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Charter Celebration Begins
HI If OPENS
Social Welfare Society
lJenanies EullUrook Head
HEARTS
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Symphonic Band
Opens University
Festivities Today
OR WEEK'S RUN
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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
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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.
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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.
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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;
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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
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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
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