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The 'ABLY i Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska 1 II VOL. XXXVII. ISO. 121. UNCOIL. NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY. Al'HIL 13. 9'M PKICE FIVE CENTS SHEBRASKAN , n ;H (Bmksl (JcunpLdL LETTER I MM SELF-MADE LABORER TO HIS PAL Dear Cousin Joe: I just thot I would write you ft letter now and ask you how you are gcttin' long and tell you how I am Rettin along now. 1 m gettin along: fine fizzically speaking, even my corns are gctlin along fine. 1 am still working for the uni versity of Nebraska as I was when I wrote to you the last time 1 wrote. Bill got laid off during the winter and by stretching out his poor condition he Rot a good Jon on the PWA. He thinks Roose velt Is the. greatest relief giver pinee the invention of nsprin and ftlka seltzer. Me. 1 dnnno, I keep hearing about bad things which the pres has done, nic being in a cultural environment. The Good Earth. We are pretty busy right now tryin to get the grass on the campus to grow green and thick by Ivy day so's these young squirts around here can trample It down then. We have to do the same thing every year. I dunno why the grass has to be there anyway, between that brick crackerbox and the ad ministration building. There are always so many people stand ing on it Ivy day that you can't even see the grass let alone admire it. My boss says Its one of the few traditions they got around here tho, so the univer sity keeps spending money on it. It's like mv boss also told ; new worker the other day who wondered why we had to be so much in a hurry. He says "The teachers and guys and girls who go to school furnish the cultural environment and we have to keep the horti - cultural environment lookin nice." And right after he aid that, Luke Moore (you know his old man used to work at Swingles) said "I bet if those kids kept as good care of the culture end as we do the horticulture end, there wouldn't be so many outta work." "Well, niebbe so," T said, "but I've been noticing that its the vuys what have cuture but don't know how to do some kind of work with their hands or run a machine that are worrying about what to do." Course, I didn't really notice it. T just overheard one of the pro fessors saying that to another one. A Smell Time. We put the manure on quite a while ago.'Then we had a freaky spring snow and after it melted and the sun came out it really smelted noble around here for a while. I had a cold and didn't mind it so much but some of the boys wanted gas masks. They got used to it after a while but I noticed that most of the kids didn't waste much time passin by. We are having pretty good weather around here now for some reason or other. Except the wind. People around here hardly ever say "that wind," they always say "that damn wind." It just shows you what kind of a wind it is. Well, I got one or two other letters to write so I guess I better close now. That damn wind Is rattling all the doors and windows In the house. Yours tor higher wages, JIM. Tentative Activity Plan Laid Before Men at Large This Afternoon. Council to Hold Open Discussion On Point System Discussion and criticism of the proposed plan for governing men's activities by a point system will reach a peak this afternoon at a Student Council meeting at 5 o'clock in U hall, room 100, which will be open to all men of the campus who have questions or suceestions about it. Tho plan, which at present in cludes a constitution for nn acuv' itics board, by-laws, and point system, Is at present in a tenta tive state. Refore it becomes ef fective it must be passed by the judiciary committee of the coun cil, by the council itself, and fi nally by a majority vote of the men on the campus at a general election. Moseman Urges Criticism. Statine that there are undoubt edly many who do not understand the aims of the plan or wno nave fault to find with the constitution as suggested, Al Moseman, presi dent of the council, emphasized the fact that all suggestions and criticisms will be welcomed at this point in the procedure. A committee headed by Harold Benn, and including Dick Brown, Jack Bingenhcimcr, and Dick Mc Ginnis, has worked for several months on the proposed plan, em ploying the aid and advice of mem bers of the faculty, a committee of the Innocents, and help from plans obtained from other univer sities. To Benefit Students. "Every proposed change that we may receive will be given due con sideration, and the constitution will be revised if deemed advis able," stated Moseman. "This sys tem is presented as a benefit to the students and their activities pro gram, and we intend to have the niost satisfactory Plan posswie De- fore it is put into operation." A scholastic consideration tit tne plan has been included to serve as an incentive for men to maintain scholarship ratings as well as al lowing the better students to con tribute to more activities. NATIONAL GROUPS HONOR COL, C. JJRANKFORTER Nebraska Professor Receives Awards for Chemical, Military Efforts. Col. C. J. Frankforter, professor in the department of chemistry and chemical engineering has been honored recently by two national organizations, one in the field of F I STOCK APPRAISING IN BY J. SANDERS Lindsay Youth Ranked High In Junior Division Of 1937 Meet. P. B. K., Sigma Xi Choose 58 Students; Princetonian Addresses New Members Dr. W. M. Stanley Describes Research With Viruses In Life Theory. CERCLE FRANCAIS GIVES BACH'S 'PASSION' TONITE Jean Tilche to Read Gospc In French at Meeting In Morrill Hall. Bach's "Passion" played by candlelight is the experience of fered to anyone interested in the meeting of Cercle Krancais tonight at 7.30 in room 219 of Morrill hnll. Accompanying the playing of "the rreatest Eter music ever written," Jean Tilche will rea; passages from the gospel accord lng to Saint Matthew in French. The rendition of the "Passion" was made by the Boston Symphony orchestra under the direction of Serge Koussevitsky, supplemented bv the combined choirs of the Harvard glee club and the Rad cliffe Choral society. The playing required the music of two orches. Jras, two organs, a clavier ground' bass, and three choirs. OR. 'A SOUL GONSKREDT Lincoln Journal. C. J. FRANKFORTER. . . .gets national honor. chemistry and the other, in the field of military peacetime worn. His first appointment was to a membership in the American In stitute of Chemical Engineers, and at present, he is the only faculty member who is a member oi me institute. The other honor conferred upon Colonel Frankforter was a mem bership on the executive commit tee of the National Patriotic Coun cil, with headquarters in Wash ington, D. C. LEILA MASSIE PRESENTS SENIOR RECITAL TODAY Pianist Plays Chopin's Music At 26th. Convocation In Temple Theater. Leila Massie, pianist, will pre- llnnd Fraternity iSamo Kaminrl Now I'rrttiJent Botany Department Head To Point Out Neglect Of Spiritual Life. The third in the scries of Holy Week services is to be held at o'clock this morning in gallery B of Morrill hail, when Dr. R. J. Pool, head of the botany depart ment, will lead the service witn a talk on "Considered A Soul. The eeneral theme of his ad dress will contain the thought that in the complexity of our modern life we neglect spiritual considera tions. Students of the university will supplement the program with musical numbers. Urges Swift Decisions. Dean O. J. Ferguson of the col lege of engineering in his address yesterday on "Clearing the Decks for Making Decisions" said, "that it isn't necessary to have arrived at a completely acceptable solu tion of a problem in order to make a decision and at the same time move forward. "We are in a world where we arc confronted by many confumng and disconcerting issues, and It is not Infrequently that we arc forced to come to some sort of a deci sion by getting down a nearly nosaible to fundamentals and ignoring other lesser factors." Fringes" of Truth. Speaking of youth in halls of learning, Dean Ferguson said that all students undoubtedly feel the urge to advance in learning and all enlov the thnll or maning ais coveries and of making decisions. Rut in renrral. he pointed out. all of our knowledge is just a fringe unon the crest body of truth. "If we wauel lo Know wimi truth actually is before we acted, tho dean stated, "we would never accomplish anything-we would ho rnnt nuiii v resiinc on mr oars. sent her senior recital at the 26th musical convocation of the year this afternoon at 4 o'clock in Temple theater. Miss Massie is a student with Earnest Harrison. Her program will consist of the following selections: "Pastorale" and "Tempo dl Bal lo" by Scarlatti; "Several Pre ludes" by Chopin: "Sonatine. Pastorale," and "Hymnc by Tansman. James Sanders, Lindsay, was awarded a silver trophy last night as high man in the senior division of Block and Bridle's 24th annual livestock judging contest held last Saturday at the Nebraska college of agriculture. In winning, San ders duplicated his triumph of Inst year when he was high man in the junior division. Ribbons for high rank in all classes of the senior division also went to Tom King, Albion, second; Richard Houghlnnd, Seward, third; Paul Fuller, Melrose. Montana, fourth: and Edward Zahm, Said ing, fifth. Gold, silver and bronze medals respectively, were presented to Marvin Kruse, Loretto; Keith Gil more, Callaway; and Rudy Ncme chek. Humboldt. They won first, second and third in all classes of the junior division. Ribbons went to Frank Messersmith, Alliance and John Bockwith, Albion, for fourth and fifth places in the jun ior division. Winners of ribbons for Individ ual classes in the senior division announced last night were: Hors cs Richard Roughland, first; Paul Fidler, second, and Edward Zahm third. Cattle James Sanders first; Edwin Rousek, Burwell, sec ond, and Marvin Vaughn, Fuller- ton, third. Hogs James Sanders first; Tom King, second, and Dick Spancler. Plattsmouth, third, Sheen Tom King, first; James Sanders, second, and Lawrence Buller. Utica, third. In individual classes of the jun ior division ribbons were awarded as follows: Horses Jean Lambert, Ewing, first; Clarence O'Brien, Al bion, second, and Rudy Nemochek, third. Cattle Kenneth Koelling, Ord, first; Keith Gilmore, second, and Oscar Tegtmeir, Lewiston, third. Hogs Frank Messersmith, first; Marvin Kruse, second; er non Thomson. Ingham, third, Sheep Marvin Kruse, first: Rich ard Crom. Pawnee City, second Will Pitner, Stanton, third. A total of 101 students more than ever beforetook part in the contest. In the senior division, for students with previous training and experience, 28 students were entered; and 73 were entered in the junior division, for students without previous training and ex penence. Loyal Corman. Edgar, a student, was superintendent of the contest. Judges were Prof M. A. Alexan der. R. R, Thalman. Ross Miller and Walter Tolman of the agricul tural college faculty. The silver trophy was donated by the Anchor Serum company of St. Joseph, Mo, Following a joint dinner of Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma XI mem bers in the Cornhusker last night, Dr. W. M. Stanley, research sci entist from Princeton university addressed a public audience on his work with disease producing iruses. By use of lantern slides and by verbal explanation Dr. Stanley pointed out that one drop from a solution made up of diseased to bacco virus dissolved in 2!O,0O0 gallons of water would still be trong enough to injure and pro duce disease in a healthy plant. The Princeton professor, who is member of the Rockefeller In stitute of Medical Research found that he could isolate from diseased tobacco plants a particular protein substance differing from that found in egg white by its much higher molecular weight. Finds Mosaic Virus. He discovered that this protein substance could be digested and destroyed by enzymes such as pepsin. Since pepsin acts only on proteins, Dr. Stanley found tnat by using an ammonium compound which Isolates proteins out of solu tion, he was able to obtain the tobacco mosaic virus in crystalline form. Viruses have always been thought of as small, living organisms, the research scientist said, from the time that Pasteur in 1870 first demonstrated that disease could be caused by micro-organisms. Because of this latest research carried on by the Rockefeller In stitute at Princeton the virus causing tobacco mosaic disease is known to be a protein molecule of gigantic size. Living Or Dead? Because he was able to obtain these tobacco protein viruses in crystalline form, Dr. Stanley has been popularly credited with hav ing discovered the bridge between living and dead matter. It has been pointed out that no substance in crystalline form has ever been known to have life, but Dr. Stan- - - (Continued on Page 3.) New officers of Gamma Lambda, honorary ROTC band fraternity, elected at last week's meeting are as follows: President, Warren Hammcl; vice president, Charles Lyman; secretary-treasurer, Allen Lefferdink. At the same meeting a new consti tution was approved which is hoped to make the functioning of the fraternity more efficient. Claries Club to Hear Professor Lowe Tonite Classics club will meet tonight to hear Professor C. O. Lowe of the University classics department tell of hit experiences as director of the Genadlus library in Greece. Special music will be played by Houghton Furr and songs will be ung by the gro'.p. The meeting will begin at 7:30 in room 21 of Teachers college. Si i ir Marie Kotouc Heads Roster Of Forty-Four P.B.K.'s With 94.68 Rating;. C. H. OLDFATHER. . . .receives P. B. K. JUNIORS IR Mmiimn-'l nl APPLY FOR LOANS FI F UNO Henry Strong Foundation Offers Scholarships For First Time. A.W.S. BOARD TAKES I Banquet to Honor Cabinet, Officers Following Service at 5. A. la- Neighboring Schools Send Delegates to Faculty Meet at Y.W.C.A. Representatives from neighbor ing colleges and universities will! be present Thursday evening at the Y. W. C. A. to hear the ad dress of Prof. W. W. Cook of the law faculty ot Northwestern uni versity in an addiess before the1 University of Nebraska chapter of the American Association of University Professors. There will be a dinner at 6 00 followed by the address of Professor Cook, who was formerly a member of the lav college faculty at Nebraska. At the pre&cnt time he is on n speaking tour of the National Council of the A. A. U. P. Profes sor Cook is a past president of Uie association as well as general Mcretary. Following his addren he will appear in a lecture at Sioux City Saturday to speak there before the local associa tion. Dr. D. A. Worcester of the teachers college faculty will repre sent the university st this meet ing. Dr. C. S. Hamilton of the chemistry faculty Is president of the Nebraska chapter ami will pre Mdc at the Thuisday program. Mexican Muralists, Court Painters Collaborate In Group Display. In celebration of Tan-American week, April 10 to 17. a display of Spanish-American ait and recent magazines is exhibited in the Ro mance language library in U hall. Featuring Diego Rivera, con temporary Mexican muralist. the paintings shown include those of Velesquez, Murillo, tioya anil f.l Greco. "Head of a Priest" centers the collection of Rivera who paints only on the walls of Mex ican public buildings. "Day of the Dead" is a kaleidoscopic picture of a Mexican festival. The court painter Velesquct Is represented by portraits of Span ish Princesses Infanta Maria and Infanta Marguarita. Murilloi works are religious except for "Boys Eating Melon." Additions to the current Span ish magazines generously illust rating bull fights and contempo rary politics, Include "Todo" meaning everything, and "Hoy," today. Newly elected oficers of the V. S. board take their insta tion vows tonight in Ellen Smith hall beginning at 5 o'clock and will be honored by a banquet fol lowing at 6 o clock. President Helen Pascoe leads the list of new officers, with Betty Clements, vice president: Eliza beth Waugh, secretary, and Mar ian Bradstreet, secretary. Senior members to be Installed are Phyllss Robinson, Irene Sel lers, Velma Ekwall and Josephine Rubnitz. Junior members Include Janet Ijtu, Tatricia Tope anil Vir ginia Clematis. Prlscilla Chain, Jean Simmons and Patricia Stern berg aie lo be sophomore members. Special guest at the installation and the ensuing banquet are Dean Amanda H. Heppner and the spon sors of A. W. S.. Mrs. T. J. Thomp son, Miss Luvicy Hill and Miss Nellie Kastburn. Jane Barbour submits the gavel as retiring president, and Martha Morrow as vice president. Senior members by graduation are Betty Cherny. Maxine Durand, Kather ine Kilbuck and Kathyrn Winquist. Available to N. U. juniors and seniors for the first time this year are loans from the Henry Strong Educational foundation, which since its inception in 1911 has aided deserving young college men and women to complete their university careers. Applications for loans may be made at -Finance Secretary Gun derson's office in the administra tion building, where the student will be asked to fill out a form to satisfy officials that he qualifies for a loan. Classics Students Ineligible. General Henry Strong, who set up the revolving fund, specifically provided in his will that a student shall be under 25 years of age to receive assistance. A student tak ing a strictly classical course of study or who is attending an east ern rollccc or university is not eligible. Altho it is the policy of the foundation to grant loans only to undergraduate juniors or seniors, a few exceptions are made for graduates who show superior abil ity and promise. In June of each year the available funds are allo cated to a selected list of univer sities and colleges. The amounts allotted depend upon the needs of the paiticular institution and the records already established by it in administering previous grants. Thirty-eight colleges and univer sities are r.ow loaning funds from the Strong foundation. Students whose applications are accepted will receive half the amount of the loan the first sem ester of next ye.ir and the other half at the beginning of the sec ond semester. Fifty-eight students were recog nized by Phi Beta Kappa, national arts and science honorary, and Sigma Xi, national science honor ary, yesterday morning at annual joint convocation in the' Templa . mI theater for their ' jp-S outstandln g f S scholarship riur- I I nip; men luui i vi'iipa in I ho uni. 1,3 versity. Marie Kotouc, of Hum- : boldt, headed ths list of 44 who ' made Phi Beta i Knppa with an average of 94.68. Minimum aver age for the group was 68.1 (. ine .Mari, homur. Sigma Xi'S add- Lincoln Journal. ed 14 new names to their mem bership list with 12 men and 2 coeds honored by the organiza tion. Dean C. H. Oldfather of the college of arts and sciences was named an honorary member of P. B. K. Lists Eminent. At the convocation brief histor ies and discussions of the two organizations were presented by the presidents of the groups in the local chapters. Dr. H. W. Manter of the zoology depart ment discussed the history and work of Sigma Xi, stating that in offering membership to the H seniors they were expressing faith in their futures. Dr. Harry Kurz, chairman of the department of romance languages, told the history of Phi Beta Kappa since its beginning in 1776. He mentioned names of the eminent men. and women who have been on the membership rolls of P. B. K. in the past. Juniors To Be Eligible. Dr. W. M. Stanley, of Prince ton, spoke for a few minutes of his research work in that field of viruses which has made him known internationally. His talk was a preliminary to his address (Continued on Page 3.i AG ENGINEERS HEAR 10 ENGi Nation Seeks lo Preserve Memories of Pony Express Country Rc-Echocs Memorial Tribute to Dauntless Riders, May 30. Across the lonely 2,000 mile stretch from the struggling trading post of St. Joseph, on to Sacra mento, bustling mining town of hardened prospectors and beauti ful Mexican women, a dauntless band of pony-express riders in April of 1860 sped with their bur den of mall, the first attempt to link eastern cities with the west In a regular mall service. Today the nilsi.ing pages In this chapter of the opening of the west are to be supplied. Efforts of a million Boy Scouts and thousands of editors, clergymen, librarians, historians, and citizens will be united within the next few weeks In an attempt to bring to light sur vivors, If there are any. unknown graves, remains of old stations and long obliterated portions of the trail between now and Memorial dsy. Thirty Year Quest. Dr. Howard R. Driggs, president of the Oregon Trail Memorial as sociation, sponsoring the. project, cites the interest already shown by (Continued on Page 3.), Harvey N. Davis Addresses All Engineers' Convo Thursday Morning. Harvey N. Davis, president of the Stevens Institute of Technol ogy and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers will be the guest speaker at the all engineers convocation Thursday at 11 a. m. in social science auditorium. "Psy chology in Industry," will be the title of the spesker's address. Davis will go to Omaha for the convention of student engineers after his address here. There he will give the principal address at the annual dinner to be presided over by D. I. Payne, senior in de partment of mechanical engineer ing. Saturdsy Davis will return to Lincoln to speak before the inter professional Institute on "What the Other Professions Can Learn from Engineering." Sigma Delta Chi Plans Gridiron Dinner Today Members ef Sigma Delta Chi will meet for luncheon today at noon In the Forum cafe, 134 So. 11th. Plans, committees, both for the Gridiron banquet and for the Sigma Delta Chl-Theta Sigma Phi dinner for the school of Journalism will be discussed. VIRGINIA NOLTE ASSUMES PRESIDENCY OF TASSELS Second Term Officers Take Over Control of Pep Club Tuesday. At the annual installation of of ficers last evening in Ellen Smith hall, Martha Morrow turned over the powers and duties of the office of Tassels president to her suc cessor, Virginia Nolte following the election of the Tassels several weks ago. Installed in the position of vice president was Harriet Cummer, I the office formerly held by Eloise Benjamin. Secretary Virginia Nol le released her books to the se ; rotary-elect, Piieillu Wicks, and j Selmii Hill was. installed in the i office of treasurer by the outgoing ! treasurer Haniet Cummer. Klnl) Members Croon 'She Made Me What I Am Today' VIEW RURAL POWER Floyd F. Kishline Discusses Evolution of Tractor Tonight at 7:30. Floyd F. Kishline, chief enginee: for the Graham-Paige Motor com pany of Detroit, will address ag ricultural engineering students at the college of agriculture tonight on "Evolution of Farm Power.'' L. W. Hurlbut of the agricultural engineering department announced yesterday. The meeting is open to the pub lie, Hurlbut said. It will start at 7;30 p. m. in the engineering building on the agricultural cam pus. Kishline lived in and near Lin coln prior to 3913. He plana lo discuss changes in tractor engiim design and changes in automobile engines that are being adapted to present day tractors. If time per mits, he will talk briefly about the blending of alcohol and benzina with modern ti actor fuels. He U here in connection with a new tractor built by Ina company whu n is being tested at the agricultural college tractor testing laboratory. This new model features a belt pulley back of the transmission, giving as many different belt speeds as there arc transmifsioii speeds, Hurlbut commented. Kish line is chairman of the Detroit sec tion of the Society of Automotive Engineers. Floyd J. Eunger, presi dent of the student branch of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers here, has charge of ar-' rangements for the meeting. CORN COBS COMPLETE CONSTITUTION TONIGHT Club Plans Dinner Dance For Week Following College Days. Spring Show May Be Male But Coeds Determine Membership. No longer may man claim the railroad smoking car, the barber shop, the barroom, or the bowling alley as his sacred sanctums wherein no female foot may dare to step. Those days seem gone forever, but even In 1938 there remains one monument to mascu line dominance, the Kosmet Klub spring slow. With an all male cast and pro duction staff. "Hades" Ladles" ap pears to belie Its title by com pletely excluding the weaker aex from any activity in its behalf. But many a king's throne has had a feminine power behind it, and probably the French police had the right idea when they coined the phrase "cherchez la femme" as applicable to almost any situation. In the case of the Kosmet Klub show, it really isn't necessary to "cherchez" very hard or very hard or very long. All shows must make money or fold up, money cornea from ticket aales, ticket sales are handled most effectively by coeds. There are about 15 workers for the Klub at the present time, (Continued on Page 3.). Corn Cobs will meet tonight In Social Science 107b at 7:1ft to formulate the details of their re vised constitution, after being accepted by the Judiciary commit tee of the student council. The council has voiced a favor able opinion toward the pep club s constitutional revision as the in strument of a highly workable plan, but has referred it back to the Cobs for completion. The red sweatered group will be selected each year hence by a competitive method, and ita membership will be decreased to some 14 new mem bers each year. Officers will be made up of holdover actives of tho senior class. Other business to come before the club tonight will be discussion and formulation of plans for the coming dinner dance, scheduled for May 13.