FrMay, November 21, 1939
The DAILY NEBRASKAN
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Inquiring reporter
Finds unbiased opinions
agree this year's Daily O.K.
I think it should stick to a more
conservative make up.
By Paul Svoboda.
It has always been a deep mys
tery to us of the DAILY as to Eugene Dodd, bizad sophomore,
what the average student thought The paper is a lot better edl-
of our journalistic efforts. The riMy "was l"tyear. How-
vi um juu ever, I think it should de-emphas-
only time when we received any ,ze . fraternity and Borority neWs
comment as to the quality of the and print something of more prac-
paper was when we did some- tical interest and value to the stu-
thing drastic in the minds of the dent- nt th vhIc the PaPer 13
students and faculty. tt 1UL l u WttS ear'
Your reporter decided to take Don Heyn- , -eshman.
an impartial survey of opinion I think its a pretty nice paper.
concerning the DAILY. In no way There h?")d Tbe more campus
, . . , . , news, by this I mean an increase
did I attempt to weigh their ex- in publicity about soclal evcnls
pressions. I should like to stress Editorlals are very g00d and I en
here and now that the comments jo tncm m
Writers hear
Star editor
Larry Becker speaks
at vocational forum
as the students gave them to me.
Ervin Simon, bizad senior.
I'd say that the DAILY was a
Phyllis Smith, arts and sciences
junior.
In general I think the paper is
fnir cnllPcre iournal. One of the very good. The staff should each
reasons I suppose for it being on day try to see that an eight page
' the unimpressive side is that it Wr is printed. This campus Is
has no wire service. The sports large enough for a larger paper
section of the paper is very well and I think enough advertising
handled. However once in a while could be accumulated to make the
the paper does let go with an edi- bigger paper pay.
tonal that doesn't follow closely
enough to student opinion. I think
the make up and student news
coverage is very good.
Josephine Gold,
arts and sciences sophomore.
The paper this year has given
the student more self expression
than it has in previous years. The
Robert Simon, bizad Junior.
In general it is pretty good.
Sometimes it is rather inaccurate
in its presentation of facts and
dates. Most of the stories are well
written and well placed.
Elva Hewitt, teachers senior.
The DAILY is pretty represen-
Map display shows state's
land worth $33.53 an acre
Nebraska, with an average land portion of the state slightly over
value of $33.53 an acre, has higher 10 per cent of the area is tilled
priced land than any other Big on the average.
. rditorials are remarkable in that tative of the students but I do
respect. I don't think professors believe there could be more cur
should be singled out the way rent events, that is, national and
they are in the "Prof of the international news.
Week," as only a small minority Rutn NichoIas arts and sciences
choose who is to be the pubh- '
cized one. I believe there is preju- Junior-
dice involved in choosing athletes I like the DAILY because it is
for the headlines. There have been more or less a bulletin of campus
many splendid editions this year affairs. I sincerely believe that it
but I sincerely think there is en- is "a unifying factor as far as the
tirely too much advertising which university is concerned. I like the
makes the paper look like the editorials especially and moreover
Shopping Guide.
Bruce Clausen, bizad junior.
I enjoy reading the DAILY very
jrmch. However there is consider
able fault in departmentalization
of material which makes it hard
to find something. Another thing
is that good papers don't keep
ewitching their sections around.
Mary Jean Lauvetz,
teachers junior.
On the whole I like the freedom
of expression in the editorials. I
think the fashion editions are very
good and should be continued.
Most often the society column is
enjoyable but there are some times
when it does make one a little
sleepy. If the DAILY is to con
tinue the tabloid size newspaper
I agree with them.
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A special meeting of the Inter-
fraternity Council has been called
for next Monday afternoon by
Dick deBrown, vice-president, for
the purpose of electing a new
president of the organization.
Merrill Englund, elected to head
the Council last spring, resigned
from the position recently.
At Monday s meeting, which
will be held at 5 p. m. in the base
ment auditorium of Morrill, the
Council also will discuss the idea
of sending a representative to the
national Undergraduate Intcrfra
ternity Council meeting in New
York City on Dec. 1 and 2. Ne
braska has not sent such a dele
gate for the past several years, the
local Council feeling that the value
to be derived from such an under
taking is not proportioned to the
expense involved. In all probabil
ity the policy will be continued
this year, according to deBrown.
Point board--
(Continued from Tage 1.)
enough activities to be in good
standing. Adna Dobson, arts sen
ior. who is now ovcrpointed, was
granted permission of the board
to continue in his present status,
since the end of the football sea
son Saturday will automatically
return him to good standing:
Revisions of the point system,
which will be taken under auvise
ment by the board, concern the
project of putting all activities on
a one-semcsler basis, ana tne in
troduction of a requirement that
all candidates for elective offices
produce evidence that they will be
eligible if elected.
Long standing argument con
cerning the number of points to
be awarded to Junior-Senior rrom
committeemen was settled when
the position was made a 2 point
activity.
Dentists --
(Continued from Page 1.)
open house In the dental college
quarters in Andrews and a noon
meeting. Dean Hooper will be host
to the visiting alumni at the open
house and Ellsworth Du Teau.
alumni secretary will be principal
speaker at the dinner. Official or
ganization of the dental alumni
will occur at tnis mnner meeting
When tliis has been completed the
meeting will adjourn and the
group will attend the Oklahoma
Nebraska football game.
Knox college has a special
course that deals with the history
of the middle west.
Speaking in the eighth of a
series of vocational forums, spon
sored by Prof. W. S. Gregory, of
the department of psychology, Lar
ry A. Becker, city editor of the
Lincoln Star, told students inter
ested in Journalism as a vocation
of the chances of success in that
field.
Stressing the fact that business
was passing through a period of
transition, Becker declared that
the future possibilities of all vo
cational fields were uncertain. He
went on to point out that recent
consolidations of newspapers had
thrown many workers out of em
ployment overcrowding the field.
Pointing out the disadvantages
of the vocation, the editor stated
that the field offered very little
prospect of material success. He
went on to state, however, that
a wealth of satisfaction in the
service he rendered would be the
reward of the idealistic newspa
perman. Striking a note of hope, Becker
concluded his address with the
statement that conditions are
bound to improve as times return
to normal.
Women's Pre-med
group recognized
Announcement of the recogni
tion of a chapter of Gamma Mu
Theta, women's pre-med honorary,
was made recently when the con
stitution of that organization was
officially aDDroved by Dean
Thompson and the Student Council.
Sponsor of the group is Dr.
Ruth Warner, of the student
health department. Officers of
the group are; Libby Blazkovec,
president; Alice Sohl, vice presi
dent; Arlene Mann, secretary-
treasurer; and Lois Murphy, li
brarian.
The group will meet on the
third Thursday of every month
and the first Sunday evening of
every month. The group which
had 12 charter members now has
15 girls enrolled in its member
ship lists.
Six state, except Iowa, according
to one of the eleven original maps
now on display in the lower halla
of former museum. Others of the
maps on display, which are the
only copies in existence, show
that Nebraska ranks second only
to Iowa in the percentage of land
utilized for farm purposes and
that she is one of eight ranking
states in density of cattle popula
tion and proportion of land avail
able for crops.
Exhibit taken from 40 maps.
The maps included in the ex-
Drouth decreased acreage 70
Another interesting map of Ne
braska shows the difference in
crop acreage harvested between
1929 and 1934, the year of intense
drouth. In a dozen counties the
drouth decreased the acreage har
vested by over 70 per cent. The
decrease in Lancaster was 45 per
cent.
The final series of maps now on
display shows that Nebraska has
41 cattle per square mile and ranks
among the first eight states In this
respect. With 51.5 per cent of its
hibit are part of more than 40 total area available for crops Ne-
original maps owned by the de- braska again ranks among the
partment. Prepared -by graduate high eight states. In percentage
assistants these maps are based of land in farms Nebraska ranks
on 1930 census statistics and second only to Iowa, having 94.8
the 1935 census report. per cent thus classified.
In the series of population maps In 1935 the average value per
of Nebraska, density of popula- acre in Nebraska was $33.53,
tion, farm population and changes which was higher than any of the
in population are pictured, ine uig six states except lowa. The
maps are based on census pre
cincts. Only 11 of the divisions
have population density exceeding
50 persons per square mile. In
eastern Nebraska the most com
mon density is 11-20 inhabitants
per square mile.
Population changes shown.
map showing land values indicates
that Connecticut land is most valu
able at $136.49 per acre, while
New Mexico's land is worth only
$4.95. California land has a higher
average value than that in New
York.
In value added in manufacture
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Anoiner map in me series snows . w ln,.f BrnrM -Mirh.
changes in population occurring
between 1920-1930. In general the
panhandle section gained popula
tion while the southeast lost.
The third map in this series in
dicates that three-fourths of Ne
braska's counties incurred losses
in population between 1930 and
1935. The greatest gain in popula
tion was a 22.3 percent increase
in Thomas county and the ereat-
I est loss was 20.3 percent, experi
enced in Dakota county.
The second series of maps deal
with land utilization in Nebraska
and also use the census precinct
as the unit. The most common
farm size is 81-160 acres and is
found largely in eastern Ne
braska. Douglas county farms are
under 80 acres in size while the
average size in parts of Cherrf
county is 641-1280 acres.
The farms in eastern Nebraska
ordinarily have 51-80 per cent of
the land under cultivation. Some
scattered township precincts util
ize over 80 per cent of the land
for crops, while in the western
gan leads the union and North
Dakota trails the other states In
this value.
Stefansson--
(Continued from Page 1.)
3rd of this month, Is an adviser
to the Pan-American Airways and
the United States government.
The son if Icelandic parents,
Stefansson made his first Arctic
trip in 1906. The boat by which
he had expected to return was de
layed, causing his to pass a year
and half among the Eskimos. Dur
ing this period he heard the na
tives tell strange tales of people
dwelling in Victoria Land which
looked like white men.
On his second voyage to the Far
North the convo speaker attempted
to locate these people, believing
them to be descendants, possibly,
of the 3,000 to 5,000 Norsemen
known to have been lost in Green
land in the fifteenth century. Later
he succeeded in locating a race of
blond Eskimos.
On his third Arctic adventure,
undertaken for the Canadian gov
ernmer:, Explorer Stefansson
passed five years in the polar re
gions at a single stretch. It was
during this period that he dis
covered the islands of Brock and
Borden and new lands north of
Prince Patrick Island.
600 miles on a sledge
One of Stefansson's most fa
mous exploits was a 600 mile
sledge trip taken in territory north
of Alaska. He and his party lived
by hunting, in the territory where
other explorers and Eskimos had
agreed that no game could possibly
exist. Stefansson also gained fame
as the first man to prove that life
was possible on a diet of meat
only.
As a result of his Arctic ex
perience, in which it Is estimated
that he walked more than 20,000
miles, Stefansson has become con
vinced that Arctic air routes offer
the realization of the Elizabethian
dream of a short, cheap and safe
route to the Indies and that the
North is capable of supporting
all-year habitation. Ho reports
that its great plains are suitable
for grazing and raising wheat
The convo speaker, now living
in a suite of apartments in Green
wich Village, la at work on hla
fourteenth book. Wide attention
was attracted by "Iceland the
First American Republic" his
most recently published work.
Letters--
(Continued from Tage 1.)
"All the respect of the French
soldiers are to your dear president
who wished to maintain peace. His
words and his acts have always
been approved by all of us and by
our government. I believe that
Germany will come to approve his
plan," writes Pilerget.
Professor Smith's letter is from
his 80 year old aunt, Mrs. Annie
Grange of Cluny, Bishop Monkton,
England, who writes that "the
whole world seems to have
changed," what with blackout
nights, windows darkened, etc.
Prof. Smith, who visited his aunt
two summers ago, says she hasn't
quite forgiven the Germans for
destroying her rose garden back in
1914, when they attempted to
bomb a nearby paper mill.
"I have been at Pateley for some
weeks since the war started. The
whole world seems to be changed.
Here we are with blackout nights,
every window darkened; a light
showing is fineable; searchlights
over at night. Children have been
sent into the country while board
ings and colleges, I think are at
Studley Royal, Fountains Hall,
and many other homes.
"Harrogate is quite a military
town. They have taken several
of the hotels and petrol is rationed
so the roads are quiet. Life seems
very difficult just now, and we
don't know from day to day what
will happen.'
The flag of Clark university
will be planted at the south pole
by a member of the new Byrd
expedition.
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