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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
SUNDAY. APRIL 17, 1932
The Daily Nebraskan
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EDITORIAL STAFF
Arthur Wolf Editor-ln.chlet
MANAGING EDITORS
Howard Allaway Jack Erlckson
NEWS EDITORS
Phillip Brownell Oliver De Wolf
Laurence Hall Virginia Pollard
Joe Miller '. Sports Editor
Evelyn Simpson.. Associate Editoi
Ruth Schlll Women's Editor
Katharine Howard Society Editor
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS.
Gerald Bardo
Edwin Faulkner
George Round
George Dunn La Von Linn
Boyd Krewson William Holmes
Art Koielke
vitations, not many yet have caps and gowns.
Few seniors in trouble with credits enough to
graduate.
Ivy Day looms on the horizon. Tnnocpnts
in throes of electing. So outside commotion.
Mortnr Boards counting votes, too. No com
motion there either.
Student council holding their J"ire on the of
fices of freshman and sophomore class presi
dents. Intramural debate accepted by fraternities.
Delta Sigma It ho arranges schedule. Nobody
debates.
Realignment program sleeping soundly. Or
ganizations are organizing, they say. Commit
tee plans another meeting to finish arrange
ments. Spring elections in the oiling.
Some students studying .
Saturday Is the annual farmers fair. Too, the
new arrangement eliws the final two week's
stretch leading up to final examinations and
permits an organization for the coming year
before the present is ended. The alumni nf
ficers are to lie com mended on the new plan.
MORNING MAIL
Journalism seniors return with harrowing
tales. Spring plowing, you know.
BUSINESS STAFF
Jack Thompson Business Manager
ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGERS
Norman Galleher Frank Musgravt
Bernard Jennings
Wake Up,
Fraters!
Again the merits of fraternity life at th
University of .Nebraska are at stake.
In today's Morning Mail, "A Barb," who
adds that lie is "glad of it," tells an amazing
story ot how he was disillusioned about i'ra
teruities after coming on the Cornhusker cam
pus as a freshman. He came down to school,
he says, with the idea that fraternities were
' just the thing for fellowship and for furth
ering the best interests of the university.
Not finding them to be that way, he decided
not to pledge for a while and, judging, irom
his statements that follow, he has no intentions
of ever becoming a fraternity man.
The trend of thought in his dissertation seems
to be that the good old iraters are too selfish,
looking out for their own interests, instead
.of the university's. Also, he finds them, so he
says, molding their freshmen along the lines
the "fraternity thought best for the mainten
ance of the 'rating' of the group."
lie even goes so far as to wonder if fraterni
ties justify their existence.
True, The Daily Nebraskan some time ago
took the postion that fraternities were not what
they should be on the Nebraska campus. But
this newspaper believes that "A Barb" di
gresses a bit when he seems to doubt that
iraternitics justify their existence.
The fraternity system, as a whole, is not a
had thing. In fact, the principles of fraternity
.system are exactly what this non-fraternity
man thought they were before coming to
school. Therefore it is the fraternity as it is
being "operated" these days that is irksome
to the barb and to The Daily Nebraskan.
One of the most popular topics among the
taxpayers of the state of Nebraska today is
that relating to finances. Never before have
the citizens of Nebraska or of any other state,
for that matter, interested themselves in mat
ters of taxation and finances as now.
People are thinking, talking and practicing
retrenchment. They are cutting down at every
turn in the road. Naturally, any question that
'is raised about public institutions immediately
arouses a lot of attention.
Today the fraternity question is one which
is often hcajd connected with discussions about
the University of Nebraska. There is a move
ment growing in the state to have the next
legislature pay particular attention to fratern
ities, with the possibility that the old subject
will be raised about abolishing them altogether.
That the question might come up is seen in
the nomination of several of the legislators
who in the last few seasons have looked ask
ance at fraternities. Should they be elected
this fall, it is likely the proposition of abolition
will be brought up.
Fraternity men and women at the University
of Nebraska can and should work out their
own salvation. They can put a stop to any
movement like this. They ean forget their su
perficialties and come down to earth both in
their actions and in their mode of living.
Cornhusker Greeks are what the student
opinionator has found them 1o be. They are
"high hats." They are selfish. They arc
foreign to individuality. As long as they re
tain this attitude, they are certain to be choice
material for legislative action. Right now is
the time for them to wake up and give the
matter due consideration.
This time last year devotees of the rag of
fice were being: accused of being inmates of
a cinaret-smokiug den of vice. Oh well, the
world moves on.
All Is Quiet
On the Front.
The campus breathes soflly. There is little
noise and little activity. Kntire student body
moving about slowly, still in lethargy following
vacation. Many students still vacationing,
some here, some in home towns. All is reduced
to beautiful peace and quiel.
Student council planning meeting of dele
gates from Big Six Student councils here. Con
clave in process of being hatched.
Effort to get student on Athletic Board of
Control still up in air. All work is done. Now
must wait for Board .'.f Regents to act upon it.
Athletic teams are working out. The lure
of the "N" is upon them and they work.
Track meets scheduled for some time in future.
Seniors look with disfavor on proposition
of going to work soon. Some are looking for
jobs, most arc looking for good vacatining
place. Few seniors buy announcements and iu-
Shouting Editors
Have Value.
Tribute is paid to University of Nebraska
editors for their tolerance as compared 1o the
"wild outburst of untempered enthus'asm."
followed by the "violent acts in the Columbia
strike," in an editorial appearing in a Nebras
ka newspaper and which is being reprinted in
the columns of The. Daily Nebraskan today.
The Daily Nebraskan is pleased to acknowl
edge such "words of praise." Any college
editor knows kind expressions are few and far
between during his regime and like any presi
dent of the United States, his merits are not
really recognized until he is out of office.
Let the flattery come as it may. There are
always other factors mingled with flattery.
This is apparent with the editorial referred to.
when it says it may be a good thing for an
editor to "blow off steam," although he may
stir up "a lot of unnecessary trouble because
he does more 'shouting' than 'thinking.'
"What is true of a student newspaper is
true of any minority group," the editorial con
tinues. "It always feels better if it can ex
press its feelings."
To read this, one would be inclined to think
that both student editors and minority groups
are unnecessary, that their "yelling" ii a sym
bol of "sour grapes," or something like that,
without the proper amount of "thinking."
The Daily Nebraskan disagrees with this im
pression. The Nebraskan may be a typical stu
dent newspaper, bent upon snooting off steam,
but it believes that student newspapers, like
insurgent senators aud congressmen, can serve
as a check on the so-called majority group.
"Who can question the immense value of
United States Senator George "W. Norris. Ne
braska's own, to official Washington? liven
his opponents are glad to concede that nothing
can be hidden from him.
There is a tendency for those in power to
withhold or even hide matters that should be
made known to the public, whom they serve.
Perhaps it is unintentional on their part. But
whether intentional or unintentional many
times these things would not come out in gov
ernmental affairs, for example, were it not for
such men as George W. Norris.
The Nebraskan is not criticizing the Univer
sity of Nebraska officials. Fortunately, the.
administration at this university is always glad
to co-operate with the press and any others
interested. This has been proved in statements
made by Chancellor E. A. Burnett recently in
answer to a request made by a taxpayers'
league for an "investigation" of the univer
sity, when he said :
"We welcome an investigation at any time."
But for a state newspaper to try to leave
an impression with its readers that student
comments arc only outbursts based on jealousy
or some similar attribute like that of the much-talked-of
minority appears to The Nebraskan
as unfair.
It might be well to inquire, at this juncture
if all newspaper editors, large and small, out-
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siue ot trie conegiaie reaim, are amais wuu
the majority and are never inclined to blow off
steam. A survey of these writers might reveal
that they, too, often are harping on subjects
which the public does not swallow.
Furthermore, isn't it true that the winner
of the Putlitzer editorial prize in 1930 was an
editorial writer who had blown off steam
about a victorious candidate for puUlic office,
whom he had not supported?
The situation. The Nebraskan believes, is best
statedly a contemporary, The Daily lllini, in
these words also appearing elsewhere in this
edition:
'While the pen may be mightier than the
sword, most people would rather have n few
drops of ink between their shoulder blades
than a knife between their ribs. Letting off
excess steam via the printed page is, one would
think, much to be preferred to noisy and often
damaging demonstrations."
Last vear a' fraternity gave a gold rush
party. This year they arc giving a gold rusn
party. Yukon go and if you haven't the
courage Alaska myself. Gosh.
A Good Idea,
Alumni Officer.
Now comes the announcement that the an
nual alumni roundup will be held simultaneous
ly with Ivy Day.
This is good news both to the grads and the
students. It will be a revival of the old days
when the two events were held at the close of
school in the spring. "With the transfer of the
date of Ivy day to the first week in May, 1 his
arrangement naturally was disrupted. Now
the combination of the year's most important
student and alumni events is restored. The
roundup will be held May 5, Ivy day, and May
6, date of the special college days and the
Oklahoma track meet. An all-university party,
sponsored by the Innocents, Thursday night
willl be an additional innovation this year.
No matter how long a graduate or a former
student has been away from his school, there
is always a thrill in coining back, visiting
former "professors, greeting old classmates, see
ing changes on the campus, reliving former
days in the background of what remains of
the old, and becoming acquainted with the
present student population.
This year alumni and students should have
ample opportunity to get acquainted. A com
plete schedule of events will fill both days. On
Fraterniiy Spirit.
TO TUB KDITOIt:
I sometimes wonder if fraternities justify
their existence. I came down to school with
the idea that fraternities were groups of stu
dents banded together because of a feeling of
fellowship and with the best interests of the
university in their minds. I was rushed to
one or two of these organizations but decided
to wait a while before pledging to see just
which group I would like the best.
1 soon found fraternities were entirely dif
ferent when the rush and bustle of rush week
was over. They were revealed as self-centered,
very selfish, and greedy organizations, looking
out for only their own interests.
Freshmen were slowly but surely moulded
along the lines the fraternity thought best for
the maintenance of the "rating" of the group.
They were told to date girls in certain soror
ities, they were pushed into certain activities
in which members of that group were already
active so tliat the hold on that particular ac
tivity might not be lost. In short, they lost all
of their individuality, sacrificing that valu
able attribute for the so-called "fraternity
spirit."
"Fraternity spirit" is the right name for
that, feeling. " It is the glorification, the deifi
cation of selfishness." ""We are for us, and
the rest of the university can do as it pleases,
so long as it does not interfere with us." Such
a policy must inevitably lead to self-destruction.
started the parade and other editors have fol
lowed him since, usually to the loss of their
positions.
In every college and university there are
those who would, if they dared, muzzle the
publications existing there and conduct them
to their own satisfaction. Such people regard
collegiate opinion as juvenile, and hold that
every modern educational institution is little
more than a "hotbed of radicalism."
There are bounds of decency and good taste,
beyond which no editor, collegiate, or other
wise, should be permitted to step. Other than
that, however, the faculty-meddler ought to
maintain a hands-off policy. While the pen
would rather have a few drops of ink between
their shoulder blades than a knife between
their ribs. Letting off excess steam via the
printed page is, one would think, much to be
preferred to noisy and often damaging demon
strations. Daily lllini.
College Editors Say
Letting Off Steam.
College editors this year are coming in for
a goodly share of notoriety . . . Northwestern
is only one instance. Reed Harris' sensational
charges against football at Columbia last fall
may be mightier than the sword, most people
STATE SLANTS
Student Newspapers.
The student strike at Columbia university,
with its repercussions in the way of student
fights, all coming out of official action against
the editor of the student newspaper at the New
York institution, is in marked contrast to the
situations that have prevailed in similar circles
oi the University of Nebraska campus.
Student editors here have for years been
given a measure of freedom in expression. They
have "blown off steam." There must have
been many times when university administra
tive officials or professors resented suggestions
or criticisms, as well as many times that they
have welcomed reasonable sugggestions.
It is always better thus, even though an ex
treme editor stirs up a lot of unnecessary
trouble because he does more "shouting" than
"thinking." What is true of a student news
paper is true of any minority group. It always
feels better if it can express its feelings.
From this distance, it is impossible to tell
whether Editor Harris at Columbia is the vic
tim of a lack of tolerance or whether he abused
the responsibilities of his position. It is en
couraging to Nebraskans, however, to realize
that in a long reign of student newspapering
at the state university, there has been no such
wild outbursts of untempered enthusiasm, as
the violent acts in the Columbia strike.
MAHATMA GANDHI AT.
TENDS STORY BOOK
BALL WITH HIS GOAT;
MR. HYDE AND OTHER
FAMOUS CHARACTERS
PRESENT.
(Continued from Pago 1.)
tumcs cost too much so they came
as convicts. Norman Hansen ana
Rosalie Lammo came In modernis
tic costumes.
Sailors wero swabbing the floor.
Joe Miller and Flo Johnston did
a horn pipe. Mike Charters anil
Wllla McHenry came as Russians,
Lowell Sutherland as a rabbit,
Frank Musgrave and Zua Warner
as rajah and rajahess, Bob Lau
and Shirley Brooks as daschunds,
Charles Fisk and Clarissa Flans,
burg as rustics and Carl Beekman
as a goateed duke.
Pat McDonald made a good girl.
Carl Humphrey went on the war
path as a Navajo Indian. Allen
Johnson played the clown. Jack
Thompson and Catherine Clark
came as peons or Mexican jump
ing beans.
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DELEGATES REPORT ON
MILITARY CONVENTION
National Defense Stressed
At Scabbard and Blade
Annual Conclave.
National defense was the main
them? of the biennial convention
of Scabbard and Blade, honorary
advanced military fraternity, held
April 7. 8 and 9 at Washington uni
versity In St. Louis, according to
Albert Lucke, cadet colonel of the
R. O. T. C. unit and one of the two
Nebraska delegates.
More than 150 delegates and al
ternntec, representing seventy
three schools, both army and navy
R. O. T. C. units, attended the con
vocation. Lucke, a senior from
Omaha, and Robert Glover, a
junior also from Omaha, were the
two Nebraska delegates to the
convention.
Many national military figures,
among them Major General Ha
good. commander of the seventn
corps area: Brigadier General
Riley; and Maj. Gen. Smedley V.
Butler, retired, former commander
of the marine corps, spoke to the
delegates on the topic of national
defense.
Aircraft Exhibition Given.
Meetings of the convention were
held in the Washington university
chapel on the campus. The visitors
went on several tours, one of which
was a visit to Scott's field, east of
East St. Louis, where an exhibi
tion of aircraft maneuvers was
given in their honor.
Friday night a military ball for
the delegates was held at a down
town hotel. Saturday night the
closing banquet of the conclave
was held at the same place.
At the meeting recognition was
give i to the plan of the chapter at
the University of Wisconsin, where
the organization was founded in
1904, to commemorate the found
ing of the fraternity by erecting a
monument surmounted by a flag
pole.
METHODIST COUNCIL
WILL HOLD DINNER
Affair Planned to Honor
New Officers; Picnic
Scheduled.
Members of the Methodist stu
dent council voted to entertain
the newly elected officers and
representatives on the council at
a dinner April 29 at the Grand
hotel, at their meeting Friday
noon at the Temple. Each young
people's group in Lincoln Metho
dist churches will send a repre
sentative and an alternate to the
council to serve during the coming
year.
All Methodist seniors in the uni
versity will be entertained at the
annual student picnic at Epworth
Lake park May 14, when more
than 200 students are expected to
attend. A program of games is
being planned by Glen Heady who
also has charge of the dinner
meeting.
Members of the council will aid
the Wesley Foundation Women's
auxiliary in the ticket sale for the
benefit performance of "Barter"
which the Wesley Players will give
Thursday evening at 7:30 o'clock
at the Temple theater. Proceeds
will be devoted to furnishing and
Improving the parsonage for stu
dent use.
RAMSAY MAKES PLANS
FOR ALUMNI ROUNDUP
(Continued from Page 1.)
Crowning of the May queen and
other Ivy day exercises are sched
uled for the campus that morning.
At noon a general alumni luncheon
will be held at the coliseum. In the
afternoon the tapping of Inno
cents, masking of Mortar Boards,
interfraternlty and intersority sing
are planned with a student alumni
party in the coliseum in the eve
ning. Class breakfasts Friday morning
and class luncheons at noon, with
perhaps the law barbecue in the
afternoon are other features. The
Nebraska-Oklahoma track meet is
in the afternnon with sorority and
fraternity parties in the evening.
The annual Farmers' fair will be
Saturday, May 7.
The honor class this year will be
the class of 1912, celebrating its
twentieth year out. There were
720 in the class of whom 258 are
in Nebraska, the remainder hav
ing scattered to thirty-seven
states, Canada, Hawaii and the
Philippine island., Finland and
India.
Go to Hauck's studio for photo
graphs that satisfy. 1216 O. Adv.
OVER 1000 FARMERS
ATTEND FEEDER'S DAY
(Continued from Page 1.)
be practical on the general live
stock farm where a man has a
small number of high quality cows.
Baker told the feeders' day vis
itors that calves on the creep all
summer and full fed corn and al
falfa hay until March 25 had put
on 57 pounds more beef than
calves without corn during the
summer. The former group had
consumed seven bushels more corn
but 58 pounds less alfalfa. Putting
the calves on corn the middle of
August instead of at weaning time
avoided the shock of weaning time
and hurried up the fattening of
the calves for an early market.
Other Activities.
W. W. Derrick, extension live
stock specialist of the college, led
the discussion period immediately
following Baker's report. William
J. Loeffel of the college summar
ized the hog experimental work
under way which will be reported
upon next fall at Rooters day.
M. A. Alexander of the :ollege
gave a progress report of sheep
feeding trials, saying that one
year's results indicate it is advis
able to full feed ewes both grain
and roughage rather than try to
save on the grain before or after
lambing.
D. Burns of the cottonseed
crushers association discussed the
merits and shortcomings of his
product. Cottonseed cake is popu
lar as a protein supplement among
cattlemen both on the range and
in the feed lot in Nebraska. The
socalled shortcomings are without
foundation, Burns claimed. Some
stockmen have thought cottonseed
cake to be constipating, unpalat
able, and poisonous when fed in
quantities, but the Texas man con
tradicted all of these ideas.
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