THE DAILY NEBRASKAN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1938
Demise
For the Benefit
of Mr. Koch
To the Editor:
I have been enjoying the pas
sage of letters between Fred Koch,
he of the 'legal' fraternity, and
Sir Otto Woerner, staunch de
fender of the Barb faith. Their
allegations and insinuations have
been providing me with no end
of enjoyment; so much so that I
wish to further promote the spirit
Of (or spirited) discussion.
In the first place. I fear that
Mr. Koch is attempting to claim
an advantage over Mr. Woerner
by reason of his having been on
both sides of the question. For
this reason I feel impelled to enter
on the side of Woerner, et al., since
1 may lay claim to a like dis
tinction, but with reverse Knglish.
Mr. Koch's statements and ideas
will be taken up as they appeared
in his last letter.
About the first paragraph there
is little controversial matter, ex
cept that Fred should have said
that he drew from his, inexper
ience, rather than from his ex
perence, as a barb freshman.
I thoroughly agree with the
fiist sentence of the following
paragraph; Mr. Koch has used
neither fine speeches or emotional
arguments. He does, however,
mike a serious error in referring
to an 'inevitable lealousy' of barbs
Nebraska's Loss,
Shorthorn's Gain
Professor Howard J. flramlich, chairman
of lli University animal husbandry depart
ment, made his "farewell address" Monday
night to agricultural college students. It was
the popular agricultural expert's last official
appearance on the campus before he leaves to
assume the secretaryship of the American As
sociation of Breeders of Shorthorn Cattle.
While Professor Ciranilich s departure conies
under the heading of a year's leave of absence,
we are inclined to wonder if he plans to return
after the year has elapsed. We know that
Professor (irandich's keen interest in his state
work has been prompted by a sincere faith in
the future of Nebraska as a great agricultural
state. Hut his efforts now will be national in
scope, not confined to the problems of the
Cornhusker state alone.
His popularity with students, farmers and
state leaders is unquestioned. He was always
in demand as a guest speaker and he never
failed to come through with a speech, liberally
punctuated with humorous episodes and jokes,
which also carried a worthwhile message.
In bidding good-bye to ag college students,
Professor Olramlieh had a sound message. He
reminded Nebraska's future agriculturalists
they should take advantage of their educa
tional opportunity and work on their studies.
He mentioned that it would probably rain in
Nebraska again some day. giving them a
chance to utilize their knowledge.
Professor Grauilieh is preparing to leave
Nebraska after 30 years and, curiously enough,
the sky is heavily clouded. Kven a few drops
of rain have fallen, since his prophecy. The
Daily Nehraskan joins with Professor (!ram
lieh's thousands of friends and acquaintances
iii wishing him godspeed and good luck in his
new position, but with one reservation hat
he returns to the University after the leave of
absence is completed. Nebraska needs Profssor
(iramlich. .
MUSICAL
LETTER
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I of con ere. March 8, IH79,
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,4.nuitr 20. IJK3.
Daily Nebraskan University Museum Party
mutter it Ihf
Explores Carlsbad Caves
tear their clothes, or those of some
unsuspecting not so crazed neigh
bor: thev pound the guy's hat
toward Greeks; it would probably j au,:i cf them, if he is so fortu
ne mote accurate to say that the n;i1t. j,s lo own a hat: they throw j
average barb doesn't give two j this; ,ncv ti-ow that; they jell i
whoops in a voting booth for the : a(jvice to players; boo the ref.; j
fate of the Greeks as a class. Cer- i cuss t)lP c0;ich; and in general
Schultz Reports Region
As Rich Scientific Lob
bears, giant dogs, and fossil birds.
Robert Kubicek of Crete and
Harry Tourtelot of Scottsbluff
were the two museum representa
tives who had the privilege of
working the caves with Burnett
t.iinlv no barb in moderate n
nancial circumstances ever had j
reason to be jealous of any Greek j
cm the campus. Fred's attempt at j
tolerance reminds me of a govern
ment which officially pardons all
it? criminals after they have been
phot.
In defending himself by quoting
the result of the recent election,
Mr. Koch has succeeded only in
hanging a rope about his neck.
Tho. it is true, there are enough
barbs on the campus to swamp
any opposition if they so desired,
there were so many factors in
volved in the election's outcome
that indifference" is hardly
voi thy f notice. If Fred realizes
that prior to the election there was
not enough hath organization to
i 'vint on sr-nously. and that prob
fil.ly less tiv.n Id percent of barb
rien wen- officially notified of the
flection, he has thrown out such
evidence as not fitting m with his
picture of the barh man a? an nn
jt.ovaHe body in politics.
Certainly a baib man's voting
foj a I'.rok friend of lor.g stand
ing is not to be ci iticis'd. Bat
would n. any Greeks do as much
foi baib frier.us. defying the will
if -'brothel hood?"
Supposing that "ti. ained sociolo
gists'' could correct the existing
evils in living conditions more
easily than mere students? Are
we supposed to wait until some
kindly. Greek controlled society
decides to lake our conditions un
der their wing as a philanthropy?
I can assure you that it would re
lieve us of much responsibility.
C. Beitrand Schultz. assistant
director of the university museum.
reports that the famous Carlsbad this summer. Piof E. F. Schramm
caverns of New Mexico are not , and his summer class in geology
only a paradise for adventuring i is0 assisted the museum party
tnnrists but also an inmortant new .inrinn T,.r iv,.i..t.;T n,ainiu tv,
It is the height of indignation ; laboratory for sticnlifits. j npw r,,ia,,aUlpe moUntain 'cave.
He nad a small expedition work- xne fave projcct this year was
ing in some or mese caverns mis i started by Mr. and Mrs. Schultz.
past summer, ana says inai sev- ,Vho visited the Carlsbad region
raise hell.
for anv of that crazy mob to in
dulge in an organized cheer or
song. Who's that funny, skinny
fellow down there, in citam col
ored flannels, red jacket, and hair
to match, think he's waving at?
His girl friend1 What's he for
anyway: lie never does anjimng vicinjty PCjentists have
ceimprcnensioie or exciting.
pay any attention to him? You
can't hear him anyway.
counted, making this the greatest i Since their discovery approxi
cave legion in the world. After niately 3S years ago, thousands of
io summers 01 cxioinig in wus tourists have visited the caves,
nrougni
but, says Schultz, many of them
are still unknown and are yet to
be visited by white man. One rea
son this region has been so little
investigated is because it is lo-
New York City, Oct. 24.
Dear Mr. Frank:
In the absence of an attractive
musical program, I begin this sea
son with a dance recital by the
premiere American dancer, Mar
tha Graham, and her group. By
now the technical excellence of
both the leader and her ensemble
has been well established. The
perennial favorites, "Imperial Ges
ture" (music by Lehman Engel)
and "Frontier" (music by Louis
Horst) were presented with the
indescribable freshness which Miss
Graham brings to each presenta
tion of Her well known repertory.
Frontier, its vastness intensified
by the Carnegie Hall stage, was a
fitting prelude to the debut of
Miss Graham's latest work,
American Document."
This semi-drama, semi-dance is
a naive consideration or some or
the most elementary concepts of
American life and history, such as
"What is an American?" Miss
Graham uses the old fashioned
minstrel show interlocutor and
"walk around," no less to tell
her story. The excellent spoken
text elucidates the five sections
(other modern dancers please
copy), each of which deals with a
significant movement in American
history the submission of the In
dians, emancipation of the Negro,
and so on. Thus the dancers are
left quite free to limn an abstract
interpretation, without sacrifice
of clarity.
Miss Graham has set a prece
dent by thus combining her art
with that of the theater. At this
time the possibilities of such a
union can scarcely be imagined,
so grandiose are they.
It will be necessary to see this
piece again, of course, before
drawing any final conclusions; but
at first sight I found it original,
direct, forceful, and honest.
And now, from the timely to the
timeless - the Budapest Quaitet
last week opened its series of Mo
zart Quartets with three of the
six compositions dedicated by Mo
zart to his master Haydn. The in
credible precision, purity of tone,
back some exceedingly valuable i
material, some of it dating back
some 20,000 vears. wlu n man first I
As a fellow student I beg of you lived on the North American con-
to .-how a little method in your tinent.
madness. Look! If you have to This summer the University mu-
make yourself hoarie why not; scum was invited by R. M. Burnett except for occasional coat herders
organize ana ieuow uie inevi-;oi me eaisDaa museum to con-! and a few persevering geologists.
leaders so someone can hear what tinue the work in the caves which Schultz states that the caverns
you say.' that chcci -leader isn I was staited by the University last I were once full of water but now
so dumb. It's his duty to know year. In the two summers that i they are dry except for a certain'
ana conuuci yens, joi.uw iuiu. nc .enrasm scientists nave explored ; amount of seepage which still con-
may not iooi: as iimutn ne Knows ( mis region, tney nave Deen awe to ; tinues to tiinkle down from the
wnat be is doing out i win guar- secure lor me museum valuable , ton. The water still flow-in o t.r rw.n nim..mi i
,ji,iev mat ne js joo1c .-.n.-,. , iMomi 01 iwusweiaoit: ai n iy. , mro-jen llie lime, fo-ms beautiful ' Anil that enmnarisnn ma,!.. i.-.f
week between Mozart's "Alia Tur-
ca and "Twilinht in Turkey"
stirred my curiosity. Have you not
cated in the midst of a desert
'country that is little frequented i and noble feeling which we have
come almost to take for granted
from the Budapest were evident
in this peiformanrc. Their style
seems perfectly attuned to Mo
zart's delicacy. What more is there
to say?
Your reactions to the recording
for his actions than you
crowd, are. Co-operate!
If you have to tear your hair do mammoth camels,
a good job. ikt.-A i.-c with clothes;
i.ppuig. Who knows v.e may have!
a second Gvpsy Rose Ix-e in the'
stands. If you mu.-t thiow some
the : including the bones of a creat ' stalactites J,nd st .1 in o m it rc u-hieh
i many ancient animal forms - as pictures indicate, aie grand ex-
musk ox, cave . hibitions of natural phenomena.
of a Sousaphone and been re
Mr. Koch, you cannot separate turned by the noble efforts of the
the barb political organization i player. Above all don't miss!
In other words. maKe your
i prove i bial cat is supposed to I
I spun?, just long enough to say
thing don't throw pennies, throw j 1 ,MS f"e-oy ucgun on
dimes. The dime U jut as easy ! lhe "ng proposal. It goes with-j
to rcti i. ve from a Sousaphone s : "ul "Bu" "1 "' ,
innards as a penny and goes a lot i bilious program, and that we do nQnQer nf Pr0epvfinn
farther in providing the necessary ".1 expect to reform the world, or j n9 f .rnlytm9
shekels to take the dents out at t-v,'n ,ne umvcis.ty section of Lin- in the Training Table?
the end of the year. I.n t throw coin, "very soon," but action must VVHh ,ne re(.ent a(loI,tion of the
apple con s, throw the whole i be taken. athletics "training table" by of-
apple, just think of all the cider j Politically tlx Bai b organiatzion J ficials of the Big Six conference,
you can have after the apple has ; was s0 badly out-engineered in i comes a charge from some quar-
hit and gone down into me aeptns . the last election that a graduate
political organ
from out social, athletic, and other
organizations. All are incorporated
In the same organization with the
same aim as a goal.
Altho the Greeks may not have
actively contributed to the poor
condition of barb housing and
working conditions, they have pas
sively done so by their refusal to
be bothered with these problems.
In order not to make this essay
to long, 1 shall close it by once
more agreeing with Fred. He
prrbbly would not resign from
his fraternity under any circum
stances now, b-cause it would
make
efforts count. If you yell, yell
together, if you must throw make
it worth the bandman' while to
duck and remember, co-operation
is spe lled
-N-E-BRAS-KI-
Yours truly,
A band member.
T The Editor:
As the organization of the Bdib
Union gets unde-r way the ques
tions pour in "What difference
does it make whether or not I
go in and support the Barb
Phi Beta Kappa was the only sue
eessful candidate supported by the
"stillborn" ISA. However, a let
ter received by Barb Sponsor Prof.
E. W. Lantz pleading for informa
tion to be used in checking the all
powerful Barb political organiza
tion on the University of South
Dakota campus, proves that there
are at least possibilities in the
ward system, recently adopted by
the Barb Union.
The mass of Barbs would not
objeet to better representation on
the publications board, the student
council, and the Innocents. But
most significant should be the
feeding eif fellowship ip a great
- L . . 1 . . I 1 . . . .
cause great mental anguish to his Union'" This k-1ter will try in i - '"u. ","'' "
brothers to know that one of their me-agT way to answer that very
number had acknowledged defeat basic inquiry.
by a barb. Nevertheless. Fred
might at least undertake to an
swer Woerner's debate challenge
We shall attempt to be lair and
to avoid fantastic elaims which
exist emly in ome overe-rithusiaslu
man, the Barb.
ters that the plan will increase the
danger eif easy commercialization
and proselyting of athletes. Crit
icism of the training table as a
means of proselyting caused it to
be ruled out by the old Missouri
Valley conference more than 20
years ago.
But conditions under the present
plan are different than they were
back in the second decade of the
century. Then football players
took all three daily meals at the
table. In theory, they paid the
normal price for board and the
colleges added something to the
fund so that the athletes might
have a little better than average
board. It was fairly easy for well
meaning friends of the school and
alumni and the colleges-to help
the boy pay his board bill by
adding to the fund they paid
Perhaps the proceeds from admis- t or over optimistic unaffiliate. A
sion would be enough to hire an
orchestra for the next barb dance.
How about it, buddy?
BARB 717.
A Plea to
The East Stands
To the Editor:
The-re are hundieds of ways
In which victory starved football
Jans show their enthusiasm and
disgust at the underdeig team
fctruggling away down there on the
green, white-marked sod. From a
vantage poir.t near the 50 yard
line in front of the box teats, 1
have watched their antics during
two home game. What do they
do? They tear theirhair; they
well rounded and successful Barb
program can offe-r a creative ath
letic and social program, aid lo
some small extent in bettering ec
onomic conditions, bolsiz-r the
Barb political position, and, above
all, give them a fe-elwg of fellow
ship. Looking forward, there appear
to be a number of oppertunjties
for organize-d men to hold parties
and picnics in conjunction with
the Barb A. W. S. A cautious eye
has even been directed at aids to
dating.
The real core of the Barb pro
gram is the proposals to better
housing conditions and to aid in
student employment We might
peek into the bag, fron which the
The program is admittedly am- h plan is to have only
bilious. Its siiee-KS depends upon the evening meal served at the
the uil4frst and e-ontinued support training table. The school pays
of the mass of the Barbs. Ils!tn entue bill. Since athletes pay
chances of attainment will belnothiriK toward their evening
greater if the anti-Cie-ek attitude j meals, no school can offer a pros
is replaced by a pio-Nebra.ska and Peetive athlete any more than the
pro-Barb determination.
Conservatism in analyzing the
situation is definitely in order.
next by adding a few dollars
toward paying his board.
The idea behind the plan is to
provide football players (and the
But this mue-h can be said. Barb table will not be adopted by
enthusiasm and Fupport has this
year, with the availability of the
Student Union, reached new
heights for Nebraska. There is an
active and vigorous core of deter
mined men who will lcep plug
ging to sec that intradural are
set up, social affairs arranged, ef
forts made to better economic con
ditions, and that Barb men will
not feel as scare as a dodo bird
when they go to the polls.
other sports) with a good, well
balanced meal after two or three
hours on the practice field. They
need not wander home to the ice
box for leftovers after everyone
eltw's 6 o'clock dinner is finished.
We can't see any danger in the
training table, as it it now insti
tuted in the Big Six. Instead, we
believe it is a distinct boon to
healthful, clean college athletics.
Kansas State Collegian.
unduly neglected popular music in
your column?
Provocatively,
Florence Kysor.
tlncoln, Oct. 25th.
Dear Miss Kysor:
Ninety percent of Tin Pan
Alley's wares is eif precious little
moment to even a progesi.ive mu
sic leiver like yourself. The remain
ing ten percent, on the other
hand, de-serves our scrutiny. There
you are perfectly justifie-d in tak
ing me to task.
In the rhapsodies of an Elling
ton, or Benny Goodman, in certain
improvisations from the muscular
lips of Armstrong and Bix Beider
becke. pearls of fine music are
sometimes cast. We should be
alert to gather them in.
Unfortunately, culling them re
quires a jeweler's discrimination in
the presence of glitter and paste,
plus the courage to face some of
the worst music written texlay.
plus a generous budget of time;
time that might be less dubiously
spent on the ageless certainties of
our art on Bach and Mozart,
Beethoven, Haydn and the other
titans.
These grave musings will per
haps disclose to yeu the trepida
tion and steely eniie of duty that
are underwriting a new coumn,
given over to current popular mu
sic. I am convinced the task should
tie assumed, you see, much more
than I am peisonally desiious of
a. '"timing it.
The column will attempt to list
periexiically certain of the new re
leasees which have invited a bear
ing for one reason or another.
Records will be classified under
two heads, one, music for danc
ing, and the other, music for lis
tening. By way of an evaluating
device, we shall borrow the star
system. Its origin (like the poet
whom seven cities claimed) is al
ways disputed by "Liberty," The
New York Daily News' and Wal
ter WincheU, but iU convenience
will be patent to you. Occasional
ly some comments will be ap
pended, when apace permits ex
patiation and when the records
seem to merit it
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