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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN, THURSDAY, Al'Mr; 28. 1938
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BYTlIElIAlJNniLSS
Sudden spring showers catch
ing everyone off guard... Sam
Francis' searching glance about
the milling crowds in Sosh only to
find Beth Howley chatting- with
another admirer. . .the Steuteville
twins among the last stragglers
these days to 8 o'clocks. . .Johnny
Weingarten blushing beautifully
. . .The Kappa Delt seniors taking
their annual sneak the same as
any pledge class. . .Kosmet Klub
show gathering speed ... Frances
Vaughn, a cute trick of the Phi
Mil pledge class. . .Ralph Reed
whipping about in a variety of
cars ranging from the one he calls
Jalopy to a shiny blue job of no
slight length. . .that nightly bunch
of Phi Delta dropping in for a
han'i of bridge with Tri Delt
housemother, Mrs. Ream...De
Loris Borsmanaging another Ag
fling... the Phi Psi's happy be
cause "Lights Out" comes at
10:30 now...Dvain Limprecht
threatening: the life of your haunt
rc.3s. . .and if you could be a little
mouse, you might spc the Mortar
Boards down on their knees every
night praying for sunshine on Ivy
Day.
Same song, second verse. Carl
Cleveland has again invested in a
Sigma Chi sweetheart pin. Eu
nice Halm, of Alpha Chi, of course
1s the recipient, and this is a deal
that appears to be slated to last.
Nice work!
Happened to overhear a P. A-
I), and his chum in earnest dis
cussion of lipstick the other night,
so I stopped to eavesdrop and will
try to give you their conversation
word for word:
P. A. D.: This lipstick business
is awful. A fellow can't walk into
his own house at night without
the maid snickering at the red
streaks on his collar, on his lapels,
every place.
Chum: Yeh, that's what I say.
It's getting so I don't dare send
my handkerchiefs home anymore.
I have to wash them out myself.
SOCIETY
By Dixie Davis.
Sigma Phi Epsilon is having a
date dinner Friday evening in
honor of Jimmy Grier who will be
playing here in Lincoln. He was
a Sig Ep at the University of
Southern California.
The Scabbard and Blade spring
party is scheduled to go off Fri
day evening at 7 at the chamber
of commerce ballroom. There will
be a dinner for the members and
their dates first, and afterward
for the dance there will be guests
invited by the members. All in
structors in the military science
department have also been invited
to attend. Bing Miller's orchestra
will furnish the music and the
whole party is informal. Chaper
ons will be Colonel and Mrs. Oury,
Major and Mrs. Barkalow and Ma
jor and Mrs. Horan.
The bigs are green and gold
with the eagle and crossed sabers
engraved on the front, with print
ing around the edges. They are
very attractive.
Phi Gamma Delta is having its
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Be One of Hie
18,000,000 Listeners
(o Hear Major Bowes
Honor Lincoln
on His International Salute over 114
Columbia Radio Network Stations.
Hear him over KFAB beginning at 7:00
P. M. TON1TE.
Vote for your favorite amateurs by tele
phoning the sperial number 2-721 1. The
voting will be continued until 8:30.
This entertainment is made possible by
The Chrysler Corp., and your local
Chrysler Dodge Plymouth DeSoto
Dealers
cgenls to Announce
Scholarship Contest
Keshlts After May 6
The results of the annual re
gents scholarship competitions
will be available after May 6, ac
cording to the extension depart
ment. There were z.auu students
representing 432 school who took
the examinations this year.
From the 2 300 applicants, 250
will be awarded scholarships and
a number will be name alter
nates. No alternate with a grade
lower than the lowest grade of
those receiving scholarships will
be permitted. Last year there
were 200 alternates.
MUSICAL
FOOTNOTES
THE MUCH
MALIGNED PIANO
sectional convention this Saturday
and Sunday. Schools represented
will be William Jewell, Iowa State,
Iowa university, Kansas univer
sity and Missouri university. Sat
urday evening the Phi Gams will
have a spring house party which
will be open.
Alpha Xi Delta has gone in for
new deal legislation by Having
their house opened by PVVA Sat
urday evening for a house party.
Clever bids were sent around an
nouncing it. Cards were tied to
working implements telling of
their construction work going oa
Delta Delta Delta sent around
invitations for their house party
Saturday that were little paper
trees with cards attached to them.
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Phi Kappa Psl is having a house
party Saturday evening, too. At
the sound of things it seems that
there will be plenty to do during
the week end.
But don't forget the Kosmet
Klub show if you haven't seen it
for it's really worth going to, and
something you don't want to miss.
Sigma Alpha Mu elected new
officers Monday. They are: Proir,
Leo Eiscnstatt, Omaha; Exche
qucr, Henry Greenberger, Grand
Island; Recorder, Irvin Yaffee,
Omaha; Historian, Sidney Kalin,
Sioux City; Assistant Exchequer,
David kavich, Fremont.
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Theta Xi is having their Found
ers Day Banquet Saturday, April
30 at the Cornhuskcr. Bill Reich
ardt is in charge.
Marian Tcaford of Thedford and
Andy Duerr of Seward passed the
candy last Monday. Marian is now
wearing a lovely diamond.
Marion Bradstreet is wearing
Sig Alph sweethreart pin which
Bill Buchanan gave her the other
noon, the climax to a long drawn
out affair which started a few
years ago in Grand Island and has
never slackened.
AG-GKAYATIOiNS
(By Knrm Hnus rorrpspnndcncM
A new use has already been
found for the Fair Bandanas that
have been flashing around the Ag
campus. Some puis are wearing
them around their heads. Donna
; Hiatt seems to like the tdea and
siic even wears her's that way.
! hear Farm House has started
I a picture gallery for those who in
spire some menibi r of Farm House
'the nunc as Elock and Bridle club
Is doing. Tuesday night Loren
j Big;; unveiled and presented a
i picture of Betty Stewart. Alpha
i Chi Omega, which was accepted
i by Hub Allaway. The inspired, 1
hear, is Phil iiutton.
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1 Again cigars have tice.i pa.-sed
litt the A. (I. R. house. Palmer
Welsh .-nine thru with cigars Mon
i day night. The girl is an Alpha
Chi, (Joorgene St live, who lnUr in
: the evening passed candy to her
'sorority sisters.
I K-L-A-S II - I hear Del Harris
(has already received a l.-tu r from
a gill he saw quite a little of while
'on h biiS'rliall tiip down south
awnys. Del really must have
j turned his sex appeal. I hear thi-.se
'-southern girls are something to
ilook at.
By Gene Garrett.
Ah, the piano instrument of
torture to thousands of members
of generations past and present;
instrument of all embryonic musi
cians; versatile accompanist to
any musician.
Why is it that every fond parent
thinks that if his child can play
any instrument, it should be the
piano? Why do thousands of
parents each year purchase beauti
ful pianos instruments doomed to
repose tunelessly in a dark corner
for the greater part of their
lives? Who ever started the idea
that the piano as an instrument for
beginners in the first place?
The piano, as we have been
intimating all along, is and should
be an instrument for the masters,
not the beginners. Here are some
of the abilities which one should
possess before attempting the
piano:
One should have a good sense
of rhythm and timing already de
veloped. Nothing is more essential
in learning the piano. As it re
quires considerable skill before
the student can develop rhythm
on this instrument. It matters not
where he gets this rhythm, but
a good course in drumology, or a
few terms of playing an accomp
animent instrument in an orches
tra or band will bring out what
ever sense of this skill the stu
dent may possess.
It wouldn't hurt anything for
the prospective pianist to learn
a -few things about recognizing the
melody of the compositions which
he may be required to play. In
our few and unimpressive contests
with that most estimable instru
ment, we have frequently found
ourselves getting into spots where
it was necessary to take time out
to explore a melody path through
the maze of accompaniment. Let
this be a warning to all beginners.
Not So Young.
Another point to be mentioned
Is that of the age at which the
child should begin playing the
piano. Our opinion is that no
child should begin studying before
the age of ten years, unless he is
a real genius. In the first place,
the fingers of the average child
are too short to reach the larger
intervals of the keyboard, and his
legs are too short to reach the
pedals. In such a position, imag
ine how the poor child is going to
get any enjoyment out of his play
ing!
jn ine last place, mere is no
good accomplished by making the
cniid, or the older student, prac
tice unless he expects to derive
some personal satisfaction from
his study. The person who has
tried to learn, the piano because
"he was made to," or because he
thought he "really ought to," has
accomplished as thorough job of
time wasting as is possible.
In Place of Music.
Although it is already several
years old, the speaking choir is
one of the latest hitches along
the musical line. Perhaps we
really shouldn't say musical, but
the organization derives its style
and organization from the singing
group, and is therefore closely re
lated tncreto.
These groups are receiving
quite a bit of attention throughout
the country, and are especially ef
fective in radio presentation?. In
stead of singing, the chorus reads
poetry in unison, Members are
chosen according to voice, as in
the regular glee club. Poetry
which is read may be written es
pecially for the group, or may be
adapted from standard works.
Tj say the least, such organiza
tions deserve a permanent place
in our musical setup. Their field
is unique, and adds a new method
of "musical" expression to the all
too few now in existence.
(;-;iATio.s
SAFETY FOUNDATION
FOR TRAFFIC THESES
C.l.T. Corporation to Give
Awards to Students
Totaling $950.
Prizes amounting to $950 will
be awarded to college students by
the C. I. T. Safety Foundation for
the five best original traffic safety
theses. First prize will be $500;
second, $250; third, $100; and two
honorable mentions will be $50
each.
The theses which are not to ex
ceed 5,000 words and are to cover
one phase of traffic safety prob
lems should be phrased simply
enough for possible publication.
One thousand dollars will be
awarded school teachers who sub
mit the most complete and original
plans of teaching traffic safety
with the possibility of adoption as
a national education feature to be
borne out in actual classroom
practice.
$2,500 Given.
Recently presented by the Foun
dation was the grand award for
1937 given by Paul Gray Hoffman,
president of the Studebaker cor
poration and Automotive Safety
Foundation. Awards totaling more
than 2,500 dollars were given
to newspapermen for meritorious
efforts during 1937. The awards
were presented March 23.
The C. I. T. Safety Foundation
Is sponsored by C. I. T. corpora
tion, leading automobile sales fi
nance company. Complete details
of these awards will be sent to
those interested. Address requests
to C. I. T. Safety Foundation, One
Tark Avenue, New York City.
Writer Blames
'Stomach Rubs'
For Swing Fame
This is about Bwing, that brand
of music that is driving collegians
to the Big Apple and oldsters to
bad language and drink.
Our first item in this swing
about swing comes from the Uni
versity of Kansas' W. Otto Miess-
ner, who poses this neat question
which contains much illumination
about how the collegians feel
about the swing vs. classics dis
cussion: "Why do less than 2 per
cent of college students interest
themselves in any kind of music
save swing? ' He blames the
whole thing upon "loo much com
placent stomach rubbing" on the
part of those who train young
sters in music and music appreciation.
Item No. 2 comes from Roches
ter, N. Y., where collegians who
like to attend jam sessions on
Sunday afternoons have run into
the long arm of the city council.
The council has ordinanced that
jam sessions may not be held on
Sundays. So sponsors of the
swing get togethers have changed
its name to "Swing Symphony,"
and are fighting the city fathers.
Item No. 3 in this swing review
concerns Dick Wright, Santa Anna
junior college student who has
collected a dictionary of swing
slang. Here are a few that you
NEWS PAKADE
Here's What They Sav
About "Hades' Ladies'"
Prof. Crawford Triangulares:
iiiiirvcliiiis Int. ol en at i i
ImIiiKiii'' A nirlYcl
:iuiili' of uimxI ti iiiiiijul.'itioii I'miu m omen In )ic
M'.in. n. Hades' Ladies is ;, must date on cvcnU
list.
I J 'H V d. R, ( irrriHnlrnrr l
- us a very good thing that
i uiese ml neckerchiefs do not
: mean the same thirg as the nang-
I ln "f i fiat pin. If they did
Pauline Barta, Alpha Chi. might
j be considered a man chusei. So
; far she has not been at nil bash-
fill about H.sking for them but to
date failure has been her Int. I
hear though that she has per-
i fcrt-Ml a new technique. Good nd-
i vice to Ag freshmen would be to
'stay off sorority row.
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Roland 'Speed' Mueller, Veteran University
Player, Proclaims:
" Watching n )(!'!(. nuance f Hades' Ladies wouM
niiike even John Cjielgud feci iron,. What I wouldn't.
Kivo to linve the lending role of Salmi!"
1 Colonel Oury Says:
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"I don't see how anyone could be a conscientious oh-
jecior to the Jvostnet Muh show, rvcii the clinnw
routines nncl Art Hall's portrayal of the passionate
Persephone. It is everybody "s duty to . Hades'
Ladies nt lenst once."
Janet Lau Murmurs:
"Hades' Ladies" has more nuts than (Joeonnut (in.ve.
They re ought to be a Lau onanist it. It's do nuts!
Fred Shirey Shouts:
"Hades' Ladies" reaches the heiKhth of entertainment
in the depths of hell. Situations in the lUnMoinless I'it.
nre the tops in comedy and amusement.
Dr. Pool Comments:
"1 gucM the daisies won't tell, so I'd better. 'Hades'
values is worm the chips."
Dun Bnli-d Is doing all right for
a freshman, as he has no less
than acveii gal friends, by actual
count. I won't sny he's going
steady with all of them but he did
sing the Farm House Sweetheart
song to all seven. The bad thing
about it is that one is engaged
and two are married. Oh. Well.
four ousht to keep him busy for a
lime.
Palmer elch passed around
the stogies Monday night and
then the A. G. R.s all went down
to the Alpha Chi house to kiss tiie
niusning uriue to be. Her name
U Georgelne Stuvc, but she didn't
do any blushing.
If what we hear is true an old
campus romance is on the rocks
for sure. Yesterday morning Mar
Jorle Shannon stopped to tell me
that she and Lawrence Frlsbie
were definitely through. It seems
that they arc still friends and
broke up because they were tem
peramentally unsuit'ed'. Spring
must have worked in reverse for
them.
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SEE IT THIS WEEK!
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Down on the corner of 37th and
HoUlrego last night a man on a
bicycle tried to run over a Lincoln
Traction company bus. Quite a
crowd gathered around to view
the remains of the bus and the
girls from Loomis hall decided to
make a little cash on tht deal.
So home the girls trotted to brew
a pot of coffee. But when they
returned the assembled multitudes
had gone and so the poor coffee
had no one to drink It. The moral
Is. advertise in the Dallv Nebras-
kan and the crowd will fall in line
for your products.
(Continued from Page 2.)
and bacon and even give Eire full
sovereignty over its Irish Sea
ports which have been British
naval stations since 1929 a long
way to go after the generations of
feud between the two states. And
Eire is going to relax her duties
on British manufactured goods and
give Britain a monopoly on some
of them.
Italy In effect warns Albania,
little neighbor boy across the
way, whether he likes It or not,
he'i going to be friendly to Italy.
Italy it taking a financial lost
to pay up a loan that her ex
officio Albanian aid society
failed to come thru with. And In
return Albania is giving fishing
rights In Albanian waters to a
company 51 percent Italian and
49 percent Albanian. Albanian
oppositionists are saying that It
was a case of agree-or-else with
an armed Italian force In the
offing if Albania didn't want to
be friendly about It.
Again Ethiopia.
And over in France, diplomats
are getting ready to forget all the
mud-slinging propaganda Italy has
been having spread thruout French
colonies. They're seeking some
preliminary agreement on Italian
and French interests in Africa
and the Mediterranean before th
league council meets on May 9
There French -"and British dele
gntes will decide what to do alxmt
Ethiopia. And if everything goes
an rigni, me government will send
a t rench ambassador to Home
about the middle of May to settle
mc wnoie arfair.
All the hasty patching up of
differences Is an accurate symp
tom of the uneasiness that has
infected all the major states
They're not at all certain where
they're going or what the whole
thing is leading up to, but
they're not going it alone and
are determined to Dick ua as
large a retinue along the way as
iney can manage to collect.
The
DAVIS SCHOOL SERVICE
"A Coed T:hn Ageney"
1918-1138
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S fttutrt Bids. Lincoln, Nthr.
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PALM BEACH SUIT
To own a palm beach suit in
the new lighter, weight cloth,
man-tailored by PASSAJtELLl is
to banish the last bogey of hot
days. Secretly processed, it holds
its line perfectly in the face of
conslant tubbing or wear, and
the Earl-Clo sleeve lining and
Kover-Zip fasteners are distinc
tive details of finish. A suit is
email so often in summer, you'll
need several in while, natural,
black, brown, navy and pastels
Abovr: Trim fitted bark to this singlt
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Patch pockets. Link closing. Inverted
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Ulmiry Sin Nrw llih
A It UiuU (m'U) to..ki
Checking out t!WI th. loun
desk of the university liliimy di.
ciliated the laiRext uuinlier of
books on record In uno day, April
11. They have had right tiny of
over 500 circulation from thin' desk
during April.
may not have hoard of; Tim
"cats" are the player In a good
swing band nini when they hold
a "jam session" It l.-n't a laid on
the ice box, but a get together of
swing men who play together for
the fun of it. "Mugging heavy''
isn't a new love term around col
lege, but it is a musical trim
meaning playing soft swing mu
sic with a heavy heat. Wheij the
lads have a "setting in" they nrn
just playing in a band of which
they arc not a member. Fifteen
years ago it would have been
known as straight jazz; today the
same music is called "corny."
Other popular terms among
these men arc "sklnbeater," drum
mer; "suitcase," drums; "long
hair," symphony player; "gobble
pipe," saxophone; "doghouse,"
bass violin; "moth box," piano;
"iron horn," cornet; "grunt horn,"
tuba, and "agony pipe," clarinet,
Your Cornhusker negative ;it
TOWNSEND'S STUDIO will
make a lovely large photograph
for a Mother's Day gift. Order
now. Adv.
KAPPA PHI HEARS TALK
Miss Nclda Grove Speaks
To Methodist Group.
miss jciaa urove, lormer mis
sionary to Korea, spoke to the
members of Kappa Fhi, Methodist
sorority, Wednesday evening. The
program was given by the patro
nesses with Miss Gertrude Beers,
patroness, presiding, and Mrs.
Charles Paine, patroness, leading!
devotionals. Miss Alverta Simpson,
former patroness, was entertained I
as guest for the evening.
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Sport and
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Checks, Plaids,
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