Daily Nebraskan. Greatest boiler plate
dispenser in the midwest. Is a good advertiser and useful as
a "lost and found" medium. First three or four pages is
generally devoted to editorializing, a couple of pages to
forum, and the rest of it to news. Recently became decidedly
sufragettic and in consequence has been conducting a
vigorous campaign on cigarette smoking. Subsidized to B. S.
Hill, the Cornhusker and Kosmet Klub.
Director Student Activities. Chief
exponent of the S. P. C. A. (Society for the Prevention of
Comps to Applicants.) Duties: To attend all-university
activities worth attending and secure jobs for the high
moguls of Y. M. C. A., to keep the Daily Nebraskan from
making too much money, etc., etc.
Dean of Women. A personage instituted to
see to it that mothers own girls do not work too hard or do
to little. Determines whether skirts are too high or waists
too low. Original computer of the correct interval between
dancers. To be consulted in all matters of dates,
engagements, and marriages. Advocate of pink teas and the
art of carrying a Kensington gracefully.
Kosmet Klub. Matrimonial agency, under
the personal supervision of Father Scott. Flaunted before
the innocent public as a dramatic society.
Union. Same as above, except the stuff is
not so choice. Has always figured prominently in barb
politics. Example-.-J. C. Beard, editor-in-chief of Daily
Nebraskan.
P. B. K. Petrified Brotherhood of Krabs.
The only justification of the ancient and amalgamated order
of Grinds.
Y. M. C. A. Club for the Bed Time boys.
Duties are to kill joy. Conducting fraternity men's Bible
classes, guard Freshmen from the snares and pitfalls of
University. Only corner in townautos fight shy of, for
broken glass.
AC. A marking used by the department of
English Literatures meaning Above Correction or Above
Complaint.
Ags. If you dent already know what cost
the state $3,000,000 and the expenses of an extra election
last fall, it's no use explaining. They are usually manly
youths from the city preparing to go on the farm, or
youthful men from the farm preparing to leave it.
Awgwan. The wittiest, most clever
bi-monthly, humorous paper published at Nebraska. Its jokes
are decidedly Slack. Some people assert that if the Slack
were taken out of the Awgwan it would be less Slack, but
Slack says that if they Slacked on the Slack it would be
slacker than ever. It is generally conceded that it is
almost as funny as the Daily Nebraskan
Barb. A peculiar form of animal which
unfortunately makes up about eighty per cent of the student
population. Scorned by all self respecting fraternity men
not running for office. All are addicted to the abominable
habits of studying more than is necessary to make twelve
hours credit, working for a living, and of appearing on the
campus without a frat pin perfectly unashamed. Their names
are seldom allowed to appear in the society columns. Rarely
appointed upon committees and then only for political
reasons.
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Blue Print. A paper run to help
deserving engineers through school. Office on the fourth
floor. Fixtures: Lounge, to support Cameron after a
prolonged period of sluffing, and several goboons for the
preservation of old cuts. No smoking allowed.
C. Complete. Credit on delivery. Two Cs
Call on Dad.
Forum. An educational propaganda
conducted by the Commandant to increase recruiting of U. S.
army.
University Directory. A hand-book
published annually by the Y. M. C. A. for the purpose of
letting you know how many times your friend beats his board
bill. Gives all professors a black name.
Rest Room. A room fitted up as a lounging
place for students while loafing between classes. Has not
yet been built on the campus, but very kindly the school has
been allowed to use the Saratoga, Baltimore, Nebraska, Dc
Luxe, Senate, Windsor, and numerous others.
Registration Week. The only time you need
any one to tell you how to spend your money.
Dean. An automatic stamper. Immediately
upon hearing the word "sick", it makes two impressions of
date, name and initial, and hands carbon copy to
invalid.
Dean, Executive. Stamper as above.
Occasionally steps off and lands on somebodies foot. Father
of card system. Infected with the system bug. Only person in
fifty one states who can play a game of chess, eat dinner at
the cafeteria, ride a bycicle (sic), call the Registrar's
office, look over your absence record, carry on a kaffee
klatsch with Dean Graham, give you advice as to University
ideals and scratch the back of his head at one and the same
time.
Fraternity Pin. Sign board of more or
less dimensions signifying that wearer is perfectly willing
to spend father's money.
Night Watchman. The nocturnal director of
student activities. Always there when you're not
looking.
Fraternity House. Museum for the
preservation of barber poles, wooden Indians, and bock beer
signs. Kennel for bull dogs. Is not an aquarium, but there
is always a bunch of suckers on the outside waiting to get
in.
Inter-frat Secretary. Person appointed by
the fraternity men to see that Dean Engberg does his work
right. Has gained considerable efficiency in wadeing the
reports of grades out a day or two before usual time.
Sorority. A place where innocent girls
from Crosby's Corner are taught the gentle art of looking
like New York on a Wahoo allowance. Hotbed of political
"fussing". Chief reason for the existence of Formala, Proms,
Florists, Cabbages, Dress Suits, and the Board of
Delinquency.
Co-ed. The thing that makes life worth
living and University worth leaving, that takes the Vs from
our pocket books and puts Cs on our record, makes us
remember our dress and forget our address, causes us to
cease frequenting pool halls and begin hanging around the
Deans office. The stuff that sends our hearts to heaven at
midnight and our records home at mid-semester.
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