Official Newspaper Of More Than 7,000 Students
Vol. 39, No. 120
Lincoln, Nebraska
Friday, April 5, 1940
Barb Union
to elect eight
new officers
Presidential candidates
Gostas, Sloan, Alexis;
create activities post
New officers will be chosen in
the annual election of the Barb
Union at a mass meeting in the
Student Union next week. Candi
dates for eight positions were
nominated at a business meeting
held in the Barb office Tuesday
night.
The new office of activities
chairman whose duties will involve
directing barb men in extra-curricular
activities was created.
George Gostas is the only candi
date for this post. Ellis Ruby, Gil
bert Heuftle. and Sylvan Walgren
were nominated for the new post
of assistant social director. Bob
Wilson, present social director,
and unopposed for re-election, will
leave school at the end of the
first semester next year.
Presidential candidates.
Candidates for the presidency
next year are ueorge uosias,
Blaine Sloan, and Harold Alexis.
Vying for the post of athletic di
rector are Dave Marvin. Ralph
Marlette, Bill Green, and Gilbert
Heuftle. The race for secretary
treasurers is wide open with Dave
Marvin, Keith Vrana, Ellis Ruby,
Boyd McDougal, Gilbert Barrows,
Genis Richmond, and Blaine Sloan
running.
Sloan and Heuftle have also
been nominated for organization.
director of the city campus and
Ellis Ruby and Ganis Richmond
are competing for the Ag campus
position.
Each barb club will be accorded
on? vote for every ten members
in its club, according to Art Hen-
rickson, president of the organiza
tion. Further nominations will be
made before the election if de
sired. Senior gets
Yale position
Engineering graduate
to take assistanceship
Joy O. Richardson of Clinton,
nenior in mechanical engineering
who will graduate this June, has
been notified of appointment to a
graduate assistantship in the de
partment of mechanical engineer
ing at Yale. .
Dean O. J. Ferguson of the Col
lege of Engineering was notified
of the appointment by Dr. Walter
J. Wohlenberg, Sterling professor
of engineering at Yale, who re
ceived the bachelor of science de
gree in mechanical engineering
from Nebraska in 1910 and was
awarded the doctor of engineering
degree in 1937.
Member of Sigma XI.
Richardson was recently elected
to Sigma XI, and will receive the
degree of bachelor of science in
mechanical engineering this year.
His is the first direct appointment
of a Nebraska graduate to the
staff of Yale university, while
Wohlenberg was the first engineer
to receive a Sterling professorship
at Yale. Richardson is married,
and a member of Sigma Tau, the
American Society of Mechanical
Engineers, and PI Tau Sigma.
Saturday's Barb dance
to feature door prizes
The feature of Saturday night's
B.trb dance in the Union Ballroom
will be the awarding of door prizes
to two couples. One prize will be
a pair of tickets to Jimmy Lunce
ford nnd the N club dance April 29
und the other will be two Kosmct
Klub show tickets.
The dance lasts through 7:30 to
10:30 and there will be a photogra
pher taking pictures of the danc
er. The pictures will be shown at
the dance next week following the
Barb Union Variety show.
Five get books
in dcclam contest
Calvin Rollins, Mary Rosbor
ough, Betty Mueller, Norman
Bartz, and Dorothy Krausnick re
ceived bound copies of famous
masterpieces of French and Span
ish literature for winning the con
test sponsored by Phi Delta chap
ter of Phi Sigma Iota's second
declamatory contest for French
and Spanish students.
Selections in prose and verse
were presented by students. There
were three divisions of French and
two of Spanish, with separate
prizes in each division.
Those receiving honorable men
tion in French were Maurice Glad
and Timothy Higgins in group 1,
and Baird Emmons and Audrey
Koons in group 2.
The Weather
Reports predict fair weather
today with warmer temperatures
this afternoon for Lincoln and
vicinity.
Whoever wins elections . . .
Students favor
of some parts
By Joe Belden
Editor, 8tadnt Opinion Sarvry.
AUSTIN, Texas, April 4.
Whether the democrats or the re
publicans win the elections in No
vember, almost all college students
believe that there are parts of the
New Deal that should be contin
ued. The Civil Conservation Corps,
the National Youth Administra
tion, the Works Progress Admin
istration, and social security are
the most popular agencies among
collegians, it is pointed out by the
latest national sampling conducted
by the Student Opinion Surveys of
America.
Points to new U. S. trends
College students of today will to
a great extent fill the positions of
importance and influence when
they become established in the na
tion. Most of America's moldcrs
of public opinion will be college
trained men and women. The Sur
veys, then, may be pointing to new
trends in U. S. affairs that may
come to full development in a de
cade or two.
A chance for youth, jobs for
the unemployed, security for the
unfortunate Uncle Sam as the
social guardian that is where
college approval falls greatest.
Sampling of collegians
Personal interviewers asked this
question of a sampling of all col
legians in the country: "Regard
less of which party wins the elec
tions in November, what parts of
the New Deal do you think should
be continued?"
Of the total number of times
Yung says electric fence
effective if proper
training available
Many farmers want to know if
electric fences will hold livestock,
and F. D. Yung, research engineer
in rural electrification at the ag
college answers the question.
Before turning the livestock Into
the fenced area they must be
trained in the barnyard. The ef
fectiveness of the fence depends on
the controller used, and proper
fence construction and mainten
ance are also essential. An elec
tric fence may be safe und it mny
not be. The effect of electricity
on an animal may be serious, and
fences should be tested before us
ing. "An answer to the question nbout
making n fence controller at home
Is 'don't do it,' " snys Yung. "Any
one who is famlllnr enough with
the electrical fundamentals in
volved should not need to ask how
to do it."
Army solicits
men for U. S.
Air Corps
Lieut. Drafts to arrive
May 1 ; makes advance
arrangements for exam
Soliciting senior and graduate
students, the U. S. army air corps
advance agent, First Lieut, L. G.
Drafts, will arrive May 1 to make
arrangements for the examina
tions. The board which will ar
rive about May 5, consists of Maj.
H. W. Beaton, A. C, First Lieut.
C. D. Jones, A. C, and one flight
surgeon.
Young men between the ages
of 20 and 26 will be selected for
training in civil flying schools,
graduates of which will take ad
vance instruction at U. S. army air
posis. The successful applicants
will receive $75 a month during
the instruction period and the gov
ernment will pay all expenses
while the student is in training.
continuation
of New Deal
that different agencies were
named:
'. S. C. wim mrntlowd. W'c
!. V. A. wtM mrntlnnrd IS
W. P. A. wa niMitlonrd 7
Hitrlul wrurlty wan mentioned 7
All olhim mi ntrntionrd 44
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Only very few believe that the
entire New Deal program should
be discarded. Most students men
tioned several agencies; approval
by others covered entire fields.
such as protection of natural re
sources, attempts to solve unem
ployment, etc. Opinion in differ
ent sections of the country is re
markably even, the survey shows,
and approval comes from students
of both republican and democratic
leanings.
Inquiring reporter finds . . .
Many think PBKs gain less
than ayerage from school
By Bob Aldrich.
Phi Beta Kappa last week
made public the names of new
members whose scholastic accom
plishments have placed them in
the top ranks. The words Phi Eeta
Kappa are synonymous with high
scholarship and the PBK is com
monly thought of as one who
spends many a late hour burning
the midnight oil instead of both
ends of the candle.
Opinions of the average PBK
differ considerably, depending at
least to an extent upon one's own
scholastic standing. Some say the
PBK gets the most for his educa
tion dollar. Others insist that hard
studying precludes his social de
velopment. If the Inquiring Reporter's sam
ple is any indication, the average
student believes the PBK is miss
in g something. Twelve students
were asked:
"Do PBK's get more out of col
lege generally than the average
student?"
Of these, seven said "No," three
said "Yes," and two gave condi
tional answers. Here are the re
plies: Bob Wa'lin, Bizad freshman.
No, not as much, because the
PIjK has to work harder for his
grades nnd does not have as much
time for friends and contacts.
John Tilgner, Arts and Sciences
senior.
No. The average PBK seems all
the time to be working for TDK
nnd nothing else. He has to neglect
other parts of college life for it.
He bus to spend more time study
ing and loses out socially.
Tom McCandless, Bizad freshman.
No. He has to strain too much
Congdon recovers
from auto crash
Making good progress following
an automobile accident, Professor
A. R. Congdon will not resume
his class work for some time, ac
cording to Mrs. Congdon. He is
Cuurteiy Lincoln Journal and Star.
A. R. CONGDON.
recovering from a slight concus
sion and a bruised shoulder and
hip. Mrs. Congdon and Miss Katlv
erine Hunting were also injured.
Skidding on a sleet glazed pave
ment two miles south of Missouri
Valley, la., the car collided with a
truck on March 22. The three
were returning to their home in
Lincoln from Onawa,, Iowa where
they had attended a funeral.
Mrs. Congdon received several
fractured ribs, while Miss Hunt
ing, their niece, received a broken
right foot. Her home it at Whit
ing, Iowa, and she is attending the
university here.
Congdon is at his home in Lin
coln and Miss Hunting has re
turned to her classes.
over his studies and never has fun.
You have to learn to have fun. The
PBK doesn't know how even after
he is earning money. I wouldn't
mind the honor but I wouldn't
think the pacrifice of working for
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Dr. N. H. Engle . . .
Advocates more research
to solve economic problems
More research in business as a
way out of present economic dif
ficulties was advocated yesterday
afternoon by Dr. N. H. Engle of
Washington, D. C, in an address
before the College of Business
Administration faculty of the uni
versity. Dr. Engle, who is assistant di
rector of the federal bureau "of
foreign and domestic commerce, is
on a tour of universities and col
leges in the interests of a more
closely coordinated program of
business research.
Distribute production
"We have learned how to pro
duce all we need in this country,
but we haven't learned yet how to
distribute equitably what we pro-
uuce, ne sniu. "uniy business re
search can be expected to provide
this answer."
Dr. Engle told the business fac
ulty that economic research was
only in its infancy, at least in com
parison with the research pro
grams in other fields. He pointod
out that hia bureau Bpends only
about $300,000 each year for do
mestic commerce research, while
the bureau of agricultural econom
Insurance
Prof Kulp
talks today
Bizad students, faculty,
social workers, ec
classes hear Penn man
Dr. C. A. Klup, professor of in
surance at the Wharton School of
Finance and Commerce of the
University of Pennsylvania, will
address bizad students and faculty
and students of the Graduate
School of Social Work today.
He will speak to classes in eco
nomics at 11 o'clock in Social
Sciences auditorium, and at 4
o'clock before the entire social
work school, in 209 Social
Sciences.
Discusses social insurance.
In his address to social work
students, Dr. Kulp will discuss
"Social Insurance: A New Prob
lem in Public Administration."
Students will be given an oppor
tunity to ask questions following
the talk.
The visiting professor is an au
thority in the field of casualty
and social insurance and author
of two widely read books on these
subjects. He has served as a mem
ber of the social security ' com
mittee and social science research
council, besides having been se
nior economic consultant to the
social security board and chair
man of the Pennsylvania commis
sion on workmen s compensation
and insurance.
Dr. Kulp recently completed a
year's foreign study of European
social security systems.
Palladians honor
women members
Dedicated to the women of the
Palladian literary society, the men
of the group will present a pro
gram this evening at 9 o'clock in
Palladian hall.
Three skits will be the center of
interest for the evening. A dra
matic production . entitled "Dra
cula at Sunny Brook Farm" will be
presented by the Three Musket
eers. The sleuth committee shall
add their bit with "Twinkle Toes"
and the program will end with
"A Sad Tale."
A social hour with refreshments
will be served. Vernon Wiebusch
is in charge of arrangements.
ics has a budget twenty times as
great. And, he said, agriculture
ranks in fifth place as an income
producing industry.
Need more commerce Investigation
Citing the need for an enlarged
program of commerce investiga
tion, Engle declared "that we have
been struggling now for ten years
to put people and capital back to
work, but that there are still many
unemployed and many dollars not
in use. The answer is in new ideas
which will reveal the opportuni
ties for new industries."
Business research, he explained,
will furnish the basis for these
new ideas by determining the mar
ket, the first step necessary in the
establishment of a new enterprise.
Seniors!
June or August candidates
for the Certificate in Social
work or Teachers certificates,
issued by the State Superin
tendent of Public Instruction,
should file their applications In
registrar's office by April 12.
Applications for degrees must
also have been filed hy then.
