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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1. 19.r7
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And Who Are Kernels?
FEELING that they could obtain
a better Nebraska spirit
juscn the freshmen, the mem
ber "of the Freshman'Council, un
der the sponsorship of the Inno
cents, organized the Kernel chap
ter of Phi Sigma Chi Wednesday
evening. The organization is made
up. of a pledge from each frater
nity and three barb freshmen.
"The specific purposes of the
group are to promote interest
among the freshmen, to form ac
quaintances among the various
pledges, and to co-operate with
the Corn Cobs and Tassels to bring
out freshmen to rallies."
AND that is the way an organi
zation is born. The above no
tice was published in the Daily
Nebraskan for Novemer 18, an
nouncing to a waiting world the
birth of the newest campus brain
child. It is to be hoped that a
death notice will soon round out
the child's career, else the poor
thing will find itself summarily
buried with its fellows in that
graveyard of respectable, and use
less honoraries the Cornhusker.
t With the advent of the "Ker
nels," it is not too much to ex
pect that Sheaves, Stocks, Silks
and Pumpkins will one day be
running about the campus in Scar
let and Cream sweaters, but if the
Nebraskan is permitted to do so,
it would like to express the hope
this is not soon, if those organiza
tions of the future in any way ap
proach the Kernels in makeup and
purpose.
Like others of the breed, the
Kernels, alias the Freshmen Coun
cil, alias Politicus, open their cam
paign for undying fame by pro
fessing to uphold that ephemeral
thing so dear to the lips of colleg
ians Tradition. .
"The specific purposes of the
group," according to the announce
ment, "are to promote, interest
among the freshmen, to form ac
quaintances among the various
pledges, and to co-operate with the
Corn Cobs and Tassels to bring out
freshmen to rallies."
There are thus three purposes,
distinct and clearly set forth. Let
us look into them further.
1. To promote interest among
the freshmen.
This sounds like a most worthy
ideal. It must have behind it a
great deal of thoughtful attention.
And how, let us ask, is this ideal
to be accomplished? As set forth
in the announcement of organiza
tion, the Kernels are to be com
posed of a "pledge from each fra
ternity and three barb freshmen,"
and surely we cannot be expected
to believe that the little Kernels
are going to go around promoting
interest among themselves with
out outside assistance.
2. To form acquaintances among
the various pledges.
Here again we come upon de
finite evidence of ulterior motives.
For altho better acquaintanceship
is undoubtedly desirable among
classmates anywhere, fraternity
pledges, "one representative from
each house," are hardly worthy
of having this special favor con
ferred upon them. Remember this
is all under the guise of an all-University
organization.
3. To co-operate with the Corn
Cobs and Tassels to bring out
freshmen to rallies.
The absurdity of such a state
ment! The pep organizations, it
has long been admitted, have
needed something, but a freshman
organization is hardly Ihe thing to
satisfy that need. Interpreted, this
clause of the founders' statements
might very well mean that when
there are sidewalks to be painted,
and pep slogans to be distributed,
the Kernels will become the goats.
These, then, are the purposes of
the organization. .
AND why all this harangue?
Only to point out to the stu
dent body, and to its legislature,
the Student Council, a few of the
spurious grounds upon which the
Kernels will try to build a falla
cious prestige. The Council will
soon be called on, if the Kernels
thrive, to ratify the constitution of
the new organization. And when
the time for Cornhusker picture
taking comes, it is to be hoped that
the Kernels will find themselves
thoroly husked.
A letter to the editor berates the
compulsory feature of girls'
physical education courses. As if
the green bloomers weren't enough
cause for lamentation!
'Challenging Defeat:
OLATITUDES about "youth" and
"generations" are common
enough, and F. Vinton Lindley,
Yale university student who writes
of college youth in the November
New Outlook, has no hesitation in
admitting it. But when Mr. Lind
ley very ably continues his arti
cle, in defiance of that fact, and
makes the excellent points in such
commendable manner, neither does
the Nebraskan hesitate to pass
them along.
Altho recognizing the charges
so often brought against youth,
Lindley meets them very well. His
thesis is that never before have
there been so many valid indica
tions of the sanity of youth, and
he succeeds exceptionally well in
upholding that thesis. Questions
of politics, economics, religion, and
art are dealt with in their relation
to convictions of modern youth,
altho they are necessarily treated
briefly. Perhaps it is only this
compactness which leads the
reader to consider the article se-
riouslv, but this writer is inclined j
to believe that Lindley edges the
truth much more closely than the
average commentator on youth.
Firm in the sensible belief that
civilization is the opposite of "go
ing to pot," Lindley concludes:
. . There is nothing intrinsically
wrong with our system. The lack
is in training and spirit. It is
these which we intend to supply.
The error is not in energy, but in
direction. Our force shall be ap
plied in the channels of politics.
not in the byways of cynical indif
ference. It will appear in litera
ture and art, not in erotic mani
festations. It will manifest itself
not in mere economic entabllature,
but in simple intellectual honesty.'
gECAUSE University of South
ern California girls must be in
their sorority houses by 1 o'clock,
the Daily Trojan is moved to
spirited editorial comment. Fifty
years from now Nebraska stu
dents may be allowed to hope for
a one o'clock closing hour.
ITH the British pound showing
such pronounced activity, it is
singularly appropriate that Flux
should be the name of the econo
mist to whom Nebraskans listened
Tuesday.
Instriclor's Ph. D.
Thesis Is Published
The abstract of the thesis writ
ten for her Ph. D. degree by Es
ther Sanfreida Anderson, instruc
tor in geography at the University
of Nebraska, was recently pub
lished in the 1932 edition of "Ab
stracts of Dissertations and
Theses" of Clark university.
The title of the thesis prepared
by Miss Anderson for her degree
was "The Sugar Beet Industry in
the Intermountain and Great
Plains Regions in United States."
The Student Pulse
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A Matter of Forum.
University of Nebraska students
are going to have a Forum. That's
what the Student council says and
the Student council should know
because it Is sponsoring the new
project which was delivered into
it eager hands via Y. M. C. A.
and Y. W. C. A. The purpose of
the Forum, so it has been an
nounced, is to prod the reflective
chambers of the student mind
through the medium of outstanding
speakers. At present negotiations
r heincr made with Stanley High,
which personage is already known
by reputation to such siuoenis as
may boast an inquiring mind.
It goes without saying that the
process of securing speakers of
note will Involve a certain amount
of expense an item which should
really be of small consequence
not when the immense prospective
benefits of such action is consul-
ered, but nevertheless an -ttem
which is painfully significant In
times like these. All of this leads
naturally to the question as to
whether there is sufficient motive
force on the campus to insure the
presence of a respectable number
of said 'inquiring' student minds
at Forum meetings.
Students at the University of
Nebraska are provincial. Any pro
tests against such a flat assertion
will only make it the more binding
for the reason that provincialism
dislikes publicity. Provincialism is
not a mark of shame but it most
certainly is an indication that in
quisitive mental processes are not
ably lacking among its respective
provincials. If all this be true the
Forum project is an academic
'pipe dream.' So why should any
person or group of persons waste
their dynamic efforts In a futile
goose-chase for reflective intelli
gentia. Obviously there is a possibility
that the whole chain of reasoning
herein pursued is woefully inaccu
rate. If that is so li win vo mi""
m tA MAt hv wnrda but bv ac
- when faculty advisers and instru.
tors attempt to take in tu
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tions. In amplification of this last sponsibility on their own shoulders
let it be further said that these ac- that pupils tend to degenerate into
tlona will take the form of student mere "lockstep" examination-na
attendance at the first Forum
meeting and at ensuing meetings
thereafter and forever more as
long as aforesaid Forum continues
to function. Perhaps it is a sort
of challenge to the alleged pro
vincialism' f students at the Uni
versity of Nebraska. And per
haps the challenge will be an
swered. J. E.
Contemporary
Coomcnt
It Really Work.
The University of Chicago has
given a year's trial to an educa
tional plan similar to the Honors
Course here, and proclaims it a
success. The Chicago plan applies
to Freshmen and JSophomores in
stead of to upperclassmen as does
the Minnesota honors courses.
The student is expected to obtain
a general knowledge of the hu
manities, biology and physical and
Bocial sciences. He takes but one
special examination, given by a
board of examiners, and not tne
professor, to determine whether he
has covered the ground success
fully. There are no other examina
tions or additional requirements.
Although class attendance was
not made compulsory, no "cutting"
problem occurred. One student ex
plained it this way: "So many dis
tinguished and able lecturers have
been provided, that we would no
more think of 'cutting a class than
we would think of throwing away
a theatre ticket for which we had
paid good money."
It may be possible that college
men and women can be developed
from pupils into scholars if they
are given opportunity to employ
initiative and responsibility. It is
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ORCHESTRA AT BALL
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which will raise the flag, durine
the presentation. Frank Novak
Norman Stout, Merrill Moelier
Burton Moore, Richard Muller
Gerald Spurlock, George Holyoke
and George Murphy, also of the
Pershing Rifles, will take tickets
at the fete.
The programs have been dedi
cated to Col. W. H. Oury and lint
the names of the patrons, sponsors
officers and members of the vari
ous committees.
Decorations for the ball will
feature the national colors, and
the ceiling will be concealed by a
large flag. The north ?i south
ends of the wuilding will be shut
off, and only five arches on each
side will be visable. The thirteen
stripes of the flag will fill the
spaces between the arches. The
south end of the ball room will be
transformed into a living room.
Cadet Lieut. L. C. Moffitt is chair
man of the decorations committee,
and Captain J. W. Crlssy is ad
viser. Dean Crubb Receives
Freak Tooth Tuesday
A double tooth was received
Tuesday by Dean G. A. Grubb, of
the Dental college, from Dr. W.
C. Dunkin of Minatare. The tooth
is really two teeth grown together
and was removed from a lower
jaw. It will be placed in a museua
of freak teeth that Prof. Grubb is
collecting.
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Tuxedos and Formals put in
shape for the party season.
Modern Cleaners
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Sometime in the near future,
the college of agriculture is going
to combine their forces, bury their
"hatchets" in the ground, and go
to work and elect all major "prom
girls," "Nebraska Sweethearts,"
and "honorary colonels."
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"Black Homburg hats were worn
by young men in dinner clothes
... although some favored the
opera hat , . . " W. H. Wein
traub, observing fashions at the
opening of the Metropolitan Opera.
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