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DAILY NEBRASKAN Tin 1 s; 1 TT "!ii IP fr t 0icfflI Student Neu'spaper 0 the University of Nebraska VOl'XXXVll. MO LINCOLN, N1BHASK; SUNDAY. 1 KKIU1AKY l.i. I IYI. CENTS Charter Celebration Begins HI If OPENS Social Welfare Society lJenanies EullUrook Head HEARTS AKE THUMPS $ t Valentine ( i wit wit rt by yer lrn huvf n Mtirtnce, In thU rt-tmii, X lkf mitl iter eh 1 upide kKlrnlrr, AM rlHiM tlnjr rhuye by grtt aiife r to tut. Symphonic Band Opens University Festivities Today OR WEEK'S RUN I OiRROW NIGHT Now juste wat thee deyvill all thayt skrewey speyling meanes is pretye vague, if you aske us. Those four lines were written by John Lydgate In the 14tn cen tury, in praise of Catherine, wife of Henry V. Aided by a good stiff throatful of water, an as pirin, and laborious letter inter polation, we finally discover that the above verse is an explana tion of St. Valentine's day. This business of sentimcntallsm i swains sending; saccharine laden song3 d'aniour to selected; sweet hearts has been going on for quite a few centuries. Many are the ex planations for the observanc? of a general day of sentiment. An early Knglish dictionary says that the birJs choose their mates about this time of year and probably from that arose the custom of the young men and maidens choosing valentines. The Greeks Had No Words For It. Word beaglers, who can gen erally find the meaning of some English word in some language or other to suit whatever pur pose they have in mind, say a Norman word is the source. They claim the Norman word "gala tin" was frequently written -val-atan" or "valentin and meant, translating as closely as pos sible, "lover of the fair ssex.' Then there are gentlemen of the oM school who give credit for Feb ruary 14 being a holiday to St Valentine. However, there were several St. Valentines. Two of the better known were a Roman priest and a bishop. At this point, we would like to emphasize the fact that St. Vafentine did not drive the anskes out of Ireland. The Kiin Simon Legree wh0 eld th wh,P hand over the snakes was St. Pat nck; the original Tat of the Tat and Mike jokes Robin Hood Cupid. Just where the Idea of get ting the litt.e juvenile dressed like he was going to take a shower to represent the union of love is something of a mystery. It is easy to see why he is armed with a bow because every girl likes to have a beau to string. The arrows, too, have their points. The language of love, according to greeting card publisher, is growing friendlier and franker. We prefer to think, however, that it is not the language of the masses Continued on Page 5. 1 . First of Maxwell Anderson Plays Shows Catskill Mountain Setting. University Players will present the first of the two Maxwell An derson comedies that they have on their schedule when the curtains of the Temple stage open tomor row night on the mountain peak setting of "High Tor." with Wiilde mar Mueller cast in the lending role of Van Van Dorn. In March the players will produce Ander son's "Ehrabcth. the Queen." In the contrast between the fan tastic and the real lies the comedy of "High Tor." for the characters are a novel mixture of New York business men. stolid Knickerbocker Dutch, and a group of dwarf men who inhabit the mountain top and rule the storms by their bowling in true Washington Irving tradi tion. A Serious Vein. Underlying the comedy of ' High Tor" runs a serious vein, for the play shows the struggle between the advancing civilization which seeks to destroy the mountain and the poet's love of the beautiful. riay'ng opposite Mueller will be Virginia Nolte in the part of Judith. Other members of the cast are Flora Albin. Don Boehm, Ar mani! Hunter. Max Gould, Hart Jenks, LaRue Sorrell. Thil Weaver, Jack Gellatly, Robert Alexander, John Guthrie, Raymond Rrown, John Gaeth. Don Giffen, and Laur ence Lansing. j "High Tor" is Maxwell Ander ! son s latest comedy. It was first produced on Broadway only last , year when Burgess Meredith took the lead. ' -1 U,,..i'..i.l.. -- mi -unr ill im Lincoln Journal. Prof. Earl S. Fullbrook. Professor Earl S. Fullbrook. member of the Business Admin istration faculty, was renamed i president of the Lincoln Social Welfare Society nt a meeting of I the board of directors Friday noon at the Welfare society's offices. I L IU LLET1N All 10 and 11 o'clock classes will be dismissed Tuesday morning, Feb. 15. so that stu dents may attend the univer sity's 9th anniversary convo cation at the Coliseum. Also, all offices in the univer sity and the library will be closed from 10 a. m. to 1 p. m, according to a bulletin issued by the office of the dean of student affairs. Child Songs Play Cherished Role in Nebraska Folk lore Miss Maryott Telia Results! Of Study in Southern 1 Periodical. Vive year sgo Miss IT rnf e M.iyvt of the Knglish faculty set O'Jt to Collet t children's fmjri1i.ni; ".t rhymes s handed down from one generation to another here i:. Nebraska. In her seth sh va, M'ed by students at the uni versity, who not only nupplicl t h--ihyrries that they themselves u.-rl juveniles but nocutM tho.v lh -i. jiir'-' U retrierTibered diinnj Htm i. ..; i!i J.y in the at at t !..' ilieri in public m h nils iippli"d 11" f it t.uUs in presen nut rw y. thu luSKir.g it possible t j,fvr: r!ir.ies c,f three generat inns of N "The firt f;Kup in rfjretn' t:v r.f the unint'-Jligible -x:ris-st ris," pays Mi.si Maryolt. un'ir' in the Southern. Folklore Qur1crlv putilished liy 1he tlruvi r -j.it y 4 J-'l ri1a. "Some f them are pr ib ably of old world import stun n J th.-ir key lines my huve In 1 inenriiriR at one time but -n ile-n repetition arid eer.iTK plural rniri Uin otisiuicj then coii'.fiil ' The fallowing expreSMions are .n!y a l w of the mi:y toilet ted tyMis. Maiyott. Perhaps 1he irdr wiil if call that at one time in his life he recited the fame lines. An ex-inile ..f the utiint-'.l'gl-ihynie; i rikm I.-N4. fftf. In. ,H-r. fcwref. pml'. tUf-i. t Ml Htm. fwHii4m, M H i- !.-(, f , rtn.r.. i:e. 4 MfaIMd Nfl . Mm fuf, ..n r ll.r Iwil, K Imi MM ut timi . .Lf ttaLe. . Ml. rj-4.-f, 4tut (Mr. i An ixan.ple of fie num-r i'-al r) ttj' s 4tr, 1.H, Itifw, f'ir. itv, ll, ,, n tm4 4 hilltrrn urn ! Mn.ven Allfl MMIM M rilHUIHS itM T tt'M. lMtlier miM m 1-m . Itvi ( Ik. The following U't fsairiph-s rep Co;it;,'i jcJ on Pase 2- Pupils of Benson, Central, I Schools Hear Forensic ! Clash in Classes. ! Four Nebraska debaters com- j peted against speakers from the (University of South Dakota in two , debates held in Omaha Friday. The 1 affirmative team, composed of 1 ! Forrest Wilke and Leo Turkel. ar-1 gued the labor relations question ' with the South Dakota negative at 1:45 at Benson high. ' At 3:30 the negative team com- . , posed of Arthur Hill and Leo Kis- i jenstatt discussed the same ques- ! I tion in Central high school. These ! debates were arranged for the ' classes in debate in the two high , schools upon invitation of the re- j I spective coaches, i Both affirmative and negative teams met debaters from Nebras ka Wesleyan Thursday evening. Another similar set of debates is , being planned. PROF. LOUISE POUND SPEAKS AT KANSAS U. Century of Co-Education Subject of Address j Given at Dinner. j j i "A Century of Co-Klu atiun" . j wis the topic of Dr. Louise I'ound's address which she gave last W'tiK at the Vniversity of Kansas at an anniversary dinner I celebrating loo years of co-educa-j tion. " I l Starling 100 years aj:o at Ober- ! hn college, co-education has flourish'-1 tT sui h an extent that it is now by fr the must popular. Dr Pound, t-;eaking on this type of t- at ion. was guest sjx-al-r at tiie banquet which w. hi Id in the Kansas t'niversity stu i-nt union : h'jildmg. Many interested jx-i sons' from other colleges came to h'-ar 1 r. Found. 1 im-iI llouii'.rl.M linilr j Nrw IVrltmaii Woiihti j 1 o Taffv Pull hnuUs All second emcKr freshnicn 1 invited to attend the taffy till at ITilen Smith hail from Ti to i ri i1) Monday e;trisoied by the Coed C'oiinsel'ji . Kay Kisser i thsirrnan f the paity ani F.uth (iieen in charge of the games. Approximately new gills ate expedel to attend ani 31 Coed CVjns'-lors will be prcsefit Nebraskan, Omaha, Lincoln Newspapers Publish Coeds' Pictures. Candidates for Prom Girl may see themselves in Life magazine, and their photos will definitely ap pear in College Humor, the Col legiate Digest, and Omaha and Lincoln newspapers, as well as in the Daily Nebraskan, according to Kd Steeves, co-chairman of the Junior-Senior prom committee. Other plans for applicants being considered by the committee will be announced later. To make the Prom C.iil more truly representative of the entire university,, candidates will be voted upon at a general election, scheduled for March 1. instead of being voted upon at the Prom as in previous years. Both Juniors and Seniors Eligible. Both junior and senior girls may le candidate entries this year, r dings must be made at Mr. John K. Selleck's office between the dates of Feb. 21 and Feb. 25. Groups are urged to enter their candidates early. A prize of $10 will be awarded by the prom committee to the per son submitting the best plan for presenting the 1933 From Girl. Plans must not entail a cost of more than $25.00 and should be handed in at the Daily Nebraskan office before Feb. IS. Lentz Leads R.O.T.C. Unit To Commemorate G9th Anniversary. Kverything is in readiness for the first public appearance this season of the University K. O. T. C. symphonic band under the di rection of Don A. Lentz, this after noon at 3 p. m. in the coliseum. The program will mark the opening of the university's sixty-ninth cele bration and is open to tha public. C o n d u c tor Lentz has pre pared an un usually variable pro gram, in cluding s e lec tions from the classical school of Bach and modern compositions Melius Christiansen and the lata oousa. In addition to the ban 1 numbers there will be a novelty marimba trio, clarinet duet and a (Continued on Page 5 ( - i ' i ",ssdWsiass(uaoMdB 1I(H 'in , 'Mil Din lnn A. Irilz. Verdi as well by Dr. DR. STOFER ADDRESSES VESPERS AT 5:30 TODAY Rurl Point Chairmen Moot Monday at . All barb point chairmen are asked to meet tomorrow, Mon day, at 5:00 in the southeast room o' Ellen Smith hall. Ac cording to Velma Ekwall who is in charge, it is important tnat all point chairmen be present. Cathedral Choir Presents 17th Century Hymn In Cornhusker. Dr. Bryan S. Stofer. president of Doane college, will be the guest speaker at the Cathedral Choir vespers this afternoon at 5:30 in the Cornhusker. Dr. Stofer cam.; from the American college at Ma dura. India a year ago to take over his duties as president of the Doan-j college. The Cathedral Choir, under the direction of John HoslKirouth. will present "Misericordias Domini." a hymn by Francesco Durante of the l"th century. This will be th.; first time the hymn has ever beTi used in Lincoln. The second choral number will b" "God's Son" by Grieg. The Lincoln string orchestra, directed by Dorothy Holcomb will again assist in the service. 'French Review' Features Article by Dr. Wadsivorlli Professor Discusses Flunks In Romance Language Department. j Why students do not succeed in passing Fren h courses, and a method of remedying this situation are explained bv I r. .lames K. U'adswoilh. professor in the ro-muru-e language- department, in his article cntitl.-.J 'They Do Not; Fail," published in the January issue ol " French Review." "They Do Not Fad" is more or less a seqjel to an arttrp entitled "They M'iSt Not Fail" which ap- eared some time aj;o in "Flench Review." The former advocate) an examination at th- beginning . the aecon 1 year ( college lan- i guage study t'J (!-teriinTie winch students ate tx poorly prepared to i iio satisfaitory work in Our of. on 1 year language c inr.'.es j This suggestion has been adnpte j by the Nebraska r nuance an-I gunge department, ani Dr. Wads worth's article is base! ini the result ani r(feets of this experi-' uwriL I At the beginning of the first -n-U-r of 1HJ;-J7, a placement J examination in French was givfl to 151 students enroll, d in French 3. Those student who placed m the lower ten percent of the I'd were registered in a spec ial das. calh-1 Fren'-h 3d. Most of thes students were students who h i not had Fierc h lor one to six years since their list "tuly of 1'i- l'UCUage, and other were th"s- who had not applied thern.s-dws correctly to the studv of Frendi or Who JiSd JVlt re-lily beell l!'ll.. I to wo'k hard before. In an-wer to a ipn-st'or n.vie i:s-ti-ibufvl to the 1'r.Te h 3d. inonr ing irio tl.e reasons for their p, e .r work, one stiio'-nt icj.l ed, "I lia I a p'wir loiin lation. s n e 1 w.is not male t work or learn the 11 guage ar 1 yet 1 ret-eived a luh grade." Another hai l that t!i IngH s hool t.-ai lief had never rn.. ie (lie i 'an udv, and the Mudent atiHwering oouStel if uriy MU'l. nt in his ;m:i Si hool (:!,. Icid ip.n.-1 hl.S len t J : : i pi i;iriiig t!ie Semr.1tT. Other reason for d"f, ienry (ludel po r health, a compl -x ain:t the Fit-rich t em her, xnl (Ciiilifiur j on Pi;e 0 L'nivem -is' ft I -