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Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska
VOL. XXVII, No. 7.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1937
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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Stay in thv Jiijrgy,
Perspiring De&pairvrs.
Brow-mopping' clays like yes
terday are always sure to cause
the faint-hearted to wonder
whether all this ardor for an edu
cation isn't after all a sad mistake.
Great warmth of feeling- for any
thing intellectual seems to fall
under the heading or misdirected
effort, very costly In cokes and
laundry bills. Then it is time to
consider the rewards of virtue.
As far as we can gather from
our one pipe course, the wood
less plains of these here parts
are crawling with engineers.
There are electrical engineers,
architectural engineers, mechan
ical engineers, agricultural engi
neers, civil engineers, chemical
engineers in the formal educa
tional fields. Extracurricularly
there are political engineers, so
cial engineers, high grade engi
neers, army engineers, job-getting
engineers, football men's
housing engineers, and even
publicity engineers. Most per
manent of these two typese fall
into the classroom category.
Engineers!
These earnest and straight
speaking young men have un
doubtedly been told countless
times already that the world fair
ly yearns to open-arm them all,
every one. As the years wear on
these promised-land speils sort of
resolve into plain ordinary pep
talks, if handed solely by the
gents whose bread and butter de
pends on turning out civil or even
articulate engineers. But news
from far afield should hearten
.anew.
, : We have a newly re-unearthed
second cousin in the distant hills
of Connecticut who earned an
engineering degree from Yale
several decades ago. Through
his eyes we came to see, this
' summer, the message and pro
found influence of the noble pro
fession of tripod and sighting
machine upon the uninitiated,
unenlightened hoi poloi. The
light had come to my cousin
fUtis:
Wig Wag Side Light.
Fresh out of school Cuz was on
his first job, surveying the prop
erty around his home village. It
was one of those steaming Mum
mer days that only the seaboard
slates experience sarsparilla diet
weather. As Cuz was squinting
and sighting and waving in highly
professional fashion to his very
green assistant, a rugged native
appeared on the scene to oversee
thegoings-on. Cuz continued his
squinting and waving, but, to be
rosy about it. remarked: "Warm
day. isn't it?"
To which the eye-popping native
replied, "don't hnow, I ain't never
. seen one of them things work."
Reporters have similarly inspir
ing tasks on occasion. Not all of
their inspirational material should
h noised about, but occasional in
cidents are pace making. Such a
one happened to a female reporter
Reverse English.
Now there are almost as many
breeds of newspaper men as there
are engineers. In lesser degree,
there arc as numerous varieties of
paper women. Most movificd are
the sob sisters, most moneyed, the
magazine workers, most lurid, the
dictator-chasers. But sometimes
femmcs make good in a line of
writing customarily predominantly
male. Today's heroine was a big
time ship reporter.
Ship reporters are the per- j
sistant and brassy folk that in- j
terview the celebrity steamship
passengers, dig out any and all
news on the international situa
tion and help get leg art on ,
movie stars. In our little story,
'the passenger of interest was an
European woman track star
who, by a mere operation, had
become a man, and was bound
for a night club vocalization
spot in New York.
Well, the boys surrounded this
marvel of the surgeon's knife and
sked it questions. The lone skirt
In the crowd, adorning our cap
able, typically hard-boiled and un
abashablc female reporter, got in
on her share of the quizzing. But
at last the newshawks ran through
their small stock of knowledge of
the case, and adjourned to a com
pact huddle to ponder what fur
ther interrogations to hurl at the
subject. This went on for a spell,
with the characteristic absence of
mincing of verbage. Finally the
woman in the case, who had hov
ered on the outskirts of the group,
shouldered her way into the cir
cle and demanded to be in on the
confab.
"What's the matter?" rhe
snorted. "Do you think I'm too
young?"
Form Fame.
The call of the soil, too, is not
without its glamour and attrac
tion. Hcie too. one makes a name
for one's self, and fame,
There was, we are told, the
western Nebraskan who got
clubby with one of the ag col
lege lads on a bus. He finally
discovered a mutual friend in a
product of the older man's home
town. The object of their con
venation, explained the ag boy,
had just about completed his
work for a doctor's degree.
"That's fine," exclaimed the
Sand Hills agent. "And when does
he start to practice?"
"Oh, this kid isn't going to be
that kind of a doctor," corrected
our atudent "He'a going to be a
doctor of agronomy." (Field crops
to you.)
"Oh, yes," returned the other,
puzzled. "That's one of them rub
bin' doctors, ain't It?"
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Carl Sandburg
To Open Series
Of Assemblies
Chicago Poet Addresses0
Student Body Oct. 8
On Folk-Songs.
Carl Sandburg, famous modern
ist American poet, will speak at
the first of the university convo
cation series, Friday, Oct. 8, on
the subject "American Folk-Songs
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--From Lincoln Journal.
CARL SANDBURG.
and Tall Talcs," according to Dr.
Harry Kurz, who succeeded Dr.
H. W. Stoke as chairman of the
convocation committee. He will be
followed, says Dr. Kurz, by a dis
tinguished list of the world's
celebrities, arranged by Dr. Stoke
before he left.
Sandburn's powerful realistic
poetry is familiar to every stu
dent of American literature. Born
in Galesburg, 111., in 1878. he pub
lished his first volume, "Chicago
Poems," in 1913 and has been
producing steadily since. His
works have placed him alongside
Walt Whitman as a leader in the
writing of blank verse. His style,
however, is more vivid and epic
than Whitman's. Some of the more
familiar of his short poems are
"Chicago," "The Fence," and
"Grass."
Frantz Joins Committee.
A new member of the convoca
tion committee is Dr. . W. Frantz
of the English department. Other
members are Profs. Arndt. Broady,
Kirkpatrick. and Miss McGahey
of the registrar's office.
The university convocations,
held in the Temple theater, give
students an opportunity to hear
the opinions of great minds in
every field of American thought.
Last year's list of speakers in
cluded Harry Elmer Barnes, eco
nomist, Sir Arthur Willert, diplo
mat, and John T. Flynn, political
scientist.
Traditional Grid Migration
Approved for Columbia
On Special Train.
Student council heads, meeting
for the first time this fall, set the
wheels in motion last night for
an investigation of the regents'
bookstore.
"The bookstore is one of our
chief concerns this year," Al
Moseman, president of the council,
stated. "Rumors have circulated
to the effect that certain mem
bers of the faculty have collected
undue sums in royalties on text
books. Other rumors charge the
store with using its profits to sup
port other university projects."
Moseman indicated that the
council would attempt to incorpo
rate the regents' store into the
American Association of Univer
sity Book.Mmes in order to find
a market for out-of-date books.
He also declared that a cuib would
be placed upon faculty members
who have their classes purchase
expensive new editions each year.
Bookstore Successful.
"The bookstore has been most
successful," Moseman stated, "but
we think it can be made even
more so."
Plans were also made at the
council meeting for forums to be
held this year. A schedule of three
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The Cornhusker Oath
The Cornliuskor Oath, taken by all fresh me a upon entering
the university and to be administered to this year's class at
the annual freshman convocation this morning at 11 o'clock
in the coliseum, is as follows:
"As a student entering the University of Nebraska, I sub
scribe to the following :
"1. Kecognition of an obligation to parents, friends,
schools, and state for the sacrifice made and encouragement
offered which enabled me to enter the University of Ne
braska. "2. Desire to remain in the University with the firm in
tention to advance in scholarship and to cultivate those social
activities which make for good citizenship.
"o. Purpose to enter classes and other work fully pre
pared and to give such attention as will insure satisfactory
results, not failure.
"4. Organization of time to he devoted to study, recrea
tion, activities, and rest, and the pursuit of this schedule with
due diligence.
"5. Loyalty to the administration, faculty, traditions,
and purposes of the University.
"Finally, 1 will at all tiilies censure and guide my conduct
and work toward personal advancement, and safeguard the
relation 1 hold to the welfare of the University and its ser
vices to the state."
Freshmen Meet
in Coliseum at 11
for Convocation
M A.W.S. BOARD
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Men's Pep Club Outlines
Calendar for Rallies,
Pennant Sales.
Members Plan to Explain
Facilities for Social
Life, Activities.
A reception for new unaffiliated
women students w.ll be held Fr'
day, Sept. 24, from 3.30 to 5:30 at
Ellen Smith hall. All unaffiliated
girls are urged to attend the recep
tion, sponsored by the Barb A. W.
S. board.
In making an announcement of
this meeting, veima Ekwau, presi
dent of the board, commented:
"The purpose of the reception for
all barb girls is to help these new
girls become better acquainted
with other students, with activi
ties, and with facilities for social
life. Hour dances, intramural
sports, and other phases of the
year's program will be explained."
Small group meetings will be
held to find out the special inter
ests of the girls in activities and
eeneral school life.
All organized barb houses this
year will be sponsored by the
board members. Member of me
board for the coming year are:
Tresldent, Velma Ekwall; vice
president, Elizabeth Edson; secre
tary, Beatrice Ekblad; treasurer,
Ruth Green; athletic co-chairman,
Mary Byrd and Betty Clements;
social co-chairman, Lois Giles and
Joy Pestal; publicity chairman,
Helen Severa; activity point sys
tem chairman, Faith Medlar.
MERCURY GOES
TO 98 DEGREES
FOR HEAT MARK
Yesterday's 98 degrees was the
highest temperature ever recorded
for this late in the season by the
United States weather bureau at
Lincoln. Until this time the hottest
day recorded for September was
95, and that was back on Septem
bcr 23, 1892. The records of tern
peratures have been consistently
taken since 1886.
The temperature was 92 at this
time last year. The next day it
fell sharply and never rose above
83 for the rest of the month.
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From Lincoln Journal.
MAJOR L. M. JONES.
STAFF TO POST FIRST
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MEMBERS
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Ann Gersib, L Peterson,
Rex Brown Selected
For Title Posts.
New Corn Cob pledges will at
tend their first Corn Cob smoker
to be held in the "N" club room
in the coliseum at 7:30 tonight.
One pledge will be appointed
from each fraternity. He must be
a sophomore with at least 27
hours of credit and must be in
good standing in the university.
Name Rally Committee.
At the Corn Cob meeting held
last night, plans for pre-game ral
lies were discussed, the group fin
ally concluding that the president
HELM BOARD
Marjorie Francis, Lois Giles,
Milton Gustafson Take
Other Offices.
Names in A, B, C to Remain
On Display at City,
Ag Campuses.
First student directory list will
be posed for checking on Thurs
day and Friday of this week,
Terry Williams, general manager
of the book, announced yesterday.
Lists of all students' names be
ginning with A, B. and C. will
be found on bulletin boards in
both Social Sciences building and
Ag hall on ag campus.
Students are urged to check the
lists for mistakes and make cor
rections on the printed sheets. "If
each student will see that his
name and address is correct on
the lists, it will greatly increase
the accuracy of the finished
book," Williams advised.
Completion of the book by the
set date, October 25, is not doubted
by the staff barring some unfore
seen delay. Work at present is
being carried on and completed
according to schedule.
EQUESTRIENNES
New staff positions on the
Cornhusker Countryman, Agricul
tural college publication, were an
nounced last night by R. T. Pres
cott, publication advisor, after a
meeting held to consider applica
tions for the various posts.
Most important of the newly ap
pointed positions are the posts of
associate agricultural editor,
taken bv Rex Brown; art editor.
handled by La Verne Peterson; and
business manager, awarded to
Ann Gersib. '
Assistants appointed In the edi
torial department are Howard
Kriz, William Hartnell, Joan Jcli
nek, Marjorie Runkcl.
Assisting in the business de
partment will be Betty Stewart,
Richard Spangler, man rarr.
Thane Davis, Jess Skinner. Lois
Nichliter, and William Schnce
stock.
Circulation department assis
tants appointed are Martha Whe
lan, Esther Schnciderwind, Ralph
Fitz and Maxine Armstrong.
Ogden Riddle, secretary of the
Ag publication board, revealed
that the next issue of the Coun
tryman will be on sale before the
middle of October.
Formal . Ceremony Marks
Official Admittance
Into University.
Nearly 2.000 freshmen of the
class of 1941 will take the oath
of the university at the convoca
tion in the coliseum today at 11
o'clock. The administering of the
oath under the direction of the
Innocents society marks the offi
cial acceptance of the new class
into the university.
Robert Wadhams. president of
the senior men's honorary, will
preside over the convocation and
will introduce the various speak
ers of the day. Dean T. J. Thomp
son, dean of student affairs, will
sound a brief welcome and will be
followed by Dean of Women
Amanda Heppner. Mortar Board
President Maxine Durand will in
troduce Miss Heppner.
Biff Jones to Speak.
Following the welcome by deans
and presidents of the senior hono
raries, Major Lawrence McCeney
Jones, athletic director and head
football coach, will be called upon
to offer a word of greeting to the
neophytes. Johnny Howell, Inno
cent and Cornhusker quarterback,
will introduce Major Jones.
The oath will be administered
by Col. C. J. Frankforter as the
concluding feature of the all fresh
man assemblage. Its acceptance
by the new students signals and
heralds their official entrance into
the university.
Sing School Songs.
Music for the assembly will be
provided by the R. O. T. C. band
under the direction of William T.
"Billie" Quick. The ceremony will
be opened witn "Hail Varsity" and
concluded with the mass siugmg
of "The Cornhusker."
The Innocents society annually
sponsors the freshman convoca
tion, although it is not a siric'Jy
freshman affair and other shi'; i;'.s
are invited to attend. Atten;lr.nc
by freshmen is mandatory.
W infield Elias, John Howell :md
Thurston Phelps are Innocents in
charge of the assembly. Members
of Corn Cobs and Tassels will act
as ushers.
The new officers of the Agi icul- j
members to take charge of rally
crntt fiiinrWson Sellprk lp,!,n8' Frftnk Kud,'na- George ro-
All Re-elected; Burney
Represents Council.
tiny CU.'ILIUUHJK uini utc yi ratutn. j o J n'J' U
should appoint a committee of two tural Executive Board announced LQCd nlQinQ UUD UTganiZeS
First meeting of the year of the
Nebraska Athletic Board of Con
trol was held yesterday afternoon
in the coliseum. Purpose of the
meeting was mainly the election
of officers, with general routine
business at a minimum.
Officers re-elected for the com
ing year are, chairman. Prof. R. V.
Scott: vice-chairman. L. E. Gun
derson; and secretary, John K.
Selleck.
Student Council representative
on the board is Wlllard Burney.
The "N" club member has not
jet been announced.
named as the committee in charge
of pennant sales for the Minnesota
game.
Plans for a Corn Cob party,
possibly a "Joe College" affair,
were discussed, with a tentative
date set for the night after the
Indiana game.
Presiding at the meeting last
night was Willard Burney, presi
dent of the Corn Cobs.
at the meeting yesterday are Har
old Benn, president: Marjorie
Francis, vice president; Lois Giles,
secretary; and Milton Gustafson,
treasurer.
The meetings of the organiza
tion are on the second and fourth
Tuesdays of the month in Ag hall
at 5 o'clock. All interested stu
dents may attend.
Announcement was made at the
meeting that no mixers would be
granted until all danger of infan
tile paralysis has passed.
After Several Years
Of Inactivity.
A.W.S. BOARD TEA
COEDS SEPT. 30
Women Leaders on Campus
To Explain Activities
At Ellen Smith.
SCHOOL OF MUSIC
TO GIVE KECITAi;
NEXT WEDNESDAY
V Hall Staggers
Scabbard nnd Blade Men
Meet Tonight in N Hall
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mere win vk a iiiecmnj ui oiiu- A m CI I "T
bard and Blade Thursday. Sept.! At OIlOCK O ieW
A.O, ttl U.Uw V Liu,n in ncm aana
hall. Room 202. All members are
requested to be present.
German Academic Freedom
Impresses Berlin Student
Forty enthusiastic coed eques
triennes assembled in Grant Me
morial hall for the first Riding
club meeting of the year Wednes
day evening. The club, sponsored
by the W. A. A., is being reor
ganized this year having been
dropped from the W. A. A. activi
ties for several years.
Plans for the year's activities
were outlined as well as classify
ing the members into the groups
in whirh they will ride. Those in
beginning, intermediate and ad-
I vanced classes will ride at differ
ent times. Meetings will be held
Paitlt UI Interior Anyone interested in joining the
ciud, ana nas yet not none so, may
see Marian Kidd, head of the club
this year, in the W. A. A. lounge
In Grant Memorial hall.
All riding will be done at the
Opening this season's round of
recitals in the university school of
music, Herbert Schmidt, pianist
and instructor in the school, will
present the first musical convoca
tion in the Temple next Wednes
day afternoon, Sept. 29, al 4
o'clock.
Hayrin tonalt K flit
Allrcro. Auam. frrlo.
Schulert
Momrnt M'lHialc C mlor Op. tU. Nn. 1
Moment Mulclt A Hal Op. H2. No. 4
ImnromMu K minor Op. 2. No. 4
Bride The Hour Glut
1. luik.
2. The Dew Vairy.
3 The Mldnlchl Tide
Lord Eerneri..Two Utile Funeral Marthea
a) For Canary
(h) For a Rich Aunt
Phillip Emanuel Bch
Rondo Exoreailve B minor
Johann Sebaitian Bach. . .Toccata, D major
Leaders from all major wom
en's organizations will greet pros
pective activity women on Thurs
day, Sept. 30 when the annual all-
activities tea is held in Ellen Smith
hall. Sponsored by the A. W. S.
board, each woman's organization
on the campus w.ll have display
rooms and representatives from
each society will describe her ac
tivity. "The A. W. S. board is very
anxious that all freshmen and new
women in the university should at
tend the all-artivitics tea," Jana
Barbour, president of the board
stated. "They will thus have an
opportunity to obtain some Idea
of each activity, which will help
them to decide in which ones they
would like to participate."
All Organizations Participate
The organizations on the cam
pus which will participate in the
tea are the Y. W. C. A., in charge)
of decorations; Co-ed Counsellors,
entertainment; W. A. A., 'n charg
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U of N Student Attends
German Universities
For 1 5 Months.
To attend one of the famous
schools of Europe, or to live and
travel among the people of the
old world is the dream of every
young man and woman. Such a
dream has become a reality to
Carl Stobbe, third year pre-law
student In the university. Mr
Stobbe has just returned to the
Nebraska campus after a year and
three months in the Universities
of Heidelberg and Berlin.
Naturally the first situation to
be discussed was the nazi regime.
Mr. Stobbe on several occasions
had opportunity lo see and hear
I Hitler. Knowing the German peo
pie well, Mr. Stobbe commented
that they love their Hitler and are
sincerely loyal to him, although
not all the people are in accord
with the national socialist doc
trines. Hitler possesses a great per
sonality and the power and effec
tiveness of his speeches are a
source of wonder, Stobbe ex
plained. Hitler as a man and a
leader has so enthused the Ger
man people at to give them new
hope for the future. Mr. Stobbe
said that although h" did not de
sire to live under a totalarlan
form of government, he believes
it the only way out for Germany.
In the opinion of Stobbe the ed
ucation, system used In the Ger
'hRtJttnued on Page 4.
When the hideous tan walls of
the business office of the Daily Ne
braskan blossomed Into gorgeous
slate blue the first of the week, the
i campus became conscious oi me
I artistic talent lying hidden in the
basement of U Hall.
With this repainting Job came
into being one of the newest things
in wall artistry. Although some
of the former murals have been
covered over, It is expected that
in the space of not lens than a
few weeks a completely new set
will bedeck the surroundings.
The rerent step in renovation
has given the whole staff a new
lease on the once considered bed
raggled life of a newspaper man.
It has also made a very good im
pression on the activities workers
who wrnder their way into the
swankily done Interior.
The effect, though here only
slightly newsworthy, has so
broken the tradition to never do
any redecorating at U hall that
the heretofore shaky foundations
fairly tremble with this new
shock.
Snoivflakes at Night, X-Ray
Of Rose, Waterlilies, False
Teeth-Candid Shot Exhibit
Shreve Stables in Pioneer Park.
Members will ride ten times for
$5, with free instructions as an
added attraction. A fee of ten
cents per ride also will be taxed
to defray the cost of transporta
tion to and from the park. "All
fees must be paid by next Wednes
day," Miss Kidd emphasized.
Nfw, UevUed Awgwau
To Make Anpo'uranee
On Campus Sept. 30
First issue of Awgwan, campus
humor magazine, will be ready for
distribution Thursday, Sept. 30.
Editor Bruce Campbell anno' meed
yesterday.
1oi and funnier cartoons will
be featured tbruout the magazine,
members of the staff advised. It
waji also announced that the cus
tomary fashion department has
'been completely revised.
Thnt candid camera phntngra
phy is rapidly becoming the most
popular and most attractive form
of avocation is apparent In the
U. S. Camera Salon showing of
unusual photographs in gallery A
of Morrill hall. The exhibit, opened
to the public Sunday, will con
tinue until Sept. 27.
Nearly every type of modern
picture is represented, from tiilit
snow pictures to nn X-r;iy of a
rose. There, is a varied selection
of character portraits and chil
dren. But the candid shots of the
children Are more striking than
the posed, which seem exagger
ated. Fashion models posed In
glamorous gowns do not have the
attraction of the candid shots.
False Teeth, Banana.
A pair of false teeth clutching
a half peeled banana with a hun
gry grin first catchea the eye.
'.This mnnxlrnsity, created by leon
lard Stark, is in nirert conirast to
a study in water lilies mid glass,
of unusual fragility and beauty.
The inquisitive cat and the silkwi
haired spaniel in the IrWi setter
in tho pet section are other pic
tures.
Minutest Detail Captured.
Most Impressive technically wnj
tho astonishing' clarity of the pic
tures. The minutest detail is
ctiaraclcii.stic of niont of thn
scenic views, portraits, uud candid
shots. Easily mistaken for an
old, dry point etching was a twi
light picture of mist and melting
snow. Candid fiends shot their
subjects from odd and irregular
angles, and got striking contrasts.
You'll find the whole show rep
resents the cream of the photogra
phers' crop, and be sure to look
for the bewitching baby in the
washbowl.
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