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VOL. XXX NO. 68.
AWGWAN SALES
PASS UP 1,200
Goal Set by Pub Board Is
Left Behind; Campaign
In Full Swing. .
GREEKS GIVE SUPPORT
individual Subscriptions Are
Taken at Booth in
Social Science. ,
latest figures show the total of
Awgwan subscriptions to be well
over the 1,200 mark. Four more
organizations yesterday added
their names to the list of those
taking a block of twenty-five and
a fifth society pledged itself to ten
Individual subscriptions. With the
1,100 pledged Monday evening and
individual sales, which were com
menced yesterday, the total will
exceed 1,200. This is more than
200 over the goal set by the pub
lication board.
Sigma Delta Tau has pledged
Itself to ten individual subscrip
tions. Under the supervision of
William Taylor, individual sale of
the Awgwan was begun yesterday
mornmg. A stand was set up in
Social Science and kept open all
day for any who wished to sub
scrlba, Sigma Delta Chi members
also acted as solicitors about the
campus.
Orfve Continues.
Th Individual sales drive will be
continued today. The booth in
Social Science hall will again be
open from S to 5 o'clock and soli
citors will circulate about the
campus. A' large subscription is
expected from non-fraternity stu
dents, according to Taylor. A num
ber of fraternities and sororities
who do not have enough members
to take a block of twenty-five are
planning oo taking individual sub
scriptions and this will swell the
total.
Single subscriptions will pell for
fifty cents and may be obtained
at the book stores or at the Aw
gwan Office. Sincle copies will
sell for fifteen cents. Free deliv
ery will be given the subscribers of
blocks of ten or more.
First issue of the magazine will
be published In February under
the Joint editorship of Elmont
Waits and Lowell Davis, with Ed
gar Backus acting as advertising
manager. A large staff of work
ers baa signed for work both on
the business and editorial sides.
1
Contains Story of Honor
Paid to Burnett at
Chicago Meeting.
January Issue of The Cornhuskcr
Countryman will appear on the
campus today, according to Don
Faeka, editor. "Dairying and As
sociation Work," an aticle by Jay
Pierson Is the leading story in the
January number.
Myrtle White, chairman of the
Farmers' Fair Board is the author
of an article entitled, "Farmers'
Fair.1 Duane Ayres writes, "Qual
ity In Poultry Production."
W. W. Derrick of the depart
ment of animal husbandry has
written an article concerning his
leaving the faculty to become state
extension agent of animal hus
bandry. The issue also contains an ac
count about Dr. Rose, professor of
nutrition at Columbia university,
who is one of the speakers at the
meetings-of organized agriculture
now being held on the farm
campus.
A photo of Chancellor E. A.
Burnett and an account of the
honor paid him at the Chicago
meeting of the American Society
of Animal Production is carried in
the January number.
The cover 'is a modernistic de
sign featuring a symbolic ear of
corn and a snow scene. The usual
editorials, campus and alumni
news and short features are con
tained in the magazine.
MATHEMATICS MAN
READS PAPER AT
CLEVELAND MEET
Prof. M. A. Basoco of the De
partment of Mathematics attended
the scientific meetings at Cleve
land during the holiday recess. He
presented three papers at the ses
sions of the American Mathe
matical Society, namely:
"On the trigonometric expan
sion of elliptic functions;" "On the
Fourier series expansions of cer
tain Jacob! elliptic functions;" "On
certain theta constants."
Dr. Basoco, who has recently
come to us from the California
Institute of Technology, states that
he very much enjoyed the meet
ings in Cleveland, but was glad to
get back to the California weather
in Nebraska.
Professor T. A. Pierce was also
represented on the program by a
paper read by title, on "Parametric
solutions of certain Diophantine
equations."
Campus Calendar
Wednesday, Jan. 7.
Dinner, meeting, Wesley Play
ers Wesley Foundation parsonage
1417 R, 6 o'clock.
Interracial commission at 5 p. m.
In Ellen Smith hall.
ill
TUESDAY
COUNTRYMAN
HE
Men May Hcgister
Eor Second Term
Class in Home Ec
"A Man's Problems in the
Home," the two hour credit course
for men offered by the home eco
nomics department last spring for
the first time is to lie given again
next semester. This course, voted
a success by the new students
registered in the course last year,
deals with the problems of the
home from the man's viewpoint. It
may be elected by juniors and
seniors.
Representatives of the different
subject matter divisions of the
home economics department will
again give various units of the
course. There Is no laboratory, as
the aim of the course Is not to give
practice in household tasks but to
give an understanding of the
problems and responsibilities
which men share in the home. The
clothing unit will be given by
Grace Morton; home furnishings,
Evelyn Metzger; nutrition, Dr. Re
beka'h Gibbons; child development.
Dr. Ruth Staples: the family in
come, Margaret Fedde. Dr. j. O.
Hertzler, head of the sociology de
partment, will give a unit on fam
ily relationships.
"Homes are more successful
where men Share the responsibili
ties." says Miss Fedde, chairman
of the home economics depart
ment. She believes men should
think about the problems of the
home and be familiar with them
in order that they may have a
greater understanding, apprecia
tion and enjoyment of the home.
Men will be more appreciative of
their wives' efforts in homemak
ing if they know the problems and
difficulties confronting the home
maker. Miss Tedde points out that
98 percent of college men marry,
as compared to 85 percent of col
lege women.
Men's courses dealing with home
problems are given at other col
leges and universities In this coun
try, including the uni'ersities of
Oklahoma, Utah, North Dakota,
North Carolina and Rutgers.
ICAL
GETS NEW QUARTERS
Addison Sheldon Reports
At Meeting; Date Not
Set for Move.
RE-ELECT ABBOTT HEAD
Nebraska's State Historical so
ciety, now located in the basement
of the main labrary of the Univer
sity of Nebraska, has been allowed
15,570 square feet of floor space
in the new state capitol building,
Addison Sheldon, secretary and su
perintendent, reported at a meet
ing of the society in Lincoln Tues
day. No announcement as to how
soon the removal would take place
was made by Mr. Sheldon in his
report. He declared that a portion
of the society's material which has
been stored in a basement at Six
teenth and H streets had been
damaged by water coming in thru
a leaky roof. Part of the news
paper files from the basement have
been moved to room 1417 in the
capitol building, he said.
Abbott Is President.
N. C. Abbott, Nebraska City,
was re-elected president of the so
ciety at the meeting Tuesday. John
W. Robbins, Omaha, first vice
president, also was reelected.
Other officers are D. S. Dalbey,
second vice president; Don L. Love,
treasurer, and Addison E. Shel
don, secretary. A. F. Buechler,
Grand Island, was chosen as a
board member to fill the place left
vacant by the death of James F.
Hanson. Mr. Dalbey, Mr. Abbott
and Mr. Love were re-chosen mem
bers of the board at the morning
session. Their terms expired this
year.
Wolf Collection Important.
Among the more important col
lections received in the past ten
years by the society are:
W. A. Wolf estate, Beatrice, col
lection of atlases $1,000.
Judge E. S. Ricker, collection
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ATHLETIC INSURANCE
Athletes Risk Injury for
School; Should Have
Future Assured.
"Present day football has shown
us that the successful coach
( meaning one who wins games and
fills stadiums,)" says H. N. Swan
son, editor, in the February College
Humor, "will be known hereafter
not as a mentor who believes in
sports to. build a man's body ad
mind, but as a crafty stage direc
tor who drives his men and sacri
fices them whenever scoring is at
stake. The successful coach (still
meaning the best showman) will
urge his men to play hard and
dangerously. The public loves a
fast running attack, with plenty of
spectacular tackling and spills.
More men will be hurt and perma
nently crippled. Literally, it will
be dying for dear old Goofus.
"Games of this sort cause the
outside public to help lift the bur
den of higher education. For the
price of a cheap theater ticket the
dear old public is, knowingly or
not, doing a great service. And
that's fine. But I say that since
the players of football, basketball,
hockey and the other sports are so
important to the school, the Bchool
should do something about them.
Business institutions are requiied
by lav to insure workers against
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All
Official Student Newspaper of the
LINCOLN. M HIUSKA.
NEED OF CITY PLANS
STRESSED BYEViNGER
Explains Disadvantages of
Usual Haphazard Growth
Permitted by Towns.
RESTRICTIONS REQUIRED
"City planning and zoning is be
coming more popular each year,"
declares Prof. M. I. Evinger, of the
civil engineering department.
"More cities of every size arc
adopting plans for the arrange
ment of their municipalities."
Statistics of January, 1930, show
that there are 856 cities in the
United States who have passed
ordinances in roning and of -these
9.4 percent of them are of the size
of Lincoln. Many towns of less
than 1,000 population are also
adopting these laws.
Professor Evinger has had much
experience in this work and has
aided and is aiding many cities
and towns in Nebraska with his
advice. He discloses the fact that
65 percent of the cities which have
zoned have comprehensive ordi
nances to regulate the use, height
and area of buildings as well as
the location of different types of
districts such as central business
and shopping districts: wholesale
and warehouses districts; indus
trial districts; produce markets;
civic center locations; residential
districts; park and playgrounds
and the outskirts of the city.
Difficulties Arise.
"Of course, much difficulty
arises when ordinances are being
considered," Professor Evinger
went on, "because of the number
of areas that must be re-aujusted
to the new plans. Naturally,
sparsely built-up territories, par
ticularly those on the outskirts of
the city, allow the best scope for
good development as to streets,
recreation spaces and public im
provements in accordance with a
logical plan. Foresight in plan
ning such districts is important
not only for its inherent benefits
to the new localities, but for the
convenience of all who pass
Ihrough them, and for its effect on
conditions at the center of the
city."
The most frequently asked ques
tion Professor Evinger has to an
swer is "What is a City Plan?"
He declares that a comprehensive
city plan with its maps and notes
underlies the planning of future
needs of the community. A study
of the trend of growth in residen
tial, business -and-industrial uses
of land and most desirable direc
tions for such growth is the most
important topic.
Traffic Important.
Traffic, with the movement of
all types of things to and from
and through the city, is another
important item. Recreational fa
cilities and location of public build
ings of all types, including the city
hall, schools and fire and police
stations have to be taken into con
sideration. When all these prob
lems are solved and approved by
the people of the city, the local
government must enforce all pro
(Continued on Page 4.)
CONFUCIANISM IS
DISCUSSION TOPIC
AT GROUP MEET
Confucianism was the topic of
discussion in a meeting of the
upperclassmen commission held at
Ellen Smith hall Tuesday after
noon at 4 o'clock.
Ruth Roberts, head of the com
mission, talked on the intensive
study of this Chinese religion be
fore twenty-five members of the
group. This discussion was one of
a series of studies of the most im
portant religions of the world
which the commission has begun
with this meeting.
Captain Spoerry Shows
Military Picture Series
All students taking the ad
vanced R. O. T. C. course are
urged to see the pictures being
shown by Captain G. W. Spoerry
on "Indirect Laying." These pic
tures are to be shown at nine
o'clock Thursday morning and at
10 o'clock Saturday morning in
Room 110, Nebraska Hall.
Story of Dorothy Canfield Fisher
And Willa Cather Given Prize by
Sombrero of 1895 Reprinted Here
Editor's note: This story by
Willa Sibert Cather and Dorothy
Canfield Fisher appeared in the
1895 edition of Sombrero, then the
University of Nebraska annual,
which has now been replaced by
The Cornhusker. It was awarded
first prize from among the stories
which were submitted to the editor
of Sombrero that year. The writ
ers, who now are prominent auth
ors were students enrolled in the
University of Nebraska at that
time.
Miss Cather was awarded the
Pulitzer prize in 1922 on "One of
Ours," which was Judged to be the
best American novel written that
year. Besides this book she has
written: "April Twilights," "The
Troll Garden," "Alexander's
Bridge," "O Pioneers." "The Bo
hemian Girl," "The Song of the
Lark," "My Antonia," "Youth and
The Bright Medusa," "The Pro
fessor's House," "My Mortal
Enemy" and "Death Comes for the
Archbishop." Miss Cather grad
uated from the University of Ne
braska In 1895.
Mrs. Fisher is the daughter of
the late James H. Canfield. who in
1895 was chancellor of the Univer
sity of Nebraska. She is the author
of "Cornellle and Racine in Eng
land," "What ShaU We Do Now,"
Nebr
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K El NEK LECTURES
ON MOUNTAINS AT
VESPEUS MEETING
Mr. Walter Keiner, assistant in
the botany department of the Uni
versity of' Nebraska, save a speech
Illustrated by slides of trips taken
during V. W, C. A. and the Y. M.
C. A. conferences at Estes park at
Vespers Tuesday evening. Mr.
Keiner is a mountain ranger at
Estes during the summer months,
and was In charge of recreation at
the conferences.
The special music was given by
the girls' quartette of Teachers
college high school. Jane Wicker
sham was in charge of the meet
ing. YE
Is Elected Vice President
National Collegiate
Dramatic Group.
WRITES FOR MAGAZINE
Herbert A. Yenne, assistant
professor in dramatics, was elected
first vice president of the Na
tional Collegiate Players at the na
tional convention of the organiza
tion which was held in Chicago
during the Christmas recess. Mr.
Yenne was in California at the
time. He is now associate editor
of the "Players Magazine."
The National Collegiate Players
is a national honorary fraternity.
Election to membership is made
on the basis of achievement in
some phase of dramatic work and
high scholastic standing. The
point system is used, twenty-five
points being the requirement for
election to the Nebraska chapter.
Nine points are awarded for leads
and five points for any part of
five lines or over, according to Mr.
Yenne.
"The purpose and aims of the
organization are to affiliate closely
the various college groups inter
ested in dramatics, to raise dra
matic standards and achievement,
and to stand as a national college
unit in all nation-wide dramatic
movements," said Mr. Yenne.
"Player's Magazine," a quarter
ly publication, is put out by the or
ganization. It contains news of
the theater and accounts of the
accomplishments of various
schools along dramatic lines. Ar
ticles are contributed by members
of the National Collegiate Players.
Last year, Mr. Yenne's article on
"Nebraska University- Players'
Productions" and Mr. Zolley
Lerner's article, "The Little Clay
Cart" appeared in the magazine.
The year previous to that Mr.
Yenne's article, "Prison Theatri
cals" was published in the maga
zine. PRACTICE OPENS FOR
Preliminary Matches Are on
Schedule With Over 50
Men Reporting.
The rifle range in the basement
of Andrews hall is a scene of thriv
ing activity this week with the
opening of practice for those inter
ested in making the Varsity team
or the R. O. T. C. team. Sgt. C. F.
McGimsey reports over fifty men
out who are fast getting into con
dition. Those scholastically eligible
should report to Sergeant McGim
sey any day this week.
Preliminary matches will be held
soon with the aspirarts for the
team divided into five man groups
with a veteran marksman as team
captain. These teams will com
pete for medals which will be
awarded the first three teams be
sides medals for the individual
high score in the match. Three
medals are to be given to the three
high men excluding all riflemen
from other years.
Capt. H. Y. Lyon, team coach,
Sergeant McGimsey, and veteran
team members will coach during
practice. McGimsey claims that
good eyesight and steady nerves
are often more important than
vast experience.
"Gunhild," "The Squirrel's Cage,"
"The Mortessou Mother," "Hills
boro People." "The Bent Twig,"
"The Real Motive," "Fellow Cap
tains," "Understood Betsy,"
"Home-Fires in France," "The Day
of Glory," "The Brimming Cup."
"Rough Hewn," ."Raw Material,"
"The Home-Maker," "Made to
Order Stories," "Her Son's Wife'
and "The Deepening Stream. Both
Miss Cather and Mrs. Fisher were
staff members of The Daily Ne
braskan while in school.
THE FEAR THAT WALKS BY
NOONDAY.
(By Willa Cather and Dorothy
Canfield.)
"Where is my shin guard? Hor
ton, you lazy dog. get your duds
off, wont you? Why didn't you
dress at the hotel with the rest of
us? There's got to be a stop to
your blamed eccentricities some
day," fumed Reggie, hunting wild
ly about in a pile of overcoats.
Horton began pulling off his
coat with that air of disinterested
deliberation he always assumed to
hide any particular nervousness.
He was told to play two positions
that day, both half and full, and
he knew it meant stiff work.
"What do you think of the man
(Continued on Page 3.)
NNE MADE OFFICER
OF PLAYERS HONORARY
University of Nebraska
7. 1911,
COOPERATION IS KEY
NOTE OF CONFERENCE
Delegates Express Opinion
That Present Plan Is
Inadequate.
MEETING IS PROPHETIC
Necessity for the co-operation of
the four varying groups in an edu
cational system was the dominant
note struck In the Student-Faculty
conference held in Detroit, Dec. 27
to 31, according to Dr. C. H. Pat
terson, one of Nebraska's dele
gates. Dr. Patterson was impressed
most of all by the co-operation and
fine camaradie among the faculty,
student and administrative groups.
The important thing in working
out a better educational system, as
brought out by discussion at the
conference, was the better co-operation
of the four groups involved
in any educational institution. The
groups are, of course, students,
faculty, administration, and the
board of control.
Accomplish Much.
At the conference. Dr. Patterson
said, the throe groups worked har
moniously and accomplished a
great deal in a short time. Dr.
George A. Coe, who welcomed the
800 delegates, stressed the impor
tance of the co-operation of these
groups throughout the conference.
Under the present system there
is no co-operation and the groups
find it almost impossible to work
together. More and more meetings
are needed to bring them all to
gether in closer working contact.
Dr. Coe, according to Patterson,
made the statement that faculty
meetings without students present
were ridiculous and the meetings
spend hours in arguing a point
which a student could settle in
five minutes.
Indicates Closer Feeling.
The meeting seemed prophetic to
Dr. Patterson and seemed to him
to be indicative of a closer feeling
between students and faculty and
the ruling groups of the institu
tions of higher learning.
Much emphasis was laid on the
experimental work being done in
education at the present time. Re
ports from twelve or fifteen
schools where such work is being
carried cn were heard. We are
living in an age of experimenta
tion in education, according to
ratterson, and the conference
spent much time on the subject.
Present New Ideas.
New ideas on examinations, out
side world contacts, study periods,
recitation periods, and many other
pertinent topics were brought out.
Much comment was made on the
grading system and the comment
in almost every instance was un
favorable. Prof. Frederick A.
Kelley, former president of Idaho
university presided over this sec
tion of the conference.
The meeting was divided into six
discussion groups in order to facil
itate the business on hand. One
group discussed problems of ad
ministration, the second, discussing
the extra-curricular activities, had
a number of football coaches in its
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LYMAN ATTENDS
HEALTH MEETING
DURING VACATION
Dr. R. A. Lyman attended the
Annual meeting of the American
Student Health association during
the Christmas recess, on Dec. 29,
1930.
Dean Lyman, of the college of
pharmacy will also attend the
meeting of the representatives of
the various colleges of pharmacy
and the State Board of Examiners
in pharmacy, from the states of
Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Mis
souri and Kansas, at Hot Springs,
Ark., on Jan. 15-16. Dr. Lyman
will discuss at the request of the
Board of Pharmacy, of these
states, the "Desirability and Neces
sity of Making the Examination in
Pharmacy by the Examiners. More
Extensive in Scope in order to
meet Modern Conditions."
K. U. WILL ENTERTAIN
Solons Plan Investigation of
School Expenditures and
Present Needs.
LAWRENCE, Kas. R evised
plans for the entertainment of
members of the legislature, who
have been invited to visit the Uni
versity of Kansas Jan. 9, were an
nounced today by Chancellor E. H.
Lindley. Invitations sent a few
days ago to all members of the
legislature are already bringing
responses. '
Visiting legislators are expected
to reach Lawrence some time dur
ing the forenoon, and at noon will
be entertained at a luncheon at the
Memorial Union building. C. M.
Harger of Abilene, chairman of
the board of regents, will preside,
and a brief presentation of the
university's needs will be made by
Chancellor Lindley. Members of
the university administrative staff
and a few townspeople also will
attend the luncheon.
Each legislator will be accom
panied to the luncheon by some
student at the university from the
legislator's home town. Following
the luncheon, small groups will
make a tour of the campus, to in
spect the use the university has
made of previous appropriations,
and to inspect present needs.
At 4 o'clock, a reception will be
held for the visitors, and members
of the faculty will be invited to
meet the members of the legisla
, ture.
ASKAN
Misunderstanding
h tin Essential to
Marital Happiness
"1 was a regular magazine
worm and had come to the con
clusion that all the advice they
give about attracting and keeping
a man is salami no matter how
you slice it," wries Lillian Day
"For Adults Only" in the Febru
ary College Humor. "The only way
to get a good husband is to take
another woman s husband, because
how can you tell whether a man
will make a good husband until
he's married? 1 started out with
all those ideas about being a help
mate and a pal. I got up early
every morning and was all dressed
and bright and cheerful at the
breakfast table. I did it for six
months until Harold suggested
that I shut up for godsake so he
could read the paper.
"Harold and I didn't get along
badly for married people, but the
trouble was I didn't misunderstand
him. No marriage can be success
ful without a reasonable amount
of misunderstanding. Harold had
no imagination. He would bring
those terrible boxes of assorted
chocolates from the drugstore and
pink roses. For my birthday he
would give me a vacuum cleaner
or a Frigidaire. I was tired of be
ing a suburban wife and wanted
to change my bungalow apron for
orange pyjamas. We tried to fig
ure whether it would be cheaper to
go to Paris or hire Max Steuer."
Panhellenic May Join
National Association
Plans for joining the national
Pan-hellenic association were dis
cussed at a Panhellenic meeting
held Monday evening in Ellen
Smith hall.
No definite action has yet been
taken on the matter as the na
tional association will not meet un
til next month in Evanston, in.
The question of affiliation will be
decided upon at the next meeting
in February.
EE
TO
BE
Department Plans Courses
Which May Be Taken on
City Campus.
NEED NO PREREQUISITES
Next semester the home eco
nomics department is offering a
nutrber of courses on the city
campus in order to make them
available to students who find it
inconvenient to go out to the agri
cultural college campus. The
courses offered have no prerequi
sites and include a number of
phases of home economics.
Since it has been estimated that
85 percent of all young women
graduating from college become
homemakers, home economics
courses should be attractive elec
tives for students who are not ma
joring in home economics, believes
Prof. Margaret Fedde. chairman
of the home economics department.
Offer Housing Course.
A two hour course in housing
and selection of house furnishings
( H. E. 81) includes housing prob
lems of the individual house with
special attention to convenience,
comfort and cost. Principles of
design and color are applied in the
choice and arrangement of fur
nishings. A young woman who ex
pects to have the problems of
planning a new bouse or remodel
ling an old one might be interested
in the more inclusive course in
housing (H. E. 161) given on the
agricultural college campus. This
course enables students to draw
and read house plans with satis
factory arrangements as to cost,
convenience and family needs. It
is a two hour credit course open
to juniors and seniors.
Another two hour course to be
given on the city campus is nutri
tion and management problems
(H. E. 82i. It includes a study
of food selection in relation to
health, together with planning of
balanced meals for children and
adults. The latter part of the
course is devoted to problems of
the management of time and
money in ths home.
Nutrition Course Planned.
Students who desire a more
comprehensive course in nutrition,
which includes laboratory practice,
may be interested in the three hour
course entitled Elements of Nutri
tion (H. E. 150). Although this
course has home economics 42 or
149 as prerequisites, students who
do not have these may arrange to
register for the course by special
permission. This course should in
terest potential homemakers and
also social workers.
In addition to the courses de
scribed above, a number of courses
offered on the college campus are
without prerequisites and are
therefore open to non-majors in
home economics. Among these are
a course in Clothing (H. E. 1 ) and
another in Textiles (H. E. 6). A
course in Household Equipment
(H. E. 67) has a course in physics
as prerequisite or parallel.
The course in Child Care and
Training (H. E. 191) includes a
study of the care and development
of the young child from the physi
cal, psychological and social
aspects. Opportunity is given for
observation of a group of pre
school children at an exceptionally
well equipped nursery school. Stu
dents who major in psychology
should find such a course valuable.
Wesley Playem Hold
First Dinner Meeting
The first dinner meeting cf the
year will be held by Wesley Play
ers, national dramatic organiza
tion, at the Wesley Foundation
parsonage, 1417 R street, this eve
ning at 6 o'clock. All actives and
pledges are expected to attend.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
LEGGE DEFENDS
FEDERAL FARM
BOARD IN TALK
Says Group Is Blamed for
All That Goes Wrong
In Agriculture.
ADVOCATES COOPERATION
Declares Organizations Are
Only Mediums Through
Which He Can Act.
Declaring that he knows that
the federal farm board is reputed
to be responsible for everything
that goes wrong with agriculture,
Alexander Legge, chairman of the
board, stood before as large a
crowd as has ever crammed into
the Student Activities building on
the college of agriculture campus.
He was addressing farmers and
students at the first mass meet
ing during Organised Agriculture
week.
It was at 3:15 o'clock, Tuesday
afternoon, that the speaker walked
to the platform. It was 4:35
o'clock when he stopped answer
ing questions.
But the audience was still fir
ing questions amid the commotion
of scraping chairs and prolonged
applause as Chairman Legge spok
his closing words. He could have
stayed there all night.
Laws Can't Help.
"There is no legislation that can
help agriculture," Chairman Legge
began. "Progress can be made
only to the extent that the fanner
helps himself and that fanner
will be the man most interested In
progress."
A note of confidence was struck
as the first words came from this
man who has been more criticized,
editorial writers point out, than
any other figure in agricultural
realms. He assured Nebraskans
that they have sensed the op
portunities of agriculture.
The agricultural income of this
state, he assured them, is evenly
divided among several products. It
is a better job of diversification,
he explained not so in other
states.
"We told the wheat grower he
was going wrong," 'Legge con
tinued. "For over five years
wheat has not shown an Increase
in price. It is surprising that it
did not topple sooner.
"There has been too much wheat
produced since the war. The gov
ernment can't control that produc
tion, but it can give information.
The compiling of figures was ons
of the first projects of the board.
As a result, Nebraska has reduced
her production 12 percent. If all
states would do that, coupled with
the feeding program that this
state has begun, the problem would
be solved."
Problem Not So Bad.
This wheat problem isn't so bad,
the federal board helmsman re
monstrated. There is only a 20
percent surplus of grain, he cited.
The solution, according to him, is
to put that much less land into
cultivation.
"What to do with the land?" he
asked. "Let it alone. You will be
money ahead and you will have
that much more time to do other
things . . . No, it is not a ques
tion of going out of business, just
because business is bad.
"Wheat constitutes only 8 per
cent of the farm crops." Chair
man Legge shook his head. "Some
times I wonder why they bother
about it."
Reverting to farm cooperatives
and the attitude that the farm
board has taken to them. Mr.
Legge asserted that criticism
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