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Vol. 39, No. 76
YW's 500
vote for '40
officers today
Sternberg, Shaw run
for president; Simmons,
Bullock for second post
Five hundred paid-up members
are expected to vote in today's
election of YWCA officers for
1940. Polls will be open in Ellen
Smith on the city campus and
in the home economics building on
ag campus, from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m.
Presidential candidates are Jane
Shaw and Pat Sternberg. Jane is
now chairman of the personnel
staff, and has served on the fi
nance staff. She worked on the
finance drive for two years and
was assistant chairman this fall.
She has also attended several YW
conferences.
Staff chairman.
Pat is now chairman of the com
parative religions staff, and has
been a member of the Estes Co
op and personal relations groups.
She has worked on the finance
drive and attended several YW
conferences.
Other candidates for office are:
Jean Simmons and Mary Bullock,
vice president; Flavia Ann Tharp
and Jean Carnahan, secretary, and
Ann Hustead, treasurer.
YM to elect
city officers
Herboldsheimer runs
with Robert Howard
Klnley Herboldsheimer, junior,
and Robert Howard, senior, were
nominated yesterday for the presi
dency of the city campus univer
sity Y.M.C.A. Other nominees are:
vice president, Paul Green, junior,
and Warren Lyness, sophomore;
secretary, John Norall, sophomore.
Elton Newman, sophomore, and
Floyd Olson, junior, are candidates
for the presidency of the ag cam
pus Y.M. The candidate receiving
fewer votes will be vice president.
Nominees for secretary are Carl
Epp and Lemoyne Johnson, both
aophomores.
Isn't it just a crime that
we don't all raise wheat?
Although
temporarily
recent Bnows
have
inconvenienced
stu-
welcome
dents, they furnish
source of moisture to the farmers
of the state. According to Dr.
Frolik of the agronomy depart
ment, the snow is of greater bene-
fit to wheat already up than to
wheat which has not yet sprouted,
furnishing protection against the
cold and pie-venting the soil from
blowing.
Because It takes almost ten
Inches of snow to produce one
inch of moisture, the Bnowa have
not yet compensated for this fall's
drouth. Nevertheless the moisture
received in Lincoln during this
month and the preceding one runs
ahead of that received a year ago.
The figure for December, 1938
was .26 inches an contrasted with
.94 Inches in December, 1939.
This month Lincoln has received
1.14 inches thus far while the fig
ure for last January was only .32
inches. Since the recent snows
covered the state, the Lincoln fig
ures indicate general conditions
over the state.
Snow won't hurt grasshopper.
It is doubtful if the recent
Knows and low temperatures will
destroy many grasshopper eggs as
thi'He seemingly are affected Very
little by the cold. Where the
ground is swept bare though, the
chinch bugs may Buffer consider
ably. Wheat, which has not yet germ
inated, may make satisfactory
yields if favorable conditions con
tinue. Experimental results indi-
Official Newspaper Of More Than 7,000 Students
Lincoln, Nebraska
Inquiring reporter finds
Students DO favor some
kind of ROTC training
by Joe Belden. by Paul Svoboda.
Editor studmt opinion Surreys of America. With the present war in Europe
AUSTIN, Texas, January 19. and the enormous amount of
Should the United States have to publicity it is receiving, the youth
mobilize, many of its army officers of America are getting more and
will come from the ranks of col- more war conscious. Due to bel
leg9 men, and a draft would call ligerence of the European nations
undergraduates at an early stage, the subject of military prepared
Long a subject of controversy in ness has become one of the im
legislatures and in bull sessions, portant topics of discussion today.
the advisability of military train
ing on the campus assumes new
significance with war again in
Europe.
What is the tenor of opinion on
the R.O.T.C. today among those
young people for whom this mili
tary training is intended, who will
have to join the battle lines in
case of war? National student
opinion on this matter has never
before been known with scientific
accuracy. The Student Opinion
Surveys of America, cooperating
with the DAILY NEBRASKAN
and nearly 150 other college news
papers, present it for the
time:
first
An overwhelming number of
(See OPINION SURVEY, page 4)
Debaters test
California
Stewart, Turkel team
at Friday dinner tilt
Debaters John W. Stewart, Lin
coln, sophomore in bizad college,
and Harold Turkel, Lincoln, junior
in the arts college, will engage
the University of California in a
debate at the Friday evening din
ner of the Lincoln Knife and Fork
club.
This will be a non decision debate
on the question of American iso
lation from European affairs, with
Nebraska taking the negative.
Afterwards there will be a ques
tion and answer period with the
audience participating.
California will be represented by
James Keene, president of the stu
dent body at Berkeley, and Philip
Verleger, forensic commissioner of
the university, who are touring
the middlewesL
cate that wheat planted in Sep
tember produces better than that
Planted later'
The moisture deficit for Ne
braska from 1934 to 1939 is 43.57
inches, of which 1939 accounted
for 8.21 inches. The 1939 shortage
is Bimilar to that in 1937
Boucher
by Bob Aldrich.
"The opening of 15th street will
add a great deal to the beauty of
the campus," Chancellor Boucher
said Thursday. "The project, if it
goes through, will be beneficial
from two standpoints it will im
prove the approach to the capital
and the approach to the campus
from the otner direction."
Fifteenth street will soon be a
broad thoroughfare from the state
capitol to R, if plans now under
way are completed.
The plan is not a new one. When
thtf capuol was built, tentative ar
rangements were included for wid
ening and improving the street in
order to provide a worthy ap
proach to the statehouse. But the
plans were too indeflr.ite, and fur
ther building along 15th made it
only a dream.
Dream nearg reality.
Now the dream Is seemingly
drawing near to reality. Last
spring Lincoln citizens voted a
levy to run for ten years and pro
duce an expected $750,000 for 15th
street opening and a new municipal
Friday, January 19, 1940
Preparations for any eventuali
ties includes not only high effi-
Merrill Englund, the Inquir
ing Reporter, the first semester
of 1937-1938, polled student
opinion on the question of com
pulsory military training in Oc
tober, 1937, and reported that
50 percent of the students inter
viewed were in favor of compul
sory R. O. T. C.
ciency in the regular army, the
naw. and National Guards, but
also in the many R. O. T. C. units
in universities and high schools.
Military training in land grant
universities is compulsory for two
years. In other schools the train
ing is voluntary. Do the students
believe R. O. T. C. military train
ing either compulsory or volun
tary should be taught in colleges
and universities or do they be
lieve it should be taught at all?
Max Young, arts and sciences
freshman
I don't think it should be com
pulsory. I just don't like the idea
of having to take any certain
course, military or otherwise.
LeRoy Walker, ag junior
Voluntary training is what I
would like to see here at the uni
versity. No good is experienced if
(See REPORTER page 4.)
Nash to speak
here in February
Father Arnold Nash, distin
guished clergyman of the Church
of England and noted scientist,
will appear before various student
groups at Nebraska during the
week, Feb. 9 to 16, it was an
nounced in Religious Welfare
Council meeting yesterday noon.
The scientist-churchman, who
came to America last fall to lec
ture in Episcopalian seminaries,
holds two masters degrees in
science, is noted for his "master
ful mixing" of science and re
ligion. His wife, sociologist grad
uate of Liverpool, will also speak
during the week.
Climax of Father Nash's stay
will be the annual Interfaith din
ner sponsored by the Religious
Welfare Council, to which all for
eign students are invited.
lauds street opening
auditorium. First money will be
available next fall.
The city council meets Monday
to decide whether or not the proj
ect goes through. Though a "yes"
has not been written to the ques
tion, so much money and energy
have been expended on plans that
insiders are confident the, street
will be opened.
A ten week field study con
ducted by three realty experts em
ployed by the city council ended
with a report Wednesday showing
a total cost of $174,235 required
to purchase 15 properties. Three
"O" street buildings and two P
Men's point board
issues summary
The men's activity point board
has issued a summary of the
men's activity point system, which
will be distributed to fraternities
and other organizations. The only
change which has been made In
the system Is that certain activi
ties have been made one semes
ter activities.
00 yet to
registration deadline
Nearly 4,000 students complete 48 sections
by Thursday afternoon; no late filing till Feb. 2
Spurr sees
federal fund
grant for NU
Congressional approval
would give bizad men
$15,000 for research
Prof. W. A. Spurr, acting chair
man of the business research de
partment, believes there is a good
chance of the passage of the Shep-pard-Robinson
bill, providing the
university with federal funds for
business research. Spurr has just
returned from Washington, D. C.
According to Spurr, this bill
would limit grants to one univer
sity in each state.
Spurr represented the college of
business administration at the con
ference of state university schools
of business administration. Rep
resentatives of 22 state institutions
were present for discussion with
congressional leaders on important
(See BIZAD, page 3.)
Union ag
party tonight
800 students expected
at free movies, dance
Tonight is ag college night at
the Union as building officials turn
their plant over to ag students for
their second annual party, 8:30
p. m. to 12:30.
Admission is free for ag stu
dents, who may obtain tickets at
Dean Burr's office or at the Union
office. By last night, mpre than
three-fourths of the 800 tickets
had already been called for. At
least one person of every couple
attending the party must be an
ag student.
Entertainment will feature mov
ies and dancing to the music of
Dave Haun's orchestra. Dancing
begins at 9 p. m. in the ballroom
Movies to be shown in room 315
will begin at 8:30 p. m. and end
at 10:30 p. m. The program in
cludes shorts on "Football Thrills
of 1939," a Mickey Mouse, "The
Musical Farmer" and a travel
short on Hawaii.
A special bus will be available
to take the party goers home.
13 dancers, Hanya Holm help
popularize the modern dance
"The United States is becoming appeared last night with her danoe
the center of modern dance devel- company in Grant Memorial,
opment may realize many of the
tremendous possibilities of the She gives the comparative new
dance's future" is the opinion of ness f the interpretative type of
German-born Hanya Holm, who dancing as the reason that the
public is not yet modern dance
street filling stations will have to
be torn down.
Varsity would go.
No longer will students take
their dates to the Varsity theater
if the project goes through as
planned. The theater, valuedat
$58,000 by the realtors, is the moBt
expensive property listed. The
building has a 50-foot frontage.
The street will pass between the
Beta and A. T. O. houses, neces
sitating the destruction of two of
the three houses that sepaiate
them. A two-and-one-half story
dwelling at 1501 R, owned by
Madeleine Johnson and valued at
$8,500; a two-story frame dwell
ing, 55-foot front, 1451 R, owned
by Mrs. George W. A. Luckcy, and
bIso valued at $8,500, are Included.
Fifteen feet of property between
Mrs. Luckey's house and the
A. T. O. house, owned by the uni
versity board of regents, is valued
at $ 1,650.
A. T. O. would be on corner.
The A. T. O. house will be on
the southwest corner of 15th and
R, if and when the work is corn
ice 15T1I STREET, page 4.)
make
Approximately 800 students still
have to register before Saturday
noon, when second semester regis
tration closes. Yesterday after
noon at the end of the fourth day
of registration from 3,500 to 4,000
students had finished their regis
tration for next semester.
Although the exact figures have
not been compiled this year's sec
ond semester registration is nearly
the same as that for last year ac
cording to Dr. A. R. Congdon,
chairman of the assignment com
mittee. Students registered for the firat
semester who have not completed
second semester registration by
Saturday noon may register Feb. 2
after paying a penalty of $3.
Changes in registration will not be
considered until Feb. 5.
Sections closed to additional reg
istration at the end of yesterday
afternoon numbered 48. Admission
to these sections may be obtained
only with the permission of Dr.
Congdon. Closed sections are
listed below:
Biology I, D.
Botany 114, B.
Bun. Org. 4, II, VII, VIII, IX, X, A.
C, 1, G.
But. Org., 1M, I.
Bu. Org., 161, II.
Bn. Org., 172. II.
Chemistry 4, I.
Chemistry 81, A.
Commercial Arti 17, I. M.
Commercial Arts 126, I.
Commercial Arts 127, II.
Economies 18, VII, VIII, IX.
Education 63, V, VI, II.
Education 141, II.
Civil Engineering 1, C, D.
Civil Engineering 119, I.
Electrical Engineering 198, C.
Engineering Mechanics 2, A, C.
Engineering Mechanics 4. B, D.
Engineering Mechanics 225, I, IL
Engineering Mechanics 226, A.
Merhaniral Engineering 0, A.
Mechanical Engineering til. A, B.
English 2, V, VI, MI. VIII.
English 4, 1, HI, IV, VI, Vll, Vm,
eihtiui, is, i. n. m, iv.
English 22, III, IV.
Geography 02, II, B, C, K.
Geography 72, III, B, t , D, E, F, H, L
German 4, I, III, V.
Mathematics 2, V.
Mathematics 12, III, IV.
Mathematics 40, 111.
Mathematics 72, I.
Mathematics 104, II, IV.
Mathematics 116, II.
Military Science 2. 1.
Military Science 4. 1.
Military Science 24, D.
Military Science 42, A.
Military Science 146. C.
Psychology 90, II, B, f, I, .
Physics 4. Quit 1, 2, A, B.
Physics IS, Mull III, B, C.
Romance. Languages 2, III.
Romance languages 52, 1,
Zoology 1(2, B.
Zoology Z12, C.
The Roman numerals refer to
sections and the letters to labora
tory sections.
The weather
Reports claim that it won't be
so cold today, that is, not 20 below
in Lincoln and for the state. Hai
conscious, although interest has
noticeably increased in the last
nine years.
College educated dancers.
"Practically all my dancer
have college educations before
joining my company," continued
Miss Holm. "University and city
organizations are now sponsoring
us, and we usually return several
times."
When Miss Holm came to the
United States In 1931, it was to
head the New York Wigman
School of Modern Dance, which is
now her own school. Her troupe
of 13 haa been performing for four
years, and are on their second
transcontinental tour. Last week
they played In Chicago, and will
go to the west coast from Lincoln.
With her slight German accent,
the dancer dismissed yesterday's
nine hour train delay as "our en
gine ran out oi steam."
Describing "Metropolitan Dally"
as a combination of satire, drama
and humor, which deals with dif
ferent sections of a newspaper, she
laughingly agreed that a "broken
hearts" section should be added at
the suggestion of reporters.
Most surprising noises.
"The demonttration is a care
(See HANYA, page 3.).