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THE DAILY NEB R AS KAN
SLIJNDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1932
The Daily Nebraskan
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MANAGING EDITORS
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NEWS EDITORS
Phillip Brownell Oliver De Wolf
Laurence Hall Virginia Pollard
Joe Miller Sports Editor
Evelyn Simpson Associate Editor
Ruth Schill Women's Editor
Katharine Howard Society Editor
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS.
Gerald Bardo George Dunn Don Larimer
Edwin Faulkner Boyd Krewson William Holmes
George Round Art Kozelka
BUSINESS STAFF
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ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGERS
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Clothes on a
Hickory Limb.
On February 15 the University of Xt-bras
la celebrated its Founder's Day. Judge Dales
who gave one of the addresses of the day, told
his listeners that the building that the uni
versity now needed was one in which adequate
tiu-ilities for physical recreation and education
could be provided for the entire student body.
1 1 o made a point of the fact that the present
athletic plant was not sufficient to Rive stu
dents the opportunity of physical recreation.
Without doubt too little emphasis is placed
on the physical side of the modern education.
Strong minds, developed through college train
ing, lose much of their effectiveness when they
live in weak bodies. One of the fundamental
necessities for success is a healthy body. But
the tendency now is to build up the mind and
neglect the body.
About the only physical exercise the aver
age student gets now is three hours of drill
when the weather permits or a limbering up in
one of the physical education classes con
ducted for women or those excused from drill.
To most of us, this is a "chore." But for a few
exceptions we do not hold any great affection
for enforced military training or physical edu
cation. If, on the other hand, participation in
sports was made interesting enough without
being mandatory most of us would spend part
nf our leisure time in some sort of physical
recreation.
The university took a forward step in pro
viding such a means when it built the swim
ming pool but immediately hedged it in with
restrictions that somehow took the pleasure
out of swimming. The requirement of a phy
sical examination was a proper and necessary
step but the rule that men and women could
not jointly use the pool during free hours was
a kill-joy'' to students.
As it is the pool is not used by enough
students, especially during the free hours. We
pay a dollar a semester toward the cost of
building and running the pool but don't use
it. if joint use of the pool was allowed more
f us would take advantage of the opportunity.
When a free hour came along and the student
had no class, instead of going some place to
"cake" he might ask some young lady to go
swimming. Besides giving students something
to do except "cakf," especially if Ihey don't
have cars, it would provide some of the phy
sical exercise that Judge Dales mentioned.
There is no doubt that opening the swim
ming pool to both men and women during free
hours would arouse enthusiasm and interest
among the student body and cause a lot more
of t hem to use the pool. After all the pool was
built for Ihe use of the students but the pleas
ure of using it was taken away partly by he
rule prohibiting joint use of the pool. When
ihe pleasure is taken away from any form of
recreation people lose interest in it and it
ceases to be indulged in.
Sonic of the campus cynics say that money
spent for the Junior-Senior Prom has always
gone to charity.
The next great whisjering campaign will
coiil inue from now until the prom girl is
presented.
About Jack,
The Play Hoy.
'"Eligibility of Candidates Js Being Checked"
says Daily Nebraskan headline in reference to
Iryouts for the cast of "Jingle Belles," annual
spring Kosmet Klub show. Every year; it
.seems, the ancient bugaboo of eligibility keeps
some candidates from positions to which they
aspire. Last year the Kosmet Klub had to an
nounce the cast one by one from week to week
as the selected persons became eligible for the
shot. This year the Kosmet Klub plans to an
nounce the cast in one piece. They will not
choose ineligible persons for the honors and
t fins will not have the constant worry of get
ling the aspirants up in their hours by the
time of the show.
Eligibility as defined by the student council
constitution drafted last year consists of:
1. Being a regular student in the Uni
versity. 2. Be carrying satisfactorily at least
twelve hours at time of participation.
a. Receive at least twelve hours credit
(not including summer school) his last pre
ceding semester.
4. Receive at least twenty-seven hours'
credit (which may include summer school)
his last two semesters immediately preced
ing the time of participation.
Interpreted into lay English this mean that
a candidale must be making twelve hours this
semester ntid must have made fifteen hours Ihe
last semester. This, of course, is a very lenient
ruling and it seems that there should be no one
ineligible under the provisions of the constitu
tion. But every year, there are approximately
25 percent of the aspirants to positions in
eligible. The purpose of the institution is primarily
that of scholarship and when that is neglected
then something somewhere is wrong. The
trouble is easy to locate. Too many students
place the emphasis on the social side of the
university life instead of dividing their atten
tions equally between scholarship, activity and
social events. This Mould most certainly elim
inate all of the ineligibility. All work and no
play, it is said, makes Jack a dull boy. On the
other hand, all play and no work makes Jack
ineligible to play officially.
A great deal depends upou the view point
If a coed kisses you she is sweet. If she
kisses some one else she is immoral.
Hoover is going to have to rely on a miracle
to cut the taxes and increase revenue at the
same time.
MORNING MAIL
Tradition.
TO THE EDITOR:
Well. the annual tears occasioned bv the
Nebraska in China drive of the V. W. C. A,
have now been shed. Heave a deep sigh, girls,
probably no one else will weep on your shoul
der about it this vear.
For four years that we have happened to be
connected with this particular drive, the
shedders-of-tears over this-and-that have never
failed to bemoan the extravagant expenditure
ol funds to winch they do not contribute where
they will not benefit by them.
rnday, Dr. X. issued a plea that this vear,
for once, the V. W. spend its money where it
is needed, on people ,who deserve, it, rather
than on the heathen Chinee. There are too
many pressing needs for eharitv in our own
country, points out the doctor, to justify ship
ping money off to a far-distant land, where
Ihe benefactors will quickly use it up in am
munition to shoot someone up, and where it
will in no way boost home industry.
The present urgent call for financial aid for
depression stricken areas, even within the
toundaries of this state, are well understood
and appreciated by members of the University
l. W . C. A., and Ihey contribute wholehearl
dly in any type of service and assistance of
which they are capable.
But the fund which for more than fifleen
years they have raised and sent to China is a
horse of a slightly different color from the
carloads of wheat and run-over shoes which
the drouth counties need.
The Xebraska-in-China drive, carried on on
his campus every spring. M as in the beginning
established to help further the work of Grace
Coppoek, a University of Nebraska graduate,
n the organization of the . W. C. A. in China.
Since Miss Coppoek 's death, native Chinese
women whom she trained herself, have been
arrying on the work she started, in opening
and improving opportunities for health edu-
ation for women, and providing assistance in
the difficult adjustment thev were forced to
face as a result of the economic revolution in
China.
Orace Coppoek 's work has been praised by
ducational and religious leaders throughout
he world, and she has been verv widelv recog
nized as having contributed very vitally to the
well being of women in China. The fact that
hese women themselves are now carrying on
the work, testifies to the value they appreciate
n it. However, like most pioneering move
ments, this one suffers from lack of financial
support.
It seems very fitting that this project, insti
uted by a Nebraska woman, should be shared
ami contributed to by Nebraska women. There
are, of course, more visible needs for funds
nearer home than Shanghai. However, the gift
they send to their sisters in China, although if
means a very great deal to these women, would
not feed very many mouths for very long in
this country.
There have always, been, and probably will
always be, potent, needs for charity at home.
But Nebraska girls should feel that thev are
sowing good seeds in taking advantage of this
opportunity to help Chinese women, who. good
ness knows, need it.
MISS V. W.
The Lid Again.
TO THE EDITOR:
On the evening of January 9, the Brown
)erby belonging to the Freshman Laws dis
appeared, if ihal had been all. nothing would
have ben thought of it. The loss would have,
probably, been attributed to some kind of
sea veil gers. who miglil have disposed of the
bead-gear in some manner typical of the
pecie perhaps eaten.
But, subsequently it appeared at the. En
gineer's ball. Without noting the indignities
that the distinguished 'lid' may have suffered
on that occasion, it is to be noted that simul
taneously the Engineers denied anv part in
the abduction of the 'crown' from Dean Fos
ter's office. This denial was never seriously
questioned. There was no reason to question
it. If the Engineers took the hat, why should
they deny it?
But the attitude of the Engineers has not
been altogether consonant with their innocence.
Whether they took the hat or not they have
retained it. And for what purpose? So far as
I appears, there m no purpose at all; none,
save the secretive retention of an article of no
use to them.
Just how the historical significance of the
Derby cau take any part in the curriculum of
the Engineering college is hard 1o see. Can it
be that the amateur bridge builders take any
pleasure or glory in the withholding of 1 hat
which if of use at all. can be only of a very
secretive use? Can it be that engineering stu
dents are so emotionally subverted as to take
pride in the perpetuation of a theft?
Such an attitude is not in harmony with the
notions of conscience and purpose generally
accorded the Engineers. It is submitted, that if
that school counts the suppression of the
Brown Derby as any kind of a victory, then
ihey are satisfied with the emptiest kind of
a triumph.
LEX.
uw.sr! warn irac
E TREND OF THE
TIMES
by
GERALD BARDO
CPEAKER of the house, John
Garner of Texas says: "Since
he has been president, Hoover has
led us Into the greatest panic the
country or world has ever known.'
Secretary or war, Hurley, retail
ates that the democrats are Blun
dering- the president.
True is the statement that if
you want to know your faults,
just run for a public office. Slan
der, or whatever is said about him,
the politician must accept it. Not
courts, but the people are the
Judge of him. Let "Jack" Garner
receive the democratic nomina
tion; then he will find out if the
United States agreed with what
he has said.
A MER1CAN women in Shanghai
are aiding in hospitals giving
first aid to the wounded. Better
is that kind of service than for
American men to go to the front
to fight.
I ITTLE foundation has an under
-' graduate upon which to critt
cize the appointment of such a
man as Benjamin N. Cardozo to
the supreme court of the United
States. But at least this can be
said, that when the whole nation
applauds h i s advancement, so
much stronger becomes the su
preme court, and the less it feels
the loss of Justice Holmes.
"IF ANYBODY tries to stretch
his dirty paws for our coal,
timber and oil wella, he may be
sure that for each ton of coal,
each cubic meter of timber, each
tractor, and each pound of fish
we will fight stronger and more
obstinately than we fought in
1929." This said General Blukhar,
chief of the far eastern soviet
army.
This army "is ready at any time
to defend the country as is pro
ceeds to build socialism," said the
general.
Such is the view of one Russian
leader as Moscow asks Japan her
reasons for using; the Chinese
Eastern railway, as it was heard
she was going to do, to transport
troops to the soviet border. This
railway is partly Russian owned.
Also Russia charged that Japan
was supporting "white" Russian
activities in Manchuria. These
Russians are anti-socialists.
TO HELP her unemployed New
A. ji in wiiBiuciiug a ju pel-
cent tax on tickets for public
amusements. It was estimated
that this would raise $19,000 for
the state's relief work. The ones
enjoying amusements should be
the ones able to help the unfortu
nate. However foolish, poor peo
ple sometimes spend their money
unwisely.
A DOLLAR saved is a dollar
more to cut the deficit. The
house appropriations committee
proposes along with its 1933
treasury and nostofflce depart
ment appropriations that some
twenty-nine positions in the cus
toms service be cut out to save
$153,800.
CINCE 1920 Canada has obtained
fron one-eighth to one-quarter
of its total tax revenue from a
general sales tax. Last week a
Canadian government sales tax
expert was pressed into United
States service by Secretary of
Treasury Mills in araftmg a pro
posed manufacturers' tax. Why
not a little advice from somebody
who knows?
Series of Lenten Meetings
To Be Held by Several
Student Groups.
A scries of Lenten discussions
by various groups on the topic
"Finding a Workable Religion,"
has been planned by the Religious
Welfare council. Many of the
groups are using Dr. Stanley
Jonea new book, "Christ of the
Mount" as a basis for their study,
L. W. MacMillan is leading a se
ries of Lenten meditations at 5
o'clock daily and Is holding a con
firmation class at 7 o'clock each
Tuesday at the University Episco
pal church. A group meets with
W. C. Fawell at the Wesley par
sonage on Monday and Wednes
day at 7 o clock. Relnhold Carlson
and the Reverend Henry KrcK leaa
discussion groups Wednesday eve
nings at 7 o'clock at the Temple.
The Reverend Dean R. Leland also
has a class on Wednesday eve
nines.
As a part of the same plan Mist
Berniece Miller, University Y. W
C. A. secretary, leads meetings at
Ellen Smith hall on Tuesdays at
4. o'clock on "The Religions of the
World" and on Thursday noons on
Jesus and the Records."
LIBRARY POSSESSES
RARE MANUSCRIPTS
FROM MIDDLE AGES
(Continued from Page 1)
written during the late fifteenth
century. Its one hundred twenty
four vellum leaves or folios are
made beautiful with illuminated
initials and borders.
The oldest manuscript belonging
to the library is the Raymundus
de Pennaforte, Summa de Casi
bus, which dates back to the thir
teenth century, and was probably
written in France. The last leaves
of this manuscript are missing
leaving only twenty folios. It was
bound in 1840 with French violet
calf. "
A fourth manuscript was found
last year over in the Classics li
brary. It had at some time been
bought with funds from that li
brary and forgotten about. Last
summer one of the professors dis
covered and brought it over and
had it catalogued at the main li
brary. It is SallUHtius, Jugurtha,
Catalina, and was written in Lom
bardy about 1440. Its seventy-one
vellum leaves are illuminated with
gold leaf initials. The manuscript
was bound in 1860 in Italian half
calf. This manuscript belonged to
Joseph Ort during the eighteenth
century. Later is became the prop
erty of Carlo Morbia of Milan, and
in 1826 it went to Harrassowitz.
from whom the university obtained
it.
MOUSE IN LIBRARY
OBSERVES VARIOUS
TYPES OF STUDENTS
(Continued from Page 1.)
returned to the desk with a sus
picious air, waits an hour or so,
and at last leaves determining to
skip that class.
Also the pledge who has to study
under guidance of an upperclass
man. She always arrives late,
takes a great deal of time fixing
her coat and sharpening that pen
cil, then opens her book, stares at
it, glances around, finds that
would-be sister watching her, and
resignedly gives herself over to
study.
Thursdays, Fridays Quiet.
Thursdays and Fridays are quiet
Where is everyone? Buying a new
dress? Getting a manicure and
wave? Shining shoe. and pressing
tilts for thoc big dates? I won
der. Then comes Sunday. Ah, Sun
day! That's the best time of all.
Couples come together to study.
Oh, what sport! They saunter in
laughing and joking. Always
laughing. I wcuder why? Then
they sit down and open their
books. Between nearly every line
they glance at one another, just
to be sure tney're UU there, you
know. Every few minutes they
whisper over this or that. At last
they declare they know everything
perfectly. j.'Kk up their books, and
saunter oul.
After all, it's a Townsend photo
graph that you want. Adv.
UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
WITH 260,000 VOLUMES
IS LARGEST COLLECTION
OF BOOKS IN STATE OF
NEBRASKA.
(Continued from Page 1)
lowing 1892. In the early days a
library committee directed and
managed the affairs of the lmrary
and its chairman waa in some re
spects the librarian.
For the first ten years no reg
ular hours of opening were ob
served and very little use was
made of the library by students. In
the fall of 1878 Dr. George E.
Howard returned to the university
as a professor and assumed the
duties of the chairman of the li
brary committee who was then ab
sent on leave. Dr. Howard immedi
ately became popular with the
students by opening the library
from two to six eacn aiternoon. a
greatly increased use of the library
was noticeable at once.
From 1888 to 1891 Miss Elleu
Smith was librarian and began ef
forts to classify the books. Her
limited time made it impossible for
her to accomplish very much, how
ever. She was followed by Profes
sor George MacMillan.
Faculty Had Keys.
Taurine- this early period all fac
ulty members carried keys and
Dr. Bessey has told in the Corn
husker of 1908 how impossible it
was to make them give up the
keys until Chancellor Canfield pre
sented the matter at faculty meet
ing: and he added the information
that the lock on the library door
had just been changed, so the keys
would be of no further value.
Needless to say, the keys came in.
In 1892 Chancellor canneia real
ized that the library was growing
rapidly, and that without some
definite method of cataloging the
constantly increasing use of the
books was going to become nearly
impossible. He secured as librarian
Miss Mary U. Jones, wno naa jui.
completed a course of training in
the New York State Library
School.
She had a difficult task to un
dertake. They were some over 30,
000 volumes to be catalogued and
classified by subject. She worked
hard and constantly, and during
her five year stay accomplished
her task. She classified and cata
logued, not only the books that she
found, but also those purchased
during her stay. In addition to this
she gave short courses in catalog
uing in order to train assistants to
carry on her work, and started the
organization of the library upon
the lines which it has since fol
lowed. Librarians From New York.
It is interesting to note that all
of the librarians so far in the his
tory of the library have had their
training at the New York State
Library School. Miss Jones was
succeeded by Mr. J. K. Wyer, jr.,
and Dr. Walter K. Jewett, who
each held the position seven years.
They were followed by Malcolm G.
Wyer, and G. H. Donne, the pres
ent librarian.
From the first the University li
brary has been primarily a refer
ence library. Most of the books
have been bought on the recom
mendation of professors who were
interested in securing the best
material in print in their own
fields. This has occasionally re
sulted in extreme specialization in
some lines, leaving the library
comparatively weak in other
things. But these special collec
tions have proved so valuable es
pecially in research work, that it
has been deemed wise to allow the
DO YOU FAVOR INTRA
MURAL DEBATE?
Recent expressions of student
and faculty aentlme t have fa
vored addition of debate to the
Nebraska Intramural sports
program. Rudy Vogeler, Intra
mural athletic director, says
such a program could be easily
adopted If students should ex
press an interest In It The
Dally Nebraskan, In order to
g-' student reaction to the pro
posal, Is here publishing a bal
lot which It requests each or
gan'ied house president, frater
nity and sorority, to fill out and
-;turn to the Daily Nebraskan
office In the basement of U hall
Frliay or Saturday.
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MODERN
CLEANERS
SOUKUP A WE8TOVER
CALL F2J77 For Sorvlcs
different phases of the library to
develop a little unevenly.
Although the library, is pri
marily a, reference library built up
for the use of professors and stu
dents in their university work,
this does not mean that there are
no books to interest the general
reader. Most of the best litera
ture of all ages is there, poetry,
fiction, essays, and drama; large
collections cf history and biog
raphy; travel and exploration. But
the limited space unfortunately
prevents students from browsing
around to choose their own read'
ing.
Several Departmental Libraries.
On the other hand the many de-
partments make a real laboratory
of the library. The main part of
the students' work in many
courses is done in the library, in
the scientific and technical courses
large use is made of books on the
subject generally placed in depart
mental libraries.
There are several of these de
partmental libraries now, most of
which started with private collec
tions or boks owned by professors,
and have grown into small branch
libraries. The largest or these is
the one on the agricultural college
campus containing books on agri
culture and all its allied subjects.
The engineering and mathematics
books are placed in the Mechanic
Arts library, those on botany and
zoology in Bessey nan, ana on
chemistry, sociology, physics, en
tomology, and classics in smau ae
partmental libraries. The law H
brary is also separate, occupying
the whole of the third floor of the
law building, and a valuable medi
cal collection is held at the College
of Medicine in Omaha.
In addition to assigned and re
quired reading, there is a very
grat use of the library by stu
dents preparing papers and de
botes and looking up subjects of
passing or permanent interest,
while from outside the university
come many requests for informa
tion and assistance.
GRADUATE PRINTS ARTICLE
Leo R. Kennedy Publishes
Results of Survey on
Retention.
"The Retention of Certain Latin
Syntactical Principles by First
and Second Year Latin Students
after Various Time Intervals," is
the title of an article by Leo R.
Kennedy, Ph. D. Nebraska '30, who
is teaching psychology at Creigh
ton university. Omaha. The ar
ticle was published in the Journal
of Educational Psychology.
SELLERS TALKS AT DOANE.
Dr. J. L. Sellers, associate pro
fessor of history, addressed a bi
centennial meeting of students at
Doane college last week, on "The
Personage of George Washington."
When a psychology professor at
Allegheny college failed to bring a
student out a hypnotic spell for
three-quarters of an hour, the dean
of women placed a ban on further
experiments with hypnosis.
Unitarian Church
12th and H Streets
Arthur L. Weatherly, Minister
The Church Without
a Creed
Not the Truth, But the Sarch
for Truth
Sunday, February 28
"The Banishment of Fear"
rraternity
and Sorority
Jewelers
Let us submit our
designs and prices on
pins, rings, seals, tro-
I phies and party favors.
100 Service "J
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Students'
Supplies
Tucker
Shean Jewelers Stationers
1123 "O" St.
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SMART WEAR (saP FOR WOMEN
1X2212240 STREET
cMONDAY
Leap Year
CLEARANCE
SALE
Feb. 29th won't come again for
4 years. Just an additional day
thrown in for good measure
we use it for drastic Clearance of
all Mid-Season Dresses.
NO APPROVALS NO LAY AW AYS
ONE DAY ONLY
43 $
Presses
32
29 8ilk$ in blank, navy, brown, green, and print,
5 velvett. 3 wools, 5 chiffons, 1 lace, 6 formal. S
ihe 14. 15 to 135.
SIZE 14 TO 44.
$10
63
Dresses
SI were fll.M J were U.0
11 were IIS80 to 68.60
Knitted drr.tn, itreet drea, rough iilki, ptintt,
crepe. 19.50 to 69.50.
SIZXS 14 TO 41.
Odds & Ends
I Hudaon Seal Fur Coat $150.00
I Caracul, Tan Self Collar
65.00
f 5 Lapin Jackets . 25.00
23 Fine Hand Bags, Calf 1.00
C36 Straw Hats 1.45
2 Velvet Formal Wraps, each 5.00
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