Friday, April 12, Kfcg
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Editor "... Bett rn naton school these days. Shining example of afore-
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Editi .".IIIIIXIII'Mar Alice cawooi, ph,uis Mortiork. jiick crewm.-, mentioned philosophy was demonstrated m
an English class the other week, when
i-at Too teacher walked in, surveyed the room, and
navy personnel
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liic piuiessui, wiiiie Lite outer eluucihs
simply sat with mouths agape.
Kid Gloves Must Go. . .
While we're on the subject of quip-crack-
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Before I expound oh this choice topic I have this to might mention the professor who told his
say. tie it known to ail wno may reaa tnis, me opinions-1 lecture audience that they should appreciate
am aoout to express are not necessarily tnose oi me iuiy ail the money the school was spending on
iseoraskan, dui my own. aiso, mis is meant in no way to tnemsto put in trees, benches and bushes.
!5?u:.. U1 CAFUC " w ' These days have shown, also, the contin-
v JAV' r .iv,.u. v 1 u j. ued existence of something we had thought
hush, hush of a black market sale, particular y In the Big rA " t
Six conference. In my opinion it's been handled with the " 7 r
so-called kid gloves long enough. tims. flnr niainem
Nebraska University, to all who inquire, does not in r.Ta ;T.Z: .Z
nv wav ennort n,Yl or Rerrptlv mv nnv student to nar- 10 Vi BUW wuimuuHJ' uu uie tuy
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and good in the days of the knights and their shining armor
but ' them davs is gone forever and it s time someone
awoke to the realization of that fact.
f!rmnt.lfKs srhnols all over the United States have ortenlv
adopted the practice of paying their athletes. Others have till ill Iiecoru
offered financial assistance in the form of regular scholar
ships to the graduates of their respective state high schools
and out of state schools. Consequently many Nebraska high
school graduate athletes are being lured to these greener
(flecked with dollar signs) pastures.
If a student of low financial means wishes to attend
the university all efforts possible are made by the adminis
tration toward securing for that student a part time job
An Ash Can tidbit got the Aggies ud in
arms the early part of the week, and furious
they were, too, about any insinuations as' to
the merits of their school. Several of them
offered to take the staff on a special tour
to show us just how much better their
school was than any other campus in Lin
coln. That's the stuff you've gotta watch if you
want to find a group who have real school
spirit. On the city campus it is far from
unusual to find a group of eight or ten stivi
dents piling grief on grief til you wonder
that the city of Lincoln doesn't condemn
Ihe buildings they think so bad, and simply
raze the whole school. They can find no
single good feature, to hear them tell it, of
the school they've chosen, of their own free
will, for an alma mater.
Our salaams to them.. It's more than a
little reviving for our sagging spirits to find
there's at least one part of dear old Nebras
ka U which has the unanimous support of
its student body. Seems everyone else has
forgotten the words of one of the school's
song, "Where pioneers first led the way,
now live a people blessed." And aren't we?
Newest greeting on campus, reportedly
conceived by one of the more ingenious mi
nority is the "click, click," which meets
some of the more ambitious underclassmen.
The puzzled expression usually gives way
to a blush when its meaning is explained,
"The sound of the big wheel."
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By Jerry Cohn and
Aaron Schmidt
Woody Herman insists on keen
ing himself in the musical spot
light! First he received the most
votes in Downbeats' recent poll
placing him in the top position
amonC the nation's swint hands
and enabling him to have a sufficient income in order to Next he packed Carnegie Hall
stay in school. Why is it, a similar arrangement can't be presenting a concert of popular
-i- j. . .1 -l . a- .i -i .11.1.1'.. music as upll aa Tcnr Strowinclru'e
maae ior inose siuaems wno engage in university ainieucs " "r5,,,, "
-r wiMir finniiiinl nnmnlnniA V.i- flint tmntntrt I v
lu ictuvc xinaiiiai cujaioiaiac . wiuiuui iiicli siuucui imiiic- i certO.
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uiateiy uecoming a pimessiunai auiiem in uie eyes ui me inow, ms air snow sponsors,
general public? Wildroot, are announcing plans
It's practically impossible for any one who participates uniqu ani
in athletics to be considered in the same category as the Woody Herman and his- entire
general student, since he will be practicing tor his choice orchestra will be the grand prize
achvitv at hours when others are free to work. This leaves a the conclusion of a six week
the athlete to take a part time job only at night. If he does es;o lSr? SStaaSS"
accept a job at night the chances are that he will be doing for anv tvne of Dartv desired '
uuie or no studying or burning midnight on to get that Consolation
smaii amount done. jst as a rnsriau the win-
Under these circumstances whv shouldn't a man who ner will also receive a dirty $1,000
has abilitv in athletics be allowed to receive com nen sat inn Dl11- 1 "ke Wildroot because of
for his nhilitv no wpII ns to entile Viim to further his eHu. Woody Herman. What's your ex
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CdllUIl i V Tf vou saw Statu Pair an
Before you totally condemn the practice of financially thought it was Jeanne Crain's
aiding athletes ston to consider the universitv's largest sin- V01ce yu heard on the beautiful
irU cnnwa nf in.nma nf iiir,., w,v,- 5 Rogers and Hammerstein tunes,
b-w iv v,i iiivv111. iiniivuvo wi UUuaio a.xC uiuufiui, iiim don't feel badly. Several record
me university eacn year irom gate receipts paid oy ians ing outfits had the same idea, and
who watch Nebraska boys battle on the gridiron, in the rushed Miss Crain for a record
gvm and on the track. This is a solid asset that should no? buildup. Actually, the voice was
ho nircrlnVn rr toi u,rni tnat f Louanne Hogan, who has
" . . "fennj. SlCned UD with Musicraft as a.
trii l . r f l . ii 1 - - - -
ocnoiarsnips are oiierea in almost every otner neid ov featured sineer.
colleges with the exception of athletics. These scholarshhos Betty Grable is not only mar
are offered for unusual or outstanding ability, so why can't r!ed to 5?"'?' James, but she also
a nlan for the nwnrHintr of athlptir. crholarshir-Q V AwaoA ? ""M wlln nis orcnesira ai limes.
t-: -" . :: , ,"7.. 7: 1 " Luning a piauer under the name
11 11 stin must De caned subsidization tnen say "supervised of Ruth Haag, she sang 1 Can't
subsidization" and consider it in a sense of a statewide of- Begin to Tell You. "You can fool
fered scholarshin. n. M. some of the people some of the
time
Sot Forced to Indulge in Last
Remaining Art of Crib Loafing
By George Tierney Shestak.
My old English teacher always
used to say, between drags on
his hookah, "My boy, write about
things with which you are fa
miliar." In the past, I have chosen to
disregard his advice and I suf
fered for it. Since I am not fa
miliar with animal husbandry,
debating, punting, model airplane
construction, typesetting, hod car
rying, the art of making love,
hog calling, or middling, the only
thing left for me is the art of
loafing in the Student Union.
Most people think that loafing
Is a matter of just sitting. Any
body can sit and think but just
Bitting requires practice and prac
tice and practice. Work gets to be
an insidious habit and completely
ruins a good loafer.
The motives of a good loafer?
I loaf around the Union because:
1. If I go home my mother will
make me clean the basement. 2.
There is enough noise and con
tosion to absolutely prevent me
from studying. 3. A girl might
speak to me thinking I am some
one she knows.
Means to an End.
These motives are fairly com
mon among males but the fe
males rarely have honest inter
ests in loafing. Mercenary, you
know. Almost any day, and at any
hour, a line of "tomatoes" can be
seen, standing out side the crib,
busily blowing the dust off their
tonsils and making remarks like:
"Gee kid, I'd sure like a coke."
"Are you as thirsty as I am?'
"I'm so dry I'm seeing mirages."
And looking at me, "You'd
think that some of these cheap
skates would buy a lady a drink."
Often some kindly but mis
guided soul will approach me,
look me in the eye, and inquire
tenderly,
"George, why don't you get a
job?"
To which I always reply with
patriotism and indignation, "What,
and throw a veteran out of work2"
Reconversion . .
(Continued from Page 1.)
Housing authority regional office
at Chicago.
L. F. Seaton, operating superin
tendent of the university, who re
turned from Chicago yesterday,
said r HA told a university dele
gation that final steps in securing
a release of the site from the army
air forces had been secured. Major
General Lewis A. Pick, division
engineer for Seventh Service com
mand at Omaha, has been author
ized immediately to complete the
transfer of the property to FHA.
Rents.
The rent scales for the apart
ments would be $32.50 a month
including lights, with an addi
tional charge for steam heat which
would average $4 monthly and a
furniture rental charge of $ff
monthly, in cases where the occu
pants do not have furniture of
their own. The apartments contain-
two bed$ooms, living room,
kitchen and bath.
The university delegation be
sides Seaton included R. W. Devoe,
president of the Board of Regents,
and Col. James P. Murphy, di
rector -of military training activi-
ies at the university.
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Laboratory in a
Birch Thicket
This thicket of birch trees is one ol
the Bell System's scientific work
hops.
Here our scientists have strung
telephone wires through the crowded
branches to learn just how much
tree rubbing and abuse the protective
coverings and insulation on new
types of wire will stand.
Important? With more than fifteen
million insulated "drop wires" coa
nectinghome andbusiness telephones
to nearby poles, we've got to be sure
that the wire we use is the very best
that can be produced.
This is but one small example cf
hundreds of experiments and researdi
projects carried on constantly by BeU
Laboratories to make Bell Telephone
Service more dependable, more useful,
to more people.
BELL TELEPHONE SYSTEM
