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WWXT YOU
AS1IAMKD?
have lust boon reminded of
a fact which makos us fool rather
mil out, stepped upon, insulted,
cnibarrased, and guilty. So much
po that wc have decided to puss
tiic fact on lo you so that you
t,)n will fool put out, stepped upon,
insultod, embarrassed ami guilly.
The fact before, tho houso. is
ne voooiiUy uttered by Dr. James
H Conant. of Harvard university.
o said, bluntly and straight for
w.irdlv, "from '2.1 to ,r)0 percent of
nil tho university students should
bo
ho
dismissed unci nngniei winuu
studonts who are being clo-
lM'lVOd 0
1 of higher education miduiu
ho put in
thoir (tho 2. to ;u
our own parentheses)
percenters,
nlarr.s."
A Lucky Few.
He went on to say that less
than 5 percent of the popula
tion had an annual Income of
five thousand dollars (uount 'cm,
five thousand, 5,000) or more.
The young hopefuls of the 5 per
cent families then have access to
higher education. Some take ad
vantage of it and make good use
of their opportunity. The ma
jority does not.
Pr. Conant continues to say, in
substance, that there remains a
groat multitude of bright, smart
younjr men and women who arc
denied the benefits of higher edu
cation by economic and geographic
barriers' Being: a professional
educator, it is Dr. Conant s duly
to get worried.
Wore we face to face with Pr.
Conant or facing; bim in bis execu
tive capacity as president of Harv
ard, wo would probably bo suffi
ciently impressed with Ids scholar
ly mien to accept bis .statements
s'nd charges without question.
However, he will never boar of it
if wo take exception clear out here
in the "white spot of the nation"
so here goes.
How Kin He Ken?
How can he positively state
th.it there is a great multitude
cf bright, smart young men and
women not engaged in the pur
suit of life, liberty and learning
What occult powers has he of
determining that there are gen
iuses at large? He should have
allowed himself leeway by say
ing "there must be."
Such a phrase quote tbere must
tv sniHiLer lya xud girls out diE"
gmg ditches and washing; ditches
than there are in the lower half of
the collegiate population unquote
would be quite understandable.
Certainly every professor feels a
shadow of despair surround him
whenever he tries to propound sim
ple theories or facts into not-too-receptive
ears.
To Himself Has Sato.
When an instructor rises val
iantly every morning at 7 or
so to be at his 8 o'clock punc
tually and then seen three or
four students straggle in at five
and ten minutes past the nour,
he must say to himself, "(cen
sored)." And when a professor
enthusiastically pours out his
message of knowledge on stu
dents with blank looks, gum full
mouths, or closed eyelids, we can
easily understand how he could
form the conclusion that "there
must be smarter young men and
women somewhere."
Truly smart young men and
women, however, will pet an ed
ucation that is equal to, if not bet
tor than, a college degree. Or. they
will find some way. somehow, to
get a college education.
There will now be a brief pause
for laughter caused by youth criti
cizing the judgment of older ed
ucators. Sum Funds. Eh Kids.
Dr. Conant believes that a
large endowment fund should be
built up in order to give scholar
ships to the deserving and in
telligent type of young men who
have one blue serge suit with
shiny pants, and young women
who have several different ways
of wearing the same dress so
that it looks like two or three
different ones.
The more richly endowed uni
versities, then, will get the best
scholars. One way in which the
expense of education could be
cut down and the state could get
a better return on its educa
tional investment per capita
would be to weed out the 25
percent or so of students of the
type mentioned by Dr. Conant.
The high school system, in the
larger cities particularly, is far
too lax. And then in university,
the courses in oclleges other
than engineering, medicine, and
maybe even law, codid be made
more strict so that a college de
gree could come to mean some
thing besides the expenditure of
tuition fees.
DELTA SIGMA PI HOLDS
INITIATION WEDNESDAY
Commercial Fraternity Takes
In Four New Members
From Lincoln.
Delta Sigma Pi, professional
eommerclal fraternity, received
jour neW members in their Initia
tion ceremony held yesterday aft
rnoon In the Capitol Hotel. Glenn
Hges, Jack Ripley, August Mor
re l and Paul Bstandig, all of Lin
cbi, were the initiates.
Eurt Overcash, assistant attor
ney general of the state of Ne
thiS. xPlained the activities of
tuui ernity t0 the of ac"
una aiumni who attended
J ."L iquet, following the initla-
tion
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Campus Votes
Students Favor
Activities Point
System for Men
Ncbraskan Poll Shows Ap
proval of Wasscrman Test
For Syphilis.
Students wont to tho polls Tues
day and with a two to ono vote
expressed themselves as in favor
of the annexation of the Croat
Cathedral choir to the University
of Nebraska on the Daily Ncbras
kan straw ballot. A record poll in
such an election, 7!)1 botes were
chalked up in favor of choir affilia
tion with 421 dissenting voices.
Tho issue, which was worded on
tho ballot "Would you favor affilia
tion of the Croat Cathedral choir
as a unit of the university?'' had
already been given tho unanimous
approval of the student council and
tho barb inter-club council.
Favor Men's Point System.
In favor of n men's activity point
system are 3I7 men students with
only 171 opposing it, according; to
the returns of the election. The
choir and the activity system votes
were sponsored and counted hy
the student council and Prof. E. W.
La nt z, faculty advisor.
On the ballot students also pro
claimed themselves as in favor of
a compulsory Wasserman test in
the health service examination,
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Rilla Mae Nevin Takes Title
Role in Studio Theater
Historical Show.
Studio theater, the experimental
workshop for students in the de
partment of speech, will present
one of its infrequent public per
formances tonight at 7:30 when it
shows "The Indian Captive" on the
stage of the Temple theater. The
ninv Is onen to anyone free of
charge.
"The Indian Captive." the au
thontio storv of the captivity of a
Chicago girl in a tribe of Indians,
will be ulaved bv a cast of 12 stu-
iionts. directed by Miss Portia
Bovnton. Rilla Mae Nevin will take
the' principal role of Eleanor Ly
tell, the captive, and Alio Klum
will plav the part of Corn Tlanter,
the second lead.
Prep School for Players.
"In the studio theater young
members of the speech depart
ment nrc given ample opportunity
for experimentation in acting, cu
retting, use of scenery lighting and
costumes. It is the preparatory
school for the Vniversity Players,
which calls the best sumo meaier
players into its fold," said Miss
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Miss Steel Finds Life
On Zephyr Fascinating
New Union Social Director
Acts as Burlington Hostess
For 13 Years.
"I've been to the moon and half
way bark, or around the earth 13
times, in astronomical measure
ments, while working as hostess
on the Burlington's Zephyr," said
MihS Marion Steel, newly ap
pointed social director of the Stu
dent I'nion building as she out
lined the background in meeting
people which lias prepared her for
her position here in Lincoln.
Miss Steel was artive in group
work in her high school and col
lege courses, which she completed
at Dc Paul university. During the
13 years she has been employed by
the Burlington railroad she has
participated in numerous group
organizations mostly among
adul is.
Becomes Chief Hostess.
T-n vears aco the western rail
roads, paced by the Union Pa
cific and the Builincton, placed
hostesses on their stream lined
trains. Miss Steel, as chief host
ess, then took up her duties of
making train riding more comfort
able for weary travelers. Here she
met persons of all types, the high
est and the lowest.
"I was on the road for two solid
years, taking only two days off,
one to come to Lincoln for an In
terview, and one to attend my so
rority's convention. I enjoyefl it
because I like people. There isn't
anything more interesting than
rcorlc, After each day's run you
CORN COBS TAKE
CHARGE OF PROM
TICKET CAMPAIGN
Over 600 Ducats Checked
Out to Pep Society
For Campus Sale.
A block of 100 Junior-Senior
Trom tickets was checked out to
members of Corn Cob t.G::lety last
night at their weekly meeting.
Added to the total of tickets pre
viously taken by salesmen, there
are now more than 600 tickets in
circulation on the campus.
Thyllis Chamberlain and Harold
Bonn, the committee in charge of
chaperons and guests to the Prom,
announce that Dr. and Mr. F, D.
Ketm, Prof, and Mrs. J. P. Colbert,
and Prof, and Mrs. Karl M. Arndt
will chaperon the dance Friday.
A list of guests for the Prom
includes the following names: Gov-
emor and Mrs. R. L. Cochran, i
Mayor and Mrs. Oren S. Copeland,
Chancellor and Mrs. E. A. Burnett,
Regent and Mrs. Arthur C. Stokes, i
Regent and Mrs. Stanley D. Long, I
Regent and Mrs. Frank Taylor, i
Regent and Mrs. M. A. Shaw, Re
gent and Mrs. C. . Thompson,
Regent and Mrs. R. W. DeVoe,
Dean and Mrs. W. W . Burr, Dean
and Mrs. C. H. Oldfather, Dean
and Mrs. V. C. Harper, Dean and
Mrs. T. J. Thompson, and Dean and
F. E. Henzlik.
Other guests are Dean and Mrs.
O. J. Ferguson, Dean and Mrs. G.
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Victor Krause, Ml, Lincoln
Decorator, Believed
Down in Calif.
Victor Krause, prominent Lin
coln business man who is one of
the passengers on the TWA plane
reported missing since Tuesday
night, received his A. B. degree
from Nebraska in 1911.
Mr. Krause, who is now en
gaged in the interior decorating
business in Lincoln, had been visit
ing, along with Mrs. Krause,
friends in Carmel and Sacremento,
California. He was to have re
turned to Lincoln yesterday. His
step-son, Gene Klose of Kansas
City, Missouri, is a pilot for TWA,
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Lincoln Journal,
Marlon Steel.
could almost write a story, for
there was always something new,
something startling, something in
teresting." Grldmen Courteous.
Football players on the train are
well behaved. Dealing with unruly
passengers was out of her sphere,
but she did have under her care
a range of humanity that ran from
congressmen and governors to de
tectives with their prisoners.
Plans for the social activities to
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Tliinl Tmn in Mansion
--Lincoln J'turnHl.
Gov. R. L. Cochran.
Gov. R. L. Coheran yesterday
announced his candidacy for a
third term as Nebraska's chief ex
ecutive. He said he wmdd seek re
election "on my record." As gov
ernor, Mr. Cochran has been great
ly interested in the university and
advised the "ten year building pro
gram" last year."
AWGWAN SUBSCRIBERS
CALL FOR COPIES TODAY
Awgwan subscribers are re
quested to pick up their copies
today at the stands which are
located in Social Science and
Andrew'! hall. This will ex
pedite circulation, Dick McGin
nis, Awgwan business manager
explained, permitting subscrib
er! to receive their copies two
or three day! earlier than if
they wait for them to be
mailed. Today l! the last day
the Awgwan will be for sale on
the stands.
Corclc Franoais Plans
Revision of Program
At Tonipht's Alerting
Le Cercle Franoais will meet
tonight at 7:30 o'clock in room 306
of the Temple. Miss Gail Duffield
is in charge of the meeting. A
new plan for the program of fu
ture meetings will be discussed.
All interested students are invited
to attend.
The next meeting, to be held on
a Wednesday night instead of
Thursday, will be divided into two
parts, one in French and one in
English.
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Blue Print Invades Field
Of Picture Publications
N?w Issi'.p Shows H;rpocratic
Oath of Photographers,
Candid Shots.
February's Blue Print issue in
vades the field of the fine arts
and takes pictures as its theme
for the month. The Engineers tell
how photography is the coming
field for them and publish four
articles, a Hippocratic oath for the
picture-taker, and two pages ot
campus illustrations to assure the
Blue Prints readers that the
camera is a tool lor tne engineer.
The frontispiece, which contains
the "Hippocratic Oath of a Pho
tographer," is unusual in its grasp
of camera ethics, and the pages of
campus pictures display a group
of candid shots that the Awgwan
usually fails to cover.
In a less facetious mood Ellis
Great Nebraska
General Fights
Invincible Foe
Lying on a white hospital bed in
Tuscon, Arizona, surrounded by
anxious doctors and nurses, is the
grand old man of the American
A. E. F., fighting for his life with
every ounce of strength in his now
weakened body. General Pershing,
the man considered to have won
the World War lies on a starched
hospital cot trying to win his
second great battle, that battle
with death.
The university first became ac
quainted with Pershing in
1891, when he came as command
ant of the ROTC unit while still
a second lieutenant. Thru his un
tiring efforts and limitless energy
the General transformed the small
uninterested ROTC company into
the crack squad that for the next
three years won the Omaha
Plaque, the coveted drill trophy of
the West. Colonel Oury, head of
the present military staff, waa a
member of that company and
squad. With this start. General
Pershing drilled this unit Into one
of the ranking military organiza
tions of the country. During this
time the Pershing Rifles was
started and developed into a na
tional organization. While so ac
tive in the military department,
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Annex
MODELS TRY OUT
A.W.S. Judges Review 106
Cahdidatcs in Social
Science Sunday.
Aspiring model candidates for
the style show of the Coed Follies
will display their lnodishness be
fore the A. W. S. committee of
judges Sunday afternoon from 2
till 5 in the social science audi
torium. From the 106 models
nominated, 55 or 60 will be chosen.
Candidates for the Best Dressed
Girl will also pass in review before
the A, W. S. board Sunday after
noon, and will be watched closely
on the campus during the ensuing
week.
Miss Meyer Introduces.
As mistress of ceremonies for
the 1938 Follies style show, Sarah
lionise Meyer will renssumc the
narrative position which she took
in the 1937 production. She will
introduce the models, as she did
in last year's production, describ
ing the fashions which they pre
sent. Sponsors Appointed.
An A. W. S. board member
has been appointed for each house
whose skit has been chosen for the
final production on March 24. She
will help the groups to perfect
their skits and collect their prop
erties. With their respective
groups, they are Raymond Hall,
Betty Cherny; Delta Gamma,
Jrene Sellers; Pi Beta Thi, Janet
Lau; Sigma Delta Tau, Martha
Morrow; Rosa Bouton Hall, Helen
Pascoe; Alpha Chi Omege, Kay
Wlnquist; Barb A. W. S. League,
Katherine Kilbuck; Chi Omega,
Pat Pope; Gamma Phi Beta,
Maxine Durand; and Alpha Omi
cron Pi, Elizabeth Waugh.
Headed by Irene Sellers, those
who will judge the models are
Jane Barbour, Kay Wlnquist, Max
ine Durand and Elizabeth Waugh.
T1IK WEATHER
Despite the fact that March
came in like the proverbial
lamb, the weatherman fore
casts cold and cloudy weather
for today. Coldest temperature
tonight won't go much below
35 degrees, slightly higher than
a year ago when the mercury
recorded 32.
Smith writes "Photography A
New Tool for the Engineer"
which gives the vast amount of
actual engineering work that is
necessary for taking motion pic
tures and the open field for aerial
photography. Edwin A. drone
writes a technical article on the
effect of the stop in using the I
camera, and John Mueller explains
the construction of a home-made
enlarger. W. F. Weiland writes an
article entitled "What is a Pic
ture." With "Calendar Reform" Dean
Ferguson presents a timely sub
ject, both literally and figura
tively. By describing previous
changes in the calendar, the ar
ticle serves as a useful background
to the many articles on present
attempts to revise our system of
measuring time.
Stale Observes
Anniversary Day
But No Fanfare
Inauspiciously the state of Ne
braska observed its 7lst birthday
Tuesday, March 1,1867. the anni
versary of the day, when President
Andrew Johnson issued its birth
certificate, after long senate de
bates and one veto, to make 37
states in the union.
Congressional archives show
that prolonged contiovcrsies pre
ceded the granting of statehood to
the territory of Nebraska. In 1864
the territory appealed to congress
for permission to enter the union,
and in the same year congress
passed an enabling act. However,
when the state constitution was
drawn up, it failed to satisfy many
members of congress as well as
the president.
The suffrage clause in the state
document caused the trouble. It
granted the suffrage to only free
while males. On this issue Presi
dent Johnson vetoed the bill when
it finally passed both houses. Con
gress, however, overrode the veto
with the provision, that an amend
ment should be added providing
that the right of suffrage should
not be denied on account of race.
This was done in February, and on
Marchel, the president issued the
proclamation.
FOR COED FOLLIES
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Choir
FACULTY FILES FIRST SIX
WEEKS REPORT MARCH 12
Instructors for the fust six
weeks are due Saturday, March
12, according to an announce
m' r, ide by the office ot the
d ii student affairs. The
is hould be filed with the
i.yi.,u.ir not later than Mon
day, March 14,
Kampus Kalendar Features
Talks by Quccns-Elcct
In First Program.
Radios all over the campus wrio
tuned to station KFOR at 7;1.r)
last night when the seven candi-1
dates for junior-senior prom queen j
went on the air. First of ;i series
of university broadcasts arranged'
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student council, the informal inter-
view of the seven coeds was con-1
ducted by Jack Hanssen. KFOR!
announcer, with the help of Kva
Jane Sinclair.
In the course of tho interview.
Hanssen described the potential j
prom girls, discussed their special j
interests and questioned them
about their plans for the future.
Miss Sinclair and Student Council
President Al Moseman also spoke
on the program.
Weekly Broadcasts.
The weekly broadcasts, under
the name of the Kampus Kalendar,
will be heard each Wednesday
night at 7:15 until the end of the
spring term and will cover the
most important events at the uni
versity during the week. The pro
grams will be informal but not im
promptu, for each broadcast will
have three rehearsals. Heading the
student council publicity commit
tee, which sponsors the program,
are Miss Sinclair :;d Barbara
Rosewater. Other members of the
committee are Virginia Geister,
Kay Johnston, and Paul Wagner.
Two University Paintings
May Appear in Book
On American Art.
Two paintings purchased last
year hy the fine a'ts department
of the university may appear re
produced in a new book on Amer
ican art by Mrs. Sheldon Cheney.
The department has recently re
ceived a request for permission to
print "The Seashel!" by Henry
Srhnakenberg and "Self-rortrait"
by Henry Varnum Poor.
"The SeashelT' was purchased
last year from the annual exhibi
tion by the Nebraska Art associa
tion, and the "Selt-Portrail was
purchased at the same time lor
the F. M. Hall collection.
f.o r'Vif.n.f w-l-i. eo-nnlhor
with her husband of "Art and
4,1 O. V,,' ..X . , "'v. -
the Machine" stated in her letter
that lx.th Schnakeiibcrg and Poor;
have mentioned that the paintings
owned by Nebraska are the out-
standing examples of their work,
PROM
CANDIDATES
SPEAK ON COUNC
RADIO BROADCAS
Paul Harris Believes U S.
Safe From an Invasion
Peace Head Opens Campaign
In Lincoln at YMCA
Open Forum.
"Confusion is the condition to
be welcomed by intelligence," sain
Mr. Paul Harris, Jr., director of
the pcare action committee from
Washington, at the Y. M. C. A.
last riht. "This offers malle
ability in which you can get some
thing. Bewilderment is the only
thing you can wish for better than
we have. The main idea is to have
people work at the problem."
A creative world is necessary.
There is a connection between
small and large groups. An action
of the mass is by that of unity.
Teoplc have become so intense
that the scraps at the peace tables
are worse than at Geneva, accord
Uig to Mr. Harris.
For the peace action during
1914, the issues set up were: Be
peaceful; Join League of Nations;
Join world court; reduce arm
aments; promise not to use war;
refuse to fight; change economic
system; Join army; gain industrial
institution so we can block war
when it comes.
At present we can not dictate to
France. Whatever is valid in one
country must be valid In America.
Mr. Harris pointed out. The ques
Uon may arise, then, Is It valid tot
REPUBLICAN HEAD
ADDRESSES LOCAL
E
Students Urged to Hear
Noted Orator Tonight
In Coliseum.
Dr. Glenn Frank, chairman of
group of 100 men selected to foim
the policies and issues for the PM0
republican campaisn will come di
rectly from a Chicago meeting to
Linpnin Journal.
Glenn Frank.
Dr.
I speak at the Founders' Day cere
1 monies sponsored by the republic-
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Stands Remain Open Today;
Next Issue Appears
On March 23. .
Sales of the February issue of
the Awgwan have hit a new high
for the year, already being double
that of last month. Newstands
will remain open today from 9 to
11 in Andrews hill, and from 9 to
12 in Social Science providing the
last opportunity for punhase of
Hiss gi eater issue.
Because ot the Junior-Senior
i prom, the February issue was dc
: laved to the present date of pubh
! cation, and the March issue will ba
I speeded up to publication on
March 23. Ac-cording to Editor
' Bruce Campbell, half of the March
: issue is already completed,
j The increased salts of the Fcb
jruaiy issue are accredited to the
, superior quality of work done on
; this month's issue Chai at temir.g
I the magazine at. features on
I proper coking manners for ladies.
on how to become intellectual, and
certified intelligence test for puz
i zled vour.tr nu n. For those who
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like to sec their laees ami in-
fi i. n.ls in prmi. ceoige
visits the Tas'.iy Pastry shop with
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gossip can lie found in the goie
column.
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Paul Harris.
America to Join the league? The
mood of America is stay out of
entanglements. Does America
think the League of Nations will
keep us out of war? It crushed
Germany in giving them freedom.
One thing it can not do Is to stop
a war. It cannot make a nation
back up. Then it is not an issue.
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