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VOL. XXXI V NO. 131.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1935
PRICE 5 CENTS.
HI H
ADMINISRATION
ANNOUNCES FIVE
STUDENT PRIZES
Scholarships Include Fou
$100 Awards, One $20
Endowment.
WORTHINESS ESSENTIAL
Applications Must Be Filed
In Finance Office by
Noon, May 11.
Four $100 scholarships
npperclassmen, and one
for
20
freshman prize arc being offer
ed again this year by the ad
ministration through the gen
erosity of outside donors. Applica
tions must be filed in the finance
office of the administration build
ing by noon of May 11.
The scholarships, for which any
undergraduate above sophomore
standing may file, include the Jef
ferson H. Broady award, the Dr.
George Borrowman scholarship
the Henry C. Bostwick scholar
ships, and the junior prize.
Dr. Hnd Mrs. John D. Clark,
Graduates of the university, are
donors of the perpetual $100 a year
scholarship in memory of the late
Judge Jefferson H. Broady, former
faculty member and prominent
Nebraska lawyer.
Dr. George Borrowman of Chi
cago, holder of two degrees from
the university, has endowed a per
petual scholarship of $100 to be
awarded to a worthy student
the department of chemistry
geology.
Award to Worthy Student.
Prof. R. P. Crawford, class
of
1917. has again made available a
prize of $100 to be presented to a
junior non-fraternity who is best
triumphing over heavy odds. Re
auirements for the prize include
that the student should have dem
onstrated his energy and sacrifice
in obtaining an education, and rea
sonable promise of making a
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FIVE HUNDRED PREP
FOR JUDGING MEET
Public Speaking Champion
To Enter National
Competition.
Five hundred high school farm
ing students convened on the agri
cultural campus Thursday for the
two day annual state judging con
tests, ending today. Representing
agricultural classes in forty-two
Nebraska high school, the dele
gates are competing for the vari
ous awards.
Title holders in the western agri
cultural judging contest recently
held in North Platte attended the
meet to try for additional distinc
tion. A large part of the delega
tion represented schools in the
eastern part of the state, accord
ing to leaders of the contests.
The meet opened Thursday with
judging contests in dairy, poultry
and grain. Defeating eleven op
ponents. the winner of the public
speaking competition will repre
sent the state in national competi
tion next fall.
Friday's program will close the
meets with judging in cattle, sheep,
horses and hogs by forty teams.
There will also be contests in Bab-
cock testing of cream and milk,
competition in farm machinery,
grain and egg grading.
E
PRINT APPEARS TODAY
Magazine Contains Complete
Plans of Engineering
Week Program.
The April edition of Nebraska
Blue Print, official organ of the
university engineering department,
appears on the campus stands for
distribution Friday with the high
light of the issue an article on
"Finding Oil with a Seismograph,-'
written by W. Bernard Robinson, a
graduate of the electrical engineer
ing department here in 1930.
According to the announcement
received from the publication, the
magazine will be sent to all of the
high schools of the state. The com
plete program for engineers' week
early next month is contained in
the edition, telling of the different
exhibits to be held and other ac
tivii of the seven days.
Being an oil prospector, 'Robin
son, relates the field operations in
locating oil by use of an instru
ment called the seismograph. He
explains bow after dynamite
charge has been set off around 50
or 100 feet below the earth a sur
face, the instrument detects the
sound waves from which can be
determined whore oil is likely to be
found. He also tells of the condi
tions affecting the location of oil
In the different sections cf the
country.
STARLINGS MUST BE
DESTKO YEDS WENK
Professor of Entomology
Addresses Izaak Walton
Group.
Prof. M. H. Swenk, chairman of
the department of Entomology,
urged that the starling bird which
destroys fruit and vegetables be
stamped out of Nebraska immedi
ately, when he addressed the Lin
coin Izaak Walton league con
servation committee recently.
lie explained that there has
been a tremendous increase and
migration westward of the Euro
pean starling in the past few
years. If this situation is allowed
to continue two or three years
longer, he declares that It will be
too late.
Hart Jenks to Appear With
University Players
In Show.
Castings for the University
Players post-season production,
Julius Caesar," which will
open in the lempie t neater
. i m 1 . 1
Monday, April 29, for a week's
run, have been almost completed,
according to Harold Sumption who
will direct the play. The Players
will be assisted by Hart Jenks,
former Nebraskan and nationally
famous actor, who will appear in
the role of "Marcus" Brutus in
this one of Shakespeare's most
popular and successful plays.
Sumption himself is cast in the
role of "Julius Caesar," with Ar-
mand Hunter taking the part of
"Marcus Antonius, one of the
members of the triumvirate after
the death of Julius Caesar. Irving
Hill will t8ke the part of "Cas-
sius," a conspirator against Caesar.
"Casca," another of the conspira
tors, will be played by Era Lown,
Dorothy Zimmer has Part.
Bartus' wile, "Portia," will be
played by Mary Kay Throope and
"Calphurnia," Caesar's wife, will
be played by Dorothy Zimmer.
Margaret Straub will be cast in the
role of "Lucius," Brutus' servant.
Dwight Loder will play "Flavlus,"
"Claire Wolfe, "Marullus," and
Roy Squire, a soothsayer.
Those who will take the parts of
senators, commoners, guards, at
tendants, etc. are the following:
Allen Gatewood, Don Buell, Walde
man Mueller, Delford Brummer,
Don Boehm, Arnold Gadekins,
Richard Rider, Veronica Villnave,
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YI ENTERS EXHIBIT
IN LOCAL EXPOSITION
iris Organization Shows
Different Aspects
Of Work.
Representing the different
aspects of the work done by the
university Y. W. C. A., members of
the organization set up an exhibit
in connection with the exposition
of Lincoln social agencies, which
was sponsored by the Junior
Chamber of Commerce. The expo
sition was open Wednesday and
Thursday nights.
The booth set up by the Y. W.
represented the interior of the of
fice in Ellen Smith. Y. W. scrap
books, dating back to 1003, Corn
huskers, and flags, were on dis
play. Cooperative league material,
and material on social agencies
was distributed to visitors.
In the programs which were
staged each night, the Y .W. was
represented by Ruth Hill, harpist.
Attendants at the booth Wednes
day night included Mrs. Herbert
Brownell, Mrs. Adeline Reynold
son, and Mrs. Carl Rosencrest
from the executive board: Gladys
Klopp, and Lorraine Hitchcock
from the Y. W. cabinet: and Miss
Bernice Miller, executive secre
tary. Thursday's attendants were:
Miss Marguerite Hochdeorfer, Mrs.
Chauncey Smith, and Miss Evelyn
Metzger of the executive board;
Anne Tickett and Jane Keefer of
the Y. W. cabinet. The booth was
decorated by the poster staff and
the publications staff.
FILE TODAY FOR SING
Judges for Annual Ivy Day
Competition Will Be
Announced Soon.
Fraternities intending to enter
the interfraternity Ivy day sing
competition must file at the Kos
met Klub office before 5 o'clock
Friday, according to an announce
ment by Tom Davies, the Klub's
president. The ludges for the an
nual loving cup competition will be
announced within the next few
days, Davies indicated. Judges will
not include any of the trainers of
the participating groups.
The trophy which will be award
ed May 2 is now held by Sigma
Phi Epsilon winner of the inter
fraternity gToup singing last year.
CASTING
NEARLY
COMPLETED
ULIUS
CAESAR
SENIOR CLASS TO
F
Easterday Names Fischer
Head of Publicity
Committee.
NEXT MEETING TUESDAY
Sub -Committee Appointed
To Plan Ways of
Organization.
Appointment of two sub
committees and consideration
of further events to be under
taken along the line of class
activity were the major accom
plishments completed by the senior
committee on class organization
when they met Thursday afternoon
at 5 o'clock at the Student Council
office in University hall.
In an effort to work out addi
tional plans for senior activities,
the committee decided to appoint
sub-committee of small member
ship headed by a member of the
main committee which will invest!
gate the various suggestions for
future functions and work them
out for presentation to the class.
Two committees, one to consider
ways and means of enrolling the
senior class under the banner of
organization and the other to look
into a definite program to be car
ried out and some manner of pub
licity, were named by Class Presi'
dent Don Easterday. Jack Fischer
was appointed hpad of the first
committee, which will consist of
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T
T
ENGINEERS' WEEK
Scholarship Trophies Will
Be Presented at Dinner
Friday.
Climaxing engineers' week, the
college's annual banquet will be
presented for the approval of its
students Friday evening, May 3, at
the Lincoln hotel ballroom, at
which time awards in recognition
of honors received during the past
year will be given.
Gov. Roy L. Cochran, according
to a recent announcement by Hugh
Schmidt of the engineers' week
executive committee, will address
the dinner assembly as main
peaker on some topic of general
engineering interest. The gover
nor is a university graduate of the
department and for eight years
was state engineer.
Following the dinner, prot. o.
Edison of the electrical engi
neering department will present
the Sigma Tau freshman scholar
ship medal to John T. parKer. two
trophies will be awarded by Prof.
J. Frankforter of the cnemisiry
department, the O. J. Field award
to Edward L. Beachler and the
hemistry engineering scholarship
key to Ray Hickok.
L. W. Chase, present teed aci
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General Field Secretary
Comes to Lincoln
Thursday.
James HardwJg, general field
secretary for the Y. M. C A. and
popular speaker on this campus in
past visits, arrived in Lincoln
Thursday afternoon, April 24, for
series of conferences under the
sponsorship of the university Y.
Mr. Hard wig has traveled in all
parts of the country lately and his
talks, based on his experience in
the social-work field, are both in
teresting and instructive according
to C. D. Hayes, Y secretary.
Speaking before dinner groups
at unaffiliated men's houses on
Thursday evening, Mr. Hardwig
discussed the topic, "A Man's Re
ligion." The meeting at 1410 Q
street was arranged by Joe Nu
quist and that at 1507 R by How
ard Kaltenborn.
Acting as a retreat leader for
a mixed group from both the ag
and city campus on Friday after
noon and evening, Mr. Hardwig
will talk on some phase of religion.
This retreat will be a picnic pro
vided the weather permits, other
wise it will be conducted In the
Hi-Y building.
Returning from a week end in
Omaha where he will speak at the
state conference of Hl-Y officers
and sponsors, Hardwig will talk
at the ag Y and Ag Boarding club
groups on Monday evening, April
28. On the same evening he will
conduct a boarding house session
at 330 North 13th street Other
men in the vicinity of these houses
are welcome to attend these meet
MAP PROGRAM 0
FUTURE
ACT VITY
AWARDS BANOUE
0 CLOSE ANNUAL
HARDWIG ARRIVES
FRESHMAN SOCIETY
PLEDGES 25 WOMEN
Alpha Lambda Delta Head
Conducts Ceremonies
Wednesday.
Freshman girw, fulfilling the
scholarship and character require
ments, were pledged to Alpha
Lambda Delta Wednesday night at
Ellen Smith ball. Lenore Teal,
president of the organization, con
ducted the ceremony, and Miss
Winona Perry, sponsor, spoke to
tne group.
The girls who were pledged
were: Jane Barbour, Genevieve
Bennett, Myrtle Berggren, Lois
Breuer, Elizabeth Cherny, Mary
Evans, Elizabeth Fredenhage, Ger
trude Grosvenor, Marjorie John'
ston, Marie Ketone, Llla Kryger,
Jean Marvin, Martha Morrow,
Alene Mullikin, Winifred Nelson,
Agnese Novacek, Theora Nye,
Jane Pennington, Helen Rosker,
Doretta Schlaphoff, Celia Sterner,
Florence Steuteville, Wilma Via'
sak, and Marie Vogt.
FRATERNITY IN
Tickets for Banquet Placed
On Sale at Council
Meeting.
Governor Roy L. Cochran will
address fraternity men at the an
nual interfraternity banquet April
30 in the Cornhusker hotel. He
will be introduced by Ray Ramsay,
alumni secretary, and tuastmaatei'.
Claude S. Wilson, alumni interna
ternity council president, will also
be heard on the evening program.
Ticket sales for the annual din
ner got under way Tuesday eve
ning when Duward Jackson, mem
ber of the committee in cnarge,
distributed the ducats to council
members. Tickets will be available
in the pastry shop at the Corn
husker the remainder of this week
and the first of next.
One of the main features of the
banquet, fraternity scholarship
standings, will be announced and
placques awarded to the niteen or
ganizations having attained the
highest ranking during the past
year. Intramural athletic awards
will also be distributed at the ban
quet, it was learned.
Large replicas of cnapter paages
will decorate the dining hall for
the banquet, stated Joe Rhea, in
terfraternity council president,
who urged that council representa
tives concentrate on ticKet saies
during the five days remaining be
fore the affair.
AG
STAFF ENLARGED BY
Visitors Will Teach Family
Relations, Course in
Wise Buying.
Two nationally known instruc
tors in specialized fields of home
economics have been secured for
the staff of the 1935 summer
school session, according to Miss
Margaret Fedde, chairman of the
home economics department. Con
sumer education will be the course
matter taught by Mrs. Chase Going
Woodhouse, and family relation
ships will be covered by Miss Flora
Thurston in classes open to all
students.
Mrs. Woodhouse, former student
at the universities of Chicago, To
ronto and Berlin, has been con
nected with the bureau of home
economics in Washington for sev
eral years. She will concern her
self with giving future homemak
crs sufficient information to buy
intelligently in her courses here,
as well as instructing those who
will teach others the art of buy
ing. Miss Thurston's courses in fam
ily relationships are intended to
help each student make a satisfac
tory aCjuBtmcnt to her family. She
has nearly completed her work
for a doctor's degree at Columbia
university, where she has been
studying with Dr. Robert Lynd,
author of "Middletown." As execu
tive secretary of the National
Council of Parent Education, she
prepared a number of bulletins in
the fields of family life and parent
education.
PEACE CLUB ELECTS
PROF. HILL OFFICER
Group Decides to Protest
Navy Appropriations
Measure.
Prof. Norman Hill of the uni
versity department of political sci
ence was elected corresponding
secretary at the second organiza
tion meeting of the Lincoln Peace
Council at the Y. W. C A. Wed
nesday noon.
The group voted to send a tele
gram of protestation to Congress
man Lucxey in regard to the al
leged excessive expenditures in the
navy appropriation bill. The mem
bers also decided to assist in the
observance of world peace day,
March 18. co-operating thru the
schools and churches.
TO HEAR COCHRAN
AT ANNUAL EVENT
F
PEP GROUP TO BE
Phi Sigma Chi to Select
National Song at First
Meeting.
PLAN TOUR THRU CAPITOL
Five Big Six Schools Send
Delegates to Annual
Convention.
Election of officers for the
eomintr year will be the main
business of the Phi Sigraa Chi,
girls' national pep organiza
tion, convention to be held in
Lincoln Saturday, according to
Louise Hossack, president of the
group. Delegates from the univer
sity of Kansas, Kansas State col
lege, the University of Missouri,
the University of Oklahoma, and
Nebraska will attend.
Plans for the day begin with a
9 o'clock meeting in Ellen Smith
hall. Each chapter will present a
song from which the national Phi
Sigma Chi song will be selected.
Tassel chapter plans to offer "The
Honor of Phi Sigma Chi," written
by Jean Palmer, Rose Steinberg
and Margaret Phillippe.
Pioneer Park will be the scene
of a picnic luncheon when visiting
delegates are entertained there, it
was revealed by Elizabeth Shearer,
Tassel president. Following the
luncheon an outdoor meeting will
be held when representatives of the
various chapters will discuss prob-
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1 20 STUDENTS TO
TAKE GEOGRAPHY
Classes to Study Land
in
Eastern Nebraska on
100 Mile Trip.
One hundred and twenty stu
dents of the geography depart
ment are anticipating an all day
field trip Saturday to study glacial
drift, loess capped hills, d carnage
patterns, and land utilization of
Eastern Nebraska. Over a hundred
miles will be traversed during the
excursion.
The trip is part of the laboratory
work the geography 71 classes are
conducting. Another trip, covering
the same territory as Saturday s
excursion will be taken next
Thursday, and geography students
are given the option of choosing
either one of these two days, ac
cording to an announcement made
Thursday by Dr. N. A. Bengtson,
chairman of the department.
The groups will leave Lincoln
about 7 a. m. and move to Weeping
Water where the first stop will be
made. There a study of the gorge
of Weeping Water creek, and the
bedrock that forms the valley sides
will be made. Falls of Weeping
Water are of historic Interest, ac
cording to Dr. Be igston.
From Weeping Water the geo
( Continued on Page 3 1.
WAAlSlTL BE
Chairmen of
Give Year's
Committees
Reports
To Councils.
A report by Beth Taylor at a
meeting of the old and new coun
cil members Thursday, revealed
that the W. A. A. cabin being built
eight miles east of the campus,
will be completed within ten days,
but not formally opened until next
fall.
The first function to be held in
the cabin will be a picnic in May
for the new and old executive
W. A. A. council, sports board and
Intramural representatives.
Among the other reviews given
by council members was a report
by Faith Arnold, on the new
W. A. A. room which was recently
opened for all university women,
purposely for study and rest The
room is furnished in maple, with
a color scheme of rust and green.
Chairman Give Reports.
Sara Louise Meyer reviewed
the annual Christmas party given
for children at Whitehall. Other
reports which were given were:
Past president's report, Jean
Brownlee; intramurals Haleene
Haxthausen; secretary's report,
Doris Rlisness; assistant conces
sions, Maxine Pick wood; expan
sion chairman's report, Doris
Weaver; mimeograph, Jean Pal
mer; Cornhusker, Eleanor Neale;
activities, Alice Beekman; treas
urer's report, Elizabeth Busree.
Plans were made for the new
and old executive council to usher
at the Dance Drama cf Orchesis
to be given May 17, and for intra
mural repiesentatives to sell tick
ets. At an intramural meeting
Monday noon in the old W. A. A.
room, tickets will be distributed.
NEW OF
NAMED SATURDAY
A NT SATURDAY
PALLADIAN WOMEN TO
HONOR MEN MEMBERS
Literary Society Holds
Progressive Dinner
Saturday.
Feminine members of the Palla
dlan literary society will entertain
the men at a progressive banquet,
Saturday evening at 6:30 o'clock.
The arrangements are in charge of
Beth Stilgebauer, who announced
that each course of the three
course meal would be served at a
different house.
Members of the committee as
sisting Mias Stilgebauer with the
arrangements are: Decoratkis,
Jean Marvin; first course, Aletha
Forell; second course, Evelyn OS'
born; and third course, Ada Petria
TO HOLD SUNDAY
C
Two Unaffiliated Groups
Plan Fun Fest at
Antelope Park.
Rain or shine barbs will gather
Sunday morning from 6:30 until 9
o'clock at Antelope park for their
second picnic of the year. The at'
fair is under the joint sponsorship
of the Barb Interclub council and
A. W. S. league.
"Whether the weather is favor
able or not, everyone wants to be
sure and attend fun fest, as there
will be a surprise in store if it
rains," Evelyn Diamond, president
of the Barb A. W. S. league, em'
phasized. "And if the sun shines, a
most enjoyable time will be had,'
she declared.
Transportation and entertain
ment, which will include baseball
and various other games, is being
arranged by the Interclub council
under the direction of its president,
John Stover. Cars will pick up the
picnickers at 14th and R streets,
and Idlewilde at Holdrege. Tickets
for the event are 15 cents and can
be secured from officers of either
of the sponsoring organizations.
Elizabeth Edison is in charge of
the food.
"All unaffiliated students are
urged to come whether they have
participated in barb work before
or not," declared Miss Diamond.
"This will probably be the last af
fair of the year at which the Barb
girls and fellows will be able to get
together."
Faculty sponsors for the affair
are Prof, and Mrs. S. M. Corey
and Prof, and Mrs. U. W. Rein-
muth. The first picnic was held last
tail.
THURSDAY IN TEMPLE
Joint Program Presented
By Ruth Hill, Helen
Luhrs.
Unusual ability and skill was
displayed by Ruth Hill and Helen
Luhrs when they presented their
junior recital together in the Tern
pie theater Thursday afternoon,
April 25. Miss Hill is a student
with Earnest Harrison and Miss
Luhrs studies violin with Emanuel
Wishnow.
As the first part of the program
Miss Hill played Bach's "Fifth
French Suite" with the following
movements: "Allemande," "Cou
rante," "Sarabande," and "Gigue."
Mozarts "D Major Concerto'
with "Andante Cantabile" and "Al
legro" was plaved next by Miss
Luhrs and was followed by Beeth
oven's "Sonata, C Minor, Op. 13
with "Adatio Cantabile" and "Ron
do." played by Miss Hill.
Miss Luhrs continued with "Air
for the G String" by Fiorille-Vidas
and "Pavane Pour Ufe Inrente
Defunte" by Ravel, and the pro
gram was concluded with the fol
lowing numbers by Miss mil:
"Valse, A Flat Major, Op. 42" by
Chopin, "Nocturne, F Sharp Ma
jor, Op. 15. No. 2" by Chopin, and
"Jardins Sous La Piute" by De
bussy. Marian Munn was at the
piano.
Gamma Lambda Entertains
at Banquet Honoring New
Initiates.
Twelve men were recently initi
ated into Gamma Lambda, honor
ary R. O. T. C band fraternity at
ceremonies held in the city Y. M.
C A. Robert Venner, Jack Pla
mondon and Bernard Jennings,
former presidents of the organiza
tion spoke at the banquet which
preceded the initiation and dis
cussed the activities the chapter
ha participated in during past
years.
The new initiate are John A.
Brown, Horace Crosby, Harry
Flory, Phil Kleppinger, Howard
Kaltenborn, William Marsh, Sara
Swenson, Don Des Jsrdien, James
Elmore, Bob Fenton. Gilbert Gild
ing and Roger Smith.
Plans were made for future ac
tivities of the club and the group
discussed having regular smokers
and banquet.
BARB
STUDENTS
M OMR
N
MASS
PETITIONS
E,
Formal Requests Addressed
To University Board
Of Regents.
SEEK NON-PROFIT STORE
Bursik, Shurtleff, Fischer
Speak to Committee
Of 100.
Initiative petitions for a stu
dent union building and uni
versity used book exchange
were distributed to the "com
mittee of 100" at a meeting
held Thursday night in Social Sci
ences auditorium .opening the Stu
dent council drive to secure signed
student support for the two new
projects.
Student union petitions were ex
plained by Charles Bursik, secre
tary of the special Council com
mittee, and Don Shurtleff, member
of the bookstore committee, dis
cussed request blanks for that
group. Jack Fischer, council presi
dent, urged members to circulate
the petitions among their organiza
tions to insure signatures of the
majority of th-3 student body.
The bookstore request, addressed
to the board of regents, asks es
tablishment of a non-profit ex
change to operate under university
supervision, following the plan of
and suggesting eventual consolida
tion with the present Regent's
bookstore.
Substance of the union document
asks "the construction of a student
union building, which would be se
cured by a PWA allotment, the
part loaned by the PWA to be
amortized by means of a compul
sory fee paid at registration not
exceeding $3 per semester per stu
dent, with proportionate fees levied
to students registered in the college
of agriculture and summer sessions
...for the mutual benefit of the
entire student body..."
IT EDITOR TO
BE SIGMA DELTA CHI
C. S. Ryckman, Pulitzer
Prize Winner, to Talk
Friday.
C. S. Ryckman, editor of the
Fremont Tribune, and winner of
the Pulitzer prize for the best
American editorial written in 1932.
will speak at the Sigma Delta Chi
Initiation banquet Friday evening
at the Lincoln Y. M. C. A. Preced
ing the dinner six pledges of the
honorary journalistic fraternity
will be inducted into active mem
bership. Initiation ceremonies are
scheduled to be held at 6 o'clock.
The six who will be initiated are:
George Pipal, Humboldt; Gifford
Swenson, Bertrand; Grant Parr,
Minden; Lewis Cass, Ravenna; Ir
win Ryan, Lincoln, and Don Shear
on, Lincoln.
Time for initiation was origi
nally set for 5 o'clock, but due tj
the fact that several of the mem
bers must take part in a parade
at that time, ceremonies will take
place an hour later.
Serving as memDers oi tne com
mittee in charge of the proceedings
are Burton Marvin, president;
Henry Bostrom, vice president;
Eugene Dalby, secretary; Prof.
Gayle Walker, chapter advisor,
and Hoyt Barneby.
SE
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Geology Professor Asserts
Recent Drouth Is
Broken.
Indicating the drouth and the
breaking up of natural vegetation
as the main causes of recent dust
storms. Dr. A. L. Lugn of the uni
versity geology department, stated
that the drouth is undobutedly
broken and the days of serious
dust storms about over, in his ad
dress before the Knife and Fork
club Thursday noon.
Dr. Lugn expressed his N?lief
that the amount of precipitation in
the middlewest will undoubtedly
increase and hold the dust down.
He also stated that dust removed
or deposited on the soil did littlo
to change its value.
'Abcut half of the sou in the
state of Nebraska ha materialized
from ancient dust storms," he
pointed out. showing specific loca
tions where the deposits range in
depth from 15 to 200 feet
Dr. Lugn recalled that precipita
tion was near an absolute mini
mum last year resulting in an un
pleasant situation. He added that
the generous rains we are now re
ceiving: indicate the absence of fu
ture storm. ......
FOR
BOOKSTOR
UNION PREPARED
