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WEDNESDAY. APRIL 18, 1931 THE DAILY NEBRASKAN TWO. The t)aily Nebraskan Station A, Lincoln. Nebraika OFFICIAL STUDENT PUBLICATION UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MiaiMah Thlt pPr It raprtienttd for general advartlalng by th Nabraaka prtsa Aaioclatlon Entered a tecond-clata matter at tha PWf 'n Lincoln. Nebraka, under act ot congreaa, Maroh S. 187, and at apecial rata of poatige provided for In '" 1103. act of October 3. 19.7. authorlted January 80. 1928. THIRTY-THIRD YEAR Published Tuesday, Wednesday, Thuraday. Friday and Sunday mornings during tha academic year. SUBSCRIPTION RATK SI 50 a year Slngla Copy 6 cents $1.00 a e"1"t" 12.50 a year mailed semeater mailed Under direction of tha Student Publication Board. Editorial Office University Hall . Business Office University Hall 4A. Talephones-Dayi B-6891; Nlghti 8-6888. B-333S (Journal) Ask for Nebraskan editor. EDITORIAL STAFF Editor-in-Chief ruc Mc0" Managing Editor Burton Man-in v,olet Cross New Editors Jack Fischer Freil Nicklas Lwnoine Bible Etety Editor Virginia Sellec-k Sports Editor 7 -l""" Sports Assistant Jack Gruba and Arnold Llne Contributing Editors Maurice Johnson Dick Moran Carlyle Hodgkin Feature Editors Margaret Easterday Ruth Matsehullat Loraine Campbell Woman's Editor Betty Segal Assistant Woman's Editors. .Hazel Baier. Marylu Petersen News Reporters Johnston Snipes Lewis Casa Jack Rasmusson Allen Gatewood BUSINESS STAFF Bernard Jennings Businesa Manager Assistant Business Managers George Holyoke Wilbur Erickson Dick Schmidt Advertising Solictors Robert Funk Truman Oberndorf Circulation Department Harry West Janet Killian Greek Men Take A Progressive Step. 'J'HAT universities are liberalizing long standing ' social regulations governing undergraduate life has been evidenced during the past year. The most progressive step toward liberalizing undergraduate- social restrictions was taken re cently at the University of North Carolina with the abolition of a moss covered rule which required that no coed visit a fraternity house without the com pany of a chaperon. The rule is not uncommon. Many fraternity chapters find themselves hedged about by many so cial restrictions which were established decades ago, and have since been carefully preserved in univer sity archives. The change at the North Carolina institutions, however, has created no little comment among the nation's collegiate press. Comments the Cornell .Daily Sun: "It would be easy to moralize upon the artificial restrictions that are placed upon our so ciety; plenty of books have been written about them. The action at North Carolina will variously be called a progressive and retrogressive step; the uni versity authorities will be termed liberal and radi cal, or simply foolish. The working out of the plan will be watched with great interest and its success or failure will determine to a great extent future public attitude toward college fraternities." The North Carolina Daily Tar Heel, however, took upon itself the duty of handing out some ad vice in the way of qualifying the success of the scheme. "If fraternities, however, wish to maintain the approval of the people which will be secured by this trust placed in them by the action of the high ups, they must observe to the letter rules which ac company the permission of the board." The change at the North Carolina institution is noteworthy. For many years fraternities have been closely regulated by university administrations. While the regulations, in all events, exercise little hardship on the social activities of fraternity men, they do little to encourage respect for fraternities outside the university. The prevelant public attitude toward fraternities seems to picture them as "dens of iniquity." The numerous social regulations im posed upon Greek chapters does little to discourage the belief that once a young lady enters a fraternity house she is no longer a lady. In this respect, the recent action at North Caro lina may be looked upon as a valuable opportunity for fraternity men to correct this erroneous belief. And so too might fraternities on this campus be given the opportunity to place themselves on a par with other organizations. Somewhere in the archives of the university may be found au ivy clad rule which forbids univer sity women to visit a fraternity house without a chaperon. This institution might well follow the ex ample set by North Carolina, The Nebraskan recognizes, however, that there must be a set of social regulations for university undergraduate life. But these regulations should be revised, on necessity, to meet new conditions on the campus. The fraternity chaperon rule, along with several other items included in the university's so cial regulations, might be well regulated to the ash heap. In their place should be substituted regula tions decidedly more .mature and reasonable in nature. A yieic Council Takes Office. . "J"HE new university student governing body meets for the first time this afternoon. Characteristic formalities of the annual joint session of old and new members will constitute the day's business. An officer will present a review of the council's accomplishments this year. The resume should be brief. Then, as a parting ges- . ture, the old council will supervise selection of offi cers for the coming year. The old council passes, however, inaugurating two experiments in the Nebraska system of student government today. First, holdover membership in the council has been increased from four to eight with positions equally divided between men and women. Effected to infuse into the council a greater element cf experience in the tasks which confront it, the measure should prove meritorious. It should . do much to eliminate one of the main reasons for ' the council's inactivity or failure to function as it nhould, that of members' ignorance concerning , campus affairs ever which the council has jurisdic- ' tion. A parallel proposal, favorably passed upas by the present council, which would increase senior-at-large represent. tion from four to eight, might well be considered this year by new members. Installation of council members-elect more than a month earlier than usual In an attempt to give the new body a chance to become thoroly organized and to prepare its program for immediate opera tion, is the second experiment being started today. The move should prove of benefit to the campus. Much valuable time usually wasted during the fall in planning and organization should be saved. At it is, the new council will find itself pressed for time wtih but seven weeks of school remaining in the semester. This fact, however, should not pre vent the council from adopting and putting into mo tion at onoc, its program for the coming year. The new council comes Into office at a time when student activities are in need of a stimulating Influence. It is a common attribute of new council members to enter upon their duties with enthusi asm and determination which is of but short dura tion. Members-elect should not allow themselves to be illusionad by rosy provisions of great accomplish ments in student government without putting forth much e i fort and hard work. They should go into office knowing that a hard task confronts them and that co-operation from every member is an absolute necessity to a successful administration. A vast field of student enterprise, untouched by actions of previous councils, together with con tinuation of some projects already considered fur nish abundant opportunity for the new council to do something worthwhile. The council would do well, however, to not overburden itself ith an ex cess of tasks in attempting to do a good job. Rather, it should choose one or two major projects of vital need to the campus, give those projects its full sup port throughout the year, and see its efforts thru to a successful culmination. At the same time, a number of minor problems may be adequately han dled and the machinery set in motion to pave tho way for future councils to effect additional improve, ments in student government. The Nebraskan does not attempt to say what should be the council's program this year, but a number of projects present themselves as especially deserving of attention. There is the perennial stu dent union building project toward which the first step might be made were a firm and vigorous cam paign waged. Needed service to the student body thru further development of a student council-controlled second hand book exchange could be accomp lished. Abolishment of antique and outgrown stu dent regulations, progressive efforts toward a con structive reorganization of the council, are other matters worthy of effort. Some loose ends may remain to be collected on the activity tax proposal, or improvements may be made in the plan. The list represents but a few of the many possibilities for application of council endeavor. The new council, in the very act of being elected, assumed definite responsibility of accomp lishing something and must now fulfill it. After today, the new government is out on its own feet; there will be no support but its own ability for its adopted program. What it does it must do of its ; own volition, spurred on by individual effort. There is no constituency to which members must answer, there is no one to force them to exert the full mea sure of their talents. There is, however, a moral and ethical obligation to the student body to be met which does not consist of such weighty problems as appointment of prom committees and arguing over similar petty matters. Inadequacy of past councils flings a distinct challenge to the new body. The council should an swer that challenge with all its resources and justify in the eyes of a watching campus, its recent election. now means change radical change, if you please there is bound to be opposition. But the fact that Mr. Roosevelt is not ai tucked personally shows, first, that his choice of ad visers is generally approved and cannot be success fully challenged, and second, that his policies, which necessarily are also those of his advisers, are apposed only by selfish minorities. Tie college pro fessors bear the brunt of most of tho ill-founded criticism simply because they happen to offer the best target. They merely consider the source, and the source is all too obvious for anyone but a "rugged Individualist" to miss. As for Dr. Wirt when better spoolers are made, the "Brain Trust" will make them. College News Service. Ag College By Carlyle Hodgkin 'YOUR PERSONALITY.' Tuesday Ag college honored its talented and hardworking students. The new members of Phi Upsilon Omicron, Omicron Nu, Alpha Zeta and Gamma Sigma Delta were announced. The mem bers of some of 1934's judging teams were an nounced. The twenty high freshmen in the college were announced and duly awarded for their efforts, rrof. H. J. Gramlich presented the morning's offi cial address. The Gramlich theme: develop your personality. During the last few months Mr. Gramlich has been much away from Ag campus. He has been in Wash ingtcn representing the interests of Nebraska live stock and dairy farmers in the legislature. He has been rubbing elbows with the big, tough world. Per haps there is in that a reason for one of his first remarks to the student group, a remark, in effect, that when you get out of the little puddle called college into the big, rough sea of life, you probably hope to create a big splash, but that probably you won't. Probably you will find the going tough, the waves big and baffling. That idea arises out of the assumption that college is a puddle by itself, not a real and valid part of the bigger sea of life. And that assumption is to a large part true. College is an artificial sort of thing, a little, pleasant world all off by itself. But there are those who wish that were not so much the fact. Dean Burr is one of them; doubtless Mr. Gramlich is another. The only answer to that problem is to make col lege more of an integral part of living, less a thing j by itself. The problem is a knotty one. Dean Burr doesn't know just how to do it. Neither does Mr. Gramlich. But once out of college into the bigger picture, Mr. Gramlich points out as one of the biggest aids to the student in a k-.'avy and unchartered sea is tho development of his personality. The speaker did not uttcmpt to tell his audience just what personality is, but he pointed out optimism as one of the charac teristics of the kind of a personality that help to make one's life voyage successful. Optimism, he sulci, helps one to get on with one's associates, helps to make the going more pleasant, more enjoyable, and therefore, more worthwhile. THE OFFICIAL FUN-MAKER. It's reasonable to expect that Thursday night will be the most thoroughly enjoyed Farmers' Fair rally this season that is, it will if present plans materialize. Lorraine Brake, rally chairman, has announced that L. C. Oberlies, Lincoln Telephone company officer and member cf the city commis sion, will be the evening's speaker. Oberlies has been to Farmers' Fair rallys, many a time in the past, and he is good. He can tell stor ies, sing songs, do little dances, play the piano, and speak seriously, interestingly and persuasively. Everyone usually njoys him. Perhaps his jokes and stories will not all of them be new. Perhaps some of the students will have heard him tell them before. But the way he can tell them always brings down the house. The Farmers' Fair board would probably be pretty safe In offering a prize to the student who can come to that rally and not have a huge laugh. WE DANCE AGAIN. Saturday night is the annual Ag college spring party, the twin sister of last autumn's Farmers' Formal. Not long ago there was no annual spring party. It has come into existence in the past few years. It has been growing rapidly with the years, will be doubtless attended this year by a large ma jority of the Ag students. In one important way the spring party differs from last fall's formal. It will not be an overalls-and-aprons sort of thing. And perhaps that is just as well. In the fall the tendency is toward the more formal, cut-and-dried sort of gathering. The formal comes as something out of the ordinary, something different. In the spring the tendency, since school is near ly over and everyone is tired and looking for some fun, is toward the more informal, get-together-for-a-party sort of thing. The spring party, where folks will be in their usual Sunday clothes, will again be contrary to the trend, something interest ing because it is different. DRAMA A FEATURE OF DEPARTMETALMCIir Speeches, Pantomime ud Shakespearean Scetises Make Up Program. Speeches, pantomime, Rn,i Shakespearean scenes were fea tured at the departmental night sponsored by the dramatics depart ment from 7 until 8 o'clock last night, at the Temple building. An effort is made to hold a meet ing each month at which the de partments of public speaking, play pantomime, and expression are represented. Only members of the department of dramatics attend. Miss H. Alice Howell, chairman of the department of public speak ing and dramatic art, stated re garding departmental night, "We strive to make it a family meeting at which everyone has a chance to become better acquainted with each other. They grow into the Studio theater and from there Into the University Players." SCHOOL WILL NAME HIGH TEN PERCENT (Continued from Page 1.) presented by the university sym phony orchestra under the direc tion of Prof. Carl Steckelberg. An innovation will be seen this year ns 2i) senior honor students will be guests after the convoca tion at a luncheon offered by the Lincoln chamber of commerce. The complete program is: Oveitur. "Merry Wive of WindM.r " Nicoll; by the University of NehrttK school of music concert orchestra, under the diivction of Carl Frederic Sleckelherc Invocation, The Rev. William Ernest Low. ther. Address "The Humanitarian Illusion " by Dr. Norman Koerster. Students recognized for superior scholar, sh'r-s. Student organizations recnanired for high scholarship prize and awards. Presentation of Pershins medal. The University of Michigan was one of the first, if not the first to admit students from high schools on certificates. Your Drug Store It In our pleafttire to serve you, bath In tur Drug department and Loneb eonetle. The Owl Pharmacy 148 N. 14th F pit. rhone B1068 WE DELIVER OFFICIAL BULLETIN The Student Pulse Brief, concise, contributions pertinent to matters rf student life and t!ie university are welcomed by this department, under the usual restrictions of sound newspaper oractlce, whicn excluces all libelous mat ter and personal attacks. Letters accepted do not necessarily Indicate the editorial policy of this paper. under lire from a a 78 minimum scho- Eliminating the 7lt For Democracy's Sake TO THE EDITOR: Recently, the Innocents, group of insurgents, adopted lastic average ruling. Objections have been lodged to this ruling, and seem quite logical. A considera tion of those objections is quite in order at this time. The University sanctions, and even sponsors, two large classes of activity, namely curricular and extra-curricular. Kor those outstanding in both classes honorary groups have been established and are maintained. Phi- Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, etc., care for those lcad'-rs in the field of curricular ac tivity. Innocents care for those few men adjudged outstanding in the iieid of extra-curricular activity, or curricular activity. The sphere of activity mat ters not as long as the candidate for the Innocents is outstanding. Four of the sixteen leading candidates for membership in this year's society fall below the minimum ruling of 78. These men are leaders, and are openly recognized as such in their particularized spheres of activity. The exclusion of these men is not in keeping with the Innocents idea of selec tion of membeis so as to constitute a cross section of campus humanity. Activities, their value and the work done by the individuals on them, should be the PRIMARY cri teria for membership in the Innocents, not scholas tic honors. One third of the class eligible for grad uation is eliminated by the holding of this 78 rul ing. This move is undemocratic. Scholasticism must be secondary in importance. The selection of members should and must proceed on the basis of work done, if the Innocents wish to remain an organization of campus leaders rewarded for their services and worth to the school. INTERESTED. . Cabinet Meetings. The regular cabinet meeting of the Y. W. C. A. will be held at 7 Wednesday. At 7:30 the meet ing will adjourn for a joint meet ing with the Y. M. C. A. cabinet at the Temple, for a report by Elaine Fontein on the international relations conference held at Ge neva, April 6 to 8. Barb Council. Barb Council will meet Wednes day afternoon at 5 o'clock in room 105 of Social Sciences. At this time plans will be made for the year. Barb Council. Because of the conflict in time with th.' Student council installa- i tion and elec tion meeting there I will be no Barb council meeting Wednesdav. ! emphasizing the fact that the or ganization is gaining rapidly in in fluence in the newspaper field, and stating the benefit that its influ ence will grow in the future. Mr. Doyie Buckles, editor of the Fairbury News, who was a mem ber of the University of Kansas chapter of Sigma Delta Chi, gave a short talk in response to greet ing by the Nebraska members, H declared that Frank Edgecombe, vetcrar -itor of the Geneva. Ne braska. Signal, who was initiated Tuesday as an associate member, would be a valuable addition to Sigma Delta Chi. Men initiated into the Nebraska chapter of the club are Lamoine Bible, William Fisher. Burton Mar vin, Jack Fischer, Wayne Patten, Carlyle Myers, Don Sigler, Leon ard Tangney, James Steward, Ral ston Graham, Eugene Dalby. Har lcy Cass, Henry Bostrom and Rob ert Bulger. A New High in Trove Value A JiUUDPEX rcXandGACH f WAY IS M j" For Details JnT THE f Your loco Agent or A m 40 X. Dearborn St., M M U C thic.,., in. ROUND TRIP I J L. THUD Ct8 r v I I I I A New Low in Travel Price There will be a meeting of both the old and new student council members Wednesday afternoon at 5 o'clock in the council in Univer sity hall basi-mcnt. At this time the new oi'Jicers of the organiza tion will be elected. Sim pson. 1 een ker ire W oeful Jack Elder Is Reason - ' - - - ' - - i n i, i .urn Contemporary Comment AMES. Ia.. April 17. Another inch of length has been added to the faces of Bob Simpson and G. F. Veenker, track and football coaches at Iowa State college. The reason is not athletic outlooks in their fields, but the fact that they have just discovered something that might have had a decided el feet on past Cyclone history. A review of past Iowa State registrations reveals the fact that one Jack Elder was enrolled at Iowa State in the fall of 1925. This same Elder transferred to Notre Dame the next year, and may be remembered by some people as an all-American halfback as the win ner of the dash events at many trHck meets, including the special 100-yard dash at the Drake relays in 1928. Elder had never competed in high school athletics, and his de parture was not noticed until two years later when he first began competition for the Irish. Dr. M irt (,t ts The Rebound. Aa we suspected and recently so stated, the notorious Wirt charges have turned out to be "Just gag" The version of Professor Adolf A. Eerie Jr. now eeema to be the one generally accepted that Dr. Wirt was the victim of a practical joke, which ad ministration opponents seized upon in order to flaunt what they allege are the shortcomings of the so-called "Brain Trust." Professor Berle and other college professors who supposedly are members of the "Trust" deny that it exists as a body, which seems obvious when we consider that President Roosevelt's advisers are made up of a most heterogeneous collection of In dividuals. At the same time, it is significant that the at tacks on the administration are not aimed directly at the president, but at this special group of advis er Because the president has seen fit to use brains plus commc n sense in directing the government and because of the fact that a government of this kind NEWSPAPERS LOSING ESTEEM SAYS STOKE (Continued from Page 1.) was contrary to the belief held in former years when the reading public regarded the newspaper as a tremendous public service proj ect being carried on by piufss sional idealists. And since God has lost his au thority, the newspaper along with other professions is examined with a skeptical attitude by the public. The speaker pointed out that the public has adopted this attitude not only toward newspapers, but toward all other lines of profes sional endeavor and the much quoted saying that "you can't be lieve anything that appears in the newspaper" may be readily applied to other fields of endeavor, rang ing from doctors and lawyers to college professors. "The attitude of the public, how ever, is particularly fortunate, for we may expect the next genera tion to be the slaves of no insti tutions. Rather are we led to be lieve that they will accept only a very little from all professions, fitting together in their own minds well founded conclusions." Preceding the address by Vr. Stokes, Prof. Walker, director of the school of journalism, outlined the hi?toiy of Sigma Delta CW, au "I'm Going Home to Father : "It's true I've preached economy; but a man has to have some good looking shirts once in a while. And, besides, it's Simons SHIRT WEEK and I have saved plenty of money on the most gorgeous Ide shirts a man ever wore they embroidered my monogram on them FREE and they are going to pay for laundering them the first time. Now, woman, here tofore all you have thought about is dolling 'yourself p it's MY turn now. GOODBYE."