Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-11
Nebraska
MEDICAL SCHOOL CHANGES
New Dean to Be Chosen, Is Well as
Resrranging Faculty.
FRATERNITIEs RUSH FRESHMEN
Considerable Feeling E-ngendered by
TactIcs of one Of Them and an
investigation May he the
Result.
From a sad correspondent.l

(From a staff Correspondent
LINCOLN, oct. DISQUALIFICATION
changes were made necessary in the Uni
versity OF Nebraska Medical college by the
resignation of Dean Ward, who went to
the University OF Illinois this summer and
for the last two months Chancellor Avery
has been making plans for a reorganization
of the medical department. 1t is announced
that these plans have been perfected and
that they will be ratified by the Board Of
Regents at the next regular meeting, which
will occur within a month.
Acting Dean r. II. Wolcott, who was APP
pointed to the head position in the college
when Dean Ward left, will continue I'm hls
present capacity until the close Of the
school year. 1t is generally understood In
university medical circles that DR.. Wolcott
will not be made permanent dean, but that
some outsider will get the position.
Under the new arrangement a department
combining courses in histology and en-
bryology, formerly conducted as a sub
division of the department Of zoology, has
been created. DR.. Willard has been placed
at the read OF this branch.
DR.. c, w. Poynter, for the last few years
an instructor of anatomy, becomes chief
chemist, with an Increase Ia his salary OF
500, He will be forced to give up part of
his practice in the city and devote more
time to instruction at the medical college.
Or. Walker is made Instructor in anatomy
to succeed DR.. Poynter He is a graduate
Of the university and is a member Of a
local medical firm.
The new organization of things In the
medical college has received the approval
of the individual members of the Board Of
Regents and will be adopted at the first
meeting.
Fraternittes Busy Rushing.
Unusual attention has been paid to the
rushing campaign conducted by the fra.
ternities at the University OF Nebraska
this week. This has been true of the mem
bers of the Greek letter societies, who are
directly concerned, and the members Of the
faculty and outsiders, because a new sys-
tenn is being tried for the first time this
fall
For three years the faculty has been try
ing to get some plan by which the fra
ternities can make a campaign for new
member among the freshman class each
fall without causing the first-year men tc
take their attention from the regular schoo
work.
Until 1906 fraternities were not governed
in their rushing rules and were allowed tc
do just as they liked, AS a result there
were many failures, among the freshmen,
! Some Of the first-year men would b.
sought after by three or four OF the fra
~ternities and the campaign for them woulC
be waged so earnestly that the new stu
dents would be kept from their studies foI
days at a time. and often never saw thu
inside OF a class room for a week. Thu
conditions grew 20 bad hat Chancellor
Andrews took a hand in the matter anC
ordered that a set Of regulations be made t
govern the rushing campaign.
The inter-fraternity council drew up
code, which each society promised to OBJ
serve. No rushing was to take plac,
until a certain time in the fall; new mel
were to be entertained by the 'frats' onl!
on certain days and no freshman was t
be pledged until the Saturday befor
Thanksgiving. And then any who ha'
failed to make twelve hours of univer
slty credit at the m~id-semester examine
lions could not be asked to join = frat
until the next semester. or until the de
l~induent work was made up.
This system proved a hardship on man,
OF the fraternities, for It scattered tn
rushing over too long a period and KEEP
the fraternity men under a strain. Tn
rules were openly violated, too. Protest
were made against the system last sprin
and a new arrangement was made 70
this fall.
The rushing season was ordered to star
October l and extend TO October II. Dur
ing that time the fraternities were give
permission to rush" the freshmen in an
way that they wished.
Charges of U~nfairness.
Consequently, the last few lays hav
been very strenuous ones for the promis
ing freshmen and the Greek letter mer
Parties and dinner dates and all kind
Of entertainments have ~enlivened the SC
clal life OF the university. Some of tn
freshmen have not been permitted to ea
a single meal by themselves. II the
have not been at one Greek letter chaI
ter house they have been at another.
One society has gone in for the seaso
with greater display than the rest an
has rented a private house, where tn
members Of the frat" nave kept certai
freshmen all during the week, havin
them sleep and eat there.
This has been termed the phi Kapp
Psi Annex" by the other fraternities {
the school and 1t has been denounced q
a violation Of the spirit Of the rushln
rules. Every other fraternity in scho,
has declared the Phi Kappa Psi men wi
have to make a clear statement OF whit
they meant by getting this second hous
An Investigation was started by III
faculty members OF the inter-fraternit
council and a report will be made on II
annex" at Il meeting OF the council ne,
week.
5 There are many other charges OF vi,
lation OF the rules and the council wi
hear many complaints. Tho present pla
has, in the opinion Of many, proved
failure, and II Is likely to be superseded /
I a better one next fall.
Fail colds are quIcs-; cured by Foley
Honey and Tar, the great throat and lun