil kie explained this phenomenon by saying that this situation was not due to the superior intellect of the student (which he said in most cases is overestimated) but rather to the student's limited experience." The Chicago pastor advised against separate student churches, according to Mr. Fawell, and advocated the in troduction of students to the fellow- ship of church life, where they could find in the lives of others and in the pulpit ministry to others all the octaves of Christian experience that are possible from the cradle to the grave. "Here would be found both men and women with experiences that have to do with joy, sorrow, suffer ing, pain, doubt, and death," con tinued the student pastor. "When as he mingled with them in worship and fellowship, the student would unconsciously and consciously be in troduced to many new octaves of ex- perience. Lent furnishes us, then, an opportunity for the deepening of our experience." Three additions to the octaves of one's experiences were mentioned by the r1"'-c-yman. The first addition is 0 meditating on the lenten period, which culminates in Passion week and in the resurrection as s period of History, which, in real significance to the world, has never been sur pF.sse3. ' Understanding Helps Life "There are events that carry us to f uch heights and d-pths," he went on "pnd we stand in awe conscious that we are in the presence of life's PTfrctest realities. The more thor oujiiily wo understand these events f the lent en period, the richer will f),;r f j perience be. Have thaao days : Miflcance for us? Meditation on '' tin lery and significance of these days' events may add several octaves to our limited experience." Secondly, one may deepen his ex perience by seeking a light from Lent on some baffling experience, in the opinion of Mr. Fawell. "How much light is there for us in true medita tion on the events of Lent?" he asked. . In answer to this question, the pas tor said: "The day of crucifixion is called 'Good Friday' and yet a darker day in history has never been known. It was followed by the resurrection and the light. To us in the midst of the most baffling experience, Easter may mean the transformation of life's darkest outlook." Fellowship With Christ As a final contribution to the oc taves of experience, Lent affords a fellowship with the Christ, who, ac cording to the pastor, seeks to share the fullest meaning of Lent with us. "You may profit," he added, "by sharing with other lives that have been enriched by the varied expe riences of human life. The richest fellowship of all, however, is that of the Christ. It is here that uncer tainties become realities." Mr. Fawell then gave the seven words of Christ on the cross as an aid to those who are in fellowship with Him. They are: "Father, for give them; Today shalt thou be with me in Paradise; Woman, behold thy son; My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? I thirst; It is finished; and Father, into thy hands I com mend my spirit." "Ponder often these words in fel lowship with Him," advised the pas tor. "Then to you Lent will mean a deeper, richer life, as well as add ing the varied octaves of experience." University Is Host . - ( To Opera Stars (Continued from Page 1) features in the wardrobe department are the wigs. Nearly $30,000 worth of wigs, costing all the way from ?5 to $300 each are used, and this material is looked after by experts in hair work. Fch opera that the company pre sents has its separate set of wigs. Stay at Cornhusker Rosa Raivta, Lenska, Rimini, Cor tin and other star members of the cast are to arrive a little in advance of the special trains. Headquarters for them have been made at the Cornhusker hotel, where they will be under management of Clark A. Shaw. The Chicago company's production of "II Trovatore" is divided into four acts and eight scenes. A few of the gorgeous stage settings will be the palace of Count Di Luna, a gypsy camp in the Biscay mountains, Man- rico's Castle and Munrico's Prison Cell. Principals in Cast Principals in tonight's cast are: Lenora Rosa Raisa Inez Alice D'Hermajioy Count Di Luna Giacomo Rimini Manrico Antonio Cortis Azucena Agusta Lenska Ferrando Virgilio Lazzarri Ruiz Albert Rappaport An Old Gypsy Gildo Morelato Conductor: Giorgio Polacco. John K. Selleck, rho hn3 taken active part in the opera promotion, reports a heavy last-minute sale of scats, nearly $2700 worth being sold Monday and Tuesday of this week. A few good seats are still available known that man is at liberty to do this and that, and woman is not. Changing View of Marriage "The human family has found higher levels, and many are finding real companionship in marriage. The idea of marriage was certainly not very broad a generation ago. If we could but obtain a spiritual concep tion of marriage, our ideas of com panionship would change. Formerly men regarded marriage from only the physical point of view. Life is spiritual, marriage is spiritual, and the physical aspect is something divine and a creation of a new level of faith. Sex may be creative in companionship as well as in produc tion. Should Learn Self Mattery "As one great philosopher once said, the 'play of love is always cre ative. In reerard to Dettiner Dromls- cuously, this is merely making friendship physical and is trying to build the spiritual life around the lowest thing, basically. This is sure ly not intellectual, the play of sex in the physical sense being on one level, and the play of sex in the spir itual sense being on another level. Life's richest enjoyments are center ed on discipline. n,very good man and woman should leam the art of self mastery. It is a problem to put life on the highest level, and sex on the highest plane. Friendship based on the phys ical conception of life 'burn out' and do not exist. The woman of today contrary to popular belief, should enjoy the rights and privileges of man, in an effort to mould the proper spiritual conception of life." Dean Gossard, according to Don thy Nott, co-chairman of World Forum meetings, is a man exception ally well versed in student affairs and speaks on these subjects from the point of view of a scientist. Gossard Discusses Student Relations (Continued from Pap-e 1) for the production of this advance ment of thought. Advocate Broader Thinking "We are trying to get at the facts and we are thinking wider and deep, er than Just moralizing or academic. A spiritual concept of life in sea realm will come to us only through broader thinking. "In the medieval period, sex knowledge was supposed to be Sad, and people advocated ignortnee and prudery. At the present day, there is a strong tendency to change the attitude of women toward careers as women are becoming more intellec tual. This double moral standard is being broken down. It was formerly New Building: Brings Up Campus Issue (Continued from Page 1) That should mean a promotion.) As the pile grows (and it's growing every day) it is gradually breaking down the fence along Bessey Hall. What, if any, is the advantage of this? A new fence will have to be put up something else on the registra tion. Nobody but millionaires will be going to this University in another year. For the benefit uf Lliose who have 8 o'clocks at Be3sey: there is a fairly well-packed path on the west side of the mound. If you are graceful you can get around that way. If not you can slide down the pile like we did. (And it really was fun honestly.) New Y. W. Cabinet Goes Into Office (Continued from Paeo 1) acteristics for leadership in the work of the cabinet were humility and sin cerity. The new cabinet then lighted their randies, one by one, the cand1 beirg symbolical of the i."ht of Christ as it guides and inspires. The retiring president then delivered a candle, signifying the light of the organiza tion, and the constitution, signifying the duties of the organization, into the hands of Ruth Davis, the new president. The recesHional Hymn of Lights closed the ceremony. Ruth Daiys la President The newly installed officers sre: President, Ruth Davis; vice-pres- A SQUARE MEAL FOR NOTHING YOU'LL NEVER FIND. BUT YOU WILL COME CLOSEST TO IT AT THE HUSKER INN 239 N. 14th John Nash, Prop. You Have Often Heard When Do We Eat? Where Do'Ve Eat? The Answer I Now!! At The COLLEGIAN CAFE 321 N. 13th A. L. Terry, Prop. Chorus Plans Debut Friday (Continued from Page 1) times during "The Love Hater" with costume changes for each appear ance, Rehearsals for the cast, society and pony choruses of the Kosmet Klub show are held every evening, and at certain times during the day. 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