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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
SUNDAY. NOVEMBEK 3, 1934.
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A Chance to
Prove Loyalty.
Hushed for some strange reason this iail
has been talk of a student union building for
Nebraska which last spring swept like wild
fire over the campus. As the 1934-35 school
year came to a close, students, alumni, and
friends of the university, after an exhaustive
and difficult but successful campaign among
the students believed that at last the dream of
a union building would be realized through a
PWA loan.
Petitions circulated about the campus sig
nifying willingness to pay a small compulsory
fee to aid in financing the building had been
signed by nearly 3,000 students. The Alumni
association had agreed to finance the equip
ment that would be needed for the structure.
Support of all Nebraska representatives and
senators save one had been secured at Wash
ington, and PWA state officials had heartily
endorsed the plan. Legal difficulties in mak
ing the loan had been pronounced by the uni
versity legal advisors as non-existent. The
only bar that remained, apparently, to actual
consummation of the campaign, was the ap
proval of the board of regents.
But this apparently was the most difficult
hurdle of all. That the regents would not, at
least did not, approve the union building plan
was indicated by their failure to apply for a
PWA loan. On the other hand they apparent
ly did not reject the idea. In short it today is
seemingly lost somewhere in the innermost re
cesses of the administration.
The University of Nebraska had a won
derful opportunity to secure a union building
this year, but, as has been ably demonstrated,
the opportunity meant nothing. While other
schools throughout the nation were building
much-needed additions, to their campuses
through federal aid, Nebraska sat idly by.
while her students, scattered over the city of
Lincoln, innocent of any semblance of cohe
sion or organization, and full of anything but
love for their alma mater, continued to won
der just when, if ever, something which was
really essential to their needs and interests,
would ever be given even decent considera
tion by the powers that be.
. The wonderment was all the more in
creased when they came back to school this
fall to find themselves assessed an extra dol
lar per semester for medical service for which
a large portion of them never have and never
will have any use. But the fee they asked
for and were willing to pay to bring to the
campus a union building something which
would go far to remedy the disorganized, de
centralized, and "friendly but cold" character
of the student body at present, was waved
aside in favor of this assessment which bene
fits a comparative few.
The student pulse columns this fall have
been filled with comments of dissatisfied stu
dents who feel that they should be treated as
something more than a mere customer of the
university, who feel that there is something
more to be gained from university years be
sides classroom work and recitations and
that eomething is an opportunity to make
friendships and social contacts and to enjoy
some bit of recreation on the campus.
The union building would not be a cure
all for the many troubles of student aloofness,
disorganization, lack of spirit, lack of social
contacts, lack of sentiment toward the univer
sity, and many others, but it would go far in
eliminating the majority of them. Students
would have a building that was their own, a
place where they could go to relax and rest
between or after classes, where student activi
ties would be centered, where social functions
.could be held, a meeea in short, for every stu
dent, regardless of what might be his particu
lar interest or interests in addition to keeping
university functions on the campus.
This week, murmurs of reorganization of
the union building campaign have been heard.
It is well. Hopes for its const met ion need not
be abandoned yet. Some federal money ap
parently is still available. It appears that a
portion of it can be secured for Nebraska if
the effort is made.
At present the bar to this step appears to
be lack of the regents' approval. Their stand
against the project, if such is their position, is
inimical to the interests of student welfare. It
must be changed, and it is up to the student
body to bring home to the board of regents in
a decisive manner the fact that their interests
deserve and demand consideration and must
be heeded, if the interests of the university,
which it is their duty to further on every hand,
are to prosper and advance.
STUDENT PULSE
Brief, concise contributions pertinent to mattera of
student life and the university are welcomed by this
department, under the usual restrictions of sound
newspaper practice, which excludes all libelous matter
and personal attacks. Letters muit be signed, but
names will be withheld from publication If so desired.
What Light?
TO THE EDITOR:
In the past week I have read, with some
interest, the articles in this paper concerning
"Unsung Nebraska." Being a student of her
university and a son of her soil, I am moved
to speak.
Why is Nebraska unsung? One of the
best answers I know to this question was made
by a former Nebraska instructor. It is to be
found in a four year old copy of Vanity Fair,
and is entitled "Nebr.fska on the Make."
Nebraska's failure to appear in the na
tional eye has been expressed "hiding its light
under a bushel." I must confess that on first
reading this phrase I could not recall any
"light" that I had seen "placed under a bush
el." Reading the article further I discovered
what the fuel of this light was.
"Nebraska has a famous football team!"
Yet this light is not hidden. Every newsreel
in the United States is vividly displaying Ne
braska's victories and defeats.
"Nebraska has beautiful women who have
some amount of personality!" So does any
group of young people, whether it be a sewing
circle of Iowa City, la., or the "Save Our
Song Birds league" of Wyoming. Beautiful
women with charm are found in any large res
taurant selling rolls and coffee. Then this
light can demand very little interest.
"Nebraska has many brilliant scholars!"
How many of us know even the names of
twenty of our scholars? Who, indeed, can tell
us who our ten outstanding scholars are?
"Nebraska has many able student lead
ers!" Are these able leaders found leading us
to higher grades, better debates, finer litera
ture and drama, or do we find them busily
engaged with shall we sav football, Ilusker
rallies, Ag queen elections, song contests, and
.Nebraska Sweetheart politics?
"Nebraska has good student publica
tions!" Are there fifty students in the uni
versity who can name one story that has re
cently appeared in the Prairie Schooner? It
is said that students of this school have, at one
time or another, had an occasional story pub
lished in that magazine; but who are thev?
Rumor has it that one such author was found
cold and stiff on the steps of the Prairie
Schooner office. He had been lying there
dead, for three months.
One look at our stadium on anv fall Sat
urday afternoon tells us that Nebraska is a
football state. This fact is nationally accept
ed. We are proud of our team. One has only
to suggest that a certain play was an error
or that a Nebraska player was faulty, and he
will find himself labled as a "Monday morn
ing quarter-back," and regarded as something
like a "cad."
In spite of our loyalty, we find schools
with no better teams than Harvard or Yale
possess occupying our place in the sun. I sug
gest that these schools found the road to their
place in the sun, not through a football field,
but, rather, through their library. Has Har
vard a better library than Nebraska or has
Harvard better use of her library than Ne
braska? We students are waiting for a new
library. May I suggest that we take the 150
source books, which our professors are stupid
enough to force us to read, move them to a
corner of the coliseum and apply a lighted
match to the remaining library. Or perhaps
remove the remainder of the library books out
and put in their place a merry-go-round, a
dance hall and cafe. The basement rooms
could be used for "Better Sweetheart Elec
tions" or "Bigger and Better Husker Rallies."
Well, anyhow, Nebraska, we have some
fine beefsteak and roasting ears and football
teams, to say nothing of a few new Nebraska
sonps.
"In Hoc sisrno vinces." G. D. M.
AG FACULTY MEMBERS
Eleventh Annua! Contest
At Nebraska Set for
Monday.
Three members of the agrlcul
tuns collee-e faculty will act ai
judges at the Eleventh Annual
Nebraska Cornhusking contest,
Monday, Nov. 4. They are Profs.
F. D. Keim, agronomy department
chairman; T. A. Kiessemacn, ex
perimental agronomist; and L. B.
Snyder, rural economist.
Prof. Keim will officiate as
husk Judge; Kiesselbach, glean
ings, and Snyder will judge offi
cial records of the contest. Thirty-three
county champions will
compete for two-hundred dol
lars in cash prizes and the right
to rpnrpspnt Nebraska in the Na
tional Cornhusking Derby, to be
held this year in Indiana, inov. o.
The rhnmniona and runners-uD of
nln state contests will battle for
the World's Cornhusking Crown.
The object of these contests is
to determine who can husk the
most and cleanest corn in one hour
and twenty minutes. Entry in the
state contest is limited to the
champions of county events held
under the same rules.
A Union
Building deeded.
TO THE EDITOR:
The university adequately cares for the
mental needs of the student body. Most of the
class lectures are thought, stimulating, arouse
curiosity, and lead the student's mind into new
and interesting fields of learning. If a student
really seeks mental development, he can sat
isfy his desires in this respect.
The physical well-being of the students is
not neglected. They are given physical exam
inations upon entering the university. This is
done for the protection of other students and
to enable the individual student to correct any
physical defects he may have, if this can be
done. Students may take courses in physiol
ogy and athletics which help them to preserve
good health. They may consult a school physi
cian throughout the school year.
The various churches try to meet the re
ligious needs of the students. They arc wel
comed and encouraged to participate in re
ligious activities.
It is in the realm of the social needs of the
university that much more could be done The
fraternities and sororities supply association to
a select few; however, this type is not ideal
for members in a democratic society. It does
not aid in developing a common social mind,
which is one of the aims of a social program.
A truly desirable social program should pro
vide for informal and intimate contacts. The
lunch hour at Ellen Smith hall and the All
University meetings approach this idea, but
the writer has dreams of a large building
where students meet informally, lunch, visit,
participate in games, and relax from th rou
tine of school life. . J.
BARB A.W.S. GROUPS
TO MEET THIS WEEK
Miss Beers Urges Students
Attend Gatherings to
Discuss Problems.
Rpmilar monthlv meetings of
Barb A. W. S. groups will be held
this week, it was announcea ohx
urday by Dorothy Beers, member
in oharee. Miss Beers meed any
barb girls who are not already
regular attendants at one of these
groups to come to the meetings
which are conducted for the pur
pose of discussing mutual prob
lems, checking an activity points,
and exchanging ideaa and plans.
Elizabeth Edison and Ruth Ful
ton have charge of the first group
which will meet Monday afternoon
at 5 o clock; Gretcnen tsuaa ana
Fern Bloom, Tuesday at 4; Dor
cas Crawford and Maxine Gross
man, Wednesday at 12; Mary
white and Ardis Gravbill. Thurs
day at 5; Doris Riisness and Row-
ena Swenson, Friday at o; ana
Donna Hiatt and Marjorie Fran
cis, o'clock Thursday on the ag
campus.
Author Popular Husker Song
At Last Receives Recognition
(Continued from Page 1.)
endeared themselves not only to
the univprsitv family but to the
people of the state as has your
song. I have neara n sung on me
football field and in gatherings of
Nebraskans everywhere. It be
longs to the entire state. Let me
take this opportunity of sending
you the university's thanks and
best wishes."
Governor Cochran stated: "As
governor of the State of Nebraska,
it is always my desire to see that
Nebraskans who perform signal
services for the state, are given
proper public recognition. It has
come to my attention that you are
the author of our beloved song
"Dear Old Nebraska U," cherished
and sung by all Nebraskans. It is
fitting at this time that recogni
tion, long overdue, be now given
you. Please accept my sincere
congratulations."
Stating he is glad to know that
Mr. Pecha has finally been given
public recognition for his ability
to produce this well liked song.
Mayor Bryan wrote: "The people
of the city and state and all who
have ever attended the University
of Lincoln are indebted to you for
this patriotic, soul stirring song
that has inspired the youth and en
thused the adults with a feeling of
pride and enduring support of this
great educational Institution
known as the University of Ne
braska." Pecha. after heine introduced
to the guests present, stated he
wrote the song in 1923 while at
Ft. Snelhng, Minn., student oi
ficers trainine school. The Ne
braskans were to give a stunt
night for students from uie omer
rnllecea. but found thev had no
song. Only the chant was known,
so shortly before the performance
Pecha sketcnea orr me song, win
nn idea nf it ever becomine a
school song. A quartet was organ
ized and the tune was preseniea.
The Nebraskans liked it and
brought it back to the university.
"Dear Old Nebraska U" was read
ily accepted on the campus.
Pecha was eraduated from the
business administration college in
1924. While in tne university ne
im a rant n.in of the military de
partment, member of Alpha Sigma
Phi and in ine university uie
club for three years.
Upton Attends Convention.
Dr. Fred W. Upson, dean of the
graduate college, will represent
the university at the annual
meeting of the Association or
American Universities held at
Ithaca, New York Nov. 7 to .
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gKETCHES
Ell Culbertson never starts
something he can't finesse nor
does Bernard (James Joseph)
Scherer ever stars anything he
can't finish. When Bernie starts
after his prey it takes no less tnan
the marines or a sudden hurricane
to make him deviate from his orig'
Inal intention of making a bruising
Bv virtue of his deadly defense
he was assigned to a position on
the mythical all Big Six eleven.
Opponents long remember him for
in all of his derensive enaeavors
he seemingly has so many hands
that he makes an octopus look like
an angleworm. To mention his abil
ity in offensive measures wouiu
merely call for another chapter.
Bernie did not introduce the
name Scherer to Husker grid fol
lowers for he is the second of that
name to bring joy to the Nebraska
cocahing faculty. His brother, Leo,
made a similar record on Nebras
ka sod a few years back. He, too,
was a conference asterisk. Four
other brothers bless the Scherer
domicile, but unfortunately Bernit
is the youngest.
The unwearying wlngman Is
22 years of age and a senior.
Having completed eight years
consisting principally of athlet
ics, he is still not sufficed. Upon
receiving his diploma he will
coach with the hope of changing
life from the proverbial bowl of
cherries to a bowl of berries.
His 185 pounds and his 6 foot 1
inches are terminated at the north
by shoulders as broad as a Geor
gian accent, upon which there
would be ample room for a fair
head to recline But he has about
as much enthusiasm concerning
women as taking a sudden notion
not to walk around the block. The
feeling is so strong that he has
contemplated a home economics
course in order to be capable of
sock mending.
Aside from football, however, he
does have a hobby. It is Russian
peanuts. The hobby i just as its
name the nuti. Russian peanuts
are a cross between nourishment
and recreation, for one must be
unusually deft with the tongue and
jaw movements to disrobe said
nuts of their shells. Bernie. how
ever, thinks they are more practi
cal than the fair sex.
The big kick of this flanks
man's career came in the Texas
game of 1933 when he snaked
thru the foes forward wall In his
own inimitable way, blocked a
punt and consequently scored a
winning counter.
CHILDREN'S PLAY
DELIGHTFUL TO
YOUNG AUDIENCE
(Continued from Page 1.)
of a three-ring circus than a scene
of a play.
There was no excuse ror tne
Jester and Haykale to carry on
their side capers, at the first en
trance of the thieves, and less ex
cuse for their attempt to copy the
methods of certain prominent
screen figures. Even If they had
accomplished the feat with any
amount of skill, it would still be
inexcusable.
The same may be said of every
scene in which All Babel and Hay
kale appeared. By their efforts,
gymnastic and otherwise, they
gave nothing to any individual
perormances, and detracted mate
rially from tne cnarm or me piay
itself.
Several other scenes were so
prolonged as to detract from the
effect, the dance of the skeletons,
one of the ghost scenes, and oth
ers. It might be said that some
of this extreme over-emphasis was
necessary, but this would be high
ly debatable. The play itself, if
handled as it presented itself.
needed no decoration and suffered
from the amount given it.
It must be remembered that a
production of this sort presents a
great problem in acting, interpre
tation and direction. In view of
this, the foregoing criticisms lose
some of their strength, for there
was surely a very definite attempt
at a difficult situation. But they
still remain.
Sets Good.
Sets for the play, handled by
Donald Friedly, were especially
good. They were not there mere
ly because they were necssary but
because they gave much to sev
eral splendid pictures. Difficult
though they were, the product calls
for much of commendation to the
department as a whole and Mr.
Friedly in particular.
Cast at Charartrn.
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King c:hocolat Bar.
Iirit Chancellor
jeiMer
Tha Psae
Th Maid
Mr. Tinker
. . alarjuria Thomas
Jean Swift
.... Allen (.atewood
. .. Ziva Roenier(
..George McArthur
, Nell Brown
....William Strong.
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Student Council.
Student Council will meet Wed
nesday, Nov. 6, in the Student
Council rooms, University hall. All
members must be present.
Sigma Delta Chi.
Sigma Delta Chi will meet Mon
day at 5 p. m., in room 5, U nail.
Deming Attends Meeting.
Dr. H. G. Deming attended the
midwest intersectional meeting of
the American Chemical society at
Louisville, Ky. He read several
papers before the convention.
Barb AWS.
Monday at 5: Elizabeth Edison
i T,.ii. Tr-iittnn. Tuesday at 4:
aiiu ivutu " ' 1 " .
Gretcnen Budd and Fern Bloom;
Wednesday at 12: uorcas rw
a anA Maying Grossman;
Thursday at 5: Mary White and
Ardis Gray Dili; rnaay ai o. vjio
Rionou and Rowena Swenson;
Thursday at 4 at ag: Donna Hiatt
and Marjorie rancis.
Karl Kulton
....Waldemar Mueller
. . . .Norman OuirtlnKer
MarKuerlte Kurth
....Harriet Van Sickle
Julia vieie
All Babel
Haykale
The (.host
Spook
The Myaterioui Lady
Skeletons
...Kleanor Compton, Sarah Loulss Meyer
Ho-Hum Krrwst Tullls
Plratee. .. .Walter Stroud, De'ford Bnim-
mer, Mlllan Wlneen. Merrill Rosenberg
Act 1 Land of the Chocolate Rars.
Scene li a sea near an Island.
Act II The Castle..
Scene la In a dunueon.
Act 111 Ho-Hum and the Treasure Cheat.
Scene Is a beach on the inland.
ART DEPARTMENT TO
EXHIBIT NEW PRINTS
Kirsch I mites Public Visit
Morrill Hall Display
Sunday.
In observance of national art
week, Nov. 3-9, the university fine
arts department will exhibit in gal
lery A of Morrill hall the latest
prints acquired by the department,
some originals and ottier reproduc
tions of famous works. Prof.
Dwight Kirsch, fine arts chairman,
invites the public to visit this ex
hibit Sunday afternoon from 2 to
5 and during school hours thruout
the week. At least one gallery will
be kept open at all times during
the school days
Museum Assistants
Show School Groups
Exhibits in Morrill
Three groups of civic leaguers
from the Lincoln schools were con
ducted through the museum during
the week. C Bertrand Schultz de
scribed the work of fossil collect
ing to one group, while Frank Bell
showed a second group the various
murals painted by Elizabeth Dol-
and and Miss Marjorie Shanafelt,
curator of visual education, talked
on the conservation of birds and
flowers in Nebraska before an
other. Next week Thompson Stout
will address a similar group on
general geology.
Dr. John D. Clark, guest in
structor at the university is giv
ing a series of analytical ad
dresses on the new deal before
business groups at Beatrice each
week.
EXTENSION DELEGATES
TO ASSEMBLE MONDAY
Nebraska Staff to Take Part
In Annual Convention
Program.
Delegates to the annual Ne
braska extension service confer
ence will assemble Monday eve
ning for the first session of a pro
gram lasting through Saturday
morning. Members of the Ne
braska extension staff, national
bureau workers, and leading jour
nalists of the state will be
program speakers, according to
director W. H. Brokaw.
Following the state cornhusking
contest at Wayne, after which the
program will begin A. B. Graham
of the federal department of agri
culture will address the group. H.
W. Gilbertson of Washington and
Director Brokaw are scheduled to
appear on the Tuesday morning
programs, which will be held In
two separate sections.
R. L. Von Treba, regional di
rector for soil erosion and D. L.
Gross, extension agronomist will
appear with Dean W. W. Burr on
the Tuesday afternoon program.
Wednesday audiences will hear
Doyle I Buckles, editor of the
Alliance Times-Herald speak on
"The Poorest Advertised Industry
In the World."
engineers' group
Chooses pearce
HEAD AT MEETING
(Continued from Page 1.)
specialized projects where skilled
workers are needed to the other
types of building where the masses
can be employed."
Describes Honor System.
Frazier described and explained
the honors system of education
now established in many of the na
tion's leading schools. Since select
ed students are not required to at
tend classes nor take routine quiz
es, this system differs radically
from the present program, he stat
ed. Students take the Initiative in
outlining their school work with
the result they are supposed to be
better prepared to enter the busi
ness world.
Explaining the operations of the
stroboscope which is a mechanical
device capable of making moving
machines appear stationary, Pro
fessors Edison and Norris ap
peared on the program. The ap
paratus was demonstrated by il
luminating a sixteen inch fan,
showing how it could be made to
appear stationary tho actually run
ning at full speed.
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