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... - .1,, unify m ... m-fi -rt"it 'V -'''""- TWO The Daily Nebraskan Station A, Lincoln, Nebraska OFFICIAL STUDENT PUBLICATION UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA Entered as second-class matter at the poitofflce In Lincoln, Nebraska, under act of congress, March 3. 1879, and at special rate of postage provided for In fection 1103, act of October 3, 1917, authorized January 20. 1922. EDITORIAL STAFF Howard G. Allaway Aitnl Jack Erlckson Associate Editor Manafllng Editors Phillip Brownell Laurence Hall News Editors R,chard Moran , , . " Randal. Lynn Leonard Katherlne Howard 12'! Millar Sports Editor veo.:::::::::::.::.: c'ty editor BUSINESS STAFF H. Norman Gallaher Business Manager Assistant Business Managers Bernard Jennings , , , Fra"k Musgrave Gaorge Holyoke t Beware of High Priced Economy. WITH students returning to school this year compelled to spend less money than before, the demand for economy goes out on every side. This is well. It is, in fact, necessary if many of them are to stay in school. A number of timely econ omies have already been made and there are many more which offer an opportunity for increased savings. But there is such a thing as high priced economy. Under pressure of public demand expressed in a campaign for budget slashing, students may be car ried away to action which will cut out vital parts of their educational opportunity. There is more to university than eating, sleeping, studying and at tending classes. And each one of the other things which adds to the wide cultural benefits of higher education costs money. In making tho necessary student organization budget reductions, a measure of this added value against the added cost should be the guide as to whether that thing shall be main- iiiej or cut out. Social life, as one of these accessories to the uni versity, i3 coming in for close scrutiny in the search for possible economies. This item offers a chance - X" for some very appropriate paring, but which, car ried to extreme, may turn out to be high priced economy. Among the suggestions heard for cutting organi zation expenditures is abolition of downtown parties. At a superficial glance, this item looks like a big expense which could well be done without. Many fraternities and sororities in adjusting their budgets to the conditions of the times are considering just this. Let us preface our consideration of the wisdom of such action with this fact: that the students must and will have some form of social outlet and that a reasonable expenditure for this purpose must be considered In any student's estimate of the cost of his education. The matter resolves itself, then, into a quest of the cheapest means of providing this so cial outlet. A little arithmetic will, The Nebraskan thinks, convince every organization that the downtown party plan we are not boosting for the hotels; pos sibilities of using the Coliseum for fraternity and sorority parties should be investigated affords this necessary social outlet cheaper than any way. Reduction in union musician rates, as announced in The Nebraskan Sunday, now makes it possible to employ a twelve piece orchestra for $63. Ball room rent adds another $40. Twenty-five dollars, at the outside, should cover such necessary inciden tals as checking facilities. Everything over this goes for unessentials fancy invitations, decora tions, punch, favors and special entertainment. All unnecessary. These are the extras which run the cost of organization parties up to $200, $200 and $300. If some form of invitation is necessary, why not have form cards printed in quantity through the Interfraternity and Panhellenic councils with blank spaces for inserting the organization name, place and date, these to be sold to houses sponsoring par ties in the required amount at cost. Two hundred couples can be comfortably ac commodated at one of these parties more if the Coliseum were used. Where else than at a frater nity or sorority party can 200 couples get an eve ning's entertainment for $128? Less than sixty five cents per couple! The price per couple for an evening's entertain ment at any public dance or theater is seldom less than a dollar. Other expenses for transportation, lunch and checking must be considered in any case and could in all cases be reduced by co-operative action. When it Is considered that these parties are "ex Change" affairs wheieby members of other organi zations are given "bids" with more or less expecta tion of their returning the favor when they give their parties, the cost of t-nrh party spreads itself pretty evenly over those who attend it. More direct mechanics work out to the same result In the all university parties which provide the major social outlet for unaffiliated students. So-called downtown parties, pruned of the ex tras which have sent social budgets skyward in past years, undeniably offer students social opportuni ties at the lowest price. And these extras can be tut out. They add little to the party. Their chief cause for being ts found In THE DAILY NEBKASKAN - - .1 , -- - " FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1932. outdo the other. This Is not only childish, It is ex pensive. Nebraska students are members of a democratic student body In a democratic country. No student or organization is better than any other. By realizing this fact, by cutting out the struggle for first place social rating and with it the costly unessentials of student social life, the vital part ol that social life can not only be maintained but can provldo the necessary social outlet cheaper than students can get it anywhere else. Why the Immigration Laws' IS THERE any reason why an Individual who de sires to enter student activities and who has es tablished a creditable scholarship record should be denied the opportunity of doing so? Unfortunately there is. The reason is that unless that creditable scholarship record has been established at this school it is not counted by the university as quali fying an individual for student activities. The university will accept the credits of every other school of recognized standing, and enter the grades of the student which he made at that other school, but it will not allow that student to work in student activities except on the same basis with freshmen. In other words, such a student is not eligible for any appointments on publications, nor can he become a member in any of the campus or ganizations except those open to freshmen. It is apparent why freshmen are excluded from active participation in most of the school's activi ties. They arc expected to orient themselves in their new environment, and to learn the different methods of study necessary to make a creditable scholastic record. Such restrictions are in no way a handicap to freshmen. Three years of college life are before them in which they have equal opportunities to climb the ladder of advancement in student ac tivities. But for tho student transferring from another school, whether he be a sophomore, junior, or sen ior, the restrictions operate either to severely handi cap him in his legitimate effort to take part in ac tivities or to close altogether the door of those en joyments to him in case he is a senior. He must spend an entire year at this institution before he can hope to receive recognition in the activities world. The reason for this restriction is utterly beyond our comprehension We cannot regard it as a fault if a student has chosen or been forced to go to some other institution than this, and we can see no rea son why the students at this institution should be favored by eliminating outsiders from activity com petition. After all, there are not so many worthy and de serving students m line for advancement in activi ties a3 to make it advantageous to clamp down on newcomers to this university. And if activities are all that their proponents claim them to be, and if they have a definite place in the educational life of the university as even the officers of the adminis tration at this school recognize, there seems to be no valid reason for blasting the aspirations of trans ferred students and giving favored treatment to students who have spent all their college life at the University of Nebraska. Contemporary Comment Young A'fii' Voters Doom in g Proh ihit ion . Mark Sullivan said the other day that it is "these five million new voters" who "are dooming prohibition." About the same thing was said, with an enthusiastic in stead of a disparaging tone, by wets at the democratic convention in Chicago. Mr. Sullivan says that youth's attitude is the result of in experience, that youth knows only the evils of prohibition and not those of an earlier day. But youth also has less rever ence for tradition because it is tra dition, and fewer of its own mis takes to defend. Be that as it may, both Mr. Sul livan and the wet spokesmen spoke out of turn in assuming too much about the youth vote. It is doubtful, in tha first place, if many new voters will make their decision in November solely or primarily on the issue of prohi bition. The age of concern about the issue seems to be considerably older than the early twenties. And, in the second place, any change in party vote brought about by youth is likely to be first of all the re sult of greater independence and less parfy loyalty. Anybody who talks about "the youth vote" must remember that it cannot be lumped off as a solid bloc for this, that, or the other. Youth south of the Mason and Dixon line will, in almost every case, be democratic. Youth in the north and west will, if the past is any indication, waver from repub lican regularity only a little more than its parents. One important trend is notice able in the youth of Iowa indif? ference to party. That this is not altogether new can be seen in a similar, but lesser, indifference among older voters of the rank and file variety. . Probably college youth will tenci to break awav from traditional high tariff ailegiance. Probably college youth will provide a higher percentage of socialist vote than any other age class. But, by and large, college youth will not be very independent of the time in such matters as sentiment on pro hibitionor of the place In such matters as support of the tradi tional Iowa republican regularity. Tho Dally Iowan. Cooperative Buying. It is no fallacy that two can live for the price of one, and that the proportionate living expense decreases as more and more peo ple gather at tho same festive board. It may have been as a pecuniary motive, in the first place, that led to the existence of the fraternity in its present form. But the economy of dining with the brothers under the same roof is now as much an historical en tity as the prospeWty of 1928. In creasing house bills, the result of the inability of many members to ja" according to antiquated fi nancial schedules, have made fraternity life a luxury. Reports circulated about the campus early in the semester stat ing that many houses had reached an economic crisis, facing amal gamation with other organizations of disunion. Most fraternities and sororities have managed to stave off financial collapse, however. Yet it is obvious that any move to lessen the burden would be a boon. Such a move would be the in stitution of a Co-opative Man agers' association for the p-rehase of supplies at wholesale cost. Th n Pauw university treas urer, in getting ready for a fresh man dance, Investigated the local treasury. Ho discovered $250, and then wrote to Ted Weems, asking Ll mm now mann c,,v r that wrote back "i ,i " ' "ce,,,', , sheets o( J,?11 8end vou threa player." pieces he would amount. Weems and a piccolo Campus-Co-Round By THE OBSERVER Meaning Of an Oath. WHEN Dr. George E. Condra read tho Corn husker oath at the freshman convocation yes terday morning, 800 new members of the Nebraska student body, representing the class of 1936. arose and pledged themselves to observe it and guide their actions as students here by the noble precepts it lays down. This is an annual procedure. Every member of the present sophomote, junior and senior classes has, or slvild have, at the beginning of his colle giate career subscribed to this oath. How do those whose highest scholastic aim now is to "get by" reconcile their present attitude with the oath they once took to maintain a "firm inten tion to advance in scholarship?" How do those whose biggest item on their time budget is "caking" now view the pledge they once made to organize their "time to be devoted to study, recreation, activities and rest, and the pursuit of this schedule with due diligence?" Do those whose personal conduct has at any time brought disgrace or embarrasbmcit to the uni versity and university students in general feel any conscience qualms in recalling that they once vowed to "at all times censure and guide my conduct and work toward personal advancement and safeguard the relation I hold to the welfare of the university and its service to the state?" Taking the other side, how do those whose high est conception of their opportunity here is "grind" Here are a couple of arrows for aching hearts: George Sauer, the Delt grid hero, has hung his pin on Phyllis Eiche over at the Three Times Delta hftuse . . . Bob Gra ham, that Sig Alph who yodeled so vociferously after the Kosmet show last spring, has fastened his hardware on the bosom of Joseph ine Reimers, Delta Gamma from the Third City, so I am told. And did you know that there is a lady bv the name of Nellie Fen der w ho 'works for the Rogers Mo tor Company? Of course that doesn't have anything to do with the answer to your trig problems but I thought you auto know. Norm Prucka, one of the nicer boys over at the Delta Tau house, has paid for a Nebraskan sub scription which is being mailed to Dorothy Greevy, Omaha Kappa who left school last year for no other reason than the fact that she obtained her degree. As a sug gestion to some of you dopes who have "sweeties" pining away for you out in the 'sticks' somewhere we suggest a Nebraskan subscrip tion for them. You will not only make her happy but you might get your name in the paper as well. So nrnny people wanted to read this column Wednesday morning that the book stores ran out of Nebraskana before 8:30 a. m. Now, however, the biz manager is getting more of them printed. There is a boy from Rock county, Adam Jeffrey by name, , in mv mind (if I mnv lift an apt word from that columnist ! show i, is the very nadir or some- thing or otner. Ann wn j jr nadir it is with every sinister ton notation that a grammarian can device. "Jeff" is the lad who went out to Antelope without a date the other evening, was approached by a fellow who wanted to get rid of his date, and who accepted her on the grounds that the wanted-to-get-rid-of-her-fellow buy him the tickets, which the latter did and so everyone was happy. a red bulletin requiring freshmen to wear their green caps to drill. Names on the masthead of the Daily Nebraskan which may awaken memories: Belle Karman, editor; Clifford M. Hicks, business manager; Herbert Brownell, jr., managing editor; Robert F. Craig, Edward Buck, Marjoiie Wyman, Frank E. Fry, Chaunccy Kinsey. Font hall: Schedule Oct. 7, South Dakota, Oct. 21, Missouri. We're First in Lincoln to Present "CANTRUN" Silk Hosiery! $1.35 CANTRUN the most spectacular ho . siery invention on record NOW, for the first time! CANTRUN the stocking that we guarantee absolutely run- Pr. 1 .X . Pis " W V B K sT M im I HI CANTRUN the stocking that cost $50,000 to perfect! Street Flwr GudgeGuenzel Cot If any of you, and I am sure now regard the pledge they once took to "cultivate some of you did. saw that show J ... ....... . rm Tlnlr Ali'.'p Ht LijC tho:;e social activities .Uiiih make for good citizen ship?" Well, we ju;;t wondeied. JOW is the tirne for an inventory. Ix-t uppei classmen who regard the freshman convocation as a good thing for freshmen to go to. if for no other reason, because it gets them out of an 11 o'cloc k class, consider the real meaning -f the occasion. Ij-i thcrn Kton for a moment and retui OV'i tli.it the small-town effort of every organization to oatn. They, too, once subscribed to it. WMJL SFECDALS Chamois JacketJ Full Grain Zipper and Button. Special Campui Corduroy Pants College Tans Grays Englbh Whipcord Breeches All "-hades. Special Ladies' Jodphur Breeches-Whipcord Leather. .3.95 ... 1.95 149 3.95 and up and up Genuine Russet Army Drill Shoet Special Officers' Military Boots English Tan Calf Ladies' Riding breechen Whipcord Ladies' Hiking Eoots Brown, black, tin ... 1.95 11.95 1.95 3.95 and up and up Ladies' Riding Habits, Hats and Sports Blouses. We Carry a Complete Line of Military Supplies Also Dress Clothing and Oxfords Army and toy Store Z0Z So. llth St. Corner llth & N Lincoln, Nebr. rm It.lVr Alf.'C St lull ! Lincoln last week you might be ! interested m knowing this: The -how was directed and filmed by I Clyde Elliot, editor of the Daily ' Nebraskan in 190 and ni.-mn.-r "f Alpha Theta Chi fraternity. Klliot iha. long been editor of the jjIGM, news and film service. He j pioduced "Bring 'Km Back Alive.' I n n Mclntvre proclaimed I ..r tha iiPAt finiMiins of the : out: Ul w- year on the ridiculously small j budget of $16,000. A. few shorts: Hughl lih'-a. Al pha Hig, Is p'ay'nK pro football with the Boston Biavcs . . . LeiJ Khick, Delta UpHiloii fioin Seward who graduated from law college about a year or so k. I taking an ac tive part In the woik of the Young Democratic Oraniz-ation . Mare I'pe, f.'hadion Kappa, didn't come back to school this fall . . . Dwight Jones and Packy Mc Karland looked rathe r conspicu ous at the Freshman Convocation yesterday morning. 1" " Extra Curricular Accessories That Make College Life Exciting SUEDE JACKETS t hat fol low t li o CossmpIj ini'liiciice. Also belt ci 1 styles. .Sizes 14 to 18. $895 to $1095 A CORDUROY SWAGGER JACKET and BERET in sizes 12, 14 ami 16. Ostrich Woolen Fashion's Pet I Sizes 12-20 t-M 'v. AlA Xt:, f It- i I: ? i M . v . - 'A ISA ' i 4 $3.95 These, clever frocks in but ton over styles arc chic for campus wear. You will want one now when you know that the bank balance won't worry about the juice. RIDING BREECHES in tan whipcord will make yon an enthusiastic rider for fall. Also brown w h i p c o r d jodhpurs at $6.00 $4.95 BKI OKE OI K Tl.MK THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY. Football: A new tackling dum my wag introduced. .Scrlrnnrnge stars were Shedd, Hewitt, and Bender. Drill squads were commencing to l-om "squads right'' and "squads left." Nearly 400 men were out. Besscy announced a for the 'Study of professor new class Woods." The campus was In a ferver of excitement preceding the football game to be played with Doane Saturday. TFN YEARS AGO TODAY. Tv,mira uro romlnc to a head as t'je university planned to vot for honorary colonel. JERSEY BLOUSES to wear with that extra skirl. Let tuce green, blue, tan, koM. wine and henna in sizes ,'J4 to 40. And combinations of tan with brown, yellow with brown; white witli black. THE GUIMPE DRESS cut extremely high in the waist U, accentuate the high necks and the puffed sleeves nf the plaid blouse. In "icen, blue nnl brown wool at $6.00 $2.95 KNITS 1 h a t Collegienm s c aim lor their own TERRY TOGS for fall warm and woolly lounging pajamas in rich shades of brown and preen. Sien 14 to tight wrists sleeves. In one piece stybs in n colors. puffed nml tM variety of 2d. $5.00 $2.95 SELBY SHOES in bhw-ks and browns with heels t lint, enjoy walking. Suede and calfskin combinations $6.50 Wood browns and off blacks in HOSIERY for school wear or dressy occasions. I'icot top, French heel. .'I pairs in a box, $2.15 or. pair 75c i "7 A r THE NEW SCARFS com bine silk and wool to make nn interesting accessory for campus wenr. These are SWEATERS Their necks are new and the button over styles are just waiting to bn worn to class. Sizes Z'l to .'IS. BLOUSES S mart sat inn with Ions sleeves at $(!."': short puffed sleeves ut fJ.J.". and cav plants and gingiwii" checks. $1.95 $1.95 -$2.95 $295 The military department Is :ucd