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I UK I) Nr!UUKVN U ) i)Y) w . m 4 i tiit u in. io:o. Tut Daily Nibraskan TWlNTV-NtNTH VI Art rUUenM aa rn-iij class mallei al ll .valorfue lo Lincoln. NcO. uti.lri ail ej io,reea. Much I. Is7, anj al rate 4 poalajje pruvhle. ti IB section IliO, hi l tl ft. IVW. authoiu4 Jav -u. itua. OrfUiaJ ftibii tio of the University or Ne braska and umlrr the Uirtttioo ol lle Hludeul 1'iihlu-alloo lara. ."uNisheil every morning during- the eialemi year with the eirritito ol MalurUaye. Motvteye. aul during the various vacaliuo pertode oT lhe ICdiionaJ office -lnivereily Hell . rUatioo A. liuaineaa urine -L'uiveieity Hall A, mat loo V OfriciTlmini-lilonal Htaff: ft to P duty eicer Knay ami Hun.lay; buaineee etaf: 1 lo p. m. dily esci Kiilay and Munday. CLIFF F. A0AL.T...T0IT0rIN cnttr J. M. FITIEH .......IUIINIII MAJAU fcdilonal taff Associate editor; Joyca Ayrea. Managing editor- rlKar riachue. Gene rVro. Newe eduore; ttonald Carlson. Kobert Kelly, William McCieery. fugena WcKlro. EJmoot Wane, NMrta editor Jaca tJlHHt. VntnDuting aditora: Maurlca Aktn, Donald Carlson. Luclle Cyp reanaen. lavtd Kellman. Kobert Kell.v, W illiam McClrer). Klnier Hkov. Business Staff A Mint ant business managers: Lroy Jack. Charlee Lwlor. Leider Uihrueyer. Student Leadership. With all lb ifrniuiilomMit rnuarka hoard thr-sn days about liat haa lx-rn ao aptlj tcnncJ "the machine ag"'," tin-re always iuftiiK' to P i" '" reffiTnc to IradVr khip oxnooinlly the nrd for the riitlit kind of leadership. That word has btcomr- the cry of the hour in tint LtuinraH world, in the profes sion.il world, in the educational world, in all the Hi-Ms of endeavor. Those eonnicted with thcae various, phasoa f life are intensely Interested in noting the enliber of the leadership that in being eier ciae.1. We, of thin University of NVbraaka, coming under thu cntcgory of the "eduentional world," are desirous of developing and main mining the be.tt grade of leadership, not only for llie prvnent but for the future as well. How is thia quality in humanity to be dis played in an educational innt itution where there are more than 7.000 individuals attached to it! Through what channels can this trait find ndequnte expression? Naturally, these are troublesome questions In the minds of thoae who have the welfare of the university at heart -those who arc constantly striving for a better university. a a At the present time, there are many groups on the campus wherein both student and fac ulty leadership is evidenced. The success of those groups is measured by their achieve ments, their accomplishments, their ideals, their practices. But from the standpoint of undergraduate service to the university there is a predisposition among faculty members and Mud'Mits to look to two groups the senior hon orary societies. Mortal Board, national women's senior croup, confines its energies to the interests of women students. Members of that organisa tion are truly representative of the feminine student body. They are chosen on very strin gent qualifications good scholarship, able leadership, and outstanding personality and eharac.ter as evinced during their first three years of university life. The deeds of Mortar Board speak their own language. Tbcy point to an enviable rec ord of worthwhile enterprises not secured ihrough a mirage of publicity but through ac tual toil. There is the personnel work con ducted by the society among new and old stu dents in the university. There is the valuable assistance it gives to the university Y. W. C. A. in its splendid work. There are a number of ol her outstanding activities undertaken by the society which space forbids enumeration. All in all, the senior women's honorary is doing everything that can he expected in the way of leadership, it is something other than an honorary it is a service organization. The fact that the members are chosen because of merit and merit alono and that the society is instrumental in inculcating ideals into a major portion of the student body is proof enough that guidance is being projected in the right dire tion. a The other senior group, the men's honor ary, is known as the Innocents society, a local instil ution. Unlike its counterpart just cited above, this particular body conjures up a pie lure which has become rather displeasing for the layman. It has fallen by the wayside in its travel through the twenty odd years of its existence on this campus. It has, in part at least, evaded its mission as a bearer of the leadership banner, which task it professed to assxune at its inception. Foremost among its shortcomings is, as everyone knows, its mode of election of mem bers. At the time of its founding, the Inno cents society was intended to comprise a group of thirteen men "who in their first three years at the university have demonstrated their abil ity as leaders." These leaders were to place the ideals and purposes of the university above everything else even their own fraternities or other affiliations. In the years that have passed, however, the society has gradually oozed into a political organization a goal for the most dynamic po litical aspirants on the campus. As soon as any fraternity has been able to get representation it has refused to relinquish its hold and so there are some which have never been deprived of at least one member, worthy or unworthy, the deciding factor being the fraternities themselves. So vividly does a recent Nebraskau editor, the first one in several years who was able to express himself on the subject, portray this aspect of the organization that a reproduction of a portion of his editorial is given below : "The idea that because a man is a member of the Innocents society he neces sarily is an outstanding individual, lily white in everything that he has done, worthy of everything that has become a part of his activity nomenclature, has steeped this campus. "Nothing could be more sickening and more repelling than to have an organiza tion proclaim to the country that its mem- btia rrprrat-nted the b.t that the I'-uvtt aitj of Nrbraaka haJ to offir in tin wi of inrll ktudrnta who rlhibiwd the drmr able qualttir of adunhip and n I 1 1 t . "IVrhap tlu-re are a few hon to the organization who ran g I in und. r the wire of audi a dual rquir uit-nt ; the r M get in by irtur of the maid tiny have worn for three yraro of eolli-Ke. or by ur ine of the bread and milk diet tiny have been ftnl upon since entering aehool." a a a Turning to their Uutiea, which arc rrrssly" fahJ In the 1?'-"J Condi;;..!., r. w. find them kHmoring micIi noteworthy -vniU an "football rallies, Cornhuxkcr banquet, Dad'a Pay banquet, green rap dintributioii, Freshman convocation, ami many other important activi ties." That the organization hna been partially miceciuful in fulfilling aome of thie ohliirn tioni ia an acknowledged fact. But their fail ure to do always the light thing here, loo, fairly outweighs their suecrtuful executioim. Berauae of their utter negligence in en forcing the green cap rule, that time honored custom has been doomed to the grave. Instead of having organized agencies to enforce the edict or at least enlightening the freshmen as to the honor of w earing the caps, the Innocent have done nothing at all with the matter. From all appearances, the tradition ia no longer a tradition in the true sense of the word, but has been perverted Into a money making prop, coition for the self perpetuating group. As to ita other activitiea, what has the society to offer in the way of aervice! Cer tainly it has had charge of all such get togeth er as Cornhuskrr banquet, Dad's Day bn li quet. Freshman convocation. But did it have complete charge of all these? Did not the group receive invaluable assistance from vari ous departments and even the Mortar Boards, eupccial'.y with regard to the Freshmen convo cation? If aiieh be the case the honorary should be given the appellation of a co-operative group. It cannot be said to posses or display much Initiative, then, except in one specific chore the holding of Tallica, or as interpreted by the organization itself, the stimulation of school spirit. Kvidently the group has adopted the policy of sublimating all activities in order to centralize their efforts on one thing. The proficiency of the organization in this respect is likewise common knowledge. The lack of attendance at rallies, the lack of inter est in the repeated attempts of the society to force into the students something they didn't desire, bear testimony to the inability of the Innocents to foster the highest type of school spirit mainly because they could not com mand the confidence and respect of those whom they were trying to serve. Troper kind of leadership is of vital im portance at a university or college. The need for a connecting link between faculty and stu dents is being felt more and more as time goes on. But It takes only one digression from the path of real leadership to turn things topsy turvy, while it requires painstaking and time consuming means to restore cosmos out of chaos. J) IWtwcrn the Unci.' 'ly t.MH l.r. Olt.HiS. iry of a thrttmaa Walton ut: hni.iiday. Irc. 31". Kal in my rtxiin all in inning delating on tba uljtM: htmll I go home or atay heia and (modi lit term papar or alrrp or do i'tirlalinat hooping or I invrat in liquid rrf rhmnta or ,lir tuakfal. lllppad a tola. I Mon. hat in a roma all afternoon trying to realist thai I dw I nave .Mnnlay aignminta. Sunday. IVc. 22: Pawned my Tun and bought ticket home Several girla from home on the Ham I 'lavM 'itution. hut tan. i Mho k'H the button." as far HaMihg Then I had wme luck and lound the 11 ton but the girla refused lo ride any farther on the same I rain with me and took a hiia on from there. Arrived home late and pent the evening as plnining to fawthuh how I hap lriird to use up my allowance eveiv month by the loth. Ilea a Ut unreasonable and doeen't ree- ionize a wnrthr cauaa when ba ee fine. Monday, De. 23: Went ehr-p-plng. after hitting papa for a little financial aid. Hought him a aet of golf cluba. Our town doeant have a courne, but I've heard tha Lin coln Muny la pretty good. Cot a la a aet of atuda. Found aome nana keirhlffe for mother. Echoes of the Campus, 1 More Restrictions. To the Kditor of The Nebraskau: The Panhellenie association of the univer sity has decided to forbid the printing in the newspapers of accounts of any sorority par ties. This action was based on some ancient rule of that body which slated that no publicity should be given to Borority rush parties, or to sorority functions to which men were invited. It is claimed that in the far distant past this rule was made in order to neutralize rushing competition, for it was said that some groups outdid themselves to get their names in the paper in order to impress prospective rushees. Is such a rule basically sound or does it place an unjust restriction on a phase of col lege life? The university is a community in itself with a complete routine of affairs similar to those in the largest communities in which its graduates will later become members. A glance at after-college life will show that the majority of social functions are given due prominence in the papers. Whether this is vitally necessary is a secondary matter. The present consideration merely recognizes that, it is done, and. if university life is a preparation for later lite, why should social publicity be omitted? The attempt to justify this action on the basis of lessening sorority competition is en tirely fallacious. The accounts in most cases are not printed in any papers outside of those of Lincoln and The Daily Nebraskan. As a result they are not by any means read by all the rushees. Even those girls who see these papers have little interest in these accounts. It is hardly probable, moreover, that any soror ity is going to keep complete files to display openly during rush week. The rule applies only to the women. - The men are apparently able to stand the effects of the newspaper accounts of their social affairs. The authorities admit that the rule is an old one so old, in fact, that it has not been in active use for some time. It was probably thought ideal at a period when coeds were a novelty and many restrictions were considered necessary for their protection. The coed of today, however, is an independent individual. Many of those who attend the university have reached adulthood as recognized by the laws. They have every right to protest against a law which places another unnecessary restriction upon their activities. M. K. Now that one political machine has in stalled the varsity cheerleader as senior class president, we suppose the boys who supported the other machine 's ticket wiH refuse to cheer. Michigan Daily. Tuesday, Dec. 24: Met aome of the girla on tha atreet who d been on the train coming home. They wouldn't apeak to me but I gave back the button to Mary, Just tha same. Put up a Christ maa tree In the dining room. Mother wanted to gel a man to do It and was kind of aore about toe broken china and glnssea, but what good la a son If he can t ba a handy man around tha houee? Wednesday, Dec. 25: Chriatmaa. I bagged aome popcorn, an orange, some winter underwear, a diction ary and a Ford roadster. I dunno what to do about the Ford. There's no parking apace at the unlveralty. Went to dinner at grandma'a and laid around all afternoon with In digestion listening to the old folka pan tha younger generation. Thursday. Dec. 26: Dad wants to know what I'm going to do thia vacation. Imagine a question Ilka that. When I said I hadn't thought about It he asked me about my grades and I waa off guard and let a few things slip. So then he auegested that I study. Aunt Grace had Insanity once. It must be In the family. Friday. Dec. 27: Slept. Saturday, Dec. 28: Slept and ate. Sunday, Dec. 29: Slept and ate and read a newspaper. Am con valescing rapidly. The family thought I ought to go to church but 1 waan t In the mood. a i " . a4 ailfc ItMtt r.,il diatt A4 Oi l MI o.t f. -. I t'mft M Ik .!. ! . rw Mn 4 uifc imi f A In IM tlwillui If, r a., i fi m.ii Ml ll " low t"'" M. Itmf lll r nu-, ti la ( T I t1 u M I ta t'i M IM u I (44 lo iHjii- A SljJciit Look a at V Public Al lairs. ft UAVID t kl.LH A V. Monday. Dec. 30: Decided to write a term paper. Tuesday, Dec. 31: Read a refer ence and definitely derided not to write a term paper. New Years eve. Folks were suspicious and told me they'd lock the door and I must ring the bell when I got In. Felt alarmed and spent the evening In a snooker parlor. Resisted tempta tion manfully, and went for a ride with some of the boys. Went to sleep before the whistles blew. Wednesday, Jan. 1: Spent the morning on the front porch try ing to get in. Family let me in In time to dress for New Year's din ner at grandma's. Had the second half of the fi.Ykey. We consumed the first half Christmas. It must be a great life at grandma'a. Thursday, Jan. 2 : Took the train back to school. A bunch of the girls were aboard. They've been kind of cool lately. I tried to re vive their spirits by auggeating a game of "Button, Button." Took the bus on from Hastings. Walt till our next formal. They'll rue this day. I wonder if Lincoln tai lors sew on buttons. Friday, Jan. 3: Read another term paper reference. The town ia dead. So's the reference and the term paper. Wiah I were. Saturday. Jan. 4: The town's filling up. I did too. Wiah it were Monday. Wish I'd driven the Ford back instead of taking a train. Sunday, Jan. 5: Tha girla aent me a package of buttona thia aft ernoon. Wish I could think of a pood crack to add to thia. School tomorrow. Thank God. RAIJ.AD Or SORROW FIX QKIPSTrB Word and Mimic bj thx AthloMr V-pi. The football haifnirk walled and wapt And Mdly did he cry; It Is suggested that the student council offer a bounty on professors who gire exami nations the day after vacation. Those with depleted bank accounts are hoping that this rumor about there not being a Santa Claus may be false after all. Now that football season is over, the ral liers will change their battle cry to "s'o More Clashes I" We Wish You All The Season's Greetings Trust 1930 will bring you added pleasure and satisfaction. Yours for Service Uni Drug Company 14th V S. B3771. PIK world has bwn thrilled by last week's announcement of the discovery of the geim of In fluensa. The aurceaaful Isolation of thia scourge of humankind, which baa for ao long eluded the diligence of countleaa acientlsta, has been announced by Dr. Ualr 8. Falk. a professor at the t'niver slty of Chicago. The discovery, which should soon lead to the le. vrlopment of sultal le remedies for the dlaeaaa. came aa the result of patient, painstaking, dangerous re search, during which the aclentlat and his fourteen faithful assiiitanta not only worked hard, but sub jected themselves to the discom fiture of contracting tha dlseaae tbemaelvea. Though the announcement of the discovery waa made aner me sci entist bad checked his experiment. In a scientific manner, over a con siderable period of time, the world must withhold Its final vennci un til others hava tested and relented the results. Our scientists are careful: their thinking and their methods are free from tradition. snap-Judgments, and herd gregar ious neaa. GOVERNOR Fisher of Pennsyl- vanla did something laM week which amacka of courage, even If certain other moral attributes in his action seem to be lacking. He appointed Joseph B. 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