Thursday, September 30, 1948
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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Parley Craze Returns
As Grid Season Opens
Wanna make a million dollars?
Got an extra buck? Well, it's the
fall of the year, and with the fall
comes football games and with
football games come the inevitable
parlays. .
This year the campus is loaded
with bookies looking for su ,
pardon me, clients. To the novice,
this seems to be the answer to all
his problems. All he has to do is
pick four teams. The parlays even
tell him who's going to win all
he hns to do is figure how much.
Player receives big odds
Where else can you make as
H. L, Weaver
Trys to Explain
Hybrid Vigor
Dr. H. L. Weaver of Ag college
is doing research work to try to
find a part of the explanation of
hybrid vigor in corn. This is a
question that has baffled students
of genetics since the time of
Mendel. Briefly the problem is
this: When a relatively weak in
bred plant is crossed with an
other of similar stature but of
different parentage, the plants
are sturdier and usually larger
than either parent.
Dr. Weaver found some evi
dence in previous experiments to
suggest that the explanation, or
part of it, may be in the rate of
cell differentation in the grow
ing tip. He reasoned that, if cells
in the tip of the hybrid plant
change to become able to carry
food and water faster than did the
cells of the parent, this might
be the cause for their strength.
A year ago this summer, Dr.
Weaver planted a plot of corn
and harvested the growing tips.
This summer the slides were pre
pared. Now he will examine them
in hope of finding evidence that
may cast light on the mystery of
hybrid vigor.
B. T.O. Renews
Club Activities
Calling all hangar pilots!
The B.T.O. Flying club will
hold its first meeting Thursday,
Sept. 30, at 7:30 p. m. in Room
315 of the Union.
The club was organized last
spring by a group of flyers who
were members of the B.T.O. Fly
ing Club, Inc. (not university af
filiated). This club offers reduced
flying rates to its members and
is open to anyone.
Purpose of the club is to pro
vide recreation and promotion for
its members. Proposed activities
are mass flights, picnics, break
fasts, educational training films
and hangar flying.
Plans are being made to ac
quire speakers from the C.A.A.,
C. A.P., State Aeronautics board
and other organizations for the
meetings.
Club officers are Dick Nellor,
president; Paul Keller, vice presi
dent; Don Maunder, secretary
treasurer; and Klaus Ulgga, flight
director. Faculty sponsor is Prof.
Marcus Weldon.
much as $125 for $1? And who
knows you might win. But take
it from me, you'll probably lose.
Why? Well, a player must pick
a minimum of four teams. Certain
handicaps are given as to how
much a team is going to beat an
other team. The player then bets
as to whether the favored team
will win by more than the stated
points or less. If he is lucky
enough to win all four of his
choices, he wins about twelve
dollars.
For the true gambler, they have
odds up to 125 to 1, if the player
thinks he can pick ten teams.
Bookies Usually Win
Sometimes it appears that the
bookies were way off when they
stated the points on a game. How
ever, about nine-tenths of the
time they are within one touch
down of the stated points.
If you like a good run for your
money, if you are a gambler at
heart, if you don't mind losing a
buck or two a week, then try the
parlays. There's a possibility that
you may win (if you have the
powers of Houdini, that is).
There is one group that always
win on football parlays. They are
the agents that sell the parlays.
They get a 25 cut and don't
take any risk, since they turn
their money into their bosses, who
take the risk. That is the way to
get that extra spending money
that is, if you can find any su ,
pardon me again, clients.
Campus News
In Brief
Thp University branch of the
National Association of Colored
People will hold its regular
meeting at the Urban League
Friday, Oct. 1.
A banquet will be sponsored
by the city branch. Politics and
civil righ'ts will be the themes of
the evening and speakers will
present republican, democratic
and progressive points of view.
Tickets may be obtained from
Charles Goolsby.
The Palladian Literary society
will hold their weekly social eve
ning at 8:30 p. m. Saturday, Oct.
2. The program will be held
in Palladian hall, 301 Temple
building.
All unaffiliated students are
invited to attend.
Theta Sigma Phi will hold a
dinner meeting Thursday at 6 p. m.
in the Student Union. All mem
bers, are requested to be present.
Pi Tau Sigma
Installs Prexy
Pi chapter of Pi Tau Sigma,
honorary mechanical engineer
ing fraternity, held installation of
officers Tuesday evening, Sept. 28.
Professor W. H. Foxwell, faculty
adviser, installed the following of
ficers for the present semester:
Mlevin Poeschl, president; Wil
bur Lehnert, vice president; Her
man Mestl, corresponding secre
tary; Charles Kellogg, treasurer;
Albert Walla, historian.
Educator's Revolution on Way?
Reporter Sees Great Change
Tfovnliition strikes in modern
education! Reading, 'riting, and
'rithmetic art being replaced by
mammalogy, micropaleontology,
animal ecology, bioassay, psy
chometric methods, and stylistics.
It fact, it's even rumored that
you can't get the "th rd decree"
without having taken the above
courses.
Dean Zylophegology issued a
statement warning all concerned
students to sign up for the cours
es next semester or their fees will
be doubled and tuition tripled.
Centered Around Mammals
The study of mammalogy is
centered around the study of
mammals, distinct in the posses
sion of hair and milk glands. The
Barber college has placed an
order for all such mammals.
Micropaleontology encompasses
fossil study with the use of the
microscope. One student became
fossilized last year as a result of
his extensive study.
Animal ecology is interesting in
that its aim is to teach the char-
nz-fprUfirs habitats and surround
ings as being related in the life
of animals. A barn and pasture
are being planned on a Library
shelf to enable a naturalistic
study of the animals.
Volunteer Grouo Needed
Bioassay includes the study of
the use of animals in determin
ing thp nuritv of medicines. A
volunteer group is needed to test
fhp nuritv of various additional
stimulants and beverages. All
those dvim? in the experiments
will receive five credit hours of
flunks
Psychometric methods deals
virith th nnnliratinns of statistical
methods and probability theory to
ncvrhnlnpiral nroblems. YOU Can
look forward to a comfortable
straight jacket at the end of the
semester if the course proves to
be more than your constitution
can tolerate.
Stvlistics embodies French
t'ranclatinns and COmDOSitionS
More than one stylist has enjoyed
Parisian fame upon completion of
the stylistics course.
KK WORKERS.
All Kosmet Klub workers
must be at a meeting Thurs
day at 5 p. m. in the Kosmet
Klub room in the Union, Irv
Chesen announced. This is the
deadline for turning: in Univer
sity theater tickets and money.
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