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j SUNDAY. MAKCII 15, 1036. TTIE DAILY NEBRASKAN two Daily Nebraskan Station A, Lincoln, Nabraaka. 1 933 Member 1936 Associated Godefttato Pros This Dr U rapraaantad for oaneral advartialno. ky Via NtbraiK Pratt Aatoeiatlon. nuns' at aaoond-elaaa mattar at paatofflca m Wlncoln. Ntbratka, undar act of congraaa, March S, 1878. and at apaclal rata of pottaoa provldad for In 'n 1103, aot of Octobar S, 1917. authorliad January SO, 1)21 THIRTY-FOURTH YEAR Publtahad Tuttday, Wadnttday, Thursday. Friday and Sunday mornlnga during tha acadtmio vaar. SUBSCRIPTION RATI tl 50 a yaar Slngla Copy 8 cantt 1.00 a aamattar ISO a yaar mailed 1.M a aemaater mallad Undar dlroctlon of tha Studant Publication Board. Editorial Offlca Unlvartlty Hall 4. Butintta Offlca Unlvartlty Hall 4A. Ttlephonea Dayt B6891 Nlghtl B6882. B3333 (Journal). Official atudant publication of tha Unlvartlty of Nebraaka In Lincoln, Nebratka. IRWIN RYAN EDITOR-IN-CHIEF TRUMAN OBERNOORF BUSINESS MANAGER EDITORIAL STAFF MANAGING EDITORS Gaorga Plpal Arnold Lav.r. NEWS EDITORS Johntton Snlpea Ror0!ty B,ntI Jana Walcott Eleanor Cllxba Don Wagnar Marylu Petert.n Fathlon Editor Society Editor .Louiaa Magaa Woman'a Editor Reglna Hunkint BUSINESS STAFF ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGERS Bob Funk Bob Shelltnbarg Bob Wadhama Circulation Manager Stanley Michael Aid for Athletes! THOSE of you who attended the State High A School Basketball tournament held this week-end at the coliseum probably noticed the wealth of material evidenced there in the form of athletes. Potential athletes from over the entire state displayed their wares in an effort to achieve statewide recognition of their merit. Many were mediocre but there are always those few selected oues whose styles and caliber of play would be an increment to any school. Last year a similar tournament was held. The years "before that like contests have been played. What becomes of these athletes? Do they continue on to school? Do they attend the Uni versity of Nebraska, the only state university in Nebraska, or do they fro elsewhere to exhibit their ability? This question has been a raging one for the past few years. Material due the university by right of its being the sole educa tional institution of universal character in the state of Nebraska, is sadly out of proportion to what one might expect. Nebraska is noto rious for losing men who would be a decided boon to any school claiming distinction in ath Jrtics. Innumerable times they have lost after obtaining or have failed originally to procure the desired talent of versatile boys. Tart of this difficulty of losing boys after they have enrolled has been due to scholarship. Nebraska is quite strict and above reproach on any score concerning either scholarship or sub sidization of athletes. Their record on the lat ter is known over the entire nation to be a clean one. At Nebraska little clemency is shown the athlete down in hours. Some pro fessors make it more difficult on athletes be cause they happen to be such and other miti gate their hardships by aid, depending upon the individual personality of the professor, but as a school the university is most exacting in its demands. Rigidity of scholastic require ments has on more than one occasion donated a worthy gentleman to an opponent. That such action is perfectly justifiable can hardly be denied. But on the other hand inasmuch as Nebraska's medium of publicity to other schools is in a great part thru its success as a producer of football teams it would seem only fair to in some manner aid the hard pressed boys. Many work long hours, engage in lung hours of football practice and the circumstan ces surrounding their inability to make their grades are often most extenuating. Providing tutors to aid athletes of this sort in a legitimate manner would not invite criticism. Their pur pose is knowledge. If the time element in the class-room is not sufficient because of their out side activities, performing a service to I he school, then it would righteously seem that re ciprocation of this service liy the university in the form of tutorship would not be termed evil. Their scholastic requirements are in nowise diminished. That this tutorship would constitute an additional cost which could nol well be met is net necessarily a true statement. There need not be any more money spent for tutors than is not being spent for other purposes. No addi tional expenses need occur. The university now has in the form of NYA students many sufficiently capable persons, many majoring in certain phases of the university curriculum, who could act in this capacity of tutor. There is no denying of the fact that in many instan ces these workers are not kept at their maxi mum of productivity. Many professors will readily vouch for the statement that these workers could just as well be doing other things in addition to their present tasks. .Some are reading papers. Some are doing research work. But these often could employ their time, not taken up. in acting as tutors. That long hours of tutorship are needed is ridiculous. That great numbers of athletes will m-ed it is equally so. But in some cases these athletes have not the particular allocation of t'nne, nor availability of presence to conform to such things as professorial visitations. They nave not. the time during the day to see these men in straightening out their troubles. Jf this were done in those rare instances where tutor ship is needed the Nebraskan believes that much would be accomplished in hurdling the scholastic rigidities by those athletes hard pressed in making ends meet. CONTEMPORARY COMMENT and hadn't even heard of Mr. Hoover's reiter ated pronouncements that ruin is just around the corner. Indeed, they seem to have con cluded that Mr. Hoover's prophecies are accu rate but misplaced and that the corner where ruin lurked is the one we passed about a year ago or more. At any rate the cold figures of the finan cial and business columns of the newspapers furnish comment that should be interesting to the nation on the wailings of the Jeremiahs. For example, on Wednesday, February 15), the stock market showed such little consideration for the calamity howlers that the daily average of 50 stocks reached the highest point it had touched stueo 1031. Not content with this de monstration, the index continued to climb and celebrated the completion of Mr. Roosevelt's third year in the white house, so to speak with another surge upward. "What made this more significant of the disregard of the investment public for the dire ful forebodings of the president's detractors was the Associated Press 'announcement on March that: "The subscription books were speedily closed (on the treasury's offer of a billion and a quarter of bond and notes) when the over whelming demand became apparent. Terms of the offering had been announced Wednesday morning. The public flocked to purchase more than the $650,000,000 in l'2-to-15 year bonds, bearing two and three-fourths percent interest, and $600,000,000 in five-year one and one-half percent five year notes." By noon on March 4 the bonds had been more tlmn seven times oversubscribed and the notes more than five times oversubscribed. One day's business! And what a business! One of the largest offerings in post-war treasury history, it had been exceeded only by the offering of $950,000,000 on December 15 last, which bore the same interest rate but ma tures three years earlier. The obvious conclu sion is that when within less than three months the federal government is able to sell for the same interest rate bonds maturing three years later, then the credit of the government has im proved that much in that time. And it is equal ly obvious that public confidence in the Roose velt administration grows in obverse ratio to the hammering and the yammering of the president's palpably selfish critics. Are these happenings indicative of a fear of inflation, as Mr. Hoover has ponderously pontificated? Well, hardly: for each day fol lowing the upswings in stocks United States government bonds in all categories have reached new highs. Treasury 4's for instance, are now at 112 15-32, the highest point since they were issued. These same bonds were quoted at 94 on January 11, 1932. but there were no takers. The famous "Mellon 3's, which sold at 82 3-32 on January 12. 1932, are at .103 23-32. a gain of 25 percent in four years. To the owner of a U. S. government bond, that is truly a tremendous increment in value. Un der administrations which command public confidence there is not the remotest possibility of such fluctuation but in the transition from Mellon-Mills-Hoover to Roosevelt-and-the-peo-ple. anything and everything has proved possi ble. Neligh News. The Corner 1$ Behind U$. It is tough goinj for the prophets of gloom. With singular and stubborn obstinacy, the business and financial markets continue to behave as if they have scant regard for the weird warnings of the American liberty league STUDENT PULSE Brief, concise contributions pertinent to mattara ot atudent llfa and tha university ara welcomed by this department, under tha usual restrictions ot sound newspaper practice, which excludes all libeloua matter and personal attacks. Lettera must be signed, but names will ba withheld from publication It ao desired. Let's Have An Open Choice. TO THE EDITOR: The Daily Nebraskan today announced that "the chance has come when everyone on the campus can vote for his or her favorite orchestra." The article submitted the names of fifteen dance bands for the competition. I should like to know who nominated that list it is certainly not the student body's choice, for nominations were never called for. It is easy to sec that if the ballots carry such a restricted list, the bands named therein will have a decided advantage over other bands whom we may favor. We cannot have a fair i contest if the announced procedure is carried out. Why no' gne the students a cnance to nominate before a final vote is taken ? V, bet ter yet. let's exclude all names from the bal lot and really let "everyone on the cam his vote for his or her favorite orchestra." To mention only a few outstanding bands omitted from "the select fifteen." there are the fol lowing: Hal Kemp (chosen at a recent conven tion of dancing teachers in New York, "the best dance band in America". Horace Heidt. Wayne Kniy;. Ozzie Nelson. Kay Kyser. and "Fats" Waller. Certainly the proposed list should not be subinitted.M. N. The Around and About By Sarah Louise Mayor. w. notice, with rearets, the Inverae ratio between one's pub lic and one's freedom column wise, that It. At our little circle of reader growa, to grows the number of toes upon whioh we might tread, or the number of vanities that might be wounded. Not so long ago, one. of our lesser idols, O. O. Mclntyre, dis cussed at length that ageless fore head decoration, banps. Before jutting off into a slight discussion of the fluffy fringes, male and fe male, he has known, he paused to remark that in France a bang including coiffure is almost ex clusively a profesional badge. And so we fell to thinking, with pleasant malice, of the bangs among our acquaintances. Un consciously we pushed from our own bold bald brow that omnipres ent fuzz of short young hairs. Re marked, casually, "Poppa, just like bangsl" (We thing cattiness is too dreadful. ) Our favorite sour-puss (by his own admission), Arnie Levin bears the tale of a biology in structor who exploded the other day, "After you graduate, most of you won't know the difference between a zygote and a billy goat!" Just as we were seriously be ginning to doubt, for the la.it time, the value of a higher education, we find that all our midnight oil haa not been burned in vain. In the current Vogue, fashion Bible for laywomen such as we, ia a state ment which only our spasmodic Stepanek-izing could make us ap preciate. Surely "Steppie" would not consider it a desecration to find Turgenev followers in the drivel of the makers of the mode thus: "If you can't find something exciting for yourself in the new collections, regardless of type or temperament, you're a nihilist at heart." From a seff admitted pinnacle of 26 years, J. B. Lake of the local KFAB staff write our first real fan letter. Thru the cynic ism of his years, he exposes our jejune mouthings as such, seeks to defend, among others, himself, and expresses a desire to make our acquaintance apparently just as one is curious to see the sideshows at a carnival. We shall be very glad, Poppa and I, to meet our new friend some time, Intellect, horn rimmed glasses, flat heels, and all. The only trouble is, we aren't quite sure how Poppa will like being exhibited as a specimen of what Mr. Lake describes, with some inaccuracy, as a "vicarious breed." Of all the perennial signs of spring the planting of gardens, fleets of tricycles and roller skates with the consequent skinning of knees, conscientuous scrubbing of porches, neighborhood jumping of rope, the wearing of fresh flower boutonnieres of all these, the most blinding and unmistakable is the be-coloring of masculine hab erdashery. Wildly hued shirts, ties, and handkerchiefs "defy the May", as we say in Tennyson. But the crowning blow of all, to this conservative commentator of mas culine foibles, is the riotous "plaidie" shorts. Frankly, we pre fer our Scotch straight. TXT1 J recneur u isiauuc French Cinema Attraction i News Parade France Unbends. France announced that she ia willing to consider an alternate plan whereby German troops can remain in the Rhineland, following a meeting of the League Council in London Saturday. The announcement relieved the ten sion in Europe where for the past week France has been insistent in her demands that rigid sanctions be applied to Germany. Hitler's peace offer will not be discussed until the question of the scrapping of the Lo carno treaty has been settled. French spokes men emphasized. Telegram Tussles. William Randolph Hearst joins the fight against the siezing of telegrams by the senate investigating committee by seeking an in junction against Wstern Union to restrain them from delivering a copy of a message which the committee wants in connection with its investigation of the lobbying against the public utilities bill. A few days ago the court forbade the tele graph eompany to deliver telegrams sent and received by a Chicago law firm. The battle seems to be ttking on somewhat of a political aspect with republican congressmen accusing Democrat Black and bis committee of violation of the constitution. (Continued from Page li. after their marriage, Yann is lost at sea. Sea Imoprtant. Since Loti loved the sea so I much, it becomes the most impor tant actor in the sluiy. His mind was always thinking of death and what followed it and this thought prevails in his ftory. The character Gaud la essen tially a portrait of the daughter of a fisherman with whom Loti was in love. She was betrothed to a pecheur d'Islande and declined Loti's offei of marriage In order to remain faithful to her finance despite the urging of her family that she marry the naval officer. The story of the rejection of Loti is quite evident in ' Pecheur d'ls lande." Vivid Writer. According to Miss Nelson, Loti is one of the most vivid and most eloquent writer of travelers tales. He set down with astonishing frankness and marvelous skill the impressions which nature in all her varied aspects made upon him. Pity for those who suffered is one of the outstanding traits of his in dividuality. French TV classes in the Ro mance Language department are reading the book now for class work. Several shorts will be shown with the movie next Saturday morning and English subtitles will be used for those not acquainted with the language. Dr. Inez Philbrick Retires Next June; Has Taught 2,600 (Continued from Page li. won her internship by an imper sonal civil service examination and served in the Philadelphia General Hospital between 1891 and 1893. She came to Lincoln in March of 1893. Active Organiiar. Besidea carrying an active prac tice during a long number of years, Dr. Philbrick gave much time, money, and effort to the furtherance of a number of good cause and to the betterment of social conditions. Tha "History of Medicine In Nebraska (1930)" write of her activities: "Dr. Phil brick la a leader In public life, not only among women, for whom she led a successful suffrage campaign aa president of the Nebraska Women's Suffrage Association, hut n social service, educational cir cles and politics. "She ha served on the hoards of i many charitable organizations, on the city library board, and was chairman of the Woodrow Wilson Foundation in Nebraska. Pr. Phil brick organized the Medical Wom en's Club in Lincoln, as well as the Nebraska Medical Women's Asso ciation and served as first presi dent of each. Beside all these activitlea, she haa educated a girl protege; finds time for many a good deed which none but the recipient knows about and aometimea not even he or she; and finds time also to write many noteworthy articles for medical journals, societies and organiza tion. Dr. Philbrick believes med ical women are usually better fit ted for public health work than for general practice. 'Women are not adapted to successfully prac tice commercial medicine,' is the way she expresses it. She Is a warm advocate of state medicine, having spoken and written much in its favor. She is strongly of the opinion that state medicine is inevitable in the near future." Law, Engineering Champions Renew Old Fight in Awgwan (Continued from Page 1). J. P. Kratterbottom, who is known to Awgwan readers for his very peculiar characteriHtics. Marjorie Souders, Arts and Sci ence senior, gives her idea as to the manner in which the classical authors and some contemporaries who are not quite so classical would have written their version of "Little Miss Muffet" in a con tribution entitled "Variations of a Theme; Miss Muffet and the Spider." "Old Jewels" by Cass. Tn another short storv contribu tion, Editor Cass himself, tries his I hand with the pen in a novel en titled "Old Jewels." The story re lates the experiences of a fictitious Harvey Ploack, who loses his pants in the dramatics department but finds that an old suspicion is con firmed. The author urges that "the readers will not confuse this work with a recent biography by Mari Sandoz which has also received considerable recognition." Other sections will include a fashion page by Eleanor Clizbe, women's editor, which is accom panied by photographs modeled by University girls attired in the lat est vogues, and "Campus Re search," another regular depart ment compiled by Bill Hollister, managing editor, which consists of a map of Lancaster county show ing all the picnic spots, good and bad. Also among the special features is included an illustrated chat be tween L. C. Wimberly, professor of English, and D. D. Whitney, zoology instructor. The two seem to be disagreeing as to whether or not science i.s benumbing the cul tural and spiritual values of so ciety. Additional features will include: A few excerpts from her folio of poems by Velma Shuman, better known to the campus as "Velma of the Moon;" a picture of Sigma Delta Chi, professional men's jour nalism society, which has returned as publisher of the Awgwan; a theater department; cartoons by Editor Cass and Edmund Steeves; and a glorified gore section. Foundation to Raise Funds For Student Union, Chapel (Continued from Page 1). things, according to the author. Aside from the Union building and cathedral. It could provide ade quate scholarships, exchange of professors between America and foreign nations. It couia mean a new dispensary building for the college of medicine at Omaha, di rectly benefiting the poor of the state. It could provide funds for a tower and chimes and other projects, according to the gradu ate, which "would ever call alum ni and students to the love of the institution." Provide Professorships. Ctf the 100.000 former students of the university few will be ahle to contribute large girts running from .50,000 on up to possibly a quarter of a million dollars. How ever, thousands of our alumni could easily give $5, $10. or $25 a year. This over a period of four years would amount to a sum suf ficient to build a magnificent building, and possibly to provide for professorships. The next question arising in everyone's mind is, "Will it Work?" Authorities feel sure that with a well organized office dedi cated to the foundation, there is no doubt of its permanence. The author points to such schools as North Carolina, Cornell, North western, not to mention those of much greater wealth, who have been carrying on the plan for years with success. Y.W.C.A. TO CLOSE OUT Store Remains Open Until Unsold Books Returned To Owners. Beiiciirit' the new University book atore will duplicate its ser vices, the Y. W. C. A. book awap Bhop will be closed out beginning this week, according to Atleen Marshall, head of the project staff which has directed the enterprise. The swap-shop will take no more books, and will remain open only long enough to return unsold books to their owners. It i.s expected that this will he accomplished in six weeks. Plans of returning unsold books provide that all students whose names begin with letters A to G inclusive must call for their books during the week beginning Mon day, March 10; otherwise they must forfeit the right to reclaim the books. The swap-whop will he open on Monday from 10:00 to 11:00 and from 2:00 to 3:00, on Tuesday from 11:00 to 12:00, on Wednesday from 11:00 to 12:00 and from 4:00 to 5:00, on Thurs day from 10:00 to 11:00, and on Friday from 10:00 to 11:00. Miss Marshall states that "It is essential that students bring their white slips when they call to reclaim their books; the books cannot be returned unless the slips are presented." If it is found that money i.s not on hand to pay all those students whose books have been sold, pay ment will be made after the shop has been closed, from the proceeds from the sale of unclaimed books. 3eviousaa shrdl shrdlu shrd shrd DEBATE APPLICANTS IN DELTA SIGMA RHO CONTEST MUST FILE (Continued from rage li. but it is entirely up to the option of the winners. Each team is comprised of two members and they must be pre pared to debate on either side of the question. Team members may be selected from the student body as a whole, the only exclusion be ing present or past members of the regular varsity debate team. Judges for the tournament will be selected from the more expe rienced present and past varsity debaters who are ineliggible for competition. References on the subject are available at the main library or in Professor White's office. FOUNDATION PLAN IS FEATURED ARTICLE IN MARCH ALUMNUS (Continued from Page 1). the romance language department, argues the relative merits of a small college and a large univer sity in "Big School or Small." Miss Mildred Jensen, '24, describes life in a homestead community in her article, "We Left the City." A brief biography of the only woman physician ever to have served on the university teaching ntiiff U included In the Alumnus. Di liter, folia Philbrick will re tire in June ajul Elsie Groth. '3ti, laudii her years of faithful service for the school iih a doctor and a teacher., Pro feasor of Economics Pr. John D. Clark prognosticates on the outcome of this political year while Dr. Harold Stoke, pro iesHor of political science, writes his radont reflections. Included in the issue, ait. the regular librarian's page and alumni paragraphs. Reprinted by the Alumnus is "Why Don't Col lege Graduates Stay Educated,' by Christian Gauss, Dean of the College at Princeton, from the Saturday Evening Post; "Univer sity Night" from an early issue of the Awgwan; and "The Boss," a tribute to ..Dr. Samuel Avery by Robert M. Cochran, from the Dally Nebraskan. The March magazine cover, a camera study of the coliseum m the sun, is the work of camuus photograph Richard Hufnagle. MAY HOLD WKFSTUM; TOUHiNKY II Kit KIN 1937 NORMAN, March 14. "Big Six'' conference wrestling coaches have recommended that the 1037 tournament be held at Lincoln, Neb. with the University of Ne braska as coach, Paul Keen, Ok lahoma mentor, revealed today. Jerry Adam, Cornhusker coach, was elected president of the con ference wrestling coaches associa tion and James Cox, Kansas coach, secretary, Coach Keen said. sim:;:i:k declares viscosity of water Heavy water is 23 percent more viscose than ordinary water, ac cording to Roy C. Spencer, assis tant professor of physics, and not 23 times greater as printed in the Mar. J2 edition of the Nebraskan. Professor Spencer gives Science magazine as authority for his statement. Spring Parties Many odd shapes and colors to suit the theme of your party. II e ' i(iii' in 1 hi 1 jp I'lintinii We have all types and colors of balloons. Stationery! Eaton Cranes New sizes and tints in Correspondence Stationery. See the new thin paper. We have your Fraternity Crest. These are beautiful plain or r rested "Your Drug Store" If It's drugs you need when your doctor call. Fhona for quick service The Owl Pharmacy 14S N. Hth a p at. Free Delivery 108 Werkmeister Speaks oil Philosophy at Conclave Dr. W. H. Werkmeister, assist ant professor of philosophy, will be one of the discussion leaders at the sessions of the western division of the American Philosophical asso ciation. The convention will be held at the University of Iowa at Iowa City April 23 to 25. 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