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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.
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See the new thin paper.
We have your Fraternity Crest.
These are beautiful plain or
r rested
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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. Dr. Werk
meister will interest himself in
two topics, "The Method of Philos
ophy" and "The Relation Between
Philosophy and Science."
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