THURSDAY, FKHRUAKY 11. 1932
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THE DAILY NEHKASKAN
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The Daily Nebraskan
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Just What
hit?
A lnrpe amount of confusion and misconcep
tion has arisen in connection with the pending
attempt of the Tnterfraternity council to en
force regulations which fraternities are sup
posed to observe before they can initiate, nieu.
The publicity which has been given out and the
manner in which the fraternities have been
notified of their alleged violations has carried
the impression that the violations were for
initialing men who did not have an average
of 72.
This rule requiring all men regardless of
class hi school to complete one semester's work
with an average of 72 was passed last .Tanuary
by ihe lnterfraternity council. Previous to
ihnt time, the rule in force required any fresh
man initiates to have an average of 70, but
afti r a man had enough hours to classify him
.is a sophomore, he might be initiated regard
Jess of what his average was.
A rule also existed, however, that each fra
ternity should secure from the lnterfraternity
council, through the dean's office, a ''clear
ance" slip. This slip was issued by the office
of the dean of student affairs after each man
10 be initiated by each fraternity had been
checked for eligibility. Previous to the pass
ing of the 72 percent rule, this involved only
determining whether the man was a freshman
rr not. If he was a freshman, he was eligible
if he had the average of 72. If he was more
than a freshman he was automatically eligible.
It appears from some investigation lhat the
violations which have been given considerable
publicity by the committee are not such flag
rant violations as might have been assumed.
The violations consist in the fact that the fra
ternities did not secure the permission from
the dean's office to initiate their candidates,
and regardless of how careful they may have
been to observe the rules in force, they have
been classified by the over-enthusiastic com
mittee as having violated lnterfraternity
council rules.
The committee does not seem to have 1aken
any great amount of care to make clear what
the violations were. They have announced
that fines might be around $50 for these vio
lations. They have caused considerable senti
ment by sending to the various fraternities
lists of men who were initiated at the begin
ning of the school year 1930-1931 without tak
ing the trouble to explain the difference be
tween violations of the rules then existing and
violations of the rules since the general 72 per
cent average as a requirement for initiation
was passed.
Certainly the action of the lnterfraternity
council in enforcing scholarship regulations
among its members is to be lauded. Further
more, the committee entrusted with this en
forcement deserves co-operation and support
in a difficult job.
J-S nt the fact remains that the committee has
been .somewhat hasty in creating the impres
sion 1liat twenty fraternities have deliberately
attempted to evade the rules of the council.
They have failed to make distinctions between
actual violations and mere, neglect to conform
with a form of procedure which many of the
fraternities may not have known about.
With such regulations as are in force it is
the duty of Ihe lnterfraternity council to lake
particular pains to make known to all its mem
bers ;just what are the requirements both of
eligibility and procedure before a person can
be initiated. Until it is impressed upon each
fraternity so that the responsibility rests
clearly with that fraternity that it must get
permission from the dean's office before initi
ating men, even those whom it knows are
eligible, it is hardly just for the council to
classify such unknowing and innocent offend
ers, at least in some cases, with willful viola
tion which may subject them to serve penalties.
editor of any college paper, it seems safe to
say, heeds only too well his siatuation and post
lion, and spends his days trying seriously to
fulfill them. One of the college daily's supreme
duties is to present the student mind as it
reallv is. The columns of other daily papers
have iveeiitlv been filled with columus of
news matter on the student altitude toward
disarmament. The opinion of the writer was
that this sentiment was not exactly representa
tive. A studious attitude toward disarmament
can not but give the idea that it will fail.
Indeed, Mr. Nelson has advanced no reasons
at all why we should support the Geneva con
fcrence. lie has merely shown that some peo
ple believe in disarmament. Ho says further
that fears for the conference should not be
expressed. The expressions of the writer were
not fears, rather they were convictions.
Amf so there still seems to be some contro
versy on the problem. And it is a problem
which holds no promise of settlement. The
conference has begun and the best thing seems
to be to let the work of the. conference stand
for itself. Certainly nothing can be accom
plished by attempting to do the work of the
conference for them. The conference is in
session and it is that group which will sec
whose prophesy is right.
Prophesies and
Disarmament.
Ilegarding war as a distinct possibility, even
a probability, Capt. G. W. Spoerry yesterday
stated that he believed disarmament to be a
disastrous attempt at cutting down the effi
ciency of a fighting force and the prepared
ness of the nations. He said, in part, "Army
officers do not want war. But we all realize
mere acutely the disastrous significance of un
preparedness." The Geneva Conference, it
seems, is doomed to the same failure as all
past meetings of nation's delegates.
Meredith Nelson in the Morning Mail col
umn today expresses the opinion that The
Daily Nebraskan committed somewhat of an
indiscretion in submitting an adverse judg
ment toward disarmament in general, and the
Geneva conference in particular. Mr. Nelson
reminds us of the position which we hold. His
comments in this direction Are nedless. The
What, with the snow now gone, are students
going to have to talk about? Kut then there's
the male Nebraska sweetheart.
Perhaps the Mortar Boards should have a
Daisy Chain and an attendant for the Popu
larity King, as they do for 1he May Queen.
Herbert Hoover, we fear, will not be quite
so fortunate as Woodrow Wilson, although
Hoover, too, "kept us out of war."
BEAUX ARTS BALL
INTRODUCES ART
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Guest Soloist
iBIT
TONIGHT
Brilliant Costumes Will
Grace Morrill Hall .
Corridors.
MORNING MAIL
Long Live the King.
TO THK EDITOR:
The king can do no wrong. A good old
saying in the days when men used lace hand
kerchiefs and women hid their lights under a
bustle. The world has long since outgrown
lace handkerchiefs for men and light hiding
bustles, but. now, in a democratic vnivcrsity of
a democratic country, the old inonarchial her
itage, of kings always being right, seems to
persist. At least, the king can. do no wrong
at Nebraska if he happens to be incarnated as
the Mortar Board. I'm not so positively sure
that there is anything inherently wrong with
choosing the "personality man." but I am
still sure that it's a jolly bit of silliness.
Before renting my clothes and weeping yes
terday and breaking down 1o set forth a view
in writing 1 asked a number of activities men
what their reaction to this contest was. They
were unanimous in voicing the opinion that
the contest was absurd, simple, ridiculous and
childish. And this is enough to label it as
silly. I even had an expression or two from
alumni. One gentleman, who was graduated in
.1893. said "I've seen university students do a
lot of unorthodox thingK, but this one is the
worst."
Still and all, Mortar Board is backing it, it
has to be right. Their party will be a grand
success and I sincerely hope it will be. It will
be the sight of the decade to see one of Ne
braska's "lovely" boys mincing down from
the dais, wearing his crown jauntily as the
king of masculine pulchritude and personality.
Ah what a delicious feeling of superiority to
look over 1be sea of faces and know that he is
the king. The king of what
And all the big shots are wild to be the
lucky man. They are asking all their friends
if they (the friends) think they have a chance.
One young chap was overheard to say, "Hon
est, fellows, do von really think I'll be the
one?"
I'm going to be right there in the front row
that night. I wouldn't want to miss it. And
when Ihe king goes past me I think I shall
genuflecl and. reaching out to touch his royal
robes, say, in the supplicating tones of an awed
subject, "Ah, sire, what blessedness to be as
pretty as thou." COCK ROBIN.
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Disarming the Editor.
TO THE EDITOR:
The Daily Nebraskan last Sunday contained
a very gloomy, pessimistic editorial on the
Geneva disarmament conference, expressing
editorial prophecy of the failure of this con
ference. Now, Mr. Editor, your prophecy may be, ful-'
fiUrd the conference may break up, having
achieved nothing. But on the other hand,
which of us can know that from its beginning
the conference was pre-desthied to meet any
such doom? Viewing the facts as a whole, stu
dents of the situation are not left without rea
son to believe that the conference has a chance
to succeed.
So long as the barest possibility of success
remains, Mr. Editor, this is no time to give in
to our fears, and to abandon the subject with
one feeble, hopeless gesture of futility.
One thing is certain: The conference can
never succeed (nor can any other) without
desperate efforts being made by every great
nation. This does not mean that the responsi
bility is. now vested in our Geneva delegates;
their hands are bound fast by the conserva
tiveness of American public opinion. The ac
tions of our delegates will never be more ag
gressive than oar delegates will support.
If then, we hope to realize on this possibility
of success at Geneva, it remains for us (espe
cially students) to turn every bit of our effort
and influence to the building of a great de
mand for disarmament in American public
opinion. Every editorial printed which con
signs the Geneva conference to pre-destined
futility every word spoken to ennervate our
American hope and faith is a further threat
to the Geneva conference. No leader in Amer
ica who holds a position of influence has any
hands in despair. If the Geneva conference
fails, let it be not because we helped it fail.
Let it fail only after we have exhausted our
genius, strength and resources for making it
succeed.
Do not underestimate your own influence,
Mr. Editor. College editors are more potent
than they sometimes know. To ycu we must
look for constructive, untiring leadership. Can
we count on your leadership contributing to
the firmness of the foundations of progress!
MEREDITH NELSON.
MODERNISM IS MOTIF
Grand March Starts 9:30;
Opens 42nd Annual
Exhibition.
The Beaux Arts Ball will intro
duce the forty-second annual ex
hibition of the Nebraska Art asso-
elation this evening in Morrill
hall. Th( ball Is a costume affair,
a custom introduced last year. Ap
pearance in costume is not obliga
tory, however. The decorations,
under the supervision of Mrs. Foe,
will have a modernistic motif.
"Costumes appearing at the ball
will be beautiful, artistic, and
amusing," said Mra. J. E. M.
Thomson, general chairman of the
affair. Many of them were de
signed by Marvin Robinson and
Norman Hanson of the department
of architecture. They will be dis
played to their greatest advantage
during the grand march which
will take place, in the second floor
corridor at 9:30.
The special feature of the eve
ning ia entitled "The Development
of the Dance" of which Mrs.
John Champe is in charge.
Period Represented.
This will be divided into three
parts, the first being a primitive
dance, which will be interpreted
by Flavla Waters Champe, who
will be attired in the costume of a
North American Indian.
The second movement will be a
ballet by Lois Rathburn. Her
costume will be a pink, lacy affair.
Mary Kay Throop will give the
last dance, which will be modern
in trend, representing the new
German rhythm. Her costume will
be silver with black wheels sil
houetted against it, representing
machinery.
Miss Foe, who is head of art in
Lincoln schools, is chairman of the
committee which wilt judge the
costumes. Leslie Grainger heads
the music committee, Mrs. Harry
Flansburg is consultant chairman
and Ernst Herminghaus has
charge of publicity.
Jungbluth To Play.
The Ball proper will be preceded
by a "Gallery Tel:." by Miss
Katherine Faulkner, who teaches
painting in the school of fine arts.
Eddie Jungbluth and his orchestra
will play for the affair.
Beginning Friday, Feb. 12, and
until March 13, the art exhibition
will be open from 9:00 a. m. to 5
p. m. every day. The exhibition
this year has been assembled by
Prof. H. C. Cunningham of the de
partment of architecture, through
direct invitation to a large num
ber of representative individual
artists.
MEN CENSOR TEST
FOR "POPULARITY"
(Continued from Page 1.)
quotations from the three stu
dents listed above.
Some question has been raised
as to the ' posibility that Mortar
Board will have an opportunity to
make the election come out the
way it wants it to by virtue of the
fact that they will count the vote.
It is the frank opinion of the Ob
server, founded on investigation,
that any students harboring such
suspicions may immediately dis
miss them. Faculty members will
be present when the ballots are
tallied as well as representatives of
the Student council. That the
counting of votes will be unfair is
out of the question.
Vote Representative.
Mortar Board has definitely
spiked any protests to the effect
that they are limiting their vote
to sororities. On the contrary
they are making it as thoroly rep
resentative as possible and every
rooming house or dormitory with
at least eight girls in it will be
given a ballot slip. As far as the
spread of the votes is concerned it
will be truly representative. The
general feeling is, howver, that
the manner in which girls must
make their selections is a trifle
vague.
In giving this report of mascu
line opinion it must be remembered
that tht pvnrpssinnn renorted here
are the immediate emotional reac
tions of those interviewed, it is
quite possible that by the date of
the party the men will have be
come wholly reconciled to the
idea may even De quite unani
mously in favor of it in fact.
Those individuals who felt that
they were victims Of a high
powered advertising scheme on the
nmrt nf Mortar Board were few
and far between. It was quite gen
erally recognized that it was
merely an attempt to do some
thing different and there was no
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BERNARD FERGUSON.
Bernard Ferguson will appear
as the guest soloist with the Lin
coln Symphony orchestra Sun
day afternoon, Feb. 21, at the
Stuart theater.
Sharing honors with Mr. Fer
guson will be the University of
Nebraska band, which will aug
ment the Symphony orchestra
when It plays the last number
on the program, which will be
"1812 Overture" by Tschaikow-skl.
criticism on that score. It was
simply that they felt that perhaps
this was going a step to far.
HERBERT YENNE'S,
"JINGLE BELLES" IS
PICKED FOR SHOW
(Continued from Page 1.)
of 1918, '19, 20, and '26, the organ
ization has given an annual pro
duction of some musical comedy
written and produced by students
of the university or by parties con
nected with the institution.
Following is a complete list of
the plays presented: "A Message
From Mars," 1911; "The Diplo
mat," by Prof. R. D. Scott and C
L. Connor. 1912: "The Matchmak
ers," by Prof R. D. Scott, 1913;
F.l Presidente," by Ernest ti.
Graves, 1914; "The Easy Mark,"
by Ralph H. Northrup, 1315; "The
Knight qf the Nymphs," by Mau
rice C. Clark, 3916; "The Diplo
mat," by Prof R. D. Scott, 1917;
The Most Prime Minister," ny
Klub members, 1921; "The Knight
of the Nvmphs," by Maurice C
Clark, 1922; "The Yellow Lan
tern," by Cyril Coombs, 1923;
"The Wishing Ring," by Cyril
Coombs, 1924; "The Tut," by Cyril
Coombs, 1925; "The Dream
Pirate," by Herbert Yenne, 192";
The Love Hater," by Herbert
Ycnne, 1928; "Don't Be Silly," by
Bill McCleery, 1929; "Sob Sister,"
bv Bill McCleery, 1930; "High and
Drv," by Bill McCleery, 1931.
CHANCELLOR Hcinrich Bruen-
ing of Germany, speaking as a
former service man oi me worm
war. said to the World Diaarma
mont conference Tuesday, "if our
generation, the generation of old
combatants, rails to succeed in
erecting a bulwark ngainst the re
currence of the catastrophe of the
last war, how are our successors
to succeed ?"
Manv of us college people have
little idea or wnai war reaiiy is.
As we rise to take places in the
world, the older experienced people
relinquish their places. Germany
realized tho seriousness of this in
evitable situation, for even in that
nation which suffered most, the
memories are waning.
D AILROADS used to think that
their way was the only way of
transportation. They were slow to
accept new means of travel, and
before they realized it truck and
bus had nipped their revenue. But
now more than c r we can expect
railroads to modify their ways.
Wage reductions will decrease ex
penses but not increase gross
revenue.
Subsidiary bus lines such as the
Interstate Transit of the Union
Pacific have already grown up.
Only yesterday this subsidiary
was permitted by the state rail
way commission to receive a loan
from its parent that it might im
prove and extend its services.
P)OWN in Texas the by-word is
beginnlrg to be "Garner for
President " One of the wavS thCV
it ia hv nuttine a metal
plate bearing those words on their
automobiles, it ai nmu s men
r enonph to block Roosevelt at
Chicago perhaps the Texas man
will be tne darn norse.
The south regrets Alfred Smith
has allowed his name to be used
as a presidential prospect. For
one thing the south has been hesi
tant about including the liquor
question in the 1932 race. Smith
as a candidate would make this
inevitable. The south wants demo
cratic victory and it has quite uni
formly accepted Roosevelt.
"Something else, however, will
come back if Smith is nominated,"
bhv.o the New York Times. "It is
a revival of those religious preju
dices wnicn SO aisin-sscu uiu-.iguc-
fut men In 1928." The south In.
sislfl that the democratic party will
have much greater chance for vic
tory if these issues are left out.
IF ANY figure is indicative of
1 American standard of living and
degree of prosperity above other
nations, the life insurance figure
is. Of 147 billions in life insurance
estimated for the world, 107 bil
lion is massed by the United
States. The average per capita in
3929 was $843. Canada followed
econd with $640 per capita, New
Zealand third with 9358. In 1923
life insurance was over 26 percent
of our national wealth.
SrHAl offer to students on
Char Portraits made from Corn
husker negatives. Hauck't Stu
dio. Adv.
HOLD TELEGRAPHIC MEET
Frosh Will Swim Against
Washburn Saturday Says
Coach Vogeler.
trvwaVimnn swimmers will rarti-
clpate in a telegraphic meet with
the Washburn frosh Saturday,
Coach Vogeler stated Wednesday.
Men slated 10 compete inciuue
Uiio-h Rathburn. Bill Kellev. Mac
Dunning, Bennet, Anderson, Wood
and Clark.
Varsity time trials will be held
Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock.
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Not the Truth but the Search
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