FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1930. TWO THE DAILY NEBRASKAN 7 1 lv? St 9 II ! A- 4 0 :. vV !r . i 4! ;-1 i 'i The Daily Nebraskan Station A, Lincoln, Nebraska OFFICIAL STUOiNT PUBLICATION UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA Published Tutaday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and , 6unday mornlnga during tha acadamle year. THIRTIETH VEAR Entered aa eecond-clasa matter at tha poatoffica In Lincoln, Nebraaka, under act of congress, March S, 1879, and at specie' rata of postage provided for In section 110 aat af October I, 117, authorized January SO, 1S22. UMir ellreotlon of tha Student Publication Board SUBSCRIPTION RATI IS a yaar Slnglt Copy ctnta 11. 2S a semester S3 a yaar mailed S1.7I a aemeiter mailed Editorial ffldeUnlveretty Hall 4. Business Offloe University Hall 4A. Telephone-Day! 8-6891 1 Nighli l6M2, B-3J33 (Journal) Aak for Nobr.iskan editor. EDITORIAL STAFF William T. McCleery Editor-hvehief Managing Sdlttfe Robert Kelly Elmeni Walta New Ediiere Franeae Maiyoke Arthur Mitehen William Meuaffin Eugene MeKim Rex Wagner Quy Craig Spdrte Editor Evelyn Simpson Women'e Sports Editor Berenlece Hoffman Society Editor BUSINESS 4TAFF Charlee Lawlor ! Butlneaa Manager Assistant tualnese Managers Norman Galleher Jack Jhonipaon Edwin Faulkner Harold Kuba I ilHMBEWr I Tale paper la represented for drertlilin b Te Nebraska AaecelaUoa. Dear Santa Clam: Last Cliristmns you dummied out ou us rather deplorably, but this year we're right back asking; i"or more. Just like a bunch of congressmen. We'll nut our fairly reasonable requests down in black (black) and white ( ) so there will bo no possible chance of error. I'irst, Santa CIhus, put a bum ' the operat ing superintendent's ear so we can rate u few parking regulations around the campus beauti ful. Maybo we would be as well off to ask Santa Claim for improvements ns the operating superintendent, but we'll take the indirect method. Then you might be large-hearted and irive Herb Gish a game with Notre Dame. This would fill his sock to overflowing, and also satisfy a lot of wolves around the country, liivc us a good home game for 1932, even if we do get licked. Better keep your twinkling eyes on Dean Amanda Heppner while she's in Europe. Sec that even if she is abroad she doesn't act un wisely. Don't give the Awgwan any tobacco adver tising, because it has been a bad, bad magazine and will probably give the university a terrible name in the state. What? You say there aren't more than 189 people in the stute who care about the Awgwan? Why, Santa! You better remember Dean T. J. Thompson, because he has taken several definite stands lately and should be rewarded. Keep away from the registrar's office unless you want your reindeer's ears bitten off. No customers in there. Might tie an extra dog sled on behind your own sleigh, so Dean Lyman can use some of the Pharmacy hall hounds during vacation. Santa Claus for goodness' sake, bring the A. W. S. board something. They may try to argue you out of your fur shirt when you deliver the gift, but. sit tight. Why not bring them a copy of that delightful little bulletin, "The Great Conspiracy Against American Womanhood." They suspect a conspiracy of some kind, but don't know just where it's coming from. When you go past the Student council stock ing, drop in a constitution. They will appre ciate it to beat the band. And they've been pretty good children lately, cutting down on the dirty elections, etc. And the Innocents certainly have something coming. They didn't know just how much, because the treasurer hasn't computed the profits. How about giving them free tickets to the football games next year? Give the lnterfraternity council another Wray Russell if you have a few extra ones lying around up there. While we're under way, we suggest Ihat you bring the military department a good publicity agent who will be able to manage their parties, etc., and maybe drill once in a while. As you speed past the Temple, don't fcive anything to the people who run station A. Their student customers want faster service. And, Santa Claus .vould you mind leaving i he editor of The Nebraskan an ounce or two of brains? CHAKLEY CAMPUS. "What 1 Aim to Get Out of College" is the title of essays to be written in the chancellor's annual contest. We suggest one like: "HOW f Aim to Get Out. of College." MORNING MAIL Dancing for Newsboy. TO THE EDITOR: The lnterfraternity council has had its fling. It gave a Christmas party for 1he poor news boys of Lincoln. It gave them each an apple' Indiana Survey Shows P. B. K.'s Do Not Burn Much Midnight Oil . UNIVERSITY OF INDIANA, Bloominffton. If midnight oil id burned by the new members of Phi Beta Kappa, honorary scholastic fraternity, the lamp is lighted after other activities have ceased, ac cording to instances found by a Daily Student reporter. The Observatory, club meetings, bed and that ubiquitous place called "out," the time limit of which is usually 10:80, were re ported aa the whereabouts of eight members of the fraternity who were called by a reporter the other night. Only one was at borne and only one at the library. Key Not Aid to Marriage. Questioned as to her idea of the attitude of men toward the woman whose mental ability has won ber distinction, one coed in the group replied, "I think that a Phi Beta Kappa key is not an asset to a girl with matrimonial aspirations." Ttw! four men declared, however, that they do not believe in the ad- waitintr for While it is obtained for and that some clothing, or that "it might newsboys?" aenerel Frees the parking an imbecile, but Why parties men. don for 't Uow about getting jobs Ihcy get out of school? 8e, "Where there are brains, there cannot beauty be." Competition for the honor is Just as keen now as it ever was in spite of the fact that increase in class enrollments has augmented the number taken into the fraternity each year, Dr. F. Lee Benns of the history department, secretary of the Indiana chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, declared. Grade Average A Minus. The scholarship average for the group elected the first semester of the senior year is approximately A minus, Dr. Benns believes. For the second semester the average is only slightly lower, because a few students who would otherwise be chosen in the fall must wait until they have taken the required courses. Despite the fact that winners of Pbl Beta Kappa keys are frequent ly looked upon as intellectual re cluses, campus activities are often and a bito of candy, and allowed them the privilege of watching one woman-Impersonator and cloven tap dancers) now it is sitting back favorablo publicity. true that tip dancers might bo no expense for such an occasion real Christinas present, such h food, might cost a bit more, the fact remains that the party was not uen success as it miuht have been. Was the councl thinking merely of the favorable publicity it might gain, with only an occasions! thought also be a good thing ior ine Regardless of motives, though, tlifl party was a good thing for the newsboys. It can be made a much better thina for them if the council will remember, next time, that folks with little or no money would appreciate something more substantial than a program of fancy dancing. Money for presents can bo collected. It has hern done by other organizations for similar purposes. And incidentally, if the Greeks arc looking only for publicity, the building up or a real Christmas fund for presents to Lincoln's poor children will get it for thorn. And get It much faster than the staging of a dnnce pro gram with apples and candy for presents. Planting huge busses in choice places around the campus for the purpose of selling bus tickets is not our idea of a smart way to relieve situation. Fourteen llourt. TO THE EDITOR: Many intelligent, capable students are regis tered in the university for no more than twelve or fourteen hours. Many of them have no outside work and do not devote any time to extracurricular activities. They spend several afternoons each week in the theaters. When all the shows in Lincoln have been taken in, they frequent the pool halls .and devote their surplus time to billards. When they tire of this means of recreation they torment their associates, who want and need to study, to play penny ante with them. Such people are always behind in their school work. They oversleep and miss several classes each Meek. Now fourteen hours is enough to occupy the full time of a moron or no one of average intelligence should fool away his time and his father s money taking fewer than sixteen hours, unless they have something else to claim their time and attention. The reason such people give when asked why they are not carrying more hours is that there were no other courses which they cared to take. How foolish! Out, of the hundreds of courses of instruction offered by the univer sity they cannot find any more which interest them. A university is no place for individuals whose minds are so devoid of intellectual yearning. To bo sure, some peoplo take too many hours and consequently do poor work in all of them. But by doing so they at least show they have a desire for an education which is more than can be said for our friends "who idle away their time on fourteen hours. R. X. W. Nice professors give examinations on the last morning of school before vacation. There must be something wrong with that sentence. Heart vs. Pocketbook. TO THE EDITOR: Why can't the University of Nebraska intro duce a Leap Year varsity party as many of the leading universities throughout the country are doing? It is a well known fact that the university party system is practically nil here and I can imagine nothing so interesting as to have the coeds do their own date selecting for a change. There is no doubt in my mind that the party if property backed by the university and spon sored by some such organization as the Mortar Board would be a success. 1 can't see any logical reason why the coeds shouldn't be able to kick in at least once a year, and what's niore it would clarify the minds of a good many males in regard to cer tain amorous affairs. Mr. X. some of the poor families give the poverty-stricken fraternity A General Cleanup. TO THE EDITOR: Here's a suggestion for remedying the un employment situation: why not give the uni versity a general cleanup? Why not make a regular practice of dusting class room furni ture at least once a week. A quarter inch of dust, dirt and grime, to say nothing of chew ing gum, is found on the seats in some of the buildings on the campus. 1 have ruined several dresses by carelessly sitting down in my seat without first taking my handkerchief and whisking the coarser parti cles of grime away. Should individual stu dents be compelled to do the janitor work or has the university entered into a combine in order to create busipess for Lincoln cleaning establishments? ANGERED COED. for athleteR after Included In the work of the suc cessful aspirant, Dr. Benns said. Many have worked their way through school. In this semester's group participation in Jordan River revues, work on campus pub lications and membership in other elective honor organizations are included in the activities of several of the members. Right Start, Perseverance. Getting started right the first few semesters of the college career and perseverance wer riven as tne chief necessities for anyone who desires to become eligible for mem. bersbip in Phi Beta Kappa. Not one of the interviewed students, however, admitted ever having worked conscientiously for the honor but all declared that they had won it with Uttle effort. Little benefit In the business and professional world la expected to be gained through possession of the coveted key, the fraternity neophytes told the reporter. In education one member thought that it would be a very material aid, while the remainder agreed that it probably would help but little. j ML BEHIND 1 Roland Miller "Twa tha nlirht Weore ChrUl man,' when all through the house, Pio a, crrm'irc wti Burring , . . they wers all pie-eyed. Krts Krlngla may mean a world of thinga to soma but to us it sounds uxe a newranriea razor sharpener. VVe are the posterity our fore fathers prayed for. Can you blame them? "Ud from the sldew&lka of New York," said the big- city cop as he helned a fallen bum to his feet. And when the poor fellow picked up an apple from tne cutter tne noliceman reprimanded him for trying to curb his hunger. "Pardon us," said the convicts ts they burts Into the governor's suite. Christmas Is here! What? You don't belive It? Why not, isn't It present time. It used to be "an apple a day keeps the doctor away." but lately In New York they nave neen usea very effectively in keeping the wolf away. He was the last of a long line, but he was determined to get his soup and coffee. He was frank and earnest, oh the two faced rascal. We do hope that the lnterfrat ernity council will see nothing wrong: in all ine parties Demg given to the boys and girlsby the various fraternities ana soronuea on the campus. And now for a snappy little number by the Rubber Band, en titled "On with the dance, let the arches fall where they may." Seven davs left in which to do your Christmas shopping, and be iieve us, these seven last days will make one weak! So he slit her throat from ear to ear, and the blooa running down her cut and mangled body formed in a pool at her feet. With this pleasant little thought we leave you, wishing you a Very Merry Christmas, and a prosper ous New Year! Phi Upsilon Omicron, home eco nomics honorary, entertamea win a dinner Thursday evening at the Cornhusker Coffee shop in honor of Bess Rowe, former national president of that organization, and now with Farmer's Wife magazine. Following the dinner a meeting was held at Ellen Smith hall. . BURNETT TELLS ABOUT NEED FOR . THREE BUILDINGS (Continued from Page 1.) cramped conditions that the most effective work cannot be done. Home Economics hall was erected twentv-three years ago at a cost of about $70,000 and the work Is carried on in this building and such other rooms as may be found not fully scheduled for agriculture. It Is not the plan to abandon the present building but to supplement it by housing in the new building the cafeteria, the laboratories for nutrition and dietetics and the re search laboratories in home eco nomics. This work can not be de veloped further without such re lief, and $175,000 has been aaked for a home economics hall. The work offered here for women con tributes greatly to their enrich ment of life, to enlarged compe tence, and resourcefulness. We are among the last of the middle western states to provide adequate housing for this Important worn. Need Dorm for Nurses. At the medical college at Omaha 120 student nurses are employed in the university hospital. They must be furnished living quarters and in struction in return for their serv ices. Seventy-two of them are housed in the modern nreprooi nurse1 home erected in ivzi. witn the doubling of the capacity of the hospital, the number of nurses was Increased until we now nuve iu- ty-five nurses living in an oiu wooden hall which has a high fire hazard and Is without suitable ac commodations. We also have about twenty-five nurses living In one of the wards 'of the hospital which must now be equipped for patients. We shall need to Increase the number of nurses to about 146 when the hospital is fully in use. A duplicate of the present modern home must be built Aji extension of the heating plant is necessary to care for the added load. The addi tions, with necessary furnishings and equipment, will cost $135,000. The hospital ward now used as a dormitory must be vacated and used for hospital cases. A new classroom Duuaing mum. be erected upon the city campus at Lincoln. It will replace what re mains of old University hall and will also house the college of busi ness administration or similar ime of work. The space now devoted to the above college will then be .nt.H tn inrni of the instruc tional H.nrtmenta not now ade- and quately cared ior. iu niic n.l annearance tnia nuiiaing -nil Hnnitaaie Andrews ball, It -.in anno 000 and will provide a permanent home for the work of a rapidly growing college which may later require the entire build ing for its use. The land requirements foi this blenniura will be limited to the purchase of certain lots to extend the drill field and for physical ed ucation. Some more land is needed tnr th. riairv herd. If a little .1 The University Player IN THE IMPORTANCE BEING EARNEST" y OSCAR WILDE or Trivial Comedy for Serloue Peipie Dacsmbrr 15 to SO, 130 Curtain, 7:30 P. M. Saturday Matinee, 8:30 P. M. TICKETS AT LATSCH BROS Young Swains Have Difficulty in Selecting Christmas Presents for Their Girls; Some Use Sister Ruse BY EVELYN SIMPSON. When Lady Lincoln docks herself out with jrnrliinlH and wreaths, colored lightr, bells, and streamers, when Snntn Clans images frequent every street corner ringing hells, when a greater number of small noses arc pressed against window panes than usual those arc signs of Christmas. But, when the girls suddenly develop the walking habit, and take great pains to aamire, iny the presence of the unsuspecting males, gift suggestions on display In the windows, and the stores are filled with flustered young gentle men who are usually "looking ior something for my sister," then, Christmas la almost here. The last named phenomenon Is perhaps the most Interesting and amusing of the lot, for after all, girls do have a way of making known their likes and dislikes on each of their 365 birthdays. But, about these men. tome Man Timid. Everywhere they are to be seen. Some of them are more ahy than others and wander around wearing a lost look. The most severely af flicted of this type will go to the Jewelry department, look at two or three compacts, bracelets, or some such article, pay for it and walk out suddenly and swiftly, heaving a sigh of relief. Others who are more experienced will go to some lady clerk and ask for suggestions for a gift. She may sugest perfume of some sort, and the facial grimaces the poor young fellow wears as he tries to distinguish some scent which his olfactory sense has experienced be fore In his girl's presence Is really funny. Perhaps the best comedy or an is put on by the man who has hung his pin and alms to go into the ladies' apparel department, prob ably upon sugestion or nis gin s roommate, to purchase a gift. He wanders around among the count ers looking like a lost sheep and feeling, among the more pugilistic women Christmas shoppers, like a sheep among the wolves. He may wander up to tne nosiery i Three Blind Coeds Texas Are Making All 'A Grades Though blind, three voung wo men students in Texas university are making an all "A" record for themselves In their studies. Miss Tina Lou Wallace, a graduate of the Texas school for the Diina, is attending the university as a nrntee'e ,of the Austin Lions club. She was valedictorian of her class in the school for the blind. She is a junior in the university and plans to teach spanisn in a junior col lege. ' Major In Greek. Misa Nell Hrftlns of Austin is also a graduate of the Texas school for the blind. She is a four year student, majoring in Greek, and monev Is available for the pur chase of lots as they are offered for sale, the prica which must be paid will be much less than when the nniverstv is forced to nay the seller's price in order to complete needed location, we are bbkihk $125,000 for land during the biennium. - Must Spent Money. Some money must be spent for improvements at our outlying plants. A shop for instruction in carpentry and forge work and a laboratory for the study of farm machinery is needed at curiis. ai North Platte a building is needed tn hnime ernprimpiilal exhibits and for almost daily accommodation of parties of farmers or oi scnooi students who wish to study the work of the station. The cost of these two buildings will be about $35,000. An astronomical laboratory and classroom building costing $5fl.000 is asked in order to mourn a icie- scope partly constructea many years ago, but sua incomplete uu without a building in which It may be mounted. Thirty thousand doilars is asked tn nrovide more adeauate accom modations for the Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Hall art collection, through tne erection of a new gallery to Mor rill hall. This collection was a gift to the university and consisted of fine collection of oil paintings and etchings as well as a sum of nearly $100,000 which can be used only for additions to the collection. The suitable housing of this collec tion was promised the donors and this request Is in accordance with our express obligations. Tola i i a ou,w. Alr.rether these Items total $950,000, or $435,000 more than for the current biennium. The total i Smart Modern Designs l ( CHRISTMAS CARDS are ready for your ap- j Uf NOW! Graves Printing Co. ) Printers and Engravers 312 North 12th St. ) I "South of Temple J r at $ A Merry Christmas and Happy' New Year Ut from Dont forget Dancing at the SILVER BALLROOM in the HOTEL fl LINDELL every Friday and Saturday night during vacation. M ALSO Big Dances on Christmas Night and 3 counter, and at the clerk's query will probably stammer. "Er-um-an, well I'd like to look at some hose for my sister." At which, the clerk smiles discreetly and Inquires the size. The youth may then be seized with a fit of coughing at least an Inward fit. for his face will assume the tint of a tomato, and nine chances out of ten he will have forgotten the size. The clerk will ask the size of her shoe, and he will attempt to demonstrate the length of the girl's foot, and usu ally will fall miserably. By this time the clerk, who Is filled with compassion as well as convulsed laughter, will ask If the girl In question mignt wear me same size as she does and Inquires if the fiirl is about her size. Being forced to contemplate the clerk In the liiht of such a question usuauy brings forth a hurried ejaculation about "letting It go" or "finding out the size," a muffled thanks, and a hurried retreat of the knight errant. Wear Out Novelties. Sometimes, of course, the benev olent youths purchase musical powder boxes or some such nov elty, and wear out the musical ap paratus before Christmas ever ar rives. But the spirit is there, and after all. that is the "nub" of it all. The Yuletide season has settled upon the campus, and despite eco nomical crises that may be waging in the world outside, dads money will continue to be spent for com pacts and musical powuer boxes by the Jolly Santa Clauses these uni versity men picture tnemseives to be that is. they would be jolly if they on'y had the cherry like eyes, and the berry like nose, and white whiskers. Enrolled at plans to teach when she is gradu ated from the university. She con ducts a Sunday school class in the First Baptist church. Valedictorian. Miss Sammie Kirkpatrick was graduated from the Arlington high school as valedictorian of her class. While In high school she wrote a prize winning paper on Greek mythology, and also won several medals in lnterscholastlc league debating contests. She plans to write fiction. In spite of their handicap, these girls swim, dance, have dates, and participate in other activities en joyed by university girls. university appropriation will re quire a levy of .75 of a mill or 75 cents upon each $1,000 of assessed valuation, based upon the 1930 grand assessment roll. The amount requested for buildings is neces sary to furnish suitable instruc tion. These buildings will cost 15 cents each year upon every $1,000 of the assessed valuation of the state figured on the basis of the 1920 grand assessment roll. We ask the following buildings and im provements for the next two years: Women's dormitory, equip ment and service connec tions ....i $100,000 Nurses' home and enlarg ing heating plant, Omaha 135,000 Home economics hall, Ag campus 175,000 Campus and farm land... 125,000 Curtis and North Platte improvements 35,000 Replacement of University hall, city campus 300,000 Extension of Morrill hall, city campus 30,000 Astronomy hall, city cam pus 50,000 Total $950,000 "Your Drug Store" Christmas will aoon be here and we nre ready. Lt ua supply your needs also. WHITMAN CHOCOLATES THE OWL PHARMACY Phone B1068 148 No. 14 P St. ffi)2i0a33 Tonite AUDITORIUM BALL ROOM Dixie Ramblers Nebraslta's Premier Colored Dance Band From Omaha Playing Both Friday and Sat urday Nights. 75c Per Couple fiecki cROWESrras, MZAD STUDENTS DISCUSS THEORY OF LAND VALUES Members of Prof. T. T. Bul lock's class In land economics after hearing an address Wednesday afternoon by Curtis C. Kimball on "Appraisal of Buslnesa Property" devoted their time to practical ap plication of the theory studied thus far in that class. After discussions of the general principles that underlie land ap praisal, they considered such ap plication to specific pieces of busl nesa property In Lincoln with which the members of the class were familiar. The remainder of the time whs spent in questions and answers, students asking and Professor Bul lock giving such Information. CRAWFORD GIVES TEA FOR 100 JOURNALISTS (Continued from Page 1.) the afternoon. Mrs. Arva Dee Weaver, economics editor of the Nebraska . Farmer, told of the Inspiration she received from the professor's classes and talked of ber work since graduating. Miaa Klnacella Talks. Misa Hazel Klnscella. author of numerous feature stories snd extensive traveler, stressed the importance of English to a writer and declared that one should gel as much of It aa possible while In college. Mrs. John Almy, poet ess and author of numerous ar ticles on religion, told of her past experiences in the field. She in sisted that if a person has the desire and the perseverance to cling to writing,' he can not help but succeed. Miss Pauline Bilon, former pu pil of the professor and now em ployed on the Nebraska Farmer, gave a short speech. Refreshments wera served dur ing the hour. The suite in which the party was held was deco rated in the Christmas motif with a large tree forming the center attraction. Music was furnished during the period. PLAYERS' PRODUCTION WILL CLOSE SATURDAY (Continued from Page 1.) Worthing uses as an excuse to go up to town. Remarks that bury their satire in cleverness and comedy, hit at almost everything from marriage on down or up. The play la pre sented modernistically and there is nothing in the play which does not sound 1930 although It wae writ ten thirty-five years ago. The tone of the entire play Is modernism and sophistication. 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