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EDITORIAL STAFF
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MANAGING EDITORS
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NEWS EDITORS
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Sancha Kilbourne Jonnston Snipes
Vlarylu Petersen Woman's Editor
BUSINESS STAFF
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ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGERS
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An Indictment and
A Recommendation.
QNCE. upon a time, back in the dim, dark arges
(maybe two or three years a;o) there was in
stituted on this campus a queer creature known as a
Student Forum. Ve.stigal remains of the council's
brain child appeared even as late as this fall when
the"Y. M. C. A. and Y. VV. C. A. undertook to spon
sor what was known as a World Foruin luncheon.
These groups even went so far as to plan a second
such affair, but for some reason or other saw fit
to postpone it. Now even the World Forum seems
to have disappeared. The International Relations
club, supposed to be an organization for inciting in
terest in international relations, also seems to have
taken its last breath.
A few are searching for reasons for the sudden
encLof these forums. It couldn't possibly be that
students here are so little interested in such affairs
that they died out for lack of attendance. It would
be too terrible a charge to hurl at Nebraska stu
dents those privileged, intellectual elite who are
accorded the honor of attending our university.
r, just such a charge must be hurled, and
hurled with great force, at Nebraska students.
For years they have reveled in smug complacency.
Nothing has exisited for them but the campus, and
even school affairs have not seemed to have
aroused them overmuch. They have found much
pleasure in a false sophistication, little realizing
that they were only succeeding in being ridiculous.
Here and there, of course, has been a student who
was not afraid to search honestly for knowledge.
But soon he has been overcome by the weight of
apathy and mental numbness that surrounds him.
He has shouted, but nobody has heard. And soon
his vocal cords have worn out and he shouts no
more.
In this attitude is found the reason for the
death of the forums. But it is time for thia campus
to catch up with the trend. American students have
received much commendation of late for their
awakening. Other colleges are overcoming their
lethargy and leaving Nebraska far in the wake.
Some method to combat this state of affairs must
be found. What it will be is aperplexing question.
Class time cannot be devoted entirely to setting off
the alarm clock, altho special interpretive courses
might be instituted. Therefore some sore ot discus
sion group should be set up outside of the regular
curriculum.
A process of elimination, then, leaves the forum
system. It seems the best, despit the fact that
forums have died on our hands before. But they
have lacked student suppoit. If enough interest
were shown, there are leaders to get a program
started.
new low two years ago when Dr. H. A. White
stepped in, determined to inject new life into the ac
tivity and place It back on the high level which it
deserves. And slowly, but surely, debate has been
climbing up the comeback trail. The squad with its
coach is worthy of student praise and support.
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MUSIC SIIMNI WILL
STUDENT PULSE
Brlet, concise contribution pertinent lo niHtiera ot
student life and the university are welcomed by tnis
deimrtmer.l, under the usual restrictions of sound newH
pu per practice, which excludes all libelous matter and
personal attacks Letter must he signed, but names
will be withheld from publication If so desired.
Contributions mould os limited to a maximum o flvs
Hundred words lo length.
A Little
Sentiment Seeded.
The other day 1 happened to mention something
about Valentine's day to a friend and got laughed
at for my pains. Now tar ftom me to admit that I
am "childish" or a "sentimental fool." but, after
all, why shouldn't there by one day in which we
can make our "affairs of the heart" known to all
and sundry? Why should a little sentimentalism be
so far amiss in this too hard-boiled and eynlcal
world? Why should not those lor whom we care
know the status ot our feelings for them, and that
we are thinking of them whether said persons be
mother, sister, or fiancee? Perhaps a little of the
aforementioned sentimentalism would b e better
for all concerned. .
Valentine's day has become a mere figure of
speech. It was originally intended to be a clay of
love-making originating in the mind of the great
Saint Valentine, because of the prevalent belief
that birds mated on this day.
We, who are so busy, should he able to devote
at least one day in our over-crowded lives, to the
serious side of life, regardless of the cynic's sneers
and the scorn that may be heaped upon the heads
of the so-called "love-sick fools." Is it not apropos
that on one day of the year, everyone, from chil
dren to octgenarians, should think of spring, ro
mance, and the lew beautiful things remaining in
this sordid world of ours ? One day, one which chil
dren may look into the future, and grandparents
may reminisce a little about the romance of their
youth without being made the laughing stock of the
country? Should we not devote one day each year
when Valentine's day may be what it was origi
nally meant to be a gala event?
And so, student, discard for a day your superior
ity complex, your superficially suave attitude, and
your cynic's sheers, and be more or less human, if
possible. Altho one may vent the pent-up wrath of
years on such silly things as college love-affairs,
most of us have mothers, or sisters, some place,
who would appreciate nothing more than to know
that her boy or girl, her sister or brother, is think
ing of her, altho thousands of miles may separate
them. On Valentine's day, remember HER, be che
mother, sister, or sweetheart.
Debaters Step
YORKING quietly and with little ballyhoo and
less student support, but nevertheless effici
ently, the Husker debate squad has now built itself
up to the point where it car. step out in high so
ciety and demonstrate its ability to hold Its own
with the best. Witness the high ranking which the
delegation from Nebraska attained at the contest
held in Denver last week.
Forensic activities on the campus had reached a
Finer Sensibilities
Offended.
TO THE EDITOR:
I TNIVERSITY officials have acquired a far reach
ing fame for their subtle method of indirect sug
gestion. Knowing as they do that no amount of di
rect persuasion would be heeded by students who
walk across the feebly growing grass on the mall,
they have cleverly covered the borders of the plot
with an objectionable fertilizer.
Subtleties can often be justified, but not when
they reach such odious proportions as to directly
affect non-offenders who deserve no punishment.
When an odious law governing an odius situation
overruns its odious limits, it is time for the innocent
parties to revolt, and declare again the rights of
their personal liberties.
Few colleges intending to promote the fine arts
have ever received such a blow to their aesthetic de
velopment as this disgraceful move on the part of
the university gardner. Whether the act was done
unknowingly and without malicious intent by him
or prompted by orders from higher officials is an
unknown matter. But wherever the blame lies, it
should be made to be felt the guilty parties, and
their attention brought to a situation that is defeat
ing one of the fundamental purposes of any institu
tion of higher learningto develop a perception of
the senses that rejects the baser things and values.
Extensive research reveals only one possibility by
which the incident could be dismissed as a misun
derstanding. Should it be that the director of uni
versity landscapes should have supervision over
both the downtown and Holdrege street campi. a
mistake in directions given to an understudy oper
ator of John Deere's best could have resulted in the
piesent situation. At the Holdrege street campus,
the circumstances would be considered as part of
their technical education. P. G.
CMANTS
BY CHANCE.
Glamorous beauties, spectacular
pagentry, and vivid costumes and
scenery are only part of the world
of make believe which will come
to the coliseum Thursday, Feb. 14,
in the evening of ballet as given by
the Russian ballet. This troup has
toured the United States as well as
European capitois, being every
where acclaimed as the most out
standing ballet of the time. Three
ballets will be given here, the
lovely M Let Sylphides," " Union
Pacific," depicting the building of
that great Industry; and "The
Beautiful Blue Danube." Tickets
may be obtained at Walt's Music
tore.
Sunday afternoon at fo'ir-thirty
o'clock, Sigma Alpha Iota will
sponsor a musicale benefit for the
MacDowell colony. Miss Ruth Tay
lor, a faculty member of Doana
college, will be presented in a piano
concert. She is a niece of Mrs.
Samuel Avery, wife of Chancellor
Kmeritus Avery. Harry Kurz, a
member of the university faculty,
has been a guest at the MacDowell
colony, which lb located at Peter
boro, N. H. Mr. Kurz will make a
few remarks preceding the concert
on the activities of the colony.
Artists, musicians and writers go
to this colony during the summer
time, where they do creative work.
Mrs. MacDowell. widow of the
fanjous composer, Fdvard Mac
DowelL Is head of tut colony. She
sent a book of poems from which
the composer music was inspired
to Mr. Kurz with the inscription,
"With the regard of Marion Mac
Dowell. December, 1933." Mr. Kun
-lr.Ura to auction off the book and
end the monetary returns to Mr.
MacDowell. to help the colony over
the present depression.
"Jin.Ming Laughter' the latest
Children's Theater production
which will be given Saturday morn
ing at 9:30, and again at 2:30 at
the Temple, has been in rehearsal
this week, with Polly Gellatly at
the helm. The settings for this
three act play will be impression
istic, and are being constructed
under the supervision of Don
Friedly. There will be five or six
scenes, in the three acts. In one
of the scenes, a cottage with a
cobblestone courtyard is the set
ting for most of the action.
Dwarfs, giants, fairies, witches,
princesses, kings, and queens, help
make this children's delight more
charminj. Twenty players are in
the cast, with Bob Ager of "Wed
nesday's Child" fame in the lead
ing role. Opposite him will appear
Anne Seacrest as the princess. The
Junior League is sponsoring this
cycle, which was written by Mary
Katherine Throop.
Charlotte Easterday Kiesselbach,
a student of Alma Wagner, will be
presented in senior recital at the
fifteenth musical convocation,
Wednesday, Feb. 13, at the Temple.
Wilgus Eberly WiH accompany.
Her program as scheduled will in
clude arias from "Carmen" by
Bizet; "Le Nozze di Figaro" by
Mozart, and "The Messiah" by
Handel; four Frnz selections in
German; two songs in French by
Martini and Alvarez; and a group
of modern selections sung In Eng
lish by well known composers such
as Guion, Lie, Boyd. Hapitman.
Under the baton cf Car! Fred
erick Steckelberg, the university
orchestra of over fifty pieces, will
play for the Founders day convo
cation Friday morning. A selection
will be played before the address
of Senator Morris, and one at the
conclusion of hit speech. The com
positions at scheduled will be
Liszt's second "Hungarian Rhap
sody" and the "Allegro VivacP
movement from Rossini's overture
to -William Tell."
'PAGING THE
SMART COED'
Suit yourself! That's what all
the smart coeds are doing. Had an
interview this morning with the
large department store buyers and
they say if yon are really Intelli
gent you will buy your suits now.
While listening to their narrations
on colors, lines, and styles, my
roving eyes glanced upon a lovely
model of dark blue crepe. It has
the cleverest taffeta top that frills
up high at the neck and an ador
able Jacket with the very new
auilted lapels. This Is probably
the best lookine of suits and is
shown as the "dress of the month
In Voeue and Harpers.
Another- petite frock was of
powder blue with a small fragile
lace collar and cuffs to match. The
two-piece effect is exceedingly
smart and also very slenderizing.
The waist buttons down the entire
front with the tiniest of rhinestone
buttons.
Blue seema to be the outstand
ing color this spring, every shade
from the lightest to the darkest.
Also something new is 'shading.'
The top of one of the suits was
shaded from a turquoise blue cen
ter to pale powder blue in the
sleeves, this causes a very striking
effect and Is also practical as It Is
shaded in euch a way that It
matches almost anything.
Metalasse every buyer In the
city promised tLat you'd be smart
on occasion If you had a
metalasse dress trimmed in quilted
taffeta.
If you're hunting for a suit to
wear on "Sunday nights" you'll be
right In buylDjj any of these men
tioned above.
Now just a wora ir you want
jusi a lime in-oeiween arena i
found a sweet little frock of dark
blue i what again?) with red,
and white trimming. Now, sow.
OFFICIAL
BULLETIN
Book Shop.
The following books are In de
mand at the Swap Book shop:
"Analytical Geometry" by Love;
"Governments of Europe" by
Munroe; "Social Psychology" by
Allport; "Typing," college edition;
Gregg Shorthand; "Money and
Banking" by Bradford; and Gregg
Speed Builder Those students
owning copies of these books which
they wish to sell should bring them
to the Swap Book shop in the Tem
ple hteater building.
SWAP SHOP.
Students who left books at the
Y. W. C. A. swap shop to be sold,
can find out what books of theirs
were sold by calling at the Stu
dent Activities office in the coli
seum today.
Social Problems.
There will be a meeting of the
Social Problems club Wednesday
evening at 7:30 in the Y. M. C. A.
rooms of the Temple building.
COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES.
All interfraternity council repre
oontntlveq or alternates will please
check in ball tickets at the Student
Activities office by Friday, I-eb. a
Soil Seminar Postponed.
The meetine of the soil seminar,
scheduled for Tuesday night was
indefinitely postponed due to tne
illness of Prof. C. J. Russell who
was to be the speaker.
H. W. Griffith Speaks.
Heath VV. Griffith, superinten
dent of the state hospital, spoke
on "The Relation Between rsy
chninrv and Psvchlatrv" at the
Psychology club meeting Monday
evening.
MILITARY SPONSORS.
All snonsors are asked to at
tend a meeting of the Sponsors
club at 5 o'clock mursciay aner
noon In Ellen Smith hall.
GAMMA ALPHA CHI.
rjnmma Alnha Chi will hold ini
tiation service Thursday afternoon
at o o clock in f.uen smun nan.
Dinner will be held at 6:30 at the
Y. W. C. A.
Dramatic Group.
Dramatic hobby group will meet
Wednesday evening, Feb. 13, at 7
o'clock in Ellen Smith hall.
don't get excited as this isn't like
the red, white, and blue dresses
you saw last season. These are
different, in fact, very different.
You'll love them, I know. The one
I have In mind has a wide sash of
taffeta in red and white and the
same trimming used very cleverly
on the sleeves.
You really must go down and
look them over I belie v this to be
the season when you'll find some
thing 'just right.'
Fashionably yours,
POLLIE
Dr. Fitzpatrick, Herbarium
Curator, Finds Late Omaha
Mining Engineer's Hobby of
Value in Botanical Science
(Continued from Page l.i
himself, he received some assist
ance on technicalities from a Doc
tor Eaton, late professor of botany
at Yale. The plants are all charted
as to order, family and sub-family,
genus and species, and habitat.
Except for a few isolated in
stances of incorrectly named spe
cies, the classification, according
to Doctor Fitzpatrick, is in line
with the most modern conceptions
of botanical nomenclature.
The speciments are being pre
pared for museum display by a
corps ot over sixty FERA work
ers, who are under the supervision
of John L. Morrison and Paul
Lemon, two graduate students
serving as department assistants
in laboratory work, with the spe
cial responsibility of heading the
mounting and labeling endeavors
Doctor Fitzpattick acts as re
source expert and general super
visor. Besides work on the Cleburne
collection, which is about one-third
done, the staff is completing the
mounting of the Churchill and
Bates aggregations, long delayed
because of shortage of workers
The Chuichil group contains plants
from Iowa. Nebraska. Minnesota.
North Dakota, and Colorado: the
Bates specimens are from all paits
of Nebraska, Colorado and New
England. It is estimated that over
22.000 sheets of mounted plants
have been added to the state and
general collections since Septem
ber of last year, bringing the mu
seum's gian'il total to 3!)5,003. The
eoips has also done some much
needed repairing and cleaning of
the oiigina) herbarium collection.
GIVE SENIOR RECITAL
Fifteenth Program Features
Member of Alma Wagner
Class.
Phnt'inr.tn Fasterdav Kiesselbach,
member of the class of Alma Wag
ner, will present her senior recital
for the fifteenth musical convoca
tion to be held Wednesday after
noon, Feb. 13, at the Tcmpie ine-
ater at 4 o'clock.
Her first number will be Han
del's 'Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter
ot Zion, from "Tne Messian. i
will be followed by "Vol, Che Sa
pete" from "Le Nozze di Figaro"
by Mozart, "Plaislr d'Amour" by
Martini and "La Partida" by Al
varez. Four selections by Franz will be
presented, "Er 1st Gakommen,"
"Fur Musik," "Llebesfeier," and
"Waldahrt." "I Say That by Fear
I'm Not Haunted," from "Carmen"
by Bizet will be given next.
These will be followed by "At the
Cry of the First Bird" by Guion.
"Snow" by Lie," Balloons in the
Snow" by Boyd, "O Think of Me,"
by Czerwonky, and "At the Well,"
by Hageman. Wilgus Eberly will
be at the piano.
NUMEROUS ENTRIES IN
GOLD ESSAY CONTEST
"to receive a ticket
to David
Copperfield"
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The "David Copperfield Essay
Contest," sponsored by Gold &
Co., radio station KFOR, and the
Stuart theater, is receiving atten
tion In Lincoln and numerous en
tries are now being received at
Golds store by those who are mak
ing a try for the prize awr-ris.'Thc
picture, "David Copperfield" Is
now appearing at the Stuart
theater.
Three different prize awards
each composed of $50.00 in cash
and three autographed books with
the names of the movie stars, will
be awarded. One set of prizes are
each given for students of the uni
versity, of high schools and of
grade schools.
The essay itself is to be of not
more than 200 words on which
ever subject the contestant pre
fers to write "Why I prefer the
book "David Copperfield" or "Why
I prefer the picture "David Cop
perfield." The essay is to be sub
mitted on an entry blank which
may be secured at Golds, KFOR or
the Stuart Theater. The contest
closes Monday, Feb. 18th.
Dr. Fordyce Lectures -on
Psychological Problems
Dr. Charles Fordyce of the uni
versity department of educational
psychology gave the first of a se
ries of four lectures at Westmins
ter Presbyterian church recently.
The series is concerned with "The
Psychology of Developing Youth."
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