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Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska
VOL. XXX NO. 126.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY. APRIL 15, 1932
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EDITOR DEFENDS
PUBLICATION II
REPLY 10 STORY
Literary Editor of Omaha
Paper Says Awgwan
Not Funny.
"APES FUN MAGAZINES"
Blames Sponsorship by a
Fraternity for Part
Of Trouble.
Editor Marvin Robinson of tbe
Awgwan Thursday came to the Of
fense of collegiate humor as ex
emplified by Nebraska's comic
publication in replying- to im at
tack on the AwRwan by Goorjjc
Grimes, literary critic of the
Omaha World-Herald, published m
the book review section i f the
World-Herald Sunday.
Grimes, former editor of tin:
Daily Nebraskan, declared th.it the
Awgwan is "fun without a smile,"
and accused the magazine of apit:R
"nearly every fun magazine on Vk
market." He suspects that "the
fact that the magazine has to be
sponsored by a journalistic fra
ternity id part of the trouble."
To Appear in Awgwan.
Robinson's statement,' which v. i!!
appear also in tha April iwuc f
the Awgwan to be release! UK
first of next week, in full:
JOURNALISTS MUST LTVK. or
Over Forty Comic Editors Must be
Wrong.
Mr. Grimes, that H. I,. M'.r.iwn
of the Omaha World-Herald has
ao-ain lauched one of his c.ibolic
acid attacks. This time 0.1 the.
Awgwan. We stron-iy .".s;yi-t
that his fresh and arrogant aiticle
had been brewing in his nvr.d :pv.'
time before he ?aw tlv; Spring
Number. He is certainly old h:i'd
times with a vengeance. Act own
ing to our notion he would be ti'.e
sort of a person to wi.-di for a fal
len daughter to put out on a oAl
and stormy night. ,
"Spirit Squelched."
A paragraph from his iv.'m-'.z is
as follows: "One wonders how it
happens that the spiiit of r.on-,-pnso
and fun could be ho clfec
tively squelched at the atale uni
versity, as the magazine in iicaUs.
Time was when a c-ia';i gay
libaldry attended ttudent attain?.
The time is not now. To f eie ns is
the depression that not oy-.n a
smile can be rracl:rl cbout t."
If a "gay ribaldry" ever atuiM i
student affairs v.e wee m "a it
and we are reproducing f-i y-J
the picture. The .-lory ol "L:-.;.:-nis
and Chloe" is Uvtutilul not i
cause of the intimate jei-a-es rn
it but because of it s .mi!' l've
;:to!V. So it is with R.-;!'-C.,
Kabi-lais, and Flaubert.
They all presented a we!! I ai
n need "picture of their time. They
helicvcd in calling a spade a spade,
and so do we. But we do not be
lieve in making a ct !le tion of
spades for exhibition as ti j some
humor sheets.
Mr Grimes may rest a.-v.'.'ed t.v.t.
if, in our wanderings, we un. over
a spade, it will be shown. We en
excuse all of his statements in t.-.e
first paragraph except the refer
ence to the depression. That, today
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PRIZES OFFERED
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D1YWIIEST
Medals and Ribbons to Bo
Presented Winners of
Event, April 16.
A gold medal will bo awarded
w to the high scoring student m the
f Varsity Dairy club's judging con
test Saturday, April 10. Stiver
medals will go to the men ranking
second and third.
The contest will begin at the
college dairy -barn at S o'clock.
Contestants will 1 required to
judge two classes of Holsteins, two
of jerseys, one of Guernseys, and
one of Ayrshires, Victor Kediger.
president of the Dairy club, stated.
Four animals will comprise a
class.
Official judges J. Frost ot
Woodlawn Dairy, and M. N. Law
ritson, O. H. Liebers, and F. U.
Morran of the College of Agricul
ture will judge Holsteins. Jerseys.
Guernseys, and Ayrshires respec
tively. In addition to placing the
classes, students are required to
give oral reasons on one Holstein
and one Jersey clars. Tfce official
judges grade the reasons, and rate
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CUNNINGHAM WILL TALK
University Women to Hear
Architecture Head
Saturday.
Prof. Harry F. Cunningham
chairman of the department of ar
chitecture, will address the Ameri
can Association of University
Women Saturday at the Country
club on "Contemporary Art."
Mrs. Albert Speier is chairman
of the commietee in charge, assist
ed by Miss Helen Walt, Miss Mar
garet Davis, Mr3. M. Deuisch.
Mrs. W. H. Barnicle. :;rs. Ira
Beynon, Miss Winifred Mayhew
and Mrs. Jiles Haney. Officers will
be elected following the program.
BIOLOGY FRATERNITY
INITIATES PLEDGES
l'!:i Sigma Holds Dinner
At University Club;
Sixty Attend.
Till Sigma, honorary biological
fraternity, held its annual initia
tion banquet at the University club
at 6:31) o'clock Thursday evening.
Dr. A. K. .lenness of the psychol
ogy department . spoke on "Psy
chology Looks Upon Biology."
Immediately following dinner
the pledges of the organization
were formally initiated. Elly
Jacobson acted as toastmistress
rind itroduced Dr. D. D. Whitney
and Dr. John K. Weaver who wel
comed the initiates.
Places were aranged for sixty
active and alumni members of the
group rt a long' table which was
decorated with spring flowers.
Other appointments were carried
(.at in green and white.
OMAHA PMAIN
OF SHOWCANCELLED
Kosmet Kin!) Play Not to
Be Given There on
Saturday.
BEG!, J SALE OF TICKETS
Car.eellation of the appearance
of "Jingle Belles." in Omaha Sat
urday evening Was announced by
manager of the Kosmet Klub,
Thursday afternoon. "Due to un
favorable circumstances it seemed
au-isablc to both the Kosmet Klub
and Joy Sutphen of the Brandeis
theater that the scheduled appear
ance be c ancelled," Faulkner said.
The ailvar.ee sale of tickets, the
failure of other large productions
to pay expenses, and some difficul
ties with the union were responsi
ble for the breach in the schedule,
a?. o:i:r.fr to Klub officials.
The cancellation was agreeable
to both parlies as both the Omaha
tlu-'-.ter and the campus organiza
t;oi tiood to lose in ease there
a Mil ell house. Bill Devereaux,
i.: the bu "iness staff, is to make a
'i.v.-ial trip to Omaha Friday to
i lose I hi- matter.
Advance sale of tickets for the
Lincoln appearance of "Jingle
Belles" in the Temple theater
April IS. V.) and 20. is under the
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BASIS OF E
MM ANNOUNCED
Extension Division Lists
Qualifications For
Scholarships.
(qualifications for the 150 tuition
scholarships to be offered fresh
men .students beginning next year
f re listed in the current extension
department bulletin. Selection for
1!,.. scholarships will be based on
an elaboration of the present
i.eademie pentathalon plan.
The scholarships are to be
avai ded on the basif of an exam
ination in five academic subjects
required for admission to some
college in the university. The ex-i'n-.insUions
will be in English,
Hi. ; t hematics, foreign languages,
natural sciences, and social sci-
H'.CS.
Kach fully accredited school
rnav enter at least two contes-U'H-,
chosen from an upper 10
j. recent of the senior class. The
er.tiic 10 percent in academic
ranking may be entered in the
content, but not more than one
rcholar.ship will be awarded to
each school.
Three Croups of Schools.
The -170 schools which are fully
aeei diteci will be divided into
thrc groups, according to-the
number of students in the gradu
ating class. One group includes
nil schools with less the twenty
one graduates, the next, all schools
with twenty-one graduates to for-tv-fnur
graduates, and the last,
ad sciraols having over forty-five
graduates. Fifty scholarships will
he apportioned to each group.
T::e-'j scholarships will be good
for all fees except matriculation,
registration, and medical fees, in
value approximately $35 a sem
i ster. They will be renewed for
the second semester if the stu
dent's work justifies the renewal.
The first part of the five ex
aminations to be given will be
given on May 5 and will include
the regular English and algebra
tests given thruout the state to
high school seniors. The second
part will take place on May 7. and
will consist of the remaining three
tests.
All applications for the examin
ations must have been mailed to
the 'university examiner before
April 12.
Otilirji Club to Meet
In Armory This Noon
There will be an important
meeting of the W. A. A. outing
club at 12 o'clock Friday noon In
the W. A. A. office in the Arm
ory, according to Berniece Hoff
man, club head. Plans will be
made for a hike during the com
ing week.
Voters League Meets to
Plan for Annual Dinner
The College League of Women
Voters met Thursday, April 14, to
plan further for the annual league
han-juet which will be held Thurs
day, April 28. The new constitu
tion wil be voted on at the next
meeting.
'JINGLE BELLES'
SUCCESSFUL
HASTINGS SHOW
More Than Thousand
First Showing of
Klub Play.
See
BOTH CHORUSES CLICK
Lincoln Presentation Will
Be April 18, 19,
And 20.
Predicted as being the outstand
ing Kosmet Klub musical comedy
in several years, Herbert Yenne's
"Jingle Belles" lived up to expec
tations in its Hastings appearance
Wednesday evening. Herbert
Yenne, author and director, was
the outstanding star of the show
which played before over a thous
and in the Hastings auditorium.
Russell Mousel, playing in front
of a home town audience, was
called upon for several encores.
Neil McFarland as Jane, a college
classmate of the heroine, Helen,
with his loquacity provided one of
the most humorous elements of
the show.
The pony and male choruses,
which have been coached by Ralph
Ireland, clicked with precision. A
solo by Bill Irons and a dance by
Louis LaMaster and Jack Minor
were additional features of the
performance.
Only Outstate Trip.
Hastings is the only out of
town trip that the Kosmet Klub
will make this year as negotia
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E
LEAVE FOR SI. LOUIS
Sixty-Four Seniors Go on
Annual Week's Tour of
Inspection.
VISIT MANY COMPANIES
Sixty-four students in the En
gineering college left Lincoln Sun
day morning for Saint Louis, Mo.,
on the annual engineer's inspection
trip. They arrived in the city late
that evening and will remain there
until Saturday, April 16.
The excursion, which is required
of all engineering students before
they graduate, is under the super
vision of five faculty members.
They are W. F. Weiland, mechan
ical engineering; L. A. Bingham,
electrical engineering; C. J. Frank
forter, chemical engineering; H. J.
Kesner, civil engineering, and E. B.
Lewis, agricultural engineering.
In addition to visiting Saint
Louis, they will inspect plants at
Alton and Woodriver, 111., and
Nagnell, Mo., Among the places
which they will visit are the
Busch-Sulzer Bros. Co., Diesel En
gine Co., Incernational Shoe Co.,
Anhauser-B usch Inc., Cahokia
Power Plant, General Electric'
Saint Louis Lamp Works, Wagner
Electric Co., National Lead Co.,
Laclede-Chritty Clay Products Co.,
Saint Louis Municipal Water
Works, Howards Bend Plant, Lam
bert Airport, Fouke Fur Co., and
the International Shoe Co.
The places outside of Saint Louis
which will be visited include the
Laclede Steel Co.. Alton, 111.;
Standard Oil Co. Refineries, Wood
river, 111., and the Bagnell Dam at
Bagnell, Mo.
Will Take Boat Trip.
Friday afternoon will be devoted
to a boat trip on the Mississippi
river. The trip is to be furnished
through the courtesy of the city
of St. Louis.
The electrical engineers who
made the trip are O. F. Dean, W.
M. Ely, C. J. Fate, G. F. Jelen,
E. H. Jirousek, L. R. Johnson,
P. T.' Jorgenson, E. H. Lohr, W. C.
Norris, L. M. Ruth, M. J. Senn,
A. J. Smith, H. C. Stern, L. O.
Witzenburg, W. J. Bamer, F. A.
Bartosh and A. A, Krecek.
The mechanical engineers are
H. G. Armatis, S. M. Dyas, G. F.
Freudenberg, M. W. Freudenberg,
A. R Jenny, R. C. Kirkbrlde,
Harry Kottas, T. N. Kuznit, P. W.
Pepoon, W. F. Uhl, J. H. Colson,
C. A. Goth, R. W. Hird, S. L.
Jameson, Leo Krisl, M. G. Leeson,
J. K. Ludwickson,.H. L. Sherwood,
J. C. Steele and W. H. Wolsleger.
Those making the trip from the
civil engineering college are A. F.
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NEBRASKANS TO SPEAK
Two Faculty Members Wiil
Address Scientific. Group
in Omaha.
Two Nebraska faculty members
have been booked to speak at the
Nebraska Academy of Science
which will hold its annual meeting
in Omaha May 6 and 7. Dr. A. L.
Lugn of the geography department
will speak in the earth division
conferences and Dr. A. E. Barager
will speak to the physics division.
Dr. Victor E. Levine of Creigh
ton university, Omaha, is president
of the organization and will pre
side at the general meetings. Other
officers are: Dr. S. J. Upson, Ne
braska, vice president; Dr. M. P.
Burnig, Nebraska, secretary; Prot
P. K. Slaymaker, Nebraska, treas
urer. Councillors are Dr. M. G.
Gaba, Nebraska. Dr. A. E. Hulch,
Peru, and Dr. G. E. Condra, Nebraska.
DEFENDS PROHIBITION LAW
Attorney Says Difficult to
Believe There Is More
Drinking Now.
Lloyd J. Marti, Lincoln attorney,
defended the prohibition law as
improving conditions in the uni
versity in a talk before the Lin
coln Knife and Fork club Thurs
day noon.
In agreeing with the stand of
the Wlckersham committee on
prohibition as set forth in its re
port he declared: "It is difficult
for me to believe that there is
more drinking among university
students than in the 'good old
days' when Lincoln had forty
saloons and thirty houses of ill
fame operating lawfully and open
ly sollclt'ng the university trade.
Prof. J. E. Almy presided at the
luncheon.
WILL APPEAR
FIRST OF NEXT WEEK
April Issue Contains List
Of Rating Sororities
Based on Pins.
SEND TO HIGH SCHOOLS
The April issue of the Nebraska
Awgwan will appear on . the
campus the first part of next
week, according to Art Mitchell,
business manager of the publica
tion. The outstanding features of this
month's issue is a rating list of
sororities on the campus. This
rating will be based on the num
ber of girls who have accumulated
the greatest number of fraternity
pins up to this time. According
to Mitchell, the sorority winning
will not be announced until the
Awgwan is on the stands.
To encourage a spirit of gam
bling on the campus, a horse race
feature has been introduced,
wherein the best picker will get
as a prize the New Yorker's al
bum which includes all the car
toons printed in this year's New
Yorker. Who will cover bets is
not announced.
A page of nominations to ob
scurity, including a number of
campus personalities, also at least
one faculty member, will be one
of the features.
The campus tempo page and the
gore column, which have proved
successes in previous issues, will
be continued.
The beauty page of this issue
will contain pictures of five Ne
braska coeds who have been nom
inated to fame. Last month's is
sue contained only four photo
graphs. This issue of the Awgwan will
be sent out to all high schools in
the statewide contest which is be
ing carried on at present. The
contest is being sponsored by the
magazine to promote familiarity
with the university and its publi
cations. Vernon Seabury Fund Known
As Palfadian Award Is
Given School.
A $2,000 Palladian scholarship
fund has been established in honor
of Vernon H. Seabury, graduate in
1919, by his sisters Mrs. Nellie E.
Barnard of Beatrice, Mrs. Flor
ence E. Kribs of Los Angeles, and
Prof. H. C. Filley of the College
of Agriculture.
According to the instructions
carried with the fund, a $100
scholarship will be given each year
to a member of the Palladian lit
erary society, the money coming
from the Interest from the $2,000
fund created.
One. to be eligible for the schol
arship must be a member in good
standing of the society, have paid
from his own earning not less than
one-half the expense incurred dur
ing the school year preceding that
in which the scholarship is in ef
fect and shall affirm that he ex
pects to pay. from his own -earnings
not less than one-half of his
expenses for the year during which
he holds the Seabury scholarship.
"Under no circumstances shall
the scholarship ever be awarded to
a student who uses tobacco in any
form," declares the agreement.
Should the Palladian society
cease to exist the scholarship shall
be used for a nonfraternity stu
dent in the college of agriculture
who meets the other requirements.
Vernon Seabury was born on a
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Hold Estes Conference
Meet Sunday Afternoon
t
An Estes conference reunion and
picnic wil be held Sunday after
noon from 4:30 to 7 o'clock, at the
Y. W. C. A. cabin in J meer park.
Reservations should be made at
Miss Bernice Miller's ofice in El
len Smith hall by Saturday, and
transportation to the picnic will be
furnished.
Willa Norris, member of Gamma
Phi Beta, is In charge of the re
union. Associate Editors
Of Annual to 3eef
A meeting of the associate
editors of the 1932 Cornhusker
will be held thle afternoon at
one o'clock In the Cornhusker
office. All associate editors are
asked to be present Otis De
trick, Editor.
$2,000 SCHOLARSHIP
ANNUAL
DEBATE
CONTEST
OPEN
WITH 15 TEAMS
Use New System of Numbers
For Groups Entered
In Meet.
ANNOUNCE NO WINNFR&
Prof. White Does Not Like
Plan; Doubts It Will
Be Used Again.
High school debating teams rep
resenting fifteen districts in the
state completed the first round in
state tournament Thursday eve
ning under a new system whereby
each team is assigned a number
and debates anonymously thruout
the tournament.
The system adopted last Decem
ber at the annual meeting of the
Nebraska High School Debating
League, is designed to eliminate
any decisions based on the preju
dice of the judge in favor of any
certain town or district. The
teams will continue thruout the
tournament to be designated just
merely by number . instead of by
the town which they represent
Meet to Assign Numbers. . .
A' meeting of all the teams was
held Thursday afternoon at Which
each team was assigned its num
ber and requested to keep its num
ber a secret. Neither the judges
nor the teams themselves are sup
posed to know which teams are
meeting each other in debate. Only
when the final championship de
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BE
AT MILITARY PARADE
Second Regimental Display
Of Season Ordered for
5 P. M. Friday.
WILL FORM AS USUAL
. The second regimental parade
to be held this spring will be con
ducted Friday at 8 o'clock, accord
ing to a general order issued .by
the military department yesterday
afternoon. Awards won during the
year will be made during the
ceremony.
Battalions will form in battalion
areas. The first battalion will
form on the road in front of the
coliseum in line facing south with
the right end on 12th street Tha
second battalion will form on the
walk in front of - Nebraska hall
with the right end on the road
north of the building. The third
battalion will form on the walk in
front of the stadium with the
right end on the walk near , the
north end of the stadium.
At the regimental adjutant's
call, the regiment will form on the
parade ground in line of battalions
in line of close columns facing
north. Calls will be sounded as
follows: First call, 4:50; assembly,
5; battalion adjutant's call, 5:05;
and regimental adjutant's call on
signal
Company guidons will be placed
within the battalion assembly
areas marking the right end of
each company. Members of
Pershing Rifles will form with
their respective companies.
Awards to Be Made.
Bars will be awarded to the fol
lowing groups: Company G, win
ner of the 1932 Intercompany Ath
letic competition; company M,
freshman winner of the 1932 Inter
company Rifle Marksmanship
competition. Awards will be made
to the commanding officer and the
guidon of company C, winner of
the company ticket sale for the
Military ball.
The . commanding officer of the
first, platoon of . company F will
receive an award. That platoon
was the winner, of the platoon
ticket sale for the Military balL
Several cadets will be awarded
bars for participation- with the
winning company in marksman
ship competition in machine gun
firing at Fort Crook last summer.
Most of the members oi the group
were students at the University of
Iowa, and Col. C. R. Lewis of Iowa
promised these awards to the Ne
braska students. They will be
awarded badges and bars.
They are: Capt George H. Ryan,
staff; First Lieut. William K. Sti
verson, company L; First Lieut
George H. Wragge, company D;
First Lieut Tudor B. Williams,
and First Lieut Frank M. Treat
company D.
DR. H0RT0NTO GIVE TALK
Will Speak to First Baptist
Church Student Class
On Sunday.
Dr. W. H. S. Morton, principal
of Teachers college high school,
will speak Sunday at the noon uni
versity class of the First Baptist
church, 14th and K streets. His
topic will be "Community Adjust
ments" and will deal with the
place of the , college graduate in
community life.
The young people's social hour
at 6 o'clock will be followed at
6: 45. by the evening young people's
service. Fatulla K. Mostofi and
AJi M. Agasi, students from Per
sia, will talk on the modern devel
opments and advances of their
country. The Baptist student or
chestra will play.
All students are invited to at
tend these -services.
DIVISION PUBLISHES .
BOOK ON SCHEDULES
Discusses ' Procedure- in
Enriched Curriculum ,
Class Revisions.
"Practical Procdures for En
riching the Curriculum,", a recent
publication oZ the Extension Divi
sion of the university, is concerned
with class schedules of high school
and their practical revision.
The department has been work
ing during the past year on revi
sion of class schedules of high
schools thruout the state. Both the
department of school administra
tion and, the extension division
have had. a part in this.
- The major outcome of this revi
sion is usually a wider array of
subjects with a somewhat smaller
teaching force. The usual savings
by such a revision is approxi
mated at about $500. The work
has been given free of charge. For
the next year this . work will be
centered under -Mr. Earl T. Piatt,
assistant dirctor In charge of su
pervised ' correspondence.
Sing to Take Place Before
Announcements of
Honoraries.
AWARD CUP TO WINNER
Eighteen - sororities have filed
their intention to enter the Inter
sorority sing on Ivy day, May,
sponsored by the A. W. S. board.
The sing will take place in the' aft
ernoon before the Ivy day oration
and the masquing of Mortar Board
and tapping of Innocents.
The entries are Alpha : Chi
Omega, Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha
Delta Theta, Alpha Omicron PI,
Alpha Phi, - Alpha . Xi Delta, Chi
Omega,' Delta Delta Delta, Delta
Gamma, Delta Zeta, Gamma Phi
Beta; Ksppa Alpha Theta, Kappa
Delta. Kappa Kappa Gamma, Phi
Mu, Phi Omega Pi, Pi Beta Phi
and Sigma Kappa.'
The groups will sing in the
order in which they are listed, and
must be prepared to sing in their
turn, or they will forfeit the right
to appear. Two songs will be pre
sented by each group. A group
may have an accompanist or di
rector if they are members of the
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WILL VISIT CAMPUS
Student Secretary To Give
Talks at Vespers and
World Forum.
Miss Celestlne Smith, young
negro graduate of the Talladega
college at Talladega, Ala., and
studert secretary of the south
western division of the Y. W. C. A.
will - visit the university from
April 17 until April 20. She will
speak at several meetings here.
Besides her work at Talladega
college, Miss Smith has taken
graduate work at the University
of Chicago and Columbia univer
sity. For the past two years she
has been doing the student secre
tary work, visiting the university
organizations in Missouri, Arkap
sas, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi,
and Oklahoma. . ,
She will speak at the Tuesday
afternoon Vesper services on the
subject, "Losing Self to Live," and
will be the guest speaker at use
World Forum meeting Wednesday.
Her subject will be, "What Can
Students Do About Race Prob
lems?"
Will Attend Staff Meeting.
Wednesday afternoon at 5
o'clock Miss Smith will attend the
regular meeting of the Interracial
and international group, ana win
lead further race problem discus
sions. - - .
Tuesday noon she will speak at
the meeting of the -Agricultural
college Y. W. C. A., and she will
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Two Elenhants Which Nearly Cost-
Adam Br.eede His Life WW boon He;
Mounted in Room in MorrUl BaU
. By MUNRO KEZER. 1
Ncbruku Editor 'Jt.
iniiMi with fossil remains of the
rreat elephants of past ages, Ne-
orasKa s eiepnant our m momu
ball, will soon see u aaaiuon
two of the mlsrhtiest of the
modern elephant family.
Care rally prepared xor mouuuug
in ih Miitr nf the elenhant hall.
the two elephants shot by the late
Adam Breede on a Dig-game ex
pedition in Africa and bequeathed
to the university museum, arrived
last week.
"The elephants are by no means
small, yet, compared with the fos
iia thv will look like babies."
says Murray J. Roper, of the
James U ClarK Btuaio or . ew
York, who is in Lincoln to superin
tend the placing of the Breede
elephants. As far. as Mr. Roper
knows, Nebraska has the only hall
in the work! devoted entirely to
elephants.
Center of Hall.
The larger of the two elephants
stands about 10 feet high at the
shoulders while the smaller one is
about S feet at the shoulders. They
will stand in the center of elephant
hail with the larrer one factor the
main north entrance of Morrill
i Head upraised, the great ears
EXPECT RECORD
AT FEEDERS DAY
V. '.:.
Chairman Gramlich Staffs
All Ready for Annual -
College' Event.
MV f 4-?'
TO INSPECT LIVESTOCK
Husbandry Head at Kai
State College Is
Speaker. ::
Nearly 2,000 Nebraska 'flrmelj!
are expected at the agricultural
college today for the annual feed"-.
er"s day program. Favorr$iB
weather conditions favor the -attendance
of the record breaJtttg
crowd.
Prof. H. J. Gramlich, head HfTb
animal husbandry department
in general charge of the event -nounced
Thursday night that Ul
was in readiness for the-rtey.
Prominent members of the college
faculty along with livestock "pro
ducers and outside ' authorities
scheduled to appear on the' pro1
gram. ...-...
Schedule Department Head."'
Dr. C. W. McCampbell, hetcT trf
the animal husbandry department
at the Kansas State college, is, one
of the headline speakers. He-appears
on both the men and worn eh
programs in the afternoon. Pro'"
feasor Gramlich says McCampbell
has appeared in Nebraska before
and is an influential speaker.
The Friday program includes
sessions for both men and women:
Both, however, will meet in a gen
eral meeting in the student sxtrri
ties building during the early pert
of 'the morning: Last year, .ovef
300 women attended the home -economics
session. Members of. lie
home economics department ihave -arranged
an attractive program
for the visitors. ".rJL'
To Announce Results.--
Results of various feeding' tets
with cattle, hogs and sheep will be
announced during the day by' pro
fessors who have had charge--of
the experiments. Prof. R. R: Thai
man will give out the cattleKf
periment summary while Prof. M.
A. Alexander will discust Ihe
sheep - feeding tests. Prof. Wm. J.
Loeffel .will, talk about the swine
test which is not completed as yet
At noon the visitors will Inspect
the experimental livestock -in the
feed lots on the campus. Depart
ment instructors will be on. band
to discuss the various lots and will
explain- them. Seats -have '..been
erected .' for the comfort- of ,the
farmers. :
A question box dealing witnafl
problems relating to livestock will
feature 'the afternoon prograof-to
be held in the student aottvt
building. In past years thi -hae
been one of the outstanding parts
of the program. Instructors on
the campus - .will answer -the
various, questions handed in dur
ing the afternoon. - - i
BOOK PUBLICATION
Extension Division Ponts
Volume on How to GutT'
School Budgets. :
Publication of a book, Practical
Economies in School ' Administra
tion, was announced recently by
the extension division. ' The book
was. written by several membere-of
the Nebraska faculty in collabora
tion, with members of the Kansas
State Teachers' association.. .'
The purpose of the book is ter
assist school administrators, par
ticularly in smaller cities said'.vn
lages, in preparing an inevitably
reduced budget so that a mmttmrht
of injury will be done --"to- the
school's educational program, .-t-
Nebraska authors are: Profts
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up, and the trunk starting tq, swing
unvinl. the larrer of the -ele
phant is designed to look as tf;it
had scented troume. ine smauer
one, is to be-apparently sletpUy
wandering around behind it .,
r rum umgn. ,mw.
"Mr. Clark has designed tb JWt
mala." Mr. ROoer ooints Out'ao
that the big- elephant is comlag .to
ward the' north entrance and -the
smaller one walking away 4o mb
rear. Yet they will hold iAtfXtst
from anv anrle at which yowieok
at them. As far as design Is'.0ji-
cernea, I believe .tney are superior
to the elephants in tbe-Sleld
museum in Chicago." .
Task of preparing the elephant
has been carried on in theJCLvU.
studios in New York for about two
and nne.ha.lf Win The skiBS-jafiS
tanned cut down to size; clay tood-
els are maoe irom wnicn g
msnnlklns are cast around which
the skins are fitted for the mount
ing. - ;' -
. tkln Weighs S00 Pouncr.-!ri
To give an. idea of the sixef
the elephants, Mr. Roper point
out that the skis alone oa t&SJUt
elephant weighed between ew
and five ' hundred pounds. Itlaa
originally an inch to an lntX$&d
a half thick while the padron
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