THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Sunday, March 27, 1949
Bored With Modern Nebraska?
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3,000,000 B.C. Was
By NORMA CHI'BBICK.
So you think Nebraska is dull!
You didn't live soon enough!
The Nebraska of throe or four
million years ago miyht have
pleased you more. Proof that
things would have been exciting
then can be found any time on
the second floor of Morrill Hall,
where many of the pre-historic
fossils which have been un
covered in Nebraska are on dis
play. Since in Nebraska there arc
more fossil mammals to be found
than in any other state, an abun
dant variety of fossils are dis
played. The late director of the
museum. Dr. E. H. Barbour, used
to say about Nebraska, that you
could "dig down anywhere and
find an elephant fossil."
HAD YOr LIVED in this re
gion several million years ago,
one of the terrors of your life
might have been the riant Mosa
saur. More than 25 foot long, the
reptile once swam in the inland
sea which covered Nebraska and
Kansas. The Mosasaur lived in
Jurassic and Cretaceous time,
better known perhaps as the Age
of Dinosaurs.
Though no dinosaurs are
known to have lived in Nebraska,
neighboring state Wyoming was
once home to many "terrible
reptiles." A cast of the head of
a fossil Tyrannosaur. the "King
ol Dinosaurs," is on display in
the museum. Now being made
icady for display is a 20-foot-long
Stegosaurus. or 'Armored''
Dinosaur. When completed, it
will be displayed in Founders
Hall, west of Elephant Hall.
SWIMMING IN THE sea at
about the same time as the Mona
saur was the Portheus, h gfant
fossil fish, which was found in
Franklin county. This giant fish
often grew to 15 feet or more,
and was the great-grcat-etc.-grand-dad
of modern salmon,
herring and trout.
In the vicinity of Garden coun
ty, "Hortense" was once one of
the brighter lights. Hortense is
the name given by some Morrill
Hall art students to the giant
camel. Inhabiting Nebraska as
"recently" as 900,000 years ago,
"Hortense" was one of many
camels in this part of the country.
Other camel fossils found in Box
Butte county indicate that the
ancestors of the modern camels
and llamas may have originated
in Nebraska and Wyoming.
THE LITTLE SNAPriXG
mud turtles found near Nebraska
streams today do not begin to
compare with the turtles of the
past.- During the Age of Dino
saurs, turtles grew as long as
12 feet, and swam in the sea of
Nebraska and Kansas. More re
cent giant tortoises lived just be
fore the beginning of the Ice Age
but were not quite as large as
those of "Dinosaur" time.
Dinohyus is another interesting
inhabitant of the museum. A
giant hog, Dinohyus gets its name
from the Greek words mcanfng
Exciting!
"terrible pig." Discovered in
Sioux county, this specimen is
the largest yet found. The only
other mounted specimen of Dino
hyus is found in the Carnegie
museum m Pittsburgh.
PERHAPS THE MOST famous
fossil in the museum collection
is the elephant from Lincoln
county. It is the largest fossil
elephant on record and has
attracted nation-wide attention
and publicity. Also to be found
in Elephant Hall is more proof
that Nebraska was far from dull
a million or so years ago. I he
scoop-tusker elephant from
Cherry county, the shovel-tusk
from Frontier county, and the
long-jawed elephant from Brown
county all prove that elephants
were once predominate in Ne
braska. THESE ARE ONLY a few of
the fascinating examples of for
mer Nebraska life. Equally in
teresting are the specimens of
primitive beavers, no more than
a foot long; the display of the
evolution of the horse from the
size of a small dog to the present
size; the display of big game
which could once be found in
Nebraska; and the Devils Cork
screws, strange objects believed
to have been the home of small
beaver.
If you need more proof that
Nebraska has had it share of
"strange and wonderful" things,
why not walk through the second
floor of Morril Hall some day?
It's Interesting!
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THIS GIANT TORTOISE is an example of what Nebraska life
was like a million years or so ago. Living just before the Ice Age,
many of these turtles grew as long as 12 feet. The University
Museum in Morrill hall has many examples of pre-historic life in
Nebraska, as there are more fossil mammals to be found in this
state than in any other. Olher examples of what Nebraska used
to be, including a 25-foot Mosnsnur, a
beavers, giant pigs and elephant fossils,
second floor of Morrill
giant camel, foot-long
are on display on the
hall.
Tennis Short Called
Best Movie of 1949
BY Cl'B CLEM. for his "Blue Room," in "Words
' How to Play Tennis." a short i arKl Music."
featuring Alice Marble at the Bcs,t Female Singer Doris Day
narrow end of the racquet, was tor ner "Iis Magic, in "Romance
acclaimed the outstanding motion 0,1 the High Seas."
picture of 1948 by The Daily Ne- Best Sons "S w e e t Georgia
braskan staff after a smokv. Erown," as rendered by the vol-
stormy judging session at Don's
Friday night.
The picture, a five-minute
thriller, was cited by the staff as
being "wide in scope, breathless
in dramatic qualities." Though the
short fell off toward the end
when Miss Marble broke her
swinging arm, the message was
sufficiently hair-raising to merit
the Rag's top award.
RUNNER-IP to "How to Play
Tennis" was "Urubu," now play
ing at the Varsity theater in Lin
coln. "Arc of Tiiumph" was called
the worst picture of the year by
the writers.
Olher awards were dolled out
as follows:
Best Musical "Words and Mu
rk." a somewhat blown up ver
sion of the lives of Richard Rog
eis and Larry Hart.
Best Psycho "The Paleface,"
starring Bob "The Profile" Hope,
and Jane "The Profile" Russell.
Best Paleface "John Loves
Mary." starring Smilin' Jack Car
son. Ronald Reagan, and some
new actress whose name the staff
has forgotten.
Best Comedy "Rope," starring
a whole batch of psychological
misfits.
Most Controversial Pic t u r e
'Mother is a Freshman," with
Loretta Young and Van Johnson.
This show was also acclaimed lor
best revealing American college
lile as it really is.
Best Written Picture "Ham
let." Young Bill Shakespeare
sows promise for the future.
Some of his punchlines were little
short of terrific.
Best Picture in Foreign Dialect
"MncBeth," with Orson Welles
in the title role. His version of
the Scots dialect sent the critics
and the audiences into spasms of
laughter.
Best Actor of the Year Frank
Sinatro. for his sympathetic,
swashbuckling interpretation of
"The Kissing Bandit."
Best Actress of the Year Ava
Gardner in "The Bribe." She out
shines all actresses in Hollywood
in knowing how to use her nat
ural talents.
Best Supporting Actor T h e
corpse in "Rope."
Best Supporting Actress The
role of Addie Ros"s in "Letter to
Three Wives."
Best Male Singer Perry Como
uptuous dancer in "The Snake
Pit."
Most Photogenic Actor Charles
Laughton as the down-and-out
middle-man in "The Bribe."
Most Photogenic Actress Vera
Ellen as the (censored) dancing jout soon.
JAjOJ1L UlSL
JAojtL fiaqsL
By Bruce Kennedy
A SENATE-HOUSE conference
approved the home rule provision
of the Federal Rent Control Bill,
Friday night. As the bill now
stands stales, cities, towns, and
villages can get rid of Federal
rent control if the governor ap
proves. While the conferees over
come that obstacle there still re
mains a few differences. Agree
ment on these should be ironed
Students Parly
Plans Convention
Plans for the All-Campus con
vention of the Students' Party
were announced Saturday by Carl
Froendt, party chairman. The con
vention will convene at 7 p. m.
Tuesday, March 29, with the key
note address following seating of i
the delegates.
Discussion and action on plat
form committee recommendations
are next on the program. Nomina
tion and selection of candidates
will occupy the major part of the
convention's time. Adjournment
will be at 10:15 p. m.
Each district of 20 party mem
bers will be represented by three
voting delegates at the convention.
Froendt asks all districts to send
their completed petitions and lists
of convention delegates to the
Students Party, Union, by Tues
day noon. New districts may be
recognized at any time before of
ficial seating of delegates.
Rallol
Name: John Paul Jones.
Sex: Male.
Class: Sophomore.
College or school: Bus. A dm.
Filing for: Student Council
representing Bus. Adm.
Party affiliation: Liberal
Party or Independent.
Duke Emphasizes
Social Sciences
During the last two years the
social science requirement for an
engineering degree at Duke uni
versity has doubled, according to
Dean William H. Hall of the Duke
College of Engineering.
One hundred forty-eight hours
are required for an engineering
degree. Four hours of physical
education are included in the re
quirement and the rest are di
vided as follows: 55 devoted to
engineering courses; 25 to math,
physics, and chemistry; and 20
to the social sciences.
partner to Gene Kelly in the
"Slaughter on Tenth Avenue"
scene of "Words and Music."
Best Male Comedian Richard
Widmark. for his humorous work
in "Road House."
. Best Female Comedian Joan
Fontaine, for her brilliant job in
"Kiss the Blood off my Hands."
Best Line of the Year "You're
Built too low to the ground chum.
They're going right over your
head. I'm throwing "em at you.
an' you ain't throwing 'em back."
by the rooster in the Hennery
Haw k cartoon.
jn an Af survey rnctay it ap
peared evident that states would
not abolish rent controls right
away. On the whole, rent decon
trolling will not begin, the sur
vey said, until a later date.
TWO MEMBERS of Truman's
administration who played an im
portant part in the cold war. re
signed their positions in Wash
ington. They are Admiral Leahy
and Ambassador Walter Smith.
Smith served as an ambassador
to Russia and Leahy was Chief of
Staff under both Roosevelt and
Truman.
j GOVERNOR Val Peterson criti
jcved the Hoover commission for,
j its report of the Missouri Basin
I Inter-Agency Committee and the
! Pick-Sloan Plan. One of the ques- j
i tions the Nebraska governor !
; wanted to know just where the ;
. commission got its information, '
, which in his opinion was not al- ,
i together true.
j
j SLASHING of funds for the:
Marshall Plan because of Europe's i
economic comeback, was chal- ;
lenged by Senator Vandenberg.
Vandenbeig said that production!
and industrial levels are not the
only means of measuring Europe's '
recovery. He believes the finan-
cial assistance should continue at ,
least until all the factors of re- j
covery are certain. j
Oherlin Students
iRecfiicst Changes
REV. ANDREWS has been; . , p
working among the students of A two-session Student Congress
the universities and cnevo r,f i Oberlin College recently de-
Shanghai. He will discuss the
Missionary
To Give Talk
On China Work
Rev. Egbert W. Andrews, re
cently returned lrom the com
munist trouble-zone in China,
will give an illustrated address
at 7:30 p.m. Monday in Parlor
A of the Union.
The Rev. Andrews, a mission
ary of the Orthodox Presbyterian
church, is on furlough from his
work in Shanghai and is touring
the United States. His speech
will be sponsored by the Inter
Varsity Christian fellowship. He
will show color movies and slides
of his work in China.
effect of present Communist con
troversy upon the life of- China,
and the possibility for the future
of Christianity in China.
Born in China, Rev. Andrews
grew up in that country and is
familiar with the problems of the
Chinese people. He served in
China during the war, and after
his discharge from the Army he
again - took up his missionary
work, mostly in Shanghai. He
will return to the orient in the
fall if political conditions permit.
! bated and voted on a resolution
! prepared previously from sugges
I tions submitted by student or
ganizations and individuals.
Final recommendations were
sent the President William E.
Stevenson for consideration by
him and appropriate administra
tive bodies. ,
The resolution contained j more
than fifty specific recommenda
tions grouped under the heads
Rules and Regulations, Residences
and Dining HalLj, Classroom
Problems, etc.
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