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TIIE DAILY NEBRASKAN
TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1934.
The Daily Nebraskan
Station A, Lincoln. Nebraska
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Solving the
Fraternity Problem.
THAT Nebraska fraternities are us in? a little
realism in facing their problems, has been evi
denced the past few weeks. As such, they are ap
proaching the problem from the right direction.
Specifically, fraternities have taken to merging
a a possible solution of their economic difficulties.
Recently two prominent social fraternities merged.
In tb! morning's Nebraskan appears a story of an
other consolidation. Discounting about fifty percent
tha Idle rumor afloat, there still remains enough
evidence to indicate that several other mergers are
being contemplated.
The movement should be encouraged. Greeks
should consider this as an effective method of elim
inating many problems, forgetting momentarily the
"glory of tradition," For apparently two fraterni
ties can be successfully merged. And from this
point of view, can be effectively combined to form
a stronger economic and social unit,
At first blush a wholesale merging of Nebras-
imaglnation of the university fathers as to what
good might be derived from an adequate convoca
tion program.
Henry George
Comes to Town,
panacea for the world's economic problems was
presumably discovered by the several hundred
university students attending the single tax lecture
in Social Science auditorium Monday morning.
In fact John Lawrence Monroe, disciple of the
Henry George single tax theory, is quoted as say
ing: "The single tax will put the world back to
work at full time and full pay."
Said the speaker: "The single tax will abolish
all taxes which now repress industry and agrlcul
ture, hamper exchange, lessen employment and
deepen poverty. By taxing the value of land and
loosening the grip of land hoarders, it would make
land more easily available for industry, agriculture
and home ownership."
Besides making an admirable statesman, Mr.
Monroe re-echoes the vauntings of Henry George,
famous single tax economist, whose ideas on the
subject are best expressed in his book, "Progress
and Poverty."
The single tax has been the subject of academic
speculation for many years. For the most part it
has not been seriously considered. During the past
decade little was heard of the single taxers, except
in higher educational institutions. The present re
turn to liberal thinking has presumably brought
them again into the limelight.
The Student Pulse
Brief, concise, contributions pertinent to mattera
ef atudent life and tha university are welcomed by
this department, under tha usual restrictions of sound
newspaper practice, which excludes all libelous mat
ter and personal attacks. Lettera accepted do not
necessarily Indicate the editorial policy of thla paper.
ka fraternities would promote or improve the finan
cial stability of Greek chapters, and would clear up
at one stroke the perplexing situation far more ef
fectively than would otherwise be possible. Then,
too, it should reduce the number of fraternities to
nearly normal
- There will be those who seriously question, and
rightfully so, the financial benefit of mergers. The
Immediate result, however, would obviously mean
greater stability. This is desirable, for through the
grace of God, the fraternity system may right itself
out in the long run. In view of the present plight of
fraternities, the Nebraskan feels that mergers are
both desirable and necessary.
A valuable by-product of this movement, ob
viously enough, would be a reduction in the number
of social fraternities. This would be a big step to
ward righting the system, and eventually strength
ening the remaining fraternities. It is generally
conceded that the Nebraska campus is greatly over
populated with fraternity chapters. Probably the
result of tremendous expansion policies engaged in
by national fraternities during the gay twenties,
this campus, and others, now realize that they can
not support the burden. But with the advent of the
depression, coincident with a sharp drop in the num
ber of men pledging, fraternities resorted, and nec
essarily so, to the present movement.
It is significant to note, however, that frater
nities have started more effective retrenchment
since the creation of the powerful alumni council
It is a matter of conjecture whether the sad re
port of the alumni council and its immediate crea
tion by the Board of Regents was instrumental in
producing a sense of realism in the brothers of the
jeweled pin.
-. It is quite obvious that Nebraska fraternity
men realize the immensity of their financial prob
lems. Indeed it seems that they are giving it more
attention than a passing glance.
Fraternity Parties
In the Coliseum.
TO THE EDITOR:
Several months ago, someone suggested that
two or more fraternities or sororities go together
and bold a joint spring party in the coliseum. This
plan had many merits, and it seems to me that
something should be done about it instead of letting
it go into the discard.
Approximately 8H0 coupl? can be comfortably
accommodated on the coliseum floor. This means
that if two Greek letter clubs staged a party, each
organization would be able to send out 400 bids. On
the other hand, only 250 bids can be issued for
down-town parties without overcrowding the ball
room.
Expenses would be greatly reduced by holding
a joint party and the money expended in getting
dance hall would go towards paying for a university
project instead of private individuals. As a dance
floor, the floor of the coliseum, when in condition,
cannot be excelled.
Thus, by combining forces in staging a party
at the coliseum, two or more fraternities or sorori
ties could save a great deal of money, put the pro
fits of the party to a good use, and be able to send
out many more invitations than they could if they
were holding the party elsewhere. M. G.
testa
EENEATH TTIHIIE
DDEAIDLDNIES
By DICK MORAN.
JF there ever was a man without a country, it is
amuel Insull right now. Although he somehow
manages to stay about one step ahead of federal ex
tradition officers, the latter are keeping him on the
move most of the tlmo. He found refuge in Greece
for a long time, but the cabinet of the Greek gov
ernment, after several lengthy meetings and con
ferences, ordered him to leave the country. Then
when they decided to surrender him to United
States officers, he gave them the slip by chartering
a freighter, for which he is supposed to have paid
about ten thousand dollars, and leaving Greece. The
master of the ship, however, was ordered by the
government to return to port immediately, and he
turned about and started back. Authorities planned
to arrest him on a technical charge of violation of
the port code, which prohibits the carrying of pas
sengers on a freight vessel. Insull threatened sui
cide, but the ship's captain was Informed he would
be held responsible for the former utilities king, and
so the ship was started back for the historic port
of Piraeus.
Now Insull has started his wanderings again.
No one seems to know definitely where he is going,
but it Is generally expected that he will go to a
place on the border line between Persia and Meso
potamia. A Baghdad merchant who owns land near
there and who befriended and attended Insull while
he was ill in Athens is expected to give him refuge.
If Insull goes to Egypt, he will be unable to land
there. The government has ordered port authorities
at Port Said not to allow him to land. It may be
that the vessel on which he is traveling now will be
bis tramped borne for weeksrMeanwhile his brother
Martin, wanted in Cook county, Illinois, along with
Samuel on charges of embezzlement and grand lar
ceny, impatiently waits in Toronto for United States
officers to take him back to Chicago. His extradi
tion will possibly be delayed for some few days be
cause of slowness in issuing the proper papers.
HEN it comes to getting things done in a hurry,
Premier Mussolini of Italy can be depended
upon to satisfy the most urgent demands for
fipwrl in rHplrtmnry and intprnfiti'ina! rivaling, He
called a conference with Premier Goemboes of
Hungary and Chsncellor Dollfuss of Austria for last
Wednesday and by Saturday afternoon the dele'
gates had decided on what they wanted, and the
formal pacts were signed. Mussolini wanted me
conference ostensibly to settle Central European
economic problems, Chancellor Dollfuss wanted the
conference to insure some protection for his coun
try against the invasion of Hltlerism, and Premier
Goemboes came at II Duce'a invitation mainly.
When the conference, which was held in Rome, was
completed, the three countries were allies, Joint
signers of three consultative pacts. The pacts were
not designed to be exclusive, however. They ask
the co-operation of all European countries to secure
peace and commercial co-operation. One of the
three agreements was political, and the other two
were concerned mainly with commercial and eco
nomic problems.
As a result of the three pacts signed, those
three powers will co-operate politically; and they
have agreed to consult each other before taking any
definite political action which is not purely local
and trivial in importance. Italy, Austria, and Hun
gary will broaden the scope of commercial agree
ments already existing among them, and all three
will try to settle Hungary's pressing agricultural
problems. The agreement also calls for the estab
lishment of a permanent body or commission which
will watch and study the commercial developments
of the three nations. Minor points included In the
pacts state that all three of the countries will do
all they can to facilitate traffic movement through
the Adriatic sea ports, and preferential treatment
for Austrian manufacturers in the Italian market
will be granted in definite agreements to be deter
mined by subsequent action.
'JTIE airmail is again going through, but not as
much as it formerly did. Major General Ben
jamin D. Foulois, chief of the Army air corps, is
sued an order from Chicago Sunday, demanding
resumption of flights starting at midnight Sunday.
The commander bad just fmiBhed an inspection trip
of the mail flying division of the corps, and he wired
Washington recommending that the planes start
carrying mail again. His answer authorized him
to start flying the mail again, bearing in mind the
limitations of Presidential instructions and those of
the secretary of war. The limitations are those of
Roosevelt, demanding that the flying be stopped
until it could be made safer. Foulois said Sunday
that two methods were used by officials to reduce
the hazards of flying the mail: these were the re
duction in the number of routes, and the installation
of better equipment in the planes that would be used
to carry the mail. j
10 CLOSE
year with mm
Pace, Steadman Speakers
For University In Last
Contest.
Debate activity closes for th
year on March 27 with an argu
ment against Hastings College ac
cording to an announcement made
by Prof. H. A. White, debate
coach. Nebraska will also have a
debate with Kearney State Normal
College on March 26.
The meeting with Hastings Col
lege will be here and Nebraska
will defend the negative side of the
proposition Resolved: that the
United States should substantially
Increase the powers of the presi
dent as a permanent policy. The
speakers for Nebraska will be
Jack Pace and Charles Steadman.
Nebraska will uphold the af
firmative of the same question in
the contest with ' Kearney held
there. Dwlght Perkins and Irving
Hill will represent Nebraska,
"According to the present sched
ule the debate season will end with
the debate at Hastings." stated
Prof. White, "though there are.
possibilities that post season meet
In es might be arranged if there is
sufficient reason."
Geology Graduates Get
Oil Company Position
Positions have been reported
during the last week by two gradu
ates of the geology department at
the university. Louis Lukert,, Sew-
ard, who received his master's de
gree in January, will be employed
as micro-palaeontologist for the
Texas company at Tulsa, Okla.
William Schultz, '29, Norfolk, will
do field work for the Empire Oil
company of Lyons, Kans.
Contemporary Comment
TA Successful
Sunday Convocation.
gUNDAY afternoon the university symphony or
chestra under the direction of Carl Steckelberg
featured a convocation attended by over 2,500 per
sons. The concert offered by the fifty-four stu
dent musicians was presumably a success.
Indeed it brought to a fitting close the series
of all student convocations presented by the univer
sity fathers during the past few months.
The Nebraskan feels that the program offered
by the orchestra was well rounded and capably
played. But rather than foist our opinion upon the
resder we note the concert was given an enthusias
tic reception. This should convince the skeptics
that the program was at least pleating to the ear.
The wide variation in selections, exemplified in
Gershwin's "Rhapsody In Blue" and Tschaikowsky"
Sixth Symphony, were well suited for this type of
convocation.
The symphony orchestra's concert concluded a
series of four programs, which featured the Mes
siah, the R. O. T. C Band, and the Glee Club, held
Sunday afternoons in the Coliseum. For the most
part these convocations proved to be of high merit,
and offered the university population an opportunity
to see and bear student talent participating in extra
curricular activities of high merit.
Aside from &ia the University rendered a
omewhat valuable ecervice to the citizens of this
state. According to sponsors, the programs nave
attracted nearly 18,000 people, many of whom re
side in towns and cities beyond the immediate vicin
ity of Lincoln.
The success of these programs might well offer
atoms incentive for the university administration to
plan for next year a more complete series of con
vocations. As pointed out by the Daily Nebraskan
previously a comprehensive convocation program of
real merit might well be built around the four pro
grams offered this year featuring all student talen.
. It was further pointed out that such a program
.might well be worked out without encountering ad
- tUuonal financial difficulties. The prwnirnable sue-
c&ss or these programs should at least stir the
Debunking Education
For All.
By JAMES CRENSHAW
Editor, Collegs News Service
Surrounded by luxuries and comforts, which in
many cases are enjoyed privately only by the
wealthy, large numbers of college students accord
ing to the editor of the Yale Daily News dwell in
marble halls for several years and then suffer
something of a shock when they are finally pushed
out into the cold, cruel world with an A.B. in one
hand and a superiority complex in the other. Says
he:
"Those who will be forced later to live in sur
roundings that in no way compare with what Yale
offers will feel discontent and discomfiture when
they leave Yale's sheltering gilded walls. Not only
in physical equipment but in every department of
Yale life the way is paved for the ease of the under
graduate. Opportunities lie waiting in any direc
tion for his indolent, languid attention.
"As one surveys the Yale scene, one is inclined
to deplore the doubtful benefits of too luxurious
quarters in a university dedicated to scholarly pur
suits. Material advantages may possibly lead to
intellectual decadence."
All this has been remarked by observers of the
social side of American college life for many years.
Perhaps the solution is not readily apparent, but it
would not seem feasible to raze our college build
inn and substitute for them classrooms under
trees or other classic surroundings. The solution
more likely will be found in the methods we develop
in the future for the selection of college students,
it being conceded that we must abandon past theor
ies of "higher" education for the masses.
Once it is plainly apparent to everyone that col
lege training is an opportunity, rather than an obli
gation, the marble halls will be sufficiently appre
ciated to prevent much indolence, and the cruel, cold
world will be kinder to their former inhabitants.
For Success
Correct Timing.
Many men preach sermons of success; how to
cope with the adverse conditions of existence, bow
to grasp at opportunity and how to triumph over
the obstacles of a material universe and to sit, fin
ally, upon the pinnacle of achievement which is
called Success. Many things could be said about
this kind of talk, both good and bad, but the fact
remains that most of the remarks are forgotten,
and it is well, perhaps, that they are so disposed.
Many of the so-called methods and means of
success are, to all practical ends, worthless. How
ever, it is just as likely that ideas of worth may be
voiced, and it remains to the personal judgment of
the individual to establish the value in each particu
lar case. A certain great man has said: "To do the
right thing at the wrong time is just as bad, or
worse, than to do the wrong thing."
This is a statement which should be of particu
lar value to every individual, it being applicable to
every phase of effort and activity. The important
thing in any situation is correct timing of activity.
Learn to do a thing properly, and then do it at the
favorable moment The boxer who is able, by
proper .timing, to duck his adversary's blows, and
at the same time inflict smashing blows in return
is the man who will win. The same rule applies to
an situations of life In which men are striving one
against the other for supremacy. Success comes to
the man who knows when to strike the blow. Dally
Texan, ; . .
OFFICIAL
BULLETIN
Wrestling.
The Nebraska wrestling team
will have their group picture taken
at 12 o'clock Tuesday, March 20
at the campus studio.
PI Mu Epsilon.
There will be a meeting of Pi
Mu Epsilon Tuesday evening,
March 20, at 7:30 in room 308 of
the M. A. building.
Tassel Meeting.
Tassels will hold their regular
meeting Tuesday evening at 7:00
o'clock inEllen Smith Hall. This
is an important meeting for elec
tion of officers will be held.
settled is that of summer rushing
which was deferred until some fu
ture date.
Stamp Club.
Regular meeting, University
Stamp club, Thursday evening,
March 22, Social Sciences 312, 7:30
p. m. Several matters of impor
tance to stamp collectors will be
taken up. Also, there will be an
auction sale of choice United
States and foreign, mint and used
stamps.
Gamma Alpha Chi.
Pledges and actives of Gamma
Alpha Chi will meet at 7:30 in El
len Smith hall Tuesday evening.
VIRGINIA SELLECK, Pres.
Lutheran Students.
Lutheran students will meet for
Bible class with Rev. H. Erck
Wednesday at 7 p. m. in room 203,
Temple Theater.
Men's Commercial Club.
University men's commercial
club will meet for a luncheon at
the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce
Tuesday noon.
Business Meeting.
University men's commercial
club will hold its regular meetin
in the club room Wednesday eve
ning, at 7:30.
REVISED RUSHING
RULES ACCEPTED
BY PANHELLENIC
(Continued from Page 1.)
on the Saturday preceding the
opening of school.
2. Pledge services are not to
be held until the girl tias com
pleted registration. However,
the preferential system functions
even if she has not registered
properly. That is, she is bound to
the group she has pledged for
one year.
3. No group may give more
than seven rush parties during
rush week. These parties are to
be held on the Thursday, Friday,
and Saturday preceding registra
tion week. The rushees meeting
In the Temple theater previously
held on Sunday will be held on
Thursday next year.
4. Instead of stating a set
amount for downtown parties,
the cost of these functions will
be set eactt year by the panhel
lenlc council on or before Nov. 1.
5. The drives and contests rule
was revised to permit participa
tion In such drives when they are
civic enterprises of a charitable
nature.
The only matter now. left un-
REVISIONS MADE
IN POINT SYSTEM
BY A. W. S. BOARD
(Continued from Page 1.)
will no longer receive any points
for holding the office.
Mortar Board members will not
be given any point but the presi
dent of that organization will re
ceive 8 points rather than 7 as was
formerly the case.
Membership in professional and
active honoraries will not merit a
point but the president of such or
ganizations on the Ag campus will
be given 6 points instead of 5 thus
giving them a number of points
equal to those received by presi
dents on the downtown campus.
The society editor of the Daily
Nebraskan has been changed from
4 to 5 points and members of the
board of the Home Economics as
sociation will be changed from 1
to 3 points.
Under the point system Junior
and senior women are not permit
ted to assume more than fifteen
points at any one time, while soph
omore women are not allowed to
assume more than ten points.
Changes adopted by the A. W. S.
board were recommended by a
committee composed of Marian
Smith, chairman; Anne Bunting,
Willa Norrls, Alalre Barkes, and
Callsta Cooper.
POWDER, ROUGE
LIPSTICK
Get It Here It 1$ Correct.
Fountain and Lunch .
Luxuries at Money
Saving Prices
DRUGS & REMEDIES
AT
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Free Delivery
ATTEND STATE MEETINGS.
Among those from the univer
sity attending the meetings of po
tato growers in Scottsbluff and Al
liance the past week were Dr. H. E.
Bradford, chairman of the depart
ment or vocational education, and
Prof. H. O. Werner of the horti
culture departmenL
FARMERS' FAIR RALLY
SCHEDULED THURSDAY
Moving Pictures of Former
Events to Be Shown at
Gathering.
Moving pictures of past
Farmers' Fairs will feature the
program at a rally Thursday night,
March 22. Arthur Petreson an
nounced Monday. Peterson, who
will conduct the Thursday night
rally, is managers of the senior
Farmers' Fair board.
This will be the second rally of
the 1934 season. Peterson said
Ag students exhibited unusual en
thusiasm at the first rally two
weeks ago, and that he expects
both a full house and plenty of
spirit at the rally this week. Ro
land Nuckols, Ag junior, will have
charge of Farmers' Fair and col
lege yells.
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New LOW
Cleaning Prices
Men's Suits 75o
Men's Hats 55o
Men's Top Coats and
Overcoats 75c
Ladies' Dresses. . . .76o np
Ladies' Coats 78c up
Extra for Pleata, Frllla and
Fur Trim
Corduroy Pants 40a.
Modern Cleaners
Soukup & Westover
Call F2377 for Service
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No increase in price on Dunlap
Hats, th-v are still $5 at
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Antelope Park
Prevue
and tickets are going
like the proverbial hot cakes!
An opportunity to dance In the beautiful "New" Ante
lope Park Pavilion, prior to the regular opening, with a
strictly university crowd and a limited bid list. Tickets
on sale in your fraternity house or at Buck's Coffee Shop.
Leo Beck
Orchestra and Entertainers
40c
Per Person
No Tax
Friday, March 23rd
Antelope Park Pavilion
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