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LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, TUESDAY, FEIHtUAltY 3, 1931.
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NO ACTION SEEN
FOR MONTH ON
. APPROPRIATIONS
Governor's Budget Slashes
Amount Asked for
by Regents.
CUTS SUM $1,415,(
Chancellor Says Bryan
Ultra Conservative
in Attitude.
Although Governor Bryan's
budget, recommending a cut of a
SI. 500,000 In the amount asked by
the board of regents for the uni
versity during the 1931-33 fiscal
biennium and eliminating the uni
versity building plan for the next
two years, has gone to the house
committee on finance, ways and
means, little possibility of any ac
tion by the legislature for at least
a month was seen yesterday by
Allan G. Burke of Bancroft, chair
man of the house committee.
The recommendations for the
university appropriations con
tained in the governor's budget
which was submited to the senate
and house in. joint session of the
legislature Wednesday cuts the
amount asked by the board or re
gents in their recommendations
to former Governor Weaver by
$1,415,000. It is S515.000 under the
appropriation two years ago.
Chancellor Comments.
Criticising the governor's action
in slashing the university budget
recommendations in a recent talk
to the Lions club of Lincoln,
Chancellor Burnett said that he
believed the chief executive was
"not fully acquainted with the
fails about the university" and
was ultra-conservative" in his at
titude towards it
The increasing aire of the uni
versity and the increasing enroll
ment makes necessary an increase
in the legislative appropriation for
the university at each biennium,
maintained the chancellor. The
budget cut he argued is not in
keeping with the "constructive
and progressive program laid by
the university."
Fair to Governor.
"In all fairness to the governor,
we must realize that he has other
institutions to look after besides
the university." smaid the chancel
lor at the luncheon. He must after
all think primarily of the welfare
of the people, but we do not believe
that his policy of curtailing all
capital improvements at the uni
versity fits either the public need
or desire."
DEAN POYNTER WILL
SPEAK TO FACULTY
Dean Povnter of the Medical
School at Omaha will be here Feb.
10 to address the faculty of the
arts and sciences college at a tiin
ner to be given at the University
club. His subject will be "The Re
lation of the Arts and Sciences
College to the Medical College."
WOMEN ENTER HOME
MANAGEMENT HOUSE
A six weeks residence at the
borne management house was be
gun Monday by six borne eco
nomic seniors. They are: Gertrude
Chittenden, Ethel Shields, Helen
Swanson. Louise Windhusen, Zel
ma Waldron and Eva Buel.
R. D. Moritz, Director of Teachers
Placement Bureau, Finds Positions
For Thousand Students Each Season
What to teach, if you're
it are questions that fan he answered ly 11. I). Moritz, director
of the University of Nebraska s bureau of educational service,
through statistics he hr.s compiled over a four year period.
Trying1 o find jobs for about a thousand people a year is
-Mr, Moritz's task. From his experience he warns prospective
leacners nrirt, io prepare io leacnu
mora than one subject; second, to
stay out of the overcrowded fields
where the supply always greatly
exceeds the demand: third, to plan
on supervising some outside of
school activity.
English is the favorite subject of
the majority of students who reg
istered at the university bureau.
Last year 24 percent of all regis
trants wanted to teach English
while less than 12 percent of the
requests received were for teach
ers of English. Unless tne appli
cant has some other subject he
can teach as well as English be is
apt to be without a job.
Demand Keen.
In Letin, music, commercial
arts, normal training, athletics,
manual training and non-vocational
home economics, the de
mand has always been quite keen
and in fact there has been an an
nual hnrtnp in some of these
fields, Mr. Moritz said.
"It is quite evident that romance
languages are losing out on the
basis of the constantly diminish
ing number of requests for French
and Spanish teachers," he de
clared. "At present commercial.
nrirmM training, athletics, manual i
training, and n on-vocational home)
NEBRASKA DEBATE
SOUAD TO TANGLE
WITH COLORADO
Announcement has been made
by Prof. H. A. White, debate coach
that- the University of Colorado
team will meet the University of
Nebraska forensic squad in a de
bate on free trade here March 24.
Tryouts for this debate are to be
held Feb. 5. Arrangements have
been made to give the Albion college-University
of Nebraska de
bate Feb. 26 before the Lincoln
Knife and Fork club.
U RESOLUTION PROPOSES
KniuirilT ill rillllNA
AKIilltm UN NNIft
Ralph C. Whited Suggests
Chancellor, Jensen
Argue Matter.
TABLE MOVE YESTERDAY
Possibility of legislative investi
gation of university financial ac
tivities loomed yesterday with the
introduction of a resolution in the
house of representatives by Ralph
W. Whited, democratic representa
tive of Douglas county, to require
Chancellor E. A. Burnett and An
ton Jensen, former language in
structor in the university, to ap
pear before the house relative to
accusations of misappropriation of
university funds brought by Jen
sen in a circular letter addressed
to the legislature.
A copy of Jensen's letter, citing
purported evidence of misappro-
priation in connection with the
university's purchase of lots from
fraternity houses in order to pre
vent the construction of mens
quarters in the zone set aside for
sorority houses and women s
rooming houses, along with a let
ter by Dr. Claire E. Owens, demo
cratic member of the house from
Exeter, in which investigation of
the same activities is asked, was
given to each member of the house
last week.
Table Resolution-.
TbeTesoluUfln was tabled -jniW
today according to house rules and
will probably be considered wsen
the house meets at 10 a. m.
The resolution:
"Whereas, thee is being circu
lated among the members of the
legislature a letter signed by An
ton Jensen (formerly connected
with the University of Nebraska),
and
"Whereas, the said letter brings
into disrepute the heads of one of
the greatest institutions of the
state of Nebraska; namely, the
University of Nebraska, by charg
ing the management, and espe
cially the chancellor, with gross
mismanagement and misappropri
ation of the funds of the state uni
versity; and
"Whereas, bis statement. If true,
amounts to a charge of almost em
bezzlement, inasmuch as the said
Jensen cites specific instances and
amounts so misappropriated; and
"Whereas, inasmuch as it is the
duty of the legislature to appro
priate the necessary funds for the
maintenance of the said univer
sity, they are entitled to know
where and for what these appro
priations are used.
"Now, therefore, be it resolved
by the forty-seventh session of the
house of representatives, legisla
ture of Nebraska, that the said
Anton Jensen and Chancellor Bur
nett be, and they are hereby re
quested to appear before the bouse
of representatives on Tuesday,
Feb. 10, 1931, at 9 a. m., in order
that they both may be heard rela
tive to the accusation contained in
the circular letter of said Anton
"RALPH W. WHITED,
Douglas Co."
going to teach, anl why to teach
economics teachers seem to be
most in demand."
Necessity for would-be high
school teachers to be prepared in
more than one subject was pointed
out by Mr. Moritz. University stu
dents just out of college and those
seeking positions without expe
rience usually find it essential to
take jobs in small schools where
the high school teacher has two,
three or even four subjects to
teach.
Versatile Teachers Sought
Of a total of 1,447 requests re
ceived last year, 603 stipulated
that the candidate had to be quali
fied to teach more than one sub
ject. The theory that there is a grow
ing surplus of teachers that can
not be absorbed because of a
slower growing public school sys
tem throughout the country is
hardiy proven as far as the uni
versity placement bureau is con
cerned. While in 1930 there were
908 calls as contrasted with 1,357
in 1929, in 1927 and 1928 the num
ber of requests were considerably
less than in 1929.
Overproduction is not so evident
in grade schools as In hlcb school.
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PLAYERS
BEGIN
WEEK'S RUN OF
'Ladies of the Jury' Wins
Approval at Capacity
Opening.
MISS HOWELL HAS LEAD
Eleven Jurors Interpret
Character Studies
During Play.
By ROSELINE PIZER.
"Ladies of the Jury," by Fred
Ballard, one of the cleverest and
most amusing comedies presented
by the University Players in seV'
eral seasons, was played to a ca
pacity house last night in the
Temple theatre. The play was
packed, from the first line to the
last, with hilariously comical sit
uations and clever lines.
The plot of "Ladies of the Jury"
is just sufficient to hold the
play together. A wealthy society
woman is impaneled as jury-
woman. She is convinced of the
innocence of . the defendant, a
young girl accused of murdering
her millionaire husband. After the
first act which takes place in the
courtroom, the scenes are laid in
the jury room. After two days
and two nights spent in "consider
ing the evidence," Mrs. Crane suc
ceeds by flattery, bribery, and the
use of her own charms in persuad
ing the other eleven members of
the jury that the defendant is "not
guilty."
Miss Howell Plays Lead.
Miss H. Alice Howell took the
leading role of Mrs. Livingston
Baldwin Crane (personally ac
quainted with the judge). Miss
Howell gave a fine performance.
She played the part of the naive
society woman and the crafty
3urywoMan', 'determined to" get Tier
verdict by fair means or other
wise, with an excellent under
standing of the part and finished
skill.
The eleven remaining jurors
each represented an excellent bit
of character study. They were re
sponsible for much of the good
comedy in the play. DeLellis
Shramek. as the hard boiled
chorus girl, uttered her slang and
sang her uke in a convincing man
ner. Zolley Lerner as the juror
enamored of the fair chorus girl,
made a good partner and the two
danced and fought their way
through.
Bennet In Hurry.
Leland Bennett had a "wife, two
kids, and an oil station" to get
back to and be was in a real hurry.
Mildred Bickley as the old maid
with religious view was the last to
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Y. W.TISEClTARY
Miss
to
Miller Urges
Be Present
Time Stated.
Staffs
at
Eernioe Miller, secretary of the
university Y, W. C. A., announced
yesterday a schedule of staff meet
ings for this week. She urges
that all members of staffs be pres
ent at the time and place of their
meeting in order that work for tne
new semester may begin immedi
ately. She called attention io me
fact that all of the regular meet
ings are not being held this week
Monday.
Vesper Choir at 5 p. m. with
Alpen Neely.
; Publicity and Posters at 5
p. m, with Margaret Day.
Industrial staff at 7 p. m.
with Evelyn Adler.
Tuesday.
Upperclass commission with
Ruth Roberts Casey.
Conference at 4 p. m. with
Vivian Hildreth.
Ag Cabinet at 7 p. m. with
Clarice Moffitt.
World Forum at the Temple
at 7:15 p. m.
Wednesday.
Freshman commission at
4 p. m.
Interchurch with Charlotte
Joyce Olson at 5 p. m.
Race Relations with Xaca
dene Hill and Ruth Schill at
5p.m.i
Sophomore commission with
Lyndell Brumbach and Be re
niece Hoffman at 5 p. m.
Social Staff with Ruth Hat
field at 5 p. m.
Membership at noon, 12
12:30. Thursday.
Vesper Staff with Evelyn
Best at 5 p. m.
Nebraska in China with
Marjorie Peterson at 5 p. m.
Freshman commission at 7
p. m.
Cornhusker Staff to
Meet This Afternoon
All members of the Corn
husker editorial staff will meet
In the yearbook office at 5:00
p .m. today, Kenneth Gammill,
editor, announced yesterday.
BALLARD
SHOW
GRADUATES VISIT IN
FERGUSON'S OFFICE
Visitors at the orfice of Dean O.
J. Ferguson in the college of engi
neering last week were Harold
Muff. Chem E. '30, lately with the
White Eagle Oil corporation,
Agusta, Kas.; Hawley N. Barnard,
C. E. 22, with the construction de
partment of the Allied Engineers,
Inc., Jackson, Mich.; and Charles
V. McReynolds, C. E. '30, of the
Phillips Petroleum company, Bart
lesville, Okla.
80 PER CENT RULE
Upperclassmen to Receive
Full Credit in All
Junior Courses.
INCLUDES FIRST TERM
The rule requiring students in
the senior division to make a grade
of at least 80 percent in all junior
division subjects has been abol
ished, following a decision made
by the faculty of the Arts and Sci
ences college last Wednesday. This
revision took effect immediately
and will include the first semester
of 1930, John D. Hicks, dean of
the college of arts and science said
Monday.
The rule formerly ran as fol
lows: "A student in the senior divi
sion may in no case take more
than one-third of his work in the
junior division courses, and must in
addition make a grade not less
than 80 percent to receive full
credit for such courses. Otherwise,
he shall receive only four-fifths
credit for each junior division
course in which his grade falls be
low 80 percent." The new rule
abolishes all grade requirements
but retains the provision that only
one-third of the courses shall be in
the junior division.
According to Dean Hicks, the
old rule was practically useless
and caused no end of confusion.
"The arts college was the only col
lege on the campus that distin
guishes between junior and -senior
divisions and had the giade re
quirement," he said. "Because of
this there was a great deal of con
fusion and much difficulty in ap
plication and recording of credit.
Moreover, it was very unfair to
many students, giving them less
credit than students in other col
leges." A. S. A. E. HEARS
GLEN WALKER TALK
Glen Walker, head of the rural
electrification department of the
Nebraska Power company at Oma
ha and graduate of the college of
engineering in 1914, discussed
problems of rural electrification
last week before the student chap
ter of the American Society of Ag-
gricultural Engineers on the agri
cultural college campus.
Miss Pound Helps Pick
Guggenheim Fellows
Miss Louise Pound went to New
York City last week end as one of
five members of the committee for
the selection of the John Simon
Guggenheim fellows. Approxim
ately sixty fellowships totaling
$200,000 in stipends will be
granted by the committee. Nearly
1,000 applications will be reviewed
by the committee.
Campus Calendar
Tuesday, Feb. 3.
Interfraternity council, 7:30,
Morrill hall, room 9. '
Vespers, 5 o'clock, Ellen Smith
halL
Wednesday, Feb. 4.
Lutheran Bible league, 7 o'clock,
Temple 205
Sophomore commission 5 o'clock I
Ellen Smith hall.
Paul Whiteman, Now King of Jazz,
Once Lost Job tn Hotel Orchestra
For Inability to
By DON F. LARIMER.
1'aradoxieal as it might seem, Paul "Whiteman, famous
inaf-stro and purveyor of college-bred jazz who conducted his
orchestra at the university coliseum last Friday evening was
once "fanned'' from an orchestra because of his inability to
plav modern dance music, according to his father, "Wilbcrforcc
J. Vhiternan of Denver, who was
his engagement he;e in Lincoln, o
The famous conductor was
about to wield bis baton and re
fused to be interrogated but sug
gested that his father could tell
more concerning bis activities than
he himself, and the elder White
man eagerly consented to talk.
Begins on Violin.
"When Paul was a child," his
father said, "he seemed to have an
insatiable desire to play an instru
ment so at the age of seven I gave
him violin lessons. He seldom prac
ticed but violin seemed to be a
thing to which he was born and at
ten he was playing in the Denver
symphony which 1 was then con
ducting. I needed a viola player so
Paul studied viola and he soon dis
played so much ability that we de
cided to send him to New York to
study.
"In New Ycrk he studied with
the famous Kovrak and later be
REPORTS
SHOW
LARGE INCREASE
Estimates Place Gain
1,059 Above Last
Year's Total.
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ARTS AND SCIENCE LEADS
Eight Colleges Have 5,987
Enrolled; Teachers Is
Second High.
Registration estimates made by
deans of eight of the University of
Nebraska's nine colleges in Lin
coln today indicated an appreci
able increase over second semester
registration totals for last year.
According to the figures re
leased by the deans, some 5,987
students registered for courses this
semester. Some duplications ap
pear in the list, for various pro
fessional colleges include in their
totals their preparatory students
who are also included in the col
lege of arts and sciences, various
deans explained.
1,059 Greater.
The figure as obtained through
compilation of deans' estimates
was 1,059 greater than the total
of registration of the second se
mester last year.
The figure as announced today
did not include the graduate col
lege, where registration has just
gotten under way, and will con
tinue until Feb. 14.
Colleges included in the estimate
today were arts and sciences, busi
ness admin istration, teachers,
dentistry, pharmacy, law, agricul
tural and engineering-.
150 in Law.
The law college estimated its
registration at 150. All courses
there are a continuation of those
of last semester.
-The- college of arts and acitnees
lead today in the number enrolled,
its total being in the neighborhood
of 1,380. Next in line was teach
ers college, where some 1,265 stu
dents are taking courses. The
smallest registration reported was
in the college of pharmacy, where
only 84 students are enrolled.
The totals as estimated by the
vanous deans:
Business administration 737
Arts and sciences 1,380
Teachers 1,265
Dentistry 133
Pharmacy 84
Law 150
Agriculture 566
Engineering 672
ROBINSON WINS
DRAWING CONTEST
ON BOOK-PLATES
Marvin Robinson, St. Joseph,
Mo. .was named winner in a con
test for the department of archi
tecture's book plate, according to
cording to an announcement made
Monday. Eleven students submit
ted drawings.
Second place went to Norman
E. Hansen, Lincoln. Wayne K.
Harrison and C. W. Waddle tied
for third. The prize winner, Rob
inson, will be given a set cf books,
"Petits Edifices Historiques" by
the chairman of the department of
architecture. Judges were Gilbert
Doane, librarian, and Orin Stepan-
ek of the English department.
COUNCIL PIAnS
ALL- UNIVERSITY
PARTY SATURDAY
The barb council yesterday an
nounced its first all university
party of the semester to be held in
the coliseum Saturday night. The
valentine motif will be carried out
in decorations and entertainment
Posters have gone up on the cam-
pus announcing the party.
Play Dance Music
visiting his noted son during
played with the Victor Herbert
symphony. When he was eighteen
years old he was offered a chair In
the World's Fair symphony during
the world's fair at San Francisco,
and shortly after this had termi
nated be became' maestro of the
viola section in the San Francisco
symphony orchestra.
Pay Little.
"In those days," continued Mr.
Whiteman, "symphony musicians
received little remuneration for
their Work, so Paul received the
permission of the leader to play
with a dance orchestra in one of
the leading hotels. His position
with the dance orchestra lasted
but two weeks because he could
not play dance music."
Shortly after bis unsuccessful
venture in the dance orchestra, he
again became Interested in modern
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REGISTRATION
THREE STUDENTS
TAKE POSITIONS
AS INSTRUCTORS
Three students in the University
of Nebraska teachers college last
week accepted teaching positions
for next semester, according to R.
D. Moritz, director or the univer
sity's bureau of educational serv'
ice.
Ella Mae Marks will teach the
seventh and eighth grades at Sew
ard. Dorothy Shiley will be an
instructor in commercial work at
Hibblng, Minn. Dean Kukendal,
who bad planned to teach in the
Alliance high school next semes
ter, instead will be an instructor at
Jackson high school in Lincoln.
Evelyn Smith, another teachers
college student, has been employed
as home economics demonstrator
by the Iowa-Nebraska Light and
Power company.
TASSELS OPEN FINAL
Sales Scheduled To Run
Until Wednesday of
Next Week.
PLAN HOUSE CANVASS
Final sales drive
Cornhusker started
for the 1931
at noon yes-
terday with the Tassels in charge
and will continue through Wednes
day of next week. No copies will
be sold after this sale and sales
will not be reopened after the book
is published in the spring,
The new plan of ordering only
enough copies to fill the advance
sales has been authorized by the
publication board in order to pre
vent loss from ordering too many
copies on the expectation of a late
sales demand.
The staff predicts a sale of 600
books this week to bring the total
number sold to 2,000. The Tassels
have been divided into groups to
make a systematic canvass of all
fraternity and sorority houses,
rooming houses and offices down
town." The opening sections of the book
have already been completed and
the other sections will be made up
and started through the presses as
the totals of this week's sales are
determined.
The sale of 600 copies this week
will insure the completion of the
book as now planned. If fewer
books are sold some sections will
have to be cut in order to prevent
financial loss, Ed Edmonds, busi
ness manager, said Monday.
At least three dollars must be
paid on all Installment purchases
at once. About 150 students have
made the downpayment of 1 and
must make a payment of $2 at
once if they wish to insure them
selves of a book, Edmonds de
clared. The sale prices are $5 cash or
$5.50 on the installment plan, with
$3 down payment and $2.50 on de
livery of the book.
Nebraska Grad and Student
Cf Arabia. To Speak
Here Tuesday.
Dr. Paul W. Harrison, graduate
of the University of Nebraska in
1905 and medical missionary who
has learned to know Arabia from
Bagdad to Muscat in his twenty
years of practice there, will speak
at a university convocation Tues
day, Feb. 10, at the Temple thea
ter. His subject will be, "The
Challenge of the Primitive Races."
After receiving his A.B. degree
from the University of Nebraska,
Dr. Harrison went to Johns Hop
kins university at Baltimore, Md.,
from which he graduated in 1908.
in 1910 he went to Arabia as a
medical missionary and with the
exception of occasional furloughs
has been there ever since.
During the influenza epidemic
following the World war. Dr. Har
rison was summoned by Ibn Saoul,
chief tribal ruler of all central
Arabia, to take charge of medical
prevention work there. His suc
cesses in this undertaking won
him much esteem throughout
Arabia.
Dr. Harrison will be in Lincoln
from Feb. 8 to 12. He will speak
to sociology and ancient history
classes at the University of Ne
braska as wen as at the all-uni
versity convocation.
Miss Pound Receives Bid
To Florida U Convention
Miss Louise Pound, professor of
English, has been Invited by the
University of Florida to attend the
Institute of Inter-American Af
fairs Feb. 10 to 13 on Its campus
at Gainesville, Fla. The institute
la being held in commemoration of
the twenty-fifth anniverdwy of the
founding of the university.
Weather Forecast
Continued fair weather is
forecast for Lincoln and vi
cinity today. No decided
change In temperature. Low
est temperature last night was
about thirty-five degrees.
H00SIERS
FOR
Nebraska Breaks Winning Streak of Eleven Games
Run Up by Inrlianans; Huskers Seore Sixth Win
of Season as Guards Smother Opponents.
SELDON DAVEY WINS HONORS FOR HIGH SCORE
Maclay, Fisher and Hokuf Share Second Place in
Tally Column; Visitors Held to Seven
Points Each Half.
By Murlin Spencer.
A fighting Cornhusker basketball team rose to new heights
Jlonday night by decisirely defeating the highly touted Butler
university five, 32-14, before a record breaking crowd of five
thousand.
QUINTET PLAYS FOR
CONVOCATION TODAY
Schumann's Quintet in E flat
will be played at a university con
vocation in the Temple theater
today at 11 o'clock. Carl Fred
eric Steckelberg and Ernest Harri
son will play violin, William T.
Quick, viola, Herbert Gray, violin
cello, and Lura Schuler Smith,
piano.
PLANNED ON FEB. 25
Organizations Throughout
State to Aid College
In Program Here.
DAVIDSON IS SPEAKER
Engineers throughout Nebraska
will gather in Lincoln Wednesday,
Feb. 25, for a statewide roundup.
according to plans anonunced by
the college of engineering at the
University of Nebraska Monday.
Co-operating to get the engineers
together here are the Grand is
land Engineering club, the En
gineers' club of Lincoln, and the
college of engineering at the uni
versity.
Values of engineering to Ne
braska will be the central theme of
the meeting.
J. B. Davidson, chairman of the
department of agricultural en
gineering at Iowa State college
will be the principal speaker at
the evening dinner, according to
Dean C. J. Ferguson. Mr. David
son, a native Nebraskan, grad
uated from the University of Ne
braska in 1904 and was on the col
lege of engineering faculty here
for some time.
The author of research bulletins
and textbooks on rural applica
tions of engineering and the edi
tor of a series of texts on agricul
tural engineering. Mr. Davidson
is regarded as one of the foremost
men in the country in his field.
In 1924 be served with the Muscle
Shoals engineering council com
mission. Complete plans for the engin
eering roundup have not been ar
ranged yet but co-operating or
ganizations have assured Dean
Ferguson of a large attendance at
the one-day gathering.
TO FINISH COURSE.
Lloyd A. Woodward, formerly
geologist with the Sinclair Oil and
Gas company at Tulsa, Okl., has
returned to the university to com
plete his course in geology.
Noah Webster Turns in Uis Grave
As Nebraska Professor Unearths
New Meanings For Little Word IV
'She thinks Rhe's it."
"Tag, you're ;t."
"He was such an it."
"She has plenty of it."
That little word "it" has a number of meamnirs that
today would make Noah WebsterO
shudder. It now has several usages
that he never thought of when he
defined it as a third person neuter
pronoun. The modern meanings of
"it" have been studied recently by
Miss Louise Pound, University of
Nebraska professor of English.
In ber anthology of the word
she has found four totally differ
ent meanings beside the regular
and legitimate use of "it" as a
pronoun.
One of the most common uses
refers to a person who feels espe
cially important "She thinks she's
it," is an example. Some informal
clubs Miss Pound has found, have
only one officer known to the
members as the "it." To a person
who regards himself as the "king
pin" or "chief potentate" in bis
circle, this use would apply.
In game usage the person
termed "it" has a specialized
function making him protagonist
for the time being, as in the games
of tag, hide-and-go-seek, and drop
the handkerchief. In English dic
tionaries mention of this kind of
"it" is made briefly to the effect
that such a person in games is the
"central figure or Individual who
has tb Innings.'' .
LOSE
FIRST
TIME
O Coach Charley Black s varsity
was composed of ftve stars, no -man
standing out above the rest. .
Displaying a fighting spirit far
ahead of anything shown this sea
son, the varsity broke the eleven j
game winning streak of the But
ler team and increased their own '
string of victories to six.
Guards Star.
The Nebraska guards. Hokuf I
and Koster, deserve special men- J
tion for their work. The Indiana I
five, noted all season for their
scoring power under the oppon- j
ent's goal, was held to seven '
points each half by this pair. !
Maclay, varsity center, con- '
trolled the tipoff at center, giving f
the Cornhuskers a big advantage i
from the start. , '
Davey is High Scorer.
Davey and Fisher provided th i
scoring punch for Nebraska.
Davey, after being held for a lone
basket in the first half, came back ;
after the rest period with a rush; ?
scoring five baskets to give hiia '
the high point honors for the eve
ning with 12 points.
Maclay. Fisher and Hokuf were
tied for T.-iid highjpoint acorea . ?
for- tiie veiling "wttb. 2oidt'pCT2 ,
each. Miller carried the burden
for Butler with five points.
First Half Slow.
The first half was slow, with ;
Butler getting more shots than-.".'
Nebraska, but the Indianans failed -to
convert Iheir points, whilt the '
Huskers made most of theirs good.
The first half ended 12-7 In favor ;
of Nebraska. - '
The second half started faster,
and continued that way for the re- '.'
mainder of the game. First Davey jf
followed immediately by a basket ?
by Hokuf. Davey repeated and f
Hokuf came up to the foullice to ;
sink another. Davey then made -three
straight to give Nebraska a
26-11 advantage. Miller, Proffit .
and Fackett all sank free throws -to
finish the Butler scoring for the !
evening. ;
Fisher Scores.
Fisher made a hard shot from '
the corner, and Hokuf again came
up from guard position to give 'i
Nebraska a 30-14 lead with about
three minutes to go. The entire -second
team was sent in at this ''
time, and Conklin sank one to put
the finishing touches on the Ne- '
braska score. The game ended f.
soon after wi'-h Nebraska leading '
32-14. r.
The Nebraska victory last night v
evened up the defeat received by '
the Cornhuskers on the Indiana" .'.
maples last year, 33 to 26. . v '
Box score: r
Nebraska (32)
ft ft pf pts '.
Fisher, f 2 2 2 6 '
Davey, f 6 0 1
Maclay, c 2 0 0
Koster, 0 0 1
Hokut, g 3 0 1-
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Another widely current develop-
ment of the pronoun gives "It" the j. vi
meaning of stupid person or fooL 'v
"Such an it," is a way of express
ing disdain and contempt for some
individual. "The it didn't know "i
enough to cape in out of the ,t
rain." signlfiW disgust and little
regard frythe person's lctelU-
gence. J i
Last f not least In American j '
usage y is the campaign for t
"it" f hed by Hollywood's Clara j
Bowti this case "it" Is personal ; ;
magnetism or attractiveness. J:
Quickly seized by cinema enthu- :
siaiim, popular writers and young J
people it was spread broadside j
throughout the land, according to "j
Miss Pound's findings.
This usage has Its own exten-
sion. The adjective "Itty" fol- .
lowed. Movie advertisements con- J
tained the phrase, "She Is a very
itty actress," shortly after it came !
to public attention. A compound, J
"itfulness." wr usJ la a motion
picture magazine last J-! r, ' "' j
Pound J;K'nvrrcd: "T. . e V " t
stood (the b'-ro ni hrr.:ne) Le ;
very j-'-tuis t-f i'-f.;!:--:: 5."
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