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Lincoln, Nebraska
Wednesday, December 1, 195
Points And Problems
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By JUDY BOST
Staff Writer
The trials and tribulations of the
fraternity pledge have already been
discussed, and now it is time for
the sorority pledge to have her say.
It all began in a mass confusion,
which happened to be known as
Rush Week. By the end of a gruel
ing three days, Polly, the soon-to-be
pledge, was a victim of aching
feet, high blood pressure and hay
fever.
The first Monday night dinner
was really thrilling. All the girls
ang sorority songs, and Polly
cuan t know any of the words. But
she hummed loudly anyway. After-
ward, all of the pledges trooped
to what is known as pledge meet
ing. The pledge trainer sat in a
chair and talked for hours about
things Polly was supposed to do.
Phone Duty
First, the pledge trainer men
tioned phone duty. All Polly had to
do was answer the phone for an
hour twice a week, and that didn't
sound hard.
On Tuesday, Polly had her first
pnone duty. It was terrible. First
of all, an electric storm had fixed
everything the buzzer system did
n't work. Every time Polly shouted
someone's name so they could an
swer the phone, there was almost
an echo of "QUIET HOURS!" Nev
er having heard of such an instl
tution as "quiet hours," Polly yelled
names for an hour.
The next thing the pledge trainer
mentioned was activity points,
which evidently represented hours
spent in campus activities. Polly
was supposed to gather some 30
points during the semester.
House Points
Also, there were house points.
Polly was supposed to get 30 of
those, too. Polly knew 30 and 30
made 60, and in hours that meant
a lot of time.
At all times, she was forsaking
all else to remember who she was
and what she represented. Next to
that, , she was to make a 5.5 av
erage in order to be initiated.
By Friday of the first week, Pol-
European Tours Offer
Study Opportunities
For students interested in travel
and study, there are several Euro
pean tours being advertised for
the coming summer.
The Grand Tour of Europe,
which starts July 7 in Paris and
continues through Aug. 18 at Co
logne, takes in five countries
France, Switzerland, Italy, Austria
and Germany. The cost is $550,
Another tour, which includes the
countries of Holland, France. Swit
zerland, Italy, Austria, Germany,
Denmark and England, continues
for 66 days from June 30 to Sept,
5. The cost of this tour is $780.
Both are offered by the Scandinav-
lan Traveling Seminar in New
York City.
Travel and Study, Inc., have
tours to offer for students in six
different fields. For students in
journalism or current affairs is
NU Flying
Club Begins
7th Year
The University Flying Club be
gan its seventh year of operation
this fall. The club, organized in
October of 1948, has had approxi
mately 115 members since then.
Its members have accumulated a
total of some 2700 hours of flying
time in the seven years of opera
tion. The club has approximately 20
active members this yecr. Officers
elected at a recent meeting are
president, Arza Snyder; vice-president,
Joe Steele; secretary, Joan
Nelson; treasurer, Wayne Spilker
and public relations, Earl Bar
nette. The club is open to any Univer
sity student although the organi
zation is not sponsored by the Uni
versity. Through the club students
may learn to fly at approximately
50 of what it would cost if they
looK individual training.
Th club Is sponsored by the
Lincoln Aviation Institute. The In
stitute supervised the training and
operation of the club. Four instruc
tors take part in training of the
students. Training is of the best
available as attested by the ex
cellent accident record.
The group now owns two planes
These planes are cared for and
kept in perfect condition by the
Lincoln Aviation Institute.
the Foreign Assignment Tour of
England, Holland, France, Swit
zerland, Germany, Denmark and
Sweden.
The Art, Theater and Music Tour
of France, England, Germany,
Austria and Italy is offered to stu
dents interested in these fields.
Fashion design majors may go
to England, France, Italy, Spain
and Holland on the Fashion Tour.
The East and West Tour will
give an opportunity to study the
interplay of people, backgrounds,
art, religion and philosotahy. Eng
land, France, Switzerland, Italy.
Greece, Turkey, Egypt, Lebanon,
Syria, Jordan and Israel are in
cluded in this tour.
For students of business admin
istration is the Industrial Tour of
England, Norway, Sweden, Den
mark, Germany, Holland, Switzer
land, Italy and France.
England, Holland, France, Swit
zerland and Italy will be visited
on the Economy Tour.
Further information is available
at various University departments,
Junior Division and YWCA.
The
Foundation
and Research
Dr, Van Es
From January 1 to October
20, 1954, the University of
Nebraska Foundation has
contributed $101,464.91 to the
research program of the
University of Nebraska. ,
U of N
Foundation
ICS LOVE LIBRAE.!'
Journalistic
Scholarships
Now Offered
Stanford University Institute for
Journalistic Studies is now receiv-
ling applications for graduate
scholarships in journalism for the
1955-56 academic year. The schol
arships carry stipends from $750
to $2,000 and total $10,100.
Five of the awards are grants
for which no services are required.
In addition, the Institute is offer
ing two scholarships of $2,000 each
for Asian nationals preparing to
work in the Orient. Part time edi
torial assistance is expected for
these scholarships.
Jan. 15 is the deadline for ap
plications. Requests for additional
information should be addressed
to the Director, Institute for Jour
nalistic Studies, Stanford Univer-
ly had been to all of her classes
and received assignments that she
was certain would take all semest
er to finish. She was near a state
of collapse when an active told
her they were for the next class
period.
Polly went to her P. E. class with
a dark foreboding, which she cul
tivated because she had disliked
it in high school. The first day,
she was handed a long, heavy stick
and told it was for field hockey.
Field Hockey
The whole class then practiced
swinging the stick, while an ath
letic-looking lady in shorts told
them how to do it. The lady kept
walking up and down in front of
Polly's stick telling Polly she wasn't
hitting hard enough.
Polly mustered all her strength
and let fly while the lady was
standing in front of her. Naturally,
Polly hit the lady square in the
shin. She noticed a distinct cool-
ing-off in her teacher's attitude
toward her.
Outside of P. E., she seemed to
be doing well in her classes. Every
thing was one long scramble of
studies, points and all other sorts
of things that she was supposed
to be doing.
Polly soon went to her first so
cial function. All the pledges stood
around the door in a scared hud
dle, trying to show personality plus
and remember what they were representing.
Tongue-Tied
The fraternity men walked in the
door, the braver ones first. All
of them looked as if they would
like to find some convenient place
;o hide for the duration of the
function.
After an hour of strained conver
sation and even more strained
smiles, the men left. Polly's jaws
hurt from smiling and she was
worrying about the impression she
had made. Would that darling boy
call next week? She had been
tongue-tied with, him for a whole
hour, but maybe he liked the quiet
type.
It is now approximately the
middle of the semester, and Polly
no longer feels that she is unduly
burdened with studies and her
pledgeship.
As a matter of fact, she. is
feeling rather light-hearted about
the whole thing. Since school start
ed, she had been wondering if her
old beau from home, a fraternity
pledge, had forgotten her.
Saturday night he called and
wanted to see her. When he got to
the dorm, he looked exhausted. He
said it was the first time he had
gotten out of the house since school
started, and he had a million things
io ao.
rouy breathed a sigh of rejief
and finally realized that someone
was in worse condition than she
was. A fraternity pledge does
have a harder row to hoe, and
life is at best a struggle anyway.
On The Social Side
Eleven Pinnings, Two
Engagements Announced
Thanksgiving vacation brought alto Bob Barrett, junior Beta Theta
NU Traditions
Frosh, Soph Scrap
Made Feuds Legal
temporary halt to the social ac
tivities on campus, but things were
back to normal by Monday. Elev
en Dinnings and two engagements
were announced Monday and Nov,
22.
Barbara Beck, senior, Alpha Phi,
to Don Anderson, junior, Beta
Theta Pi.
Patty Loomis, junior, Alpha Phi,
Dr. Chapman
To Give Talk
On Geophysics
The International Geophysical
Year will be discussed at 8 p.m.
Wednesday in Love Library Audi
torium by Dr. Sydney Chapman,
mathematician! and geophysicist,
Wednesday and Thursday mor
nings Dr. Chapman will meet with
students and staff members. Dr.
Robert Chasson, assistant profes
sor of physics, is arranging the
meetings.
The International Geophysical
Year extends from July 1, 1957,
to Dec. 31, 1958. This period cov
ers the approach to the maximum
of the next sunspot cycle. Dr.
Chapman is president of the In
ternational Organizing Commission
for the Geophysical Year.
Delta
sopho-
Judy Snell, sophomore,
Gamma, to Bill Kampfe,
more. Beta Theta Pi.
Joan Hueske, junior, Kappa Al
nha Theta. to Joe Smith, senior,
Phi Kappa Psi.
Shelia Benning to John W. Wisen-
stine. junior, Sigma Alpha xEpsi
Ion.
Mvma Olson, sophomore. Phi
Beta Phi, to Courtney Anderson,
Sigma Alpha Epsilon at. the Urn
versity of South Dakota..
Wanda Wood, junior, Sigma Kap-
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pa, to uaryii rnesner, rm r.appa
Tau at Wesleyan University
Wanda Westerhoff, junior, Chi
Omega, to Jeff Bush, sophomore,
Phi Gamma Delta.
Nan Engler, senior, Kappa Kap'
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pa (iamma, io itay miaaovicn,
Delta Tau Delta. .;
Shirley Hawkins, sophomore,
Chi Omega, to Rob Garfoot, Sigma
Chi at the University of Wyoming.
Zelda Kaminsky, sophomore, Sig
ma Delta Tau from Denver, Colo.,
to Gordon Friednash, senior, Tau
Eosilon Phi at the University of
Denver.
Engagements .
Maylyce Mader, senior, Alpha
Phi, to Dr -ryl Kamfe, Beta Theta
Pi, senior. -
Carolyn Bachman, sophomore,
Kapa Alpha Theta, to Jack Moore,
junior, Phi Kappa Psi.
SOCIAL CALENDAR
Sunday
Kappa Sigma date dinner
Phi Delta Theta date dinner
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By PEGGY VOLZKE
Staff Writer
What has happened to the Uni
versity's annual "Scrap" or
Olympics Meet between freshmen
and sophomores?
The background of this past cus
tom dates back years ago when the
University was very young. Fresh
man and sophomore men were
constantly fighting and scrapping
among themselves, and the result
was often bloodshed. The batt!.3
were spread out all over the com-
pus and destroyed property and
buildings. The students really
"tore up jack!"
Whe.n Chancellor Andrews came
to the University in the early
1900's, he would not rtand for their
rowdyism. One day there was a
fight in front of his place, and he
came out with - his cane and
shouted at them to stop. The fel
lows would not stop, so he waded
in among them and started hit
ting them with his cane. Finally
he separated the ruffnecks.
After that incident, Andrews
suggested to faculty members that
Jthey substitute a wholesome activ.
ity for the bloody feuds. An olvm.
pic meet was decided upon h
which there would be ' athletic
sports such as rope pulling, wrest
ling, boxing, broad jumping and
pole vaulting. Points were to be
given and the winner declared
Any sophomore or freshman male
student "could participate in the
events.
These activities were held be.
fore the first snowfall of each year
on a Saturday morning before
football game first on the o 1 d
athletic field and later on the pres.
ent Stadium field. The varione
sports displayed beauty and served
a constructive purpose.
During the depression the Olvm.
pics Meet slowly disappeared and
never was started again. It faded
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According to some faculty mem.
bers, the disappearance of tha
Olympics Meet is the biggest loss
of university customs a loss with
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