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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
FltlDAY, FEBRUARY 5. 1937.
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ON THIS ISSUE
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Nebraska Is
A Fine Home, D. X.
'A crisis was precipitated iu Nebraska
, athletic circles by the news that Coach Dana
; X. Bible may seek more lucrative fields in
.Texas.
Ever since Coach Bible came here from
that state nine years ago. the southerners have
been nn.ious to persuade him that their state
is the best. t is said that the latest effort at
persuasion was in the form of an offer of
if25iX)0 per year.
If the genial director of Nebraska athlet
ics decides to accept the Texas offer, it will be
impossible for this university to replace him.
Coaches are not bard to find, but the good
sportsmanship, alhletic idealism, and gentle
manly conduct of Dana X. Bible are rare. On
top of that, he can point with pride to a rec
ord of achievement at this institution which
is unmatched by any other coach in the nation
over a long period of years. He has won the
conference championship seven out of nine
years, and his record against some of the
strongest intersect ional teams in the land has
been admirable.
He always has been more than a coach,
counseling, helping, and guiding his men. It
is to Coach Bible that Nebraska owes the fine
sportsmanship displayed by its athletic teams,
the idealistic amateurism which precludes the
possibility of bigoted intercollegiate sports,
and the fine school spirit which accompanies
Ihe team. Coach Bible has ever fostered that
spirit, and in his reign here has established
a cordial relationship between the athletic de
partment and other university branches, the
lack of which before his time contributed lo
the degradation of Nebraska sports.
The Daily Nebraskan sincerely hopes that
Dana Bible will remain at Nebraska, for he is
so clearly the expression of this university's
sports ideology. He created it, and it is some
thing which sets Nebraska apart from other
large educational institutions. He has con
tributed greatly to the youth of the state as a
whole, and to the young men of Nebraska in
particular, and he always has been a strong tic
between the university and state high schools.
As a gentleman, as a man, and as a coach,
Dana N. Bible ranks first, and bis loss to the
university, if be should decide to accept tin
Texas offer, would be irreparable.
The Bells Ring
Oiit"Hail Varsity."
In this morning's Daily Nebraskan appear
the words 1 '"Hail Varsity," new Nebraska
fight sung which lias been accorded a hearty
welcome in university circles.
This sonsr will be sung by the men's glee
Hub. Com Cubs, and Tassels at the Jowa State
iiuskftball game Saturday night in anollier ef
fort to put it before the student body. The
first lime it was presented last November, it
was greeted by a tremendous ovation on the
part of the assembled students.
Nebraska has long lacked a song able to
express Cornhusker determination, and Corn
busker victory spirit. TVs new creation fits
that vacant spot admirably. It is the stirring,
ringing, swinging march and cheer piece for
which the campus has been waiting, and the
enthusiasm expressed in its favor crystallizes
the Innocents society's hopes when it was
adopted.
The matter rests now squarely on the stu
dent body. This song can become as popular
as "On "Wisconsin." "Minnesota, Hats Off to
Thee," or the Notre Dame victory march if it
has the full and unbiased support of the cam
pus behind it. The inauguration is the most,
difficult part of the plan. If the students of
this campus take the required interest in this
song, its future in Cornhusker annals is ns
"sured, and Nebraska students need no longer
apologize for their school because it has no rec
ognized, outstanding, identifying melody.
Last fall Nebraska publicity was several
times kept off the air after football victories
because orchestras featuring such perform
ances could not find a suitable Nebraska song
This situation need not reoccur. Nebras
ka now has a song, if the student body will
sing it and advertise it as their own. It is an
essential element in Nebraska publicity, and
with "Hail Varsity" firmly entrenched, sports
publicity will be greatly enhanced, and stu
dent spirit will have a substantial rallying
point.
The Daily Nebraskan urges all students
to learn the words to "Hail Varsity," to mem
orize them, or paste the song- in their hats
where it always will be available, and then to
join in the chorus at the Iowa State game, and
at all succeeding games, to make this the uni
versity's own song.
STUDENT PULSE
Brief, concise contributions psrtlnent ts matters of
student life and to the university are welcomed by this
newspaper practice, which excludes all libelous matter
and personal attacks. Letters must be signed, but
names will be withheld from publication It so desired.
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Some Fun
Way Back When.
TO THE EDITOR:
Back in prehistoric days apelike, hairy
chested cavemen used to enjoy great sport in
doing such things as bonging each other over
the head with huge wooden clubs. To take a
wife and kiddy or two and heave them over a
cliff onto the rocks a hundred feet below was
no doubt considered the best of fun. Time
passed on, and one day direct descendants of
these sportive beings boarded the Mayflower
with other Puritans and sailed over to Amer
ica. Thus we find members of the same fam
ily and blood of these head basher-ins and wife
and kiddies heaver-overs forebears among us
today; indeed a number of them are here at
the University of Nebraska. Nov.-, however,
we have come to call them practical jokers.
Our fellows possessing some of this par
ticular blood strain have developed to a fine
art habits which afford high glee and keep
the hours from becoming anything but dull.
As one of their more favored pastimes they
used to extract the chair from under a victim
just as he was about to sit down, whereupon
everybody nearby would immediately begin to
laugh until their sides split, howling with
good, wholesome enjoyment. After a while
after the invention of this game, however, hip
bones began to crack and every here ami there
a back would break, so that the sports looked
elsewhere to derive their pleasure. One of the
ideas adopted is the planting of stink bombs
in someone's room. Now there is good, clean
fun. It is true that the room smells of hydro
gen sulphide for several weeks and that none
of the clothes in the vicinity can be worn until
they have been sent to the cleaners. But then
think of the number of times that the practical
joker can slap the victim upon the back and
say "Ha. ha."
The rise and development of civilization
ran be traced thru this particular family which
is under examination. In the olden days the
caveman was just out for fun. stopping at
nothing short of knocking someone's brains in.
But now his descendants have risen to the po
sition of the life of the parly: thru their great
er intellectual powers they can find mirth in
minor assaults, such as pouring water in their
ipompanions' seats so as to make their trousers
gy and ver" uncomfortable. Acceptance of
these more delicate pastimes has been accom
plished no doubt thru higher learning and
university training. There are many other
such popular antics of the modern times. For
example, an energetic young fellow might let
down the automobile tires of an acquaintance
when he. has a date, and disconnect the spark
plugs. This of course forces the victim to call
a, garage man and stand around for an hour
or so. The reader can easily see that such ac
tion is "some fun." Bob Reddish.
Director, Composer, Critic
to Give Demonstration
of Song at Manse.
Dr. Calvin W. Laufer, of Phil
adelphia, the national minister of
music of the Presbyterian church,
will conduct a "demonstration of
song" Friday evening at the Pres
byterian manse for all students or
others who are music lovers.
R. B. Henry, university pastor
who directs the religious activities
of the Presbyterian students on
the campus, has made the arrange
ments for Dr. Laufer's appearance
In Lincoln during his tour of Ne
braska, Iowa, Colorado, and Mis
souri in the Interests of church
music and worship.
New hymns which are presented
for the first time in the new Pres
byterian hymnal that Dr. Laufer
helped to edit will be demon
strated to the audience as well as
other sacred music. The song pro
gram will be supplemented with
comments by Dr. Laufer on the
place of music In the church, its
history, its development and Us
future.
Besides being a prominent edi
tor of church music, a church mu
sician, devotional poet and author
and composer of 125 hymns, Dr.
Laufer has written several books,
including: "Keynotes of Optim
ism," "The Incomparable Christ,"
'The Bible Story and Content,"
and "Hymn Lore."
Second Floor Plans of Proposed Library
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TO THE EDITOR:
A number of students do not care much
about going to school but their parents insist
that they should go.
Fraternity and sorority pins arc magnets
which draw many students to college, the pos
session of which is necessary if one is to take
a hot whirl at the campus high society.
iW students come, to college to pass
the time away while waiting for the time when
will he called upon to work.
To some, going to college is a fad. and
don t want lo be hehin-l the tune.
A iinnibpr of students are illiterate and
should not have been allowed to hurdle
l school.
finmc students' classroom manners
extremely deplorable. They not only are in
attentive, but they also annoy the more dili
gent. Some edudents should rather stay home
and lie down to a long and uninterrupted
sleep. In the classroom they have to cut their
slumber to f0 minutes.
Not a few students overestimate their
abilities by demanding grades better than
what they actually deserve.
There we are. "When we feel that we don t
iret very much out. of a course, we frequently
blame it on the professor. We place too much
responsibility on the shoulders of the instruc
tor. We forget that there exists something of
a dual responsibility shared by the student and
the teacher. Indeed, it would be desirable and
certainly profitable if the students take the
view that the greater responsibility belongs
to them.
The root of the trouble seems to be that
a number of our students have a false concep
tion of what constitutes a college student. Un
til a better understanding; of what is expected
of them in college is instilled in their minds
before they register, students will continue to
give these impressions to their instructors.
We probably did not realize how ridiculous
some of us are until a professor made known
his findings. They ought to give us something
of a food for thought. Antonio Hamoy.
EDUCATORS BOOST
ROUND-TABLES AT
1936 ASSEMBLIES
(Continued from Page 1.1
Durham, N. C; and chemists in
Princeton and New York City.
Impossible as it is to make any
kind of a brief summary of the
words spoken at these meetings,
the Associated Collegiate Press
leaves the significant discoveries
for the technical journals and
herewith presents the interesting
words and events that prove that
scientists and technologists are
human beings after all.
In New York City, Dr. Paul
Schilcier, New York university
psychiartrist, brought clown upon
his own head the wrath of the
"Alice m Wonderland" worshipers
when he told American Phychoan
alytic association delegates that
Lewis Carroll's famous book is so
full of cruelty, fear and "oral sa
distic trends of cannibalism" that
its wholesomeness as child litera
ture is questionable.
Condemn Teacher's Oath Idea.
In Richmond, Va., the American
Association of University Profes
sors opposed organizing teachers
to affiliate with the American
Federation of Labor, condemned
teachers' oaths now required by
22 states.
In Cambridge, Mass., Physicists
P. W. Bridgman of Harvard
amazed the nation's leading phi
losophers attending the American
Philosophical society conclave by
bluntly asserting that their sys
tem of logic was at best incom
plete and virtually meaningless.
In Princeton, N. J., Princeton's
Dr. Henry Eyring explained lo
American Chemical society mem
bers a new theory to explain liq
uids and the belief that gases form
by the increase in the "holes" be
tween molecules.
Bain Favor Unicameral.
Tn Chicago, Miami university's
Dr. Reid Bain told the American
Sociological society that state leg
islatures should be made into
single houses and should appoint
state managers to run our com
monwealths. In Providence, R. I., Prof. C. H.
Mcllwain of Harvard charged the
assembled members of the Amer
ican Historical association with al
lowing their work to edge too
close to the borders of romance,
and called them back from their
self imposed task of rewriting
history to bring it into line with
modern modes of thought and ac
tion. In Cincinnati, Dr. Francis P.
Shepard, University of Illinois,
described to the convention of
Geological. Mineralogical and
Paleontological Societies of Amer
ica an oil field under the Gulf of
Mexico that rivals the great fields
of Texas in richness.
In Williamsburg. Va., New York
university's Dr. Carleton Brown,
speaking before the Modern Lan
guage Association of America,
made a sharp attack on what he
called efforts to tear down estab
lished teaching methods, on which,
he said, "the foreign label is easily
discernible."
In Atlantic City, Miss Tearl
Gardner. Cornell university agri
culturalist, reported that after
five years of experimentation she
had determined that the cow is
more intelligent than the horse.
And that all of the scientific re
ports added to the "cow sense" of
the world, not the "horse sense."
APRIL 12 TO 18
SET FOR KOSMET
MUSICAL COMEDY
(Continued from Page l.i
that reason we urge all songwiit
ters to submit several songs."
Director for this year's show
has not been selected yet altho
Shelienberg saU that the Klub is
considering several available men.
He added that they expected to
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SECOND FL002. PLAN
UNIV OF NLM LlbWCY
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Here are the
ond floor of the
library building
to replace the
now situated on
and R sts. The
building which
plans for the sec
proposed $975,000
being considered
ancient structure
the corner of 11th
plans for the new
would be located
between the Teachers college and
Social Science hall, were present
ed before members of the faculty
by the library committee for con
sideration Saturday morning, in
order that they might voice any
desires for changes in the plans.
The tentative second floor would
Courtesy Sunday Journal and Star.
include educational reading rooms
with adjoining seminary rooms, a
textbook library, and place for the
State Historical library, now lo
cated in the basement of the old
building. Room for a legislative
reference room and other apace
for storing of valuable books.
make their choice In the near
future.
Shellenberg declared that Kos
met Klub is "deeply grateful to
Miss Alico H. Howell for her
courteous withdrawal of the uni
versity players' practice sessions
in order to allow the performance."
SLOW FOURTH DAY
OF REGISTRATION
SEES JOB HALVED
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is made for transferring between
sections.
Complete list of the 74 closed
sections follows:
Subjei't. Baet. 101: Section. A. hour. 2-5;
dsvs, M, W; C, 1-5. T Th; P. 1-5, T, Th.
B. O. : II, 9 M. W; V. 9, T. Th;
VII. 1, T, Th: A, 3-6, M; B. 9-12, T;
C, 2-5. T: E, 2-5. Th.
B. U. 161: 1 111, M. Vi , f .
B. O. 172: II, 9, M, W. F; 111, 1,
M, W, F.
Chem. 4: A, 1-5. M; C. 1-5. T.
C. A. 27: LV, 1-3. M. W, K.
C. A. 128: I, 9, T, Th.
Kcon. 11: I, 8, M, W, F.
Efon. 12: II, fc, M, W, F; III, 9,
M W, F; IV. 9, M. W. F; VII, 11,
M. W. F; VIII 1, M. W, F.
Kfiuc. 23: II, 9. M. W. F.
Eng. 2: IV. 9. M. W. F: XI. 11.
M, W, F; XV, 1, M, W, F; XX, 9,
M, W. F; XXV. 10. T. Th.
Eng. 12: I. 9, M, W, T; II, 10, M, W. F;
111 JO. M. W, F.
Oeoc. 72; A. 2-5. M; B. 9-12, T; C,
2-5. T; F, 9-12, Th.
German 2: IV, 10, all; VI. 11 all.
uerman i: III, 9, !, W, F; VI, 2,
M. W, F.
Msth. 2: I. 8. all: II. 8, all; IV, 11,
all: V. 1, all: VI. 1, all
Math. 3: I. 8, all.
Math. 4: 111. 11. all.
Math. 13: II, 10. M. W. !'.
Mnth. 16: I. 1, M, W. V.
Math. 40: IV, 11. M, W. F.
Mil. Sim. 4: A. 2-5. M: E. 2-5. T; F.
2-5. W; H. 9-12, Th; 1, 2-5. Th; K, 2-5,
Th: M. 8-11. S.
Mil. Sri. 24; C, 2-5. F
Mil. S.i. 44: C, 2-5. Th.
Phil. 20: I. 8, M. W, F.
Psvch. 90: 111, 1. F; C, 1-3. T Th.
Phvmi-a B: A. 9-12. M.
Phvairs 2: A. 1-5, M; B. 1-5. T.
Physics 4: Quiz 1. 2. M. W: Qui! Ill,
T. Th: A. 3-5. M. W; C. 10-12, T. Th.
Pol. Sci. 2: IV. 11. M, W. F; VI, 1,
M. W. F.
R. L. 2: III. 11. all.
R. L. 54: III. 2. M. W. F.
'Best Since 1929'
Characterized Year
End Business Basis
AMES, ia., Jan. 7. "Best since
1929," is the way business is char
acterized almost without excep
tion in year end reviews of busi
ness conditions and industrial pro
duction, according to agricultural
economic facts, Iowa State college
extension service publication, re
leased today.
In general, the publication said,
recent peaks in the business world
are the result of more or less con
sistent improvement in evidence
since 1932-33, somewhat more def
inite and positive advances since
last March and an even more
rapid increase during the last two
months.
Business observers are in dis
agreement concerning the perma
nent aspects of business Improve
ment, the publications stated. Op
timistic observers feel the present
improvement is on a fairly sound
basis, that recovery is "natural,"
and that continued improvement
may be expected for some time.
Recovery Too Speedy.
Less optimistic observers ex
press the belief that improvement
has heon a little too fast, that the
I current situation is the result of
artificial stimulants, that another
"boom" is at hand, at that more
current buying is because of a
fear of rising prices than because
of real demand. Many observers
agree that present labor difficul
ties presage a series of strikes
which may become of rather seri
ous consequence b?fore wages and
living costs come into adjustment.
In keeping with general condi
tions, practically every one of
Iowa's major farm commodities
showed ndances in price in De
cember. The Iowa farm price in
dex jumped to 132 percent of its
pre-war level during December,
and for that month was at the
highest point in seven years. Not
since 1926 have Iowa farm prices
averaged higher than they did dur
ing the Nov. 15 to Dec. 15 period
in 1936. In December, 1932, the
Iowa index stood at 41 percent of
its 1919-14 level.
Farm Index Unchanged.
Largely responsible for last
month's 5 percent increase over
that of November was the ad
vance of 40 cents per hundred in
the farm price of hogs.
The index of prices for products
used by farmers remained un
changed last month. With prices
paid remaining unchanged while
price received increased, the pur
chasing power of Iowa farm pro
ducts rose to 103 percent of its
1910-14 level last month. Last year
at this time this index stood at 92
percent.
January seniors in the college
of enginerring were interviewed
by Myron Johnson, civil engin
eering graduate in 1930, who
is now in the employ of Phillips
Petroleum company, Bartles
ville, Okl.
Harold B. Muff, a graduate in
chemical engineering in 1930, is
now chief chemist and assistant
superintendent of the new term
inal of the White Eagle Oil com
pany at Tnpeka. Kas.
27 COLLEGES TO SEND
'37 HHODES WINNERS
Princeton Places 4; 2 Go
from Each Harvard
and Swarthmore
(By Associated Collegiate Press.)
SWARTMORE, Pa. Twenty
seven universities and colleges,
representing every section of the)
country, contributed the 1937
Rhodes Scholars-elect to Oxford
university. In announcing the
complete returns of the thirty-two
scholars selected, Dr. Frank Ayde
lotte, president of Swarthmora
college and American secretary to
the Rhodes Trustees, pointed out
that the distribution was more
widespread than in recent years,
only three universities or colleges
having more than one scholar
elect. Princeton university is repre
sented by four scholars, nominated
from Connecticut, Ohio, Texas and
Missouri; Harvard by two, from
North Carolina and Florida, and
Swarthmore college by two, from
Virginia and Maryland. Twenty
four other colleges and universi
ties supplied the other scholars.
The scholarships represent an
annual stipend of 400 pounds '
sterling for two years' study at
Oxford university, with the option
of a third year's study if their
work warrants it. Founded under
the will of Cecil Rhodes, the schol
arships are available to thirty-two
men each year.
Financial difficulties in 1892
kept the University of Wichita
from becoming the Vassar of the
west.
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Murder I Murder! Murder!
The University of Nebraska
University Players
present
"The Night of January 16"
Sizzling, Melodramatic, Murder Trial
Jury to Be Drawn from the Audi
ence. Yeu to Decide How the Play
Endsl
All This Week Temple Theatre
Evenings at 7:30 Sat. Mat. at 2:30
Reservations NOW at Temple
Box Office
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