The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, March 17, 1936, Image 1

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    Barbara DePutron Elected A.WS. President
Around
and
About
By Sarah Louise Meyer.
The Daily
RASKAN
HJ3
By attaining physical propor
tions unequalled In the entire
world, Robert Wadlow again
draws the attention of the popular-science
minded public to the
potentialities of the irregular
functioning of the pituitary. Time
wise it is explained that this lad of
18, who rears hia head some eight
feet or so above the sidewalk and
who weighs almost 400 pounds, is,
because of his peculiar glandular
disorder, unable to lift his knee
high smallest brother.
Far from a study of giants,
however, is George Antheil's
"Glands on a Hobby Horse" in
the current Esquire. In It he
blandly discloses some of his
findings as a gland "amateur,"
which we definitely do not re
member from our high school
physiology. Such as:
"If you have hair on your chest,
the chances are that you are an
adrenal-centric. ( Psychologists and
Poppa would call such a state
"virility."), but if you have no
hair upon your chest but plenty on
your legs, it might well mean that
you are a good pituitary." (The
hyper pituitary is said to be strong
of muscle, aggressive, self-controlled,
and calculating). "Some
one or two glands of your body
have swung over your body chem
istry to a special glandular em
phasis, typing you as surely as
a finger print.''
"If your hair is straight and
not curly, you may well have an
ardenal deficiency which means
that you do not get mad fast
enough, and will not poke back
fast enough If somebody pokes
you In the nose. Likewise, If and
when yoj do get sore, be It an
hour or a day, you will then be
murderous. A Kinky haired per
son, on the other hand, will get
over his anger quickly; his anger
is balanced and normal."
Continuing as to the plausibility
of producing genius by synthesis,
Antheil explains: "Almost all of
our great statesmen are splendid
pituitaries of some kind or other,
and there is certainly a strong in
filtration of thymus into the glan
dular personalities of each one of
our living geniuses.
"The active thymus gland pro
duces most of our peculiar men
of genius, and simultaneously
many of our worst criminals. It is
essentially the gland of childhood,
and its persistence means that its
fortunate or unfortunate possessor
shall always remain partly a child,
spiritually if not intellectually. He
will have all the genius and cruelty
of a child. Have you ever watched
children pull a frog apart or maul
and tease a cat? If so, you have
peered into the soul of the thymo
centric Babv-Face Nelson. The
thymocentric crime, for instance, ,
is always recognizable by its cool
and Inhuman cruelty and its calcu
lation amounting to genius.
i
"The thymocentric, as a mat
ter of fact, is a very engrossing
and interesting type. He can be
as widely different as Oscar
Wilde and Maxie Baer, both de
cided thymocentrics He can
be brilliant or quixotic beyond
endurance; he has no real con
ception of an adult world, and
lives forever in a particular and
impractical world of his own
making. If he attains a position
of power, like Nero, Hitler, or
Robespierre, he attempts to hew
at whatever cost, the world to
his own impractical mark.
Beyond a certain early degree,
he is not usually successful, for
his inborn cruelty and imprac
ticability is inevitably his undo
ing; he attains a measure of suc
cess only thru the breathless
daring and sheer unexpected
brilliance of his attack.
"But if you would learn what
the word "capriciousness" really
means, just take a fancy to a thy
mocentric lady. Your thymo
woman can be a throughgoing
careerist or she can be so occupied
with a dream that she will pay but
scant or spasmodic attention to
you. This dream need noi oe an
other gentleman or even a lady,
but merely a new book, a new play,
or a new poodle. If your little
feminine thymo is to be captured,
you must be a father to her
(Daddy!!!)! she will never be a
pal. If she tells you that she is
your comrade, lock the doors and
ring all the burglar alarms
"Time immemorial had not
known that we, by a simple mani
pulation of the pineal and other
glands controlling and regulating
growth, can now produce a ma
ture lion the size of a terrier or a
rhinoceros no larger than a colly.
Had these things been known,
ladies would not have been, for
many centuries, on the lookout for
men with large and virile noses or
the proverbial hair on their chests,
irrelevant if not misleading charac
teristics in relation to essential
masculinity. They would look in
stead for the fine pituitary beetl
ing bushy eyebrow and the hairy
satyr leg. Knotty muscles, tre
mendous size, vigorous sportsman
... all of these things are false
scents, ladies, but the broad un
spaced teeth, the far apart eyes,
and the dolichocephalic (having a
long skull) head of the prime pitu
itary will never fool you. If for
nothing more than this, a slight
knowledge of the endocrine glands
could dispense with a good deal
of human unhappiness."
MUSICAL SORORITY
HOLDS PLEDGING.
Fire Girls Included
In List of Members
Recenty Inducted.
Formal pledging was held re
cently by Sigma Alpha Iota, hon
orary musical sorority, at which
time five new girls were taken
Into the organization's member
ship. The list of new pledges in
cludes the following girls: Eileen
Donley, of Lincoln: Lucretia
Oreen, of Scottsbluff ; Elspcay : Mum is open every Friday night,
Breon, of St. Joseph, Mo.: Maxine , at which time men and women on
Titler. of Lincoln, and Vee Lou.'se , the campus arc invited to partici
Mzrshall, of Arlington. pate in an indoor sports program.
VOL. XXXV NO. 109.
mm
OVER 600 WOMEN
CAS1 BALLOTS IN
Mary Yoder, Jane Barbour,
Barbara Selleck Fill
Offices.
Barbara DePutron was elected
president of the organization of
Associated Women Students Mon
day as the result of a record
breaking vote of approximately
600 women students. Other officers
of the A. W. S. for the coming
year will be Mary Yoder vice
president; Jane Barbour, secre
tary, and Barbara Selleck, treas
urer. Senior members of the board,
chosen from six candidates, in
clude Elsie Buxman, Ardis Grey
biel, Dorothy Bentz, and Miss Yo
der, who became vice-president au
tomatically on receiving the high
est number of votes. Jean Walt,
the second presidential candidate,
will automatically become a sen
ior member of the board.
Betty Cherny, Maxine Durand,
Martha Morrow, and Miss Barbour
will represent the junior class on
the A. W. S. board. They were
elected from a list of seven can
didates. Sophomore members of
the board will be Marjorie Crabill,
Helen Pascoe, Vee Louise Mar
shall, a..d Miss Selleck. Eight can
didates sought to represent the
sophomore class.
Miss DePutron has served both
(Continued on Page 4).
Outstanding Pledge, Janet
Wischmeier, Receives
Bracelet.
Kappa Phi held their initiation
banquet Saturday evening, March
14, at the University club. About
100 actives, alumnae, and pledges
attended.
The program and decorations
centered around a ship theme.
Valeda Davis acted as toastmis
tress. Toasts were given by Alyre
Mae Anderson, Bereniece Hoff
man, Annabelle Summers, Mrs.
Ada C. Malcom, Margaret Wiener,
Mrs. C. W. Molzeii, and Miss
Luvicy Hill. Music was furnished
by a trio consisting of Marjorie
Francis, Lois Gates, Ila Fern Hall
strom. accompanied by Gayle
Goldsberry.
A crested bracelet was pre
sented to Janet Wischmeier who
was considered an outstanding ini
tiate. Miss Margaret Wiener, national
president, Mrs. C. W. Molzen, na
tional editorial sponsor, and Miss
Jessie Bragg, honorary member,
were guests.
PI LAMBDA THETA TO
MEET ON TUESDAY.
Topic of ' Advertising
For the Consumer'
Is Discussion Subject
All junior and senior women
and graduate students in Teach
ers college have been invited to
attend an open meeting of Pi
Lambda Theta, educational honor
ary sorority, Tuesday night at 7:15
o'clock, at the home of Miss
Luclvy Hill, sponsor of the organ
ization. The meeting will consist of a
discussion based on the topic "Ad
vertising for the Consumer," and
led by Miss Ellen Gallagher of Mil
ler and Paines. The subject of the
meeting is "Educating the Con
sumer." Miss Opal Louthan will
report on the findings of Consum
ers' Research concerning women's
commodities.
Louise Thygeson, In charge of
the meeting, invited Teachers Col
lege women to attend the meeting
and learn about the work and pur
pose of the organization. A mus
ical program has been planned by
Irene Remmers.
MONDAY S VOTING
NIK AT BANQUET
W. A. A. COUNCIL ENTERTAINS
AT MIXED SHIP-BOARD PARTY
University students will attend a new kind of party Thurs
day night when the V. A. A. entertains at a Ship-Board party
in Grant Jleniornl, from 7 to 8:30 o'clock. Indoor sports will
be included on the program for the evening, with prizes going
to the couples making the highest number of points and par
ticipating in the most number ofJ'
ames.
Though the idea of mixed rec
reation is a new one on this cam
pus, it has proved a tremendous
success on other campuses. At
Iowa State the women's gymna-
Official
University Y.M.C.A. Organizes
On Different Basis This Year
Howard Wright, President,
Announces Functional
Program.
Organized on a somewhat
different basis for the coming
year, the University Y. Jr. C. A.
is now launching its program
according to Howard Wright,
president of the organization.
"Following the first cabinet
breakfast last Funday, plans were
made for a 'functional set-up',"
Wright said. "Activities will
chiefly be focused on the four em
phases of 'Personal and Social Ad
justments,' 'Reinterpretation of
Religion,' 'The New Citizenship,'
and 'World Cooperation.' The
plan will keep our objectives more
clearly before us, and eliminate
useless cabinet functions. It also
Fi
SUBJECT OF TALKS
BY
Mrs. Morgan Returns to
City Under Y.W.-Y.M.
Sponsorship.
Returning to Lincoln under the
joint sponsorship of the university
and city Y. W. C. A. and Y. M.
C. A., Mrs. Mildred Inskeep Mor
gan, lecturer on family relation
ships and personal adjustments,
will be in the city March 17, 18
and 19 to take part in a number of
meetings and round table discus
sions, sponsored by the Y. W. and
Y. M. groups.
This afternoon, Mrs. Morgan is,
scheduled to be the guest speaker j
at a joint vesper service for mem-1
bers of the university Y. M. and I
Y. W., being held at the Temple I
theater and arrangements have i
been completed to have her appear j
before the personal relations staff j
members of both the Y. M. and Y. I
W. university groups on Wcdnes-1
day afternoon, March 18. The I
first meeting, sponsored by the j
university organizations is open to j
the public and not only the student
body but others interested are wel-1
come to attend.
Activities Here.
Most important of the activities j
which Mrs. Morgan will be en
gaged in during her visit in Lin
coln, will be the three evening in
stitute, centered around the dis
cussion of various phases of per
sonal relationships and open to
university students, and young
business and professional women.
Attendance at these meetings is
being limited to 75 persons, in or
der that discussion may be posible,
and social relationships of men
and women, as well as pre-raar-riage
problems, will be taken up.
Tickets of admission to these for
ums may be obtained at any of the
offices of the groups which are
sponsoring the coming of Mrs.
Morgan.
In addition to these meetings,
the speaker plans to be present at
the citywide supper, being held by
the Girl Reserves from the senior
high schools, at the city Y. W. C.
A. this evening. On Wednesday,
Mrs. Morgan speaks at an assem
bly of Lincoln high school girls
at 8:30 a. m. She addresses the
Y. W. C. A. Business and Pro
fessional Girls' league that eve
ning following a 6 o'clock dinner,
Tea Planned Thursday.
A tea for mothers of Girl Re
serves from the junior and senior
high schools will take part of Mrs.
Morgan's time on Thursday, in ad
dition to being present at the
Household Employees' club dinner
that evening at 6 o'clock.
Emphasizing the fact that Mrs.
Morgan has an exceptionally
broad background of study and ex
perience in her field, Miss Mildred
Green, secretary of the university
Y. W. C. A. office commented, "Be
cause she is so well-informed in
the field of personal relations, no
student can afford to miss the op
portunity of hearing her, partici
larly if he has only personal prob
lems puzzling him."
Ping pong, badmitton, . bull
board, shuffle board, deck tennis,
and archery are among the attrac
tions to be offered Thursday night.
Members of the W. A. A. council
will meet Tuesday noon to com
plete plans for the sports night.
Plans are being made for mem
bers of the sports board to ex
plain the games to the participants.
Student Newspaper
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1936.
puts us in line with the Rocky
Mountain Region program and
permits cooperation with the Y.
W. C. A."
Heading the group on Personal
Adjustments is Charles Adelseck,
who works with Rowena Swcnson
in a joint project. Meeting at
present on Sunday afternoons, the
group has been studying the ques
tion, "Is a shell of sophistication
necessary in student social func
tions? We plan to put our ideas
to test as spring comes around,"
states Adelseck.
Will Reedy is building a group
to ' "Reinterpret Religion." At
present this group is meeting at
7:15 Wednesday mornings, "for
clearing our minds," adds Reedy.
The expressed object is to ap
proach a broad personal religion.
Soon to start will be "The New
Citizenship" under Howard Kalten
( Continued on Page 4).
SPEAKS AT VESPERS
Krom the Sunday Journal and Star.
MRS. MILDRED I. MORGAN.
y 10 CLOSE
TEXTS 10 STUDENTS
Project Staff Head States
Students Must Call for
Book Next Week.
Since the new University book
store will open this evening, the
Y. W. C. A. book swap-shop will
be closed out beginning this week
and continuing until the end of
the semester, according to Aileen
Marshall, head of the project
staff under whose direction the
enterprise has been conducted.
The shop has not been taking
any more books since this semes
ter started and will remain open
only long enough to return all the
unsold books to their owners.
Plans for returning unsold books
provide that all students whose
names begin with letters A to G
Inclusive must call for their books
during the week of March 16,
otherwise rights to reclaim the
books will be forfeited. Hours at
which the shop will be open are
Tuesday from 11 to 12, and 2 to 3:
Wednesday from 11 to 12 anrt 4
to 5, on Thursday from 10 to 11
and on Friday from 10 to 11.
Miss Marshall urges the neces
sity of all students to present their
white slips when they call for
their books: the books will not be
returned unless the slips are pre
sented. All checks for books sold
within the past year are in the
office and may be called for at
the designated hours.
If it is found that money is not
available to pay out to those stu
dents whose books have been sold,
payment will be made after the
closing of the shop from the pro
ceeds derived from unclaimed
books.
Lutheran Students Attend
Regular Bible Study Hour
Lutheran students of the univer
sity will meet for their regular
period of Bibb study with Rev.
H. Erck at 7 p. m. Wednesday,
March 18, in room 203 Temple.
A. W. S. Board Chosen
President.
Barbara DePutron
Senior Members
Elsie Buxman
Dorothy Bentz
Mary Yoder
Jean Walt
Ardis Graybiel
Junior Members
Betty Cherny
Maxine Durand
Martha Morrow
Jane Barbour
Sophomore Members
Marjorie Crabill
Barbara Selleck
Vee Louise Marshall
Helen Pascoe
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SCHEDULES FIRS!
Ag Students Activities for
Their Annual Festival
Increase.
First Farmers Fair rally will be
held Thursday, March 19. at 7:15
p. m. in Ag hall 302 and will be
followed Friday evening by a
rally dance at the student activi
ties building on the Ag campus,
Burr Ross, manager of the 1936
Fair Board, announced.
The rally and dance are spon
sored by the Board to create in
terest in the festival and to ac
quaint new students with its many
activities, Ross stated. Prof. L. K.
Crowe will show moving pictures
of last year's fair showing how
the event was run off then.
Ogden Riddle will lead the yells
and songs Thursday with Raymona
Hilton of the Junior Fair Board
at the piano. Ross is scheduled
to give a short talk.
Work on the Fair will get un
der way with the announcement
of committee members at the eve
ning rally. In charge of the event
are Ruth Henderson and Ray Mc
( Continued on Page 4).
SENIORS SCHEDULE
INTERVIEWS TODAY
Burrows and Firestone
Men Here This Week.
Seniors and graduates may
schedule interviews with repre
sentatives of the Burroughs Add
ing Machine company and the
Firestone Tire and Rubber com
pany, today, in the office of Prof.
T. T. Bullock, Social Science build
ing, room 306.
Mr. Kniselcy of the Firestone
company will be here on Thursday
and Friday. He will choose men
I for the fiim training school at
: Akron, O. Graduates of the train
I ing school are now scattered all
! over the world, many of them hold
i ing responsible positions.
I Mr. Mclntoch, Omaha district
I manager of the Burroughs firm,
i will interview students at differ-
I ent times during the week. Those
! to be interviewed must have at
I least one year of accounting.
I smith REVIEWS ART
DEVELOPMENT.
Architect Addresses
150 on Appreciation
Of Modern Sculpture
Reviewing the characteristics of
different types of sculpture and
discussing the development In art
from period to period, Dr. Linus
Burr Smith of the architectural
department addressed approxi
mately 150 persons attending a
meeting of the Nebraska Art as
sociation, Sunday. "The Appre
ciation of Sculpture" was the sub
ject of his address.
The Nebraska state capitol, he
stated, has some of the best ex
amples of modern sculpture he
has ever seen. His talk was illus
trated with lantern slides.
Prof. Dwight Kirsch, chairman
of the association, introduced the
speaker.
W. R. GROVE TALKS ON
NEW ARTILLERY UNIT.
Scabbard and Blade
Members Hear Plan
For Next Semester
New artillery unit, to be in
stalled here next semester, will be
the subject of a talk by Capt. Wil
liam R. Grove at the Scabbard
and Blade meeting, at the Kappa
Sigma house Wednesday evening,
March 18.
Capt. Grove came to Nebraska
from the 17th field artillery unit
at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
He is a graduate of West Point
and the field artillery school. Capt.
Grove was stationed in Hawaii and
at San Antonio, Tex., before he
went to Fort Gragg.
A!
A R BOARD
RALLY THURSDAY
COED FOLLIES THRIVE DESPITE
'NO 3IEN ALLOWED' 1925 RULE
For eleven years the A. W. S. board has been presenting
a women's show for the women and by the women. The idea,
which had its birth in 1923, no doubt sprang from a feeling on
the part of the women, who have never been fully appreciated,
that they needed an opportunity to display their talents.
A meptinpr mnst iiTirnmnTimAn-O
ary to the men of the period, I
was held, back In 1925, at which
time the girls decided that no men
should be admitted to the Coed
Follies. The reasons given were
that the men would not appreciate
the dramatic ability displayed,
that they would make a rather
noisy audience, and that they
would probably be more interested :
i in Uio production if they werel
Nebraska
TOM
Arndt Speaker
At Ceremonies
Virginia Selleck to Inaugurate New Project at
O'clock in Basement Social Science;
Student Body Expected.
Nebraska's .second hand bookstore, a student council proj
ect backed by the Daily Xebraskan which gained Regents'
approval after a year's agitation, will officially open tonight
when the entire student body takes part in a celebration and
program, to be held at 7;:0 in 1he basement of Social Sciences.
TO
Ti
Speakers Discuss Features
of River Improvement,
Fort Peck Dam.
With many engineering students
and faculty members expected to
attend, the annual Nebraska En
gineers Roundup will be held in
Omaha, Saturday, March 21 at the
Hotel Fontenelle. An all-day pro
gram, with leading topics of dis
cussion being the Fort Peck dam
and the Misouri river has been ar
ranged. Principal speakers during the
day are Earl H. Hodge of the
Cities Service company of New
York City, Gov. Roy L. Cochran
of Lincoln, Mayor Roy N. Towl of
Omaha, and Herbert B. Loper and
C. H. Chorpening, both captains in
the federal engineering corps.
The program will commence at
9:30 o'clock Saturday morning
(Continued on Page 4).
ENI
Czech Students Discuss
Aims, Objectives of
Organization.
Comenius club, organization of
Czech students, held its regular
meeting at the Temple theater
Saturday evening. Professor Orin
Stepanek of the University of Ne
braska and Dr. Miles Breuer of
Lincoln, spoke informally to the
students. Professor Stepanek
talked on youth and Its outlook in
an age of realism, while Dr.
Breuer discussed club activities
and suggested that the members
develop a series of debates on club
problems and the problems of
present-day youth. A roi:nd table
discussion of the aims and objec
tives of the club followed.
At the business meeting, Zdenka
Charvat of Omaha, was elected
treasurer of the club, while Vera
Culek of Pine Bluffs, Wyo., who
has been both secretary and
treasurer, was retained as secre
tary. Rynold Cimfel of Clarkson
was elected an agricultural college
representative on the board or di
rectors. The club members approved two
amendments to the club constitu
tion. One of these provides for
election of honorary members of
the club. A group of five is to be
chosen this year, and others will
be named in succeeding years.
Those members will be selected on
the basis of their contributions to
the club and its objectives.
The second amendment pro
vides for the election of a nom
inating committee of four mem
bers, who shall nominate candi
dates for all offices and the four
elected members of the board of
directors. William Kuticka, Ra
venna, reported for the special
committee on a club contribution
to the student union building. Don
Jirovec, Clarkson, presided at the
meeting.
The next meeting of the club
will be held in the Temple theater
on March 28.
forbidden to attend. No man has
mieuueu cucu r uiuca icvuc iiwu
that day to this.
The only difference between the
follies presented in 1925 and those
to be presented March 27, 1936,
is that they have grown. In place
of four or five skits, there will
be seven or eight, in addition to
which there will be a style show .
tContinucd ou Page i).
PRICE 5 CENTS.
:30
fessor of economics, will be the
featured speaker at the cere
monies, replacing Ray Ramsay,
who was originally scheduled for
the talk. Immediately following
the program, first business of the
new store will be transacted, ac
cording to student council presi
dent Irving Hill.
Inaugurate Project.
Virginia Selleck, chairman of
the council's bookstore committee,
will inaugurate the new project
when she cuts a ribbon stretched
across the door of the new store,
which occupies 'the renovated
quarters of the state library com
mission, which was transferred to
the capitol building on March 1.
Other members of the council's
committee will be introduced as
part of the program.
As the result of the establish
ing of the new project, books
will be bought from students at
50 percent of the original cost
if they are to be used during the
following semester, and will be
resold for 75 percent of the
original cost. One stipulation
set up In the organization of t!s
store is that books that are in
current use and those that will
be in use next semester are the
only ones that will be accepted
at the bookstore, when it opens
business today.
Many to Attend.
Explaining that the opening of
the fctore will be the culmina
tion of the intensive campaign
carried on by the students for the
project during the last two semes
ters, Hill commented, "The open
ing should attract a large number
of students, because it is a cele
bration of student achievement."
Members of the student council
who were instrumental in success
fully concluding the campaign
arc: Virginia Selleck and Frank
L a n d i s, co-chairmen; Lorraine
Hitchcock, Arnold Levin, Irving
Hill, Jean Walt, Mary Yoder,
Vance Leininger, and Don Shurt
leff. Calista Cooper acted as
chairman of the committee last
year.
INS FIRST
IN
Nebraska Ag Team Places
Second in Regional
Competition.
Reports from the junior live
stock judging team which com
peted in the midwestern contest
between colleges last week end at
Fort Worth, Tex., are that Nor
man Weitkamp, junior in Ag col
lege, was high individual scorer in
judging all classes of livestock.
Floyd Carrol won third, and Loyal
Carman, seventh. The Husker
team rated second place among
more than 12 competing colleges.
The showing which the Nebras
ka team made at Fort Worth
places them in an advantageous
position for the national contest
to be held in Kansas City next
year, and the international con
test in Chicago, according to Prof.
M. A. Alexander, coach of the
team.
Team placements follow: Kan
sas, first: Nebraska, second. The
others follow In order: Texas A.
& M., Texas Technical, Oklahoma,
Missouri, Texas Panhandle, South
western Louisiana, Arizona, Lou
isiana State and New Mexico.
The chosen team consists of
Norman Weitkamp, Clyde White,
Don Bauman, Floyd Carroll and
Loyal Carman.
The men will stay in Fort Worth
for the midwestern livestock show,
returning Thursday.
ENGINEERS TO INSPECT
OMAHA COMPANIES.
Tour Includes Trips
To Nebraska Power,
n OW Radio Station
Members of the American In
stitute of Electrical Engineers
will journey to Omaha this Friday
and Saturday to make an Inspec
tion tour of the Nebraska Power
company. WOW radio station and
the Bell Telephone company. Prof.
L. A. Bingham of the EE depart
ment is in charge of the tour.
On Saturday the group will at
tend the annual Nebraska Kngi-
oers Roundup at the Hotel Fon-
tcncllc