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EDITORIAL STAFF
Ed tr-m-Clel Pnil Brv.neJI
MANAGING EDITORS
Dick Msran Lvnn Leonard
NEWS EDITORS
Gecx-oe Murpny Laocne Btie
Violet Cress
exports Editor. Burton Marvin
Scety Editor Carolyn Van Anda
' Wcnun t Editor Miroaret Tr-ieie
BUSINESS STAFF
Business Manaoe.. Clvalrner Grahvn
ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGERS
Bernard Jennings Geonje Hdyotre
Frank Musgrav
To Provide Relief From
Tite Academic Diet.
THINK back over the toe you
have attended the university
and try to recall how many really
fin speakers you have beard at
cEivocatioo.s. See if you can re
member ever attending a convoca
tion or extracurricular meeting of
any kind at the university where
you have had tbe opportunity of
seeing or bearing a distinguished
lecturer or a noted unusual musi
cian, or swing a truly outstanding
artistic production of any kind.
Whether you are a freshman or j
a senior the answer is about the !
same; you can recall few if any
unusual opportunities you have
had along these lines. The fault
lie with no on. The university
is and always has been unable to
us any money for such ""extras."
This year for example, the convo
cation fund has expended some
thing hie $55 for providing
sj -takers.
Glancing through the college pa
pers of other institutions, it is
amazing to a Nebraska student to
notice that Walter Lippman ad
o! jessed a cn vocation at a certain
college or that Will Duiant Jec
tured before an audience of uni
versity students somewhere else,
4 that some famous musician had
been scheduled for a free concert
pjen to all university . students at
some other snstitutiom. The reason
why other schools have these op
portunities for students lies in tbe
si.cple fact that they have money
to ufe an providing- tbem.
A CONVOCATION fund cf suf-
fk-ient proportion tc provide
for- twinging to the Nebraska cam
pus eminent speakers or artists,
could be built ea.ch year by adding
t.o tbe activity tax tbe negligible
amount of ten or twenty cents a
year. A fund cf approximately
a-l.jOOA might thus be made avail
able for use in .securing individ
uals to come to this campus who
w--uld be of real interest to the
student body.
Vith this in mind., several stia-C'-'Dls.
not connected with tbe stu
de:jt ocnmc.il, have proposed that a
f-fcll item be included in the stu
cer.t activity tax plan to provide
Jf.u such a fund. The same pro-p.'-.al.,
introduced by Meredith Nel
ha suggests that the student
Jcuiii commission as ncui- organ
ised, s-bwuld beocme a part of the
Seu Mantodon A anted
After E. II. Barbour
In the new TnnAErbph entitled
'Ne w Remains cf Trilopbodont
Telrabelodont Mas tcdons" by
Childs Frick cf the American Mu
eojm of Natural History, a ew
rratodon is named Serbelodon
Earbouiensis after Dr. E. H. Bar
Icur. A distinct group cf new ele
pjiants has been named McrriHia
it recognition cf tbe late Charles
K. Morrill and the work he did in
r ringing together a large probos
cjoean coUectkai.
faculty convocations ctMummcTc .
lhelp in selecting programs.
in this manner uic aiuuru
would be assured of having pro
grams arranged which would be
of interest to them, rather than
more or less dry academic discus
sions. Certainly if the students
provide the wherewithal, they
should have the controlling voice
in the selection of the programs.
FURTHER than this, it is sug
gested that the university au
thorities arrange that no classes be
scheduled on Tuesdays and Thurs
days at 11 o'clock, leaving these
periods open ech week for the
scheduling of convocations. Every
student and faculty member would
thus be free to attend without
skipping or dismissing classes. The
feasibility of this plan is attested
by the fact that until the last few
years the university regularly ad
hered to that policy.
In brief, then, this is the explan
ation for the item to be included
on the ballot next week for a con
vocation fund. Tbe student coun
cil committee believes that stu
dents should have the option of de
termining whether they would like
the chance to attend several con
vocations programs of real merit
or not At tbe rate of ten or twen
ty cents a year, the Nebraskan
feels that nothing could be ot
greater advantage to the student
body. We trust this item will re
ceive the unanimous approval of
the student body.
Only a Fete Croitded
Weeks of School Left.
INTERRUPTIONS in the regular
routine cf class attendance and
school work are on the program
for the remaining few weeks of
the school year. Beginning this
week with the traditional Ivy Day
ceremonies. students will find
themselves not only swamped with
the additional work cf rounding
out the semester's scholastic pro
gram, but with a variety of extra
curricular and social activities.
There are those who look with
disapproval on these outside diver
sions which tend to occupy tbe
time of many students to the ex
clusion of class wor k. In part, per
haps, this disapproval is merited in
tbe cases of individuals who en
tirely forget tbe necessity for
keeping their noses to tbe grind
stone. But life itself, and student life
no less, is more than just a routine
of duties. Perhaps Americans
tend to insert too many of these
extra activities in their daily lives
so that they become exertions in
stead of pleasures- But on the
whole, these extra function add a
little spice to life and divert atten
tion from the tasks rnhk-b without
flavoring become tiresome.
VY day is one of these flavoring
devices for student life. Tbe
1 Nebraskan feels that Ivy Day and
jail tbe rest of tbe things that go
I with dt are what gives identity and
I tisditk! to this luniverKiy. They
iare feaures cf tbe year which
! really mean something to most
: students.
I The memories of these enjoyable
events may be inomeuhat sullied.,
however, when stacked up along
1 side a few incomplete and flunks
; a a result of chronic neglect of
school work induced by too much
time sjent in enjoying the beau
, ties of spring and participating in
' too many of spring college activi
i ties. Enough said.
GEOGRAPHY GltOLP
.MAKES EXTENSIVE
INSPECTION TKIP
A group cf about one hundred
students under the direction of
Dr. N. A. Bengston and Esther J.
Anderson of tbe geography de
partment made an extensive trip
Saturday that took them to Eagle,
Weeping Water. Louisville and
A.shland.
Land farms, land utilization and
geographic teatures cf that part
cf the state were studied by the
rtodents.
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TO THE EDITOR:
I have been interested in the
question whether to vote for the
activities tax or not I would like
to ask a question about the plan.
Couldn't it be arranged so that
such things as the symphony con
certs and the civic music concerts
could be on the ticket? These, of
course, are not regular university
activities but they draw a great
many university students. These
students are not usually the same
ones that go to all the football
games, basketball games, etc.
Perhaps it would be possible to
offer the students their choice of
events. Personally I do not think
that the Awgwan is worth (to me.
at least, and I do not think I am
alone) what I would have to pay
for it even under the tax plan. If
I could eliminate this item by
choosing something which seems
more worthwhile to me it would
help much to make the tax favor
able to me.
I realize that giving the student
choice of events would consider
ably complicate tbe working out
of the tax plan but I think it
would pay in the long run. I am
inclined to think that there will be
quite a little opposition from stu
dents who are working and have
only a limited time to spend in
recreation and a limited amount
of money to spend for that recrea
tion. Itlany of those students would
prefer the concerts which take less
time and are more to their taste.
If the matter of choice in the
tax plan is at all feasible it seems
to me that the students should
have a chance to discuss it and
hear the merits or demerit of the
case, H. M. J.
DEVICE ENABLES TRANS
MISSION OF MUSIC THRU
ETHER ON LIGHT WAVES
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known as "narrow casting," en
ables the transmission of sound
over light waves to be effected.
The process is performed by shoot
ing a ray of light from the curb
to a mirror- which reflects the light
back to a tube similar to that used
in the radio, technically known as
a ""photo electric celL which
transmit tbe beam cf light into
electrical sensation which in turn
create sound, speech or music
Used as a practical illustration
of the device music has been
thrown through space for thirty
mile on a ray of light success
fully.
Based upon a similar principle,
that of throwing beam of light up
on a photo electric cell, automatic
traffic regulation ha been per
fected. The cell connected to red
and g7een lights, is automatically
controlled by the passage of some
object thru the beam cf light. Tbe
deiractiou causes the cell to flash
red or green, a tbe object reiaain
in the path cf the light.
This device ha been used as a
means of traffic control in many
big eastern cities, where numerous
cross roads intersect arterial
streets. A beam cf light thrust
across the lightly traveled streets
automatically stops traffic on the
arterial thoroughfare and gives the
automobile time to cross the intr-
Many other device of interest to
the casual observer may be round
on the company's (display windows,
including various electrical devxes
now in use in radio and telephone,
and charts indicating the range of
tiound and bearing cf the himan
ear a compared with the pbcto
electrical celL
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College Gives Address
Dr. W. H. Morton, principal of
the teacher college. aJre,ed the
young people's group cf the FSr4
Christian church. Surxlay evening
on the subject cf "Youth and Reii-gkjo."
and iU luie """" ,r"" ! Am"
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Discovery Indicates Primitive Man
Roamed Nebraska 30,000 Years Ago
Primitive man may have roamed
in Nebraska some 30,000 years ago.
possibly during the last of the
Pleistocene ice age, according to
Dr. Earl H. Bell and Dr. William
Van Royen, instructors in the de
partment of anthropology and geo
graphy, respectively.
Proof for their statement was re
cently uncovered when a number
of artifacts were discovered near
Dalton, in the panhandle of Ne
braska. An artifact is any instrument or
tool that is made by man. The im
plements in this case were made of
flint, and show marked signs of
chipping, indicating that they were
the work of early men. The find
showed definite secondary chip
ping, and was ot the classification
that is generally called a snubnose
or thumbnail scraper. It was prob
ably used to scrape the skins of
prehistoric Nebraska animals.
Robert Cape, farmer living near
Dalton, reported to Dr. BeU that
his daughter, Gladys, bad found
what he believed to be a flint arti
fact in a cemented sand cliff some
eight feet below the present sur
face on tbe bank of Greenwood
creek. Mr. Cape and Frank Den
ton, a graduate student in palen
tology at the university who was
asked to investigate it, removed
the artifact in a block of matrix,
and sent it to the university au
thorities for investigation. Mr.
Denton was certain it showed
signs of "great antiquity."
After Dr. Bell bad examined the
flint implement thoroly, a party
was made up to visit the source of
u recovery, including Dr. Bell and
Dr. Van Royen, CoL G. L. Waters
of Lincoln, and three geologists.
The place of discovery is in a
creek bank, some twenty feet deep,
which is divided into three distinct
layers. The lower layer about ten
feet in thickness is composed most
ly of stratified gravels, and an in
tercalation of finer sandy mate
rial, along with Rocky Mountain
pebbles.
Tbe second layer is about six
College Association
High School's
Revision of Accreditment
Standards Is View
Of Group. " .
Acting m the recommendation
of A. A. Reed in his president's
address to the North Central As
sociation of Colleges and Secon
dary Schools at Chicago recently
the organization adopted a plan
authorizing the commission on
secondary education to begin a
scientific study of tbe entire prob-
lem of the relation of the high
school to the college, with the
rjT r.3 -t ririfiiftn r.f
" . , r V. , -. iinational scholastic honorary
standard of accreditmenL This J J
change would shift the emphasis University Club. Moa-
from quarti live standards that Jdayevening-.
have thus far prevailed universal- I Irof- Winona M. Perry gave the
IT to some tvpe of qualitative welcoming address to the new isJ
standards. Itiates, and Hubert A- Arnold, who
Such a plan would remove the hlta lhe highest average of the tn
emphasi from the machinery of j comicg members, gave the re
instruction to tbe results of in- f ponse, Mr. Henry H. Wilson de
struction according to Mr. Reed, luvered the main ddres of the
There will be a general committee evening, speaking on The World
of control consisting of tbe twenty j Court and It Eleven Year
t -hainnv An rirtJv r m- I Work, in w hich be discussed nv
mittee was appointed constisting J
tif CI F. fjnrr,,n-r rS Ih I"r,iv-r- I
sity cf Michigan; J. T. Giles, state
department of public instruction,
Minnesota; C. G. F. Fransen, Uni
versity cf Indiana; M R. Owen,
state department of puttie instruc
tion. Arkansas; and A. A. Reed.
University of Nebraska.
This study will parallel the in
vestigation which
have been in i
process for two years in tbe field
of higher education, but it has
peculiar difficulties because cf
tbe large cumber of schools in
volved. There are t-ar ly .000
choo3 that will be directly af
fected, and the outcome will have
an indirect influence upon all
high tboo3. It will probably re
quire five years a a minimum
time. No study in recent years
ha greater : "fusibilities cf benefit
to education than doe this unrier
taking. Graduate of Vnivert'iiv
l re-ak iJf-fore NkiHv J
Hiss Alice Cusak. supervisor Washington to seek relief Ve!1--of
kindergarten and prinary in 1 tion. in answer to a call sett
Kansas City, Mo., and a graduate ' by the Association of Unemploytd
of the university, is in Lincoln this 1 College AlurxxL Conference a
weekend to tpeak before tbe ;
Chiihood Education xietv. Sfce ;
spoke at the lunchecn meeting of!
the crgaiiiiaticn at Ea-rtricJge on
Saturday. 'he is natViaily known '
a .thorily in the primary field aiid '
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I an author of note.
for the creeks to cut down to their
present levels, by approximately
twenty feet below the terrace e:ge.
If these implement were wa.sh.ed
in they may be older.
The age of the artifact is at '
least 6.000 years, and may even
date back to tbe -Pleistoncene
which would make them in the
neighborhood of 30,000 years old.
'.Vhile either may be the case, it u
the policy of Drs. Van Royen and
Bell to accept the first date in
preference to the second, until n
caa be definitely proved that the
earlier date is correct
It is made up of fine very
sandy material, partially cemented
together. The first artifact u
found in this second strata just be
neath the old soil line. It measures
one and three-eights inches by
seven-eighths of an inch by thiee
eighths of an inch, and is of tbe
usual plano-convex form. Several
others were uncovered by tbe
searchers, these varying in Wtigth
up to three and one-half inches. AH
were made by chipping large flint
flakes from the implement, and all
were one-sided, although some
showed sign of having been
sharpened from the flat side.
A few specimens were found in
the lower strata, about ten feet
above the water level, these being
much cruder and irregular in the
workmanship than the other finds
and are much older. They were
shaped by the percussion method,
and then retouched by carelesn
pressure flaking.
With the rather limited amount
f detailed geologic and physio,
graphic work that has been doc
so far in that part of Nebraska it
is as yet difficult, if not altogether
impossible to form a definite idea
a to tbe probable age of these
various strata, and therefore of
the implements, according to Dr.
BelL
If the implements were dropped
where they were found, the time
elapsed must account for the period
involved in the building up of at
least the topmost ten feet of the
terrace, plus the period required
Will Study
Relation to College
HOSORARY LMTIATES
THIRTY-FIVE SEMOIIS
Annual Affair Is Held
At University Club
Monday Right.
Thirty-five seniors were initiat
ed and Prof. Joseph EL A. Alexis
was presented a an honorary
member at tbe annual initiatica
exercises and banquet of the Nt-
braska chanter of Phi Beta Kal i.
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tematiorjal situation coming te-
lore ixie oouru
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tiate: Alia'. tttai4 G.; Arwid. Hmx' a;
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!U TO SEEK RELIEF
Delegations of Unemployed
Graduates Flan Trek to
Washington.
We alumni from all over
tbe
couTitrr vetfterdav beean a t W
Mfceduled for torlay and tor&or'
in tbe Nation' CanitoL
A group of Harvard gTa"
will cocfer with Prdddent RfC"
vlt, himself a Harvard gradJ: .
Several hundred iobles i
are expected to attend.
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