FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 0, 1935.
TWO
TIIE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Daily Nebraskan
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promote campus interests, are brought to a
standstill and the process of student initiative
already Btaflrnatinir in a morass of administra
tive eneumberments. continues to accelerate.
Admittedly, any organization desiring to
cive rmrties in the coliseum does so lor the
purpose of making money. But if orgnniza
tions are to justify their existence and accom
Irtish, something they must secure finances
somewhere. No more legitimate channe
through which to do this suggests itself than
through functions which will give students
good entertainment and at a fair price.
Barring the way to this desirable ond
however, is first the flat refusal to permit
other than the traditional five parties to be
held ( exclusive of barb functions) and second
lv. were nermission somehow secured, tho nl-
most insurmountable task of raising half the
expense in advance.
We admit that there is record of two fail
ures on the books but only one of these is for
recent years and that deficit was made up by
members. Failure to secure a closed night in
time for this party and a poor date were de
cisive factors in this lone recent failure. On
this score, the justification Beems far-fetched,
Students are apt to become too extrava
gant m contracting for orchestras, It is sug
gested. But surely the poor caliber of orches
tras that have played for Nebraska parties
does not bear this out. We have not had more
than two or three really good bands here in
history. Students must pay the same prices
for mediocre bands as they would for good
orchestras and they are becoming tired of this
practice. They would not object to paying
higher prices if they felt they had a good or
chestra and were getting their money's worth
The Student
Side of Things.
L7XCEPTI0N to criticism of faculty commit.
4aa mil a nn student parties contained in an
editorial in Thursday morning s Nebraskan is ill8tead of bein r0yally gypped.
i.Un tv Tonn T. .1. TnomOSOn in a icuei o. j noll.j;!,. ; ,. ,1 Ait
printed in today's student pulse column wnicn ficulty is encountered in collecting for tickets
presents the committee's side of the case. but not t0 an aiarming extent. And the situa
wi,ilA ncrppiriff with Dean Thompson
the personnel of the commmee, many vj. " . or in business when a large number of people
are student aavisors or apuiiaum, B, are ffiven tne rtuty of senmsr tickets. Tlus is
cate more than usual interest in student anairs nQt a phenomena peculiar to university stu
nn rnpir nun. i.iik ncuiaaaau o " I nniiTD
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believe that these interests are consiaerea irum
but one position mat 01 tne aummiaii". g0 far as reserves to meet the guarantee
The evidence still points to failure ot the requirement the Innocents society had to go
faculty committee to consider things from the int0 privflte pockets to secure the money. The
student point of view. The Nebraskan be- Miiitarv ball of course has a fabulous resource
Tint, if tha committee will consider sev
eral facts that we feel are pertinent to student
affairs, their position might be altered.
Let us start by examining the party pro
eram for each year. The Homecoming party
fTrmncentsV Military ball Mortar Board par
ty, Interfraternity ball, and Junior-Senior
rstndftnt council are annual events
which pass faculty approval with little diffi
fliilfv. But the Corn Cob application for a
party was turned down. This year Sigma Del
ta Chi's petition for a Mid-Year Frolic was
Unwise flatly refused. Other groups have
met the same fate from time to time.
Why do these organizations need money!
' the committee wants to know. For what will
it be usedt Where will it all got These ques
tions, fair enough, are asked and the eupph
. cants then summarily dismissed, only to be no
tified later that their request has been turned
down.
But this matter does not seem to be of so
much concern for the sacred societies of Inno
cents and Mortar Boards, or the Military de
partment, or the Interfraternity council or the
Junior-Senior prom committee. And the barbs
are given an almost free hand in continuing a
series of dances which are little more than
breaking even. Why these privileged few are
countenanced and more unfortunate groups
are frowned upon is a mystery.
This is discrimination, plain and simple,
and the fact that these few events are tradi
tional does not make them any more deserv
ing of special favors. A few are permitted to
make money and the rest are not. Why is
this? Certainly the favored five have no more
high and lofty purposes in mind, or do not in
tend to bestow upon the campus more contri
butions to its advancement than the unfavored.
Organizations are taking unfair advan
tage of students, the faculty committee is re
ported to have argued in refusing several ap
plications for parties. Can it be possible that
the faculty committee has closed its Reveral
eyes to the situation that exists in regard to
social interests among students! Can it be
possible that they believe students who would
go to a campus party if there were one, are
going to stay home and save their money in
its aosencei
If such is the case it is incredible. Any
one who has had any close contact with stu
dents whatsoever knows that the student who
is at all socially inclined will permit himself
a minimum of one date a week. That once he
wants to go out and have a good time but
often there is no place where he really desires
to go. But rather than stay home he goes to
the best he can find and pretends to have a
good time.
If the astute faculty committee feels that
the money spent on such an evening's enter
tainment is less than the price of admission to
campus parties, a little investigation of facts
would soon apprise them of their misconcep
tions. Many is the week end down town date
that approaches the $2 mark.
Most students would welcome an opportu
nity to go much oftener to the coliseum for
parties where good entertainment would be
assured. The present varsity party program
does not attract general interest, regrettable
ar, the fact may be. More parties of general
interest with good orchestras are needed. Stu
dents would rather pay a reasonable price to
go where they can mingle with their -fellow
students than to patronize overcrowded or un-desi-able
places where thej feign having a
good time.
It is not a secret that the ideal situation
would be to keep students on the campus in
their social functions and that the administra
tion would welcome such a state of affairs.
Bat tie union building which would do much
to acccmpush that end has been bogged down
in the board of regents while parties which
wou!l attract studits to the campus instead
of disreputable rendezvous have been turned
down for fear someone would make some
rr;cr.CT with which to do something on the
iioneyi l.ioneyl Where does the money
got That is what troubles the faculty com-
rm'tpe. And because it does trouble them,
tnary student organizations which are here to
of many years' profits. The Mortar Board
situation is probably akin to that of the Inno
cents. The Interfraternity council through the
good fortune of its newly inaugurated rush
fee, can comply. The Junior-Senior prom is
completely without backing.
Consider what chance other needy but less
influential organizations would have of mak
ing the grade.
It is not the Nebraskan 's intention to de
liberately and for no reason criticize the fac
ulty committee or pick a quarrel with that
body. It is our sincere belief, however, that
the committee has failed to take into account
all factors bearing on this situation, and par
ticularly those representing the student point
of view.
Student organizations are not trvinir to
rob the campus through the medium of cam
pus parties nor are they trying to make money
for purely selfish reasons. They want to do
something of merit however, or there is no
reason for them to continue their existence. It
seems that they should receive a fairer and
squarer deal than they have to date.
STUDENT PULSE
Brief, conclaa contribution! pertinent to mattera of
atudant flfa and tha unlvaralty ara welcomed by thla
dapartment. under tha uaual reatrlctlona of aound
newepaper practice, which excludea all llbelout matter
and paraonal attacki. Letteri muit be tinned, but
namea will ba withheld from publication If ao deaired.
AT THE STUDIO TODAYl
Senior Judging team at 12
p. m.
The Administration
Replies.
TO THE EDITOR:
Several people have been somewhat dis
turbed over your editorial in this morning's
Nebraskan in whichyou make certain allega
tions against the committee on student organi
zations and social functions. If the committee
has erred in laying certain restrictions on stu
dent organizations, I am sure that it has not
been due to a lack of interest in the students
or in student organizations. I think his is
self-evident when you examine the personnel
of the committee and the further fact that the
larger part of its membership is made up of
the faculty sponsors of the several major stu
dent organizations. I list the committee here
indicating the organizations they represent.
Miss Emma Anderson, Student Council.
E. H. Barbour, member at large.
S. M. Corey, Barb Council.
H. P. Davis, College of Agriculture.
Miss Kate Field, Pan-Hellenic Council.
E. S. Fullbrook, member at large.
Miss A. II. Heppner, secretary.
E. W. Lantz, Student Council.
W. II. S. Morton, member at large.
E. F. Schramm, Interfraternity Council.
J. K. Selleck, Student Activities agent.
Mrs. J. F. Thompson. A. W. S. board.
T. J. Thompson, chairman.
Associate Members.
D. X. Bible.
W. C. Harper.
When a committee of the above character
lays down requirements, there are usually good
reasons. Although J do not know the inciting
cause or causes of your editorial, I believe I
am fairly well acquainted with the background
for the requirement of the committee that one
half of the cost of a party be in hand before
such party is permitted. Among the reasons
that have been advanced for this requirement
is the fact, as indicated in your editorial, that
we have had parties put on by students which
failed to carry the overhead. Secondly, it has
been found through experience that students
are inclined to be extravagant in engaging or
chestras and bands and in sundry other mat
ters associated with parties until they realize
the magnitude of the expense involved. The
magnitude of expenditures becomes more ap
parent to them when they are required to take
some direct, personal responsibility for the fi
nancing of the entertainment. In the third
place, moreover, the committee has in the past
experienced considerable difficulty in getting
the student organizations such as you mention
in your editorial to take the required respon
sibility for making these affairs a success.
That is, the campaign for the sale of tickets in
certain instances has Lea found to lag when
some such pressure as indi
cated above is not put on the
student committee. Also, it
has been found that tickets
have been sold to students on
other than a cash basis, and
hat persons Rolling such tick
. ts have sometimes failed to
turn in tho money. On the
other hand, it has been the
committee's experience that
when the strident s feel that
they nro financially responsi
ble for the success of those af
fairs, their interest is height
encd very greatly and most of
these objectionable, features
above mentioned disappear. As
a matter of fact, most of the
organizations you mention have
a cash reserve m the btudent
Activities office and the re
quirement merely means the
signing over of a portion of
this. When they do not have
such, it is felt that for the rea
sons mentioned a Dove tney
should either place the money
on the drum head, or have
the affair acceptably under
written.
In the light of your edito
rial, I bog your consideration
of the personnel that makes up
this committee. I venture to
suggest that I do not believe it
would be possible in this insti
tution or any other institution
to draw together a group of
persons who are more soundly
interested in students and in
student activities than com
poses the present faculty com
mittee. They may err in judg
ment, but certainly their mo
tives and their interest in stu
dents cau never be questioned.
Yours sincerely,
T. J. THOMPSON, Dean.
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