THE DAN.Y NKRRASKAN
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16. 1932.
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BY BURT MARVIN.
Well, all we have to do now is
to sit tight until tonight and hope
that Huskers have the where
withall with which to down the
Arakansas Ozark boys in order to
start the season right. The Razor-
backs pack quite a reputation
from their sector of the country
but didn't Butler rate as a whiz
when it came out here a couple of
years back only to find a 32 to 14
licking packed away in what was
supposed to be a victory bag?
Kvery man slated to start to
night is a veteran, the invaders
boasting a first string lining up
with Nebraska also flaunting five
vets in the strangers faces. The
home team has five six-footers on
the lineup, with the Bassett outfit
measuring up just about as high
Steve Ilokuf claims to be not quite
a six foot article, cause he says
he needs one-eighth of an inch to
attain such heights. Speaking of
lankiness there's a sophomore
named Van Albertsen coming on
the three game jaunt who is 6
feet, 5 inches tall, and he is sec
ond, string center. Experience
means a lot, and with that in mind
one might expect a pretty fair ex
hibition of basketball at the coli
seum tonight."
The Razorbacks play the Browne
team tonight, and then on Satur
day evening play Coach Schabin
ger's Creighton five, which is to
be quite the class. On Monday
evening South Dakota is to furnish
the competition for the travelers.
When Coach Waldorf brought
hi.5 Wesleyan five down to the coli
seum for a workout with the Hus
kers Wednesday afternoon, the
Coyotes had quite a novel method
of signalling for the break on the
offense. Warren Parker, veteran
fuard, simply hollered "Soups on!"
which I suppose meant for the
boys to get hot.
YWM GALLS FOR WORKERS
Group Needs Six Upperclass
Students for Work of
Americanization.
Six upperclass girls who will do
Americanization work with Ger
man and Mexican women are
needed by the Y. W. C. A. For
some years this work has been
carried on under the direction of
the Lincoln board of education.
The girls, preferably those who
have had German or Spanish, are
to spend about an hour and a half
one afternoon a week teaching the
women the English language and
American standards of living.
The project is especially appro
priate because it fits in with the
Y. W. C. A. program of interna
tional relations. Any girls who are
interested should see Miss Miller.
Washington and Lee university
will be closed on acount of the
prevalence of influenza.
Shirley's Beauty Shop
Everything in beauty culture.
Prices Reasonable
14th St. W. of s.
50ft No. 14
0::foid js nr.t what Rhodes
s-holars expect it to be, according
to an article written for the Om
aha World Mera'.d by a member
of its staff that was once one of
them.
"Rhodes scholars feel like for
gotten men in England's famous
university. If they date coeds they
are branded 'snakes,' and if they
stay out after 9 o'clock they must
beware of the human 'bulldogs',"
the former Oxford student de
clared. Each year the United States
sends thirty-two Rhodes scholars
to England. Under the present dis
trict plan four are chosen in each
of eight geographical districts
after tha district candidates have
been selected by state committees.
The article states that the first
lesson a Rhodes scholar learns
when he reaches Oxford is that he
is not a scholar. His college has its
own scholarships, awarded to
young Englishmen, and these stu
dents alone have the privileges and
distinctions of scholars.
They wear long flowing gowns
and dine at a special table in the
dining hall. Thev get first choice
of rooms and are expected to do
the college credit in examinations.
However, the Rhodes scholar,
like the majority of Englishmen
who go to Oxford without a record
of special brilliance in preparatory
schools, is a commoner. He wears
a short black gown with no sleeves
in it, and in matters of seniority
takes second place.
The article declares that the
American is met at the college
gate by a proctor, shown to his
room and then forgotten. He gets
his information concerning start
ing in the school from the bulletin
boards. From these he learns that
he is to call on a tutor, which he
does. The tutor gives him a list j
of books to read and a subject for
an essay. Then he is again forgot
ten until the me3ting with the tu
tor the following week.
All first and second year men
live in a college, the gates of
which close at 9 every night. It is
necessary to pay a fine of from
six to twenty-five cents to get in
after this, and at 12 o'clock the
last hope of getting in is gone.
The college serves only beer a
dinner, but there is no restriction
on liquor in a student's rooms
"The only rule is that you may not
buy beer outside the college. This
is becausa the college sells its own
brew and wants a monopoly," the
World-Herald staff member stated
Women students do exist at Ox
ford, but they are almost outcasts
If an undergraduate finds reason
to hang around the women s col
leges, he earns the title of "snake.'
Most men shun them during the
winter terms, but in the summer
they weaken and become "snakes.
To enforce the rules of tne uni
versity there are two proctors
faculty members serving in rota
tion, who stalk about the street at
night in cap and gown and full
evening dress. They are accom
nr.iied bv three or four hired
townies, broad shouldered toughs
who wear derby hats and are
called "bulldogs." "When the proc
tor sights an offender, a bulldog
runs him down; the proctor doits
his hat, bows, takes his name and
colIere and requests that the stu
dent call at his office the next
morning to be fined," the article
states.
The former Rhodes scholar con
eludes his article with the state
ment that "it is idle to debate
whether an Oxford education is
better than an American one. They
are different. Probably the great
point of distinction the feature
which some American scholars are
trying to copy is that Oxford
never browbeats a student, it ne
does not want to learn, Oxford
does not make him."
FRANKFORTER TALKS
EXPLOSIVES
USES
Chicago Bass Soloist Will Appear
In Annual Presentation of Messiah
Carl Nelson, Chicago, has been
secured by Professor Howard
Kirkpatrick. director of the School
of Music, as bass soloist for the
1932 presentation
of Handel's
"Messiah" at the
Coliseum Sun
day, Dec. 18.
Mr. Nelson
comes to Lincoln
with a reputation
for nis voice, tie
has appeared in
recitals in this
country and
abroad and as
soioisc wun sym
phony orchestras
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Receiving- his
eary vocal train- rl NHrt'-
incr at ihf A UfllS- C?ourtsy of Lincoln
ing at tne Augut- Jouniai and star.
tana Conserva
tory and the Tri-Cities, while a stu
dent at Augustana college, Rock
Island, 111., Mr. Nelson continued
his studies in Chicago with Gra
ham Reed of the Chicago Musical
college; and Herbert Miller, Edgar
Nelson, and the late Arthur Mid
dleton of Bush Conservatory.
Augustana Soloist.
Mr. Nelson toured extensively as
soloist with the many musical or
ganizations of Augustana college
while he attended that institution,
and was later chosen special solo-
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ist for the Augustana Concert
band on its European tour in 1928.
He has had wide experience as a
church soloist, and has appeared
in recital and oratorio throughout
the middlewest.
The presentation of the "Mes
siah" Sunday afternoon will be the
thirty-seventh annual traditional
presentation of the oratorio on the
Nebraska campus. Professor Kirk
patrick will direct, and the baton
will descend at 3 o'clock. There
will be no admission charge.
Students living at one of the dor
mitories at the University of Geor
gia were recently warned that they
would be charged an extra fee if
they continued taking so many
baths.
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Colonel Addresses About 150
Members of Chemistry
Organization.
Manufacture and use of explo
sives was the theme of Col. C. J
Frankforter's talk before the
Chemical Engineering Society
meeting held Thursday evening in
chemistry hall, which was attend
ed by approximately 150 persons
Colonel Frankforter began his
talk bv explaining the various
kinds of explosives and their re
spective uses. According to Col.
Frankforter there are three kinds
of explosives, high, low and inter
mediate, and each one has a defi
nite use. "The high explosive," he
said, "is the only one which truly
explodes and must be detonated,
burning at a rate of about 17,500
feet per second. The low explosive
is a slow burning powder and its
action is similar to the action of
the gas in an automobile, burning
at the rate of 2,500 feet per sec
ond. It may be fired with a flame.
The intermediate explosive is a
fast burning powder which is used
mainly as a propellant as in firing
guns."
Any Organic Substance.
"In the manufacture of the high
explosives almost any organic sub
stance with an organic base may
be used," according to Col. Frank
forter, "such as sugar, starch, po
tato starch if it were not for the
prohibitive cost of raw material. A
nitrating is used in making the
product an explosive.
"The same raw materials are
still used in the manufacture of
the low explosive as in the first
ones made. The explosives have
been much improved, however, by
using purer materials and improv
ing the manufacturing process.
"The intermediate explosives are
used mainly for propellant pur
poses in guns where it is necessary
to use a powder which will start
a shell out slowly and increase its
speed to a maximum by the time
it has reached the end of the rifle.
If a high explosive were used it
would cause too much breech-pressure
and might blow off the
breach. The firing of a 1,400 pound
shell may be compared to an ath
lete putting the shot. It must be
started slow. By the time a 1,400
pound shell has reached the end
of the rifle, 700 inches from the
breach, it is traveling at a speed
of 2,400 feet per second. The ordi
nary .30 calibre army rifle has a
breach pressure of 52,000 pounds
or 26 tons. This is what gives
them their "kick."
Explosive Uses.
In explaining the uses of explo
sives, col. Taniuorter expiainea
that if the manufacture of them
would suddenly be suspended we
would all feel the loss indirectly.
Explosives are used in coal min
ing, cement manufacture, road
building, iron mining and many
others. Orchards are planted by
using explosives m digging uie
holes. It would be possible to dig
the holes for a 1,000 tree orchard
all at once. The Hoover dam would
be impossible without them.
Colonel Frankforter also ex
plained how the government ex
perimented with the different types
of explosives and allowed only
those adapted for a particular pur
pose to be used there.
In concluding his talk. Colonel
Frankforter demonstrated how
many of the explosives burn by
using samples of which he had
some forty or fifty. Following the
talk three reels of film were shown
demonstrating the manufacture
and use of explosives.
Columbia university should have
a course in air-craftsmanship,
Amelia Earhart, famous aviatrix,
declared this week, following an
address before students and fac
ulty of the university.
She saia that flying has now
reached the stage when it must be
listed as a profession and recog
nized as such by colleges and universities.
May We Make
a Suggestion?
We know the best way to say "Merry
Christmas is to say it yourself. . .especially
in the case of out-of-town friends who ap
preciate your voice better than anything
else . . . for your voice is YOU. . .better
than all the cards ... or presents ... in the
world.
How about that Sweetheart you won't
be able to see this Christmas. Wouldn't
it be a joy to talk with him, or her, over
the telephone? Just like being together
in the same room ... at least it's the next
best thing to being with "that certain
person!"
You may call it sentiment . . . what
of it . . . It's the spirit of the Christmas sea
son. Call her tonight.
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