I
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Husker Star Hurlers
"Dutch" Witt
Two sophomores who displayed veteran ability in the aerial game in
esterday's contest were "Dutch" Witte and Clair Sloan. "Dutch" started
he scoring in the first half by tossing a long pass over the line to Lee for
Nebraska's first touchdown. Sloan, who recently made the longest scor
ing run of the season, hung up another seasonal record by tossing a 45
rd pass to Brown in the final few minutes.
enn tnns of steel are to be used in
i -
making the automobile license plate3
for the 1929 year in Iowa, according
to a report from the' State Board of
Control of that state. The plates
wll be made in the Anamosa prison
shops.
Husker fans driving to the game
yesterday at Manhattan report the
road conditions as being excellent
Ihis condition is due largely to the
efforts of the Aggies in having the
roads in the best possible condition.
The Real Inside Story
of the Mail Robberies
THE GREAT
MAIL ROBBERY
THE U. S. MARINES IN A SPLEN
DID DISPLAY OF THE WAY THEY
GliAROFn THF MAILS ACTION
DYNAMITE LOVE.
COMEDY NEWS
SHOWS I -3-6-7-9
MAT. 15c NITE 25c
THIS
WEEK
LIBERTY
For the Family
Starting Monday Night
MATINEES
TUES. THUR. SAT.
Pierre Watkin
Players
A fare which stmt
Broadway critics in
te perfect transports
f praise. It ail
started harmlessly
enough a pallor
car hut honeymoons
aa4 former ftasnes do
not mix very well
AW
AW
WITH
DULCIE COOPER
J. GLENN McFARLANE
PIERRE WATKIN
AND A DISTINGUISHED
CAST OF FAVORITES
Same Popular Prict
MAT. 25c, 60c EVE. 25c, 80c, 75c
Revelers at All Shews
NEXT WEEK
"SCANDAL"
A"
0
V
. ... -.v. . ?, i.
Clair Sloa'n
Pilots Team
"Bud" McBride, another sopho
more who showed future greatness
by his performances against Bach
man's Kaggies. McBride went in at
quarterback and piloted the Husker
eleven in a very commendable
fashion.
Typevrriters For Rent
All standard makes special rate to stu
dents for Ionic term. Used machines
portable typewriters monthly payments.
Nebraska Typewriter Co.
1232 O St. B-2157
Imafina cominf
horn to the lava
nest to find it
cuDted by
sweetheart 1 Here
is an avalanche oi
innocent lauhter
th Bora spice ia
it than the richest
Tnanksfrvinf pud
dint I
A.
SPECIAL FOR THANKSGIVING WEEK
tiiii (i
Wisconsin Survey Shows Graduates
Do Not Fool Language Study Useless
Madison, Wis., Nov. 19. Al
though from thirty to fifty per cent
of the graduates of high schools and
colleges in the United States who
responded to questionnaires sent out
in a recent survey reported that they
have read nothing in the foreign lan
guage since graduation, few consid
ered their time spent in language
study wasted, Prof. M. V. O'Shea of
the University of Wisconsin School
of Education comments in reporting
the results of the survey.
Of those who studied modern lan
guages in high school, eighty-six per
cent considered their time well
spent, and larger proportions of the
college group reported benefit from
their study.
French Proves Valuable
Of the graduates of the Univer
sity of Wisconsin who submitted da
ta in the survey eighty-eight per
cent agreed that their study of
French was valuable after gradua
tion and seventy per cent that their
study of German was valuable after
graduation.
Other investigations now in prog
ress, Professor O'Shea remarks, are
trying to find the possible benefits
other than ability and inclination
to read the literature of the lan
guage studied in these three fac-'
tors: spanking the language, under
standing it when spoken by another,
and understanding and enjoying
English literature and speaking and
writing the native tongue than
would otherwise be possible.
Reading for Enjoyment
In this connection it is interest
ing to note, Professor O'Shea points
out, that most of the graduates who
read foreign languages after grad
uation do so lor "personal enjoy
ment." A fact which should be considered
in interpreting the data gathered in
the survey of reading of foreign lan
guages by former students. Profes
sor O'Shea adds, is that "similar
data would probably be secured from
an investigation concerning the use
that graduates make of most sub
jects taught in high school and col
lege. Change of Methods Suggested
"It may be students of educa
tional procedure quite generally be
lieve that methods of teaching in
vogue in high school and college
have largely failed to give the stu
dent such a grasp of the subjects he
has pursued that he actually employs
,them in solving the problems of daily
life after he quits school or college."
Some procedures in the teaching
of foreign languages which might in
duce more voluntary reading on the
part of those who have finished the
class room discipline. Professor
YOU HAVEN'T SEEN
THE
COLLEGIATE
LAUGH-MOT.
VAUDEVILLE
WALTER VERNON
Sinning Comedian
BABE-BEE-MARY
WILSON SISTERS
& WASHBURN
Versatile Entertainers
Pictures Nebraska-Kansas
SHOWS 1-3-7-9
MAT. 35c NITE SOc
THIS WEEK
jf "
A Universal Picture
MIDNIGHT Ihe witching hour on the
epoolcy old country estate. Mad mysticism
unfolding before your eyes ia the most sen
sational mystery screen play EVER pro
duced. New sensations await you in this sHir
ry, palpitating drama that'll cause your
nerves to tingle chill you as never a picture
has before. A real adventure in th cinema
don't miss it.
with
LAURA LA PLANTE
and an all star cast
THIS ORPHEUU WEEK
SHOWS, 1.2,1,9 .
O'Shea suggests as follows:
Would it Violate Proprieties?
"Would it violate the traditional
proprieties in the teaching of mod
ern foreign language if pupils wero
not required to become familiar with
grammatical details, provided that
they could grasp the meaning in
large verbal unities?
"Would it not be possible and also
desirable to train our pupils in cor
respondence rather than in literary
composition?
"It may be suggested that it might
be better to ' initiate the pupil into
the conversational aspects of a for
eign language before attacking read
ing, so that he. could gain some de
gree of automatic control of the
oral form before attempting mastery
of the visual form of the language.
"Would it not be adivsable to give
pupils in high school and students in
college experience in the reading of
contemporary more largely than
classical literature?"
Peacock Dead;
Mourning and
Relief Result
Partly because of a broken heart,
partly because people chased him
away from their shiny new cars,
partly because so many people tried
to pull a feather from his tail, and
partly because of some internal di
sease, the widely known peacock at
the College of Agriculture is dead.
In his better days he was a proud
and stately bird. In those times he
had a peahen for a companion. But
four years ago she died of blackhead.
Since then he has been declining in
beauty, health, and spirit until he
finally died.
Miss I sa belle Dunman, daughter
of the landscape gardener of the
University of Nebraska was his fos
ter mother. She fed him and was
one of the few persons upon the
campus from whom he received kind
treatment.
Answered Call
"He used to depend entirely upon
me for his feed," says Miss Dunman.
"And would always come for it at
my call of, 'Oh boy.' "
However, in these latter years he
preferred to go to the corn crib for
his grain and look for worms and
insects in the grass. He would still
come and eat bread from my hand.
He used to follow me for rather long
distances across the campus; but,
during the last few years he was
tormented so much by other people
that he even failed to trust me any
longer."
Miss Dunman has in her posses
sion a largo bunch of feathers from
SCHOOL UNTIL YOU SEE
NOAH
FERRIS and
HARRY
ELLIS
Character S infers
Beaver and His Monarchs
Featuring
"SHE DONT WANNA"
Football Game
BABICH
and his
Orchestra
Playing
AN
INTERPRETATIVE
MUSIC SCORE
WITH EFFECTS!
MAT. IScj EVE. SOc
z3
Farmers Fair Head
B : WW -';s
ARTHUR M. HAUKE.
Wood River youth, senior in the
college of agriculture, who will be
the manager of the 1928 Farmers'
fair.
HAUKE APPOINTED
MANAGER OF FAIR
Senior Selected to Handle Tenth
Annual Farmers Fair in
Spring of 1928
Arthur M. Hauke, Wood River, is
the manager cf the tenth annual
Farmers' Fair which will be held the
last (Saturday m April or the first
Siuroay in May. Hauke i a senior
and was a member of the junior fair
board last year.
The Farmers' Fair is conceded to
be the most important activity on
the College of Agriculture campus
and requires a great deal of work
on the part of every student of the
Agriculture College, stated Mr.
Hauke, manager. The purpose of
this fair is to advertise the College
of Agriculture and to give agricul
tural students experience in an im
portant activity, a3 -well as to pro
vide amusements for the people, he
added.
The fair will consist of a parade
down O street in the forenoon and
a miniature fair on the agriculture
campus in the afternoon. There
will be educational exhibits from
every department on the campus. A
dance will also be held in connection
with the event. Between six and
seven thousand persons attended the
fair last spring.
his tail. She plans to make a fan
from them in the future. "I knew
where to look for them in the
bushes," she says, "but many other
people tried to pull them out of his
tail."
Bothered Auto Owners
One of the favorite hobbies of the
peacock was to perch himself on
some nice new shiny automobile.
There he would see his reflection
and think that it was another bird.
Then he would peck and scratch
furiously to attack what he thought
was another peacock. Many a new
car was scratched up in this way,
and as a consequent the peacock had
some narrow escapes from the own
ers. Crowds of people used to gather
at the College of Agriculture camp
us to watch him. Upon being sur
rounded he would become very in
dignant and "spread" beautifully.
Although many of the automobile
owners may breathe a sigh of relief,
the old peacock will be greatly
missed by the students at the College
of Agriculture and many of the vis
itors. Live a Life Time
foots
MAT. 2Sc
SHOWS -t-S-S-7-9
Tomorrow
ALL WEEK
EVERY EVENINCI
HOME
AT 8:30 P. M
47TH SUCCESSFUL WEEK JOY SUTPHEN PRESENTS
GEORGE M. COHAN'S MASTERPIECE
" The Song and Dance Man
DRAMA ROMANCE COMEDY TEARS
To a certain extent "THE SONG AND DANCE MAN" is the story of Cohan's own
life as he had lived it, and in writing it, he placed upon the stage an entirely new
sort of story and plot. It is known as his masterpiece, and never did Cohan bring out
the heart and soul of his characters to present an ever Increasingly story to draw down
a record of clean laughs and to inject a little heart throb with more tolling effect-
JOY SUTPHEN.
THREE PERFORMANCES THANKSGIVING, Mat. 3:00 P. M. Ereninj 8:03-10:03
PoouNr Prlcis: Evary Evn!n' At "? P M. BOe and 7c M.tn ?V an SOc
NO ADVANCE IN PRICES THANKSGIVING OK SATURDAY MATINEE
Prof. Bengston Makes Comments
On Venezuelan Weather Conditions
According to the Venezuelan na
tive, tropical weather may be divided
into two all-inclusive classes "wet
ter than hell" or "drier than hell."
This is the observation of Prof.
N. T. Bengston of the University of
Nebraska geography .department,
who is studying there while on leave
from the university. He writes of
his interesting experiences since
leaving Lincoln. After studying for
a doctor's degree, he spent some time
in London before going to Venezu
ela. He will return here in January.
His letter:
"As expected, this engagement is
t'iving me a rich variety of exper
iences. In London I lived 'midst silk
hat aristocracy and rubbed elbows
with some financial giants; here I
am out on the edge of culture (some
times I think I am considerably be
yond the edge) where 'he-men' live,
work, eat, and cuss, especially cuss.
I am in a camp where the entire
white population consists of three
drillers, a steam shovel operator, a
rig builder, and a camp boss. There
are some negroes, in their own quar
ters, of course; they are the happiest
of the lot, and as I write I hear
them singing and carrying on. But
all in all the contrast in vocabulary,
in customs, and in 'atmosphere' when
compared with London or with that
of serene and scholarly Clark uni
versity is great:
Far From Civilization
"Camp C is an outpost of civiliza
tion in a very real sense. It is the
camp farthest south in this part of
Venezuela, and although small it is
equipped with all modern conven
iences. We have two bunkhouses and
a mess hall for whites, three bunk
houses for natives, a power plant
and an ice house. Thus we have
shower baths, electric lights and ice
cream (occasionally). Around us on
every hand is impenetrable jungle
and this camp is an island of modern
ity in its midst.
"The camp is located on a crest
of sharply dipping sandstone. Look-
' ing eastward we see at the base of
Tarra Ridge a broad expanse of flat
Maracaibo lowland, much of it
swamp, and beyond it the Sierra
Nevada de Merida, a snow capped
range of the Andes rising to altitudes
of 16,000 to 18,000 feet. Looking
westward we have a strip of lowland
through which the Tarra river flows,
and beyond that only a few kilo
meters away are the foothills of an
other Andine range the Sierra de
Perija. In those foothills are the vil
lages, of the Motilones Indians, sav
ages who still use the bow and ar
row and who kill whites whenever
they can.
Natives Frightened
"Just after lunch today our atten
tion was drawn to a small column of
smoke in the Tarra flat below us,
which was evidently caused by a
party of the savages probably cook
ing some game they had killed.
"The Venezuelan natives here are
in mortal terror of the Motilones.
During the past week we have been
working south of camp near the Col
ombian boundary. Our party con
sisted of two writes and three na
tives, all armed, and each evening
"YOUR DRUG STORE"
"Our warn lunches sura tasta food
tbesa cold days."
Owl Pharmacy
S. E. Cor. 14 P. Phone BIOoS
of Thrills with
Vlflety&sfc
tkW"
NITE30C THIS WEEK R I A L T 0
SObAYHOUSE'
E joy SUTPHEN - MGR.
OF THE SPOKEN
KtnTFWnPTHY ARTISTIC PRODUCTIONS
as we would return in sight of camp,
the natives would shout hurras of
gladness.
See No Indians
"Although we were in so-called
Indian country we saw no Indians,
and only on one occasion did we run
across one of their trails and an
abandoned temporary camp. The
Motilones never attack in the open,
they shoot from abush, and it is that
characteristic which makes them so
feared. During the past year two par
ties have been fired upon, a white
man killed each time, yet even then
no Indian was seen by any of the'
others of the party.
"And now let me add a word or
two' about the weather and climate,
subjects always for conversation,
whatever may be true of interest.
Maracaibo is dry and hot, day time
temperatures in September are 29 to
31 degrees Centigrade, while nights,
about 10 p. m. are only .about one
degree cooler. But little rain falls,
only about 20 inches a year and that
mostly in light showers. Due to the
all-year high temperatures evapora
tion is rapid and rainfall efficiency
low, with the result that the vegeta
tion consists of scattered thorny bush
and cacti givin the landscape the ap
pearance of a semi-desert.
Variability in Weather
Camp C is in the Maracaibo basin
of southwest Venezuela, and climatic
conditions are in marked contrast to
Maracaibo. This is a wet country. No
rainfall records are available, but the
oi! men working here have their own
unique way of describing conditions.
According to their testimony the
months from December to March are
relatively dry but in some years
"wetter than hell," while April to
November are usually wet but some
times 'drier than hell.' There you
have the variability of tropical rain
fall effectively, if not poetically ex
pressed. "The jungle hereabouts is dense,
perfectly so great Ceiba trees, some
ebony, tangled tianas, shrubs, vines,
saw grass, thorns, and thistles, room
for no more. The jungle is thickly
populated, one sees evidences but
seldom the animals. Yesterday We
saw more than a dozen monkeys, a
few turkeys and chickens, tracks of
tapier and wild hog, nothing else."
The associated students of the
University of Washington are plan
ning a student owned 18-hole golf
course to be laid out on the edge of
the campus. Golfing facilities for
10,000 students will be provided.
TURKEY TROT
HARK!
YE COLLEGIANS!
Ye Modern
Turkey Trot
on
Wednesday Night
at the Hour of Nine
November 23
Music by Oklahomans
Matinees
TUESDAY,
THURSDAY
AND SAT.
DRAMA
9 i r '0
