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A Tup CbwwuL aruL RASK Sit r Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska VUJUXUU MA uy Sarah Louise Meyer VOL-5i MO-1 LINCOLN. NEBKASKA. StiMJAY, SKI'TKMBEK 12." W.iXl Daily K 1 mil i&i) Monday Class of a it 1 1 i i i i ri 1941 -Begins College 11 HEAR SIS AND BRO: Heavens knows It makes me feel fairly grey-bearded to think about you kids coming up to college. Sometimes It feels as if I've been a part of the campus SO long that they should prac tically landscape me Into the grounds, along with the other architectural monstrosities. But here you are, with your life mlllng broadly before you. So, though you won't listen, It be hooves me to speak words of wisdom Cobbing aside the cobwebs of my fiesliinun memories 1 come to one silver thread leading: out of the chaos of beginnings. It's cnlled "settling down." All thp new, con fusing:, even heart-breaking things that are thrown at your head all at once somehow fall back Into line If you find that thread and follow it. Kemembcr how we u.sed to joke about that perfectly huge bathtub in our hotel room in Kala mazoo this summer? I said I used to feel that I must constantly keep sighting the light and mea suring the shadows so I wouldn't get completely lost in It. And it's a homely fact that frosh days can appear just as overwhelming as an over-sized bath tub, Lots of different things "eat" college newcomers. Some kids are starting their first long stay away from home and mothers cooking. With a stiff upper lip and the acquisition of the catsup habit they soon learn to get along. Others, of the empty Jeans, find job-holding combined with school work packs a knock . out punch until they learn to pull their chin In and spar scientifically. The high school prodigies may find their new adult world coldly unimpressed at, their precocity, and have to learn to take their place as 'o'ne of the kids." Because you're young, and be cause you're you, the social v hirl may have you going round and round. Sis has heard so many tales of amorous upper classmen, and Bro. of pold-oigging coeds that you may be a bit jittery about the whole deal. In high school, mammas and papas helped weed out the dangerous charac ters in the horizon, but only heaven protects coilegiate wide eyed lads and lassies. However, a healthy skepticism is worth a coupla chnperons. backed up with conversational agility. All who aim at being Big Shots mound school had bent he warned about the bruising back fires in most activity enns. It's a great thing to call all the campus war lords by their first names and have fingers in pies, but collegiate polit ical triumphs butter little bread after graduation. You meet all kind of swell people, sure, and 'earn how to handle the less hwell people graciously. That's fine. But remember that small time swell heads are gotesque. The thing that seems most sig nificant to you at tnis point is, In all probability, studying. You will hear, many times too, from stuffy professors and worried parents that "After all you're here to get an education." For about three and one-half years that Irritating truth will roll off without leaving Its impression. Then, overnight, you'll find that your fascinating record ot cak ing, bull throwing, partying, and "jest playing" has piled up some pretty big bumps In the rocky road to a diploma. Not that you'll believe me or anything. Whatever cl.se, don't got a Chosen Vcw complex toward the world at large. College students (Continued on rage, 2.) Fraternities Optimistic For 1937 as Auditor Says Finances Sound C. H. Frccark Predicts Successful Futures For Men's Houses. Nebraska university's 27 oelnl fraternities will open their doors this fall in the soundest financial condition they have enjoyed in many yours. Kvcry house on the campus which will carry on rti.sh ing activities has been investigated and approved by C. H. Frecark, auditor for the Interfrnternity Board of Control. "All men's fraternities have been found by the hoard to have sufficient financial and organiza tion strength to give assurance that they will continue to operate," states Freeark. "The houses that are still active have successfully weathered the long depression and their future seems assured." Cost Schedule. As an additional safeguard to freshmen and newly enrolled stu dents, the board of control has pre pared a schedule of monthly costs for each fraternity. From this material which is on file In tho of fice of the dean of men in the Ad ministration building can be deter mined the approximate exact costs of every fraternity in which a rushce may be interested, Because of the inability of most groups to Setermine the amount of their house bill before the end of rush week, the schedules nhow charges of last year. "It is doubt ful, however, that there wMI be much change in any house as they Pi Beta Phi Tops Pledgings With 30 As Rushing Closes Honors for having secured the largest pledge class on the campus went to Pi Beta Phi social sorority last evening as the 1937 sorority rush week drew to a close. Thirty pledges make up the list of new Pi Beta Phi members. Following closely on the heels nf the leader was Alpha Phi with a total of 29 pledges to its credit. Members of Delta Delta Delta sorority captured third place honors with a list of 24 pledges, while Kappa Kappa Gamma se cured 22 new members. Remaining sororities and the number pledged by each are as follows: Delta Gamma, 20; Alpha Chi Omega, 19; Chi Omega, 18; Alpha Omicron Pi, 16; Kappa Alpha Theta, 15; Phi Mu, 12; Sigma Delta Tau, 11; Alpha Xi Delta, 10; Gamma Phi Beta, 9; Kappa Delta, 8; Sigma Kappa, 5. Alpha C'hl Omrica. Klh'n Ann Armstrong, St. Paul. Pauline Burta, Lincoln. Mary Hlxelow Bullock, Lincoln. Ksther Cordelia Davis, Lincoln. Bettv Ann Kglnton, Paxton. Mnrjery May Elsenhart, Culbertson. Mary Kllen Farwell, Dubolc. Hhlrley Harriett Greene, Klmwood. Valena Harper. Beaver City. Bettv Ellen Kuhns, Beresford, S. D. Phyllis Long, Ciranct Island. Hi'leil Morton, Lincoln. Betty Jcnnnette Mueller, Lincoln. Jane Kurlene Pulver. Omaha. Bita Ruth Bint, Humholdt. Alice May Svoboda, Llnwood. Lucille Kllen Thomai. Lincoln. Butte Jean Turner, Thedtord. Kleanor Marie Willadscn, Omaha. Alpha Omicron PI, Betty Ann Clarke, Lincoln, Klizaneth filelze, Lincoln. Marcarei Charlotte Foster, Omaha. Mary Maxlne Haney, Lincoln. Lol Harpster, Beatrice. Phyllis Ivers, Lincoln. Josephine Ley, Wavne. Rubv M. Mcdee, Omaha. Marlon C. Miller, Lincoln. Jane l.oulse Pratt, Omaha. Ituth Saalfeld, Omaha. Man MarKaret Schmidt, Lincoln. Fleta Sherwood, Beatrice. Marv Tree. Llnroln. Charlotte Ann Utt, Omaha. Euth Yourd, Lincoln. Alpha Phi. Helen Louise Abel. Lincoln. Courtney Ashton. Lincoln. Jean Kathryn Baker, Lincoln. Phyllis Anita Beerman, Omaha. K.leanore Ann Berner, Omaha. Arlene Borln. Bloomfleld. Marguerite Kleanor Boyd, Lincoln. Marlon Klliabeth Bremers, Omaha. ronna Mane Rullls. Norfolk. Arlene Marian Butler. Omaha. Betty Lou Clark, Omaha. Marador Gorxtte Cropper, Omaha, Mary Lou Iialy, Cambridge. Kllzabeth Pay, Superior. Marsery Jwinnetle Orlins, Lincoln. JeaneMe Hertelund. Blair. (Irn.vleve Verona Johnson, Wahoo. Kllzabeth Mae I-amphere. Aurora. Inez Vallrda Nlolson. Omaha. KVnnciha obotn. Omaha. Virginia Louise Pedfrsen, Omaha. Maxine Magdalene Pope, Button Ann Patricia Prime, Omaha Kathryn Marie Raich. St. Joseph, Mo. Mary Ruth Rhodes, Osceola Irene Marnaret Hevbold, Omaha. Janet tttrrklehera. Llnroln Marv Helen Stoddart, Llnroln. Maxlne Wanner, Columbus. Alpha M iMi,,. Alice Ann Bedell, Oamha Annette Biernhaum. R,pd City, g. D. Betty Rose Conway, York Irene Courtenay, Lincoln t"n.T ,,",1" '""nK'w. Lincoln. Katherlne HorrlKnn. Kimn city Klma Huth Ijiiiman Arapahoe llenevievt Louise smith, Lincoln. llepledices. Jrn Sleulevllle, South Rloux Cltv Mary Meiilevlllt. South Sioux City. C'hl Omeia. Y!.r" Jn B"",y' N"rh riattt. ' ha Brant, Lincoln. Sethvne Julia llrnt, Lincoln. l-unll. (', Mullrn. Janet I,,,,!,, ,.v i,,nrnln "Ipimrne Krirksrn, Mullrn Mildred Hill. Whltcuood, 8 D Jeiin H.v.per. Lincoln. I""""11' rV.ni.-... HomunK. Lincoln Hum Kmilv Hyiand, North Plane (Continued on rage, 8.) were all run nuecenHfully on the budget displayed," Freeark tie clitics. "Nevertheless, men should be prepared to pav a little more this year because of the Increased prices of commodities." Chapters Sound. Fretcrnlties have always been relatively sound at NebruNka, ac cording to the records of the school, but in ordr to insure their continued good condition, the re gents created the Interfrateinlly Board of Control, It is the only organization of Its kind in the country, and has been operating successfully for three years. To safeguard both the students and the Lincoln business men id the principle purpose ot the board. All fraternities are required to submit a budget program at the beginning of each school year, and to submit operating reports at the close of each month. When a fra ternity becomes delinquent in pay ing its bills, the board promptly Investigates the cause, and when necessary the fraternity is com pelled to 'disband. Membership of the board is made up of seven fraternity alum ni, two faculty members and two members of the undergraduate Interfraternlty council. The group has full control and complete juris diction over all fraternles and fra ternity house building associations Including the right to make rules and regulations governing the chapters and their members. The board further has the power to dis cipline the chapters and their membership by any means which it deems best UNIVERSITY ADDS 28 NEW HERS 10 IIS FACULTY Ranking Additions Include Social Work Director, Classics Chairman. Twenty-eight new staff members will take up their duties at the University of Nebraska next week. The group which Includes 2 pro fessors, 1 associate professor, 4 assistant professors, 11 instructors, 7 assistant instructors and 3 others was made necessary by the resig nations of 18 faculty and staff members, granting of leaves of absence to 10, and the retirement on emeritus status of 2 persons. The two ranking additions of the university faculty are Dr. Ernest F. Witte who becomes director of the graduate school of social work and professor of social economy, and Dr. C. G. Lowe, professor and chairman of the department of the claajics. Dr. Lowe, who was chair man of that department at the university . from 1927 until 1931, for the past six years has been director of the Gcnnadius library of the American School of Classi cal Studies at Athens, Greece. Anticipate Record Enrollment. With very incomplete figures upon which to base their judgment, university officials Saturday morn ing anticipated that the 1937 col legiate enrollment would be up to the 1936 figure, which marked an all time record. Last year there were 6,546 college students regis tered for regular day work includ ing the college of medicine stu dents at Omaha. A few more stu dents paid their fees during the past summer than In 193'i, it was reported, with a slight gain in number of new students who have taken medical examinations for entrance. A slight dimnnltion in the number of stragglers next week would cut the lead down to the 1936 figure or below, making officials conservative In their csti mates. Following are the changes in the faculty: Dr. Krnesl y. vvitta, director of ma.luiiie school of sotial work and pro(esor (( sorlal tconomy. Ir. (Jeorire L. Peltier, transferred from professor of plant pathology and path'Jlo Klst of experiment slallon, rollee of aurl culture, to profeeeor and chairman of de partmenl of imcieriniov on ciiy rumpus. iJr. C. G. Iwe ot and chiiiini'in o ftha department staff 1tt27-ltt.ll Mary U. Wc-lio phlslral edutatin.i Clara I Htuich. ., ,'lahsirs, on the innt profesflor of uomen, in place ot rave. lr. Huth 1 Ho leiluw In nutrition at ChlcSKO. asaistunt professor u( home tronotoh's nutrition rei-arch. Stephen A. McCarthy, Northwestern Unl vetMtv rolh'Ke llhmilHn, aMliOnnt dltector of lllr:trles ulth riink of aMUiuiinl pro tensor In place of Rolieit A. Miller, now lllirarian. Charles W. Talntor, II Instructor In law at Looimmia Mint" hh.imhhi piufes sor of law In place of I. II. Colfinun, professor of law, on leave of aliitenie lor one year to accept position with tieneral JCIerlilr funpany. (lunniir hark. Instructor In Joiirniillanv 111. Willis H. Kowrn, liixtructor at Vlanil tinlversll), liiatnotor In Kninart IsiiKUnKes, in place of H. K, Kiroi h, assis'niit pm Ieimr of Homame lannuaitcs, resinned to an, 'pi toi hum position at Auih.ist io. Ime. Alfred Ilovlen. Insirurtnr in Unite demio! and scemr attli-t for I'mversily l'Ueis In place, of Cliarlra IWers, reslitneil. Atnrs acini I ii'iinliUnn. insltiiitnr In field work nl tha I'nlvetsily of rhicai associate piofisenr ol i i work. o. "'. Ci.iiins, instiuitor In mnihcimiiirs and anlriiimniy, who hs lieen on Pave fur Ihe pnst iwi y.urs, will return lo the de .ilni.nt In pi. o earl y, tusi, wiw will do ms'luute rl ii.lv nr Hnoiiiri H Kiiteln, In. Inn lor In hloi iiemuuv, college ol medicine, liuiuha In plare of )r llnuanl c. Hpenier. Lroua K. Kallor, Instructor In educa tional imeimionv and measurement In place of A. Ilean, rr.limcd. K. A. fiettmann, khi.Iiiihi h.sislant at Illinois. Iintrurlor In Knitll.h, to lake part of wotk of hr. y A. Htiilf, prole,i of mulsh, retired Kith emeiltue status IT. Wlll.ur H (Irck-orv, instiutcor al Syracuse uoivei.ity, .,e,,n ,ivi,r to freshmen and llnt ru. I ,r in ps)clioloKy for on. year ,n plc. f i,r A. V. j,.,.. ... sociate ptofessur on Uuva of thienca tor one year to accept position us visit Inn in '"Vchi.loKy , Urvlrd sllv and Hndcllffa col,Ke Andrea Overman or Omaha, Instructor In fo,ls and nutrition. In pl,.c, , n,m, perty, on leave of ah.rnr, for on, yea" !umhu.'"o. P""""n "' h0""U' ,n John A. Pfanner, lirndunle atudent at of IT' , n'oUC v, .,n ""' " in PI." SiJi a - Vlrl. Protrssor of co nomlcs and pul.llr finance, emeritus AJV.'. "Mffi 'orlZr v'.rr,.!ry,,,,'"1'oa?h- D' 'r"m ,-AJ'".l!h R' Burton, assistant Instructor Louis".' n01rn""""" n,.n.H,n, si t-i rlL ', "nl""1"" "thnoll , ""!' "''."t Instrurlor In com- Kd ,r" mct 01 Murl 0l'n. lnJI!n.o...M,amn""", "l't"t Instructor Herschel P. jonns, assistant Instructor In J"01"1"- Mr. Jones rec.ly.d hii ,U. A from Nebraska last June. to, tnK1 ,KI,;hr"!"n. assistant Instruc ln Physical education for women In S MurYe, m""1 C",0,, in"tnic,' Pl" Srndo.tlJ. Ml" Klchardson Kraduated from (iberlln In lieu ,nuCr'.l'n7 Colr.PhS.)'Ch0,0'i)' " Erm. Waasum, astlsUnt Inetructor In urgical nurslnn and assistant In opir. " ln rooms collem of ntsdlclnt, In piact fi. . Jrabon. from assistant Instruc tor In llir. Ml lrB,K- - , .n-e.tl.. -iiR Mllil aSBISUini in operating room, to Instmctor In aurrdcal v...HHUV ln I:ulnin ana supervisor ot op- (Continued on Page, &) SO SUBSCRIPTIONSTO DAILY NEBRASKAN AVAILABLE TODAY Wadhams Lowers Price to $1 Semester in Drive Ending Sept. 27. Itohert Witilliuni.t, Imslni ss man ager of the T'liily N In anUaii, an noiuiced a Hubseriplioii drive fur the dully for the KKIV-liS hftnesters to begin Monday morning, Kept. 13, with an offer of a i -lu ! rate for those who subnet Hie t al ly. Affording to Wiiilhain the pieniltim for spied in sii'ox'i ibing it fifty cints. lie eiiiplm.sii'd that those who attend to the matter within two weeks can be allowed a fifty cent reilueiion from the regular price of $1 .Ml for two Ho mesters because nf the necessity of offering ntlverliseis a certain circulation figure imineillalely. The $1.00 subscription offer ex p.res Sept. 27. Tlnreiillir the price for the entire year will be $1.50. Ncbrdakan Cost Lower. "In announcing another No biaskitn subsenplion drive 1 shoultl like to point out the low .. (Continued on Tiige, 3.1 Men Easiest, Bui Gals9 Food Ihst, Waiters Confide The boys who sling the hash and potatoes and fill the water glasses on fraternity row formally re turned to their Jobs today. Al most 100 university men will serve as waiters in the various houses on the campus this semester. The concensus of opinion among the student waiters Interviewed by the Nebraskan favored the male Greeks as the easiest persons to please. "They are less finicky about their food and demand 50 percent less attention than the gals," one fraternity man who waits tables in a aororlty house, declared. "The THIS IS COLLEGE WHAT 'S ) i do,n ? J fellows eat more than the gal.s, but th' coeds exact the set vice." Food in sorority houses is bet ter, on the average, than in fra ternity hoii.-cs according to a few of the waiters. Girls me lilte'v , have frilly lruit salads and e'.tii orate desserts, while the nieii go in for pie and meat. Most of the wiut.TH are loyal to the houses they serve, and the fra ternity men licfiic,itly get dates with their brothei a lor the norority isi'uiTll. Shyness and st.)e.e friuht were freely owned up to by the waiters who are beginning jnl.s in ft ml nlne Greek house. tor the lir.st time this year. Tin y admit experi encing that shaky leelin when they totter out Willi the first plates of halted ham and iiia.shed pota toes ,biit the jitters do not lant. E IVE Y AT To Ec a Member of Council Is Distinctive Honor On Activity Row. An office as a member of Stu dent Council Is tme of dii.'inctlon niul pride, in the step of extra curi'mlar activities. Designed ns a co-operative medium between student it lie 1 faculty, the Student Council has complete Jurisdiction over student elections, special rules and regulations, competitions and contests, Any freshman plan ning to do his part In the ac tivities nf the rumpus shoultl point some day to an office in this Council. Membership ln the Council is ; by popular campus election. Rep resentatives, according to propor tional reptesntatlon, come from every school and college on the campus. Officers for this year's society were elected shortly be fore the school year closed last spring. Eligibility to becomo a candi date for Council office is restricted to freshman. Popularity and re sourcefulness on the campus the first year, however, act as a step ping stone many times) to the euviablo position. i 321 Rushecs File Cards Cy Close of First Rush Day. 1 nt erfrat entity council reported .11! 1 i ii.ih chi'iIs filed by the close of the first day of men's rushing, .Saturday, Sept. II. This is a suh stantial Increase over the records for the corresponding tlay lnt year when only slightly more than 1210 men had registered their (111 t OS. Members tif the Intel fraternity council aie optimistic that the number of filings and correspond ing pledgings by Monday night will show an equal Increase over the final figures of last year. At the close of the week Greek houses had Increased their num bers by ;i2l, a number larger than had been filed anv day before the last. Any rushce who does not take part In rush week may be pledged uny time after the beginning of school without paying the custo mary dollar fee, according to a statement from the Interfrater nlty council office. Any rushes who Is not pledged Monday night but who has accepted rush dates, is required to wait 30 days before pledging any fraternity. All fraternities are required to submit their list of pledges to tha council office by noon Tuesday, Sept. 14. The lists will be made public on Wednesday morning. Hushees wishing to flic rush cards will be able to do so ln Mor rill hall, room 110, from 2 to 6 today, and from 8 to 5 Monday. Junior Hand Tryouts Will Start ThuiHtluy William T. Quick, R. O. T. C. band director, announced yes terday that tryouti tor tha Junior band will be held Tues day, Wedneiday and Thursday, Sept. 14-16, from three to five o'clock In room 306 at Temple theater. All first vr men ar ' eligi ble for the Junior band, Qulok eald. Members of last year'i Junior band will be eligible for the 1937 varsity band. I f Freshman Convocation 9:00 Songs and cheers. Music School of music ensemble under the direction of W. T. Quick, director of bands. Dr. Edgar A. Burnett, chancellor ot the university, Albert H. Moscman, president ot the stu dent council. Introduction of university pastors and Y. W. C. A. and Y. M. C. A. secretaries. Introduction of deans, directors, ret;L, trars and finance secretary. Announcements. Adjournment to college convocations. COM.F.OE OF AuniClLTlKE. 10:00 Buses leave coliseum for agricul tural college campus. 10:30 Convocation, agricultural hall 301). Colleeg songs, led by Mrs. Altlnus Tullls. Qreetlngs. Prof. W, W. Burr, dean of college of agriculture. nrpellnrs. Prof Margaret S Feilde, chairman of department of home economics. Skit, "College Life," by atudenta. Announcements. 12:00-1:15 p. m. Lunch. Women. 1:1S-1:45 "What Course Will You Take?" Matilda Peters, associate profes sor of home economics, home economics hall 206. 2:00-3:00 Agricultural college campus tour. 3:00-4:00 Tea In home economics par lors. Men. 1:1.1-3:00 p. m. Agricultural college campus tour. 3:00-3:30 "How and For What Will I Register?" Prof. H. C. Fllley, chairman of department of rural economics, agri cultural engineering hall 208. COM.EtiK OF ARTS AND SCIENCES. 10:00-11:00 a. m. Convocation, Grant Memorial hall. Welcome by Dr. C. H. Oldfathcr, dean of the college of arta and aclcnccs and professor of history. (Ireetlncs, Wilbur S. Gregory, special ad viser to freshmen. Announcements. Assignment to advisers. 11:00-12:00 Consultation with advisers. 12:00-1:110 Lunch. 1:00-3:00 Registration. COI.I.EOB OP BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION. 10:00 a. m. Convocation, aoclal science auditorium. Welcome by Dean J. F.. LeRosslgnol. Student welcome by Robert Marti. Assignment to advisers and section meet ings. 1:30 p. m. Registration. (OI.I.KOE OF ENGINEERING. 10:00-11:15 a. m. Convocation, chemis try lecture room, Avery laboratory of chemistry. Greetings lo the freshman engineering students and "Purposes of a University Education, " Prof. O. J. Ferguson, dean of the college of engineering. "Hudgnlng of Time and Finances,' Prof. J. W. Haney, chairman of department of meetmnlra! engineering. 1:10-2:00 p. m. Convocation, chemistry lecture room, Avery laboratory of chemis try. "Th Student and His Adviser" and "How to Register, " Prof. J. p. Colbert. J on Inspection of city campus and en gineering laboratories. SCHOOL OF MI'SIC. 10 a. m. Convocation, ichool of music ts M ni. Welcome Prof Howard Kirkpatrlck, dl rei'tur of the school of music. Announcements. l f.V4.ou p. m.- Registration. OII.I.EOr. or I'll ARM At T. 10- ll Ml a, m. Convocation, Pharmacy hall (P. 4i. Address of welcome by Pr. R. A. Ly mtin, ilean of the ccillrge of pharmacy. Introduction of fnruitv members. Ir. J M. Hurt, chairman of department of pharmacy. tr II (i. o Hoick, associate professor of hsrmscfiioKy. V H. Hukry, assistant professor of ph.irm.u y, W. Bllven, assistant Instructor In Phurmncy. I.urille M Mills, laboratory technician In student health. Helena I. Redfnnl, resident phnrmnrlst. Mum L. Smith graduate assistant In pnnoingy and pharmacology, A. Wavne Ruddy, graduate asflstant in pnrrr.arv, ll:.Mi-l2 m.--Asslgnment to advlscn and adjournment. I .'I0-.13U p. m. Sectional meetings with ad .-Her.. Professor Hurt. Pharmacy hall IP. 107). Prolcssor Uultey, Pharmacy hall (P. 4i. TEACHERS tOl.l.rXK. lo ll i. m Convocation, Temple the ater. Singing hy assembly Welcome bv hr. F. K. Hensllk. dean of Tenchers college. Hinging bv assembly. Talk, "The Freshman and the Teacher College," ir. p. b. stmt, fre.hman ad viser. Announcements. 11- li-Couneliiig with Instructors and advi.ers in offices. 1-4 p. m Advising and registering of students, Teachers College (T. C. 200). W. A. A. PARTY. Monday. Kept, n, 7 30 p. m. In Grant Menioria hall: all fre.brnun ..... dents Inv.ted. AM. FRESHMAN l'A,RTV. Ferv freshman student Is Invlled to a freehmnn rial's oartv Tii.ni.u , f in.. In lrrt.it Memorial hall. '0EI ( Ol VSKI IIH I HltMISMII' IMKTY i.l. IIOUI X Ml DENTS. Wednesday, Rrit, J ft, at S p Ellen Mnlth hail. In UNIVERSITY STUDENTS: Paralysis Threat Continues March-Watch Your Health!! In some parts of our state there is a near epidemic of Poliomyelitis or Infantile Paralysis whirh is causing; groat concern to the citizenship. While more infants contract the disease thun people of the university age there is no ape at which one is immune. In some quarters there is developing- a sense of hysteria. I want to say to the student body that this is no time for that sort of thing-, but it ii time for the application of some good common sense. Only a few cases have occurred in Lincoln and with ths co-op. eration of every one we hope to hold the number to a mini mum. The symptoms of Infantile Paralysis vary greatly in individual cases and it is difficult to state a series of symp toms which will diagnose the condition. It is very impor tant for every one's good that the condition be recognized early. The symptoms of this season's epidemic are about as follows: First there is a slight "cold in the head" which is followed by a stiffness, especially in the back of the neck. Some describe this simply as an uncomfortable feeling in the neck. There may be or may not be a fever. If there is it is seldom more than 101 degrees Fahrenheit or 102 degrees Fahrenheit. The patient may show unusual irritability and there may be digestive disturbances. Later there develops a general soreness or tenderness of the muscles. Since some of these symptoms may be absent in almost any case it is a good practice if any student has any of these symptoms to report at once to the Student Health Department in Room 203 Pharmacy building in order that they may be put under observation aud both patient and the student body protected. RUFUS A. LYMAN, M. D, . Directed of the Depart ment of Studcrt Health.' 2000 FRESHEN TOHEARBURNETT EXTEND GREETING Chancellor Offers Welcome At Annual Convocation Monday Morning. Approximately 2,000 students will be officially welcomed to the university this year when Nebras ka's annual freshman day convo cation gets under way ln tha coli seum Monday morning at 9 a. m. Entering the university for the first time this fall, and receiving a greeting that they will receive only once as first year freshmen, these students will become ac quainted with officials and tradi tions of the school that would re quire four ordinary years to .sub stantiate. According to records In the of fices of the student health serv ice more than 1,700 freshmen have already taken their physical examinations. University officials predict that the total number of newcomers will easily go past the 2,000 mark. A large number of students, who did not take their psychological examinations in high school, have completed their place ment examinations and are ready to begin Thursday morning with perfect records. Presiding at the freshman day convocation will be Chancellor E. (Continued on Page, 8.) Omicron Nu Makes Highest Rating in University Last Semester. Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity for the third consecutive semester led all social fraternities and sorori ties on the campus in scholarship dining the second semester of last year. A report compiled in the office of Drai of Student Affairs T. .1. Ttnmpson ci edits the group with an average of 2.9075. Alpha Phi topped the social sororities Willi an average of 2.816 and was second among all social organizations. Among the professional groups only Phi Mu Alpha fraternity, with an average of 3.111, recorded a higher mark than Sigma Alpha Mu. Six pro fessional sororities topped Alpha Till with Omicron Nu leading with 3.258, the highest average of any organized jxoup. Among women's dormitories, Howard iall led with n mark of 2.962. The all student average w&a 2.310 with the nil women average at 2 510 and the all men average at 2.2 10. A-noiig organized groups the all fraternity average was 2.212. and the all sorority average' was 2.!mH. Following Is the complete list of ratings for the various classes of organizations: I'ltOI I.SSIONAI. HR M'tH.MTIKS. t I hl Mu Alpha S.IH 3. Alpha Kni"' I'sl "' .1. Ilrltii Mkoiu I'i t.Hil (Continued on Tage, 2.) SIG1ALPHAI, ALPHA PHI WIN IN SCHOLASTIC RACE A ; v. t