FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1936.
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CAMPUSOCIETY
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o'clock.
tho face.
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e-nns is. and it 's shouldn't be
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SEEN ON the campus: Betty
Wldner debating whether to wait
for sonic chivalrous Raleigh to
come and carry her across the
puddle of water In front of "Sosli
or jump for it Jack Tucker in
a vain search for some of tho
Kuppa Slg brethren Bob Melius
and John Evans talking with Ruth
Talhclm and Emmy Spade Two
Chi Phi's engaged in a close perusal
of "Spicy Stories" Clayton Moss
lnan dashing hither and yon to the
campus caking places Dick
Holtz in a pretty wild bow tic
(sort of blue and dotted) Howard
Dobson and Murk Owen shouting
at each other across the adminis
tration building -Bill Marsh, a
sheepish expression on his face, re
turning the long sought newspaper
to tho "Rag" office Gene Dalby
recuperating from a strenuous
meeting of the Journalism frater
nity, motion suggested, silence,
motion carried and Mr. Fellman
remarking that the supreme court
sometimes admitted that others
than it assisted in upholding the
constitution.
TRI Delta announces the pledg
ing of Arlene Mullikin of Chester
and Doris VonBcrgen of Daw
son. AND AT a recent meeting o
1'hi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, honoary
music fraternity, which took place
at the Annex Cafe, Arthur Barnc-
bey, Austin Garrels, Robert biooK
cy, Frederick Nebe, and Richard
son Dougall were formally
pledged. A short business meeting
piececded the pledging.
CHI Phi announces the pledging
of Carl Stobbe of Grand Island.
Incidently, he joins the ranks of
the fraternity's building geniuses.
He pluys the piano.
AND THEN there's the sad sad
talc of Betsy Allen who, being cold,
and tired, spied a nice looking car
and a grey haired gentleman just
climbing out of it. Warm breezes
from the heater came out too, so
with little hesitation she stepped
up to the outcoming occupant and
asked if she might climb in the
lmrif sent, to irot warm. She didn't
tho, for just then her date hissed in
- r!.... ...I.lunn,. "Tiint'O C.IW-
crnor Cochran."
ANNOUNCED recently was the
marriage of Kathryn Zoolt of Lin
coln and George Brock of Colom
bia which took place Thursday
morning at the Westminster Pres
byterian church. The couple will
live in Lincoln where Mr. Brock
is associated with the Telephone
company. Botli have attended tho
university, and Mr. Brock is a
member of Alpha Tan Omega.
TOMORROW night at tho Corn
husker, members of Alpha XI
Delta will assemble for their an
nual formal. Professor nnd Mrs.
R B. Schmidt, Dr. and Mrs. A. R.
Congdon, Dr. Elizabetli William
son, Mrs. Ella Marshall and Miss
Lulu Runge will chaperon the af
fair, and about three hundred bids
have been sent out.
ALPHA XI Delt alumnae ex
potced in town for the patty arc
Marian Miller of Alexandria,
Evelyn Romberg of West Point,
Elizabetli Horrigan of Souix City,
In., Mrs. Lillian Young, Marsia
Swift and Wilmas Lallman all of
Omaha.
AT THE Lincoln, tomorrow
night, Phi Psi's will entertain their
dates and stags from other frater
nities at a dinner dance. The ta
bles will be decorated with the
fraternity coolrs, red and green,
and about 17fi bills have been sent
out. Kirk McClcan is in charge of
the affair, nnd Dr. and Mrs. Har
old Stoke, Mr. and Mis. Joe Hunt,
mid Mrs. Olive Orr ue chaperon
ing. OLDEST LIVING MATTER
Minnesota Biologist Speaks
Before Audience in
Bessey Hall.
Dr. Arthur T. llenriti, i hair
man of the department of bacteri
ology at the University of Minne
sota, told an audience of students
and faculty members at Bessy hall
auditorium that bacteria are the
oldest living organisms. The Min
nesota professor was guest of the
university faculty at a noon lunch
con at the University club. In his
afternoon address, he emphasized
the study of bacteria as n bio
logical science as distinguished
from an applied science.
Dr. Hcnrici declared more inter
est is being shown In the field of
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IN THE MIDST OP THE FACULTY
night mure, that good old institution
known to the intolUgoncin as registration
weekwith everything going along about
as usual. Worry over bids for various
fornials, and dates of course, concern
about takinir all the slips to tho Dean's
just the pink one indceisioui
debate over the inovitiiblc eight
And then, finals staring one in
Oh, it's a blue, blue world, and
even a bit bluer for tho unhappy soul who
hasn't gone to classes or thought about
lJarbarisin, that's all the idea of final
tolerated on this campus,
WHAT'S DOING
Friday.
KAPPA ALPHA THETA
formal at the Cornhusker.
Phi Delta Theta mothers club
meeting at the home of Mrs.
Robert Clark, 2:30.
Lambda Chi Alpha auxiliary
luncheon at the chapter house,
1 o'clock.
Saturday.
PHI KAPPA PSI dinner
dance at the Lincoln.
ALPHA XI DELTA formal
at the Cornhusker, 9:00 o'clock.
bacteria for its own sake as a bi
ological science. These minute
organisms are the beginning of
life and their antiquity dates back
in fossil records as much as 600
million years.
Dr. George L. Peltier, professor
of plant pathology at the Univer
sity of Nebraska, presided at the
afternoon program. The Minneso
tan was brought to Lincoln by
Prof. M. F. Gunclerson of the med
ical college staff at Omaha.
LONG'S SPIRIT STILL
BRINGS FEAR 10 ALL
Fi
Law Colleges Afraid
Subjection to Like
Influence.
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NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 16.
Though Huey Long is gone, his
spirit yet Inspires fear in the
hearts of those who did not sym
pathize with his views and prac
tices. Ills asserted domination of Loui
siana State university, which ho
was said to have referred to as
"my school," has apparently
aroused a fear among members of
the Association of American Law
Schools that American educational
standards may be subjected to po
litical Influence In similar cases In
the future.
A report was adopted by the
association, censuring the Long
methods in connection with the
state university and declaring
that, "while It Is true death 1ms
removed the personal influence of
Huey P. Long, we are by no means
sure that a successor to his am
bitions and influence may not ar
rive." The association directed the
censure at the entire university,
singling out particularly tho Law
School, toward which an attitude
of anxloussollcltude was adopted,
citing instances of alleged "politi
cal interference," and said that
these "indicate infringement of po
litical pressure upon the affalis of
the university in general and of
the College of Law in particular,
contrary to the ideals, standards
and traditions for which this asso
ciation stands."
Improvements Gratifying.
"It Is true that, in certain mat
ters not directly responsive to tho
criticism stated above, gratifying
Improvements have occurred in the
College of Law," the rcpoit stated.
"But these are material things of
the spirit."
The committee said it "is
thoroughly convinced that the late
Huey P. Long, while governor nn-J
senator for Louisiana, exerted un
desirable and fnr-renchlng political
influence over educational institu
tions of the state.
"Whatever confidence your
committee has to the future of tho
college of law of Louisiana State
university rests principally on tho
fact that Senator Long is dead."
Criticism was directed at the
"forced" retirement of former
Dean R. L. TuUls of the law school,
an outspoken opponent of Mr.
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Long: the Senator's 'Interference
with athletics" and the resultant
resignation of Lawrence "Biff"
Jones, head football coach, and the
suppression by President James
Monroe Smith of the Reveille, a
student newspaper, for remarks
unfavorable to Mr. Long.
Students Dismissed.
The committee said it found
students were dismissed from the
university without proper cause
for participating in The Reveille
affair.
"President Smith himself." it as
serted, "informed our inspector
and the representatives of the
Southern Association of Secondary
Schools and Colleges that the
present university physician was a
political appointee put in this posi
tion contrary to his recommenda
tion that the incumbent be re
tained." Frederick K. Bentel, dean of the
school of law, vigorously defended
the college against the censure, de
claring there was no evidence of
wrongdoing and that the wrongs
complained of had been corrected.
Members of the executive com
mittee who investigated the uni
versity and signed the report were
Dr. Rufus C. Harris, dean of
Tuland unlvcslty law school and
president of the association; Her
shel W. Arant, dean of Ohio State
university law school; M. R. Kirk
wood, Stanford university; Wilbur
H. Cherry, University of Minne
sota, and John M. Maguirc of
Harvavrd university.
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Can Modern Chemistry Reach
Ancient Goal of Making Gold?
From the Los Angeles Junior Collegian.
By GORDON FLINT.
A recent statement nttributcrt to Dr. Harold C. Uroy, Nobel
prize winner in tho field oC science, indicates tlint Hio ancient
goal oil chemistry might yet be reached. If experiments with
istobes, tho stepchildren of atoms, continue to yield results,
yellow gold may soon flow from baser metals, Dr. Urey hinted.
The world of cnemistry nasu
progressed far since the Alexan
drian Greeks, bending over cruci
bles and boiling pots in the dim-lit
basements of Egypt, gave birth to
the science of alchemy. Phllopos
phe's stone, universal solvent,
prima materia all these are terms
from the past that arc Invoked by
Dr. Urey's prophecy. The aura of
mystery surrounding the alchem
ists' inauspicious activities, which
has heightened by later secular
and ecclesiastical bans, caused
their work to become closely asso
ciated with witchcraft and the
black arts. Almost ghoulish strains
of memory arc connected with the
baneful concoctions they hoped
would yield the "elixir of life." Are
tho fantastic dreams of these for
gotten experimenters now to be
realized ?
The hermetic art of "alchemy"
now exists only In old manuscripts
such ns the Leyden papyrus, the
"Experiments of Alconomye," the
"Physica and Mystica," and a few
other musty tomes now reposing
in museums. Legend has it that
the fallen angels taught the art to
the women they married be burned
out in a tortuous and endless
search for an evil, yellow metal of
no intrinsic value, 'me Apocnry
phal Book of Enoch lends sub
stance to this tale which relates
that instruction was contained in
a foul tome caned "tjnema." Me
dieval chemists spent years pour
ing over dust-covered volumes in
their search after this forbidden
information.
More historical data says that
it originated among the Alexan
drian Greeks in the early part of
the Christian era. Later the Arabs
took hold of it, and its art was
spread over western Europe, where
the interfusion of magical incan
tations, wierd formulae, and hodge
podges of black magic and astrol
ogy gave the whole of .alchemy
such a mephitic atmosphere that
it incurred the official disapproval
of both church and state. It con
tinued to flourish, however, in se
crecy, and even as late an intellect
as that of Roger Bacon maintained
the plausibility of its theories.
The basis of the golden dreams
of the alchemists was the belief
that all substances were composed
of one primitive matter, prima
materia, and owed their specific
differences to distinguishing qual
ities present. Ey obtaining the
prima materia ana adding to it
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certain specific qualities , gold
could bo readily and cheaply pro
duced. But all the foreign beliefs, fan
tastical nnd magical rims of the
ancient "chemist" have been lost
in the ages and tho alembic of
scientific research has produced a
purer and nobler chemistry. Yet a
high priest of science now waves
his hand and from out of the
crucible of the past there emerges
the yellow specter that once ten
anted forgotten laboratories. Will
hard headed scientists ceaso their
humanitarian labors and go "a
hollering after gold?" Or will the
apparition quale before their
staunch gaze and slump back into
the mildewed coffin of time?
T
TAKES PLACE TONIGHT
First Student Finding Fliver
Will Receive Title
With Keys.
Joe Penner's collegiate
knockabout 1927 Buick
car, the
touring
decorated in true college style,
will be the object of a campus wide
search scheduled to begin at 9
o'clock tonight.
To the first university student
finding the fliver and presenting
his identification card will go the
title and keys. There is no catch to
the hunt and the vehicle is given
free of charge to the finder, de
clare the sponsors, the Stuart
theater, the Hompes Tire company,
and The Daily Nebraskan.
The past week the collegiate
car has been displayed on differ
ent parts of the campus. It is an
open air automobile and is covered
with such signs ns "she rattles
but she rambles," "bury me out
If You Prefer the Best
of Service
TRY
Liberty Barbers
8 Years at 133 No. 13
on tho prairie," "smoking In tho
rear," and "danger, 1,000 jolts."
Cornhusker students In largo
numbers aro expected to bo on
hand when tho hunt commences.
Tho car will bo parked someplace
in Lincoln and tho finder is
keeper. Al lthat Is necessary to
become tho proud owner of tho
fliver is to pull out your Identifica
tion card, take the keys and owner
ship papers, and drive away.
Tho car hunt was staged In cele
bration of "Collegiate" starring
Joo Penner.
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California Apparatus for
Bombarding Atom
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BERKELEY, Calif., Jan. 10.
Discovery of numerous hitherto
unknown types of "elements"
which were produced by the action
of tho University of California's
cyclotron, an apparatus for bom
barding tho atom, was described
this week by university physicists.
The power of the machine re
cently was increased by 0 million
volts, with the result, it was an
nounced, that it has been possible
to subject to this type of analysis.
In the process of transmution,
the new substances produced
have in some cases exhibited
properties which, so far as is
known, have never before been ob
served, it was said.
The cyclotron is, in effect, a
realization of the dream of the al
chemist of a means whereby lead
might be turned Into gold. While
this is not as yet feasible from
a commercial standpoint, it was
explained that theoretically lead
can be turned into gold by the
same process of atom bombard
ment which is used to change
other elements Into new material
forms.
It was declared that the appar
atus, as now constructed, has
opened up a wide field for re
search and oxperiment, with the
probability that much valuable
data on the structure of matter
will be added by general know
ledge on the subject within tho
next few years.
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of Reynolds president, Arell Was
son of Lincoln vice-president,
Clarence Gladln of Wilcox secretary-treasurer,
and Chris Sander
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A roview of the activities of the
past year was presented at tho
mooting which indicated a very
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by the club next semester, a com
mittee consisting of Chris Sanders,
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Hnrold Duls, was appointed.
Officers of thu past year who led
tho organization through a very
satisfactory period arc Verne Jef
fers president Rodney Bertramson
vice-president, nnd Harold Duia
secretary-treasurer.
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