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fEASLES, MEASLES AND MOKE
measles, so many people have Ihoiii,
ntiil so iiiaiiy serin to lie t'tl iujj thoui,
that it. looks as though Ihev might bo 1 ho
very newest on tin university ciim)iis.
Humor lins it tli;it the Thetus h:ivc an in
firmary on the third floor, ami that thir
teen of the I) S. L liretliern are eovercd
with snspieions red spots. Charley
shields, S. A. K.. broke down and fol
lowed the general trend Monday night,
and several Sigma N'us were (Liaraiitiiied
just recently. The Pi Phis ami ihe Alpha
Cs.; have been moving nfflieted "sals" out of the house for
fear of a general epidemic. All in all, the campus seems to bo
measle-iniiided, so grab yourself a nice case of measles and
keep up with the mob.
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KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA an
nounces the pledging of Drucilla
Davidson of Brawley, Texas.
n.
AND THE
have pledged
Lincoln.
SIGMA Delta Taus
Harriet Byron of
THE TRI DELTS announce the
pledging of Mary Ruth Simpson of
Lincoln, and Lucille Hatting and
Corrlne Smith of Lexington.
ALPHA PHI has pledged Alice
Weller of Lincoln.
THE GAMMA PHIS had candy
Monday night when Marian Paul
informally announced her engage
ment to Mason Butcher, Sig Ep.
Pledges announced Tuesday by
Theta Chi are Lamar Stanley,
Newport News, Virginia; Virgil
Carlson. Lincoln; and Winfield
H'ige. Danhury, Connecticut. In
re-election of officers, Russell Em
erson replaced Richard Dier as
president.
MARRIED FEB. 2 in Omaha
wtre Ruth McMillian of Omaha
and Paul W. Baker, engineer for
the Loup river power project in
the Genoa sector. Mr. Baker has
graduated from the university
with both an A.R, and M.A. de
gtee. AND ANOTHER marriage an
nounced recently was that of Joan
Zable of Beatrice and Joe Jones of
Austin. Mr. Jones received hi3
bachelor's degree from the univer
sity in 1930, and is now connected
with Texas university.
A MARRIAGE which will take
place in March is that of Mar
garet Beardsley and William Wil
liard, both of Omaha. Miss Beards
ley is a member of Kappa Alpha
Theta here, and Mr. Williard is a
Phi Gam at Leland Stanford.
HONORING THE new patron
esses of Mu Phi Epsilon, Mrs. R. L.
Cochran, Mrs. Thomas Woods,
Mrs. J. E. Lawrence, Mrs. Frank
D. Throop, Mrs. O. B. Clark, Mrs.
F. M. Fling and Mrs. Floyd Mc
Lain, Mrs. Phil Easterday will en
tertain at a valentine party this
evening. Following the initiation
of the patronesses, a musical pro
gram will be presented. Decora
tions for the refreshment tables
are planned in red and white, with
valentine hearts forming the pro
grams. THE ALPHA XI Delta alumnae
will entertain tonight at the home
of Miss Pauline Nelson in honor
of Miss Valorita Callen. About
twenty-five guests are expected to
attend, and program of the eve
ning will be a book review by Mrs.
T. S. Marshall, Alpha Xi Delt
house mother. Decorations are
planned in the valentine motif.
FACULTY women's club will
hold its monthly' meeting this aft
ernoon at Ellen Smith. In addition
to a regular business meeting, Miss
Vera Upton will sing several selec
tions with Mrs. Edith B. Ross ac
companying her. Mrs J. M. May
hew is m charge of the program,
and her assistants are Mrs. F. W.
Alford, Mrs. F. F. Bukey, Mrs.
F. W. Norris, Mrs. C. D. Nutting,
Mrs. H. W. Orr, Mrs. G. O. Virtue
and Mrs. J. W. Welch.
YESTERDAY at the chapter
house, the Sigma Nu mothers club
met for a valentine luncheon.
Heading the committee in charge
was Mrs. A. L Smith, and Mrs.
J. A. Brown of Washington, Kas.,
Mrs. P. D. Bradley of Beatrice,
Mrs. Phillip Wadhams, Mrs. M. R.
Fuller and Mrs. A. E. Davis as
sisted her.
WORTH $250 A GLASS
Norway Experimentors Risk
Lives Trying to Find
Healing Liquids.
OSLO, Norway. Feb. 6. (CNri).
Night club proprietors call him the
world's biggest "sucker." He pays
in the neighborhood of $250 a
glass for water!
Professor Klaus Hansen, of
Oslo university, this week had
ordered two liters of "heavywater"
valued at $4,900, after first down
ing a creditable amount of the
newly discovered compound which
contains an excess of oxygen.
He and an assistant are begin
ning to drink greater amounts in
order to find out how the organism
absorbs it and how metabolism is
influenced, reports state.
Hansen admitted he "felt pan
icky" before his first drink of
fluid, when he consumed 10 grams,
because he had seen ill effects of
the water on a mouse. He said:
"I felt blood congestion in the
head and had to fight against
hysteria."
Hansen assertedly believes the
heavy water, supposedly harmful
to animals and plants, has healing
properties.
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evening. Other officers are John
Bengston, vice president; Frank
Svoboda. secretary: Ravmona Hil
ton, treasurer; and Ruth Carsten,
publicity.
MIT N FOR
G.E.
Speaks on Child Labor
BARBER PRIZ E
COMES SATURDAY
Award Goes to Student With
Highest Grade in Latin
Sight Translation.
Examination for the Grove E.
Barber Classical Prize will be held
Saturday, Feb. 16, at 10:00 a. m.
in 212 Andrews hall according to
Prof. Clarence A. Forbes, member
of the committee in charge. The
prize, amounting to about ninety
dollars, will be awarded to the stu
dent receiving the best grade in
Saturday's competition, which will
be based on the sight translation
of Latin.
Grove E. Barber, professor of
the classical languages who died
several years ago after a long pe
riod of service here at the univer
sity, bequeathed a sum of $2,000
to the Board of Regents In his will
with the express purpose of estab
lishing this contest. Due to the
entanglements in clearing up the
will, this year's competition will be
the inauguration of what is in
tended to become a life-long tradi
tion in the classical department of
the university.
Eligible to compete for this
honor scholarship is any student in
th nnivprsitv. who has completed
not less than four, nor more than
five years of the study of the class
ical languages, secondary school
courses included, and whose de
clared intention it is to continue
further the study of the Classical
languages or of Ancient Classical
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MISS GRACE ABBOTT.
Graduate of the university, who
spoke before a joint meeting of
the senate and house Tuesday
morning on the child labor amendment.
Roots of Prairie Hay Would Double
Yield if Harvestable, Weaver Finds
WHAT'S DOING.
Wednesday.
Mu Phi Epsilon, party for the
new patronesses at the home of
Mrs. P. R. Easterday.
Faculty woman's club, 2:30
p. m. at Ellen Smith hall.
Zeta Tau Alpha alumnae with
Miss Annetta Sprung, 7:30 p. m.
Alpha Xi Delta alumnae,
party for Miss Valorita Callen
and meeting at the home of
Miss Pauline Nelson.
Thursday.
Sigma Phi Epsilon auxiliary,
1 o'clock covered dish luncheon
with Mrs. E. H. VanHorne.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon mothers
club, 1 o'clock covered dish
luncheon with Mrs. John Morri
son. Friday.
KAPPA SIGMA FORMAL,
at the Cornhusker hotel.
Theta Chi auxiliary, 1:15
o'clock covered dish luncheon
with Mrs. John Morrison.
Saturday.
BETA THETA PI DINNER
DANCE at the Lincoln hotel
ALPHA CHI OMEGA FOR
MAL, at the Cornhusker hotel.
' Zeta Tau Alpha tea at tne
home of Mrs. Frank Henzlik
honoring actives, pledges and
alumnae, 3 to 6 p. m.
Kappa Kappa Gamma
mothers club, 1 o'clock lunch
eon at the home of Mrs. W. E.
Straub.
Michigan Head to Act Unless
Campus Groups Begin
'Cleanup' Drive.
ANN ARBOR, Mich.. Feb. 11.
(CNS). Threatening to close every
fraternity house on the campus un
less an immediate and thoro
"cleanup" is begun, President Al
exander G. Ruthven of the Univer
sity of Michigan this week contin
ued a drive against alleged "objec
tionable conduct" of Michigan fra
ternity men.
The warning was issued at a
closed meeting of 350 fraternity
presidents, house managers, Uni
versity administiators. alumni of
ficers and faculty advisers.
"We are not satisfied with the
way in which some fraternities are
measuring up to the adopted stand
ards of the university in regard
to social conduit, scholarship and
finances" lie said. He further
stated that when houses fail to
accent their responsibilities and
conditions arc found to be unsatis-j
factory, the university will ask na-;
tional organizations to withdraw ;
their local chapter's charter.
An alleged habit of bringing:
"unchaperoned women and liquor" ,
into the houses was flayed by the.
president.
Fraternity leaders, acting on the i
president's warning, adopted a set I
of five plans to regulate the :
houses.
"If students do not take steps
to establish their own regulatory
system and their own standard of
behavior, it would seem reasonable ;
that the university will undertake .
to do this for them," said Carl :
Hilty. president of the undergrad
uate council. '
It is now up to the students to ;
decide lust what form of govern-;
ment they wish to adopt, how
much jurisdiction they wish it to
have and in what ways mey wisn ;
it to meet the university policies j
and their own problems in this
field, he said.
Debate Annual Asks for J
Nebraska Team Report j
Debate team of of the Unlver-1
sitv of Nebraska has been re-1
quested to furnish a stenographic
report of one of its debates for the
Debaters' Annual. It is likely that
the text of the debate with Kan
sas State college will be used.
If farmers could harvest the
roots of their prairie hay crop
they would double or triple their
yield from an acre of ground.
Plant materials and roots in the
first four inches of soil weigh from
three to four tons to the acre, Dr.
J. E. Weaver of the university
botany department has found.
Such a thick matting of roots
makes the hay crop possible. Not
only do they catch and absorb rain,
but they prevent the growing men
ace of soil erosion. Dr. Weaver
points out in a recent bulletin.
"The menace of soil erosion did
not appear in the west until much
of the prairie was broken for crop
ping or weakened by continuous
grazing," the botanist has written.
"The grassland sod is a great con-
server of rainfall; the amount of
run-off water is relatively small,
and the soil is firmly held against
the forces of erosion."
Studying native prairies and
pastures near Lincoln, Dr. Weaver
and his helpers found that definite
changes occurred after the prairies
were grazed. Native grasses gave
way to Diuegrass ana duiisio
grass, and these were replaced by
weeds. In the final stages tne pas
ture has many bare spots and
patches of weeds. If the pasture is
only moderately grazed these
hanees take place gradually, mit
if overgrazed, the native grasses
are gone within a few years.
Similar changes were taking
place underground, Dr. Weaver
discovered. His men cut out meter-
long strips of sod, four inches ;
deep, to make a careful and thor- j
ough study of the roots. They '
washed the soil away from these j
roots with hose and water, meas
uring the time required. Native
prairie grass roots, fine and close
ly matted, held the soil nearly
twice as long as roots beneath pas
ture that had been heavily grazed
two or more years.
Each successive change in the
surface appearance of the pasture
over periods of grazing brought
changes in the amount and texture
of the root materials below the
ground. In later stages they
weighed much less to the acre, and
could be washed out more easily.
Last summer's drouth made Dr.
Weaver's work with prairie
grasses and soil erosion more im
portant than ever. He began it.
back in 1919 with the Carnegie In
stitution in Washington. Quietly
carrying on his research, his books
and bulletins have gone around the
world and brought him no little
fame and severl grants for fuither
work.
"When the virgin prairie sod is
first broken, the soil is mellow,
moist, and -rich and produces
abundant crops." quotes Dr.
Weaver. "But after a few years
of continuous cropping and cultiva
tion, there occurs a great change
in its physica' conditions. It be
comes more nipact and harder
to till, dries more quickly than
formerly, bakes more readily, and
when plowed, often turns over in
hard lumps and clods.
"But when sowed to grass,
marked improvement occurs," the
botanist continues, "for grass is a
soil builder, a soil renewer, and
a soil protector. Covering the land
with grass is nature's way of re
storing to old worn out soils the
productivity and good tilth of vir
gin ones."
Archaeology.
The faculty committee in charge
consists of Professors Forbes and
O. W. Reinmuth of the Classics de
partment and Professor T. M. Ray
sor, chairman of the English de
partment. Students who desire to
compete should communicate im
mediately with a member of the
committee.
Although this year's test is In
the sight translation of Latin, any
one of the classical languages may
be chosen by the committee for the
examinations in the following
years. Whether the quality of the
papers of the students taking the
examination is good or not, the
members of the committee stated
that the prize would be awarded to
the author of the best translation.
"It is a splendid opportunity
which no student in the Classical
languages should pass up." de
clared Prof. Forbes.
Void Appointed to Post
On Education Committee
Prof. Lawrence Void of the Uni
versity college of law has been ap
pointed a member of the standing
committee on education of the na
tional organization of the Ameri
can Interprofessional Institute.
Appointment was made by the na
tional president, William R. Kueff
ner of St. Paul, Minnesota.
University of Santa Tomas (Ma
nila. P. I.), is the oldest university
under the United States flag. It
celebrated the 200th anniversary
of its founding on Dec. 6, 1934.
Managing Editors Will
Make Heat Assignments
Reporters' beats for the
present semester will be as
signed by Daily Nebraskan
managing editors the first of
next week. Assignments will
be made on basis of merit,
most important beats going
to reporters with good rec
ords. Students who wish to
report for the Daily Ne
braskan are asked to inter
view managing editors in the
Nebraskan office.
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Retiring Cabinet Members
Take Part in Service
Robed in White.
New officers and cabinet mem
bers of the Y. W. C. A. were in
stalled at the vesper service Tues
day at 5 o'clock in Ellen Smith
hail. Elaine Fontein, retiring
president, presided at the devo
tions, turning the service over to
Lorraine Hitchcock, new president,
after her installation.
Robed in white, the retiring cabi
net members presented to their
successors the rose symbolizing
their new duties. Upon completion
of the service the roses, forming
the Y. W. triangle, were presented
to Lorraine Hitchcock by Elaine
Fontein. A pledge was taken by
the in-coming members of the
cabinet, and Y. W. members in at
tendance reaffirmed their member
ship pledges.
The new cabinet members who
were installed at the service are:
Lorraine Hitchock, Alaire Barkcs,
Phyllis Jean Humphrey, Barbara
DePutron, Margaret Deeds, Gladys
Keefer, Mary Edith Hendricks,
Evelyn Diamond, Eleanor Neal,
Doris Weaver, Jean Palmer, Beth
Taylor, Coroline Kyle, Margaret
Ph'illipi, Theodora Lohrman, Row
ena Swenson, Anne Pickett, and
Corrine Claflin.
WOMEN VIEW 'PETER GRIMM
"The Return of Peter Grimm,"
latest production of the University
Players, was presented by that
group at the Temple theater for a
recent meeting of the Lincoln
Woman's club and their guests.
The Illinois faculty has solved
the problem of having to decipher
crytogram exams. A prize of $25
has been offered for the paper
which is written in "the clearest,
most orderly and convincing fash
ion and which is understandable to
the average college freshman.
And after all these years, Har
vard authorities are beginning to
wonder whence comes the Harvard
accent. To determine this, fresh
men will be required to make
phonograph records when they en
roll, and then again when they
graduate.
Anti-Bellum victory: In a re
cent poll, 98 percent of the stu
dents of one college expressed
themselves as being opposed to
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rinas with the Ballet lUisse dp
Monte Carlo appearing at the Uni.
versity coliseum Thursday evening
The company will present throe
ballets, Les Sylphidrs, Union Pa'
cific, and The Beautiful Danube
compulsory military training The
poll was taken at Vassal.
A poll of women .students at
Murray State teachers college re
vealed coeds prefer "men who are
men," broad-shouldered and of the
cave man variety to any other
type.
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