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LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, WEDNKSDAY, MARCH 30. 193U
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"Quick, gi"e me an nlka-scltzcr,"
moaned the by-now-familiar cock
roach as he staggered upon the
typewriter stand.
Impolitely referring Mm to the
nearest drug store wo asked him
why the headache.
"I have just found out," replied
the cockroach, "that I must be
destined to go through life as one
of those kind of people Cod made
so many of, meaning the com
mon." "And how did you arrive at that
conclusion?"
"I took a look-sec through the
annual exhibit of painting and
sculptures In the second floor gal
leries in Morrill hall."
"But surely the pictorial expres
sion of the imagination is not
something to make you feel like
the morning after, my fine an
tennaed friend."
What Do You Think?
"Well, perhaps not. I'm at a
loss, though, personally. I don't
know whether to hang my head
In inferiority and go out and
read short stories In Library or
just laugh contemptuously and
scoff at cubists, surrealists, and
the various types of post-impressionists."
With very little coaxing, the
cockroach began to describe.
"The first thing that struck my
eye as I entered, and when I say
struck I mean hit, was a Figure
by Picasso. Alongside that was a
nroof of Nude Descending the
Stairs by Duchamp. Hot stuff, I
thought maybe, but Picasso and
Duchamn turned out to be cu
bists." "One of the best cubists I know,"
we interjected, "could throw sev
ens and elevens like nobody's busi
ness." Cubism,
"This Picasso man was not
that kind of a cubist. He seemed
to see things in overlapping tri
angles. Then there was another
confusing picture that showed
bodies with heads and no arms
and bodies with arms and no
heads. Upon examination it
tjrned out to be the Cohort by
Giorgi de Chirico, a surrealist.
It was Giorgi who gave me a
hint as to what it was all about.
He was quoted as saying quote
in order for a work of art to be
truly Immortal It must depart
completely from human limita
tions. All subjects, all ideas, all
thought, all symbols must be
put aside unquote. Then there
war Portrait of Moise Kisling.
If Moise ever used models he
must have used those that never
got any sleep, judging from the
circles and shadows around the
girl's eyes."
"Any sculptures?"
"Oh, yes, 1 enjoyed most of
those, particularly that of African
('ape Buffalo by James L. Clark.
I could see why a man would like
to have some sculpture around.
You can stroke them soothingly
while in a reflective mood. It
helps thinking. And business men
can use them for paper weights
and match strikers. Springtime
by Georgina Klitgaard was pleas
ing. I thought Georgina's work
looked similar to the sort of bark
grounds you see on expensive Chi
nese and' Japanese tea cups and
saucers and sure enough, it turned
out that she used Oriental sym
bolism." "You bore me, friend. Weren't
there any realistic paintings?" wc
asked.
Wurra, Wurra.
"Sure. Tony Bctz by Alexan
der James was so real and
showed worry so plainly that I
could just hear Tony moaning
about next month's rent. The
Stallion by John Steuart Curry
was a very eye-pleasing bit of
artistic horseplay. Curry de
serves his position In the art
I world, if you should ask me."
Murmuring something about the
cockroach being a pseudo-authority,
we listened to the remainder
of his dissertation.
"Albert P. Ryder had a rouplc
of interesting postures. Tragic
Night and The Miraculous Draft.
The moon sky, and wave efferts
were so similar that it looked like
Albert got an Inspiration for one
picture, painted it, had a little oil
left over and got himself another
Inspiration to use up the rest of
the oil. Charles Burehficld, who
exhibited a picture called Aban
doned Farmhouse, got a laugh out
of me when it quoted him as sa-
mg that he lias a special fondness
fur skunk cabbages because they
look like penguins. There was an
other picture that looked like a
photograph but turned out to be a
remarkable detailed Tree in
Landscape by Lulgl Lucionl."
"If these paintings are exhibited
all over the country, how do the
painters make any money?' we
wondered.
Bread and Water,
"No artist should expect to
mike i living by painting, real
success Is after death. At least
that's what Artist John Sloan
claimed. I really agree. I
don't see how anybody could
understand, want, or appreciate
a cubist or surrealist picture
Other than the painter himself."
"What do you know about
art?" we scoffed.
"Me. Say, I spent at least two
hours going through the gallery.
I ought to know what I'm talk
ing about." sputtered the cockroach.
Coeds
Sharing Motive
Actuates Drive
For War Relief
Religious Council Sponsors
'Tag Day' Campaign
For Student Fund.
"Act Now" is the challenge to
students today in the campuswide
tag sale to raise funds to send to
destitute students in the Far Fast.
Sponsored by the Religious Wel
fare council in cooperation with
national peace and student youth
movements, the drive will last for
for one day from 8 a. m. until 5
p. m.
One hundred salesmen with 4,000
tags will be stationed all over
the campus. "I have Shared With
Fellow Students in the Far East"
is the instription on the tags,
which may be purchased for not
less than ten cents, with no maxi
mum price set.
"This is an opportunity for stu
dents of Nebraska university to
throw away self-interest for one
day and share with fellow students
in the Far East," stated Miss Mil
dred Green, secretary of Y.W.C.A.
who has been in charge of the dis
tribution of materials.
Nation-wide Drive.
In conjunction with an interna
tional movement to demonstrate
the present reality of the World
Christian Community, the Student
Christian Movements of the United
States are cooperating in a nation
wide drive to raise $25,000 for stu
dent relief in China and Japan.
Leading colleges and univer
sities throughout the country have
already contributed to the fund
Nebraska has set no goal in her
drive. Money raised will be used
to meet basic needs of life and the
minimum means for continuing
education of Far Eastern students.
Funds will be distributed wher
ever need is greatest, regardless of
nationality. Chinese students will
be moved from the war zone fur
ther Inland so that they may carry
on their education. Response to
the movement has been interna
tional and is part of a movement
thronghout the world to increase
student solidarity and understand
ing.
E. F. Schramm to Sprak
To Engineering Students
On Petroleum and Ores
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Prof. K. F. Schramm of the
geology department will speak on
"Petroleum and Ores" at the icg
uliir meeting of the Chemical Kn-
gineering society to be held Wed
nesday evening, April 6, at 7:30
o'clock in the general lecture room
of the Avery laboratory of chem
istry. All chemical engineering stu
dents are urgent to be present at
this meeting. '
UNiVERSITY'STSYMPHONIC
BAND PRESENTS CONCERT
Group Makes Term's Second
Sponsored Broadcast
For Jaysee.
Appenring under the auspices of
the Lincoln Junior Chamber of
Conum-tcc, the university sym
phony band made a half hour radio
appearance at nine o'clock last
night. The program, broadcast
over KFOR, was presented by the
chamber as the closing event in
their recent membership drive.
Using as their theme song "Dear
Old Nebraska U," the band opened
the regular portion of the pro
gram with one of the world's most
famous marches, "King Cotton,"
by the. immortal Sousa. This was
followed by "Dunlop Ccmmand
ery," a march which is sometimes
caned the "march symphony'' be
cause of its unusual stvle.
Other numbers on the program
Included "Age of Youth," a march,
"In the Persian Market,'' one of
the most popular tone poems ever
written for bar.d, and "El Capi
tan," another famous Sousa
march. The whole program was
lively, without dull moments, even
during; the playing of "Pas de
Fleurs." a descriptive ballet num
ber with a difficult solo melody!
This was the second sponsored
broadcast made by the symphony
band over a local station, not
counting the broadcast of the mid
winter concert.
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FILINGS FOR COED
COUNSELORS END
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AFTERNOON
Names of Candidates Must
Be Submitted in Ellen
Smith by 5 O'clock.
Five o'clock this afternoon is
the deadline for any girl who
wishes to file for the position of
Coed Counselor to leave her ap
plication with Mrs. Westover at
Ellen Smith hall or at the Home
Economics office.
Any girl who plans to be in
school next year, of at least
sophomore standing, is eligible to
file. Prerequisite for the position
is interest and ability in fresh
man advisory work. Because the
status of a Coed Counselor has
recently been 'Changed by the Inter-Activity
counsel to a D ac
tivity, any girl interested, whether
she has her full activity quota
or not, is eligible for the place.
Virginia Fleetwood, president of
the Coed Counselor board, urges
girls to hasten and file. Announce
ment will not be made of the girls
accepted until after spring vaca
tion. Coeds of Cornell
Find Health Best
Key to Success
ITHACA, K Y. (ACT). What
are the keys to success for today's
college women?
At a recent Cornell university
conference here, the following
were handed to Betty Coed and
her sisters in learning as fitting
the locks on the door that opens
to success:
1. Health, mental, physical and
moral.
2. Fnthusiasm at all times.
3. Kvery possible assistance to
the consumer.
4. Fducatiort, perspiration, in
spiration and just plain brass.
5. Stand on your own spiritual
and physical feet.
6. Keep up your special interest
contacts.
7. Know what you want.
Sin.ce Eve Deluded Adam,
Too Many Fools-Dickens
April 1 Pranksters Can Trace
'Foolishments' Back
To Noah's Ark.
BY ED WITTENBERG.
Of fools, Charles Dickens once
said, "They arc so numerous and
fill m many positions of Impor
tance. . ." It is true. The world
has had a superfluity of fools
since "The Devil outwitted Eve,
and Eve deluded Adam." Today
the comic sections of newspapers
are read by millions, and more
millions listen to radio programs
such as Jack Benny's and Fred
Allen's. So whv not have a feast
In the honor of fools?
Why April 1 was chosen as All
Fools' Day is not definitely known,
hut there is no lark of explana
tions. One historian, who has been
railed the greatest fool of all, de
clared that the first All Fools' Day
was when Noah sent the first dove
forth from the Ark.
The Romans had a word for it,
meaning the Feast of Fools which
was held on April 1 as sort of a
make-up festival for those who
Successors ISOmiiialcd Today . . .
Blade VYlaAqiUL flwpI&L ofr
Pictured above are the 12 member of the Black Masque chapter of Mortar Board whose tuecet
ton are nominated today In a campus wide election. In the front row, from left to right, are Betty
Cherny, Elolse Benjamin, Maxine Durand, Donna Hlatt, Jane Walcott, and Winifred Nelson. The
second row Is composed of Marie Kotouc, Jane Barbour, Martha Morrow, Jean Marvin, Rosalie Motl
and Genevieve Bennett,
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MAY QUEEN, FILLS
Ranking Campus Women
Seek Honors in Annual
Race for Positions.
Junior and Senior women will
vote today for the May Queen and
for the new members of Mortar
Board, senior women's honorary
The election results will remain
secret unt'1 May 6, when the tradi
tional Ivy Day ceremonies will be
held.
All senior women with a weight
ed average of eighty and who
have participated in at least one
"B" activity are eligible for the
May Queen honor. The girl who
receives the second highest num
ber of votes will be maid of honor
to the Queen. A printed ballot with
the names of all those eligible will
be handed out at the polls in Ellen
Smith hall and the Home Econom
ics building on the Agricultural
college campus. The pulls will be
open from nine until five o'clock
and will be" presided over by the
active chapter of Mortar Board.
Voters will be asked to write in
on the ballot the names of not
lers than five and not more than
20 iunior women, whom they wish
to nominate for Mortar Board.
The actual selection is made by
the active chapter but the upper-
classwomen have been asked for
several years to indicate their
preferences. Scholarship, leader
ship and service requirements are
those necessary for prospective
Mortar Board members.
KARL FORTMANN TALKS
ON GERMAN 'SITUATION'
Alpha Phi Omega to Hear
Former Citizen of
'Vaterland.'
Karl Fortmann, naturalized
citizen from Germany and a stu
dent in the university, will tell
something of the conditions and
political situation in his former
fatherland when he speaks to the
members of Alpha Phi Omega at
their meeting tonight at the cham
ber of commerce. Fortmann re
turned to Germany last year and
so has been recently on the
ground of the shifting European
scene.
Following Fortmann's talk at 7
which is open to visitors, will come
the spring election of officers. The
men elected will be installed April
10 at a joint installation-initiation
ceremony to be held by the service
fraternity at the local scout camp.
had missed the great Roman holi
day of the Fornicalia early in the
year.
Hindus Observe 'Hull.'
The Hindus celebrate a feast
similar to our modern version end
ing with March 31. During "Hull'
as this holiday Is called, the swar
thy Indians delight in sendinc
simple minded souls on visits to
homes where the family is away
men also, April Fools' day lias
been traced bark to a mock cere
mony held by the church in med
ieval times to woo the pagHns from
their worship of Druids and idols.
During the period of this cere
mony, a mock bishop was sot up.
with mork officials to serve him
and a sham ritual was gone
through.
All Fools' Day, in spite of the
superstition surrounding it as a
poor time to accomplish anything,
has not alwavs brought evil. On
April 1, 1578,'Wllliam Harvey who
discovered the circulation of the
blood, was born, and while he fin
ally had the ill fortune to die, he
did make a name for himself. Na
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SELECTS
HONORARY QUOTA
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Illinois Educator to Speak
At Convocation Honoring
Highest Ranking Students
ISA KREMER TO PRESENT
VOCAL CONCERT APRIL 3
Well-Known Russian Singer
Gives Varied Program
Of Folk Music.
Isa Krciner, Russian born sing
er who has become world famous
as an interpreter of the folk mu
sic of many peoples, will appear
in concert at the. Temple theater
ISA KREMER.
Lincoln Journal.
at 8:30 p. m. Sunday, April 3. Her
concert here will be one of a series
being given over the country un
der the auspices of the Worman
Circle.
Proceeds of the concert will go
to the Jewish Federated charities.
Tickets are on .' at Walt's Mu
sic House, and May also be ob
tained at the Temple theater the
day of the concert.
At the piano will' be Ivan Basi
levsky, also of Russian birth, who
is accomplished both as an accom
panist and as a soloist.
Ag
Board Announces Choice
Of Committees Today
In Bulletin.
"193S Fair Chatter." first of a
series of news bulletins of Farm
ers Fair news, appears on the ng
rampus today, opening an inten
sive campaign to instill student
enthusiasm in the Fair, which will
climax ag college activities for the
year. The date of the fair has been
set for May 7. Copies of the bulle
tin will be issued from the steps
of Agricultural hall at noon. Cam
pus news, committee appoint
ments, and reports of the pro
grams of committees will be fea
tured in the different issues.
The next Farmers Fair rally Js
scheduled for April 6. the first
Wednesday after vacation. The
board predicts a typical riotous
rally, with La Verne Petersen and
Donna Hiatt in charge.
Dog Patch Hoe Down.
The Dog Tatch Hoe Down,
Farmers Fair mixer, is set for Fri
day, April 8, as a continuation t.t
Farmers F;,ir festivities. Featur
ing hill billy theme, the afrair will
get under way at 9:09 o'clock In
the Student Activities building.
Old clothes will be the order of the
evening. Junior Fair board mem
bers, sponsors of the affair, are
promising something new and dif
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To April 8; Pan-Hell
Date Remains.
An extension of eight days has
been granted students wishing to
file for the Mortar Board scholar
ship, setting the application dead
line for noon, Friday, April 8,
rather than Thursday, March 31,
as formerly scheduled. Thursday
noon, the 31st, however, remains
the closing time for applications
for the five Pan-Hellenic scholar
ships. Applications lor the Mortar
Board award must be in Dean Up
son's office by noon of April 8.
Eligible for the $150 award on a
basis of scholarship, need, and
ability, are senior women who
plan to take graduate work next
year.
Must Be Sophomores.
The five Pan-Hellenic scholar
ships are valued at $35 each with
the winners receiving them on a
basis of scholarship and a total
average of not less than 85. The
applicant must be wholly or par
tially self-supporting. Applicants
must be of sophomore or junior
standing at the time of their
filing.
Application blanks for these
scholarships may be obtained from
Miss Heppner, dean of women. At
least three recommendations are
necessary for the Pan-Hell awards
and should be mailed to Mrs. Leslie
C. Puckett, 2244 Ryons.
The Mortar Board award will be
announced soon after the Faster
recess and the Pan - Hellenic
awards at the Honors Convocation,
April 19.
NORTH PLATTE 'AD' CLUB
PRESENTS KOSMET SHOW
Popular Klub Spring Musical
Of 1935 Scheduled
For Production.
"Kiss Columbo." Kosmet Klub
spring musical show in 1935. will
be presented by the North riatte
Pioneer Ad club the latter part
of April as its first all-male stage
production.
Written by Art Wolf, "Kiss
Columbo" in its campus premiere
featured such names in its ast
as Irving Hill, Vance Leiningrr,
! Charles Steadman, Bill Marsh,
Art Bailey, Duncan Sowles. Jim
Heldt. David C.oldware, Jim Beg
lev. Dwight Havens, and Pete
Baker.
Kenneth Van Sant Outlines
Activities in Council
Radio Program.
Hay Ramsay, university alumni
secretary, acting as master of cer
emonies on the fifth Kampus Kal
endar broadcast sponsored by the
Student Council, Introduced the
new staff of the the Student Union
building yesterday evening at 7:15
over station KFOR.
Ramsay gave a brief review of
the history of the Union building
movement, and interviewed Ken
neth Van Sant, director of the
Union, who discussed his plans
for the tnulding and its future.
Miss Marion Steele, social di
rector of the student center, dis
cussed the teas, dances, parties
and other social activities which
Rhc has planned for the student
body.
The alumni secretary then in
terviewed Mrs. Ruth Quisenberry,
head of the kitchens and dining
rooms of the union building, who
described the facilities the build
ing offers for preparing meals and
the food she plana to serve In the
student lunch rooms.
Vacation Begins Friday
At 8:00; to End April 6
Spring vacation will official
ly begin at 8 a. m. Friday, ac
cording to the announcement
made by Florence McGahey,
registrar. Students must be
back at their classes at 8 a. m.
on Wednesday, April 6.
GRAN
EXTENII
FOR SCHOLARSHIP
Dr. Thomas Smith Featured
On Program of Honors
Assembly April 19.
Dr. Thomas V. Smith, professor
of philosophy at. the University of
Chicago and Illinois state senator,
will address the honors convoca
tion audience in the coliseum April
11. The honor
convocation is
an annual pro
gram at which
the high rank-
ing students in
the various col
leges of the uni
versity are of
ficially recog
nized by the in
stitution. The Illinois
philosopher was
educated at the
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Lincoln Journal. " "
Dr. i. v. smith, received both
his bachelor of arts and masters
degrees. He received his Ph. D.
from the Uniorsity of Chicago in
1922 and has held the position of
professor of philosophy there
since 1927. Between 1922 and 1927
Dr. Smith was a professor of Eng
lish literature at Texas Christian
and a member of the philosophy
staff at the University of Texas.
Dr. Smith is known as the au
thor of "Philosophers in Made?,'
"The Promise of American Poli
tics,'1 "The Philosophic Way of
Life," and "The American Philos
ophy of Equality." The philosopher
has written for many periodicals
and he. holds membership in the
American Philosophic association
and the American Pclitiral Science
association. In 1937 he received
the prose award of the Chicago
foundation for literature.
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Former Manager of Royal
Theater in Budapest
Speaks Thursday.
Charlotte de Hajck, Hungarian
dramatist, will discuss the tneater
and literary culture of Hungary
before a university convocation at
11 o'clock Thursday morning in
the Temple theater. Altho classes
will l.ot be dismissed for the con
vocation. Dr. Harry Kurz. chair
man of the convocation committee,
urges students who can attend to
do so, promising a program of
particular cultural significance.
Stage manager of the Royal
Hungarian National theater in
19.1.1, Miss de Hajck was the first
woman in Kumpe to hold such a
position, Prior to her appointment
she received an A. B. degree from
Vassar, &n M. A. from Hie Uni
versity of Budapest, H!id a Stace.
ManHger'a diploma f,-oni th
Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts
in Budapest.
Making Tour of Universities.
Miss Alice Howell, head of the
University Speech d pHitnicnt,
will introduce Mis Hajrk. At
noon the dramatist will he inform-
1 h 1 1 y entertained by the Faculty
Women's club at the Beaumont
Tea Room. Ag campus students
will have a chance to sc Miss
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O. R. MARTIN.
Prof. O. R. Martin, chairman of
the department of business or
ganization, will speak on 2.1s legal
experiences to members of Delta
Sigma PI, professional commerce
fraternity at 8 o'clock this eve
ning. Martin will Informally discuss
accounting problems and legal
complications in connection with
the income tax procedure. After
the talk he will answer member's
questions.
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