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George Holyoke
For Pep,
Not Politics.
HTHE Corn Cobs are out!
Rejection of the organization's constitution by
the student council at its meeting Wednesday
night sent the male "pepsters" staggering into in
activity, and the campus is without any men's pep
organization.
Charges that Corn Cobs were political and
pepless have sent Pi Epsilon Pi stock to low levels
for several years, and now the organization is out
of business. What happens next seems to lie in
the hands of a student council committee ap
pointed last night to investigate the pep condi
tions with a view to establishing an organization
on an entirely new basis.
Corn Cohs, however, have only themselves to
thank for their predicament Too long a political
football, their organization and its direction has
been essentially worthless. Repeated criticism by
the Nebraskan thruout the last few years has
pointed out the deficiencies of their setup, and the
only undesirable feature of the present reform
movement is that the few sincere pepsters In the or
ganization must suffer with their guilty activity
climbing associates.
The Student council is to be commended for its re
jection of the constitution, and it is to be hoped that
out of the confusion that may be caused tempor
arily, a new and more valuable pep organization
may arise. With a precedent set, too, there is no
reason the council cannot apply a scrutiny to oth r
organization's foundations, and perhaps the Corn
Cobs will not find themselves alone in being forced
to give way for a new order in activities.
Problems of rally organization will naturally be
of immediate concern, but there ought to be little
difficulty in getting student support without Corn
Cob help at least temporarily. There will doubtless
he some little stew as a result of the council's direct
and vigorous action, but the action itself was di
rected to such commendable ends substitution of
pep for politics in the Corn Cobs that such objec
tions can be counted almost beside the point.
Progress was made on the activities front Wed
nesday night!
IT hat About
The Pillar s'f
JN THE early years of the university's history an
unpardonable crime was committed when business
men of the city determined the location of the insti
tution's campus. As a result students were sen
tenced for good and all to spend their days in an
environment furthest removed from peace or quiet.
The campus grew and in its growth skipped over
streets and vacant lots, so that automobile traffic
and unplanned blank spaces added their bit to what
was already a layout lacking taste or even arrange
ment. But by this time there was nothing to be done.
Things had gone too far to allow of a removal of the
campus to better surroundings, and once the im
possibility of a new start was realized a spirit of
what was perhaps resignation prompted a survey to
see what could be done with the' campus as it was.
Out of this survey came a large plan for the Cam
pus Beautiful of the Future. The net result may be
seen in a model of the university in miniature as it
will some day be, if hopes are realized in Morrill
hall.
That model, however, represents a future that is
very, very distant in the light of the institution's
present circumstances. When prospects for even
necessary repairs are as slim as they are now, the
possibility of any kind of expansion seems indefi
nitely remote.
Meanwhile, "the campus beautiful" remains a
thing to be put in quotation marks- almost fantas
tic in its unreality. Some small steps aie taken,
from time to time, however, and one of those ef
forts is even now being made as the old home man
agement house meets its finish. The box-like frame
structure is being removed in order that the vista
north of 13th st. may be unimpeded to the oliseum.
Grounds will be landscaped, and tne cost of the
whole project will be negligible.
So far, so good. Altho a small thing, removal ot
the building is highly commendable. The rest of the
R st. structures ought to go. too, but since that is
probably out of the questii n at the present, the de
mise of the old home management house is enough
to justify some measure of gladness.
JT happens, however, that there is another small
project in the "campus beautiful" scheme to which
snrac attention might well be given. To understand
its nature, it is necessary to know that some years
ago the university acquired some white elephants in
the form of large stone pillars. The columns were a
gift, and at the time it was intended to make use of
them in the construction of an open-air theater
"someday."
There is every indication that such a theater is
even more of a chimera than the best of cloud cas
tles, for -to enumerate the obvious there is no
place for such a theater, Nebraska's climate is ill
adapted to open-air festivals, and it would be
ridiculous cn a city campus anyway. More telling
even than any of these is the present linancial con
dition of the university.
The colums lie in two jumbled heaps, one at the
northwest corner of 10th and U sts., the other to the
north of the drill field. Both piles of stone are ex
posed to the weather and coal smoke, and the de
predations of spitting, scuffling R. O. T. C. cadets
does not enchance the condition of the columns
stacked on the edge of the drill field.
The pillars as they are now. in short, are worse
than useless, and could hardly be called sightly.
Originally they were valuable, too, but the value is
being lost in their deterioration. But need the
columns continue unused? Why coudn't they be
utilized somewhere on a campus that could certainly
be no worse estheticaiiy '.'
Any plan involving the pillars, of course, would
have to be inexpensive, but it ought net to be costly
to set them up if a suitable plan for their use can
be devised. It will probably be objected that the
whole idea is ridiculous from the standpoint of order
and symmetry, but that is hardly a valid objection I
on a campus where mall abuts on shacks, and an
other, parallel to it, confronts a Memorial stadium
and a grade school to say nothing of the monstros
ities of a cracker-box former museum and a de
capitated University hall.
The point is: Decorative pillars are available and
there can be no denying that the campus needs
decorating. What the Nebraskan seeks is a plan to
make use of the pillars in an acceptable way.
Contemporary Comment
Doughnuts
For Glory.
"The rignt hand knoweth not
what the left hand does." We of
the editorial page and the inside
of the paper were surprised and
mildlv astounded yesterdav to find
that the campus had an All-Amer-ican
doughnut girl. The front page
story likewise referred to her as
an '"All-American Sinker girl,"
and in addition (if the ladies in
charge of the sale are to be trust
ed 1, the doughnuts, or "sinkers"
if you are a member of the hoi
polloi, are guaranteed to be non
greasy, and of purest ingredients.
We have been vaguely perturbed
for years over the mention of the
Empire State building, elevated
train.', television, and so forth, but
now we can really sense progress.
We have at last been jarred out
of our old fashioned conservatism
and realize that w-e are getting
somewhere after all. It isn't every
university, college, or junior col
lege that can boast of an All
Amcrican doughnut girl. No, not
every high school, either.
But you can t say we aian t see
it coming. All-Americans have
been gaining ascendancy every
year. We're willing to bet, how
ever, that there are few institu
tions of higher learning that have
beat Oregon to getting a doughnut
queen. They have to get up mighty
early . . .
And then that bit about the
"sinker" girl there's something
vaguely sinister in all that. We
feel sure it should have been
"sunkor," and then that would lead
quite logically to "dunker," and
who knows, that might lead al
most anvwliere. It's easy enough,
once vou get the swing of it.
We're still a little puzzled,
though, and a little taken aback.
It's all very well to have an All-
American eirl, mil mat. du rooui
the doughnuts not being greasy
We hate to admit that we're skep
tical, but doesn't that sound a bit
hard to swallow? Oregon Daily
Emerald.
Values
Reconsidered.
Vanity Fair's catalog of what
the well dressed mind is thinking
this vear includes the loliowin
"College degrees have no value
now that their one claim 10 prac
ticalitysocial prestige has dis
appeared." The New York magazine pub
lished for the smart set, however,
docs not fit Oklahoma. In our own
dear state the badge of the elite
has never been so much the college
degree as the fraternity pin.
As George Milburn, the state's
chief contribution to American lit
erature, has pointed out. students
who come to the university and
pledge a fraternity or sorority can
go back home, thrust the nasal
protuberance heavenward, and
have more social prestige, what
ever that is, than the person who
has earned one or several degrees.
The attitude that a college de
gree or a fraternity pin is desir
able because it carries with it so
cial prestige is, of course, inher
ently superficial.
The individual who has his mind
preoccupied with a diploma or
fraternity badge merely because
he believes that it will set him off
from the general run of people will
in the end find disappointment.
After a few years out of the uni
versity, he will discover that no
body cares if he once attended a
college or belonged to a Greek let
ter group. Oklahoma Daily.
Emil Ludwig, Historian, Didn't Like
History When Schoolboy; Music His
Hobby, Except for Present Day Jazz
Krnni The l"ail Tro.iMn.
From a little boy who hated his
toiy to the greatest historical bi
ographerthat is the history of
Emil Ludwig
that he has played an important
role in thj history of today. hen
the entile world was becoming
capitalistic, this poor, shabby,
groping little man came stumbling
"When I was a little bov my pro- out into prominence, delighting
fessors could not make me study everyone. Chaplin is an anachron-
history, stated Mr. Ludwig in an ism.
interview Friday morning. "My
professors were dull the text
books were dull. I could only learn
visually. A poorly painted 50 cent
pic ture would teach me more than
a long, elaborately written' treatise.
"That is why I think your Eng
lish historians are so much better
than the Germans. Carlisle, for ex
ample; he paints pictures of what
he is describing the reader can
see the French revolution.
"I never intpndpd to become a 1 which ate weak
historian." Hjrr Ludwig continued, strong mi sicallv
Music is Mr. Ludwig 's hobby.
"I am a nationalist only insofar
as music is concerned." he de
clares. "To my mind, Schubert is
the greatest composer ot all time.
The reven great German compos
ers are as the seven Pleiades in
the firmament. Jazz? I hate it.
It is terrible.
"It seems strange, but the
countries which are great politic
ally are poor musically; those
politically are
England and
The Student Pulse
Brief, conelse ntrllMllin !'
nrnt In malU'rn of tud.-nl Hie iind
the unlvrn.lt lire welcomed by linn
Intrt.iirnl, under Hie nasi vlrte
llono ol oiind newper praetlw.
which rehide all llnelon. matter
and nrrmniil attack. 1-eMem mn.1
he ln.l, hut llamcx will he wllh
'C1 trom iilhlti-:Mlnn II hi dciire.t.
"I was a journalist, very interested Germany, for example, are direct
in human character. First I wrote ly contrasted in both these fields,
papers, then dramas on the lives 1 Italy is the only exception to this
of great men. My Bismarck' was rule, in my opinion."
originally a trilogy. These writings The famous writer is humorous.
1 later developed into biographies." kind, obliging, and interested in
The writer, who Is in Los Ange-1 young people. As he said during
Ag College
By Carlyle HodgLin
POSTPONED.
Today was to have been the first
of the series of convocations spon
sored by the newly organized ag
college convocations committee,
but it has been postponed until
Thursday, Nov. 9. According to
Arthur Peterson, committee chair
man, the date was set a week later
because so many students will be
away from the campus for one rea
son and another today.
On the new convocations com
mittee there are students repre
senting every organization of the
campus. They plan to sponsor two
or three times as many convoca
tions during the year as has been
the custom. Not in any way com
pulsory, the new convocations are
to be made as interesting as possi
ble so as to attract large student
attendance.
Elected as president of the new
convocations committee is Roy
Blazer. Lynnette Gatten is secr?
tary. Other faculty and student
members are Miss Matilde Peters.
Prof. H. C. Filley. Prof. H. E.
Bradford Helen Smrha. Home
Economics association. Norma
tions of the institution. A state or
national corn husking contest
; would seen' to afford an excellent
J opportunity.
MR. MORGAN'S HOBBY
The night of the pie-farmer's
fair dance la?t spline. Mr. Ray
Morgan, dairy instructor, was
away from home a while after din
ner. He got home about 10 o'clock,
and the phone was ringing when
he entered the house The call
came from the Activities bui1di"g.
Would he come over and take a
picture of the Goddess of Agricul
ture and her maids of honor? Why
ol course he would!
In fifteen minutes the cameia.
tripod, flood lights, and all the rest
of the paraphernalia were carried
over to the building. Only a few
minutes later the picture was
taken. The next day it appeared in
the Lincoln papers.
Mr. Morgan took pictures the
next day of all the scenes at the
fair. He has taken pictures of
OFFICIAL
BULLETIN
All iuillit urKUlitzullmi ,tr larult
KrnlilM devirmic 11, nohli-ti intticf i,t
(,netlnic or othei intnrniutlMii ',r
nienther may hate litem printed liy
culling the llully Nehrut.Rfi office.
les supervising the preparatory
work in filming his "Napoleon is
extremely interested in motion pic
tures. Although he has never seen
a historical picture, he was espe
cially interested in a preview show
in;; of the film "Eskimo."
'Mv great friend Peter Freucn
en. the Arctic explorer, did much
of the technical direction in "Es
kimo." It was excellent. The audi
ence could leel Alaska s atmos
phere, hear the reindeer.
"I think that Charlie Chaplin Is
one of the greatest living artists."
the biographer added. "In the fu
ture, I think, it will be recognized
his shoit talk in chapel Friday:
"Young people are far more ad
vanced in thought than their eld
ers. After they reach the age of
22, they begin to decline mentally.
In discussing the great questions
of the age, I should particularly
like to hear the opinions of those
between 18 and 22."
Although Herr Ludwig relused
to comment on Germany's present
political condition, his views may
well be seen from the question
which he will discuss Thursday at
the graduate luncheon:
"Which is greater truth or the
nation ?"
Fudge Party.
Publicity staff of Y. W.
will hold its membership
party in Ellen Smith Hull
o'clock Thursday afternoon.
C. A
lunge
at 4
Tsnksterettes Hold Meeting.
Taiiksterettes, swimming club of
W. A. A., will hold their first meet
ing Thursday evening at 8:15 in
the coliseum swimming pool. The
number of new members has
mounted to nineteen.
The laziest guy around is the one
who handed in his exam paper say
ing, "Please see Smith's paper for
my answers."
Stamp Salesmen.
Al! salesmen for Nebraska home
corning stamps are to check in
Monday and Friday of next week
at Ellen Smith Hall.
F'i Mu Epsilon.
Professor O. C. Collins will dis
cuss "The Applications of Mathe-
1 niatics to Astronomy" at a meet
ing of I '1 Mu Epsilon. national hon
Peterson, Omicron Nu, Genevieve Morgan as much good as they do
judging teams classes and other 0 mathematical society, to be
groups around the campus. HjhI heITnurMfI Nov 2 at-7:30 in
speciHlty is taking pictures of the lh lin)V(,rs,tv observatory. Any
cows in the college dairy herd ; 0JM, int(.,,,st 'd in tnis j,nlse of
1 r a t,i-Ti 1 a nn r 1 rr 1 r u n t u 1
help the college because they are
excellent advertising for the many
activities. They help the students,
for they may he bought very rea
sonably. But the pictures do Mr.
Jeffries. Y. W. C. A., and John
Loewensteln, ag club. Peterson and
Blaz?r represent, respectively. Al
pha Zeta and the Y. M. C. A. on
the committee.
This move on the part of ag fac
ulty and students is an attempt to
bring to the college a number of
interesting and valuable programs.
It will be a fine thing if the com
mittee can accomplish that pur
pose, and if the students will find
it worth their while to attend.
CORN HUSKING CONTEST.
Out at Cozad, a wide place in the
road not far from Lexington, all
Nebraska's county cornhusking
champions are assembled to day
for the state husking contest. Win
ners there will go to West Point a
week from today to enter the na
tional contest. On the day of the
contest at West Point, Neb. will
be in the spot light of the nation.
X. H. Godding, director of the
Farm Operators Short Courses,
suggested that the university band
should be at the national. It would
be excellent advertising for the
university, he said. Such places as
the state and national corn busk
in would be sr. excellent place to
advertise the ag college as well as
th university in general.
It would have been a good stunt
if the Block and Eridle club or
wme other campus organization
could have some part in the pro
gram, or nome part in conduction
the contest, or some thing or
other that would give ag college
nome representation. Resale eems
to le one of the necessary func-1
mathematics is invited to attend.
Freshmen majors in the art de
partment will be the guests of the
Art club at a picnic to be held at
6:30 Thursday in Pioneers park.
Nellie Ferris is chairman of the
the students and the college put j committee in charge of the picnic
together. He takes pictuies be
cause he likes to. When he gets
an unusually good picture, he is as
pleased as one can be. Because he
likes to take pictures, he has
studied the art. Most of the pic
tures he takes are good. And he
takes them because it's fun.
LECTURE CONCERNS
CRISIS ON PACIFIC
Capt. Spoerry Will Address
Thursday Morning Club
on Trade Relations.
and members of the fine arts fac
ulty will be chaperons.
Dramatic Club.
There will be a regulai meeting
of the Dramatic club in the club
rooms at 7:15 tonight. Actives and
pledges are required to be present
for this meeting.
While Joan Crawford was mak
ing her first screen test, she
tripped and fell flat on her face
in front of the camera.
"The Crisis in the Pacific" will
be the topic of Capt. G. W. tpoer
ry's talk before the Thursday
morning lecture club this morning
in room 110 Nebraska, hall at 10
o'clock. Captain Spoerry. instruc
tor in the military department will
consider the topic from the com
mercial angle rather than In the
light of military operations.
The trade relations of Japan and
Great Britain in the Pacific
amount almost to a commercial
war according to Captain Spoeny
and may develop Into a more ser
ious situation. Captain Spoerry
was stationed for several yeara in
the Far East.
Juniors!
Seniors!
If your name begin?
with E, F, G, or H;
have your picture
taken for the Junior
or Senior section of
the Cornhusker.
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Marsden Inc.
1 Capital Hotel Bidg.
Cornhusker Photographer"
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Fashions may come, and fashions
may go, but pumps go on forever,
providing they're as smart as the
two below. Connie's little price
does wonders for any allowance.
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The Spanish influence . . . black
or brown kid, it enchanting with
stitching and a tiny potent bow.
Suede, block or
brown, with three
rows of controll
ing stitching doe
more than jus
tice to any foot.
FORMERLY A RM3TRONGS
Janitors H ithout Hags.
TO THE EDITOR:
What a subject! Yet it i. one
that forces itself upon our atten
tion ( and clothes as well ) at time.s
especially when we have to swipe
and sweep our hands, wr ist-bands,
sleeves, new folders, and papers
around over study tables and
desks as we spread out to do li
brary work which is a necessary
part of our daily mental menu.
How often do sleeves, papers,
hands, books, and other accessor
ies get "smeared over" from study
tables and desks which apparently
know little or nothing about what
it means to be the recipient of a
gentle polishing or dustless mani
curing by a janitor who c trries a
rag for such a definite and ex
press purpose!
In our main library are some of
the best books on janitorial work
(this term is now dignified by be
ing called "janitorial engineer
ing" t to be found anywhere. Can
it be possible that our janitors, or
those in charge of the janitors, do
not know that these books are at
their very finger tips? Or, know
ing such books are in our library,
cannot find a little time to read
them? Regardless of either situa
tion, the result is the same the
dust still lingers and hands and
papers continue to get dirty from
tables and shelves.
What better equipment can a
janitor be possessed of than a good
big rag? And what better use
could he put it to than to chase
dust and dirt with it?
Tables, chairs, desks, shelves.
and other dust-catching devices
need constant attention. A janitor
is supposed to be the guardian an
gel of the health of many people
some of them at least careful
enough to try to keep clean until
noon anyway.
Of course it goes without saying
that students should do everything
reasonable and possible to assist
the janitors after the latter have
once gotten things clean and com
fortable. A student who deliber
ately or habitually sits and marks
up scnool furniture with pencil or
pen should be nit in the face with
fat neat or given some other m.
dignified treatment to equal his
offense. No one has a right to im.
pose on janitors or make unneces
sary work or trouble for them.
The matter should not be ono.
sided at all. It seems to us, how.
ever, that in case of a janitor who
is "dust blind," he should be told
in a still small voice that there is
a man down town who is living on
a half o' cracker a day and who
can see a speck of dust in the dark
across a fifty foot room and he is
just itching for the job of try.
ing it.
Dirty Sleeves.
perfectTcorTmade
ry RIFLE Ml
Ed Beachler Fires Faultless
Round in Annual School
Shooting Match.
r.l lachler, Varsity, fiud ,
perfect score at prone position
Wednesday afternoon, Xov. l, &
the Andrews Hall rifle range while
competing in the Intramural
Match.
With the close of the shoot-fest
set for Kriday, Xov. 3rd. Sergeant
C. F. McGimscy urges the re
maining forty-five contestants to
tire for their competitive rating m
soon as possible. Up to date only
forty-five have officially shot in
the contest.
Military department will award
twenty-five medals to the high,
rating beginners and veterans Fri
day at 4 :30 p. m. of this week t
which time the champion will bs
presented with the Gardner Trn.
phy, recently donated to the uni
versity Rifle' club by Lt. Walter J.
Gardner.
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"WHEN A FELLER
NEEDS A FRIEND"
. . i there's cheer in good old Briggs!
Another football player may take your sig
nals, butthere's no substitute for BRIGGS.
You could pay twice as much for other
tobaccos and find them not half so good.
BRIGGS is aged in the wood extra long.
It's mellowed and biteless. It's so good
that it won nation-w ide popularity before
it had a line of advertising.
But it's easy to make a tobacco sound
grand in print. Smoking's what counts.
Won't you try a tin of BRIGGS?
WrT factort rum lsy(
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BRIGGS Pipe Mixture it ! old in l-''", nn4
a-pouod tin ... nd id 1-pound Humidor k.ca.
