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fpEBRASKAN
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Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska
VOL. XXXVII, NO. 147"
"LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1938
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WORKING
YOUK WAY
There are opposing schools of
thought on the subject of what
college boys are like. hTe one
type is the kind that is always
represented by jokes about col
lege being a four year loaf made
possible by poppa's dough. Ac
cording to this school of thought,
college boys are like. The one
drug store booths and athletic
fields and their nights in wine,
women and song. This school of
thought has been kept alive by
"self-made business" men and
comedians. The other school of
thought represents the collegian
n thf rrpam of the American
v'. J. ir crop the Golden Youth, and future
lending ciuzena.
school, the collegian burns more
midnight oil than a T'-'M-powered
train on a nocturnal run, is a
glorious Idealist, and dreams of
the better, finer future world he
will strive to mold.
Roth are extremes. There are
a few which might fit in one or the
other category, but few.
In picturing the collegian as an
ambitious bov trying to get ahead,
the second school of thought
brought about during the past ten
years or so a form of hero-worship
for those students who work their
way through college. If a boy
started out to earn his way
through college, he was acclaimed
on all sides. After four or five
years of struggling, a degree might
have been secured by the student
worker and plaudits and wreaths
of laurel were heaped on him. "He
worked his whole way through
college" was. and still is, a phrase
that is Intended to evoke aumira
tion and respect.
The Reigning Fashion.
It soon became, and now is,
the fashion for boys to work
their way through school. In
fact, the ones who were doing it
(and are doing It) tend a little
to look down on the others. They
i feel proud of the fact that tney
11 are mixing work and study and
creeping through college on a
W diet of work, study cr.d little re-
I i.v.i;m Thcv .-ire oossessed
with the idea that hard work
will get them somewhere. But
the sorry fact is that the major
Ity cf thsm srrlve in their senir
year or even at comr.ncement
with little or no idt. of what
they want to do. For those who
have a definite goal, working
while schooling Is probably all
right, but such students gener
ally have things doped out so
well that they have provided
funds for themselves by laying
o-it of rchosl and working a
couple of years or concentrating
. i ! .(r..t. Mn th winninn of
Zv a EcholarshiD.
I V There are many students who
IV work part time and go to school
r,nrt t me. Altnoufrn mis is ni
the Ideal set-up. their program still
gives them c.inio time for the side
orders of higher learning. It is the
htudent who attempts to work his
way through college and keeps his
grades up at the same time that
Is forfeiting some opportunities he
mieht otherwise have.
Statistics compiled by the Flor
ida Review in a project of educa
tional research reveal th.it about
700.000 men are attending college
In this country. Fifty percent of
them earn part of their expenses
and ten percent earn all their ex
penses. At Nebraska, the per
centage for working part time is
a little higher while those earning
all their expenses are (although
we don't have the statistics on
hand to back up this statement)
probably a good ten per cent.
Naturally, all full timers aie
Plncere In their efforts to get Hn
f-ducatlnn but most of them are
po busily engaged In making
money that they nre forced to
overlook many phases of college
life which will prove most valu
able In future yours.
The student who works anil
stud r at the same time may ap
preciate more deeply the oppor
tunities he has. He may make
the most of the time at his dis
posal. But, ran he do two things
nt once and do both of them good?
Onerally not, and when the full
timer eventually finds this out, It
la quite apt to make him bitterly
cynical.
There are two ways of getting
an education by the sweat of one'a
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Southwick, Anderson, Gray
Fill Other Pen Club
Cabinet Posts.
B
Campus HBachcIors List1
Most 'Datable' Coeds
George Rosen, geology senior,
was elected president of Corn
Cobs last night at the first elec
tion held under the new charter
of the pep club. Other officers
named were
Phil Southwick,
vice president;
Lewis Ander
son, treasurer;
and Denver
Gray, secretary.
A member of
Innocenta and
Kosmet Klub,
Rosen was es
pecially out
standing during
the current
year in the
Corn Cob club,
n c r n r iHnf to
Concensus Of uncnln Journal.
opinion expressed in the meeting.
He served as chairman of the re
organization committee, which
procured the new charter, during
the past year.
The new executives, under the
new plan, were taken from the
outgoing junior members of the
organization. Pledges were se
lected by the actives on the
basis of work done in Cob projects.
A maximum of 16 may be chosen
each year, that number being ac
cepted at the recent election.
The 16 chosen pledges will be
inducted Into the club Sunday
evening.
Men Name Best' Prospects
For Pin Hangings
Among Femmes.
"They can play on anybody's
ball team." That's the way Bob
Gannon, Beta Innocent, described
his choice for the five most
"datable" coeds on the campus.
Turning the ables on the girls
who nominated the ten most
eligible bachelors in the university
two weeks ago in a Daily Ne
braskan pell, some of the lads
made out their own lists of the
mosts attractive coeds "unhung."
. Leading the field, with her name
on every ballot but one of the
dozen cast, was Virginia Fleet
wood. The other four in the top
running were Jane Bell, Jerry
Wallace, Beth Howley and Bar
bara Meyer.
' Grid Star Selects.
Some of the lists submitted by
masculine socialites will not be
reprinted, due to protests on the
part of those who compiled them.
Adna Dobson's choice for the
girls who can turn an evening
into something besides a matter
of hours, is Jane Bell, Fiances
Boldman, Virginia Fleetwood,
Jerry Wallace, and Beth Howley,
and Virginia Smith. The Husker
guard said he Used a quality called
"plenty swellness" as his yard
stick in making his selections.
Best Places to Hang Pins.
Jane Bell, Margaret McKay, Vir
ginia Fleetwood, Jerry Wallace,
Betty Widener and Beth Howley
are a little bit of all right, accord
ing to Bill McKerney, Sigma Chi's
bid for dancing fame, while John
Stoddard names Jerry Wallace,
Jane Bell, Virginia Fleetwood,
Helen Burnham, Rita Alger and
Virginia Anderson.
Says Jimmle DeWolf, Sig Alph
freshman, Barbara Meyer, Vir
ginia Fleetwood, Jerry Wallace,
Frances Boldman and Helen Cath
erine Davis can play in his back
yard at any given moment, and
Tim Parker, unaffiliate under
classman leader, lists Eva Jane
Sinclair, Virginia Anderson, Mar
garet McKay and Jerry Wallace.
The best place to hang frater
nity hardware, if you take Bob
Gannon's word for it, is on the
dress of Virginia Fleetwood, Jane
Bell, Beth Howley, Virginia Smith
or Olive Speith. But Knight of the
Sigma Nu house thinks Beth How
ley, Jane Bell, Virginia Anderson,'
Margaret McKay and Frances
Goodwin.
R.O.T.C. PARADES
E FEDERAL
OFFICERS
TODAY
Benn Named Head
Of Student Body
For Coming Year
AT
DR. MILITZER SPEAKS
IGHT
AT BANQUET TON
Wild Western Rodeo Theme
To Keynote Affair
At Union.
School Celebrates Fifteenth
Year May 23; M. M. Fogg
First Director.
Edward Makiesky, chief of A.
P. bureau for Nebraska, and W.
Emerson Keck, professor of
journalism and news bureau direc
tor at Midland, will address school
of journalism students Monday,
May 23. The occasion is the
fifteenth anniversary of the found
ing of the school.
T
IGHT
Program Open to Students
Begins at 8 O'clock
In Ballroom.
Recordings of the Cathedral
Choir concerts given over the Co
lumbia Broadcasting system this
spring will be played this evening
at 8 o'clock in the Student Union
ballroom, John Rosborough, direc
tor of the choir, announced.
The presentation is sponsored by
the Student Union under the direc-
Dean Condra Delivers Talk
On European Affairs
At Banquet.
Federal Inspection of the uni
versity R. O. T. C. unit moves into
its biggest day today, with a pa
rade this afternoon.
The annual Inspection is held in
order to give the several R.O.T.C.
units of state supported universi
ties a military rating. Nebraska
has rated excellent in the last ten
annual Inspections.
The rating of "excellent" is the
highest rating given, and entitles
Nebraska men to receive prece
dence In army appointments over
men from any school other than
West Point.
Dinner at 7.
The dinner, held at 7 o'clock
last evening at the chamber of
commerce, was attended by the
Cadet Officers association of en
gineer and infantry companies
and the special Cor.husker field
company.
Principal speaker at the dinner
was Dean Condra of the con
servation department, who spoke
on Russian and European affairs.
Following that Colonel Facs, of
the field artillery reserve, and
Claude Wilson, Lincoln attorney,
spoke.
Four army officers from Omaha
and Fort Crook will review the
military department in the parade
at 3 o'clock, for which all military
students will be excused from their
classes this afternoon. Colonel
Oury, head of the Nebraska mili
tary department, announced.
Colonel Duscnbury, in charge of
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NEBRASKAN STAFFS
Mr. Kakiesky has outlined his j tion of Miss Marion Steele, social
address to include some of the director. Although it will he of
high lights of the A. T. organiza- especial interest to the members of
tion and constitution, its foreign j the choir, students in general, are
service and how it copes with for-, invited.
cign censorship, the use' of wire j Six Droadcasts.
pnoio service, me extension oi The concerts. entitled
Y
Dr. Walter E. MJlitzer of the
chemistry department will be the
principal speaker at the annual
barb banquet to be held in the
Student Union at 6 o'clock th's
evening. Dr. Milltzer will speak
on some phase of barh activities.
Dr. Militzer. in accordance with
the theme of the banquet, the wild
western rodeo, will speak on "The
Roundup." Bob Simmons, as toast
master, will respond with an Imi
tation of the rough and ready
ranch foreman, while Martha Mor
row will give a toast on "Spurs,"
Joy Pstal on "Lariat," Erie Con
rtable on "Boots" and Duanc Es
sam on "Corral." The parlor will
be decorated In rodeo fashion.
Velma Ekwall, president of the
balb A. W. 8. board, will present
30 activity pins to unaffiliated
girls who have been most promi
nent In barb activities this year.
Tickets, at 35 cents each, may
be secured from any member of
the barb Interclub council or the
barb A. W. S. board. All unaffili
ated students are Invited.
Chaperons will be Prof. William
A. Spurr, of the statistics depart
ment, and Mrs. Spurr.
don boehmpresent
senior recital friday
Dramatics Student Portrays
17 Characters in Farce
At Temple Theater.
Don Boehm will present a
senior dramatic recital Friday
evening at the Temple at 7:30
p. m. "You Can't Take It Away,"
by Moss Hart and George D. Coff
man will be the reading given by
Mr. Boehm.
The program is open to the pub
lic and there will be no admission
charge.
Mr. Boehm's dramatization Is
more or less of s farce on family
life. He will portray 17 character
the A. P. news report, what the
A. P. expects of its men and the
requirements set up for its re
porters. Founded 15 Years Ago.
Just fifteen years ago May 22,
the school of Journalism wa
Banquet Free to Regular
Workers, Says Editor
Helen Pascoc.
Whither I
Youth," were given in a series of
Regular members of both the
six, one a week, this spring for the editorial and business staffs of the
Columbia Broadcasting company. Daily Nebraskan will be treated
in response to popular request, Dl- to a tree dinner, to be held
rector John Rosborough sent to 6:13 Friday evening in the Lincoln
New York to have a recording hotel. The dinner Is entirely "on
company there make the record- the hous," or the Daily Nebras-
founded by M. M. Fogg, then : ings. They arrived yesterday aft- kan, Editor Helen Paseoe empha-
head of the department. Nebraska ! ernoon. .sized.
was the twelfth among 210 uni- The concerts constituted the Students planning to attend
versities giving lourtialistlc in- first series of network broadcasts should check with a list which
structlon to institute a separate ' that have gone out of local sta- will be posted in the Dally Ne
school. tions. and therefore the recordings hraskan office, or see Helen Pns-
The first year of its existence may be of historical as well ns roe, editor. Only regular staff
there were 84 students and five musical interest, commented John members and regular reporters are
instructors teaching journalism l Rosborouirh. invited
courses. They were: M. M. Fogg, j New recordings may be made I About 40 students are expected
head of the school and Professors j from these "master records," said j to r.ttend, Miss Pascoe estimated
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fitniiis Damage Old U Hall
Because of the formal journalistic
dinners held recently, this one will
be held in nn Informal manner
ActualWorkonNewspaper
Best Training, Says Writer
Mary M. McBride Relates
Experiences in Field
Of JourL,.lism.
"There's no better training for
the newspaper reporter than news
paper work," says Mary Margaret
McBride, noted writer and CBS
Columnist of the Air. She Is herself
a product of the University of Mis
souri School of Journalism, and re
cently received the University's
medal of honor for applying the
principles and standards of Jour
nalism to radio. "You should take
all the Journalism courses you pos
sibly can, but the sooner you get to
where the presses are actually
rolling, fie better you'll be.
"I'm always getting letters from
aspiring Journalists asking me
what I think Is the best way to
prepare for newspaper work, and
the only thing I can possibly tell
them Is Just to do It. And work
ing on your college paper Is one of
the things I recommend. Not at the
expense of your college coures,
tho, for you'll need every bit of
background you can get. But learn
all you can about writing and
makeup and style, even if you have
to unlearn It all when you get
out.
Personal Experience.
Mary Margaret knows what she
is talking about, for she had to
work her way thru tne university
when a great aunt withdrew her
offer of a free education. The aunt
wanted her to take up teaching
and become "lady principal" at
William Woods College. Fulton,
Mo., which she had endowed. But
Mary Margaret was bent on
Journalistic career, so she departed
for the university on her own.
"1 don't know what J thought 1
was going to use for money," she
laughs today, "but fortunately
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COKHECTION
Yesterday's Dally Nebraskan
reported Laurence Butler as be
ing elected one of the Junior
members of the Ag Executive
board. The name should have
been Will Pitner. Two men
from the College of Engineering
hold positions on the Student
Council. They will be Bob
Waugh and Donald Melxel, both
progressives. Women candi
dates from Teachers college
were Jean Morgan, Frances
Piatt, and Dorothy Glenn won
third place-by the cutting of
the cards.
PROTEST
Not enough qualified officials
were on hand to take charge of
the election and carry it out In
the most efficient and expedient
manner. The crowd was large
and unwieldy in the space pro
vided for the election. The long
line which was prevalent during
most of the day moved very
slowly and discouraged many
from voting since they would
have to wait in line so long.
Due also perhaps to the large
crowd but also showing a lack
in administration was the lack
of any officials near the polls to
carry out the rules of the elec
tion as they should be.
There was much improper
handling- of the ballots in that
many persons received ballots
which did not helong to them,
girls being given preferencial
ballots, Juniors received sopho
more ballots, and Arts and
Sciences were given Bus. Ad.
ballots. The Barh Council bal
lots were not handed out. Those
who received them were forced
to ask for them.
Only a few persons who did
not have pictures on the iden
tification cards were asked to
present them or questioned as
to the reason why they did not
have a picture. Numbers of the
identification cards were not
written down in many instances
Help of party faction mem
bers outside of the Student
Council was used especially in
the afternoon. This appeared
unnecessary.
Eligibility of candidates was
not thoroughly checked before
the election. Many names were
removed from the ballot after
the election began without the
party being able to substitute a
new man. Also one man was
removed for several hours as in
eligible and then replaced as he
was found to be eligible.
There was much unfair elec
tioneering within the building
and right up next to the polls
by both candidates and party
members. This was carried on
to an extreme when there were
from eight to as many as fif
teen party men and their candi
dates lined to waylay the un
wary voter and help him mark
his ballot. Proof of the canai
dates electioneering at the polls
will be furnished if necessary.
Due to the setup of the polls
It was impossible for the voter
to mark his ballot In secret
Men were permitted to look
over the shoulder of the person
voting and to make suggestions
as to how he should vote. It
was repulsive to many to have
this unasked for assistance.
There was considerable dou
ble voting duo to the laxity of
officials in checking of identi
fication cards
It is nlso believed that the
election should be carried on by
persons not interested in nny of
the party factions. This would
alleviate much feeling that the
election was unfair.
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Sinclair, Davis, McGmms,
Rosewater, Simmons Also
Receive Offices.
Eight holdover members an!
25 new representatives who were
elected to membership In the
Student Council chose their new
officers for the coming year and
went on record
to ignore a pro
test of the
Tuesday stu
dent election
when they met
in their rooms
in the Union
yesterday afternoon.
Little time
was required
for the newly
formed body to
install Harold
Benn as presi
dent, Eva Jane
Sinclair, vice
president, Helen Catherine Davis,
secretary, Richard McGinnis,
treasurer, Barbara Rosewater as
chairman of the Judiciary commit
tee, and Robert Simmons as "N"
club representative. Mr. McGinnis,
Miss Rosewater, and Mr. Simmons
were elected without opposition.
The council, likewise, spent lit
tle time in discussing the prote.it
of their election which they spon
sored in the hallway of the Stu
dent Union building. The document
was filed "by students not inter
ested in the election as candidates
but representing a common opinion
that this election was wholly un
fair to the candidates on the bal
lots in the handling and unfair
practices near the polls."
The council was charged on two
counts in the protest. First, was
their administration of the election.
It was charged that an insufficient
number of officials were In charge
of the polls, that there was im
proper handling of the ballots to
the voter, that there was la::;ty
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BETA'S DEFEAT A.T.O.
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State Organizer Show
Playground Recreations
Ralph Copenhaver, assistant
I state agent of community organlz
i ation, presented a playground
; demonstration and lecture to a
' class In playground Instruction at
! Grant Memorial Wednesday after-
noon. Mr. Copenhaver demon
- strated the construction and use
! of several recreation games which
! he has found to he most success
j ful In his work In rural communities.
R. D. Scott Relates
Meeting Leader of
Eire
English Department Hcad,due toihis rich discoveries the
ycupio luuncu 10 nun as ine oniy
one quanned to lead the new re
public." Since then the politicians
nave Deen using this as a constant
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Spring rains are welcome to
most Nebrsskans, but to those
University of Nebraska students
and faculty members wh are In
old University Hall, , the 1938
rains are not entirely a blessing.
The above picture shows corner
of the School of Journalism
aa
I 'lKc.n Journal
library Just after the wall paper
fell Tuesday afternoon, Dick
Simon of Lincoln Is seen looking
up at the rapid deterioration of
the structure erected In 1869 and
declared unsafe in 1923. Due to
crowded conditions the building
Is still In use.
Attributes Friendship
To Literature.
Many would think a friendship
which originated indirectly In the
year 1000 A. D. Impossible, but if
some early pagan Irish had not
written their early songs and sto
ries Prof. R. D. Scott would never
have become acquainted with
Douglas Hyde, president of Eire.
This southern republic of Ireland,
formerly the Irish Free State, re
cently elected Hyde, under whom
Scott studied In Ireland during
the summers of 1927 and 1928 for
his doctor's degree.
Scott traced the early develop
ment of Irish literature and told
how It ultimately led to the recent
election In the republic. "These
early pagans," he declared, "had
the finest culture known at the
time because .they were at peace
with the rest of the world." Even
Greece and Rome were engaged
In wars and only Ireland held the
torcn of culture.
Monks Mads First Records.
No written records were kept of
this culture until the year 500
A. D. when the monks inscribed
the tales on cowhide. Before that
date a "fill," comparable to an
English minstrel, sang and told
the songs and stories.
25 years ago had his book, the
first, published under the title
'History of Irish Literature, and
' Armstrong, Kiechel Arc;ii3
j That U. S. Requires
j Larger Navy.
Battling point to point T'.eta
; Beta Pi defeated Alpha Tan
Omega to win the championship of
( the Intcrfraternity debnte tourna
, ment held last night at the Beta
j chapter house. The Beta team up
j held the affirmative of the ques
tion "Resolved that the United
I States should greatly enlarge the
j navy."
"We must greatly enlarge our
j navy to have one sufficient for de
j fense for our country and one to
1 maintain our right. A navy to pro
tect us from invasion and because
our present lack of respect will
involve us in war," was the con
tention which won the decision for
the Beta team.
Affirmative speakers contend
that the United States ranked
fifth with other countries of the
world in navy strength, while the
negative upheld that the United
States maintains Its navy at two
to one ratio with other world
power.
Constructive speeches were six
minutes In length and the rebut
tals were four minutes. George
Healy, Lincoln attorney; Harold
Reid, graduate student at Ne
braska; and H. W. Bidelmann, as
sociate editor of the Nebraska
Farmer, were the Judges.
Speakers for the teams were the
following:
Beta Thcta PI: James Lee
Armstrong, Walter Kiechel.
Alpha Tau Omega: Wendell
Basey John Mason.
The Delta Sigma Rho debate
gavel will be awarded to the win
ners and their name will be en
graved on It. They will retain the
gavel for one year, passing It to
next years champions.
Tiny 1'uppcis Charm
Prosaic Adult Crowd
Viewing Miss Marjorie Shana-
fclt's puppets over in Morrill hall
Is like being taken Into a corner
of fairyland. Sunday afternoon
the audience sat enthralled as it
watched the little figures ween
and laugh and dance and forgot
for an hour or so that these tiny
people were just wooden and pulled
Into action by a number of strings.
The big thrill came at the end
of the show when the puppets
were displayed cloaeup and the
audience had the pleasure of get
ting acquainted with the charm
ing creator of the figures. Miss
Shanafelt is a trim, grey haired
woman who seems to glow with
friendliness and gaiety. She is Just
the sort of a person whom you
would expect to create the dainty
figures.
Owns Sixty Puppets.
She has been working with the
puppets for nine years and has a
family of 60 puppets now, having
discarded 40 thru the years.
"You can never use the same
puppet for different roles. For in
stance this princess can never be
anything but a princess," she said
holding up tho blonde princess
with her white satin dress and
cloak of blue. "She has the stately
princess waiK and build, being
made of wood up to her hips."
When asked why their facial ex
pressions were so plain when the
show was on, she said that they
were all built on an 18 inch scale,
the sets and the various things the
puppets used, as brooms and
spears.
' Use Whale Bone.
The figures are made of light
wood and parts of their body aro
cloth. Their hands, which up close
are exquisitely shaped, are made
of clay and wrapped In crepe pa
per. "The dragon Is made of whale
bone," the lovely puppetter sa'd,
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