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Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska
VOL XXIX. NO. 76.
LINCOLN. NEBRASKA. Till KM! W. JAMJAKY 2.1. VM.
PRICE FIVE CLNTS.
VOTING PLAN
NCIL
PASSES
CO
929
YEARBOOK
i IS RATED HIGH
AMONG
ISSUES
Contest Officials Award
Cornhusker Place in
First Five.
J BIG SIX PLACES THREE
i Kansas, Missouri and Two
California Schools
Get Awards.
I AH-Amerlran honor rating, the
: h'ghest distinction that can be at-
' corded any university or college
; annual publication, has been
f awarded the J 929 Cornhusker Jn
1 the content, the only ne cf Its na-
' ture tn the world, conducted an-
muilly by the T'niversity of Min-
V nesola. according to won! received
J in Lincoln Wednesday. Four othrr
; yearbooks received thin recognition
with the Cornhusker: those of the
Cnlversity of California. Univer
sity of Kansas. University of Mis
souri, and the University of Cali
fornia, southern branch.
Thi contest fpon.,:ored by tlif
Minnesota Institution attracts en
tries from the majority of colU i.es
and universities in the eo'ialiy.
Awards are mnde according to the
number of students enrolled In tlie
university, and the originality and
completeness of the publication. It
is interesting to notice that three
of the schools winning this honor
are Big Six universities.
The 1929 Cornhusker is the
first annual publication of the ur.i
ve;ity to receive sue h rating. Mis
souri and Kanas having achieved
that peak of perfection previously.
William C. Mentzer. jr., and Bruce
M. Thomas, were editor and busi
ness manager respectively of the
winning Cornhusker. Engraving
for the annual was done by the
Art Craft. company . of .I.-nrc 's wi
Ft. Joseph. Mo., under the per- j
ponal supervision of M. B. Cooksey. i
I'nntmg of the lok was done by j
the Jaco'o North company w'
Lincoln. !
According to Arthur C. Bailey, j
the H'30 Cornhusker is going to
be a big suress and we are rtriv
ing to keep this extraordinary rec
ognition accorded last year':: an
nual. Work on the 1030 is.-ue is
progressing rapidly and publica
tion will b-j on lime."
FRENCH CLUS GIVES
fCAL
Sixty-Five Hear Lecture by
Banks; Members Play
Several Solos.
About sixty-five members of
the French club attended their
monthly meeting Wednesday af
ternoon, Jan. 22. iu University hall
5. A musical program was pre
sented under the c' action of P.ob
crt Banks. Mr. Banks gave an in
teresting lecture on French music
with piano and violin solos to il
lustrate his lecture.
Included lo his selections were
"Meditation" from "Thais," and
"The Swan" by "Haint-Sacns." Mr.
Hodeen added to the program with
I his French songs and violin solos.
I Mr. Hall and Mrs. Dobson corn-
Dieted the program by singing sev
eral numbers assisted ty Miss
Fisher at the piano.
Proportional Representation Plan
1. The purpose of this amendment is to set up a system of propor
tional representation for the election of members to the Student
council.
2. The Student council is empowered to set forth requirements for
the recognition of student parties or factions. No party or fac
tion shall have the right to file candidates until so recognized by
the Student council.
3. Each party or faction shall file a list of its candidates for mem
bership to the Student council In the Student Activities office on
the Friday prior to the day of the election, such lists to be made
up In their respective caucuses.
4. JThe ballots containing the names of the several candidates for
office shall also conta't the names of their respective parties or
factions.
5. There shall be given to each qualified student voter a separate
ballot which shall contain the names of the various parties or
factions which have been permitted to file candidates for office.
Each student voter shall be privileged to designate, on this party
faction ballot, his party preference.
6. The ratio of representation is one seat for each 125 votes. The
strength of each faction shall be determined by the number of
those who have designated their preference for that party on the
party ballot slip.
7. After the results of the election as they are now held are com
puted, the representation in the Student council shall be appor
tioned as follows:
(1) The representation of any party shall be raised, if in the
election that party has received less than one member for
each 125 votes cast for it, to bring the representation of that
party up to the ratio of one seat for each 125 votes cast.
(2) When the representation of any party la bo raised, those
of its candidates in the election who have received the high
est number of votes shall be declared elected lo the council.
( For example, if a party is entitled to two additional places,
it two highest unsuccessful candidates in the election shall
be made members of the council. )
(3 1 If any party shall secure. In the election, more than one place
to each 125 votes cast in its favor, then that part.' shall be
entitled to the advantage so secured.
8. In all cases, a major fraction of 125 shall constitute a unit of
representation.
7. Nothing in this amendment shall be construed to deprive any stu
deit of the right to file as an independent candidate.
Number of Fraternities Increases
After 1907; Organizations Start to
Form Tiro Strong Political Factions
Modern Era of Campus Activities Starts in 1921 When
()jjo!in (lamps Stape Wurfare; M)terious
Seeret Croups Exhibit Power.
Editor't Note: The following article It the third of a short tenet
of ttonet on the political and social history of the university. In
formation for the tenet hat been obtained through interview! with
prominent Lincoln men. graduates of the university.
BY BILL McGAFFLV
T i idy-six .Miirs timi- lias wrought a mighty c-liiinge on llic
1'iiiviTMty of Nildiiska i-nmpus as fur a. barbs aul fnitniiitics
air roiu'ciin 1. In lv.3 tin barbs were mm-li tin- siini-ior of
(!r k h-tte-r societies in jtolitical circles ami li.nl tho uppe r hand
at e ve ry e l. cli.m. Twe lve yonrs Inte r, in 1!)7. the- lnrl strcngtli
had commenced to wane with theo
influx of a few more fraternities.
Fut by 1921. twenty-six years
later, the barb political strength
was completely gone and fraterni
ties had multiplied so fast that
they had formed opposing factions
among themselves.
Probably no one knows the reel
cause of political factions except
that there are two sides to every
thing. At any rate, frntcrnities
have always been Involved in pol
itics. The two factions which had
been formed by 1921 had no spe
cial name but" were distinguished
by the names cf leading fraterni
ties on each side. Prominent on
one fcide were Alpha Tau Omegu.
Alpha .Sigma Phi, Sigma Alpha
Epsilon. Delta Upsilin. Acacia,
a-id Delta Tau Delta. Among the
1eaici.s of the other faction were
arr.a 'u. Beta Theta Pi. Phi
Di Va Theta, Phi Kappa Psi. and
Sigma Chi. There were always a
few fraternities who hung back
(Continued on Page 3. i
LECTURE ON PLANET
Clearness of Sky Aids in
Studying of Jupiter at
Observatory.
In spite of the cold weather
which has prevailed this week, a
very good crowd attended the regu
lar open house at the observatory
Tuesday evening, according to
Prof. G. D. Swezey of the astron
omy dcpaitment.
The s-ihject of the evening s lec
ture was "Jupiter." the planet
which was under observation
through the University of Ne
braskas telescope. An exception
ally clear sky made four of Jupi
ter's moons plainly visible.
In his lecture Professor Swezey
told of the history of Jupiter and
of the discovery of its moons by
Galileo through the first telescope.
These moons were discovered at a
time when people still believed that
all other celestial bodies revolved
around the earth, and Galileo used
the example of the moons revolv
ing around Jupiter to prove that
other orbits of rotation existed in
the sky.
I!up for Friday Will
Re La! for Semeer
Calendar notices and other ar
ticles which should appear in The
Nebraskan before examination
week should be submitted some
time this afternoon as the Friday
issue will bo the last of tho semes
ter. The first paper next semes
ter will be published Feb. 4 by
the second semester staff which
will be chosen this afternoon by
the Student Publication board.
PHI GAMS. PHI DELIS
Fraternity Sing Continues
With Two Entries on
Air Each Night.
SCHEDULE IS ANNOUNCED
Wednesday night two fraterni
ties. Phi Gamma Lelta and Phi
Delta Theta, each presented a fif
teen minute program over KFAC
and Program Service company in
connection with the inter-fraternity
song contest. This contest is be
ing sponsored by the Interfrater
nity council and the Kosmet Klub,
and will end Thursday. Feb. 6.
Two fraternities will take the air
various nights until that date. A
silver loving cup will be presented
to the winning fraternity at the
Interfraternity ball.
Ted Sherdeman acted as an
nouncer for the Phi Delta Thetas.
Their program opened with a sex
tet Pinging "Phi Delt Bungalow."
Stanley Swensen. Arthur' Hoag
land. Oscar Osterland, Ben Joyce,
Wallace Mawson, and Charles
Jonas comprised the sextet. Swen
sen and Hoagland next sang, "My
Phi Delt Dream Girl," which wa:,
followed by a piano solo by Ted
Sherdeman. The Phi Dclts pro
gram closed with the sextet sing
ing "We're Better Than !cta,
Deke, or Delt."
Phi Gams Next.
Phi. Gamma Delta fraternity
next took the air and completed
the half hour program. They
were represented by a quartet
composed of Bill Newens. Kenneth
Ruhbrecht. Boh Phillips, and Paul
Charleton. "Show Me the Scotch
man." "Smokedreams." "My Ne
braska," and "Fiji Honeymoon"
were the songs these Phi Gams
sang.
Four fraternities. Sigma Nu,
Alpha Theta Chi. Delta Upsilon,
and Alpha Tau Omega, have al
ready presented their programs.
The programs will continue as fol
lows: Thursday, Jan. 23, 7:00 to 7:30,
Theta Xi and Alpha Sigma Phi.
Friday, Jan. 24. 6:00 to 6:15,
Beta Theta Pi.
Saturday, Jan. 25. 7:30 to 8:00,
Theta Chi and Pi Kappa Alpha.
Monday, Feb. 3, 10:30 to 11:00,
Acacia and Delta Tau Delta.
Wednesday, Feb. 5, 10:30 to
11:00, Phi Kappa Psi and Tau
Kappa Epsilon.
Thursday, Feb. 6, 7:00 to 7:30.
Sigma Phi Epsilon and Phi Kappa.
MISS ANDERSON
WILL REPRESENT
NEBRASKA CROUP
Florence Anderson of St. I.ui.
junior in the college of business
administration, has been elected
representative of the Rho chapter
of Phi Chi Theta, located here, to
attend the annual convention of
the sorority to be held at Boston,
June 19 to 24.
Phi Chi Theta Is a professional
commercial sorority composed of
more than twenty chapters In the
outstanding colleges of business
throughout the nation.
Kreape Representative
Will Address Students
P. K. Kirkpatrick of Chicago,
superintendent of the Chicago dis
trict stores for the S. S. Kresge
company, is to speak Friday at 3
p. m. on "Opportunities for Col
lege Graduates in Chain Store
Merchandising." The talk will be
given in Social Sciences 305. Al!
students who are interested in the
present chain store situation arc
invited to be present.
TIIASK YOU
With the Friday issue of The
Dally Nebraskan. the work of
this semester's staff is at au
end. We take this opportunity
to express our sincere thanks to
the reporters who have assisted
in the publication of this news
paper. We also extend our ap
preciation to other students and
faculty members for co-operation
shown us In gathering uni
versity news.
Sincerely.
EDGAR BACKUS.
GENE ROBB.
Managing Editors.
FINANCIAL OATA
WILL BE SOUGH!
FROM STUDENTS
University Is Undertaking
to Determine Expenses
Of Education.
SURVEY MAY AID STATE
Information Is Designed to
Indicate How Many Are
Self-Supporting.
To obtain data concerning ex
penditures of students and the de
gree to which they arc self-sup-polling,
a confidential question
naire will be submitted when fees
arc paid next week, according to
an announcement made through
the uludent affairs office late Wed
nesday. The last similar survey
was taken five years ago in the
spring of 1P2.V The questionnaire
will contain fourteen questions to
obtain detailed information about
students.
Statement, at the top of the
blank reads that the data will at
tempt to answer such questions as:
"What did it cost, on the average,
for a student to attend the Uni
versity of Nebraska the first sem
ester?" and. "How much was a
student in the University of Ne
braska able to earn during the first
i semester oi the cm mil .ear.
Fees Next Week.
Each student will be handed a
blank and asked to fill it out when
paying his lees. Students in the
colleges of agriculture, dentistry,
engineering, law, pharmacy anil
teachers' colleges will pay their
fees and fill out the blanks on Jan.
27 and 2S. The cast end of Mem
orial h'dl will be open from 9 to 4
o'clock on those days for that pur
pose. Students in the colleges of
arts and sciences and business ad
ministration will observo tho same
hours on Jan. 29 nnd 30.
A copy of the questionnaire will
appear in an early issue of the Ne
braskan. WILL MEET PRIDAY
Mildred Steelman Arranges
Varied Program With
Music and Talks.
Tho Palladian literary society
will hoid an open meeting at Pal
ladian hall. Temple building, on
Friday evening at 8 o'clock to
hear a varied program of liter
ature and music. Tho program
which has been prepared includes
special music and talks by some
members of tho soc iety, according
to Mildred Steelman, program
chairman.
Music will include a flute solo
by Calmar Reedy, a saxophone
solo by Lawrence Tollmann and
piano selections by Clara Pohlman.
Novelty stunts are to be presented
in the form of a tennis tourna
ment which will bo staged by
Glenn Burton and Kenneth Buittell.
Ten minute talks on their avo
cations will be furnished by E. D.
Wiley. Hartley Williams, Bernlco
Nelson and Bruno Klinger. Other
talks will be of an impromptu na
ture such as is traditional for the
closing feature of every Palladian
pi ::m. Any Palladian senior
m'ty expect to be called upon to
..'vc an extemporaneous message,
to the members.
TASSELS MEETING
JS SET FOR 7:15
THURSDAY NIGHT
Members of Tassels, coed pep
organization will meet at 7:15 p.
m. Thursday evening in Ellen
Smith hall. The sale of opera
tickets will be discussed at the
meeting.
Other items of business will be
a discussion concerning election of
officers in February, plans for a
formal invitation and setting of a
date for the Cornhusker picture.
AT THE STUDIO
Thursday, Jan. 23, 1930.
12:00 R. O. T. C. band.
12:15 Gamma Lambda.
12:30 A. S. A. C.
Friday, Jan. 24.
12:00 Kappa Phi.
12:15 Delta Omlcron.
12:30 Bizad Executive council.
12:35 Phi Chi Theta.
Monday, Jan. 27.
12:15 Interfraternity council.
12:30 Cornhusker Countryman
staff.
12:35 Omicron Nu.
Tuesday, Jan. 28.
12:15 Elementary Educational
club.
12:30 Methodist Student
council.
Wednesday, Jan. 29.
12:15 Girls' Commercial club.
'S
ENDS RUN TONIGHT
University Players Close
Showing of Comedy
By Sherwood.
CAST SCORES TRIUMPH
The :-..t p-ifommtue of ll.rl
Mn-wu.d'a play. 'The turnit
lliutband." mill' be given by the
Uriverity Pliiyer at the Temple
thea'er tnigiil. It in the opimwi
of all th .M- who h-ive attended th
play thit It far niiipisscs all pre
vious productions of this i-a.iii in
entertainment and general cnl-le-me.
Ray Ramsay as the queen's huf
band displays home noteworthy
acting. As tiic hen-pecked huxbuno
who:,c one boui ce of I ell pleas1. it
is the honorable game of heikei'-t
he wins muin applause. H-s qm-er
hesitating wclk. stuttering choppy
speech, and timid questioning bait
tmil" are a soiiiee "I ;reat umuse
ment to all and e!. mm h to make
his part hecm real and human.
The fetnir.me leads tiiken l
Maurine Drayton and Mddn-d )u
are equally well handled. M
Drayton as the officious mid dom
ineering queen Imparts dignity
and rca'lty lo her role. Mi.cs Orr
proves to be a very tab nted y mng
lady ard by her appearance nnd
grace is every bit the princess ol
fact ano fancy.
Vogt 3i Lovemaker.
Walter Vogt is the king's pri
vate secretaiy. Frederick Gi anion
steals the hearts of the young la
dies in the audience as well u.s
that cl the princess. Mr. Vogt. who
will be remembered for his line
acting In Lady Windcrmeie's
Fan," I.J to be complimented upon
Continued on Page 2.
ERE!
TO GET LOIR RATES
Tickets for 'Carmen' Will
Sell at Regular Price
After Feb. 10.
Reduced tates on exchange
ticket.- for the opera Carmen to be
presented by the Chicago Civic
Opera co. March 20, will not be
granted after Feb. 10, according
to an announcement made recently
by the student activities office. The
sale of reserved seats is continu
ing. Tickets may be secured either
at Ross P. Curtice co. or at the
student activities office in the
coliseum.
The best seats are going fast,
however, and students arc urged
to buy their exchange tickets as
soon as possible lrom Mildred Ol
son at the Alpha Delta Pi hou.se.
Regular oftice hours for the sale
of exchange tickets are to be kept
in Ellen Smith hall one day a
week, and will be announced later.
The sale of exchange tickets so
far this year has already exceeded
that at the same time last year,
and it is hoped that all students
will be able to take .'.dvantage of
the 15 percent reduction.
HIRAM CLUII HEARS
ISA R HOUR TALK ON
MAN'S EVOLUTION
The Hiram club of Lincoln Wed
nesday noon heard Prof. E. H.
Barbour, chairman of the univer
sity geology department, discus
"The Ascent of Man." In his talk
on the evolution of man Professor
Barbour spoke on several theories
which have been advanced, pointed
out their defects and explained
their scientific value.
Pictures of the Neanderthal man
and other pre-historic human crea
tures were shown together with
diagrams Fhowing the relative size
of the skull. That humanity not
only has shown remarkable, im
provement in the past but that it
also will continue to be better in
the future was the opinion voiced
by Professor Barbour.
AG CLUB PLANS
ALL-UNIVERSITY
PARTY TOMORROW
The first all-university mixer of
the year to be sponsored by Ag
club will be held at the student
activities building on the ag
campus Friday Jan. 24, according
to Arthur Maucb chairman of the
Ag club committee in charge.
The Persians, KFOR radio nrt
ists, will furnish the music for th.
party. Identification cards will be
required for admittance in accord
ance with the ruling of the Ag ex
ecutive board concerning the ag
campus mixers. The admission
charge will be fifty cents for men,
ladies being admitted free.
Publication Hoard
Will Meet Thursday
The Student Publication
boar;) will meet Thursday, Jan
uary ii, at 3:30 p. m., in Uni
versity hall room 106. It will
considtr the applications for the
various positions of The Daily
Nebraskan staff for next sem
ester. All applicants are asked
to be available at that time.
QUEEN
BARBS WILL GET
REPRESENTATION
IVIIin;in Mi-iImmI nf Voting for Faction Receiver
I ii.niiitMMi-. .pproal of Student Governing
lt.nl lit .Meeting Wednesday Night.
AMF.MMIF.YI' MUST GO
i After l';iittrf Nit re, Proposition Will He Submitted
J In Nude-iil-. tit (enerul Flection; Laotly
I uiMTil Senate 4Uut O. K. Idea.
i;l,o..i a hiss, iiting u tho Student council yesterday
ni'piov. d id' t!.- jnopoiiioiial n presentation plan submitted by
I . i v i . 1 !' Ili'i.ni. 'll,o proposal is an amendment to the student
l.o.ly i-oi.siii.ihoi, .did must be votiel upon favorably by tho stu
d tits ;it .i -ji hit;,! i li eiioii l fore it rih-h into effect.
- t) Th mntmnt b-m dr-n ui
STORIES TO SOCIETY
Members of Phi Beta Kappa
Hear Selections by
Bizad Dean.
( Dean J K. Le-1'.u.-Mgllol. of the
college ol business administration,
I read .selections fn.m the French
c'miolmn stones, which he has
i written, at the Hireling of Phi
Beta Kaj.pa, Ti:-;;.i;y ni.cht. More
than eighty people attended the
meeting. uh:ih win held at the
University club.
The dean read. "Market Day."
and "The Habitant Bourgeois."
two short stones, which appear in
his book. "The Flying Canoe."
which was recently published. The
meeting was presided over by Dr.
' W. (J. Langworthy Taylor, who
j-was-ptesidcrrt of Phi Beta Kappa
v. hen it whs first established at
Nebraska.
C. M. Hicks, secretary of the or
ganization, announced that Dr. O.
M. Vorhees-, of New York, who
is piesident of the national organi
zation of Phi Beta Kappa, would
be present at the next meeting
Dwight Kirsch will give an illus
trated l-cture on color photogra
phy at the next meeting, which will
be held Feb. 17 at 8 o'clock in
Morrill hall room 204.
NEW SLIDE RULE
COURSE OFFERED
FOR ENGINEERS
B.-ginning Feb. 10. and running
for about right weeks, a course of
instruction in th" jso of the slide
rule will be given for engineers
each Monday aft"-rnoon from 5 to
G p. m. There will be no fee
charged for the course and no
hours credit given. The class will
not Iv open to fre.dimrn.
Enrollment may be made on the
afternoon of th fin.t class period,
Feb. 10. The only supplies needed
will be a slide rule, pencil and
I'-iP'-r-
Heaux Arts Exhibition
Will Come to Nebraska
About Fevenlei-n prize drawings
o( the Beau:; Arts Institute of New
York City will be on display in the
architectural engineering labora
tory in the near future, according
to W. O. Hill of thnt department.
This traveling expedition, which
has already left New York,
What Do Professors Do With Their
Spare Time? Crawford Rides Horses
Editor's note: This is the first
of a series of articles on hobbies
and avocations ot university in
structors. Another story will
appear in tomorrow's Nebraskan
while others will follow next
semester.
By MARGARET TINLEY.
What do they do outside the
class room, those busy instructors
one meets at elcture or on the
campus? What hobbies do they
ride? Some of them have unique
ones, others surprising ones, but
all of the hobbies arc interesting.
Professor Robert P. Crawfoid,
whose official title is assistant to
the chancellor in public relallons
and who teaches agricultural
journalism, has a real hobby to
ride Jo. Jo is a red bay horse,
well known around the streets of
Lincoln.
"I had alwajs been interested
in riding," Mr. Crawford said,
"when I was out west in Montana
and Arizona. My father found Jo
for me about seven years ago. He
aw a man leading him into a
blacksmith shop and asked about
him because he was such a beau
tiful looking bay. Jo was about
three years old then and as frac
tious as a horse can be."
At the time he started riding,
Mr. Crawford was about the only
one in Lincoln who kept a horse
for regular exercise, and since
then Jo has become quite a char
acter. He is narticularlv fond of
; sugar and demands his pay before
; he will let the rider mount. When
he has nosed out a lump of sugar
TO FACULTY COMMITTEE
by David Fellman, representative
of the graduate college and aa ad
vanced student in the department
of political science. Voting: on the
move for the adoption or the plan
was by roll cs'l and the members
of the council expressed them
selves unanimously In favor of it
Two Purposes Served
Purposes of the plan as outlined
by Fellman are two. First, It
serves to give nonfraternlty stu
dents representation on the Stu
dent council, and secondly, It re
cognizes the existence of political
factions and gives to the Student
council almost unlimited power to
regulate the methods used by the
factions.
Representation by colleges as it
exists now is not altered by the
added feature of proportional re
presentation. In addition to the
students elected by a plurality
from their colleges, there will be
council members representing min
ority factions on the campus.
Vote For Factions
Students, in balloting, will ex
press their preferences for each
individual candidate and in addi
tion tbey may alllgn themselves
with one of the political factions.
Each faction recognized by the
Student council must file its slate
ot candidates at the student activ
ities office.
The status of the independent
candidate is in no way changed by
the proposed amendment. Neither
does the proposal force a student
to vote a straight ticket for any
political faction.
Larger Council
Membership of the Student
council will undoubtedly be in
creased but it will be flexible ac
cording to the way the votes are
proportioned among the factions.
According to Fellman, the maxi
mum size Is about 30 as compared
with 21, the present number of
student council members.
Referendum on the matter will
be taken at the regular second se
mester election which takes place
Tuesday, Feb. 11. Before It can
be voted on by students, however,
it must be approved by the faculty
committee on student organizations
Final action on the amendment
will be taken ty the university
senate.
Ralph Raikes stated at the Stu
dent council meeting: yesterday
that the new system of election
would be used at the spring elect
ion if it is approved by the various
agencies.
The exact plan appears in an
other column.
from a coat pocket he is ready for
his fun.
A Real Race Horse.
Jo is a descendant of a line of
race horses and Mr. Crawford has
found several times that "blood
will tell." One night on O street,
Jo decided to take a run and
scampered through the 5 o'clock
traffic of the busines district of
the city as if he were on a
straight way track. Automobiles
obligingly got out of the way until
Jo was stopped, but if they had
not, it would have been all the
samo to Jo.
"I call him 'Jody,' " Mr. Craw
ford said, speaking of his horse,
"but that is short for 'Jo.' You
see, Jo is bis name but we call
him that only when he is bad;
he likes 'Jody' better."
Among his horse's accomplish
ments, Mr. Crawford claims the
art of conversation. Jo will "Woo
hoo" at members of the family
when they come near his stable
or when he wants more dinner.
Another surprising talent of this
surprising horse is that of letter
writing. Anyone who is particu
larly kind to Jo or sends him some
gift receives a letter in answer.
But Mr. Crawford fails to explain
that writing is the profession of
Jo's master, because that might
cast some doubt on Jo's accom
plishment. Regular outdoor exercise is ex
celleut for any man confined to
a desk during business hours. Mr.
Crawford says, and he himself
tries to ride a little svery day.
and when the weather permits,
twice a day.