PAGE TWO THE DAILY NERUASKAN, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1937 Grades, Not How Good Kut What Good It has been the policy of the Nobnissknn for a number of rears 1o comment upon griulcs whenever any mention is made of accomplish ment, measured by hiph prades, such ns Alpha Tlii's honor in the Tanhcllenic scholarship rat ing. Thru a veritable barrage of misinterpre tations by the administration. Phi Beta Kappa, and Siijiua Xi, the paper has held to its purpose in pointing out that praties can mean any Ihinp. We deplore prades as a means of meas uring real scholarship independent thinkinp, understandinp and prasp of all aspects of a subject or field of leaminp, and permanent re tention as well as acquisition of the important knowledge, in any course. Grades may serve sufficiently well in ranking sororities seholastieally. Mistakes tend 1o be compensated for by excessively hiph and excessively low estimates of students in the name group. But when one tries to judpe of the scholastic attainment of an individual within a sorority or fraternity, such examina tion helps and crutches for the mind as old test questions and organization notes and theme files must be considered. A eollepe career that is dominated by a definite pointing for prades is inefficient. The same amount of effort directed toward real scholarship leaves something significant in the mind. And 1ho those products of con jecture the little numbers over in the repis trar's office may not be as high, the final re sult will be more satisfactory. Three Cups in a Week A four star rating goes to the Alpha Thi sorority for its signal honors of last. week. Winning two cups in activities and one in scholarship, the "Phis" merit an unqualified orchid. It is probably once in a inilleniuni that a social fraternity attains the ideal of a well rounded program of activities, scholar ship and social life which entitles such organ izations a rightful place on a university cam pus. An inventory of accomplishment, prob ably as accurate as any possible, indicates that Alpha Phi has approached this ideal. The three honors, which motivate the Nebraskan's disregard for the common jeal ousy and competition among sororities by recognizing Alpha Phi, include firsts in Homecoming decorations, in the Kosmet Klub show, and in the Panhellenic scholar ship race. Concerning the activity cups for the best decorations and Kosmet skit, there have been the usual dissatisfied gripes of "put up job" and "they didn't deserve it." Regardless of whether or not the prize win ning organization honestly won blue ribbon laurels is unimportant. What is important is that one sorority was tops, or near so, in two activities requiring group effort and co operation and also unquestionably first in the more important matter of scholarship. The sorority and fraternity system can r along on any campus for years living i and belying the purposes it is supposed 10 lurther. Parasitic members of the organi zations live on the prestige that was built up before their time. They do nothing to feed the fund of credit accruing to tneir sorority or fraternity. They ride along on the force of a name that was given meaning and signifi cance by someone else. If any such organization is to be perpetu ated, however, it must have members occasion ally who are willing and able to pay their own way, to add something that will keep up the name. They must not only not draw on the prestige of the past, they must accumulate sufficient prestige to carry the name during the lean years. Alpha Phi has a generation of members paying their own way, and preparing for a possible famine of worth in the future. THE DAILY NEBRASKAN THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR EDITORIAL STAFF Editor M Mart Aeeoclale Editor , Don Warn Manaflnt tdllon VlllaN Barney, Helen Paero Newe Editor, Morrli l.lnp, Hnwerd Kaplan, Barbara eVieewater, E4 Bteevee, Marjorle ChnrrhM. A militant Manater Circulation Manage ..... BUSINESS STAFF r Boh Wadhame Frank Johnunn, Arthur Hill Blarney Mlanaal ON THIS ISBl B lrk Editor . Inmfy I'ndrr direction el the atodrnt Pof llratfcni ner, Editorial Office I'nlvereltj Hal) 4. nniineM Office I nlrcrtltj Hall 4-A. I'rlrphone Daj B11S1. Mfhli BUM, B8S5S (Journal). SUBSCRIPTION RATE II. 60 a year Blnrle eopi Sl.oo a ernwitrr It.U mailed ft cent 11.60 eemeetet mailed , Entered at aeennd-elaaa matter at the noitofrint In Lincoln, Nebraeka. under, art of eon (me, March s. Ml", and at epetlal rate of pontaie provided for In errtlon 1108, act of October S. IBI1, ao'horlted Jaanary to, MM. 1937 Member W Pbsocidod Colleeide Press Diitnbitar of GoHe6iateDi6est PabllKhed every Tar day, Wedaeiday, Thnreday. t'rtdar and Sunday mnminn of the academic rear by atndente of the Inl Tenlty ot Nebraka, nnder fbe enperrhlon of the Board of I'ub-Uoatlona, aieaieiNTto roa nationm. ADvinneixe er National Advertising Service, Inc Collrtt Pmbllsktrt rMeelH AtO MADieON Ave. Ne"W YoaK. N.Y. CMioeo - aoaTOH . " raNcieeo UaANeiLia Portland . Siattu U, l MHtliuvt e)iini s irw r PARADE by MoroWe Churchill 'Kit Hi Stitcknt (pud&sL Pulse Writer Asks Galaxy Of Old Questions To The Editor: During the current and past se mesters I have heard the follow ing questions asked over and over Spain. Perhaps the Daily Ne braskan could and would find a source for answers. They should be enlightening and make interesting news. 1. What does the military de partment do with the money made on the military ball? Perhaps none Is made, but it is difficult for us more common students to see the difference between a $500 band and 1,500 couples at $2.20 per. We're sick of that old gag about having to pay the uniform deposit for some poor deserving student. In the first place every cent of this ten dollar deposit is returned at the end of the year so it makes no difference whether they deposit for ten students or the whole regi ment Secondly, I, nor anyone else I've asked has ever heard of or seen any student who couldn't raise the ten dollar deposit, Since this alibi is about ten years old or more and has been used every year since its hatching there had ought to be enouht reserve ball money to hire Ben Bernie, Guy Lombardo, and Benny Goodman and have a triple battle of bands this Decem ber third. 2. Do Innocents really obtain "Big Shot" executive positions when they graduate and were Bill Marsh and Arnie Levin on a paid vacation when they visited us this fall 3. When we pay for our Com husker pictures why do we make the check out payable to the "38 Cornhusker" and not to Town send'. After all we've already paid $4.50 for our Cornhusker and if anybody gets a cut on the picture fee it ought to be us. What have they done with the plates and negatives lor last year's Corn husker: why can't we use them again this year and if we do does Oil ihs, CIvl fcv , MerriH Englund IN THE INFIRMARY Arlo Klum, Lincoln. Lloyd Grimm, Omaha. Lloyd English, Lincoln, Robert Chatt, Tekamah. it really cost $2.75 to find them. 4. What do the Innocents do with the money they get from freshman hats, band battles (?) etc.? I imagine it is used for ral lies and worthwhile projects, but we students like to hear about such things. If it isn't used for ral lies, etc., we'd just as soon use the four-bits we tossed away on a red-cap for five beers for our selves. 5. I believe I saw at least 1.500 people at the Kosmet Klub Fall show (incidently it was worth the four-bits) who were taxed fifty cents per. This with their week running spring show ought to net them quite a little nest egg. What worthwhile student project do they use this little nest egg for? I have many more questions which I hope you can answer for me. August Tinslub. 6. P. S.: Last spring the Rag an an article stating that from then on a junior must have an 80 average to be eligible for tapping into Innocency. Did that start last spring or do some of this year's Innocents really have the required 80 average ? To the Editor: What kind of a school is this? We come down here, spend our time, our energy (?) and papa's dough presumably to get an edu cation, and what happens? Classes are dismissed to welcome home a traveling football team. (I was there.) No one is more proud of our great team than I am. I have great respect for sports, and foot ball in particular. I have- even been in intercollegiate athletics here at Nebraska. They are fine in their place, but where is their place? Is it ahead of our already much neglected studies? Is Nebraska Just another foot ball school? An "N" Man. Prairie Schooner Publishes Noted Authors' First Bits (Continued from Page 1.) printed by the Schooner was fol lowed by stories in "Frontier," 'Atlantic Monthly," "Pagany," "Outlander" and "Windsor Quar terly." George Albee who wrote the novel "Not in a Day" and stories accepted by "Story" and the "American Mercury" contrib uted "'The Meeting" and "Sketch of an Old Woman'1 to the Schooner. "The Perfect Husband." Albert Halper submitted "Oldest Brother" to the Schooner before he wrote his books "Union Square," "On the Shore," and "The Foundry." Jesse Stuart, who was later to put into book form his , sonnet "Man with a Bull-Tongue Plow'" first appeared in the 1930 ' version of the Prairie Schooner. Lionel Wiggam began his writing career with "The Perfect Hus ' band" found In the Schooner. His ' "Landscape with Figures" has .been well received in the literary In Edward Weismillers collec ' tion of poems entitled "The Deer '. Come Down" can be found all the poems which he has published n ' the Schooner. Indeed, his Schooner ' poem "Passport" Through the . Woods" opens the volume. "Shang- hai Deadline" brought recognition to LaSelle Gilman who previously . wrote several stories tor the Schooner. "Dappled Fawn." William March, author of four well read books, wrote "Dappled , Fawn" for the 1930 Schooner, . David Cornel DeJone who has il Your Watches efficiently re paired at prices you will be pleased to pay. IUWINS 237 So. 13 published "Belly Fulla Straw" and "Light Sons and Dark" sent "Di vine Service" to the Schooner of fice to be published. Among other authors who have attained national prominence since writing for the Schooner are Jose Garcia Villa, known for A hoot note to Youth," Howard McKinley Corning, author of "The Mountain in the Sky," Harold Vinal, editor of Voices, Benjamin Appel who wrote "Brain Guy," "Four Pvoads to Death," and "Vote Snatchers." Karlton Kelm. who has published "The Cherry Bed," John Neihardt, Nebraska poet laureate, Louise Pound, well known to all Nebras- kans, and Weldon Kees, editor of Midwest. While many of the "little liter ary magazines solicit stories from the authors who have al ready made their place in the sun, the Prairie Schooner aims pri marily to serve as a medium thru which promising young authors may start on a literary career. Not often does a uniersity fea ture in international newj, but htis occurred during the current week at Toronto university whede Secretary of State Cordell Hull spoke durinc exercises In which he was awarded an honorary de gree. By Elwood Randol. A new cigarette program will be on the air tonight, Hollywood Screenscoops, sponsored by the T. Lorillard companv, manufacturers of Old Gold. George McCall, erst while actor, newspaper man. and press agent, will draw upon a vast amount of observation and vivid experience for his amusing and sophisticated comments. He became famous thru his syndicated column "Roamin' Round Holly wood." Tlis outstanding achieve ment was the production of "The Last Moment," which won the French Academy Cinema Award in 1927. The program will be heard on 47 stations of the Co lumbia network, including KFAB. each Tuesday and Thursday at 6:15. King of Jazz Back. Mutual brings back to the air lanes the music of the "King of Jazz," Paul Whiteman and his band, who will be playing in the Drake hotel In Chicago. He Is scheduled to be heard several times weekly over the coast to coast network of MBS through the facilities of WGN in Chicago. A new voice wil be heard on We, the People program this Thursday as Dell Sharbutt replaces Harry von Zcll as the announcer for the show. Von Zell has been called to the Pacific coast to handle the Phil Baker broadcasts. Six feet tall and athletically built. Sharbutt is one of the newest and youngest announcers in radio having made his debut in 1930 at Chicago's WJJD. Fred Allen Ret"rns. Fred Allen, lanky Yankee comedy-dispensing host of Town Hall Tonight last season, will re turn to unload the vast store of wise cracks that have been ac cumulating behind his dour face during a vacation of nearly five months. Walter O'Keefe, the Broadway hillbilly, will board a sea-goine liner for Europe and a well-earned vacation. Allen has signed a two-year contract with his sponsor who manufacturers smile-provocine articles. Town Hall Tonight is heard every Wed nesday evening over WOW at 8. Egg Scramble A big price-cutting was is under wav in the New Yoik radio studios and it's affecting, of all things, the cost of eggs purchased by mu sicians. Seems that Charley Mar golies, trumpeter of Jack Miller's orchestra of the Kate Smith hour, and Tomaoy Dorsey, whose music is also frequently heard on CBS, both own chicken farms, tnc former in Connecticut, the latter in New Jersey. To dispose of egg surpluses, each began selling them among their musician acquaint ances. Instantly a heated rivalry developed. When Charley's busi ness took on a sudden sharp drop. he slashed his price from 40 to 35 cents a dozen. W hen the word reached Tommy, his price per dozen went to 30. a price which Charley was forced to meet. The latest reported move was made by Dorsey, who is still selling eggs at 30 cents, but in addition auto graphs each egg: You have certainly heard the charge that when a girl pledges a social sorority she's greasing the skids that will carry her down the toboggan slide to purgatory. Born in the hip-flask era of American collegiana a dozen or so years ago, it is plenty antiquated, but still circulated in many of the smaller towns when the word comes back that one of the local belles has gone PI Gamma Xi or something. Does a sorority aid a girl In college ? Taking it for granted that the primary aim of the average girl is to get an education, we'd like to compare some scholastic averages. Last semester, the Uni versity all-women average was 2.540; that of Alpha Phi, scholas tic top ranking social sorority, was 2.816. Does membership in a social sorority help or hinder its mem bers in the gaining of a high schol astic standing? Arts and Sciences junior: "It's a help, especially for a freshman who comes from a small town. If she lives at the house, the study table enforces her hours of study and goes a long way toward teaching her how to study. Those who are unaffiliated do not have the advantage of a regular study period. "Also, there are other girls in the house who have gone thru the same courses, and can really help the pledges. Often, girls are asked to participate in extra-curricular activities. This participation may be very beneficial, but if it in terferes with the girl's lessons, it should be, but is not always dropped. called 'bad' I. . . became the aalilaal I. .... a..... Coc-Mi Parker Jf SmL Who la to blam When Young Qlr,V-f ATf J ""Er,! Ends r Wednesday j Bizad senior: "After four years in a sorority I feel that it has been a real help to me. The enforced study table, the presence of other girls who were studying at the same time as I was, the help of the other mem bers of the organization and the house files, gave me a decided ad vantage over girls who were un- affilinted. "Girls forced into activities? It has been our policy never to ask a girl to enter more activities than she can handle capably. No girl who cannot make a satisfactory average is forced into an activity which will consume ao much of her time that she fails in her subjects. We ask our pledges to enter ac tivities in proportion to their ability." Arts and Sciences freshman: "Lots of sororities pledge girls that they think are all right, and then sign them up for the easiest courses so that they do make a very satisfactory average. "This whole question depends en tirely upon the type of girl. If she knows what she wants, and settles down to get it, the sorority can and does help her a great deal. If she is just down here to fool around, it would take a lot more than just a sorority to snap her ut of it. "I admit that sometimes girls are forced into activities in which they are not particularly inter ested. In that way, a sorority may be a hindrance to scholarship it discourages a girl so. She spends almost all of her time on those things which the sorority asked her to do; then, she has so little time left that she fails to do a good Job on the things in which she is really interested." Arts and Sciences sophomore: "During the first year, a sorority helps the girls want to mke an average Just to be initiated. After that, the tendency is to look down on those who study, and to study just enough to enable one to stay in activities." Teachers college sophomore: it depends upon the person. Unaffiliated women have a very good chance of making a good scholastic average; however in a lot of cases, the individual, feeling herself so completely out of everything, loses interest. "In a sorority, the girls feel that they are a part of things, and go ahead and work for themselves and for their sorority. "Sometimes, sororities push their members to the extent that their scholarship is harmed. This prac tice, however, is usually kept within bounds by the A. W. S. rules." Arts and Sciences Junior: "I wonder about sororities. You don't study on Friday night, or Saturday, or Sunday, because you are expected to date. Monday night is meeting night, and you can't get anything done then, so, Tues day. Wednesday, and Thursday nights are the only nights you have to really study, but how many or tne gins dor "You're supposed to work on from one to half a dozen activities besides atudy and go to classes. I do feel that a little too much is expected of the average girl. Of course, if she does survive the weeding-out process, she's either a good student or else she is an ex cellent bluffer." Arts and Sciences sophomore: "Is a sorority supposed to help a girl seholastieally? I've always believed that if our organization helped iU members socially it had performed its function. If a girl can t Ft and on her own, mentally, by the time she gets to college she sh uldn t be here anyway." Arts and Sciences freshman: 'It's a help. You have to make a certain average to get initiated, and that gives you something defi nite to work for. It's no incentive, just to work for a grade; but if that grade means that you can be initiated into a sorority, you feel a little more like working for it "You come into oontact with girls who have had the courses and who can help you; regular hours of study get pledges into the habit of studying; and the companiontliip of a group of girls who are interested in the sam things as you are get you into tne right attitude for study." TRI-K CLUB ELECTS TEN AG MEN TOMEMBERSHIP Agronomy Society Schedules Initiation, Dinner For December 1. Ten students were elected to membership in Tri-K. university agronomy club, at its last meeting on Thursday night. New mem bers are Don VanHorn, Ted Johns ton, Gordon Jones, Evan Kleven, Melvin Kreifels, John Lonnquist, Carl Masters, Bob Pahl, Keith Newton, and Keith Reeder. Ini tiation will be held Dec. 1. Following the initiation, a din ner will be held, honoring the crops judging team who will have returned from the international crops contest at the "vrstock show in Chicago. Other activities of Tri-K club include sponsoring of a mixer, sev eral dinners, and a crops judging contest in the spring, open to all students. Officers of the club are Ward Henderson, president; Ralph Bruse, vice president; Maurice Peterson, secretary, and Wayne Domingo, treasurer. ends tomorrow CARY GRANT Constance BENNETT "TOPPER" T THURSDAY! I A w I cracking riot of laffa and fun I 20 Ull I Pat 0 'Brien Joan Elondell "Back In Circulation" v -vj- Colonel Crosby Speaks to Order of Red Guidon Colonel Crosby, commander of the 341 Field Artillery Reserves, addressed the second meeting of the Order of the Red Guidon Wed nesday evening at the motor trans port laboratory. The speaker was introduced by Captain Gardner of the Field Artillery Reserve officers association. Captain Beaver presided over a brief bustnees session before the program and the meeting was closed by the singing of several artillery songs. GLEN PAULSEN, ACCIDENT VICTIM, DIES OF INJURIES (Continued from Page 1.) with Miss Lois Keller of 1629 R St., was crossing west on the south side of R St., when he was struck by a car approaching from the north which was driven by Ed Ryan, university freshman resid ing at 821 So. 15th. According to Miss Keller, they did not see the automobile until it was in the middle of the block. Paulsen pushed her out of the way so that she was only brushed against the fender. The tragedy victim, unable to get out of the way himself, was struck by the bumper and dragged for a distance of about 40 feet. Youth Regained Consciousness. Altho knocked unconscious by the impact, the youth regained consicousness soon after he was taken to the hospital in the am bulance, and remained conscious until shortly before his death. Oc cupants of the car, and witnesses on the street said that it was not traveling at an excessive rate of speed. Miss Keller said that she had met Paulsen at an hour dance given by her house less than two hours before the fatal accident. After the dance the youth offered to accompany her to her work at a lunch stand at 315 No. 13th. It was the first time she had ever worked in the stand. Paulsen had planned to attend the Barb hour dance in the Armory later in the evening, Miss Keller said. Report Incident 'Closed.' Police said that altho someone was negligent, they had been un able to determine whether the driver or pedestrian was at fault. From the appearance of the acci dent and the report of witnesses they were "satisfied that the car was not going at an excessive rate of speed." No action of any kind had been started and the police re ported the incident "closed." Three hundred thirty-seven gal lons of apple butter have br-n made in the kitchens f,f Glenville State Teachers college in Wst Virginia. This allows each stu dent 1,438 teaspoons or two tea- spoonsful per slice of bread, if the student consumes 719 slices of bread during the year. Taking It Straight. Brussels conferees are postpon ing the evil day of decision until the latter part of the week. As pointed out by various commenta tors, however, "the powers can stall for a time, but they can't avoid the issue of backing down themselves or making Japan back down." In a "fighting speech" shortly before adjournment, S. M. Bruce of Australia urges a boycott of Japan. The Texas Weekly of Dallas takes a direct stab at such a pro posal and at the "holier than thou" attitude of vtntuous chas tisers at the conference. Says the weekly. "A significant remark was made by Davis when he warned that those' nations which embark on policies directed toward economic self sufficiency, create conditions conducive to a threat to peace." This charge, states the article, can be aimed directly at the pol icy of the United States. This country, one of the great creditor nations, sets up barriers against the goods of other nations. Thus it prevents debtors from paying and from obtaining raw material needed to prevent unemployment in their factories. The United States condemned Italy for the seizing of Ethiopia as a place to grow cotton. At the same time she makes it difficult for Italy to get cotton from the United States even tho the ware houses here are bulging with un sold cotton. The United States condemns Germany for taking a belligerent attitude toward other nations. But Germany offered three years ago to buy 800,000 bales of American cotton if the United States would admit enough German goods to pay for it. The demand was re fused. The United States condemns Japan In its aggression. Yet the very reason for the aggression is propagated in the demanded boy cott against Japanese goods. The scathing denunciations con tinue with a reference to "people who live in glass houses." Quota tion is made from The Price of Peace" Frank Simmonds and Brook Emery: "It should be evi dent that that people which per mits its government to pursue such a policy deliberately bolts and bars the door to world peace." We, In Congress Assembled .... Roosevelt's four point program as congress convenes in special session contains proposals for: 1. Farm control legislation; 2, wage and hours provisions; 3, govern ment reorganization; 4, regional planning. Warning is given that if private enterprise docs not "take up the slack in unemployment," the gov ernment will be forced to inter vene. The problem of railroads and public utilities is noted as b. ing in need of legislative action. Especial emphasis is made on the need for lightening of tax burdens on small business men and for re moval of "unjust provisions" in the revenue structure. The pres ent status of national finance is noted as a "business recession," but congress and the nation are warned not to regard it as akin to that of 1929. TODAY1 "STELLA DALLAS" with Barbara STANWYCK John BOLES Anne SHIH4.EY ' plaei Charlie McCarthy ml 17 I pnphea SUN-now It's a LULU . . . from HONOLULU I with- GtvY'LJ EINO CROSBY J$V BOB BURNS Slut ROBERT Y0UN In THE LONGEST N'CHT J90 TJLL I NEW TAXES FOR BAGDAD'S NEW DEAL! 1. Head Taxes On Harems. 2. Tail Taxes On Camels. 3. Higher Tax On Magic Carpets. 4. Widow Security Tax On Sultans. 5. Carpet Tax Under Sitdown Strikers. m -aA LYtt Coma .... Ende Wedneedayl STUART EHWIN In 'Dance Charlie Dance with OLENDA FARRELL PlUB Nino Martini ki 'Music for Madame' t.ttok ... J Java Starting Thurtilm! On Our Stage! In Person Vftf 35 Entertainers! V 8 Big Headline Acts! GIRLS! COMEDYI MU6IC1 r i 'v ' I If r R . tin ' 7 7 I a toetlond Ihaotm Now From 12 Noon IksteLzvt GOES WILDER ! T'-'SL IRENE - VH DUNNE :4 CARY GRANT. PRirrs fl ON THE SCREEN Anchsri Awclghl . for the U(a of a aaliarl "Annapolis Salnte" with lmmr rilkea Mareha Hunt t Marry Carer Mm Thuraday NEBRASKA PITTSBURGH Football Scenea Was vtillani tucbi mm m Now Thru Wednesday It'a Murderl t "'jry Fun I Load! I ,.Jsdt of L.fte! a a a 85 U ...no eL f Feature No. Jimmy NrwIU New Singing Seneatlon In "RENFREW of ROYAL MOUNTED"