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Friday, November 24, 1939
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campus
Drouth proof
farm methods
reported
Agronomy convention
hears Duley, Russel
discuss conservation .
NEW ORLEANS, La. Nov. 23
Two Nebraska agronomists re
ported progress in their efforts to
develop a "more nearly "drouth
proof system of farming, during
a meeting here Wednesday of
' crops and soils scientists from all
parts of the nation.
The reports by Dr. F. L. Duley
and J. C. Russel were part of the
first day's program of a three-day
session of the American Society of
Agronomy. Headed by Dr. F. D.
Keim, chairman of the agronomy
department at the University of
Nebraska college of agriculture,
a total of 15 Nebraska agronomists
are attending the meetings. Dr.
Keim .is also chairman of the
crops section of the national or
ganization. Thre papers.
Duley and Russel presented a
series of three papers discussing
results of their tests in soil and
moisture conservation, conducted
cooperatively by the research di
vision of the U. S. Soil Conserva
tion Service, and the University of
Nebraska agricultural experiment
station.
Building on previous research
work of other scientists through
out the nation, the Nebraska men
are throwing new light on old
problems of moisture conservation
and erosion control.
.One of their most Important ob
servations is that rain striking
bare land apparently beats down
the surface, fitting small particles
around larger ones to form a thin,
suck and comparatively "water
proof" layer over the land. This
layer sheds water causing it to
be lost in runoff instead of being
absorbed into the ground.
Other research work of the past
quarter century has Indicated that
sod is the most effective crop
cover for protecting land in the
Great Plains where forests arc
meager. However, the Nebraskans
have found that where grass was
clipped close to the ground and
the surface organic matter care
fully removed, most of the value
of the cover in reducing runoff
was lost.
Fowler, Hatcher teams
lead in Nebraska ball
Teams headed by Maudie
Fowler and Betty Hatcher are tied
for first place in the Nebraska
ball league on ag campus. Julia
Waldo captains the second place
Ag coed team. The girls play
games every week. AU girls in
terested have been divided Into
teams and entered in the league.
Dates are getting scarcer
as Ball time approaches
And speaking about ag boys see Boy Friend Dick Becker, Chi
and gals that will be hieing them- Phi, battle his way through the
selves to the Military Ball here ping pong tournament
are some of the lucky ones: First
to come to mind are Ellen Ann
Armstrong and Will Pitner, who
will make a twosome; Dick Good
ding and Mildred Bauder will
make another couple; Frank Ship
man and Helen Weigandt. Glenn
Thacker and Ruth Ann Sheldon,
John Schick and Virginia Sack,
and Willis Skrdla and Betty
Jeanne Spalding will all be there.
Dorothy Mattley does her bit
these days. The other afternoon
she made her regular weekly
pilgrimage down to the Union to
Orfield appointed
y Professor L. B. Orfield of the
' College of Law has been appointed
a member of the committee on pro-
cedure, prosecution and defense of
the section on criminal law of the
American Bar association.
Only 2 Days Left to
Take Your Picture
Home ec girls
dine this evening
A service for the International
Fellowship fund will be one of the
new features at the Ellen H. Rich
ards dinner for all home economics
girls to be held this evening at
5:45 in the student activities build-ing.
This dinner, held annually in
honor of the founder of the Amer
ican Home Economics association,
is open to all home cc students and
alumnae, according to Ople Hed
lund, general chairman.
Contributions for the fellowship
fund will be taken up in a service
in charge of Sylvia Zocholl. These
are sent to the American Home
Economics association to help for
eign girls study in the United
States. Each year four or five
come from Egypt, South America,
and the Scandinavian countries to
learn and take home with them ad
vanced methods in the science of
home economics.
Nebraska girls through their
local home economics association
expect to aid in the fund at the
dinner Friday.
Ticket sales for the dinner will
close Friday noon, according to
the chairman. She urges that all
home ec girls who plan to go make
a reservation before that time.
"Alfalfa" Christensen (who got
his name from Coll-Agri-Fun and
his reading of a wedding cere
mony) and Idamae Schneeflock
are conscientious souls. They got
out just the other day with their
little basket and started gather
ing up leaves on ag campus. The
leaves are still there, so the job
must have been a big one.
There seems to be a third party
entering into that Skrdla-Spalding
duo. Seems that a lady from
Skrdla's home town made it to
the Kansas game. But 'tis said a
few gray hairs couldn't mar
Skrdla's good looks.
1940 Ccrnhuskcr
Fraternity-Sorority Picture
Junior-Senior Picture
Last deadline, absolutely '
Nov. 25
TOWNSEND STUDIOS
Survey--
(Continued from Page 1.)
had from 1 to 3 years of college
had been unemployed at some time
or another. Of the 525 graduates,
99 had suffered with unemploy
ment at some time or another.
Most college graduates have
been unemployed less than one
year, the survey pointed out 92
percent of those who had 1 to
years of college were unemployed
less than a year in comparison
with 80 percent of the college
graduates who were unemployed
for approximately the tame period
of time.
Studies of the effect of grade
school and high school education
showed that 85 percent of those
who had eight years of primary
education had been unemployed
for one year or more. In the high
school class only 60 percent were
effected by unemployment for one
year or more.
..Of all the persons unemployed
in Lincoln for more than thre
years between 1929 and 1939 ten
percent had had college education
and approximately half of them
were college graduates. This fig
ure is to be compared with 33 per
cent without work for three years
or more who had only a high
school background. Swayzee's sur
vey brings out the fact that 80
percent of all persons unemployed
for a period of over three years
had gone no further than high
school. Only 28 percent of the col
lege graduates who were unem
ployed over the ten year period
had been unemployed for three
Ellen Wilkins and Jim Snyder's
social life is complicated a bit
these days by the fact that a man
from her old home town is in
school this semester but there
hasn't been any fire yet.
Rhoda Chesley and Paul Fidler
are getting together more and
more often, but then, being a
judge in the animal husbandry de
partment has its points.
And Lyle Clark going around
with a worried look these days.
Seems he doesn't want anyone to
forget the "Fowl" mixer in the
activities building Saturday night
Turkeys all ready to cook are go
ing to be there for some lucky
ones to take home, though.
John Mecham seems to be gath
ering feminine admirers almost as
fast as his brother Floyd did but
he says he doesn't have time for
anything but basketball.
The porch light on Loomis hall
still causes the men a lot of con
cern. But only the taller ones
have any luck with it.
Ag 'Y' retreat set
for tomorrow night
Ag students will go on a joint
Y. M.-Y. W. retreat Saturday from
5 to 8 o'clock. They are to meet
at ag hall at 5. Twenty cents has
been set as the price. All students
are invited.
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"DAILY"
Station KFOR
60 register
for short
farm course
Registration Monday of around
60 farm youths for the annual
farm operators' short course at
the university exceeded last year's
opening day enrollment, according
to J. V. Srb, supervisor of short
courses at the college of agriculture.
Home addresses of the boys now
registered include Colorado, Kan
sas, lowa and New York, m ad
dition to 30 Nebraska counties as
widely scattered as Otoe and
Dawes, Chase and Dakota. A
number of additional late arrivals
are expected.
The ag college Y. M. C. A. en
tertained the youths at a "get ac
quainted" party and lunch Mon
day evening.. Earlier in the day,
they took preliminary tests in
arithmetic and English and were
shown about the agricultural cam
pus to locate the various class
rooms. A check-up on musical
abilities of the youths indicated
plenty of talent for the annual
"farm-op" orchestra conducted by
ait. srD.
Dancers vie for
prizes tomorrow
years or longer.
Approximately 53 of the col
lege graduates who were unem
ployed at some time or another in
the ten year period were out of
work for one year or longer. This
percentage is approximately equal
to the persons who had some em
ployment for one year or longer
and who had not finished their
college work.
Dr. Swayzee pointed out that
there is a definite relation between
total unemployed and education.
As a rule, he said, persons having
a smaller educational background
have suffered jnore unemployment
in the ten years under study.
In a comparison of age to un
employment the survey shows that
26 of the total unemployed who
are able and willing to work arc
under 25 years of age. Accordin
to these figures, Prof. Swayzee
said, the younger generation is
bearing the brunt of the depres
sion.
Studies were also made of the
shift In employment due to the de
pression and other economical and
social conditions. Approximately
25 of the persons enumerated In
the survey had shifted employment
between 1929 and 1939. Thirty
percent of those who changed po
sitions changed because of depres
sion and irregular working condi
tions where they were formerly
employed. Of these, 16 shifted
to better jobs.
About 10 of all the women
enumerated In the last study were
housewives who were forced to
take work 6ince 1929 due to in
adequate earning powers of the
chief breadwinner.
General results of the 4,173 per
sons enumerated show that 595 or
14.3 were unemployed on Nov.
1 of this year, compared with
26.5 In 1932, 25.2 in 1933 and
14.1 in 1937. Slightly less than
half of the unemployed were able
and willing to work. The re
mainder were either unable or un
willing. The same was true In
1937, but In 1932 and 1933 those
able and willing constituted around
Ag program
goes on air
Wireless broadcast
starts at 1 tomorrow
Interesting things going on in
Nebraska on farms together with
something about practical recre
ational ideas for the holidays will
feature the Farm Facts and Fun
weekly radio broadcast tomorrow
over a statewide wireless network.
The program is on the air from
until 1:30 p. m., and is spon
sored by the college of agriculture
extension service.
Elvin F. Frolik and Walter Tol-
man both of the college or agri
culture are to tell about some
interesting observations they have
made in visiting farms this fall in
connection with the state P-F-L
program which comes to a close
in Omaha next Tuesday.
Ralph Copenhaver, assistant ex
tension community specialist at tha
agricultural college, is to appear
on the broadcast to present some
novel ideas for farm and city
family recreation during the holi
days. He will offer suggestions for
games of community groups from
now until January 1.
All three people will be inter
viewed by George Round, state
extension editor. The broadcast is
heard each Saturday over WOW,
Omaha; KGNF, North Platte;
KGFW, Kearney; KMMJ. Grand
Island, and WJAG, Norfolk.
Ag students will prep for their
inanksgiving vacation by dancing
tomorrow night to Ross Richards
and his "Aristocrats of Rhythm'
on ag campus at their annual
Thanksgiving dance, Lyle Clark,
president of the Cornhusker Poul
try Science club, said yesterday,
The party is a mixer, and not a
date affair.
Richard's recording orchestra
"with the bouncing shuffle
rhythm" coming to ag from en
gagements at Creighton Univer
sity, Omaha, and the Orpheum
Theater, Des Moines, features
Doris Barker, "Radio's Sweet
heart," Billy Irwin and his siz
zling clarinet, and Jack Scogin,
trumpeter and scat singer.
To give dancers a chance to
make their Thanksgiving success
ful two turkeys will be given to
two lucky dancers who come out
first in telling certain facts about
turkeys, Clark emphasized. He
pointed out that other novelties
will be offered during the eve
ning. This party will be the last ag
function before vacation, the pres
ident said, and will give ag stu
dents a chance to get together for
an evening before leaving the
campus. The party is open to all
university students, however.
Tickets are 20 cents for women
and 30 cents for men advance sale,
and will be 25 and 35 at the door.
75 of the total unemployed.
An additional 7.2 of the total
number of persons Included in the
survey were employed only part
time. This is to be compared with
Dancers will attend
lessons on Thursdays
Dancers on ag campus have a
chance to learn more about the art
in the second of series of dancing
lessons started yesterday after
noon in the. activities building.
From 5 to 6 o'clock every Thurs
day for the next six weeks of
school both beginners and ad
vanced student dancers are in
vited to join the classes.
Pool writes article
Dr. R. J. Pool, chairman of the
department of botany, has an art
icle in a recent issue of the Bulletin
of the Torrey Botanical club, en
titled "Some Reactions of the
Vegetation in the Cities and Towns
of Nebraska to the Great Drouth."
This is the paper which he read
before the Ecological Society of
America at its last meeting at
Richmond, Va.
12.2 in 1932, 10.2 in 1933, and
10 in 1937.
Seventy-eight and five-tenths
percent of all enumerated were
full time employes. In 1932 the
figure was approximately 15
smaller. From the low of 1932 the
full time employees have increased
in stages of approximately 7.
In 1939 46 of the idle able and
willing to work group were under
35 years of age compared with
55V; in 1037 Th conclusion from
these figures shows that the posi
tion of the young is steadily im
proving, but they are still taking
it on the chin during depression
years.
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