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Watching Lantern SI Me ...
Faculty Members See Effect
Of Drouth Upon Vegetation
... As Shown by J. E. Weaver
Almost complete drouth destruc
tion of blue grass pastures west
of the Missouri river was pictured
in lantern slides shown before
nearly 300 faculty and administra
tive members at a banquet at the
Union, Friday night.
Prof. J. E. Weaver of the botany
department showed other out
standing results of the drouth upon
vegetation, and explained that blue
grass is not a native of Nebraska
but a relatively shallow root sys
tem. v
Great areas of native prairie
land were also greatly damaged
Prof. White
Gets National
Literary Honor
Prof. H. A. White of the English
department has accepted an honor
ary membership conferred upon
him by the national Eugene Field
Society. The memberships are in
H. A. WHITE.
..Wins Literary Honor.
recognition of "outstanding con
tributions of contemporary liter
ature," and Professor White is
honored for his published studies
in 16th century English literature.
Among the list of honorary
members of the society are such
distinguished literary names as E.
Phillips Oppenheim, Rupert
Hughes, Joseph C. Lincoln, Mile.
Eve Curie, Robert Frost, Alfred
Noyes and George Ade.
Engineering Society
Elects Hurlbut Adviser
The ASAE began its year's ac
tivities Wednesday evening, Oct. 1.
at the ag engineering building by
electing Professor Hurlbut s
their faculty adviser. Tlie pro
gram consisted of each member's
account of how he spent the sum
mer. Twenty-one were present at
the meeting.
ATTEND LINCOLN'S
LEADING THEATRES!
Shirts Today I
Charles Boyer
Olivia Dcllavilland
Paulctte Goddard
"HOLD BACK THE
DAWN"
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Frrd McMurray Mary Martin
Robert Preston
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"HIT THE ROAD"
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Murder Among
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with 95 percent loss of little blue
stem, most important upland
grass. Big blue stem and other
grasses, rooted six to eight feet
deep in moist subsoil, better with
stood the series of dry years. Hay
meadows became so filled with
weeds, whose dry stems often
made the grass worthless for hay,
that many were plowed for crop
ping. Several dry land grasses, which
occurred in small amounts before
the drouth, increased enormously
and replaced the blue grass, blue
stems, and other species killed by
year after year of dry weather,
said Dr. Weaver. Western wheat
grass, sand dropseed and side-oats
grama are the most important of
these "new" grasses. Another im
portant effect was the eastward
movement of the short grass plains
vegetation more than 100 miles.
In his slides. Professor Weaver
showed the binding power of grass
roots and their great length. He
also illustrated the pre-drouth con
dition of the western ranges and
how an almost continuous cover
of grass was reduced by drouth,
overgrazing and dust.
Other speakers at the annual
dinner that was presided over by
Chancellor C. S.- Boucher, were
Dr. Nels A. Bengtson, dean of the
junior division, and John Champe
of the anthopology department.
Dean Boyies Expresses
Before Deans
Faith in Young People
Speaking at Friday's meeting
of the Nebraska State Associa
tion of Deans of Women and Ad
visors of Girls, Mrs. Verna
Boyies, Nebraska dean of women,
expressed faith in young people
of today and in their ability to
adjust themselves to world con
ditions. Honored at the convention
luncheon for having completed 25
years of work in counseling young
people was Nebraska's assistant
dean of women. Miss Elsie Ford
Piper. She will be similarly feted
at the meeting of the National
Association of Deans of Women.
Newly elected president of the
association is Miss Louise Mur
phy, dean at Aurora high school.
Miss Iniee Dunning, dean of Peru
high school was named to the vice
presidency. New secretary is Miss
Eunice Christiansen, Hastings
college house dean; treasurer, Mrs.
Nell Hickman, dean of Lincoln
Havelock junior high.
Besides officers for the associa
tion others were named to head
the secondary and the college
WAA Needs
Candy Salesmen
All women interested in sell
ing candy at the football games
should apply at the WAA
lounge at 10 a. m. to 3 p. m.
on Monday thru Friday.
UN Mall. Prof . . .
Canip Hears Relativity Idea
Direct from Albert Einstein
.
You'll find a lot of people who
will tell you that they understand
Einstein's theory of relativity. Rut
there is one man here at Nebraska
who lias the explanation straight
from the lips of the great .scien
tist himself.
That man is Mathematics Pro
lessor Chester C. Camp. At the
Princeton university institute for
the advanced study of mathemat
ics, Professor Camp had a series
of talks with Dr. Einstein. Some
of them were held in the intimacy
of strolls in the woods which sur
round the institute.
Altho the famous physiri.t is
noted for his reluctance to give
interviews, Professor Camp re
ports that he exhibited no reti
cence in discussing his work. The
Nebraska instructor states that
Einstein appears to be continually
thinking about his research but
that he fears he will not reach the
Onion Begins Regular Program
Of Activities, Entertainment
Mrs. Champe
Teaches Social
Dancing Group
Union officials announced yes
terday that six social dancing les
sions will be held Monday and
Thursday evenings at 6:45 until 8
p. m. in the Union ballroom, for
which students will be allowed to
register on either Oct. 9 or Oct.
13, and will be expected to attend
one session only.
Mrs. Flavia Champe, well known
in Lincoln as a professional danc
ing teacher, will be in charge of
instruction this year. Last year
500 students registered for the be
ginning lessions.
This year, stuJents will be al
lowed to register for the first two
weeks only. After that period, the
classes will be closed to any new
comers. Students are expected to
have their identification cards with
them at all times, and will be
given a mimeographed list of
dates for classes on registration.
The class instruction will con
sist of basic routine fox trot, steps,
turns, rhythms and an introduc
tion to the waltz step.
groups. Of the former, Miss
Evelyn Anderson, girl's counse
lor at Albion was named president
and Mrs. Gladys Van Camp, ad
viser to girls at Lincoln's Everett
junior high, secretary. Miss Ruth
E. Graves, dean of women at Ne
braska Wesleyan university was
elected president of the cdllege
group.
Frosh Lawyers
Elect Officers
Swenson, Perxy; Rundin,
Cluck, Hans Also Named
At the first meeting of the year
the freshman law class elected
Dick Swenson president of the
class, Walt Rundin vice president,
and Millard Cluck, secretary
treasurer. Francis Hans, one of
the two women members of the
class, was chosen sergeant at
arms. Other officers are Nate Hol
man, song leader, and Bill Has
tings and Jack Stewart, represent
atives on the Law Association
board.
Plans were made for another
meeting in the near future. At
this meeting the law students will
decide what to wear to distinguish
them from other students. In the
past they have worn derbies, car
ried brief cases, or canes.
. . At Princeton Intitule
truth about relativity before his
death.
Einstein said: "Relativity is true
in the large, that is, in the astro
nomical dimensions in the space
between singular points where
there is no matter. Rel itivity does
not hold in molecular distances
within the molecule, however... In
accordance with the Hei.scnbcrg
principle, one cannot determine
the actual measurments in kleinen,
so one cannot know just how his
theory applies except on the av
erage." Einstein talked of things other
than his research work. He dis
cussed "with Camp the world situ
ation. It is Einstein's conviction
that Hitler will ultimately fall;
that the United States can be of
more aid by sending supplies to
forces opposed to Hitler than by
becoming a belligerent; that the
U. S. could defend Itself single
handedly against Germany, if that
should become necessary. .
Students Star
In Variety
Show Today
Feauturing student vaudeville
and the full-length Alfred Hitchcock-directed
movie, "The Lady
Vanishes," the first Union va
riety show of the year will be
presented this afternoon in the
Union ballroom at 4 p. m.
Master of ceremonies and en
tertainer of the show is Bill Mor-
Morton i
. . . The Magician
ton, the Nebraska student who
has made a profession of his vo
cation of magic under the name
of Mortoni.
A feature of the vaudeville
show is a ventriloquist act by
Bud Levinson with Johnie Dugan,
his partner in crime. The Pi Phi
Trio of Belldora Cochran, Janet
Hemphill, and Betty Krause, ac
companied by Gay Caden, will
present three songs.
Stan Feltman, freshman stu
dent from Omaha, will give a soft
shoe and tap dance. The movie
is a typical Hitchcock thriller in
the style of his "Rebecca" and
"The Thirty-nine Steps."
The show is free to all univer
sity students.
Prof Predicts
Price Level Up
World Can Avoid Price
Decline Later Peterson
A higher general level of whole
sale commodity prices and con
tinued fluctuation of individual
prices above the general level
were predicted by Arthur W.
Peterson, assistant professor of
rural economics, last Saturday. He
also predicted that a disastrous
world price decline after the war
can be avoided.
Speaking before the annual
Feeders' day meeting at the uni
versity's experimental farm in
North Platte, Peterson said,
"There is enough knowledge of
economic facts in this world to
head off the decline" if the facts
are applied. He stated that he
did not admit that a fall in prices
necessarily follows a rise.
The general level of prices
would probably rise fast enough
to maintain the present peak in
purchasing power of cattle. Peter
son continued. If hog prices re
main high, the 1943 crop will be
still larger with a consequent drop
in value. The sheep cycle is near
the peak but horses are expected
to remain relatively low until the
late 40's.
C. K. ricinmiller, animal hus
bandryman, was in charge of the
program. Speakers besides Peter
son were R. M. Howard, speaker
of the last legislature, on "Agri
cultural Legislation," and Cal
Ward of I ..incoln, ?tate FSA direc
tor, on "Balanced Agriculture for
Defense" and Dr. Charles E.
Mueller.
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Committee
Plans Square
Dancing Class
Square dancing is to be inau
gurated on the Union program
this next week when the first in
a series of six free lessons, in
structed by Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Danielson, will be given Tuesday,
Oct. 7, in the Union ballroom from
6:45 to 8 p. m., Pat Lahr, Union
social director, announced Thurs
day. The first lesson will feature a
demonstration by an experienced
set of square dancers, accompanied
by an orchestra. All students wlio
wish to take advantage of the
course must register for the series
Oct 7 or Oct. 14.
Mrs. Danielson studied square
dancing under Lloyd Shaw, a Colo
rado Springs school principal, who
has re-popularized this native
form of dancing with his Cheyenne
Mountain demonstration sets com
posed of students.
The addition of the activity to
the Union program was inspired
by the success of square dancing
on the ag campus last year.
Barb Women
Hear Talks
On Activities
A small but enthusiastic group
of barb coeds listened to barb
speakers and registered for activi
ties at the BABW all-barb-women
meeting Thursday afternoon.
Dorothy White, BABW presi
dent, expressed satisfaction with
the turnout and urged all those
who attended the meeting to tell
others of campus activities, espe
cially of the BABW activity pin
awarded to active barb women at
the end of the school year.
Seven students, speaking to the
group were: Dorothy White, BA
BW; Fern Wilterdink, interhouse
council; Marjorie May, publica
tions; Marilyn Fulton, Tassels;
Harold Alexis, barb council; Bob
Dewey, barb social program; Dave
Marvin, barb union.
Cliem Fraternity
Meets Tuesday
First meeting of Phi Lambda
Upsilon, honorary chemistry fra
ternity, will be held Tuesday at
7:15, in Avery, room 102. Elbert
Hatlelid will give a report on the
tri-annual convention held this
year at Rutgers college, New
Brunswick. N. J.
Sunday
JAM
SESSION
Dancing
8 to 12
Something NEW,
with
JAY
McSIIANN
and his
famous Decra Recording
Band
4 hours of music
dedicated to the Swing
Fans of Lincoln.
Before
9:20
27c
After
40c
featuring America's fin I
Khythm Section,