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T1IF. DAILY NKBKASKAN, SUNDAY. JANUARY 16, 193ft
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By Johnny Howell Quarterback
Mary Anna Cockle
JOHN HOWELL"
AS JOHNNY
SKKS n
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call
One of the brighter boys of our
school cornered inn yesterday :im1
asked if I wanted to hoar tho eco
nomic explanation for the length
of girls' .skirts. I usually don't
appreciate the economic explana
tion of anything hut frankly, the
idea of one on skirts startled nio
so that I lost my resistance and
told him to fire.
1 have been holding the belief
for a long time that the length ot
the skirt depended entirely on the
frame of mind that milady was mi
when it came time to decide
Whether the hem was going to
move up or down. I had a mental
picture of some razzle-dazzle d
taking a hasty glance at her c
and then deciding that her legs
weren't really us bowed and fat as
they looked in the mirror. The
deb, according to my illusion, then
whacked off an inch and three
eighths of cloth and set the stand
ard by which all well dressed
Women must abide.
Hut this didn't exactly jih with
the story the smart young man
was telling me. In fact thele
seemed to be a definite clash in the
trends of thought, lie informed
me that skirt lengths varied di
rectly witli the condition of the
stock market. That is, if the mar
ket is up the skirt goes up (the
leg) too. If the market is down
the skirt drops accordingly.
You think it's crazy ? Well, so
did I until 1 heard the logic behind
it. In the same definite manner
as you just displayed when vol
threw this paper down, I drew my
self up and started to stalk away
from the he-spectacled scholar. Hut
he clamped on a hammer lock and
flopped me back into my straight
back before I knew what was hap
pening. Then followed the logic.
If the market is up times are good
and women will buy more skirts.
Skirt manufacturers, who are
really the boys who set the length
shorten the skirt so that they will
have more cloth to make more
skirts so that they can sell more
skirts so that they can make more
money. Likewise if times are bad
the women will buy fewer skirts.
In protection of their industry,
manufacturers must then put more
cloth in the skirts to maintain
some sort of balance in produc
tion. As a representative example
of this trend you can rememlier
back in the early twenties (or can
you i when the women were wear
ing dresses a couple of inches
above the knee.
Times were good in the early
twenties, I hope. Then as the dec
ade grew older times becam-
steadily worse, the skirts steadily
lengthened. When the market
crashed in '29 they tell me women
nan 10 nave rour leet or train on a
formal to be considered well dress
ed. Ordinary street dresses looked
hke Hattie at the barn dance In
her grandmother's first formal.
About four or five inches from the
ground was the standard. Then
anie the WPA and Mr. Koosevelt
and dressmakers began to apply
the scissors more liberally. Bar
ting an upset in Roger Babson s
predictions for a good year, I pre
dict another inch and a half swat'r.
from milady's last year's model.
(Note: This is the first of a se
ries of two articles by John Howell,
authority on feminine apparel. To
morrow in this column Mr. Howell
will discuss the relation between
the skirt and the hose (sock) tak
ing into consideration the present
business recession. The problem
.liieh he will discuss has wide ec
onomic as well as social aspects
And should prove interesting to one
nd all. i
balls wrapped in blue celophane
balls wrapped in blue celaphane
and tied with silver ribbon were
brought in. Instead of devouring
them, everyone chiseled them down
until they arrived at the favors
which were hidden in the center.
These, thanks to the Fiji's were
smooth gold compacts witli an en
graved l'hi Gamma Delta on top.
Sat on the balcony and watched
the people arrive, as they made
rather a colorful picture. Saw
one little girl with a very tricky
pair of white fur mittens to match
the collar on her wrap. Noticed
Claire Kubendall as she came in
wearing something silver, ami
Helen Marie Kincaide looking
queenly in white crepe. Frisctlla
Keitz' fascinating little blue sequin
cap reflected the lights in the
chandelier, and I couldn't help
turning to stare at trances knudl
son in black velvet set off by a
single strand of pearls.
On the dance floor, Trl Delt
president, Alone Mulliken, was
much embarrassed when a well
meaning friend had a piece dedi
cated to her ns Mrs. Allen Smith.
These pranksters!
PHALANX CHOOSES AVERY
Honorary Military Group
Names Three Others.
lob Avery was elected notional
commander of I'halanx; Bill Tay
lor, national adjutant; Frank How
ard, local commander and Willliam
B. Williams, finance officer at the
last meeting of I'halanx.
The honorary military organiza
tion was entertained by a discus
sion of the Ludlow amendment
given by Lieutenant Bell of the
lalth infantry and by authentic
World war pictures shown by Ser
geant Nelson of tlie military department.
whom some of the people will be
with, the twins and everyone, but
they'll all be theie.
And later, we're going to try to
crash the Dorm formal. Don't
know what they could do to us,
except to show us the door. It
ought to be pretty well mobbed
when all the Raymond girls gather
forces.
While I'm on the subject of Sat
urday night parties, 1 might .is
well let you in on a word that's
been going round at the Alpha XI
house. Remember Carolyn Skans,
who was here last year? Her fam
ily moved to Texas or some place.
Anyhow, she recently announced
her engagement.
To close, I must tell you some
thing about A. T. O. Bob Leadley,
It happened way last spring, but it
seems that at that time he got no
little practice in typewriting while
on dates only the poor girls took
an awful ribbing.
Met just scads and scads of
people I know at the l'hi Mu
formal at the Cornhnsker. Kvery
one was having such fun, that I
even caught Mrs. Scott trucking;
when she thought no one was
looking. '
Had a glimpse of Junior Wilson
and Fat Jensen which reminded
me of something that happened
earlier in tho evening. Junior
was at the Tri Delt house for an
exchange dinner, and he and Dor
othy De!l McClelland had been
dancing quite a while when Ben
Bushman suggested that they
ought to be getting to the basket
ball game, but Claude kept saying
just one more dance. This went
on for some time, and finally Ben
made Claude put up his, entire
funds, 77 cents, that he would
leave after the next piece, which
of course Junior failed to do. So
Ben walked off with all the cash
Junior had planned to spend on
Rat. Couldn't tell you wdiat they
did for coke money. Or maybe
Tat is used to Claude's gambling
spirit.
But to get back to the subject of
the l'hi Mu party, would hate to
tell you how many times we
bumped into "Oolie" Anderson, and
this time she was with Sigma Chi,
Frank Coufal. Speaking of Sigma
Clii's, doesn't it amaze you to see
Al Leffenlink on one of his non
stop flights around the rim of the
dance floor? Looks like fun, tho.
Hadn't hem lo I lie Alpha Xi
Delt formal yet at the time of writ
ing this, but we're practically on
our way. I've heard they issued a
limited number of bids, so the
lucky people who have one ought
to have fun. Couldn't tell you
Oh, and just one more word
about little Leone Wilson, who
claims she spends more time study
ing French than any other subject,
She really tries but always flunks
when it comes to recitations. All
we can say is that she must be
having her Fling in class.
SHUCKS
(Continued from Rage I.)
every crevice bv the battalion.
Not Kid's' Fault.
Coins Begin to Flow.
How most of them get in, still
baffles authorities.
So you see, it isn't the kids'
fault, it is our students who are
the root of the thing. You can't
blame a youngster for picking up
Major W ood Spraka
lo Guidon Asemlly
About Map DoMnin
Sm-akine on "TW Methods and
Problems of Map Designing," Ma
jor Wood of the engineering corps
addressed the members of the Red
Cuidon association assembled for
its regular meeting lust Wednes
day evening.
Major Wood spoke to the group
following the regular business
meetimr. at which plans for at
tendance at the 3tlst-342nd re
serve corps banquet were made.
It also was announced that Major
Jones will be guest speaker at one
of the. meetings in the near future.
pennies, toriune lo nun. iin.mii.-
aren't putting on a show, they're
increasing their estate, as stu
dents toss coppers me Rios iu
chase 'em.
Now, all we have to do Is tell
the student about 70-u reasons
why he should buy stamps with
those brown coins lnsieaa oi en
tering them in that maple melee,
(t) That floor, made of the
choicest wood, is groomed and
re-groomed by staff custodians,
who watch over it with a ma
ternal Instinct. One good slide
across that delicate finish with
a hob-nailed shoe, as the
youngsters wear, and all that
tender care has gone to naught.
(2) Players move about the
court with amazing speed and
shiftiness. Get the floor
"slicked up" a bit, or leave any
foreign matter of any kind, or
scuff the surface and the eager
has a 2-to-1 chance to slip, caus
ing an injury or at least a
bauble In play. Amen is an ex
ample of this.
(3) Most of those waifs sneak
into the coliseum early in the
afternoon and wait for the game.
They are the causes of disturb
ance and disorder, one instance
can be cited where one of the
rambunctious "kids" tore
thru the crowd, ran into some
students, and tore a coed's ex
pensive evening wrap. Such
things could easily be avoided if
we would discourage waifs' at
tendance by doing away with
the penny pitch.
(4) Even though kldt
shouldn't be there, the univer
sity doesn't want a lot of In
juries done to the youngsters in
a wild scramble for pennies on
the basketball floor. One of the
EOYNTON, HUNTER WIN
NEW ASSISTANTSHIPS
Mis9 Geilatly s Dramatio
Art, Speech Classes
Taken by Aides.
Miss Portia Boynton mid Arm
and Hunter have been named as
sistants in the department of
speech and dramatice nil for the
second semester to care for the
work previously handled by Miss
Pauline Geilatly who has resigned.
Both of the assistants have been
identified with the department and
the University Players for several
years. During the first semester
Mr. Hunter was n graduate assist
ant in the department of philoso
phy and psychology.
little urchins suffered two
broken fingers as a result of the
copper competition between
halves at the California game.
(5) Lastly, there might be an
excuse for tossing pennies, but
the "dirty, thick skulled, low
lifes, "who throw apple cores on
the basketball court are Just
about three shades lower than a
worm's boudoir.
Yes. Miss Ames, those are our
students!
MISS WHITE WINS
LEADERSHIP POST
OF CITY Y. W. C. A.
(Continued from Page 1.)
automatically will fill the position
of vice president.
The new officers were first
nominated as candidates on the
basis of the activities In the "Y,"
for scholarship, and for their per
sonality with regard to the Y. W.
C. A. ideals. The city president,
Muriel White, has been a former
member of freshman commission
groups, the personnel staff, cre
ative leisure, Rites Co-Op, finance
drive, freshman commission lead
er, secretary of the cabinet, Has
tings leadership training confer
ence, and the Kstes student con
ference. Frances Boldman's former work
In -the "Y" includes freshman com
mission, freshman cabinet, pro
gram and office staff, conference
staff chairman, and cabinet. Mary
Jo Henn has been a member of
freshman commission, freshman
cabinet, finance drive and finance
staff.
AS MAKY ANN V S1T.S IT
Before you gel hack to your j
studies, just a word iiIhiiiI the '
week-end. It all started at the
Phi Gam dinner dance, which by
the way was elegant. The gals
each received a corsage of three j
gardenias, so all evening you '
could catch whiffs of their frag- j
ranee here and there. But the
Free Theater Tickets
Leaded Bronze Gas 17'2C
White Gas 15!c
Deep Rock Oils
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