The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, April 26, 1936, Image 1

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The Daily Nebraskan
OfficiaLStudent Newspaper of the University of Nebraska
VOL. XXXV NO. 1UI.
LINCOLN, NEBKASKA, SUNDAY. WML 26. 1936
PRICE 5 CENTS.
i
REGENTS TO ASK
$58,426 BUDGET
RAISE THIS YEAR
Enrollment Necessitates
Additional Provision
For New Teachers.
The university will operate
next year on substantially the
same basis as this year, Record
ing to the annual budget ap
proved by the regents Satur
day. The budget, excluding agri
cultural extension Items, totals
$2,954,446.66, a $58,426.97 cash
fund increase over last year's
budget. No fundamental changes
were made In the budget, only es
, scntial changes being made in sal
' ary items, assistance, and mainte
nance. The budget statement shows
taxation monies will provide $1,
714,130, the same as last year;
federal funds are expected to pro
vide $175,311.31; and the balance
coming from receipts from de
partmental sales and student fees.
16(2 New Positions.
Because of increased enrollment,
provision is made for 16Va new
teaching positions, including the
new positions that the board had
previously approved. Figures on
agricultural extension are not in
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All University Women to
Attend Mass Meeting
In Girl's Gym.
For the purpose of installing
newly elected officers, appointed
council members and appointed
sports board members, the Wom
an's Athletic association will hold
a mass meeting for all university
women Thursday, April 30, in
women's gym,
The four officers of W. A. A.
elected in March are Jeanne Pal
mer, president; Mary Yoder, vice
president; George Anna Lchr,
treasurer, and Mary Elizabeth
Dickey who has been appointed
secretaiy upon the resignation of
Jane Barbour. Since March the
new council has been appointed
by the retiring council and the
sports board appointed by the old
and new councils.
A report of the American Fed
eration of College Women con
vention which was held at Minne
apolis April 23, 24 and 25, will be
given. Jeanne Palmer, George
Anna Lehr and Ruth Fulton, and
Miss Mathilda Shelby attended
this convention. Orchesis. wom
en's dance organization, will pre
sent a few numbers at the meeting.
Miss Elizabeth Bushee, retiring
president, will preside.
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Psi Chi Brings Dr. Paterson
From Minnesota as
Speaker.
Moic than 300 Lincoln people
are expected to hear the address
of Dr. Donald G. Paterson of the
University of Minnesota at the
sixth annua) open meeting of Psi
Chi, national honorary psycho
logical society, in social science
auditorium the evening of May 4.
The Nebraska chapter will hold
Its initiation services beginning at
5:30 p. m. at the Y. W. C. A. fol
lowed by a dinner at 6:30. The
groiiji will then adjourn to social
science hall for the lecture. Ten
students will be taken Into mem
bership at this time.
Doctor Paterson is nationally
recognized as one of the outstand
ing industrial psychologists. Since
1930 he has been director of the
committee of Individual diagnosis
and training of the employment
stabilization research institute. In
1935 he served as consultant to
the Cincinnati employment center.
Doctor Peterson's topic here
Monday May 4 will be ' Studies in
Occupational Adjustment."
'The problems of unemploy
ment, vocational maladjustment,
labor unrest aand industrial dis
satisfaction makes the Minnesota
psychologist's presentation of
these scientific studies timely."
ays Dr. W. E. Walton, of the
psychology department.
' In addition to his work in in
dustrial psychology Dr. Paterson
has served on various committees
of the American Council of Edu
cation. Social Science research
council, national research council.
nd the White House conference
on Child Health and Protection.
A.S.C.E. Croup Studies
Construction of Dam
Const met Ion of the Cooluipe
dam will feature American Society
fif Civil Engineers meeting. April
2". Slides of the dam will Iw
Jhown by Lowell Newmyer and K
L. f!MiiAn. The meeting will start
W7;30iaroom MA 102.
0 ADDRESS HONORARY
Munro, Bishop Ryan
To Address Seniors
Uicealaiireute Sermon Shifted to Coliseum;
Cnliforniun Author of Textbooks on
Government, History.
Dr. William M. Munro, famous historian and author of
many texts on government, will present the university's com
mencement address in the coliseum on Monday, June 8, at 10
a. in., Chancellor K. A. lUirnett has announced. Dr. Monro is
at present professor of history and government at the. California
Institute of Technology, i'asaciena.
Bishop James Hugh Ryan, now
of the Omaha Catholic diocese, has
been chosen to deliver the univer-;
sity's baccalaureate sermon at the
coliseum on Sunday, June 7 at
4:30, This is the first time that
the baccalaureate program will be
held in the coliseum, they previous
ly having been held in the St. Paul
Methodist church.
Dr. Munro, before going to Cali
fornia, was for more than 25 years
professor of American history and
government at Harvard university.
He is the author of several texts on
history and government which arc
widely used today in American
colleges and universities.
Writes Political Texts.
Among his books are "The Gov
ernment of the United States,"
"The Governments of Europe,"
"Personality in Politics," and "The
Invisible Government." In addition
he has been a frequent contributor
to literary and political reviews.
The Californian served from
1929 to 1931 as president of the
American association of university
professors and at one time headed
(Continued on Page 2).
Werkmeister Will
Teach in Germany
An exchange professorship agreement, whereby Dr. Y. JJ.
Werkmeister will go to the University of Berlin next year and
Dr. l-'ricdrich Schoenemann of that institution will come to the
University of Nebraska for the first semester was approved by
the university regent Saturday. The appointment of a new-
assistant professor of history and
several leaves of absence for next
year were also approved.
Dr. Werkmeister. who is a na
tive German, joined the state uni
versity staff in 1924 and is now
assistant professor of philosophy.
Schoenemann Comes.
Dr. Schoenemann, who is direc
tor of America-institute at the
University of Berlin, will serve as
visiting professor on German
American cultural relations for the
first semester of next year.
"Professor Schoenemann is de
scribed as Germany's foremost au
thority in the field of American
literature," explained Dr. E. L.
Hinman, chairman of the depart
ment of philosophy and psychol
ogy." He was connetced with
Harvard university for six years
as instructor. He has published
several books on American litera
ture and culture which are re
( Continued on Page 3).
MUSEUM FOSSILS
BOON COMPANIONS
Three Is Not a Crowd
Among Serpents.
The University's thirty-four foot
sea serpent, Tylosarus, which
was found :n the chalk beds of
Kansas, now has two companions,
a smaller Mosasaur known as
Platycarpus, which measures
twenty feet in length and a giant
fossil turtle known as Protostega.
The smaller Mosasaur, whose
fossil remains were found in Ne
braska, will be mounted directly
beneath Tylosaurus, and the turtle
wiil be hung to the right of the
two Mosasaurs. The public is in
vited to see them in the lower
floor ot Mori ill hall .Sunday.
All three prehistoric monsters
roamed through Kansas and Ne
braska during the Niobiar seas,
says Dr. K. H. JJaibour. director
of the museum. From the tip of
its tail to the end of its skull.
Protostega measures almost nine
feet. All three have boon mounted
so as to show them off to the best
possible advantage.
Dr. Shipherd Advises
Writers Use Own Style
Constant Rewriting Gives" Facility in Kx predion,
States Author of Eii.Uh Text Books; (-lies
Mark Twain an Student Model.
)r II Kobinson Shipherd. juoiiiinenj Nebraska alumnus,
former' president of Linn-ln Memorial university, and author
,' two i.iourcriiiK lext bonks on Kndisli, discussed erca ivc
Siting 'will, a representative ,.f the I :..! Nebraska,, , Satur
day afternoon before l,i addrt.ss to the meeting ot the Nc
bra'ska Writers at the Lincoln ho-, rxIirM((lon ,,y tovcing them to
lei. , , . U-xprcsH thcnwivcs every i nur.
'The desire to write Ik the niosi (j) w()fk waHle
.natural and wholesome ''''P"''10,. ; ,au,.t work." Dr. Shipherd ex
I the world." he said, und it l uie ,ai1i ..,,ut )ik0 ttny other tech
most Important requirement Tor u , eN(.l.L.lK1, for tne purpose of
I writer, liut. in orJer to be . r , . u ineficial."
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. , , .i.ml.inii ttltll lli1
I'efcsiui. our i
a willingness to rewrite end ens y. ;
... hi.h la what Kmerson calls the
! subtlest of all arts . ,
The best training in writing thai
he received at Harvard, according
to Dr. Shipherd. was a daily
theme assigned in Ins ;gh.sn
clasps. The professors did not
lnj,t that this theme be mgnit -
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Couittsy oi His Uncuin woilintti.
Bishop James Hugh Ryan.
Court wv of The I.lncoin Journal.
Dr. W. H. Werkmeister.
INDIAN DANCE RIAL
Faculty Member Describes
Customs, . Traditions
Of Southwest.
Speaking on the snake dance of
the Hopi Indians and the fire
dance of the Navajos. Herbert A.
Yenne of the department of speech
and dramatics, told 30 friends and
members of the Delian-Union Lit
erary Society about the social sys
tem, living conditions, and customs
of the Indians of the southwest.
Known to the Indians as "Deni
Lagal." meaning fair-haired Nava
jo, Mr. Yenne in 1928 and 1930 di
rected the intertribal Indian cere
mony at fJallup. New Mexico. Ap
proximately 7.000 Indians from
twenty tribes take part in this
hi h lasts three days
i and three nights.
I The last day of the ceremony is
I given over to the lire dance and
. the "Vel-bci-chi." commonly called
', the snake dance. The "Yci-bel-chi"
I is a prayer lor rain.
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- .....-.!.... It l l.nefir ill.
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e cileJ Uie example '
stevcn(,on who used to copy
. . from carlyle
and Thomas Brown and countless
othpr thinkprl, Jn ordrr to mold his
g Benjamin Franklin did
lhin wlth the paI)Crs of
AM(Bcn rea(in;r them one night to
lhp(n ,n nls own wor(Jil the
teontmucd on Page 8,
is!
PHI BETA KAPPA S
HONOR THIRTY AT
Members to Hear Stepanek
On 'Shine, Perishing
Republic' Tuesday.
Thirty recently elected mem
bers of Plii IJeta Kappa, hon
orary scholastic society, will be
honored at an initiation and
b?iiHiiet Tuesday evening at
the University club. Initiation will
take placo at 5:45 and the dinner
at 7.
Speaker of the evening will be
Prof. Orin Stepanek of the Uni
versity of Nebraska, whose topic
will be "Shine, Perishing Repub
lic." Student response will be de
livered by Irving Hill of Lincoln.
Dr. R. J. Pool, retiring president
of the university Phi Beta Kappa
chapter, will be toastmaster.
A musical program will be pre
sented by Marcella Laux, soprano,
and James Fitch, baritone, accom
panied by John Erickson. In charge
of the initiation are Dr. Pool,
chairman of the department of
botany; Mrs. A. W. Williams, sec
retary; Dr. James R. Wads worth,
treasurer, of the Romance Lan
guages department; Prof. Clifford
M. Hicks, historian, of the college
of business administration, and Dr.
A. R. Congdon of teachers college.
Alpha Lambda Delta Chooses
Largest Group in
History.
At a meeting held Saturday at
Ellen Smith hall. Alpha Lambda
Delta, freshman women's honorary
initiated twenty-seven girls into
the chapter. This group is the
largest to be initiated in the his
tory of the Nebraska chapter.
Those initiated are: Fay Bale,
Ruth Bauder, Thelma Boesiger,
Patricia Cain, Marvel Dahl, Irene
Eden, Eleanor Eiche, Jane Et
tinger, " Marie " Fricke, Alma
Glade, Helen Istas, Helen Kil
mer, Elevlyn Krupicka, Patricia
Lahr, Helen Larson, Eleanor
Lewis, Ethel Mares, Lotus Nich
olas, Margaret Patterson, Janice
R.st, Marjorie Smith, Marian
Staley, Evelyn Taylor, Lotus
Therkelsen, Virginia Tookey,
Frances Weyer and Martha
White.
With the exception of Eleanor
Lewis, Marjorie Smith, Alma Glade
and Marie Fricke, who were
pledged preceding the initiation,
the entire group was pledged
April 16.-
Following the initiation a short
take-off on radio interviews was
held in which the active memoers
interviewed the candidates. Those
in charge were Gertrude Grovenor,
Martha Morrow, Celia Sterner and
Lois Bestor.
At a tea following the initiation,
Miss Ruth Odell poured, being as
sisted by the following members:
Vera Wekesser, Jane Keefer, Vir
ginia Amos, Dorothy Chapelow,
Muriel Line, Frances .Marshall,
Helen Reynolds, Agnea Novacek,
Alene Mullikin, Genevieve Ben
nfett, Jean Gordon, Jane Barbour
and Helen Rosker.
Speech Department Gives
Mrs. Anna Joder's
One Act Play.
Members of the department of
speech presented a rehearsal pro
duction of an original one act play
by Mrs. Anna B. .loder of Peru, be
fore the Nebraska Writer's guild
I at the Lincoln hotel Saturday aft
i crnoon.
Th? play is ore of a cycle of
plays, which Mrs. Joder is working
on, that have to deal with the
"river rats" along the Missouri
river. The purpowe of this walking
rehearsal is to show one of the
many sources of material for writ
ers. Members of the cast are Flor
ence Smeerin, Margaret Carpenter,
Sarah Louise Meyer, and Gwendo
lyn Meycrson. The production was
directed by Hebcrt Yenne, as
sistant director of the University
Players.
Three Engineer Alumni
Viit University Campus
Three engineer alumni called
las', week at the office of Dean O.
J. Ferguson. Dr. Her.ry J. Wing,
21, stopped on a return trip from
KunHun City convention of Ameri
can i:limicul Society, where he
spoke on "The Impedencc to Water
of Some Nltro-Celluloie Films."
Wing is at present a research
chemist with E. I. DuPont Co.
FiHurnrri T Foster. '28. took time
i off from a business trip concerning
! testing work Tor the urr.ana oicci
(Works, where he is a field engi
neer. Wlllard J. Dann, 32. came
fiom Is Moines. Iowa. He is as
sistant plant ensineer of the Dea
Moines Railway Co.
NOTATION DINNER
Francis Takes Shotput,
Discus Firsts at Drake
Journalists to Stage
Mock 'March of Time'
"..March of Time" mock radio broadcast, last of a series
conducted as a class room project by Ihe newspaper editing
class in the school of journalism of the university, will be staged
publicly Tuesday, April 2S, in Social Science auditorium.
The program will be conducted by n cast composed of
Dorotny tseniz, uarnara vaimnun
Eleanor Cllzbe. Arnold Levin, Wil
liam Kaiser, Sancha Kilbourn,
Grant Parr, George Pipal, John
Robinson. Ralph Reed, Johnston
Snipes and Clarence Summers.
The program will be divided into
three 20 minute broadcasts over
a loudspeaker system.
Open to the public at large, the
presentation of the news of the
woek in dramatized form is valu
able principally to journalism stu
dents. Anyone interested is in
vited to attend.
Broadcasts have been given each
week thruout the semester by
picked casts from the entire class.
This last program is being given
by an all-star combination, each
JIM
MARVIN GETS
MINNESOTA JOB
Innocent Takes Position
In Physics Department
James Marvin, Lincoln, promi
nent in university activities, has
oeen appoimea
assistant in the
department of
physics at the
3 u uiveiaiLy ui
' ' Minnesota for
u.. -PI - lowine in the
father, Dr. Hen
ry H. Marvin,
who is chair
man of physics
d e p a r tment
here. Marvin, a
senior in Arts
and Sciences, is
James Marvin.
a member of
president of the
Innocents and
Senior Class.
Associate Agronomist
Will Inspect Alfalfa
Plants in California
Dr. H. M. Tysdal, associate
agronomist, division of forage
crops and diseases in the United
States department of agriculture,
who has been stationed at the
University of Nebraska college of
agriculture for a number of years,
is leaving for California to inspect
alfalfa breeding plants.
Alfalfa plants that have been
growing in California during the
past months will be brought to
Nebraska and transplanted. The
purpose of the procedure is to
save time, the plants being grown
in a warm climate during our
winter months and in Nebraska
during the regular growing
season.
As a result of six years' work
on the selection of alfalfa for wilt
and cold resistance, a number of
strains have been isolated which
are sufficiently resistant for this
region. It now remains to test
these for commercial production.
Seedlings have been started In
California during the winter and
transplanted to Nebraska in the
spring.
Dean Lyman Plans Trip
To Georgia, Virginia as
Pharmacist Delegate
Dean R. A. Lyman of the
pharmacy college will visit the
college of pharmacy at the Uni
versity of Georgia and the medical
college of the state of Virginia
and will then travel on to Wash
ington May 1 and 2 for the meet
ing of the American council on
education. He will attend the con
vention as a representative of the
American Association of Colleges
of Pharmacy.
i 1m
Mb
Bullock Explodes Economic
'Myth9 of Over-Production
University Economist Advocates Fu'ure Planning,
Elimination of Credit Ahuse to End
Nation's Unemployment.
For the past six years wc have been told that our troubles
arc the result of over-production. In making loo much we have
put ourselves in the position of beinR obliged to consume too
little. IVcausc aided by machinery one man can accomplish
what seven or seventv or seven thousand men did in the. old
days this too efficient laborer is
discharged and forced to become
the object of public or private
charity On the face of it this
appear ridiculous.
It is ridiculous but the fact re
mains that unemployment today Is
llnl:ed with a rapid increase In
riower to oroduce. and increased
power to produce goes hand In them.
hand with lessened consumption. For example, suppose every
Is one cause, the other effect? We one in America from thirty
are bound to be somewhat mud- years of age up to eighty-five
died In our attempt to answer the were to spend ten hours a day
question. No student of economics every working day hard at work,
has ever given us a perfect an-1 Do you think that, no matter
swer. The reason is easy to find.' how wie the direction, the old
It lies in the complex nature of our tters would be able to produce
economic system and the lack ofi (Continued on Page 3 1.
member of which has figured in
a previous presentation. News of
the week from Monday, April 20,
to Monday. April 27 will be pre
sented In script form.
"This program was instituted,"
stated James E. Lawrence, editor
of the Lincoln Star and instructor
of the newspaper editing class, "as
a project and test in evaluating
the day's news. The entire scheme
of presentation depends on the
problem of giving each story its
proper place, one of the funda
mentals of newspaper editing."
Mr. Lawrence and Gayle C.
Walker, director of the school of
journalism, will speak briefly be
tween broadcast intervals.
Fine Arts Graduate to
Get Paris Scholarship
A tuition scholarship to the
Paris school of the New York
school of fine and applied arts
will be awarded to a graduate
of the University of Nebraska
fine arts department, class of
1933 or 1936, Dwight Kirsch,
chairman, announced. The uni
versity is one of five Institu
tions in America to be offered
one of these scholarships.
Winners will be enrolled in
the Paris school for a term of
thirty-four weeks beginning
August 31, 1936. Further in
formation may be obtained
from the office of fine arts de
partment before May 15.
SELECT MEIERS
Sororities, Barb Groups Must
Make Choice of Girls
By Friday, May 1.
Arrangements for Ivy Lay, May
7, near completion according to
Mortar Board, senior honorary in
charge. Announcement is made
that the Innocents society will
assist in preparing the grounds for
Ivy Day festivities and with other
general arrangements.
Letters will reach sorority
houses and unaffiliated groups
Monday concerning the choice of
ivy and daisy chain members. All
senior women are eligible for the
ivy chain, but only one from each
of the other three classes will be
chosen to carry the daiy chain.
Decker Directs Rehearsals.
Those who will carry the two
chains must attend two rehearsals
previous to Ivy Day to learn the
"Ivy Day Chant." Herman T.
Decker will train the group which
will be accompanied during the
processional by a portion of the
university band, William T. Quick
connductor. Names must be sub
mitted to Mrs. Ada Westover in
Ellen Smith hall by noon Friday,
May 1..
To Announce Winning Poem.
Choice of the winning manu
script in the Ivy day poet contest
which closed Friday, will be made
soon according to Alaire Barkes,
Mortar Board president.
Judges of the contest are Miss
Louise Pound, Miss Marguerite
McPhee, and Mr. L. C. Wimberly,
professors of the university Eng
lish department. Identity of the
poet will not be made known until
the poem Is read before the May
queen's court the morning of Ivy
day.
Ivy day orator, John O. Wilson,
(Continued on Page 31.
all wise guidance for it. If things
could only be Amplified anil om
niscience take the place of human
ignorance our present supply of
productive equipment would not
prove to be too much. Moreover
we probably would be clamoring
for better machines and more of
Winning two gold medali
cniblcnialie of Ihe elm in ion
ship in the shotput and discus
events, Sam sj'rancis. star Husk
er athlete, led Ihe field in tlvi
weight throw
ing contests at
the annual
Drake relays
staged success
fully at Dea
Moines Friday
and Saturday.
Francis threw
the 16 pound
metal shot 50
feet 7 inches to
be awarded
first. Don Elser,
Notre Dame,
was second
with a 43 foot
throw. His hurl
SAM FRANCIS
The Lincoln Journal. of 149.76 feet
was adjudged as a southpaw rec
ord by discus fans, even tho the
shotput is supposed to be "Sam
my's" speciality.
Cardwell Gets Second.
Lloyd Cardwell placed second in
the hop, step and jump with a
mark of 47 feet 3 3-4 inches. Har
vey Neil of Maryville, Mo, state
teachers college was the winner
with a leap of 48 feet 3-4 inch.
"Cardy" came in third in the broad
jump at 23 feet 6 3-4 inches, with
Kermit King, Pittsburg, Kas.,
state teachers college jumper, in
first place. King went 24 feet 10
inches with the wind at his back.
Jack Meagher of Notre Dame was
second at 21 feet 9 inches.
Harold Jacobsen easily came in
second in his trial heat, and placed
third in a blanket finish of the fi
nal heat. It took the 100 yard
dash judges some time before they
decided that Neil was first and
Dunn, Pittsburgh, Kas., state
teachers college, was second. 'Jake'
was awarded third place. Neil's
time was 9.7 seconds, two-tenths
second behind the record time held
jointly by Roland Locke, Ralph
Metcalfe, and Jesse Owens.
Panther too Good in Javelin.
Gus Peters, Eldon Franks, and
Floyd Gliesberg could not survive
the pace set in the preliminaries
of the javelin throw. Mark Pan
ther of Iowa came back to set a
new Drake Relay's record in the
javelin with a toss of 222.65 feet.
The world's record is 241 feet S
inches.
Nebraska's distance medley team
got off to a fine start but lost out
in the final portion of the distance.
Les Pankonin, running the first
440 yards, and Bob West, running
the second 880 yard distance, kept
well up in front with the Indiana,
Purdue, Wisconsin, and Oklahoma
runners. Wilson Andrews, running
the third trek of 1,320 yards, was
second when heh anded the baton
to Bob Morris but the competi
tion was too stiff In the final mile
and Morris was "tied up" with leg
(Continued on Tage 2).
YOUNG PEOPLE'S MAIN
SAYSDR.H.N.WIEMAN
Noted Philosopher, Advises
Building Framework for
Religion.
"One of the most important
problems that a person has to faca
in the first thirty years of his life
si to get oriented and find the
things which will offer the great
est ruiiuimem
of life," was the
declaration o n
which Dr. Hen
ry Nelson Wie
man, tbe noted
writer and
speaker and
prof essor of
p h ilosophy of
religion at the
University .of
Chicago, based
his subject of
"Ways of Liv
ing." Wr. Wci-
mnn snoke be
fore a group Of Courtmy Th JounwI.
young people wieman
and church leaders at a retreat
held in the Hi-Y Hut yesterday
evening at 5:30.
One of the greatest things to
which a person may devote his life,
according to the speaker, is to give
as much time as possible in devel
oping the intellectual framework
(Continued on Page 4).
UNIVERSITY SEES
BADMINTON GAME
Canadian Flayer to Hat
Feathered Cork Here.
Furthering the cause of bad
minton, Knglish game now popu
lar in the cast. A. B. Atherton.
Canadian player, will put on an
exhibition mutch at tho coli&cum
Monday evening at 8 o'clock.
Appearing with the skilled ex
ponent of the feathered cork will
I be Jack Puiccll. friend or mo
! Canadian. Harold W. Johnson, and
i d.... Dh.in. ail nf Omaha. A
fourth player may be recruited
later to form a doubles game.
I The game of badminton is in
creasing in popularity in this
country followins its recent intro-
i duction. Tlaye.1 with racquets.
i net fnd fcathcrd coik ball, It
1 closely resembles tennis.
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