he Daily Nebra
Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska
Around
and
About
By Howard Dobion.
VOL. XXXV NO. 86.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, I ERHUARY 13, 19.
PRICE 5 CENTS
SKAN
Ducking our unkempt head to
dodge possible missiles, wo heave
a stealthy boiquot at Billy Cllno,
recently installed as president of
the. social chairmen, who is a
good promoter in any league. The
organization was started by Cllne
and others of his ilk to bring union
houso party orchestras to hell last
fall, It succeeded in raising a
modest scrap, which amounted to
about as much as most such
scraps do.
The only result thus far has
been an increase in the popularity
of phonograph records as music
for house parties. Most of the
chairmen find that their brothers
and sisters prcier Casa Loma or
Jan Garbcr thru a loudspeakers to
the output of a bunch of steam
ftttcra who met outsldo tho door
before the party. Most party or
chestras consist of one. man who
is somewhat known and who picks
up a bunch of the boys whenever
he gets a Job. We heave tho bou
quet becauso we like to sec a
scrap.
We'd like to turn a ob sister
loose on this one. The other day
we saw a ragged little girl, her
chapped cheeks buried as deeply
as possible in the collar of an old
coat, marching Into a stiff north
wind that must have been freez
ing her by inches. She had no
overshoes of any kind, and her
broken little shoes didn't even
bend as she hobbled and slipped
along the snowy sidewalk. To
her breast she clutched a doll
wrapped In newspapers, one lit
tle red wrist flexing slowly as
she mechanically patted the doll
and talked to It.
.
And how many different ways
can you thing of for referring to
a girl? We know of dame, ekirt,
twist, frill, frail, guinea, broad,
cup o tea, gal to name a few.
Parenthetically we add that it is
not a good idea to use certain of
those.
Students in an American Lit
class last semester amused
themselves for a few weeks by
laughing at a young man who
fell asleep every morning. He
cooked nights from 7 to 7 in
a downtown hamburger shop.
He said he could stay awake
until after an 8 o'clock class, but
a 9 o'clock class was just too
long. He has taken, over a pe
riod of years, most of the liter
ature courses offered in the uni
versity, and plana to take as
many more as possible. It all de
pends on how many he can find
at 8 o'clock. He beams like a
schoolboy whenever anybody sits
over a sandwich and a cup of
coffee to talk literature with
him. Yes, he puts out extra cups
of coffee indefinitely lor any
body who will.
We ate trying to organize a
party to attend the next taffy pull
in Billon Smith hall. Want to come
along, fellows? We'll have a dandy
time.
So far as we have been able to
find out, not very many of the
local belles are planning on
taking advantage of their well
known New Year's prerogative.
Bonnie Bishop recently garnered
a box of candy when one re
fused. She opined, "But all the
rest of them accepted."
Two jaunty young- collegiates
swaggered into Ellen Smith hall
one afternoon not long ago, and
found their way to the love seat
in the southeast bay window
Thev, apparently, were waiting for
snmebmiv. Time passed, and
sprightly young coeds chirped
cooey greetings to each other all
over the place. The whole scene
was one of order, strict business
rectitude and good fellowship, and
to complete the picture the sedate
strains of a Moody & Sankey
hymn floated down from the dim
upper reaches of the building.
The boys waited, they joked,
they fretted, they sweated, they
stirred, and finally became
downright anxious. The room in
which they pat filled slowly, sev
eral of t" girl greeting the in
terlopers with surprise. It soon
became apparent that a meeting
was about to begin, and the lads
took a runout. To make a bor
ing story shorter than it could
be if we were more pressed for
copy the gal for whom the boys
were waiting had fled by the
side door, and left her cocky
friends marooned on the pre
carious island of a love seat In a
sea of femininity. The only time
we ever felt worse was when
we broke into a MethodiSt min
isters' conclave and were tossed
out.
We recently quizzed a young
ladv on the organization, purpose
and functioning of the A. W. S.
Board, Council, etc. Try it some
time. It beats poker, and you can t
lose a cert. Kemind us to go into
this poker U siness later, Bertram.
OH EK TAP DANCING
FOH MEN STUDENTS
AH university men are invited
to take advantage of the tap danc
ing lessons which are to be given
each Thursday at 11 o'clock in
the coliseum by Irving Kukhn,
university freshman and profes
sional tap dancer. The classes
start today and will be given free
of charge. '
Charles Miller, gym instructor,
who is sponsoring the new class,
stated that it is being tried out
ta an experiment this semester.
Such courses are being offered in
several other universities.
Two Teachers Recently
Get School Assignments
Two teachers recently receiving
positions are Herbert Hartley and
Carol Randall. Hartley of Wilcox
will teach agriculture at Crawford.
Miss Randall will be instructor in
music and English at Neligh. She
la a resident of Lincoln-
DAILY NEBRASKAN
REPORTING STAFF
GIVEN POSITIONS
Managing Editors Assign
Permanent Beats to 32
Students.
Thirty-two reporters received
permanent beats for second se
mester work on tho Dally Ne
braskan yesterday afternoon, fol
lowing assignments made by the
managing' editors of the publica
tion. Departmental staff mem
bers were also announced at the
same time.
It is required that reporters
who have been assigned to a regu
lar beat, cover the beat daily and
If unable to do so, to inform the
managing editor, in order that he
may assign someone else to the
beat for that clay. Reporters who
do not report regularly for work
will not be able to retain their
beat, according to announcement
made by the managing editors.
For Second Semester Only.
Reporters and the beats which
they will cover for the second se
mester include: Mary Arbitman,
French, Spanish departments, In
nocents, Mortar Board; Mary Jane
Barnes, society; Roma Beach,
philosophy, psychology; Ruth Bor
nemeier, observatory, operating
superintendent; June Bierbower,
state historical society, campus
cop; Bonnie Burn, Condra's office,
German department, and Wilbur
Burney, university players, barb
council, interclub council.
Bruce Campbell, A and B In
tramural sports; John Collins, ex
change assignments; Bob Dunn,
boxing; George Frey, Bizad col
lege, Alpha Kappa Psi, BGS. Delta
Sigma Pi; Lloyd Friedman, mili
tary department, Pershing Rifles,
Scabbard and Blade, Phalanr;
Eleanor Greusel, fine arts depart
ment, Morrill hall; Thomas Hicks,
engineering department, and so
cieties, Blue Print; Marjorie
Hudson, Church foundations, stu
dent offices in Temple, religious
welfare council.
Large Reporting Staff.
Don Kellogg, gym team; Pat
Jensen, geography department, ex
tension division; Eugene Knox,
wrestling; Genevieve Lamme, Pal
ladian literary; Kathryn Lynblad,
Dclian Union; Pat Meier, botany,
zoology departments; Helen Pas
coe, Panhellenic, A. W. S. charm
school; Sue Pickering, library;
Bob Reddish, Kosmet Klub, N
Club; Barbara Rosewater, Prairie
Schooner; Jo Rubnltz, Cornhusker,
Political Science department;
Ruth Sic, English, dentistry de
partment and Bob Steifler, de
bate, Prof. White's office, Kos
met Klub.
Grant Thomas, history, sociol
ogy department; Ernest Tullis,
Temple, speech department; Hok
ey Weaver, cathedral choir, Latin
department; and Ralph Woodruff,
swimming, band, Gamma Lambda.
Those assigned to work on the
feature staff for the next semester
are: Virginia Anderson, June
Bierbower, Elizabeth Bushee, Car
ol Clark, Eleanor Greusel, Mar
jorie Hudson, Ed Murray, Barbara
Rosewater, Josephine Rubnitz,
Bob Stiefler and Jean Walker.
Four Members on Women's Staff.
Members on the women's staff
include: Regina Hunkins, editor;
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Fi
FOLLIES DUE FRIDAY
Candidates for Best-Dressed
Girl Must Be Filed in
Ellen Smith.
Jean Walt, chairman of the
A. W. S. committee in charge of
the Coed Follies, issued a reminder
to all organized women's groups
that skit summaries, the names of
style show nominees, and the
names of the candidates for best
dressed girl are due Friday by 5
o'clock at Mrs. Westovcr's desk
in Ellen Smith hall.
"Skits or nominations submitted
after the time specified will not be
considered as eligible by the com
mittee in charge. Miss Walt an
nounced. "We are desirous of
having as great a variety of skits
to choose from as possible, and we
urge all women's groups to submit
their ideas."
Style Show Featured.
Each group is allowed to submit
six nominees for models for the
style show, which will be one of
the features of the Follies. Pre
sented on March 27 the style show
gives an accurate prediction of
what the well dressed girl on the
campus will be wearing during the
spring season.
Any organized group is eligible
to submit a candidate for best
dressed girl, whose presentation
will climax the production.
A judging committee from the
A. W. S. board, not yet announced,
will iudee and select the skits, the
style show models and the best
dressed girL
Skits Ten Minutes Long.
Campus groups expecting to
submit skits were reminded that
each skit is to be limited to ten
m.nites in length. The name of
the person in charge of the skit
should be handed in with the sum
mary in order that arrangements
for judging and production may
be made, Miss Walt stated.
BABY BOA CAN'T TAKE
IT IN ZERO WEATHER
Polar bears may take sub-zero
weather in their stride but boa
constrictors don't. The young boa,
protege of P. T. Gilbert of the zo
ology department, Is in a decidedly
bad way. When visited in his un
natural habitat, a glass cago in
room 105 Bessie Hall, he was
found coiled in the corner and only
responding feebly to taps on the
glass. A fungus growth has eaten
away many of his body scales and,
for a snake, he is far from being
a formidable sight.
A strong light, placed in his
cage for warmth, is a poor sub
stitute for the humid climate of
his native tropics, so who could
blame him for feeling pretty dis
couraged about the situation. Mr.
Gilbert gives the snake a sulphur
massage every day and is hope
ful that the boa will recover his
former enthusiasm, when and if
the temperature rises to a more
comfortable point.
SEND DELEGATES TO
Representatives Arrive
Student Conference
On Friday.
for
Delegates from eight schools in
Nebraska are expected to attend
the Student Christian Movement
conference in Lincoln Friday and
Saturday. It is expected that 350
young people will take advantage
of the opoprtunlty to attend the
annual meeting, which will be led
this year by Toyohiko Kagawa,
famous Japanese social worker.
University students who wish to
register as delegates to the con
ference may do so at the Y. W.
office in Ellen Smith or at the
Y. M. ofice in the Temple build
ing. Students or faculty members
who wished to atend the two lec
tures by Kagawa on Saturday
may register as a conference guest
at Ellen Smith or Temple, it was
announced by Miss Mildred Oreen,
Y. W. secretary.
Registration at 4 O'clock.
With the delegates expected to
arrive Friday afternoon, registra
tion in the Temple building for
out. of town young people will be
gin at 4 o'clock. At 7:30 Friday
night members of the conference
will congregate in the basement
of the St. Paul M. E. church
where they will listen to Kagawa's
speech on "World Peace." The
talk will be amplified by a public
address system. After the lecture
the delegates will participate in a
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TO TEST TALENT IN
T
Only Men Not Now on Squad
May Enter; Reading
Lists Ready.
Prospective debaters who have
not already been selected on the
squad this year will have an op
portunity to test their forensic
talents, in a university try-out
Feb. 25, Prof. H. A. White an
nounced Wednesday. The try-out
as well as later debates in the
year will be concentrated on the
question: Resolved, that congress,
by a two-thirds majority vote,
should have the power to over
lide decisions of the supreme
court declaring laws unconstitu
tional. Any one interested in the sub
ject may try-out except those that
have already been chosen on
teams debating thus far this year,
Mr. White announced. He stated
that unless at least eight men sig
nify theh intention to speak before
Feb. 20 there win DC no inai.
Bibliographies for study may be
obtained in Andrews hall 111 and
books will be placed on reserve in
the general library. I
NEBRASKA COLLEGES
KOSMET SHOW AUTHOR LIKE
jMARI SANDOZ - PERSISTENT
Chauncey Barney, author of
the winning play of the 1936 Kos
met Klub spring show, "Southern
Exposure," and, incidentally, re
ceiver of the $50 that goes along
with the winning wrUiug, is glad
to see one of his mental labors
finally received. The former stu
dent of College View high school,
where he first showed his aptitude
for the theater by starring in the
junior and senior plays, has at last
reached that position where he
may be introduced by friends as a
successful author.
But his career has not been a
road paved with encouragement
Like Mark Twain, editors met his
early attempts with an avalanche
of rejections, failing to recognize
them as masterpieces that will
live through the centuriees. Bar
ney is the author of some very fine
short stories, for which, he states,
he has received some equally fine
rejection slips. Poems also have
slipped from bis fountain pen, but
these have had a very limited cir
culation "strictly personal," he
describes them.
In the field of plays, Chauncey
literature needs more authors of
FUNK WINS PRIZE
WITH BEST PLAN
FOR JR-SR P
Originality, Cost, Color
Basis of Judges
Selection.
Robert Funk, business admin
istration junior, has been declared
winner of the $15 prize in the
Junior-Senior Prom Girl presenta
tion contest, committee chairman
Arnold Levin announced Wednes
day. The winning idea was picked
from the group of plans submitted
for consideration by the commit
tee of judges after a careful study
of the entire number.
Judges who picked the presenta
tion theme above the others con
sidered were: Kady B. Faulkner,
Prof. F. Dwlght Kirsch, and Prof.
Raymond H. Williams, all mem
bers of the art department. The
judges made their selection upon
the basis of originality, coat, and
color.
Filings for Prom girl will be
open until Friday evening, and all
groups wishing to file their candi
dates should do so as soon as pos
sible, Marylou Petersen, co-chairman
of the Prom committee an
nounced. Several candidates have
already been submitted and it is
hoped that others will be sent in
to the activities office in the coli
seum at once, she stated.
repreWaITof
AT ALL-AG ASSEMBLY
Miss Alice Sowers Is Main
Speaker at First
Convocation.
First of the All-Ag convocations
for the second semester is to be
held this morning at 11 o'clock
vL-hmi Miss Alice Sowers, repre
sentative of the National Parents-
Teachers congress in Washington,
D. C, speaks upon the subject of
"Facing the Future" in room 306
in Ag hall. The convocation is
open to all students enrolled on the
agricultural campus.
The subject which the speaker
plans to develop at the convocation
concerns education in relation to
future, problems that young people
may encounter. Expressing their
belief that it will be worthwhile for
all students to attend the gather
in a- hnth because of Miss Sowers'
ability as a speaker and because of
importance of the topic 10 young
people, the committee in charge of
the convocation is particularly
anxious that as many students as
possible attend tne garnering una
morning, according to Miss Vele
da Davis, chairman of the com
mittee.
A fact which Miss Davis wished
to stress in particular concerning
the meeting was that the young
men attending ag college were in
vited to attend the convocation, as
wpll as the women students. In
expressing her opinion of the com
ing meeting. Miss uavis saiu, we
truly feel that it is an opportunity
for ag students to hear Miss Sow
ers and for this reason we are
urging that as large a number as
possible be at the convocation."
Phi IT. and Omicron Nu. home
economics honoraries are sponsor
ing the program, vioia jonnson
and Marv Doderill are the presi
dents of the respective organiza
tions.
CAMPUS STUDIO.
Feb. 13., Thursday.
12:00 Athletic Managers.
12:00 Wrestling Team.
5:00 Pershing Rifle Crack
Squad.
5:00 Publication Board.
Feb. 14, Friday.
10:00 Chemical Engineers.
12:00 A. S. M. E.
12:00 Delta Omicron.
that name has restricted himself
to writing for his own amusement,
with the exception, of course, of
his Kosmet Klub efforts. Of these
last there have been four in as
many successive years. It was not
until Tuesday, when President Bob
Pierce announced that eighteen
judges had picked his latest effort
over six other entrants, that Bar
ney became a success. Just like
Marl Sandoz, he commented. Her
publication was refused by many
publishers before it finally won the
recognition it merited.
Nothing could offer a more
peaceful scene for a drowsy, south
land musicomedy, he admitted,
than a quiet D;xie plantation. But
allow the colli ge friends of a col
legiate owner who lost his last
cent in a cotton-pickers crap
game to descend en masse upon
the peaceful scene, and it begins to
take on all the aspects of an in
teresting plot.
The script is full of spots where
a chorus of brawny-limbed dancers
can supplement laughs, and the
eternal love Interest is not lacking.
It seems the male center of inter
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PTA CONGRESS TALKS
Mari Sandoz' College Essay
Reflects Style of 'Old Jules'
Nebraska's Famous Author of $."000 Prie Winning
Novel Won Second Place in llnivcrsily
Contest When Senior in 1932.
Marl Sandoz, now famous au
thor of "Old Jules," $5,000 prize
Atlantic Monthly" novel for 1935,
was second prize winner in tho
chancellor's essay contest at the
university in 1932. Her essay,
"What Should Be Considered in
Choosing a Voctlon," reflects strik
ingly the same theme and style
she used in creating her prize
novel. When the essay was writ
ten, she was a senior student in
the university, and she received a
$25.00 prize for its excellence.
WHAT SHOULD BE CONSID
ERED IN CHOOSING A
VOCATION?
"Any consideration of a career
or a profession is of necessity con
ditioned by the attitude of the in
dividual. Does he, for instance,
want to practice medicine or want
to be a doctor Does he wish to
teach school or to be a teacher?
In other words, is doing or being
the important thing
"In America the question is sel
dom "What are you?" but rather
"What do you do?" This stress
upon doing was perhaps inevitable
in our history. Only men and
women of action could conquer a
continent, subdue a virile red race,
and tame a wilderness whose
drouth and pest-infected reaches
are itlll not entirely friendly to
white inhabitants. People of ac-
ASME GROUP TO HEAR
TWO TALKS AT MEET
A double feature program will
entertain ASME members at their
meeting Feb. 25, according to
Ralph Doubt, president. Wilbur
Schultz will speak on "Rerefined
Oil," and Paul Ganlin on "The
Binary Vapor System." Both men
are club members, since paper as
signments rotate among the mem
bers. All must participate in the
programs at some time.
The meeting will be held in M.
E. building in room 206. Mem
bers are also being urged to start
work on their papers for the con
test at the Kansas City conven
tion, March 20.
JANE IMS
SELECT STAFF WORK
Social Organization Holds
Membership Tea for
New Students.
With organization of the vari
ous Y. W. staffs complete for sec
ond semester, all new women on
the campus, and members of the
"Y" not yet in active staff work
are urged by President Jane Kee
fer, to sign as soon as possible in
Ellen Smith hall, for their favorite
type of staff.
A special membership tea for
girls new to the campus will be
given Thursday, Feb. 20, from
3:30 to 5 o'clock, in Ellen Smith
hall. "We cordially Invite all
girls interested in the Y. W. to
attend the affair, as they will have
an opportunity to meet all cabi
net and staff members, and Miss
Gieen, executive secretary. They
will also have a chance to learn
the specific work of each staff,
and can sign for the one of their
choice," stated Miss Keefer.
A tentative schedule for staff
meetings follows: Betty Cherny,
creative leisure, Tuesday, nt 4;
Kathryn Winquist, personnel, Mon
day. 4: Eleanor Clizbe, publica
tions, Friday. 2; Maxine Durand,
finance, Monday, 5; Aileen Mar
shall, project. Wednesday, 5; Mar
garet Phillippi. vesper choir,
Thursday, 5; Kathcrine Hendy,
conference, Tuesday. 12; Winifred
Nelson, international relations,
Thursday. 2; Jeanne Palmer, mem
bership, Wednesday, 4; June Wag
goner, Nebraska in China, Thurs
day. 4; Doris Weaver, posters,
Tuesday, 4; Frarces Scudder, ves
pers. Wednesday, 12, and Marie
Kotouc, new citizenship, Wednes
day, 4.
SPEAKING FRENCH IS
LUNCHEON PURPOSE.
Thursday Session at
Grand Hotel Open to
Interested Students
All students in the French de
partment interested in hearing or
speaking the French language are
cordially invited to attend the
French luncheon session held
Thursday noon, Febr. 13, at the
Grand Hotel, according to Miss
Katherine Townsend, instructor in
charge.
Only French will be spoken
throughout the whole lunch period
in order that students in the de
partment may become better ac
quainted with the spoken language.
Reservations do not have to be
made. Tickets are 25 cents each
and are to be purchased in the
main dining room of the Grand
Hotel.
Alpha Kappa Psi Group
Holds Short Meet Today
Members of Alpha Kappa Psi
will have a short business meet
int Thursday afttrnoon at 4:45
o'clock in the Commercial club
it' t V:
l-rom l.lnt'nin Jounml
mari sandoz.
tion excelled here. They and their
families became influential, impor
tant. They were the successful.
Pioneer Had No Schooling.
"And then suddenly the man
whose ancestors staked out land
from the Alleghenies to Oregon,
whose childhood was very probably
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BAND GIVES ANNUAL
INK
Members to Play 4 Contest
Selections; Quick
Directs.
Annual winter concert of the
university band will be presented'
Sunday. Feb. 16. at 3 p. m.. in the
university coliseum. William
"Billy" Quick, who has been at
the university for eighteen years,
will direct sixty-five band mem
bers thru the strains of overtures,
serenades and marches.
Also to be included on the pro
gram arc the four contest num
bers to be played by the bands
of the fourth sections of the Ne
braska high school band contest
to be held in May. Many bands
from all over the state have been
invited to attend. In this manner
visiting bands will be able to hear
and benefit by the uniersity band's
interpretation of their numbers.
During the past season, the
band has been active in playing at
all the football and basketball
games. The group has also taken
two trips, one to Pawnee City,
where they gave a concert, the
other to Manhattan, Kas., where
they played at the Nebraska-Kansas
State football game.
Expect Success.
"The boys have been working
faithfully all year, and I expect
a fine performance Sunday," Mr.
Quick has stated. "However, I
have been somewhat discouraged
by the weather, and only hope it
improves by Sunday eo we may
have a record attendance."
Beside the regular band num
bers there will be several soloists
and group performances. Lenore
B. Van Kirk, teacher in the uni
versity school will be soprano
soloist, and Austin Garrel. a stu
dent here, will present a baritone
solo. A brass quartet. . consisting
of band members, will give a num
ber Sunday as well as at Friday's
convocation.
Altho the band has had num
erous practices, they have also had
sectional drills to perfect their
music. Raymond Reed of the
school of music has worked with
the clarinets and woodwinds: John
Shildneck has drilled the trumpet
section, and Mr. Quick has per
fected the work of the larger instruments.
Library Celebrates Birthday
With University Charier Day
Institution Arranges Exhibition of Books Descriptive
Of 60 Years of Progress; Some of I irsi
Volumes Included in Display.
Sixty years of progress is the
record of which the university li
brary can boast, as thoughts turn
with the celebration of charter
day toward the changes which
have taken place on the campus,
since the university was first
founded. The birthday of the li
brary corresponds with that of
the university since the statute
providing for the establishing of
the university required that all
matriculation fees should be ap
propriated to the use of the li
brary. Indicative of the library's sixty
years of progress, an exhibit of
books has been arranged in the
hall case of the library to call at
tention to the contrast between
the library of former years with
the one of today. Some of the
books shown in the case are vol
umes which were proudly dis
played in the first library, ac
cording to Miss Clara L. Craig,
reference librarian, and the offer
an interesting commentary on the
T
New Chairman, Secretary.
Treasurer Are Chosen
For Committee.
M.E. VOTE PREDOMINATES
Returns of Wednesday's Engi
neer Week elections swept Fred
Mallon, new general chairman,
and Ralph Doubt, sccrctary-treas.
urer, into office with a large nia
jority vote. Poll officials declared
the turnout to be heaviest in col
lege history. Both Mallon and
Doubt were mechanical engineer
candidates, and the heaviest vote
came from this department. The
other two candidates, Lester Hill
and Kenneth French, were chemi
cal engineers.
Three sided combat was staved
off when electrical students failed
to enter candidates. Voting from
this department was lowest of all.
Voting from other departments
was strong. Even the ag engineers
voted nearly 100 percent, despite
having to vote on the down town
campus. The elections were super
vised by the engineering executive
board, and continued all day in
the M. A. building.
Mallon, general chairman, will
have charge of plans, and will
supervise departmental chairmen,
as well as the field day, convoca
tion and banquet. Doubt, secretary-treasurer,
will arrange for
ticket sales and equipment pur
chases for departmental exhibits.
Both men joined in stating that
organization will start, early, to
Insure efficiency.
Ted Schroeder, chairman of the
executive board, expressed himself
as well satisfied with the way the
vote was conducted, and honesty
of the officials. "Engineer's Week
is a big job, but I am confident
that these two will handle it prop
erly and to the best of their
ability."
Editor Outlines Publication
Procedure in Speech to
Freshman A. W. S.
Using the organization of the
Daily Nebraskan as his subject,
Irwin Ryan, editor of the univer
sity publication spoke before ap
proximately 75 members of the
freshman A. W. S. organization at
their regular meeting held yester
day afternoon at 5 o'clock in Ellen
Smith hall.
A complete summary of the
manner in which the editorial and
business staffs were organized
was given by the speaker m addi
tion to a discussion of the way in
which higher staff members are
selected for their positions. In ex
plaining this. Ryan pointed out
that selection cf staff members by
the publications board was based
largely upon the record that an
individual had made in his work in
previous positions.
Editor Tells Purposes.
Giving the purposes and projects
which the Nebraskan endeavors to
carry out, the editor continued by
presenting si outline of the steps
that are necessary in publishing a
paper each day. In doing this he
included the various duties which
each staff member is expected to
perform. ,. .
Stressing work and reliability as
two necessary qualities in working
on a paper, the editor concluded
his speech by urging that anyone
interested in newspaper work re
port at the Daily Nebraskan office
and receive assignments.
students' reading interests of the
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Housed in U Hall.
Housed at first in one room on
the second floor of old University
hall, the only building on the
campus at that time, room was
scarce but an adjoining room was
provided for a reading room. The
university catalogue for 1874-75
noted that the library was open
every day for two hours for con
sultation and that only students
enrolled in certain classes were
allowed to take books for use in
their rooms. In 1878, however,
this system was expanded under
the direction of Dr. Howard and
the library was available from
two to six every day arid the prac
tice of magazine loans inaugu
rated. Many of the books from that
early collection are still to be
found in the library, having been
repaired or rebound. It was a
well chosen selection and many
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