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Proteges of Coach Black
Will Appear in First
. Game Thursday
SEVEN LETTERMEN BACK
Supplemented by Veteran
Reserves, Prospects Are
Considered Good
Winding up the final week of the
practice before opening jthe season
on the Coliseum court Thursday
with South Dakota State, Coach
Black sent his basket tossers
through a long practice last night.
With but a few days gapping be
tween the first appearance of Ne
braska's Quintet to begin the 1928
29 schedule, the candidates for the
varsity team spent most of the eve
ning in shooting baskets, passing,
and defensive play. Coach Black
is rapidly rounding Into shape the
team which will represent Nebras
ka on the court and from all indi
cations, Nebraska will enjoy a
much better record In the Boorlng
column this year.
Seven letter men comprise the
nucleus for the varsity squad, but
supplemented by several promising
candidates the quintet which starts
the South Dakota State game on
Thursday night will not be known
until Thursday because of equal
ity of caliber of several of the men.
Munn Makes Bid
Glenn Munn, varsity center of
the 1927-1928 aggregation, Is suited
up this week and out for practice
in an endeavor to again be the
pivot man on Coach Black's quin
tet. Jensen and Maclay, sophomore
candidates, are pushing Munn hard,
and there may be the probability
that Maclay will start the game
-against South Dakota because of
his good showing made in practice
sessions.
Last night after a long practice
of fundamental play. Black sent
three teams of varsity candidates
against freshman coach "Bunny"
Oak's squad of men, with the re
sult that several varsity men
showed up well against the fresh
men, although not scoring promis
cuously. Two of. the three combinations
put la the floor by Coach Black
were Witte, Fisher, Munn, Holm
Continued Paf t.
KLUB PRIZE WINNER
Announcement of Chosen
Play Will Be Made After
Holiday Vacation
"We will soon be able to make a
definite announcement as to the
winner of the r a hundred dollar
prize in the pl writing contest
and the content of the Kosmet Klub
show to be produced during spring
vacation," Linn Twlnem, president
of the Kosmet Klub, stated yester
day. With the announcement of the
deadline In the play-writing con
test the name of the winner m ill be
announced within a short time. The
contest conducted by Kosmet Klub
is open to all University students
or members of the faculty desiring
to compete.
A hundred dollar prize is
awarded to the winning production,
submitted with complete musical
store. A fifty dollar prize is given
to the winner if nothing but the
libretto is submitted, and according
to the Klub will receive as much
consideration In tho contest as the
show complete for production.
Play Must Be Inclusive
To be complete In every detail
and eligible for the one hundred
dollar prise, the winning produc
tion must contain the libretto, com
plete musical score, lighting plot,
scenery and costuming plot, and a
description of all characters In the
play. The scenery must not be dif
ficult to construct or require a
great amount of space as it will
have to be taken with the play on
the state tour next spring vacation.
As is the custom of Kosmet Klub
annual productions, the entire cast
and orchestra, which does not num
ber more than fifty people, are
taken on the trip throughout the
state which includes an itinerary of
several cities. Kosmet lub shows
generally include on their spring
Itinerary, Omaha, Fremont and
Hastings, supplemented by three
or four other cities.
The activities of the Kosmet
t'witlnard Ps S.
Tassels Close Successful Year of
Participation in School Activities
Participation in school events
has marked the history of Tassels,
women's pep organization, this year
as In other years. The Tassels,
dressed in regulation costume of
red and white, have been in attend
ance at all home football games,
and many also attended the game
at Lawrence.
Red and white mittens were sole,
by the members of the organization
at the games. Before Homecoming
the Tassels went around to the fraternity-
houses to promote spirit,
and they also attended all rallies.
Besides taking part in the par
Senior and Graduate
Students Must Apph-
Senior and graduate students
who expect to obtain degrees
should make application this
week, before the holiday vaca
tion. Applications will be received
In Room B-9, Administration
building. Regular office hours
will prevail throughout the
week.
IT
WILL BE
Cornhusker Editor Asks All
Who Have Material to
Submit It to Him
PLAN TO HAVE 15 PAGES
Work on the 1929 Cornhusker is
progressing satisfactorily, accord
ing to William Mentzer, editor.
Attention is being focused at pres
ent on the snap shot section of the
Nebraska year book. This depart
ment of the publication will be
larger this year than last, accord
ing to the editor.
Persons having snap shots suit
able for the 1929 Cornhusker are
requested to turn them In at the
office in the south basement of
University hall. All snap shots of
students or campus affairs will be
acceptable, according to Mr.
Mentser.
Bruce Thomas, business manager
of the publication, urges all per
sons in charge of organization pic
tures to see him in the Cornhusker
office as soon as possible. The
organization section will soon be
closed, and the Cornhusker staff
wishes to have it as nearly com
plete as possible before the final
deadline arrives.
Fifteen pages of snap shots have
been sent to the engraver so far,
according to Mentzer. The junior
and senior sections have been
practically completed, and the ma
jority of the material is at the en
gravers.
IS
Material Will Be Selected
From Leading Magazines
" In Country
Material from a number of col
lege humor magazines of the
country will appear In the "Ex
change" number of the Awgwan,
local humorous periodical, which
will be on the campus, January 10,
according to the editors. Local
material, however, will be accepted
and staff members are asked by
the editors to submit their copy
before Christmas vacation.
Every year the Awgwan pub
lishes an "Exchange" edition, de
signed to primarily feature mater
ial la, en from similar magazines
that are on the exchange list of
the local magazine. Only the best
material is selected by the editors
from these magazines.
Among the magazines from
which material will be obtained
for the forthcoming issue are Ala
bama Rammer-Jammer, Notre
Dame Juggler, Yale Record, Cali
fornia, Carnegie Tech Puppet,
Stanford Chaparral, Minnesota Ski-U-Mah,
3ucknell Belle Hop, Vir
ginia Reel. Lehigh Burr, Dart
mouth Jack O'Lantern, Kansas
Sour Owl, Annapolis Log, Okla
homa Whirlwind, and the West
Point Pointer.
EDUCATION CLUB
WILL HOLD PARTY
The Elementary Education club
will hold a Christmas party at
Ellen Smith hall Wednesday, De
cember 19. The party, which be
gins at 5 o'clock, will be cele
brated with games and dancing.
Every member will bring a small
toy to be later given to poor
children.
The tickets, red paper bells, are
30 centa each but half a dollar's
worth of fun Is guaranteed to all
members who attend. The Christ
mas tree which will be the center
of attraction will be taken to
brighten a Russian church after
the party.
Pershing Is Present At
Funeral Of Mrs. Butler
General Pershing arrived in Lin
coln Saturday to attend the funeral
services of his slsten Mrs. D. M.
Butler, held Sunday afternoon.
General Pershing is a former
student of the University of Ne
braska. He was an Instructor in
the department of military science
here after his graduation, and It
was in his honor that the Pershing
Rifles organization was formed.
ticular things for which the organ
ization was formed, the Tassels
also had charge of the distribution
of green buttons to the freshman
girls. The organization won the
group prize for selling the most
Cornbuskers and also sold Daily
Nebraskans. At the A. W. S. tea
early 5 i the year, the Tassels as
sisted, and they are also to present
a skit at the Girls' Cornhusker
party Friday evening.
Social Events Given
Social events to get the Tassels
better acquainted with one another
Continued oa Pr t.
Basketball, Wrestling, Track
And Baseball Coupons
Are Available
FJRST TILT IS THURSDAY
Season books (or basketball,
wrestling, baseball and track may
be obtained at the Student Activi
ties office today by presenting the
coupons from the football season
books. This announcement was
made Saturday by John K. Selleck,
business manager of athletics.
It was announced on the football
books that the basketball books
would be obtainable on January 8,
but Mr. Selleck changed the date
because of the South Dakota State
college game Thursday. The bas
ketball books will contain tickets
for this game.
These new season books will ad
mit students to wrestling, baseball
and track contests. Organizations
can get their seats in one block by
sending one of their number down
with the coupons. It will not be
necessary to present indentlfica
tion cards.
The seapon books are larger this
year because of the addition of
baseball as a varsity sport.
Enrollment Statistics By
Swarthmore Dean Show
Columbia First
Nebraska ranks nineteenth
among other universities in the
United States in the number of
Students enrolled, according to re
ports recently received by Dean
Raymond Walters of Swarthmore
college, from 216 colleges and uni
versities on the approved list of
the Association of American Uni
versities. The number enrolled was placed
at 8,897, and this includes part
time as well as summer students.
The first twenty-five are Columbia,
82,036; College of the City of New
York, 28,287; California, 26,562;
New York university, S0.303; Min
nesota, 17,858; Pennsylvania, 14,-
844: Illinois, 18,010;.. .Wisconsin,
12,939; Michigan, 12,890; Pitts
burgh. 12.674: Ohio State, u.ebz;
Chicago, 12,662; Boston univer
sity. 12.234: Northwestern, 12,038
Western Reserve, 10,038; Harvard,
10,793; University of Washington
(Seattle), 10,339; Cincinnati, iu.
328: Nebraska. 8,897; Texas, 8,259;
Iowa, 8,026; Fordham, 7,859; Cor
nell, 7,465; Syracuse, 6.88Z; Okla
homa, 6,664.
Small Gain In 1828
Annther feature of the report
-a th nrnllmnt this vear has
only Increased 2 percent on the
average, which is tne amanesi an
nual gain since the war. Figures
from 1922-1927, show, in contrast
in thin a rain of 26 nercent. Com
paring the November 1 registra
tions with those or a year ago,
these reports show an increase in
Continued ! S.
Pocket Mouse
Is New Pet of
Zoology Man
A pocket mouse, seldom seen in
this section of the country, was
found recently In the basement of
Bessey hall, and is being cared for
by Otis Wade, Instructor of zoology.
Contrary to the habits of mice.
"Pedro" surprised the department
of zoology by hibernating in a mass
of cotton and sawdust after "stuff
ing" himself with grain.
When the little grey" and amler
colored ball is forced to osicll, he
reluctantly displays on efller :ak
an exterior pouch for it-Ting fa..
A more entertaining ci'.r i
the active little deer mou,!' '
obligingly turns somersault.- n tha
air for visitors.
Mr. Wade has a chipmonk and a
number of ground squirrels which
have hibernated also. To demon
strate that hibernation is not en
tirely due to cold, he showed that
those placed In a warm room havs
become torpid and almost dormant
also. "
W. A. A. Soccer Tourney
Is Scheduled to Start
W. A. A. soccer tournament is
scheduled to s'art this afternoon
with the sophomore-junior game at
4 n'rlnrk and the Nebraska ball
tourney opens this afternoon at 5
o'clock with a game oetween me
freshmen and sophomores.
Wednesday at 12 o'clock the
freshmen and sophomore teams
will meet in the soccer tournament
Meeing of Campus dub
Indefinitely Postponed
The Campus club meeting which
was to be held Wednesday evening
v. . Kot, nnntnnnad due to the ill
ness of members and a conflict with
fthe'r meetings. Dr. Winiued Hyae
Ifedd was the speaker scheduled
for the evening.
Mary Ellen Brown Is To
Address Commercial Club
Mary Lllen Brown will speak at
the regular meeting of the Girls
Commercial club Wednesday eve
ning. The meeting is to be held
in Ellen Smith hall at 6 o'clock.
Student May Apply '
For Magazine Staff
Applications for appointment
to the positions of editor, assist
ant editor1 and business man
ager of Awgwan for the second
semester will be received by the
Student Publication Board until
Saturday noon, December 22.
Application blanks may be got
at the office of the School of
Journalism, (U 104). Material
previously submitted for consid
eration by' the board need not
be duplicated.
J. K. (Selleclc, Secretary,
Student 'Publication Board.
f
CLASS A TEAMS PLAY
FOR pE HONORS
Two Undefeated Quintets in
Each Division Meet
This Week
WILL CHARGE ADMISSION
With two undefeated teams in
each of four leagues, and one team
unbeaten in league V, interest
grows warmer as the class A inter
fraternity basketball tournament
enters the fourth week of compe
tition. And with the league lead
ership in two of the leagues to be
decided by tilts between the un
defeated aggregations, the sched
ule for this week offers some at
tractive prospects in the way of
cage entertainment.
In the first division, Pi Kappa
Alpha meets Beta Theta Pi, each
with the purpose of keeping a
straight record of wins. Pi Kappa
Alpha has won three contests to
date, while the Betas have won
two. However, the team winning
the game Tuesday night will be in
undisputed power in their league
for the time being, at least. Tnere
will be at least two games stand
ing between the victor and league
leadership. .
Phi Slas Battle 81a Eps
In the second league, Phi Sigma
Kappa meeta Sigma Phi Epsilon
Wednesday night. Botb or tnese
teams are undefeated; the Phi
Slgs are favored to continue their
winning streak. The dope gives
them the Inside track by virtue of
strong performances in their early
games. Dopesters are also useiy
to remember that the Phi Slgs
were winners of the basketball
championship for two consecutive
years, in 1926 and 1927.
The games in league III will not
bring the leaders together, al
though both testis. Delta Sigma
Phi and Phi Gamma Delta, will
see action.
The feature contest in league IV
takes place Wednesday night be
tween Kappa Sigma ana bigma
Alpha Epsilon. Although the Sig
Cantlmed on Faga t.
Relations To Latin Country
And Hoover's Attitude
Provide Theme
"Argentina as a Question to Ask
Hoover," will be the subject of the
World Forum talk to be given oy
.Tampa A Cuneo. assistant instruc
tor in the Romance Languages at
the University or NeDrajKa, wea
nesday noon, December T9, at the
Nebraskan Hotel.
Mr. Cuneo Is a former resident of
Argentina Because of President
elect Herbert Hoover's trip to
Latin America and Argentina, it
vii thnnrht that one of the World
Forum meetings should be turned
over to that topic.
Wednesday's luncheon is the
third in the second series this
year. The price is thirty-five cents,
and tickets can be obtained at the
V. M. C. A. office in the Temple,
and at Ellen Smith hall.
All students and faculty members
are invited to the Forum meetings
i&A much Interest has been shown
iLis year. The program Is fin
ished in time for those having 1
o'clock classes to attend them.
Marriage Takes
New Toll From
Gridiron Squad
Vhe fair co-eds failed to register
with Elmer Holm this year be
cause he's married. Holm was
married to Ina Shlnrock, his child
hood sweetheart, August SI, 1327.
The marriage was to have been
kept secret until after Elmer's
graduation this spring.
The groom's parents were told
of the marriage after the Kansas
Aggie-Nebraska game Thanksgiv
ing day. Then Elmer told a par
ticular friend, who told another
friend, and soon the news was out
Holm, besides being a husband,
held down guard position and
acted as co-captain on the Husker
football team this season.
Messiah Production
Will Be Postponed
, Due to the epidemic of influ
enza, the pi c' notion "of the Mes
slah is post od until after the
Christmas recess, Prof. Paul H
Grummann, director of the
School of Fine Arts, announced
yesterday.
. The production of the Mes
siah is an annual event preced
ing the Christmas recess. No
convocation will be held Friday,
December 21.
LOCKED BRAKES ARE
Two University Students
Are Injured on Omaha
Road Monday
HOLM IS SLIGHTLY HURT
Returning to Lincoln after a
week-end in Omaha, two university
students were injured, one serious
ly, early Monday morning when the
car In . which they were riding
turned completely over near Mil
lard when the brakes of the car
locked. Lawrence Robson, College
View, suffered serious Injuries, the
extent of which could not be de
termined last evening.
Elmer Holm, co-captaln of this
year's Nebraska football team, suf
fered a bruised wrist and shoulder.
None of the others was hurt, ex
cept for minor bruises.
The others in the car were Mer
ritt Robson, College View, and
elder brother of Lawrence; Ray
Chedester, Omaha, and Jordan
Thompson, Gordon, who was driv
ing the car, an Erskine coach.
L. Robson Is Injured
Holm and M. Robson are mem
bers and Chedester and L. Robson
are pledges of Phi Kappa Psl fra
ternity. Thompson Is not attend-
Cotrtlnant an Par t.
UNDERGRADUATES ARE
OFFERED ESSAY PRIZE
Fifty Dollars Is' Proffered
To Students Writing
Best Articles
Three prizes, totaling fifty dol
lars, are being offered by Chancel
lor E. A. Burnett, to undergrad
uate students of the University of
Nebraska writing the best one
thousand word articles on the sub
ject "The Obligations and Re
wards of the College Student."
First prize will be twenty-five dol
lars, the second and third fifteen
and ten respectively.
The contest ts being put on in an
effort to encourage students to a
greater appreciation of the respon
sibilities of a college education.
Concerning the pamphlet which
will be Issued containing the three
prise-winning articles. Prof. R. P.
Crawford.'asslstant to Thtf-fchancei-
lor, said, "The offering of these
pamphlets is all a part of a cam
paign to Insure greater sympathy
between faculty and the student
body a greater appreciation of
each other."
Faculty Also Contributes
Faculty members will also con
tribute articles for this pamphlet.
Their contributions will be based
on the subject. "The Obligations
and Rewards of the College Pro
fessor."
All students who wish to enter
the contest must deposit their ar
ticles in the chancellor's office,
room 101 In Administration ball,
before Tuesday evening, January 8.
The committee which will read
the articles and decide upon the
winners has not yet been ap
pointed.
Sicilian Lava
Is Contrasted
To America's
"What a contrast there is be
tween lava," declared Mr. F. G.
Collins, assistant curator of the
museum, In his radio talk over the
university radio recently. "While
over in Sicily It Is spelling de
struction and ruin, here in our
midst a lava field has been set
aside for the benefit and enjoy
ment of the people."
He was referring to the great
tract of land in Montana and Wyo
ming that we know as Yellowstone
park. The geological history of
the sixteen thousand square miles
of which it is now made up is a
very Interesting one, according to
Mr. Collins.
Vegetation Flourished
"At one place," he remarked,
"there is t spot where there In
abundant evidence, In the form of
fossils, of a one-time rich vegeta
tion. We can stUl see the giant
trees Just as they stood In life, be
cause, since the days In which they
flourished, there has been little
warping of the earth's crust at this
point so that the beds are still
practically horizontal.
"In the midst of all this ancient
verdure came the tragedy jUBt as
we see It today in Sicily, a great
out-pouring of lava that over
flowed, kUled, and buried all the
vegetation, even the biggest of the
trees. In the course of time this
lava broke down Into rich soil, as
most lavas do, given time enough,
and on this rich soil grew another
vegetation, which in turn was bur
ied and fossilized by another lava
flow. The geologists who have
worked there think that this alter
nation of forests with lava de
stroying them went on for perhaps
a dozen times."
Mr. Collins closed his talk with
a tribute to the late Hon. Charles
H. Morrill, whom be described as
a "steadfast friend and patron."
Journalistic Fraternity
Holds Initiation Tonight
Sigma Delta Chi, professional
journalistic fraternity, will hold in
itiation this evening, followed by
a dinner at the University club.
The Initiation is to be held at 5
o'clock In the Universal hall li
brary and the dinner at 6 at the
University club.
Junior-Senior Prom
Applications Are Due
Applications for membership
on the Junior-Senior Prom com
mittee must be submitted at the
Student Activities office before
5 o'clock, on Tuesday, December
18, according to Eldred Larson,
president of the Student Council
Twelve Juniors, six boys and
six girla, will carry on the com
mittee work as formulated by
the Student Council at a recent
meeting.
REQUIRED TODAY
Student Council Will Pick
Twelve Juniors to Serve
On Committee
MEMBERS SELECT HEAD
Applications for positions on the
Junior -Senior prom committee
must be In the Student Activities
office by 5 o'clock Tuesday, accord
ing to an announcement made by
Eldred Larson, president of the
Student Council.
The Student Council will appoint
the committee to take charge of
the preparations for the annual
Junior-Senior Prom from the list of
applications that are turned into
the Student Activities office.
The committee this year will con
sist of twelve members of the jun
ior class, six boys and six girls.
The committee will also have the
president of the class as a voting
member. They will appoint the va
rious sub-committees.
Committee Selects Head
Under the plan recently formu
lated by the Student Council, the
committee will meet and select its
own chairmen, preferably one girl
and one boy, and any other officers
that it deems necessary. On the
committee there will be not more
than one member from any frater
nity or sorority and non-fraternity
students are eligible and desirable
according to the Student Council.
T
OF DEBATING LEAGUE
Professor White Is Head of
-Prep -School Debate
Artists
Ninety high schools, comprising
the Nebraska High School Debat
ing league, under the general direc
tion of Prof. H. A. White, the presi
dent of the league, will this year
debate on the topic, "The English
cabinet form of government is pre
ferable to the presidential form of
the United States."
The debates will begin in the
thirteen districts over the state, in
January, and the state tournament
will be held in Lincoln either on
April 18-20 or April 25-27.
Professor White has Issued two
general letters concerning the de
tails and arrangements of the de
bates. The first was sent to all
schools In the league last year;
and the second, to all principals in
Nebraska. Each season the Ne
braska Debating league is made up
of all high schools which volun
tarily Join and pay the annual fee
of five dollars.
This year the interest shown
has been such that at. the
annual meeting of the league
In Grand Island, on Friday eve
ning, December 14, a committee
was appointed to consider dividing
the state Into permanent districts
instead of grouping them tempo
rarily each year, according to the
number registered, as has always
been done.
Material for the debate is being
sent out this year by the Extension
Division of the University of Ne
braska. FORMER STUDENT
DIES IN ACCIDENT
Ben R. Weber, a graduate of the
University of Nebraska in 1926,
died Saturday night in a Long
Island, N. Y hospital, following an
automobile accident Saturday
morning, according to word re
ceived in Lincoln yesterday.
Weber graduated from high
school at Wahoo in 1919. Follow
ing his graduation from the Uni
versity of Nebraska be attended
Harvard Law School. After his
graduation in 1926 he became a
member of the law firm of Murry,
Aldrich and Roberts, of New York.
Weber was a member of Phi
Delta Theta while In school here.
Hla home was at Wahoo, where
his father. Dr. E. O. Weber, lives.
The body Is expected to arrive in
Wahoo Wednesday, with the fun
eral services on Thursday.
Fraternity Men Should Show Utmost
Caution As Santa Makes Out His List
With Christmas drawing near,
old Santa is preparing his list of
good and bad fraternity men. O"
course all Nebraska Greeks expect
to be on the list which lets them
in on the receiving end of Santa's
line, still those who are not sure
of themselves are making prepara
tions for the annual paities that
are held around Christmas time.
. Some of the preparations are be
ing very elaborately planned and
members who have been Inter
viewed are allowing the writer to
reveal the secrets only under the
heavy persuasion at only a reporter
THE ENCHANTED
COTTAGE' TITLES
NEW PRODUCTION
University Players Plan to
Present Leading Love
Drama Soon
GELLATLY, YENNE LEAD
Miss Howell and Kirsch Aid
Directing and Staging
Of Coming Play
"The Enchanted Cottage," a
three act love drama, will be pre
sented by the University Players
for a week's run January 21 to 26,
according to an announcement
made last night by Ray Ramsay,
business manager of the Players.
Pauline Gellatly, former student
In the school of fine arts and now
connected with the Instructional
staff, will play the leading femin
ine role. Miss Gellatly has had
much experience in University
Players productions, having ap
peared in several plays produced
by that organization.
Herbert Yenne, instructor in the
department of dramatics ' will as
sume the masculine lead, playing
opposite Miss Gellatly. Mr. Yenne
Is a well-known University Players
actor, having been connected with
that organization for the past sev
eral seasons.
Show Runs Entire Week
As has been the' custom begun
this season by the Players, "The
Enchanted Cottage" will run an en
tire week at the Temple theater.
Mr. Ramsay expressed the belief
that the 1928-1929 productions are
enpoying as much patronage each
performance as if they were play
ing according to the former prac
tice of three nights.
According to Ramsay, "The En
chanted Cottage" has enjoyed great
box-office success., and comes to
the University Players for produc
tion only by special request; The
play Itself, he continued, is primar
ily a love story with many oppor
tunities for dramatic production.
Miss H. Alice Howell, head of
the department of dramatics will
direct the play, and Prof. Dwlght
Kirsch will supervise the designing
of the scenery which will be built
by the class of stage designing.
The cast of supporting- characters
has not yet been announced by the
department.
HE COUNCIL IS
AGAINST 'HELL WEEK'
Organization of National
Fraternities Opposes
. 'Rough House'
Reaffirming its stand against the
informal initiation ceremonies prac
ticed by fraternities, the National
Fraternity council also went on
record as against "hell week", ac
cording to a report of the conven
tion held in New York City recently-
A unanimous vote, taken after a
debate and open discussion, showed
the council against "roughhouse"
initiation. The debate was between
two undergraduates who put up
good arguments on each side, ac
cording to the report.
The National Fraternity council
is an organization of national fra
ternities which assembles each
year for a discussion of the prob
lems and questions of mutual in
terest. Sixty-five fraternities make
up the membership of, the organiza
tion. Two hundred and twenty-two
accredited delegates attended the
convention.
' College Corns First
Dr. Francis W. Shephardson. for
mer chairman of the council,
ststed that the main work of the
college fraternities at present Is to
let the college officials and other
people know that fraternities are
working for the bet.t Interests of
the colleges. "The college fratern
ity is a subsidiary of college life,
and college always must come
first' he stated.
No decision was handed down
concerning deferred pledging, and
both of the sides were taken in a
debate between members of the
council. The main point made in
its fsvor were the fact that it
would eliminate underhand meth
ods in rushing and that it would
permit the fraternities to judge
their men better, not merely upon
the recommendation plug a cursory
acquaintance.
The opponents to the plan held
that deferred pledging would not
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can subject his victim to. The
gifts represent the costliest of
those that could be purchased at,
any of the downtown 10 cent stores
and range from that price on down.
Some are picked up at other places
about the campus but none in any
case represents a very large sum
in financial terms.
If any of the readers should be
shopping and see something that
has the or.tside appearance cf a
very elaborate gift but likewise
represents the opposite in purchass
price they should immediately buy
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