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Inlclloot Out of Place
On Dance Floors.
Not so long ago a girl told us
that she thought the crime of all
crimes was to talk classes at a
university party. The postman's
holiday idea she thought all
wrong. And we loudly agree
parties should be for relaxation
and vacationing from the more
serious phases of campus life.
Long-faced sour pusses are out of
. place on the be-bumped fringe of
the dance floor. Check your brains
with your wraps and enjoy your
self. The stuffy faces who look
askance at the healthy animals
having a wonderful time are, we
' feel, to be pitied. With their
everlasting analyzing and ra
tionalizing they are so taken
with the seriousness of the
world and themselves that they
can't enter into the party spirit
of light-heartedness. Needing
the most of all student to un
bend, they are least capable
thereof. And so they think
, dances and those who enjoy
them very stupid.
Of course there is the equally
deplorable extreme of effortful
dancing. They are so absorbed in
pulling some fast and fancy ones
that they forget to smile or ex
cuse themselves to those they step
on. The dance floor to them calls
for a strenuous workout of ex
travagant showmanship. It. is the
facial contortions of this group of
"experts" that are satirized so
tellingly by the Hartmans, popu
lar New York dance team. And
this form of athletic concentra
tion is as alien to the frivolity of a
party as the stuffed-shirt philoso
phizing. So, if a-partying you go, for
heck's sake be gay about it.
Leave your musings on "Why
are we here?" till the morning
after. Civilization is only skin
deep. Enjoy while you may a
socially acceptable outlet for
the yearnings of subcutaneous
tissues. Leave your grey mat
ter to home you'll last longer.
A Romeoed Shark.
In one of those much-cussed
pre-medic Saturday morning labs
at little Dirky Paul, delving for
the inner ear of a shark. Extrac
tion of these semi-circular canals
Is a delicate process, and Mr. Paul
whs holding his fish very close to
his ryes for a better job. The
speciman happened to be a pecul
iirily decaying and disintegrating
one, with skin coming off and in
ternal workings spilling out in
several places. Suddenly, as he
was working along earnestly Dick
began to croon softly to his pretty
playmate, "Let's seal it with a
, kiss".
Needed: A New Library.
The powers that be have
grossly neglected one of the ma
jor points of need in their cam
paign for a library-topped bulld
1 Ing program. Portia oynton,
who is adept at reducing the
most complex problem to its
basic simplicity, called the situa
tion to our attention. Reminded
by the heavy Temple doors of
the even weightier ones in the
library, she remarked that after
she had struggled her way into
the latter edifice she was too
tired to-.jtudy therein. Surely
the legislators will see that this
is the final straw.
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nf 0 JUNIORS, SENIORS
. Pri NAME MAY QUEEN
IN VOTE MARCH 24
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SIGMA DELTA EPSILON
Five New Members at
Banquet Saturday.
Tota chapter of Sigma Delta
Epsilon, women's national scien
tific fraternity, held an initiation
t banquet for five new graduate
members Saturday evening, March
20, at the Cornhusker.
The following are the graduate
etudenta of the university who
were initiated: Lucille Wilis, Lin
coln, pharmacy department; Irene
M. Mueller, Central City, botany
department; Mrs. Anne S. Dunn,
Lincoln; Virginia Stauffer, Beres,
O.. and Mrs. Frank L. Marsh, Lin-
r coin, all of the home economics
department.
Miss Lulu Runge. president of
the organization, and MUs Viola
Jelenek. vice president, were in
charge of the initiation.
, The banquet ceremonies were
under the supervision of women
members of the geology and ge
ography departments. ' Dr. Eula
McEvan of the geology depart
ment presided as toastmislress.
She presented Dr. Esther Ander
son, who gave a history of the or
ganization; Dr. Vera Rigdor, who
welcomed the initiates; Lucille
Mills, who responded for the new
members, and Dr. Anne Stafford,
who gave the address of the eve
ning on the subject, "A Summer
In Europe." Miss Carrie Barbow
of the geology depailment was
social chairman.
The VI rather
Wear your overshoes today
ssyt Prof, T. A. Blair. The
rain that hat been hovering
over the midweitern part of the
country may drop in here. Not
much change in temperature
though.
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Upperclasswomen to Elect
Mortar Board Nominees
In Same Poll.
Selection of the 1937 May queen
and 30 Mortar Boai$ candidates
will take place on Wednesday,
March 24. when lunior and senior
women go to the polls from 9 to 5
o'clock in Ellen Smith hall and In
Dean Burr's office in Ag hall.
Eighteen senior women make up
the May queen candidacy list, one
of whom will be chosen to rule
over Ivy day activities on May 6.
Names of those eligible for elec
tion will be published on posters at
the polls, Marylu Petersen, elec
tion chairman, announced. The
senior girl receiving the second
highest number of votes in the
ballot will serve as maid of honor
in the Ivy day ceremonies.
Juniors, Seniors Vote.
In the election of Mortar Board
candidates, junior and senior wom
en may cast their ballot for not
less than five eligible junior worn:
en and not more than 20. From
the 30 receiving the highest num
ber of votes, Mortar Board, sen
ior women's honorary, will choose
its new membership for the com
ing year. This is the first time
in the history of Mortar Board
candidate elections that junior
women have been allowed to voice
an opinion and take part in the
ballot.
Reaffirming the stand on poli
tics which Mortar Board took at
the opening of the school year,
Jean Walt, president of the honor
ary, commented on the coming
election, "Because of the impor
tance of the honors which are at
stake in the election on Wednes-1
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for rare pair
Pep Meeting Will Create
Enthusiasm for May 8
Ev.ent Says Hedlund.
To create enthusiasm for the
Farmers' Fair, May 8, a prevaca-
tion rally will be held tonight in
Ag hall at 7:15 o'clock, Earl Hed
lund announced. This will be the
second fair rally of the year.
Arranged by the junior fair
board, this rally will include some
comical features with the senior
fair board members as the cast.
According to Hedlund, there is an
old tradition on ag campus thHt
the juniors take a few "digs" at
the seniors, and this particular
rally promises to be no exception.
After the entertainment of the
evening the lists of all fair com
mittees will be read and posted.
All ag college students are urged
to attend and get their placards,
stickers and bumper signs which
will be distributed at the close of
the rally.
PAIf ELLENIC SPONSORS
ANNUAL JSSAY CONTEST
University Students May
Submit Manuscripts
Until March 31.
university HiuueniH may cnier
the third annual sy contest of
the Panhcllenic House association
by writing on "Does New York
Represent the American Scene?"
First prize is a trip to New York
and a two weeks stay at Beekman
Tower hotel.
Mrs. A. Burton Hepburn, na
tionally known philanthropist, is
in chaige of the contest and an
nounced the closing date for essay
suhmittance March 31.
Variations of the title may be
used. These are "Is New York a
Vital Pail of my Culture?" and
"Is New York a Plate to Launch
a Career?"
All essays must be mailed to
Panhellenic House Association,
Beekman Tower Hotel, 3 Mitchell
Place, New York City.
A.S.A.E. TO HEAR TALK ON
ELECTRIFICATION TONIGHT
Francis Yunj to Describe
Rural Research for
Ag Engineers.
Francis Yung, assistant re
search engineer in the agricultural
engineering department, will speak
on "Engineering and Construction
Problems in Rural Electrification"
at a meeting of the Nebraska stu
dent branch of the American So
ciety ot Agricultural Engineering
to be held tonight on the agricul
tural college campus at 7;30 in
room 2(6 of the agricultural engi
neering building.
Mr. Yung is at present nj;aged
In research work in rural electri
fication here, and according to the
A. S. A. E.. his talk should prove
lxth timely and of considerable In
terest to a large group of students.
The meeting is to be open, and
the socie'y urges that a II who ore
Interested attend.
Daily
Official
DODO BIRD OF
Oj DISPLAY
Latest exhibition of the univer
sity museum to catch the public
eye is a reproduction of the fa
mous dodo bird, which was pur
chased from "The Jungle." inter
nationally known naturalists lo
cated in London.
This specimen is now on dis
play in the first floor of Morrill
hali.
"As dead as the dodo" is an
English expression which in its
household usage means utter ex
tinction. Many think that the do-
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Rust Discusses Complexity,
Enormousness of Universe
Astronomer Tells Secrets
Of Galactic System
To Sigma Xi.
Some conception of the enor
mousness and complexity of the
universe was emphatically ex
pressed by Carl F. Rust of the
University astronomy department
in his lecture last night entitled
the "Structure of the Galaxy."
Rust made his address to mem
bers of Sigma Xi and to others in
terested in his topic, in the Mor
rill hall auditorium.
Rust, who is in charge of the
university observatory, traced the
development of the present the-1
ories regarding the structure and1
extent of the galaxy. He explain-
various hypotheses which were
proposed previous to the one
which is generally recognized at
the present time.
Aggregation of Stars.
"Thi galaxy is a great aggrega
tion of stars," Rust explained. "It
is a disc-like system composed of
DR POUND ELECTED TO
Louise Van Sickle Attends
National Convention
At Savannah.
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Dr. Louise Pound of the univer- !
sity English department was elect- I
cd first vice-president of American
Association of University Women
Kinm th Lincoln Jmirniil.
at the national convention held at
Savannah, Ca., last week.
Although Lr. Pound was unable
to attend the A. A. U. W. con
vention, Lincoln was represented
by Miss Louise Van Sickle who
returned Monday.
A former Lincoln mun, Charles
Wiedman, and Miss Dora Humph
rey presented their -troupe of
dancers in a sketch of modern
dancing as pail of the program,
Miss Van Sickle reported.
Dr. Pound's election came as the
result of her outstanding contri
butions in the fields of philology
and literature.
Dflialr Try-Oiii.
Prof. H. A. White," debate coach,
today announced debaters who are
Interested In the competition to
choose four men for the Iowa State
college legislative assembly on
April 23 and 24 should hand nil
their names at his officr not later:
than April ft. ' j
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LINCOLN, NEBRASKA. TUESDAY, MAKCH 23, 1937.
FOLKLORE FAME
IN MORRILL HALL
--councv i.im-uin uriiiuy Journal & Star.
do is the product of folklore or
imagination, but on the contrary
it has a most genuine history.
The dodo, from the Portuguese,
meaning simplication, was exterm
inated so completely in the 16th
and 17th centuries that it passed
completely from the face of earth.
One skeleton was preserved and
is the only mount in the world,
altho several models have been
constructed from contemporary
pictures and drawings of this
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approximately 100,000 million
stars. Proof of its being a homo
geneous unit is definitely shown
by the uniformity of matter dif
fused thruout the systepi."
Size of the galaxy is widely ac
cepted by authorities to be 100.
000 light years in extent and
5,000 light years in width. (A
light year is the distance that
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YW PLANS PRE-EASTER
VeSDCT
Choir to Present
Musical Program
At 5 Today.
As a pie-Easter program, the
Y. V. Vespers staff will present
the traditional choir candle light
service this Rfternoon at 5 o'clock
at Ellen Smith hall.
In charge of the service is Eer
nice Nelleniflnn, accompanist, who
will read the Easter Scripture and
give the benediction. She will
play the prelude, "Rosary."
For the processional, the robed
choir carrying lighted candles will
sing "The Lord is My Shepherd"
and "Into the Wood My Master
Went." The choir will also sing
"Fairest Lord Jesus." with the
descant. "O Joyous Easter Morn
ing" and "Christ the Lord is
Arisen Today."
Fiances Kurnham will real "The
Christes." This is the story of a
Belgian soldier who during the
W orld war took the place of a
Gorman soldier who was to be
nailed to the door of a German
cathedral. As a method of disci
pline, troops were forced to march
in front of the "Christes" on flood
Friday. So vivid whs the likeness
of this Belgian soldier to the pic
tures of Christ that the troops
liHd seen, that they rebelled
agHinst their leaders.
Women students are urged to
attend this meeting.
Ag Group to Hold Contest
Saturday, April 17,
Says Bauder.
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j ue annual i rops judging am.
Identification contest sponsored by
the Tri-K club, will be held on the
ag campus SaturdHy, April 17. Ac
cording to Dan-ell Bauder. presi
dent of the club, features of the
competition will include judging
of cereal and forage crops and
Identification of common weeds
and crops.
In charge of arrangements for
the contest will be the Nebraska
Crops Judging team, winners of
the Intercollegiate Crops Judging
competition in Chicago last fall.
Frank Svohoda is chairman, as
sisted by Ralph Bruse. Ward Hen
derson, and Dale Smith.
Ag Students Eligible.
All ng college studenis are
eligible to participate in the con
test. Following are the rules:
Members and alternates of
agronomy Judging teams and the
highest ranking individual in each
of the previous contests are not
eligible for competition.
Three Contest Division.
There will be three divisions in
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the contest: A srn'or division injvrrsity athletic program snd one
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feBRASKAN
of the University
PALLADIANS INITIATE 13
Literary Society Welcomes
New Members Friday.
Thirteen members were initiated
into the PaUadian Literary society
at their meeting last Friday night.
Following the ceremony, a short
business meeting was held. It was
announced that election of officers
would be held at the Monday night
meeting.
The initiates are: John Stuart,
Don Rice, Faith Medlar, Robert
McDermand. Orlyn McCartney,
Paul Linstedt, Gertrude Leavitt,
Wyona Keim, Ruth Green, Evelyn
Carlson, Elinor Aekerman, Beat
rice Ekhlad, and Elaine Holcomb.
A recent pledge of the society is
Joy Pestal.
RED TAPE DELAYS
Slowness in Plan Approval
Retards Construction, !
Says Seaton.
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"Red tape" is the factor to which
Operating Supt. R. L. Seaton at
tributes the current delay in con
struction work on the Student
Union building.
Because of the failure of Public
Works administration officials in
Omaha to approve the building
plans more promptly. Superintend
ent Seaton and Architect Walter
F. Wilson, agreed that the build- j
ing cannot be ready for occupa-1
tion before January," 193S. j
Blueprints Satisfactory. j
At the time the grant was ap- j
proved by the government, Seaton
estimated that the structure would
be completed by the opening of the
fall semester this year. j
"The blueprints are all sptisfac-j
tory," Seaton remarked. "It is
merely the usual 'red tape' which !
is always connected with govern-1
ment projects that is holding up I
tne work. ' j
Wilson estimated that the delay ,
would last about a month. He is j
expecting to receive the approved!
plans by the end of this week, at
which time he will begin advertis-
ing for bids. An additional three
weeks was the time he approxi
mated to be necessary for the let
ting of the construction contracts.
To Lay Foundation.
No. work has been done on the
plot since the excavation work was
taken early in January, when the
seven buildings occupying the
northeast corner of 14 th and R sts.,
were razed.
Last Wednesday a sub-committee
of the Student Council sub
mitted its proposed constitution of
the union building to the council
for approval. Altho at that time
it received a satisfactory test vote,
it cannot he formally approved un
til another ballot is taken at the
next meeting of the council.
DEBATERS TO ARGUE
AT
White Calls Tryouts to
Determine Four-Man
Squad for Trip.
All debaters interested in try
ing out for the four man squad
which will compete Ht the Iowa
State college legislative assembly
on April 23 and 24 are requested
by Prof. 11. A. White, debate
coach, to hnnd in their names at
his office not later than April ,0.
With the exception of those who
made the trips to Chicago and St.
Louis, all men in the university,
above Ireshman standing, are eli
gible to compete for this trip un
der regular eligibility rules.
No definite debate question Is
at this time to he set forth but all
subject matter is relative to the
sales tax for Iowa, and will be
found on reserve in the university
library. Professor White stated
that the four men selected to at
tend the Iowa assembly, wnich
will have in attendance rtpre
sentatives from more than 20 col
leges, travel as guests of the uni
versity with all expenses paid.
IMMEDIATE WORK
ON UNION BUILDING
Mock N. U. Senate Session
Features Gridiron Dinner
Professors to Debate at
Journalism Banquet
April 1.
Participating in a mock t-cssion
of the university senate, profes
sors and students will expound on
various proposals and topics of
current campus interest, at the
Journalism gridiron dinner April
1 at the Lincoln hotel.
Dr. Harry Kurr, head of th
modern language department will
uphold the affirmative of the
weighty problem that "Women are
better than Men" sgainst Dr.
Louise Pound of the English de
partment. Dr. O. K. Bowsma. of the philos
ophy tiepBrtment. will emphasize
his stand that there should be s
grrstr' interest shown In the unl
of Nebraska
Cincinnati Dean
To Address N. U.
Audience April 6
lUizzou Debaters Here
Richard Cross ttop) and Thomas
Neill, St. Louis debaters, here.
MEET WITH ST. LOUIS
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AnrJrpw5 Hall MnndaV
MnareWS Hdll IVIOnUdy,
Unjudged Meet.
Aiguing the question, "P.esolved.
that congress should be empowered
to fix minimum hours and maxi
mum wages." Ernest Wintroub
and Robert Stiefler of the univer
sity debate squad met Thomas
Neill a;id Richard Cross of St.
Louis university in Andrews hall
last evening. Nebraska upheld the
affirmative side in the unjudged
affair.
Both Stiefler and Wintroub just
returned Saturday from St. Louis
where they engaged in several de
bates with the university repre
sentatives. Both have had more
experience in the Nebraska squad
and graduated from Omaha Cen
tral high school.
Make Midwest Tour.
Making a two week tour of the
middle west. Neill and Cross have
already debated in Chicago, Mad
ison Wis., and Omaha. Following
the debate here they will journey
to Denver and Colorado Springs in
Colorado, and will then turn back
and hold their last debate in Kan-
; sas City.
j Neill is a senior in the College
of Arts and Sciences. He is a
I member of the St. Louis univer
I sity honor forensic society and of
Alpha Sigma Nu, Jesuit rational
honorary fraternity. Last year he
was runner up in the extemporan
eous speaking contest. Most of
Neiil's activities have been in the
journalistic field. Last year be
won the intercollegiate English
context and the Leo McCarthy lit
erary medal at St. Louis. He is
also holder of the Gilfilan Ca
techetical medal.
Cross is student manager of the
university radio station. WEW,
where he is heHd announcer. He
is a junior in the school of law
and :s an honor student. A member
of the debating squad for four
years, this is his second year in
intercollegiate debates.
jaiiili Socict In S'r
Minic W filiif-ihiy Nifilit
Moving pictures of a 'bull light
and group singing will' constitute
the program at the Spanish club
meeting Wednesday evening at the
Temple, room 203.
members will expound on the pop
ularity of philosophy.
Wimberly for Science.
"Science is more Important than
Culture." will bo contended by Dr.
L. C. Wimberly. of the English
department, and Dr. Earl H. Bell,
of th sociology department, will
air his views on the Importance
of culture as greater than that of
science.
IVan Foster, of the law college,
will debate against the th-oiy that
"OKI profissors are better than
New" and Professor Karl Arndt
will come hack at him with a de
fense of the older men.
Members of Sigma Delta Chi
snd Th(ta Sigma Phi willsppear
in a number of skits pertaining to
problems of pertinent campus in
terest. Titles of severs! of the skits
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PBK's, Sigma Xi's to Name
New Members at Next
Convocation.
Dean L. T. Mor head of the
graduate school of the University
of Cincinnati, will speak on "A
Place for Productive Scholarship
in a University" at an all univer
sity convocation to be held April
6 at 11 a. m. in Temple theater
under the joint sponsorship of Phi
Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi, na
tional scholastic societies.
Newly elected members of each
society will be announced at this
convocation, which is open to the
public. This spring event is
staged in honor of seniors earning
a high scholastic average entitling
them to membership to Phi Beta
Kappa. Those doing research work
and possessing the necessary high
averages are admitted to Sigma
Xi, scientific honorary.
One Time N. U. Professor.
The guest speaker. Dean Louis
Trenchard More, was a faculty
member of the University of Ne
braska from 1696 to 1900 before
joining the instructional staff of
Cincinnati university. A member
of both Phi Beta Kappa and Sig
ma Xi, Dean More is well known
for his work in the field of phys
ics, a subject upon which he has
written extensively. Having been
in contact with students for many
years, he should be an interesting
speaker to those attending the
convocation.
At the conclusion of the spring
event. Dean More will be the guest
speaker at the annual joint dinner
of the two scholastic societies held
in the evening. At this dinner old
and new members of the two so
cieties will have an opportunity to
become acquainted with this out
standing physicist and scholar.
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Geography Professor Calls
'Early Man' Symposium
Most Instructive.
Because it enabled specialists in
many fields to exchange their
views on the subject. Dr. Wm. Van
Royen of the geography depart
ment, national authority on phy
siography who has just returned
from the international symposium
on "Early Man" held recently in
Philadelphia, said today that ths
conference was the most instruc
tive he has ever attended.
"This was the first international
conference of this kind ever held"
declared Dr. Van Royen. "Anthro
pologists, archeologists, physio
raphists, geologists and paleon
toligists from Europe, Africa, and
North America were present."
Round Table Discussion.
Dr. Van Royen, who received a
special invitation to attend the
conference because of his recent
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IP TO KANSAS CITY
Students to Read A.S.M.E,
Papers at Missouri
April 9, 10.
Roger Wallace of Hastings, and
Paul Gamlin of Nebraska City
were selected as Nebraska's two
representatives to present techni
cal papers at the convention of
the American Society of Mechani
cal Engineering to be held in
Kansas City, Mo.. April 9 and 10.
The paper which Wallace read
concerned "Brit Methods of Mak
ing Carbonated Drinks in the
Home." while Gamlin developed
the topic of "Air Springs for
Cars." Judges for the tryouts held
yesterday afternoon were Profes
sors W. L. DeBaufre and F. W.
Norris.
Nine schools will be represented
at the Kansas City convention.
For the best paper presented, a
prize of t50 will be given. Second
and third prizes will be $25 and
$10 respectively. Tapers must be
fifteen minutes in length, although
at the local tryouts only a five
minute resume was given with a
two to five minute discussion.
ART GROUP PLANS EXHIBIT
Delta Phi Delta Arranges
For Annual Showing.
Arrangements for their annual
exhibition during the wetk of
April 7 will be made at an im
portant business meeting of Delta
Phi Delta, fine arts honorary. t
4 o'clock this afternoon in room
204 of Morrill hall.
Pledging services will be held
at 5 o'clock for students of the
fine arts department who are eligi
ble to DHU Phi Delta. Flnsl mrm.
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