Daily Nebraskan
Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska
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LINCOLN, NF-IHWSKA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 19.19
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GOVERNOR RECOMMENDS
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In Union Wall
Architects, Contractor
Check Bad Spots, Plan
Necessary Repairs
Eight months after completion,
the Union builditiRr. Nebraska's
pride, la beginning to show cracks
in the plastering of several rooms
in the east and west wings. And
several of the doors in the build
ing won't latch.
The cracks are not large ones
In most cases -just numerous
little ones. Most noticeable arc
those Just above the door in the
faculty lounge on the second floor.
Here, a small piece of plaster has
fallen and the cracks cover an
area of about 10 square foot.
In room 310. Just above the
lounge, a similar network of
cracks may be seen. Other un
sightly spots are in the southeast
coiner of the game room on the
second floor where the air ron
, dilioning pipe seems to bo mov
ing away from the window frame,
ami around an air conditioning
cutlet in parlor A on second.
Prof. Linus Burr Smith, chair
man of the department of archi
tecture, said it would be impos
sible to ascertain whether the
plasters were defective without a
chemical analysis. Another theory
is that the Union Is settling as
most buildings do. It is not a
serious matter. Slid Prof. Smith.
"It's Just one of those things."
The architects of the building
have looked over the defective
spots, and the construction com
pany has offered to repair the
plastering.
Organist Porter
Plays Tonight
Lincoln Music Fans
to Hear Recital at 8:15
Hugh Porter, nationally known
concert organist, will be featured
in a recital at First Plymouth
Congregational church tonight at
8:15 under the sponsorship of the
Lincoln Organists Guild and First
Plymouth church.
Donald Kettrlng, president of
the Guild and personally ac
quaintod with Mr. Porter, speaks
very highly or the organist, say.
ing that "for once Lincoln people
will have a chance to hear some
bonafide organ music."
Known as one of the more bril
liant among the up and coming
organ virtuosos, Porter has pre
sented recitals In all the major
music centers of the country. At
the present, his official positions
include those of organist and
choirmaster of the Collegiate
Church of St. Nicholas, in New
York, organist for the New York
Oratorio society and a member of
the faculty of the Julliard musical
foundation.
Admission to his recital tonight
Is SO cents. Tickets may be pur
chased at the school of music,
from Guild members, or at the
door.
One More Card Makes 77
For Students to Fill Out
Next Regstration Veek
Students will be happy to learn
that during registration wr?k they
will have 77 cards to fill out. ill
Place of the usual 7G The addi
tlonal card is one heirlng the Im
pressive name of the "Student
TTnion Activity Reference Card."
It will contain questions to nid the
I'nlon in determining future Pro.
grams and plans that the students
will like best.
Questions concerning favorite
games, hobbles, leisure time inter
ests, and activities will make up
ine questionnaire.
W.A.A. to Honor
Barbs at Party
Games to Feature
Unaffiliate Event
Unaffiliated girls at the univer
sity will be honored at a sports
party given by the women's Ath
letic Association this evening,
from 5 to 6 o'clock in the girls
gym.
Elnora Sprague as the barb rep
resentative on the W. A. A. coun
cil will have charge of the party.
The girls will be organized into
new independent teams for intra
mural participation. (Jills from
the same part of the state will
be combined on the same team.
Girls are requested to wear low
heeled shoes for the games that
will be played, ping pong, aerial
tennis, Nebraska ball and badmin
ton. Union Puis On
Old Five-Reel
elodrama
Students to Jeer, Cheer
ot Old-Time 'Flicker'
Performance Sunday
Flourishing moustaches, bustles,
and sideburns will abound when
Bonnie Parsons and the barber
shop quartet swing out on such
tender old melodies as "Take Back
Your Gold." "Second Hand Hose,"
and "Only a Bird In a Gilded
Cage." These songs, with "No, No.
a Thousand Times No," will tear
at the hearts of all who attend
the old time free show nt the
Union ballroom Sunday at 4:00
o'clock.
"Westbound Limited," n genuine
five rceler of way back when,
will furnish thrills and chills to the
audience. Booing and cheering
will be permitted with the audi
ence urged to use no discretion.
Old Timers Wow Wisconsin.
Bonnie Parsons needs no intro
duction to Lincoln. She has been
singing with local orchestras for
several years and last summer was
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WarCorrespondent Admires
U. S. College Individualism
Richard Richards Here
For Lecture Series
Despite the fact that his last
three years have been spent cov
ering Europe's major political
crises, the Spanish war, and the
Sino-Japanese fracas, where he ob
served death, starvation, destruc
tion and terror, unknown to the
layman, Richard Richards, British
newspaperman and lecturer, has
gathered facts and Information
which provide a most vivid con
trast between the United States
and his own Britain. Richards Is
in Lincoln for a three week lecture
schedule.
Richards is an admirer of the
American coeducational system of
schooling. "I like the American
college because the students make
the college,'1 he said. "In Kng
laiiil, the educational system la so
old that precedent makes it im
possible for the student to be more
than just n cog. unindividualistic,
in the great machine of learning."
He iiImo pointed out that only stu
dents who have very wealthy par
ents are ublo to attend English
colleges.
Greek Groups "Marvelous."
He believes that fraternities and
sororities are "marvelous" tilings.
"We British lose out on this point
for the friends that you meet and
make, as well m the training that
a student will Jjaln. from this life,
Kosmet Play
Competition
Closes Soon
Tentative Deadline Set
for January 3 1 ; Fifty
Dollars to Be Awarded
Campus playwrights wishing to
submit an entry in the competi
tion recently opened by the Kos
met Klub to find a suitable vehicle
for its 1939 spring show, should be
prepared to file their manuscripts
by 6 o'clock of Tuesday, Jan. 31,
according to a tentative deadline
announced by Don Moss, Klub
president.
Klub members will probably
pass upon an official deadline at
their next meeting on Tuesday,
Jan. 10.
Mobs requests that all persons
thinking of entering the contest,
which carries prizes of $50, get in
touch with the Klub immediately,
either by filing their name in the
organisation's office on the third
floor of the Union, or by speaking
to some Klub member.
Competition Is open to any per
son connected in any capacity with
the university. To the writer of the
winning entry will go an award of
$10, while a $10 prize will go to
the runnerup, All manuscripts
submitted will become the prop
erty of the Klub.
Song Contest.
In conjunction with the play
contest, a competition to obtain
suitable original songs Is also be
ing conducted. Only melodies need
bo considered at the present time,
and for the best song selected for
use In the show an award of $10
will be made.
Plots will be judged on a basis
of originality, cleverness of action
and lines, ease of staging, and
adaptability to the type of show
traditionally presented by the
Klub each spring. Of a musical
comedy type, an all-male cast is
used with feminine parts por
trayed by men. Scripts should be
in two or three acts with a run
ning time of about two hours and
a half. Staging necessary should
not be too elnliorate, and within
the limited means of the Temple
theater.
will stick with him for the rest
of his life."
As for American girls. Richards
declares fhat they are all very
beautiful, cosmetically. According
to Kicnarus, in all nis travels,
in many different countries, he has
never seen women as well versed
in the use of cosmetics, or as
poised and graceful as American
girls. "Yes, English girU are
beautiful too, but in a very simple
way. And when they walk, It's
not with poise and grace. They just
walk!" He concluded his remarks
on American feminity by compar
lng them to the Canadian moun-
ties. "They always get their man,
No HamburgersT
A drug store is unheard of In
rjigland, and as far as the F.ng
lisliman is concerned, there is no
such a thing as n hamburger
stand. After a Britisher is 15
years old, he never eats candy or
ice cream in public. "In London,
If a man walked down Piceadily
with nn lee cream cone in his
hand, the next edition of the pa
pers would carry a picture of the
fellow with remarks concerning
hia eccentric ways," said Richards
Concerning American slang,
Richards believes that it Is very
Interesting but he can find no
reasonable excuse for it. In his
own words, "Being an ordinary
conservative Englishman, the in-; for the evening. The party will be
terspersing of slang Into good , t 8 o'clock and close at 12.
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to Unify Normal
School and Una
Administration
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Lincoln Journal.
GOV. R. L. COCHRAN
..No more excuse for two boards.
UniToGivq
Radio Series
Prof. Diers' Classes
Start Program Friday
Prof. Theodore Diers' radio
classes will open a series of quarter-hours
over KFOR Friday aft
ernoon at 4:30 when they present
to the radio audience a group of
acts taken from the poems of
James Whit comb Riley.
The initial program, entitled
"Jim Riley and His Folks" will be
presented In the Riley style with
the characters talking the Riley
dialect.
Following this inaugural quar
ter-hour, the radio classes will con
tinue each Friday at the same
time with a program in their
series known as "Epochal DiscoV'
eries of the Past.
To Dramatize Discoveries.
Discoveries and Inventions that
have made Important contribu
tions to the welfare -of man will
be subjects of the future programs
of the radio students. Among the
topics dramatized will be the dis
covery of radium, aluminum and
insulin and the development of the
process of vulcanizing rubber.
The programs will continue
without stop through the exam
ination period and into the second
semester. At present the writing
of the scripts and other produc
tion details of the program is car
ried on by the faculty, but later
this work shall be placed in hands
of the students who show the most
promise.
Methodist Clubs Hold
Joint Party Tonight
Phi Tau Thela and Kappa Phi.
Methodist fraternity and sorority,
will IvM a joint party this cve
nitiB in parlors X, Y, Z of the
Union. Games and dancing to the
music played by Cupehait will
furnish the entertainment.
Ruth Clark and Ellie Dann will
be in charge of the party. About
100 are expected to attend. Rev.
and Mrs. Drew, Miss Luvicy Hill,
Miss Ruby Waters and Mr. and
Mrs Charles Paine will be hosts
But Way of Choosing
Single-Board Members
Creates Great Problem
By Harold Niemann.
Gov. R. L, Cochran In his speech
before the state legislature yes
terday recommended placement of
Nebraska's five Institutions of
higher learning under a single con
trolling board. The action would
result In a saving for the tax
payers, the governor said.
In the form of a constitutional
amendment, the governor's sug
gestion would result in consolida
tion of the Hoard of Regents
which heads the University and
the Board of Education for Slate
Normal schools which heads the
four state normal schools. At the,
present time, the six members of
the Board of Regents are elected
in their respective districts; the
five members of the Normal school
board are appointed by the gov
ernor.
Text of the recommendation
from the speech given by the state
executive reaos:
Nebraska has five institutions
of higher learning, the State
university and four state normal
schools, the state university be
ing administered under the
Board of Regents, the normal
schools under the Board of Edu
cation for State Normal Schools.
In my judgment, there is no
more excuse for two state
boards of education than there
is for two boards of education
in any local school district. It is
my opinion that the cause of
education can be advanced and
a saving in taxpayers' money
made by having one board of
education In charge of all state
Institutions of higher learning.
It is respectfully recommended
that this session of the legisla
ture submit a constitutional
amendment that the people may
have an opportunity to effect
this saving."
The recommendation immedi
ately aroused predictions, com
ment, and discussion in education
circles. None of members of the
Board of Regents was in Lincoln
and could not be reached for a
statement.
The greatest problem arising
out of the proposal Is, of course,
how membership of the single
board would be determined. If
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Prom Committee
Holds First Meet
Cunningham, Xidd
Appoint Committees
Beginning work on the Junior
Senior prom, committee members
met last night to hear Co-Chairmen
Roper Cunningham nnd Ma
rian Kidd make subcommittee ap
pointments. Bob Waugh nnd Virginia Clem
ans compose tho orchestra com
mUtec: in charge of the presenta
tion of the prom girl are Fred
Stiller and Elizabeth Waugh: pub
licity will be handled by Merrill
Knglund and Mary Slenteville;
Jean Wolf and Virginia Wheeler
compose the ticket, committee;
Grant Thomas nnd Mary Jo lleim
are in charge of invitations.
Plans for the prom, which closes
the formal season on the evening
of March 3, were discussed. Two
of the committees, that in charge,
of orchestra and the one on pres
entation must begin to function
at once.