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s 1938 PAGE TTO THE DAILY NEBRASKAN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, It's the Bookstore Again "With the opening of each semester a per ennial sorespot makes its appearance on the campus and festers in the form of student wrath against the unfair prices attached to the necessary new books. Only yesterday an irate student came into the office raging with dis gust over the fact that she had had to sell a new book which hadn't been used during the semester for 5 percent of its former price, while another student who stood next to her received the same proportionate refund for a text that bore the marks of misuse and wear. The criticism offered by this enraged student was directed at the Regents' book store which was installed on the campus last year after a campaign was instigated and carried out by the student council and Daily Nebraskan. At the time that the project was completed, campus opinion labeled the new bookstore as a step forward in the fight for greater fairness in prices of textbooks. To day the same project is being condemned and the appellation of "unjust" is being affixed to it. In surveying the situation as it exists to day there is this much to say for it. The book store has been a success in so far as it goes. It has forced competitors to lower prices on new books 10 percent and new books are retailed to students at cost by the university store. To day it sells books for 10 percent lower than the list price established by the U. S. trade commis sion, due to the fact that Nebraska statutes fores books to be sold at cost. On the other hand, the bookstore has not provided a market for used book in case they are not being used on this campus for the coming semester. Texts are enwged and students, desiring to sell poor texts, find themselves with a set of white elephants on their hands or a low price offer from compet ing bookstores. Likewise, the charge is is- sued that the Regents' bookstore fails to act discriminately in offering prices for used texts. A text which is obviously in good con dition often brings no greater price than one from the same course which appears muti lated and poorly kept. There should be a better discrimination here and allowance to pay aboTe the 60 percent margin for better books should be made. As for remedying the situation of limiting the purchase of used books to those which will be used the coming semesters, the formation of an exchange would answer the problem. As Editor Murray pointed out in the editorial col umns last semester, competing bookstores near the campus buy used books at the saie price as the Regents' bookstore, for they have a mar ket for them in bookstores in other college towns. These same competing bookstores like wise buy used texts which will not be used .the coming semesters on the campus and sell them through their exchanges. If the competitors of the Regents' bookstore are able to maintain the same prices and still operate nt a profit due to their connection with exchanges, the Re gents' bookstore operating under a non-profit motive should be able to buy and se'l used texts at even a less amount. As long as texts are necessary to college work, there will be a need to sell used books, and as long as professors in all fairness can not change the text every semester, there will be a market for used books. Thus, it would be to the students' advantage if the Regents' bookstore would adopt an exchange plan whereby the price of used books could be lowered and a better market for used books would be provided. So, bookstore officials, as long as you have succeeded thus far in lowering the general level of textbook prices, why don't you go one step farther and make the level fit no other label than fairness by establishing an exchange system? Certainly, operating under a non-profit motive you should be able to give the stu dents a squarer deal than competing firms which do subsist on a profit grounds. 'DDanccMoii't Leap! Says Aueicsii Mas 125-Year-Old Book Declares Dancing Great Asset, Offers Rules. Daily Nebraskan Rnttrra ai aecond-claaa matter at the pnstnfflce in Lincoln, Nebraska, under act of congre". March 3, 187S. and at epactal rate ot postage provided for In lection 1103, a.'t of October 3, 1917. authorised Janu ary 20, 1622. Exam Reverberations Echo As Victims Resort to Verse WRITERS TO DISPLAY TALENTS IN NEBRASKA DRAMA COMPETITION (Continued from Page 1.) Chauncey Palmer Smith, and Mrs. Gilbert S. Brown. Best Workmanship. Judges of the contest, Prof. E. P. Conkle, of Iowa university, and Zolley Lerner, director. Residence Theatre, Kansas City, will consider not only manuscripts that "play" best, but those showing best work manship as a whole; theme, lan guage, setting, dialogue and char acterizations. The prizes will be $25 for the first place, and $10 for second place, unless In the opinion of the judges there Is only one outstanding play, in which case atl the prize money shall be awarded to one play. All manuscripts must be sent to Theodore C Diers, secy.. Sta tion A, Lincoln, Neb., and as the contest closes March 1, 1938, en tries mailed after midnight of that date will not be considered. The play remains the property of the author with royalty rights, but the Nebraska Writer Guild reserves the right to produce the play at its meetings without roy alty payment. Plays must be ac companied by sufficient return postage. Announcement of winners will be made at the spring meet ing of the Nebraska Writers Guild. Bashful, Beautiful Engineer Asks Advice From Columnist (Continued from Page 1.) I'm very sensitive. That's why I have to few friends. They hurt my feelings so easily. I rather enjoy the distinction of being handsome as I am and having never had a date. Or It this all a foolish dream. Will my Ideal girl appreciate the sit uation when I meet her? In self-defense I must add that my conceit It not the ob vious kind. If I were to tit dt wn and talk to you, yould vould find me Interesting. Should I break my record and have a date? Another question: Will my having few friends and not mix ing socially affect my future business career? I was Invited to Join several fraternities, but refused. Will being a Ions wolf hold me back? In replying, call a tpadt a apade. 81ncertly, The Dally Nebraakan cordially invites this handsome neophyte into the vtclttitudet of the cruel world to come to the office and present himself. There are sev eral young ladies there who are entirely capable of handling his peculiar situation, and who would be more than happy to do so. YEARBOOK SALES TOP 1,600 MARK, REPORTS LINCH (Continued from Page 1.1 was due neither to recession nor prosperity, but to his business as sistants, whose cooperation could not have been better, and to the Tassel organization which told 660 books in a campaign to support a Nebraska tradition. He wants the student body to have no doubt that these people have worked hard and put forth a conscientious effort to make a better yearbook on a non commercial basis. "On the whole, Bill Clayton and I art feeling optimistic about the 1938 Cornhysker," Llnch says. "We ara all tryinr to do our shart in putting out a volume represent ative of the university." Second payment on Cornhusker subscriptions are now due and payable a I the Cornhusker office Further orders for books must be made by the middle of March Also, all organizations which have not alrcr.dy done so are asked to return their Cornhusker contract Second Contribution Attests i To Efficacy of Poetical 'Benders.' Exams!!! Foreword and Afterthought. BY JOHN E. PEASE. Oh dear! Exams are here again. Don't you think it's a gyp, The way they heckle students Just to see how bad they'll slip? It seems that there's so much to do That would be lots more fun Than just "review," "review," re view," Until exams are done. Now a fellow could go skating, If there were any ice, Or take his best girl to a show; That would be kinda nice. If one could hook his room-mate With that Job for board and keep, Then ne could go back home awhile And catch up on his sleep. Tease that little sister. Or hunt again with Dad, Have the best of times once more A fellow ever had. But then, such idle dreaming; we ve studies yet to do, And if we don't get at them We never shall get through. Good old "Applied Mechanic," Force, moments, weights and gears. But I've studied mathematics "Till it's all run out my ears, And the others too what bug bears! Answers? I'll just have to guess, Then hope and pray for 60, 'Cause I can't ret by with less. Buy maybe If I study Everything will be all right. I'll know my next semester; "Guest I'll burn the oil tonight." Hooray! Exams are over! I surely am relieved, But when my grades come out, perhaps 1 11 be a little grieved; And then If Dad should see them, Well, that Just won't be so hot When he learns about the things I do, And those that I do not. I can almost see him fume and rave, Or maybe tear hia hair; I guest it's bttter, yet awhile, That I thould not be 'there. O yet! There's feet and such to py. And books to buy again. A fellow has to tat you know. My purse is oh to thin. So aU in all one would conclude That I should write home quick Before the home folks know too much, And get to feeling sick. It'i all right now; trades are O. K. And boy! Oh' am I glad! But say, that was the narrowest Escape I ever had. Perhaps a solemn good resolve To study when I should, Could save a lot of long grey hairs And do a world of good. What do you think? UNIVERSITY NOTES. Dr. John P. 8enning, chairman of the department of political science, has reviewed Nebraska's first unicameral legislative session for the January Issue of the An nals, official publication of the American Academy symposium of "Our state legislators." The January Issue of the Jour. nal of Health and Physical Educa tion contains an article by Lenore K. Alway, of the women's physic ll education faculty. The title Is "Indoor Group Golf Instruction" and is illustrated with pictures of classroom work at the university. Dr. Louise Pound of the depart ment of English has been notified of her appointment as a member of the committee on resources for research of the American Litera ture group of the Modern Lan. guage association. Prof. Daniel Harkness of the civil engineering faculty and W. E. Deacon discussed "What Makes a Picture" at the miniature divi sion meeting of the Lincoln Camera club Tuesday evening. Dr. B. Clifford Hendricks of the chemistry staff is coauthor of an article "Construction and Validat ing Examination" which appeared in the current number of the Jour nal of Chemical Education. Dr. Roger Shumate of the po litical science faculty also has an article in the Annals entitled "A Reappraisal of State Legislatures." Dr. J. E. LeRossignol, dean of the college of business administra tion, will address the Rotary cluo Tuesday on the subject, "Newt from Soviet Russia." The dean is now preparing the manuscript for ms now Deed which will deal with communism. Dr. James Wsdsworth of the de partment of Romance languages is the author of an article outlining some experimental teaching of French at the university which was published in the current num ber of the Frence Review. Nebraskans will be interested to know taht Hartley Burr Alexander was awarded a medal by the Com monwealth club of California for his book "God and Man's Destiny" published by the Oxford university press last year. Dr. Alexander was formerly of the university's philosophy department. Florence Maryott of the depart ment of English has published a collection of Nebraska counting out rhymes in the current issue of the Southern Folklore quarterly, a publication devoted to the histori cal and descriptive study of folk lore. Dr. Pound is one of the ad visory editors. Dr. Herbert C. Hanson, who re ceived his Ph. D. degree in plante cology here under Dr. J. E. Weaver a few years ago, has been selected president of the Ecological Society of America. After leaving Ne braska he was appointed professor of plantecology and head of the department of botany at the North Dakota agricultural college a: Fsrgo and it now acting director of the agricultural college experi ment station there. Miss Msrjorle Rhanafelt, curator of visual education will present two puppet plays at the Oakland high school and will also talk on "Pulling Puppet Strings," Monday. Feb. 7. Dean R. A. Lyman'a official Journal of the American Associa tion of Colleges of Pharmacy is now beginning its second vear. The first Issue of the second volume features two articles by James Dille of the University of Wash- ton, wno received his master a de gress here in 1933. Both Dean Lyman and Dr. Harald Hoick have reviews of new blooks appearing in me same issue. By John Stuart. "Can she dance?" is one of the first things a fellow thinks of be fore he asks a girl for a date to a dance. When describing a boy, usually the first thing that pops into a girl's head is whether he is a good dancer. Only then does she go on and describe his other attributes. Many boys are unfortunately poor dancers. The girls can only suffer, while if a girl is a poor dancer, the boys soon find it out and avoid dancing with her. Many fellows become bored with danc ing because they know only a few steps and dance them all evening, while a girl must adopt a new style with each new partner. Refrain from Leapt. "Dance with grace and mod esty, neither affect to make a pa rade of your knowledge; refrain from great leaps and ridiculous jumps, which would attract the attention of all towards you" is a statement made in the chapter on "The Management of the Per son in Dancing" in "The Ladies' Handbook of Etiquette and Man ual of Politeness," puhlished by James Miller about 125 years ago. The book goes on to say that "In every age of fashion but the present, dancing was as much ex. pected from young persons of both sexes, as that they should join in smiles when mutually pleased. In days of yore, in the most polite eras of Greece and Rome, and of the chivalrous ages, we find that dancing was a favorite amusement with the first ranks of men. Kings, heroes, and unbearded youth, alike mingled in the graceful exercise. "Favorite Pastime." "It is indeed the favourite pas time of nature. We find 1t in courts, we meet it on the village screen. Here the rustic swain whispers his ardent suit to his blushing maid while his beating heart bounds against hers in the swift wheel of the ratpld dance. There the pol ished courtier breathes a soft sigh into the ear of the larlv of his vows, as he and she timidly en twine their ams In the graceful "aiiemande. ' For these ladies to suppose that they are fine dancers because they her beautifully turned ankle. execute a variety of difficult steps with ease and precision, is a great mistake. The motion of the feet is but half the art of dancing; the other, and indeed the most con spicuous part, lies in the move ment of tie body, arms and head. Here elegance must be conspicuous. Body Poised. The body should always be poised with such ease as to com mand a power of graceful undue lation, in harmony with the mo tion of the limbs in the dance. Nothing is more ugly than a stiff body and neck during this lively exercise. "It must always be remembered, and it cannot be too often re peated, 'That whatever it is worth while to do, It is worth while to do well.' Therefore as all times and nations have deemed dancing a salubrious, decorous, and beautiful exercise, or rather happy pastime and celebration of festivity, I can not but regard it with particular complacency. "A lady cannot refuse the invi tation of a gentleman to dance, unless she has already accepted that of another, for she would be guilty of an incivility which might occasion trouble; she would, more over, seem to show contempt for him whom she refused, and would expose herself to receive in secret an ill compliment from the hostess of the dance. Long Trains Cumbrous. "Long trains are, of course, too cumbrous an appendage to be in tentionally assumed when propos ing to dance; but it must also be remarked, that very short petti, coats are as inelegant at the oth ers are inconvenient. Scanty cir cumscribed habiliments impede the action of the limbs, and, besides their indelicacy, show the leg in the least graceful of all possible points of view. The most elegant attire for a ball is, that the under garments should be absolutely short, but the upper one, which should be of light material, should reach at least to the top of the instep. It should also be suffi ciently full to fall easily in folds from the waist downwards to the foot. By this arrangement, when the dancer begins her graceful ex ercise, the drapery will elegantly adapt itself to the motion and con tour of her limbs; and falling acci dentally on her foot, or as acci dentally when she bounds along, discovering, under its flying folds, MoadIcL GO TU&mann. '' MaJirt k k vim I urn bur ferring a coalition of some sort. Then there is the affair of United States battleships planning to be on hand at the dedication of Sin gapore as Britain s foremost na ..rn;tJU"V7i val base in the orient. They have ij i n't been actually invited, but they t '" r m NEWS PARADE by Marjorie Churchill z-T"if- art -mt,.- will be there. And any hint at coalition of two powers makes it pretty easy for other nations to rationalize their own cliques to see in the alliance a threat which jus tifies building up still a few more ships just in case. . . TOR THE WOMAN I LOVE' lVft ft . 1 I 7i IH KEEPING UP WITH JOHNNY Congress wants to build boats. Congress wants to build big boats because Johnny Bull is getting a lot of new ones and we can't let Johnny Bull get ahead of us. But then the army men want to get In on it, too. If the navy is going to get some new boats, the army might as well have a few guns and planes. And so it goes. But now it's up to a doting Uncle Sam to dig deeply into well worn pockets for the 800 million dollars so that there will be money for all the boats and guns and things. What About the Neighbors? Now Senator Borah tells the senate that the rest of the world : doesn't like the Iboks of this race for bigger fleets and bigger and ' better guns. They're thinking that ! Great Britain and the United 1 States have an "alliance" for : building up their navies. Borah j warns that it was the same kind of situation that led to the World war. However worthy the motive be- j hind an Increase in armament and however sincere the declaration of j non-intervention, foreign nations , seldom have any difficulty in in- j And now the "woman in the case" enters Into Adolph'a worriea. His minister of war marries the wrong woman and Is forced by adverse army sentiment to resign, "Well, I love her," Von Blom berg says, "and I would rather give up my Job than leave her." Von Blomberg was married se cretly in a Berlin marriage clerk's office. The bride is the daughter of a carpenter. Indications are that it was not altogether hit overwhelming love which may have broughT about the break. Von Blomberg It said to have been rather luke warm about the Hitler regime and, with the Reichsfuehrer't present tnili tary ambitions, an unsympathetic minister of war would hardly be the man for the Job. CIVILIZATION'S ART TAXES US. Once upon a time there was a ! great man who said the university j was a community ot scnomrs. Time, no doubt, has tested that j man's statement and cnangea me wording to a "community witn scholars." Vve aren t great enougn to think of such an expression but while we were still in the doted days of freshman experience we thought of a university as a com munltyr Our university, In fact, is such a community that the poor out sider or newcomer must lie awake nights memorizing new modes of expression. Slang or "uni-talk," as it is now being called, has become the new art of a new civilization. Born of the ingenuity of college students in all parts of the nation, the slang current Is becoming so popular that our folks back home are eager to cut short our vaca tions in order to send us back to the centers of learning. Tallormade and Streamlined. Vet, eollegiant, we have al ready made our contributioni to civilization, it it we who made popular the simple and less tax ing expression concerned with the relaxing "coke date." We are the ones who "snag a neat wench and drag her down to the unl drug for a coke." We are the ones who dealt the blow of un popularity to the stricter adher ents of the old king't English who would tay: "We procurred a superlative date and escorted her to the university pharmacy to purchase a coca-cola." As students or scholars in this community of new expressions, we think it's "okey-doke" to sling the slang don.t we? After all, we can turn back the pages of civilization to the days of William Shakes peare who said "Oh yeah," and so s your old man. Today's mod ern Carl Sandburg says that along is as old as the proverbial hills. Lead a Simple Life. Lest you are not convinced of our great contributions, think of the simplicity we have offered to the English language. We can use words over and over again and get real meaning out of them. Our definitions can be made more di rect and understandable. For example: (1) He who doesn't know and doesn't know that he doesn't know it a freshman. (2) He who doesn't know and knowt that he doesn't know is a sophomore. (3) He who knowt but doesn't know that he knowt it a junior. (4) He who knowt and knowt that he knowt it a senior. We should feel it our duty, cation and final examination. Pitching a big one common ly known as shooting the "chips" Mastering the art of writing much about nothing with a good result. Getting behind the ball Mas tering the art of getting thru a course by certain advances to an instructor. Tutoring for a final The method of learning final ex amination questions for a defin ite sum. A cut That thing that makes colleges bearable. Apple polishing The finding of the lines of least resistance. An I. U. lecture The process of transferring facts from the notes of the professor to the notes of the student without passing thru the minds of either. A bookstore The place where students learn that the value of the dollar has not been inflated. WiakaL JoohvotsA. by Gene Garrett. Richardson Dougall, accom panied by Margaret S. Lindgren, sang his senior recital yesterday afternoon as the 16th in the pres ent series t musical convocations. Mr. Dougall, who last semester was the excellent accompanist for the glee club, yesterday proved his worth in the vocal field as well. Mr. Dougall showed good sell- assurance and 'put his soul' into his singing. During the first putt of the recital his stance was somewhat stiff, but this relaxfd and became more natural during the course of the program. His songs this afternoon weru not too serious in nature to defy enjoyment, yet the program as u whole might be said to represent a cross-section of all the more important types of music. "The Silver Swan" by Gibbons, was on of the best on the program. Or iginally written as a motet for fivu voices ,it was presented as a vocul solo with polyphonic accompani ment. The. theme of the song is nenoted by the title that of the silver swan who sings but one song in his life, when the time comes for death. Among other outstanding num bers were Mozart's "Non piu an dral," from "Lc Nozze di Figaro." one of the more popular operas; "Arm, arm, ye brave," from Han del, which is very religious in spite of the militaristic title; anil "When I have sung mv song," a number which would fall into the popular class, though one is nut likely to hear it on a swing music program. American opera was represented in this convocation by the well known "I ogt plenty of nuttin' ," from the Gershwin opera, "Porgy and Bess." The accompaniment for most ol the songs yesterday afternoon was pronouncedly melodic and harmonious. There was no 'piano pounding,' as is sometimes seen where overzealous accompanists try to outdo the soloist. Mr. Dougall's recital was one of the best received of the sea son. The whole of the main floor was filled, and many came Into the balcony. Applause was liberal and well deserved. However, some uncouth individual in the balcony took occasion to voice a lone "boo'' at the end of the first group of songs, huch rappenings take the therefore, to publish a book a little book that bewildered fresh- joy out of life. men could carry around in places Of an outmoded dictionary. On We should like to take occasion the first page we might have the j here for reference to the calendar five most common expressions ft of coming musical events for the college life. After a year's hard ; next week or so. On Sunday. Feb. usage the book might be sold to; 6, the university symphonic band will oe presented over Kf Ad at 2 o'clock in the initial program of a series designed to promote the slogan "Nebraska Is the white spot of the nation." Further details will be found elsewhere in this issue. the bookstore, which itself needs a definition. 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