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TWO DAILY NEBRASKAN THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1939 m V Official Newrpaper of More Than 6,000 Students THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR Offices Union Building Day B7181. Night B7193. Journal B3333 Member Associated Collegiate Press, 1938-39 Member Nebraska Press Association, 1938-39 Represented for National Advertising by NATIONAL ADVERTISING SERVICE. INC. 420 Madison Ave. New York, N. Y. Chicago Boston Lot Angeles San Francisco Published Daily during the school year except Mon days and Saturdays, vacations, and examination periods by students of the University of Nebraska, under supervision of the Publications Board. Subscription Rates are $1.00 Per Semester or $1.50 for the College Year, $2.60 Mailed. Single copy, 5 Cents. Entered as second-class matter at the postoffice In Lincoln, Nebraska, under Act of Congress, March 3, . 1879, and at special rate of postage provided for in Section 1103, Act of October 3. 1917, Authorized January 20, 1922. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF HOWARD KAPLAN BUSINESS MANAGER RICHARD M'GINNIS EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Managing Editors Merrill Englund, Harold Niemann. News Editors June Bierbower, Richard DeBro-vn, Norman Harris, Ellsworth Steele, Fern Steute ville, Ed Wittenberg. Society Editor Margaret Krause Reprttri Marian Bremen, Stanley Breuer, Jean Carnattan, James Carroll, Janice Felthaunfr, Pat Greene, Frances Kecfer, Betty Kllnrcl. Evelyn Leavilt, Hollln Limprecht Clyde Maiti, Donald Moore, Hubert 0(den, Clark O'Han lon, Chris Peterson, Panl Svoboda, Ladle Thomas, David Thompson, Ava Wharton. BUSINESS DEPARTMENT Assistant Business Managers Arthur Hill, Robert Seidel, Helen Severa. Solicitors. .Roger Anawalt, Ed Calhoun, Ed Segrist, Ben Novicoff, Burton Thiel. Circulation Manager Stanley Michael THAT OLD RUT Many of the people of Nebraska are proud. They are proud of a state in which there is no sales tax and no great indebtedness. They are proud of a state which ranks 'Wth in education and whose average teacher receives a smaller salary than a skilled WPA laborer. These are certainly conditions which should instill a groat feeling of prid. Two years ago the legislature kiled a 2 mill levy proposal for a long run univer sity building campaign. Today $800,000 is so great a sum that its expenditure for a new library is hardly considered. This does not hide the fact that the present library has been outmoded and incompetent for fifty years. Yesterday the state legislature re fused to consider a bill, which might offer a meagre assistance to those teachers who after a life time of service to the people of the state are deserving of a few years ease. Perhaps the people of Nebraska are proud of this too. Today at noon students at the University of Minnesota wil close their opening campaign to raise funds for aid in payment of their new union building a union building which will cost two million dollars. At Minnesota they are willing to spend two and one-half times what we want for a dire necessity, to construct a building simply to replace one which they deem no longer offers the facilities they de sired. llow can they do it? Certainly it isn't the fact that they have twelve thousand students instead of only our six that enables them to ex pand their campus with sums fabulous when compared to the expenditures of this state. Perhaps it is something Nebraskans never think of that is the answer to the question. Per haps it is something deeper than just a consid eration of how much we are compelled to spend for state administration and how much taxes we feel that we can afford to pay. The people of Minnsota seem to realize the value of their educational system, not simply for the practical and tangible worth which may or may not be evident, but for the future citizens and the potential value of those citizens. We must not be content to live for the moment and believe it so important that it will last forever. It is a crime against pos terity to deprive them of the progressive ideals of education simply because we re fuse to provide the material with which to house the promulgation of those ideals. . It is time the people of Nebraska stopped to Ihink. Where are we journeying on this highway of 4 'pay as we go?" D n D D D (R&fWhJt&JL ODD Shorter skirls for what and why H Chris Peterson r ( E D D D a A recent issue of Life carried a rather detailed picture essay con cerning the new fashion craze of the current year; specifically, that of shortening skirts. In fact, the article might suggest to the aver age reader that there is an obvious threat that the fashio.iable lassie cf '39 will be displaying 18 inches or more of uncovered appendages. A skirt is defined as that gar ment which covers the body from the waistline down. However, if the present trend continues to dun dIR But DDflnls Not satisfied Dear Editor: Let's have a little more truth! The answer to "A rioa" can't stand on its own legs; it is no de force for the present NEBRAS KAN. The jdea was written in the hope that some member of the would do away with vague .state ments and get down to brass tacks. Fiirt: Why, with a whole school devoted to tin professional train ing of Journalists, if that may be I c-la .".!! as a proles.-ion, docs in who are ceasing to advertise ex tensively. The writer of this little epistle will gladly confer with the NE BRASKAN staff concerning ideas of the newspaper but first he would like to know why there are not enough reporters to fill the re quirements of the NEBRASKAN. The office always seems to be weli stocked but few are seen any where else on the campus. Youis truly. The Still Disgusted Reader ERLE M. CONSTABLE... Ak-Sar-Ben (Continued from Page 1) fessors, and a bidding contest. Bidding contest open to public. The bidding contest will be open I as a niofes.- ion. docs DAILY NEBRASKAN have in-:'' i the show and will then be shown in the arena. Members of the of a coke, and flirt with the other fellows girl, you are heading for a long time sentence in her dog house. Stay on the curb side of her at all times, and don't make it necessary for her to make a leap in front of you in order to keep on the correct side. Then back to the ballroom. At those Wednesday tea dances if you get stuck with a girl, don't stand around with a martyred look and then dance her practi cally over the toes of the stag line. She probably has mental i thoughts of much greater woe ! than you can begin to imagine, i and it would be a great relief for her if you could be clever enough to suggest whipping into the grill for a coke. To park or not mmm! After a formal, the old question may arise for .some of the fellows, "To park or not to park." The sufficient and incompetent report crs? It i:i little wonder that the i cream of the crop get into some i other activity because the DAILY NEBRASKAN has little to offer them. There used to be apparently good reporters on the staff. Why not now? Because there are not enough definite assignments with assurance that the fctory will, be printed. Nine out every ten hit the waste basket because there is not enough room at the time the tdory was hot news. Reporters do not have to ferret out news; enough leads and requests for re porters are turned into the office to keep them all busy. I may be wrong but isn't it the news editor's job to edit, improve or rewrite stories or is he confined to head lines? Second: It is not putting the cart before the horse to say that an enlarged paper is needed to at tract advertising. 1 have person ally bold enough advertising to know that the first question an advertiser asks is, "What is your circulation? It must satisfy be fore he will spend a great deal for ads in that publication. You must, prove wide circulation to sell your ad, and to get circulation you must liave something to read. Third: National ads, if I am Tiot mistaken, are contracted for in advance and the present NE BRASKAN is resting on the glor ies of former recor'is. How about the future? present organizations in close contact with the campus know the present circulation and character of tho NEBRASKAN and have sought other means of contact with the student body. The Lincoln cathedral choir, the Stu dent union and the Intermural De partment of Athletics have spe cifically felt a neeu or wiuer con tact along with local businessmen to the public. Several animals will evaluated Py tiie laculty belore answer depends on just now many dates you have had with her. Double-dating with a couple who are too, too much in love may make a few complications, espe cially if that fellow is driving the car. Conversation becomes em- audience will then be free to bid on the animals in mock sale form. A cash award will be given to the person who gauges the value of the animal most nearly. The committee in charge of the show is made up of Taul Kidler, senior manager, Ed Zahn, assist ant man.'iger, and Lawrence Buller who is in charge of the ball. Rules- (Continued from Page 1) deadline. A eirl feels insulted if the phone rings a night before tiie Prom and a casual masculine voice inquires, "Whatcha doin' to morrow night?" Usually a girl would like to reply, "It's really none of your business." For if she hasn't already made a date she certainly doesn't want to broad cast her bad luck, and would feci much happier if the voice had said, "Jean and Bill have just de cided to have a small dinner party tomorrow before the Prom and I think it would be swell if you could go with me." Leave gal breathless. Leave the gal breathless. Make phone calls exciting. And when she can't accept the first date that you want, make another at tempt, for she may lx very anxi ous to have a date with you. Sometimes several fellows may ask her for the same night and leave another date open. Before the public your girl wants you to shine. You may be a whiz on a dince floor, presi dent of all extra-curricular activi ties, and an all-Amcrican too, but if vou barge through a door be fore her, Bwoozle on the last drop barrassing when the couple in the front sebt are practicing the finer techniques of a Robert Taylor Hedy Lamarr. You will be far safer on a first date to just take her home and with a "Gee, but your wonderful" look in your eyes thank her for a grand evening and then leave. When a girl kisses you on the first date, don't immediately de cide that she is promiscuous with her favors. You may have made a real hit with her. That Is a possi- ility many fellows (modest crea- Aires) overlook. What's in a line? Handing out a line has been dis cussed for a long time. For some occasions it is fun and keeps the ball rolling over what might have been a rather dull evening. But lines ran hang you. Know when to stop. Girls exchange views on fellows and when one discovers that you have told a rival of hers that her danc ing is the smoothest, too, trouble begins. "Your're silly, or you have more pep than ten others added together" will make her much more flattered than a trite remarw uch as, "You look eo beautiful tonight." BfARRED Bbardl TRUE STORY. In days Of old, When knights Were What they were, Romance flowered. It was the Custom for a Stalwart warrior To Ride away To battle Or just A joust With the emblem Of his Lady fair Flowering from His helmet: An embroidered sleeve. This Romantic soul Likes to think That the Age of chivalry Is not dead. And It isn't. I have proof: Only Tho other day (And this Is sworn to By three Eve-witnesses Who, Drove around the block again Just to make .sure Said t yrs were not Deceiving them I A hfppy charmer S'.rode merrily Up R street To school With the emblem Of his Lady fair Just as in tl.o , Days of old Flowing from His cap: Pink panties. It's God's own truth' I'm telling you. TYPEWIUTEHS for Sale and Kent NEBRASKA TYPEWRITER CO. 1S0 No, 12th 6t. BJ167 LINCOLN, NEBR. When a young lady gives you a line, don't swallow it but take it light-heartedly and then hand it back to her with two layers of trimming. And so, fellows, catch your breath and respond to this. Ne braska co-eds can take it. exist, tiiis definition, may have to be altered to read: that garment which covers the Wf.istline! Skins in the past have proved to be excellent prophets of busi ness trends. In '29, with business at the top. so were skirts. Came the crash which plunged us into the depression and skirts beat stocks to the bottom. In S5, both skirts and stocks began to climb ani the sL.rts are still climbing. This all adds up to one thing; if skirts foretell business trends, '39 should be an 'ell of a good year. With this question "What do you think of the new fashion tendency to t..orten skirts' 7" we set out to gather opinions concern ing this up-turn in feminine garb. BRJ KAMUL AFFILIATED "It will be one of these pleasant ( detriments to safety and health. ' Reason No. 1--It will increase curb tripping and sidewalk stumbling among our male population. Rea son No. 2--It will be exceedingly hard on the average male's neck." TWYLA M ALLORY UN AFFI LI. ATlD. "I think that such a trend has a place in our fashions. Whether I like the idea or not, I would -wear the shortened skirt because I believe in following the styles. After all, If one doesn't, they are considered unorthodox. I tso think that short skirts will be in style for three or four years." CLARK CiANLON AFFILIATES- "I fel like the befuddled lassie who has just had the proposal popped to her, but candidly and offhand, I should say that I be lieve that skins will hit a new high this year." BOB ROSSER AFFILIATED "I don't believe that we can make any criticism of short skirts for women when we have men in the worki such as the Scotchman V who wears his skirtr, or kilt a foot above the knees. Only when wo men surpass this extreme should we criticise, and then something other than criticism shouiu be done!" ANN BEARD AFFILIATED. "I think that it is awfully nice but cf course, it depends upon the individual and her legs. It presents quite a problem for those who are knock-l.nced or bow-legged. All in all, even though it is and will be the stylo, the girl should wear a skirt which best fits hor purpose." ROLAND SHIRLEY AFFILI ATED. "I think women would he much better off if they didn't wear skirts so short. Of com so it Is perfectly all right for women who are physi cally fitted for such a revelation. I think that the short skirt is just a parsing tendency and that they wil) never be as short as they were in '29." OTIS GLEBE UNAFFILIATED. "I'm indifferent.' It doern't make any difference to me. Of course, if my decision upon the matter was of life and death importance. I would rather see them long, but not too long." MARGARET KPUSE-AFFILItT ATEO. "Well, I've had a year of physics and I know that whatever goes up most cone down. Law of gravity, ya kno.v. What happened. al4er '29 proves this point. But confidentially, I think short skirts are terrible. Too revealing and all." CHRISTIAN SCIENCE ORGANIZATION AT THE UNIVERSITY Or- NEBRASKA ' ; Announces a. FREE LECTURE ON CHRISTIAN SCIENCE BY Dr. Hendrik J. de Lange, C. S. B. OF NEW YORK CITY Member of the Board of Lectureh'p of the Mother Church The Flrgt Church of Chrlet, Scientist, In rtoiton, Maaachusetu AT FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST TWELFTH AND L STREETS THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1939 AT 8:00 P. M. 8TUDENT8 AND FACULTY AND THEIR FRIENDS AH fe LUHUIALLT IIMflltU IV ni -" jf-1 I f)