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OI,. !M. 7.
Daily
flnr rurloslly was aroused I'.v
the Minimi nf excited magpie Span
ish pouting fin Ih from Iho ) ill I'l in 1
Ism library. I'lufos-nirs Teal and
SnciiK, as is limit' oii'iloni, urn'
delving Inlo I ho periodicals there
enshrined. "I. ilr" wan llir provo
cation nf their imnii-illiilr rxi lnmii
tnry scrutiny, find we nl ! I IIihI
one particular place in tho inn
r.lne sent Iholr chattering I'll')
veritably n feverish pilch. I , liter
Investigation revealed thnl I ho f i -cnl
pnlnl nf nil llio fingoi point ings
nnil tnrrlil torrents was h double
page spread (in baths wnx, mini,
foam, soap, milk. Ami TIIH burn
ins "put turned nul to ho a rill
of tho liinioil Piotrirh chassis more
or loss enshrouded in soup smla.
It is the frequent pedagogical
moan that instructors must so
dilute their material for the
average and not too Intellectual
ly minded student that personal
ind institutional education stan
dards are seriously undermined.
As our economics teacher (J. H.
Ennis, "If you're curious") puts
it, "the stuff has to be sweet
med." While it is too often de
jlorably true, wc Imagine many
srofessors would be surprised
nd gratified to realize the
mount of collegiate apprecia
tion that actually exists for lec
tures above the levels of 13
year olds. Certain faculty mem
bers have a wide reputation for
not only well grounded familiar
ity with their field, but also the
ability to make their specialty
understandable to their students.
Lucidity and clarity of expres
sion are particularly admired,
and niceties of language usage
are much relished by the few
student connisseurs. The depart
ed and mourned Dr. Franti will
long be remembered for his
gourmet's taste in chop-licking
words. Dr. Patterson is extolled
for his expressive vocabulary, as
is Dr. Fellman, and Dr. Bell in
his own dear way. But one of
the most frequently quoted mas
ters of the fine points of just-the-nght-word-ness
is none
other than Prof. Gayle Courtney
Walker. We recommend an eye
shade for yearning admirers.
Way back in junior high (was
It?) we memorized an inspiring
poem that begins: "It's all very
well to have courage and skill..."
Beulah Beryl Hall was impressed
by this very-wellness-but. . .when
Howard "Beef" Nuernburgor took
her ice skating. The Alpha Phi
Sonja Henie was abashed to dis
cover that the pretty V. V. is quite
the ice rink wall flower. After a
few futile attempts to keep the
young man on his feet, Beryl flatly
abandoned him for bliss on run
continued on rage 3.)
Trigonometry Main Theme
Of Talks at Induction
Banquet Tuesday.
I'i Mu Fpsilon, honorary mat he-
matical society, initiated 20 now i
members at their semi-annual ban-
quet which was held in the Car-'
den room of Hotel Lincoln last
evening.
General theme of the affair cen- I
tored about trigonometry with the;
toasts on related topics. Prof.
M. C. Cave acted as interpolator,
or tonstmaster. and Helmut Wake- ;
han. Constance Baker, Howard i
Wright, and Prof. C. C. Camp;
spoko on ' Transformation. " I
"Principal Values." "Fundamental I
Identities." and 'Functions,'' re-;
sportively.
The new members of Pi Mu I'l'" !
niton are Leo Beslor, Constance i
Raker. J. Daum. K. Ostendorf, I
I,con Saunders. Myron Thompson.
Fd Vacek. Odette Wallace, Clar-;
cnoe. Mock. Robert Rtimlle. C. D.
Moore. Jean (lordon, Kuth Nelson.
Florence Steuteville. 'ha role Von-1
able, and Glenn W outers.
Mr. Johnn. of teachers college
and Professors Poolo and Muller
from out-state colleges were also
inducted into the society.
Y.M.C.A. WILL ANNOUNCE
NOMINATiOMEDNESOAY
Program to Feature Talks
By Adelseck, Steinhaus,
Williams, Wright.
Presentation of nominees for
"Y" offices for the coming year
will lie an important feature of the
special Y. M. C. A. meeting to lw
held Wednesday, Feb. 3. in the
chapter rooms at the Temple. An
nouncement of the election date
will be made at the meeting.
Also featured on the program
are four seven minute talks by
student members, presenting vary
ing aspects of the question, "Why
a Campus Y. M. C. A." Those
scheduled to speak are Dan Wil
liams. Charles Adelseck, Howard
Wright and John Ste.'nhaus.
Members of the nominating
committee include Chairman
Meredith Nelson, Lincoln attorney,
who is an alumnus of the campus
chapter, and three senior student
members, Edwin F.wart. Howard
Kaltenborn and Howard Wright,
retiring president.
SCHOOL OF 11
PRESENTS TENOR
AT CONVOCATION
William O'Connor of Chicago
Will Be Guest Artist
At Temple Today.
Well known as a concert tenor,
i William O'Connor, of Chicago, will
bo Iho first guest art 1st to lie pre
sented by Iho school of music nl
Iho weekly miHlral ronvoeal Ion in
Krom Thi Lincoln Journal
William O'Connor
the Temple theater this afternoon
at. four o'olork. Appearing on the
recommendation of the dean of the
school of music, of Northwestern
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TO GEF ASSIGNMENTS
Editors to Award Honorable
Mention for Stories
OfJlerit.
Approximately Till potential re
porters attended a meeting yester
day afternoon in the Daily No
braskan office, where plana for
this semester were discussed. At
the conclusion of the meeting,
those attending left their names
and desired "beats" with the man
aging editors.
Editor George Pipal and Man
aging Editors Ed Murray and Don
Wagner imparted information re
lative to work on the school pa
per. The applicants were advised
as to the construction of news
stories. The fact was stressed that
noteworthy stories would receive
honorable mention.
Means of gaining paid positions
on the staff were also explained
and reporters were encouraged,
through cooperation to write ac
ceptable copy and getting mate
rial in before the deadlines, to
work up to these pecuniary jobs.
Managing Editor Murray apprized
reporters to bo on the alert for
short human interest stories.
It was decided by the editorial
staff that meetings should bo hold
every Saturday afternoon at 2:3(1.
the first of which will be held
this coming Saturday.
IJciili-on rt leiiie-.ts
l or (Jimale IMap Sets
Numerous requests for a set of
climatic maps of Nebraska are
being receiver by the geography
department, according to Dr. N.
A. Bengtson, department chair
man. The set of maps, prepared
by staff members in the depart
ment, includes maps of tempera
tures p.nd rainfall and also lengths
of the growing season and varia
bility of rainfall as indicated by
weather bureau records since
1800.
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Maslro Cummins Suppresses
Desire for Athletic Career to
Become Outstanding Musician
"Alhl.Me and architect superior
by nature, hut musician supreme
by inborn love and ability. . ."
This is the tone of praise
heaped by biographers upon the
head of Brnie Cummins, king of
the "sophisticated ryilim-makers"
w'no lias been procured for the
Inter-Fraternity Ball, Saturday,
Feb. 6. in the coliseum.
During the course of his high
school training and at the time
of his graduation from St. Vin
cent's academy, young Cummins
had two explicit intentions, to be
an All-American footballer under
the guiding hand of Notre Dame's
immortal Knut Rockne and to
complete a highly successful
existence by attaining a position
of reknowti as an architect.
Starred As Grldder.
While at the academy, he did
play football, such football, in
fact, that he received recognition
as one of the outstanding athletes
in the school. His hopeful youth
looked forward at that time to
the days when he would mix
plenty more football with an en
grossing study of building plans.
But. fate had not woven such a
simple pattern for Cummin's feet
to tread. Both goals were deprived
him. His family could neither af
piiocKimm: of umcamkkal
MFFIS SKMNIINCS APPROVAL
Political SnriH'P l'r(ViMr l!iinipreii Nrw legislature
To Efficient ItuxinoH I'lileipritc ; Predict
Another linngc in Aemlh.
"For the first time in the history
of Nebraska, our legislature ran
be compared to an efficient busi
ness enterprise, II Is acting cau
tiously, simply, and is innking a
self appraisal of Its own method
of doing things a.s no other Ne
braska legislature has ever done,"
declared Dr. John P. Senning, pro
fessor of political science, at. the
university and an active worker
for the one-house plan, as he was
asked yesterday how he thought
the leglslaluro was proceeding.
While many Nebraskaim have
already concluded, that the open
ing of their new unicameral leg
isbilure has become aged history
and will only watch the workings
of the. assembly when particularly
important bills come before thn
one-house group, Dr. Sennlng has
been vitally Interested in every
proceeding of thn legislature that,
takes place. Intimated by one re
cent magazine nrtlcle as being
the "father" of Nebraska's uni
cameral "experiment." and defi
nitely active in the citizens' com
(Contimiocl on Tage. 3.1
STARTS TO PLAN
Betty Cherny Takes Place
Of Betty Magcc on
Junior Board.
Junior Senior Prom committee
members met Tuesday evening to
start preparations for the annual
Junior Senior Prom. March ft.
Rotty Cherny was appointed to the
committee by the judiciary com
mittee of the. student council to
replace Betty Magee, whose res
ignation has been accepted.
Plans were made to feature a
new note of smartness in this last
formal of the school year. "The
1P..T7 Junior Senior Prom will be
thn climax of the formal season.
Negotiations are being made with
several of the nation's leading or
chestras in an effort to secure
one of the best orchestras ever to
have plaved for a university
party." stated Webb Mills, mem
ber of thn orchestra committee.
Presentation ideas must be
handed in before Friday. Feb. S,
if possible. The plan should be
fairly easy to work out and as
smartly original as possible. The
presentation may or may not In
clude parts for the Junior and
senior class presidents.
"Members of the committee will
center their activity on the theme
smartness. To make the Prom this
year distinctive and more glamor
oun than ever before," stated Bill
Clayton, member of the com
mittee. IWTTKKSON JOINS
MniKK I A( l l.TV
I OK COM F.KKM K
Dr. Charles H. Patterson of the
university department of philoso
phy will be a member of the con
ference faculty of the Nebraska
Older Young People's conference
to be held at Doane college in
Crete June 27 to July 3. it was
announced following a meeting of
the executive committee at the
V. M. C. A.
This committee will again meet
Saturday to discuss completion of
the faculty membership, which will
include national as well as state
leaders. The entire executive com
mittee will meet again Feb. 27.
"Achieving a Christ-like Per
sonality" has been chosen as the
central theme of this years con
ference. ford to send him to school nor
provide with the influence for pro- i
curing a job. He was forced to fall
back upon his native, iindctach-.
able ability, music.
Musical Love Inherited. '
Cummins inherited a love for
dramatic and music from his
parents both of whom were ex-
tremely talented along such lines.1
Young Cummins had studied .
music since his grammar school i
days, so it was only natural that;
he should turn toward music when
he was suddenly thrown upon his
own.
After graduation he organized
a five piece orchestra and toured
the summer resort towns around
Akron, Ohio, his home town.
Meting with acclaim at each suc
ceeding appearance, he resolved
to enlarge his orchestra until he
was ready to present a musical
organization that would stand the
critical test of every dancer.
First Tour Successful.
First engagement that proved
the maestro ready to assume a
prominent niche in the profes
sional dance rythm field came
shortly after his initial tours,
when the management of the ex
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PROM COMMITTEE
MARCH 5 PARTY
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From Th Lincoln Journal
Dr. J. P. Senning
YMCA COMMITTEE PICKS
NOMINEESHJR OFFICES
Williams, Steinhaus, Roland,
Constable Candidates
For Election,
Dan Williams and John Stein
haus were named nominees for the
presidency and vice presidency
of the Young Men Christian as
sociation Tuesday afternoon by a
nominating committee of the or
ganization. Two candidates were
chosen for the position of secre
tary, Aulton Roland and Erie
Constable.
Members of the Y. M. C. A.
will vote for their officers Mon
day in the organizations offices
in the Temple theatre at any lime
during the day.
The nominating committee is
composed of senior members of
the Y. M. C. A. and the board
members. The committee in se
lecting only one name each for
the offices of president and vice
president stated that they chose
the most, outstanding person for
the positions.
Holland Takes Office as New
Nu Med President at
Grand Hotel.
New officers of Nu Mod society
will take over their positions to
night at the regular monthly ban
quet of the society to be hold at
the Grand hotel, at 6:l.r. Robert
Holland will succeed George Flaec
as new president.
Speaker of the evening is Dr. .T.
F.. M. Thompson, who will ppeak
on joint and bone surgery, illus
trating the lecture with his own
motion pictures of actual opera
tions and cases in the hospitals of
Austria and Switzerland. Attached
to the staff of the Lincoln Ortho
pedic hospital. Dr. Thompson has
studied in Kurope, with particular
attention to bone diseases.
All Thela Nu members are espe
cially requested to attend the ban
quet, according to George Place,
fraternity prcsidcrt. Attention of
all Nu Mods is directed to the
change of meeting place from the
Annex cafe to the Grand hotel.
WESTERN
UNION
SAINT LOUIS MISSOURI
FEBRUARY 2 1937
DR B F BAILEY CHAIRMAN
AMERICAN RED CROSS, LINCOLN
CONGRATULATIONS AND SINCERE APPRECIATION
SPLENDID ACHIEVEMENT IN LINCOLN AND
LANCASTER COUNTY IN BEHALF RED CROSS FLOOD
RELIEF FUND STOP NEEDS CONTINUE TO GROW
STOP RED CROSS NOW CARING FOR NEARLY
MILLION FLOOD REFUGEES FROM 175 COUNTIES IN
ELEVEN STATES ALONG OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI
VALLEYS STOP
OPERATING 113 FIELD HOSPITALS AND 317
CONCENTRATION CAMPS STOP 380 TRAINED DISAS
TER RELIEF WORKERS IN FIELD ALSO 1100 RED
CROSS NURSES WHO ARE COMBATING INFLUENZA
PNEUMONIA AND CURBING EPIDEMIC STOP RED
CROSS FURNISHING IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY
RELIEF FOR REFUGEES INCLUDING FOOD SHELTER
CLOTHING BEDDING NURSING AND MEDICAL
CARE STOP THIS MUST CONTINUE MANY WEEKS
UNTIL WATER HAS RECEDED FROM ENTIRE
DISTRICT AND PEOPLE CAN RETURN TO THEIR
HOMES STOP THERE IS POSSIBILITY ADDITIONAL
TOWNS MUST BE EVACUATED AND NUMBER OF
REFUGEES WILL GROW STOP HOPE CITIZENS OF
LINCOLN AND LANCASTER COUNTY WILL CONTINUE
RESPOND FULLEST EXTENT OF THELR
GENEROSITY
(SIGNED) WM. M. BAXTER, JR.
DIRECTOR, MIDWEST AREA
BRADY DENIES ANY
INVESTIGATION OF
BIFF JONES' WAGE
Charges Misinterpretation
Of Initial Statement by
Out-State Papers.
Denying that, the stale legisla
ture's appropriations committee
would ever attenipl In learn the
salary to bo paid Maj Lawrence
"Biff" Jones, Nebraska's new fool
ball coach and athletic director.
Senator Frank Brady staled late
Inst, evening that oiilstale news
paper Interpretations of his state
ments were entirely erroneous.
Senator Brady, who is chair
man of the approprial Ions com
mittee, said in a previous state
ment that the committee intended
to invest igato the salaries of all
state employes. It is doubtful that
the university professors' halarics
will ever be mentioned in the
committee, and it is certain that
"Biff" Jones' name will never be
mentioned in committee proceed
ings. Rrady declared.
"It is the intent ion of the com
mittee to investigate the salaries
of stenographers and other em
ployes of the state and set a
standard wage for the different
departments. There Is a possibility
hat in the case of stenographers,
a junior and senior standing will
be maintained." the committee
chairman maintained. "However,
salaries of university professors
and officials are in an entirely
different class and will probably
never be discussed in the com
mittee." Shellenberg Asks Young
Composers to Enter
Lyricals Soon.
Original songs for Kosmet Klub's
annual spring show, "Bar-Nothing
Ranch," should be submitted to
the Klub as soon as possible, ac
cording to a report of Bob Shellen
berg, president. A Slfl cash prize
has been offered by the dramatics
club for the best song submitted
for use in the musical comedy.
Setting for "Bar-O-Lanch.'' mu
sical comedy written by Herbert
Yenne of the speech department, is
a typical dude ranch such as might
be 'found in Texas or New Mexico.
Original songs should be of a type
fitting for such a theme.
"Altho the deadline wc have
dclinuoiy sci ior inese simi. n i
submitlcd is not until the Kith of
this month, wc would like to have
them as soon as they are com
pleted so that we can make ar
rangements for adopting them to
1he production." Shellenberg said
"F.ach entrant in the contest may
enter as many songs as h" wishes.
Inasmuch as we will utilize sev
eral songs in the play, it is worth
while for young song writers to
make several entries."
Birdcall Joiifcn .Wrts
Summer (lamp Position
Miss Birdean Jensen, sophomore
iii ilie school of fine arts, has ac-
Iceptel a summer position in Pine
U'ove L-iHs' camii at lliran. Mo.
I She will teach courses ir, art ap- j
'precision and pottery. Miss Jon-j
I son is from Kxeter i
Nebruskan Joins
Red Cross Drive
For Flood Funds
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JEAN WALT TO ADDRESS :
FRESHMAN AWS TODAY,
President of Mortar Board
Will Discuss Women's
Honorary Society.
Jean Wall, president of Mortar j
Board, will address members of
the Freshman A. W, S. at their
weekly mooting. Wednesday, al
. o'clock in Iho drawing room at
F.llen Smith hall.
1-U.. Bn.l D,.li,.liA.
i in- uiiiiiiiiM "
of Mortar Board will bo discussed I
by Miss Wall. She will also toll of
the rules for membership and the
history of the grmip.
A short talk on the annual Inter
Fraternity ball will ho given by
Pnscilla 'Wicks. Mary Margaret
Maly will act as chairman of this
meeting and will be assisted by
Virginia Wheeler as secretary. All
freshman women are invited to
attend.
University Officials Predict
Over 1.000 Additional
Registrations.
Second semester enrollment was
at thn 5.00 mark Tuesday morn
ing as compared with the 4.!flO
figure of a year ago, university
registration officials reported.
It. was pointed out that compari
sons had not been possible earlier
in the current registration, due
to the fact that a storm last year
made it necessary to extend the
registration period.
More than a thousand additional
registrations are expected, since
some 400 medical and nursing
students are not counted, grad
uate students have until the end
of next, week to register, as well
as several hundred late registra
tions. Although no tabulation has
boon kept on the number of new
students enrolled in the univer
sity at mid-year, the second se
mester registration is currently a
little smaller than the first se
mester enrollment, which this
school year was 6.546 students, an
all-time record.
WILKES DISCUSSES RAG j
TIME, NEGRO SPIRITUALS j
Vespers Scries Group Hears J
Talks on Folk Music,
Estes Leaders. j
Al Wilkes and Fiances Scudder. !
co-chairmen on the Kstes Summer'
Conference race commission, spoke
at the weekly meeting of the Y.I
W. C. A. vespers Tuesday after-'
noon in F.llen Smith hall. '
Miss Scudder told of some of
the prominent conference leaders
and quoted from several of their
works. Mr. Wilkes, a senior at
Wesleyan univirsity. spoke on the
five different kinds of Negro music j
that have been given to America.'
"Folk songs, jubilee, spirituals I
woi k or blue songs, and rag timej
are the different sorts of music
that in v race has given to this
country.'' slated Mr. Wilkes. I
I'.ernieo Nellein.inn. of the vesper
choir, sang several Ncjrm spiri-.
tuals at the opening nf the vesper. I
Frances Scudder ?s in charge of
the worship service.
ENROLLMENT FOR
NEW SEMESTER
TOPS 5000 MARK
CzccliosJavukian Coed Becomes
United States Citizen Thursday.
University (iradnate on Friday
American citizenship on one
day and a college degree on the
next these attainments consti
tute the enviable record possessed
by Miss Betty Klaner. student in
the College of Arts and Sciences.
Miss Klaner is the only student
from Czechoslovakia registered at
the university. On Thursday. Jan.
2K. she officially became a citizen
of the fnited States following an
examination at the Lancaster
county court room. On Friday.
Jan. 29. she obtained the degree of
bachelor of arts from the College
of Arts and Sciences.
Since coming to the Unite'
States. "P-cHy" has been living at
Wayne. Neb., with an aunt. Miss
Ami Geissler. who is principal of
the Wayne high school, whirh
Betty attended for two years. Tur
ing this time she learned to speak
the English language. Following
the completion of her high school
course, she studied for two years
at Wayne State Teachers' Col
lege. For the last year and a half
she has been a student at the
university.
Interesting comparisons are
pointed out by Miss Klaner be
tween the schools of Czechoslo
vakia and the United States. In
place of the system of grade
Innocents, ATO Make First
Pcjcs as Campaign
Gets Under Way.
I Co-operating with Lincoln Re.j
j "rn. authorities In no effort to
i raise funds for sufferer In the
Tens of the disastrous Ohio and
Mississippi flon,ls. The Daily Nr
braskan today launched a cam
paign to secure rontribiitiona on
the university campus. Fvcn a.i thr
drive was opened, two organ iza
lions
. . .'
the Innocents sooietv and
Alpha Tau Omega, came thru with
initial pledges of $2: each.
In a message to the Mmjents of
the university. Chancellor F.. A.
Hurn"!t declared the Reel : ross re
lief drive a most worth; one and
pledged his w hnkheart d co-operation.
'The necessity for aiding in
flood relief in the stricken district
lies on every citizen. Students
should fool that obligation"
Make Donations at Office.
Pronations will bo received In the
offices of the Nebrnskan any aft
ernoon of the week and money re
ceived will be immediately turned
over to Red Cross authorities. Daily
a list of the organizations contrib
uting will appear. Acting on thn
assumption that the average stu
dent donor will not be moved to
seek publicity, (he Nebraskan '..ill
not publish a list of the individual
student, contributors.
Students should fool that any
amount, no matter how small, may
be profitably used by the R.cd
Cross, it was pointed out.
Those living in organized houses
are asked to contribute as a group
rather than as individuals. If, how
ever, the entire organization does
not vote to donate to the fund, in
dividual contributions will be ac
cepted gladly.
The flood situation at a glance is:
1. One million persons home
less. 2. $500,000,000 property dam
age. 3. 800,000 persons already un
der the care of Red Cross and
other relief agencies.
4. Three million cubic feet of
water per second pouring from
the swollen Ohio river Into the
Mississippi.
T
Editorial Vacancies Total 34;
Business Staff Needs 13
On Humor Magazine.
Applications arc being receive'!
by the Awgwan editor and busi
ness manager for III positions on
the business staff and on th
editorial staff this work in the of
fices of tho publication between
the hours of 3 00 and .VOO.
(in tho business staff, two .".
sislant business managers , circu
lation manager, ag campus circu
lation manager, assistant circula
tion manager advertising mana
ger, assistant advertising manager,
and six advertising representatives
lire the vacancies that need to bo
filled, business siaff applicants
must see Charles Tanton. business
manager, personally
Openings on the editorial staff,
under Bill Hrdlistcr, edit or. are the
positions of two assistant editor-,
an associate editor, feature editor
two assistant fashions editor, .staff
photographers. seeretarv. staff
cartoonifts. exchange editor, and
25 sorority and fraternity gore
contributors.
schools and high schools of our
country, the compulsory public,
educational system under which
she was educated consists of one.
continuous course of eight grades
whose curriculum corresponds to
that included in tho eight grades
and first two years of high school
in the average school system of
the United States. Much emphasis,
however, is placed upon training
in practical skills - sewing, man
ual training and the like. These
schools arc not co-educational.
They are in session for ten
months of the year. Higher educa
tion may be obtained in co-educational
colleges, businness schools,
and aprenticships.
Interest in the voyage from
Czechoslovakia. Miss Klaner
states, was greatly increased by
the knowledge than on Die tamo
steamer, the George Washington.
President Wilson made his voyago
to Europe during the World War.
In traveling through the capital
citv, Prague, she found evidence
of the regard in which this Ameri
can statesman is held in that
country in Ue naming of one of
the largest depots, the Wilson
station, and in the erection of a
large statue of Wilson at the en
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