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LINCOLN, JNKHKASKA, WEDNESDAYMAY 10, 1933.
PRICE 5 CENTS.
ENGLISH EDUCATOR
GIVES ADDRESS AT
STUDENTJVI E ETl N G
Nylie Contrasts Life and
Habits at Oxford With
Newer Schools.
Contrasting the life and habits
it Oxford and other of the older
irnrlish schools with that of the
newer institutions, Sir Francis
Wvlie noted English educator and
former Oxford secretary of the
Phoades scholarship board of trus
tees addressed the Tuesday morn
inz ' convocation of students and
faculty members in the Temple.
Oxford, being a part of the
avstem of educational institutions
dating back to the Middle Ages
feels a definite interest in other
universities of which the Univer
sity of Nebraska is one," he stated.
He continued outlining the
broad background of tradition
surrounding the origin and de
velopment of Oxford tracing by
comparison its relation with other
European universities.
'Oxford does not claim to be
the oldest university, but it is old
enough to have a traditional
background dating back to about
the twelfth century," he said.
Wylie created a great deal of
interest when he told of some of
th restrictions and duties of Ox
professors. When the institu
t a was first founded he il
1 ji rated how different the rules
v Nebraska university are from
th)se of Oxford when he declared
that the instructors could not
"cut" or be absent from a class
without the student's permission.
He also declared that each class
session starts exactly on the bell
and end3 on it without running
overtime. He stated that if a pro
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SIXTY WILL COMPETE
IS JUDGING CONTEST
Medals, Trophies, Ribbons
And Garden Seed to
Be Atvards.
Sixty college of agriculture stu
dents are expected to compete in
the annual Tri-K crops judging
and identification contest to be
held on the campus in the dairy
building Saturday of this week.
Medals, trophies, ribbons and
garden seed are being offered to
the winners In the various classes.
The silver medal goes to the high
individual in all classes. Contest
ants will judge many classes of
farm grains as well as identify
weeds and crop varieties.
Winners in the 1933 contest will
not be announced until Saturday
evening when the annual Tri-K
agronomy club feed will be held on
the campus. Frank Manchester of
the Omaha grain exchange will ap
pear as the chief speaker on the
program.
Hertzler Comments
Fee as Part of
Proposed Levy Would Bring
Famous Lecturers for
Student Meets.
Rockwell Kent, Bruce Bairns
father, Floyd Gibbons and other
nationally famous lecturers might
! enjoyed by Nebraska students
if the convocation fee in the ac
tivity tax now before the student
body for consideration is adopted,
was the opinion of J. O. Hertzler,
chairman of the convocation com
mitter for the university.
Declaring that the additional
revenue from the activity tax in
aJditin to what ever aid the con
vocation committee might receive
from the general fund of the uni
versity would enable the students
to enjoy a very imposing array for
their yearly convocation program,
'r. Hertzler endorsed the idea as
Oiie ,f nigh benefit to the student
body.
"Variations in program, includ
es" art. music, literature, and other
"nea of student interest could be
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NATHAN LEVIJIVES TALK
Speaker Tells Gamma Alpha
Chi About Star and
Its Position.
Nathan Levi, member of the na
tional advertising department of
the Lincoln Star, was the speaker
at a meeting of Gamma Alpha Chi,
woman's advertising sorority Tues
day night.
Mr. Levi is a law college stu
dent and a member of Zeta Beta
Tau. He spoke on "The Lincoln
Star and Its Place In the Com
munity," giving a general idea of
the newspaper's position as a
molder of public opinion.
Gamma Alpha Chi is an organ
ization which devotes its efforts to
the furtherance of interest in ad
vertising among students.
PLANSJORJETREAT
Group Will Meet in Temple
Building Tonight
At 7:15.
Final plans for the annual
spring retreat of the city campus
Y. M. C. A. at Camp Kinnikinnik
near Valparaiso, Neb., will be
made at the cabinet meeting of the
University Y. M. C. A. to be held
tonight at 7:15 in the Temple
building.
Cabinet members will report on
plans for the work of the coming
year, and each will announce the
list of workers on his committee
at the meeting. Joe Nuquist,
chairman of the Hoover project,
will present recent information
about the work among Chinese
students in China which is being
carried on by Lyman Hoover. Mr.
Hoover is partially supported in
his work by students in the Uni
versity Y. M. C. A.
The retreat, which starts at 1
o'clock Saturday afternoon from
the Temple, will close Sunday aft
ernoon. It is expected between
fifteen and twenty members and
other students will attend.
The retreat will be open to not
only members of the University Y.
but also other men who are inter
ested. "We extend a welcome to
anyone interested in a day's recre
ation with play and a quiet period
of discussion," Morton Spence,
president of the University Y.
stated.
A special feature of the program
at the retreat will be a report by
Dr. C. H. Patterson, of the phil
osophy department, and Meredith
Nelson on the national student
council meeting held last month
at Columbus, O. Recreational fea
tures and a leisurely discussion of
the special of the Y's future pro
gram especially as to freshman
work next year will be on the pro
gram. on Convocation
Activity Tax Plan
GROUP PLANS SPRING DUNCE
Orchesis Members Will Hold
Annual Affair on
May 19.
The annual Spring Dance Re
cital by members of Orchesis,
women's honorary dance organ
ization, will be presented Friday
evening. May 19, at 7:45 o'clock.
Tickets, which are 35c, may be
secured from Orchesis members or
in the physical education office.
"This year's dance drama is
being worked out on an unusual
and interesting scale and promises
to be of high entertainment value,"
states Miss Edith Vail, head of the
dancing department and sponser
of Orchesis.
As an additional feature, in
structors and interested students
from thirteen neighboring colleges
have been invited to the guests
of Orchesis at the recital, over
nfght, and at a special dancing
class demonstration and luncheon
to be held Saturday.
CABINET TO
MAKE
TO
WEEK, STATES SKADE
Office Will Be Open From
Eight to Five O'clock
Each Day.
Students who purchased 1933
Cornhu.'.;ors may obtain their
copies at the Cornhusker office
any day this week, according to
announcement made by Charles
Skade, business manager.
The office will be open for dis
tribution from 8 to 5 o'clock each
day starting Wednesday. Ap
proximately nine hundred and seventy-five
books are expected to be
distributed this we'll.
All students are urged to call
lor their books as soon as possible.
Final payment of $1.50 on books
purchased dining the fall sale and
of $1.75 on those purchased during
the final sale must be made before
books will be released. The busi
ness staff estimated that nearly
five hundred students utilized the
installment plan of purchasing this
year.
That the 1933 annual is truly an
outstanding piece of work is the
opinion of idumnae and faculty
members who have inspected it.
Among the novel and distinctive
ideas incoiDorated in the book are
the thirty-two page feature sec
tion, announcement of five Corn
husker Coeds, and the two-tone
beauty section. The book is de
voted to dads of students, a theme
which is carried out in student
art work throughout the book.
Orders from all parts of the
United States for the 1933 Corn
husker have been received and are
now being filled, thus assuring the
book of a nation-wide circulation.
M. H. MS BOOK
Title of Work Is 'Write
Better Business
Letters.'
"Write Better Business Letters"
is the title of Prof. Maurice H.
Weseen's latest book which has
just been published by the Thomas
Y. Crowell company of New York.
Professor Weseen, a member of
the English department of the
university, is well known for the
several books which he has writ
ten, one of which, "Words Con
fused and Misused," has been re
vised and reprinted for use in Eng
land. Professor Weseen's latest book
is made up largely of examples of
good and bad business letters and
will prove valuable to business
men who desire to master the art
of writing good business letters for
the purpose of increasing their
profits and having the satisfaction
of knowing that they are doing
things in the right way. The book
makes plain what to do and what
not to do in the writing of in
quiries, requests and replies to re
quests, order and acknowledg
ment letters, collection letters, let
ters of complaint and adjustment,
letters of application, and espe
cially letters which will appeal to
the prospective customer, capture
and hold his attention and finally,
persuade him to buy.
In this book, Professor Weseen
states that we must write as we
would talk and should therefore
avoid stereotyped expressions, fool
ish and worn out formalities.
These mistakes make dead and in
effective letters and it is a won
der that they ever get results, he
pointed out. The author says that
thi3 is not the case for the stand
ards of business letter writing are
still low although they are gradu
ally improving as the importance
of good business correspondence
becomes better understood.
Thi3 is seventh book which Pro
fessor Weseen has written and had
published This list includes two
text books which are being used
extensively and a dictionary of
English grammar which has
aroused nationwide approval and
STUDENTS
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1933 YEARBOOKS THIS
COMPANY
PUBLISHES
FIFTY-FIVE
SPRING
Student Injured in
Fall Sunday Evening
Wanda Ciawmer, sophomare in
Teachers college and member of
Gamma Phi Beta, suffered a
broken leg in a fall Sunday eve
ning. She was taken to the Lin
coln General hospital for treatment
by Dr. Fritz Teal. Miss Crawm
er's home is in Bai tley.
ELECTION FILINGS
STUDENT COUNCIL
SENIORS AT LARGE.
( Mentwo be elected.)
Byron Goul.ii.ig, Blueshirt.
VVoouro.v Magge, Biueshirt.
Jos Shrame Barb-Yellow
Jacket.
Louis Zinnicker, Barb-Yellow
Ja:Uet.
(Women two to be elected)
Lorraine Bra!;e
Margaret Buol
Marie Davis
ARTS AND SCIENCE COL.
(Men two to be elected)
Wiliam Fisher, Blueshirt.
Lamoine Bible, Blueshirt.
Jack Coupland, Barb-Yellow
Jacket.
Tom Davies, Barb-Yellow
Jacket.
(Women two to be elected)
Frances Brune
Leah Carlsen
Margaret Chase
Calista Cooper
Cerayne Crawford
Violet Cross
Roma De Brown
Marjorie Filley
Elaine Fontein
Margaret Medlar
Maxine Packwood
Breta Peterson
Gretchefi Schrag
AGRICULTURAL COL.
(Men one to be elected.)
Louis Schick, Blueshirt
(Women one to be elected)
Arlene Bors
Florence Buxman
Marian Paul
BUS. ADMINISTRATION
(Men one to be elected)
Maynard Miller, Blueshirt.
Duncan Sowles, Barb-Yellow
Jacket
(Women one to be elected)
Mildred Kirkbride
Phyllis Sidner
DENTISTRY.
(One to be elected.)
Loren Johnson
ENGINEERING.
(Two to be elected.)
Henry Kosman, Blueshirt
Kenneth Davison, Blueshirt
Marvin Nuernberger, Barb
Yellow Jacket.
Carlos Olmstead, Barb-Yellow
Jacket.
FINE ARTS.
(Two to be elected.)
Rose Steinberg
Adela Torr.brink
GRADUATE COLLEGE.
(One to be elected.)
Tom Snipes, Blueshirt.
LAW COLLEGE.
(One to be elected.)
Edward Brodkey, Blueshirt
William Crabill, Barb-Yellow
Jacket
W. Merrill Whitman, Inde
pendent. PHARMACY.
(One to be elected.)
Richard Christensen, Blue
shirt Charles Werner, Barb-Yellow
Jacket
TEACHERS COLLEGE.
(Men one to be elected)
Neil Mehring
(Women 3 to be elected)
Ruth Hornbuckle
Helen Shelledy
Marian Smith
PUBLICATION BOARD.
(Senior one to be elected)
Dan Easterday, Blueshirt
Mario Smith, Barb-Yellow
Jacket
(Junior one to be elected)
Charles Flansburg, Blueshirt
Wilbeur Erickson, Barb-Yellow
Jacket
(Sophomoreone to be elected)
Jim Heldt, Blueshirt.
Jack Card, Barb-Yellow Jacket.
FILE IN
ELECTION
Six Are Uncontested for
Student Council
Positions.
Fifty-five students . in the uni
versity filed for student offices to
be contested in the coming spring
election which will be held Thurs
day. The high number of filings re
ceived by the student activities
office yesterday indicated that the
coming election will be one of the
most evenly contested in the his
tory of the school, in addition to
representing one of the highest
number of students filing for a
spring election on the campus in
several years.
In spite of the general blanket
filings of the two factions on the
campus, six positions on the stu
dent council were uncontested,
only one candidate filing from
agricultural college, one from
dentistry, two from fine arts, one
from graduate college, and four
filing from teachers college.
In addition to women candi
dates for membership on the
council there was only one can
didate filing as an independent,
that being from law college. Six
candidates who filed for office in
the coming election were ruled in
eligible. Looking over the file of candi
dates there appears in the college
of arts and sciences twelve women
candidates, one of the highest
number of filings received from
that college for some time.
General indications by leaders
of both parties indicate that there
will be no break inthe ranks for
the coming contest this Thursday,
with the Barb-Yellow Jacket fac
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FAIR BOARD LISTS
CONTEST WINNERS
Miss White, Delphin Nash
And John Baker Take
Guessing Meet.
Winners in the guessing contest
held at the farmers fair late Sat
urday, were Delphin Nash, Miss
Audery White, and John Baker,
according to an announcement re
leased yesterday by the farmers'
fair board.
Those winning the prizes in the
contest which consisted of guess
ing the correct number of kernels
of corn in a jar, were awarded
potted plants donated by Lincoln
florists.
In the boxing and wrestling
matches, which brought the fair
to a close, Claire "Kid" Dailey and
Al Cave boxed to a draw, while
Jerry Adams and Cecil Ackerman
wrestled to a draw. Don Shirly
won the only decision of the eve
ning over Bernard Tomich. Glenn
Heday refereed. The novelty free-for-all
match between P. W. Mere
dith and Gleen Heady wound up in
a draw, with the referee, Clyde
Card on the defensive.
CLARA CHRISTENSEN
TO PRESENT RECITAL
Dramatics Student to Read
Play at Temple
May 11.
Clara Christensen, student under
H. Alice Howell in the university
dramatics department, will pre
sent her senior recital Thursday,
May 11, at 7:30 o'clock in the Tem
ple theater. She will read the com
plete play, "The Barretts of Wim
ple Street."
Miss Christensen has been one
of the most outstanding members
of the dramatics department and
of the University Players. She will
be remembered for her strong por
trayals of the nurse in "Romeo
and Juliette" and of Mrs. Frazer
in "The Last of Mrs. Frazer" dur
ing this year's dramatic season. In
her junior year Miss Christensen
played in "Barkley Square" and
"Beggars on Horseback."
The public is invited to attend
the recital which Miss Howell pre
dicts to be of exceptional interest
in the line of dramatic entertain
ment.