I GjwwuL and About EBRA 1HF JL JLJL Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska OI XXXVI NO. HI. LINCOLN. NKimASKA. TIIUKSDAY, FKItltUAItY 11. I PHICK 5 CENTS Daily SKAN IK Mi 7.ijt.o jp1 a H ill ; 4 j Professorial Vernacular Difficult. Melon Sevora writes "stream of thought'' poetry in her biology lecture. We've had lectures like that too. Dean Ferguson, Dr. Alexis ami Prof. Burr Smith were called upon at Kolary Tuesday noon to give their classification in the organi zation. With long faces they set forth their callings in the most extravangantly technical termi nology possible. Of course few of their fellow Hotarians could un derstand their language at all. So much of our alleged educa tional system does that very thing in all seriousness. Seeking to en hance their prestige as men of great learning, professors dolly up comparatively simple truths in fancy furbelows of an elaborate jargon. The everyday things of life are so renamed and new-named that the most fundamental ele ments of a course cannot be dis cussed without the subject's vo cabulary. How silly this procedure can become is fully realized by Dr. Arndt. He particularly decries the technical terminology perpetrated on the beginner in economics. Largely because professors insist on making the field understand able only the hard way. he feels that element ry economics classes are worthless out of all proportion to their potential value. And the same might bo argued concerning almost any pure or social science. But at least one instructor an nounces the exact status quo ef his courses with refreshing frankness. Mr. Robert Crawford solemnly told his class in crea tive thinking that if there were any souls enrolled therein who looked forward to keeping de tailed notebooks, doing much outside reading, and writing many papers, they'd better get out "You don't have to work in this course." Mayhap there's a new day dawning in this vale of sorrow. A sporting success has Mickey Moss. She wears the colors of a large brewing company's bowling team, which entitles the ten-pin artist to free alley privileges. t'n- like the typical bowling alley queen, Miss Moss is not Amazonic. Tn fact her very slightness drew many an unsuspecting and loss proficient campus lad to ignomin (Continued on Page 4.) SERIES OF DEBATES Bstandig and Hartzell Argue Marquette Wednesday at Plattsmouth. Having completed a rigorous debate with two members of the Marquette debate squad yesterday afternoon before a crowded Platts mouth high school assembly, members of the University foren sic society began a series of de bates which will keep the argu ers busy for the next two months. Representing the university on the subject. "Resolved, that all electric utilities should be gov ernmentally owned and oper ated," were Taul Bstandig and Bert Hartzell, negative speakers. Ralph Houseman and Howard Rathcn upheld the affirmative for Marquette. Both Houseman and Rathen have debated three years and are freshmen in the college of law at the Milwaukee institu tion. On a tour of the middle west, the Marquette debaters have appeared against Kansa3 City university, Kansas university, and from here will travel to Omaha for a debate with Creighton uni versity, and then engage in de bates with Iowa State, Univer sity of Iowa, and DePaul univer sity in Chicago. During the next week two Ne braska teams will travel to Kan sas to engage in two debates with (Continued on Page 4.) LES M'DONALD LOSES TO OLYMPIC BOXER IN OMAHA Vinciquerra Gets Decision Over Husker in Golden j Gloves Meet. j Lea McDonald, Nebraska's all . Big Six end from Grand Island, dropped by the wayside Tuesday night in the race for heavyweight honors in the fourth annual mid west Golden Gloves A. A. U. box ing tournament at the Omaha city auditorium. The adverse decision came after a game stand against Carl Vinci querra, member of the 1936 U. S. Olympic boxing: team: Lacking the experience of his Olympic oppo nent. McDonald tried to offset this handicap by relying on his ability to "take it." Vinciquerra punched and walloped for three rounds, but at the final bell "Mac" was still on his feet and apparently as fresh as ever. Vinciquerra. who is competing unattached from Omaha, will meet Paul Hartnek, Omaha CYO, for I he heavyweight crown. VARSITY SQUAD BEGINS 14 Juniors Form Class Committee On Organization Prcsidcnt Bob Wadhams Suggests Abolition of Prom Board. Thirteen members of the class of 19.'58 were named Wednesday to a committee on class organization by Robert Wadhams, president of the junior class, inaugurating new efforts to combine a majority of college class members into a work ing unit. Those juniors, who with Wad hams will form a committee of 14, include Karl Hodlund, .lane Har bour, Jane Waloott. W 11 lard Burney, Martha Morrow, Thurston Phelps, Kloiso Benjamin, Web Mills, Bob Martz, Dave Bernstein, Virginia Anderson, Betty Chorny, and Al Moseman. Would Abolish Prom Board. At the committee's first meet ing, which is scheduled for the coming week, Wadhams will ad vance a proposal for discussion that would: Abolish the junior-senior prom committee as such, and have elected by the student coun cil in its place a committee for the organization of the junior class; provide for student contact representatives thruout the state who would further the interests of the university thru reports, inter views, and publicity; co-operate with administrative officials in such campus projects as a pro posed freshman week. Final approval for any such or ganization, should it take over the activities of the prom committee, would necessarily come from the student council. FUNERAL RUES HELD LOGIST L Dr. Alfred Schalek Dies in Omaha Tuesday After Long Illness. Private tuneral services foi Dr. Alfred Schalek. dermatologist and professor emeritus of the Uni versity college of medicine, who died Tuesday after a sudden at tack of pneumonia, were held yesterday in Omaha. After the services the body was cremated. Born in Prague, Dr. Schalek was graduated from the Uni versity there and later from the University of Vienna. In 1892 he went to Chicago as instructor in Rush college of medicine and in 1P06 went to Omaha where he had resided since. Dr. and Mrs. Schalek sold their home in Omaha three weeks ago. intending to leave for the home i.f their daughter, Mrs. Warland Ingram, in Jeffersonville, Ind.. when Dr. Schalek's ill health delayed them. Dr. Schalek had written two texts and given many lectures on dermatology. He was a member of the American Drrmatological as sociation and the Chicago and Omaha societies of dermatology. He was a past president of the Omaha association. Police Seek !Ii!-iti?; Typewriter; Heliirn Stolen Drawing Set Publication of a notice in the Wednesday issue of the Daily Ne braskan of the recovery of a valu able drawing set, within a few hours brought about the return of the property to its owner, Harold Rogers, freshman in the engineer ing college. The set. which has been missing since before Christ mas, was identified and returned to Rogers late yesterday. Theft of a portable typewriter belonging to Rev. Lawrence F. Obrist, Catholic student chaplin, is the latest of recent robberies to be reported to officers of the univer sity police. The machine, valued at $45, was taken from his office. No clue has been found as to its whereabouts. Government Scientists Promise To Analyze Vegetable Material Taken from Lvneb Sile bv Bell Dr. Karl H. Bell, university an thropologist, sent to Horace G. Bycrs. chief of the soil, chemistry and physics research division of the United States department of agriculture, a box packed with the vegetable material that was un earthed by a university expedition working at the Lynch sites last summer. The charred vegetable material was carefully analyzed and catalogued in laboratories here during the semester and now gov ernment scientists have expressed a willingness to analyze and iden tify the material. Another box containing the val uable remains of agricultural prod uce common to the inhabitants here centuries ago was also sent to Dr. Melvin R. Gilmore of the Uni versity of Michigan, a former Nc hraskan, who is now one of the I I o- Nebraskai! Hood Fund Kcurliw Tolul of $95.10 The Fireside group of the Unitarian church yesterday afternoon made the final con tribution to the Daily Ne braskan's flood fund. Pledges totaling $95.10, plus a sealed box of indi vidual contributions, will be turned over to the Lincoln area headquarters of the American Red Cross, as a result of one week's activity in seeking contributions for flood sufferers. Entries in Coliseum Close February 18; Senior Status Required. Filings for 1937 Prom Girl will open today in the Student Activi ties office'in the coliseum. The list of candidates for the senior honor will be published in the Daily Ne braskan Thursday. Feb. IS, ac cording to Bill Clayton, publicity chairman for the Junior-Senior Prom. Any girl who has senior stand ing in the university and has earned twenty-seven credit hours the preceding two semesters is eligible to file for the honor. All sorority and Barb groups are urged to enter a candidate lor Prom Girl and to do so as soon as possible, stated Dave Bernstein, co-chairman of the Prom commit tee. The votes which will be cast between 9 and 10 o'clock the night of the party will decide which of tho candidates will be presented. One ballot will bo allowed each couple. The girl will be presented immediately after the votes have been counted. The award for the winning pre sentation plan will be announced at a later date. The committee in charge of presentation reported that the plan chosen will be one of originality and sophistication, in keeping with the formal sea son's most sophisticated party. E F Club to Elect Four Council Representatives in Poll on Feb. 12. Annual election of officers to the Pharmaceutical club will be held Friday morning at 10:30 in Pharmacy hall. Three officers and four class representatives will be selected. The new constitution, adopted bv the club a year ago. provides for the election eveiy mid-year, of three officers, and a representa tive from each class for the coun cil. The election is held at the middle of the year so that the club can go into action in the fall with out waiting for an election of of ficers. The present heads of the organi zation are William G. Clayton of Grand Island, president,' and Kvclyn Hoyle of Beatrice secre tary' The post of treasurer, va cated by Paul Eogen who trans ferred to the college of arts and sciences, has been temporarily filled bv Robert H. Chambers of North Platte. The governing council Is com posed of the three officers and the president of each class. In case one of the officers is president of his class another representative is se lected. outstanding etlino-lxtanists in the ! country. Alkali in Soil. According to Dr. William Van Royen, physiographer of the Uni versity. Bycrs and Frank Hayes of the conservation and survey di vision worked in the Lynch, Neb., vicinity a few years ago, where they were particularly interested in the occurrence in this region of a poison in the soil, sometimes re poison entered the vegetation and was potent enough to kill stock. Sceintists believe that this poison is associated with Pierre shales and upper Niobrara limestone j formations. Dr. Van Royen conferred with Byers on this problem while in Washington during the holidays. In addition to the vegetable male (Conlinued on Tage 2.) FILINGS FOR 1937 DDDM HIDI URMDR IU III U L U 1U Mi WILL OPEN TODAY ManjiieUe Arbiters Meet lluskers. & v a v - h2- w . ' v ) CV j - f : - - .. -iril i- im- ' RALPH WOtiXMM -IO'rCO CTHI Members of the Marouctte university debate team who argued ,.111, Pnni ntim.iiir iin.i lit Marlzell of the Husker forensic team Jiefore a crowded high school assembly at Plattsmoulh afternoon. Subject of the debate was: Resolved, that utilities should be governmentally owned and operated.' was non-decision. m vKioNi:m:s topic OF MKKTINi; TODAY j s Mcvrr to Aduro Alplia Lambda Drlla in Sin it It I tall. Maiionettes and the Marionette, K-... Mill. I cuerite Mover, junior in Teachers college, at the meeting oi Aipna Lambda Delta, freshman women's honorary society, at 5 o'clock to- ; day in F.llen Smith hall. Miss Meyer, who has made scv- oral puppets and has assisted in J the production of many plays in the miniature theaters, will relate : a few of her experiences and do-j scribe the puppet show from the viewpoint of one behind the j scenes. Virginia Tookey. sophomore and j member of Alpha Lambda Delta. will play a selection on the piano. Lt. Col. DeVoss to Inspect Conditions for April Military Compct. Lieutenant-Colon?! James T. DeVoss of the second regiment of i Pershing rifles will arrive in Lin I coin Friday morning to inspect the possibilities of having the regi- i mental drill at tho Nebraska , campus. Coming directly from the regimental headquarters in Iowa City. Lt. Col. DeVoss will remain in 'Lincoln until Saturday night. If conditions are favorable, the ; regimental drill will be held this year on the Nebraska campus. In such a case, regiments from MIn- i nesota. Iowa. and Wisconsin, i which comprise the corps area , with Nebraska, would appear for j the drill here. The regimental drill j was held in Iowa City last year and will take place this year about : the middle part of April. . Lt. Col. DeVoss will be enter ! tained by national officers of . Pershing rifles at the Lincoln j i noiei rriuay cm ium,;. i o'clock Friday afternoon he will inspect the local regiment Captain Dave Bernstein has is- sued orders for a short practice of the Nebraska group at 5 o'clock Thursday aftei noon. T Committee Plans Minor Re visions to Clarify the Present Program. At the regular meeting of A W. S. board on Friday- the a special committee, headed by Jean Walt, will consider a few minor changes in the wording and con tent of the explanation of the point system for women in activi ties on the Nebraska campus. I Barbara DePution. president of the A. W. S. board, who will assist j the committee, announced that no important changes in the point system were contemplated by the committee at present, anil the j only purpose m revising the ex jplanation of the system would be . in order to clarify it and make it ' easier understood. Other members of the committee are Dorothy Bentz. Betty Cherny. and Helen Pascoc. BIZAIJ ;i!Ol T 1IKAKS AlKCHArT OFFICIAL "Development of Low Cost Planes" was the subject on which Gordon Aldrich, official of the PERSHING RIFLES MAY ! HOLD REGIMENT DRILL i UPON UNCOLN CAMPUS! Arrow Aircraft company spoke tojby the members of Alplia Kappa I'm. pro fessional commercial fraternity, at a meeting held last evening at the tvappa cigma iraiernuv nuuw. Aldrich included in his discus- sion a summary of future possi-1 ,ii,t... f ; ih. uiw-raft to. and described the low cost plane which would soon go on the market for the American public for the puce of $1.51)0. ! elnesday , all electric , The contest I E TO AG FRESHMEN PnnLlin Will Arlril'PSS C. T. Varsity Dairy Club at Meeting Tonight. C. T. Conklin. of Vermont, sec relary of the Ayrshire Breeders; association, will address freshman j men of the agricultural college at ! an open meeting sponsored by the Varsity Dairy club tonight from ! 7:30 to S:30 "o'clock. The convo cation, an annual affair, will be held in the Dairy Industry build ing. "We were extremely fortunate in being able to secure such an : outstanding authority as a speak- ; er," stated Rodney Bertramson, : president of the dairy club, in discussing the projected meeting.1 "Mr. Conklin is recognized every where as one of the most compe tent men in the dairy industry. The dairy club urges every fresh-, man on ag campus to hear him." ; A craduate of the Massachu- j setts State Agricultural college, , where he later taught animal bus- bandrv for several years. Mr. ..... . k .e;.ti.,i KinKlIll lia. ioiij; i n , i with tho dairy business. He was instrumental in establishing me famous herd test and in publish - ing the Ayrshire Journal, oui I Cont iiinv on Page 3. i Baritone. Soprano to Sing This Afternoon at the Temple Theater. Richardson Dougall. baritone cn.i Rns, Dunder. sonrano, both Htn.lents of Alma Wagner. will nal i present ; ' , a loint junior rec Thnrs.lav afternoon at 4 o clock ! ot tvr Tnmnio theater Playing .. ...mmaniniMiis for the vocal-1 jsts wj)1 Vance Lcininger and '. ; ,' , a,..r,,,u.e Lin dure n. ! Mr. Dougall will open the pro- j jgram with four selections. '"Fcmme Sensible" from "Aro- 1 diant" by Mehul. "Le -Manage des Roses" bv Fiencn. "An die Musik" . and "Die" Fondle" by Schubert, and , a Grcig number "Ich Liebe Dich." One duet by the two performers lis listed on the program. "Nel Seg igio Placido" from "Andronico" by Mcrcandante. Solos that will be presented by Miss Dunder are "Open Thy Heart'' by Bizet and "At the Well" by Hageinan. Completing the re cital will be another group of num bers sung by Mr. Dougall, includ ing "My Lovely Celia" by Munro. "The Garden"' by Wolf. "The Breakers." by Finch, a selection by Griff es, "By "a Lonely Forest Path way." and a number composed by Koiintz, "The Sleigh." Engineers VERMON DAIRY XPERT SPEAKS i DOUGALL. DUNDER GIVE OINT JUNIOR RECITAL Brin: International c Harvester Display to ' i mpus As Part of New Diesel Com On display today and tomorrow as a new feature of the cnginoer i ing college's Diesel engine short i course is a collection of special in- struclion and display equipment of : the International Harvester Co. The exhibit arrived yesterday from Iowa State college where it was on display the first part of the week, and has been set up in the basement of mechanical engineer ing hall. The course is sponsored agricultural engineering and mechanical engineering oie- part ments undei the supervision j of Professor E. E. Erackett and . j. . naiir. The instruction work for Inter- national Harvester is under the di ' rr!i.m of HerTPf Penkoff. Who i has had considerable experience in reciion oi uwikit ri-iinun, w hf the dosign. .(,tici n r'Timi Sinn ..', vicing of Diesel engines in F-u'rope as well as in the United States. Movie of Frisco Bridge Features Engineers Convo l'OWKK or PUKSS itm;s i:i;n ils AUND'rS OT.OAT The power exerted by the press was evidenced Wednesday, when a conscious-stricken Daily Ne braska!) reader, after noticing in Tuesday's paper a little yarn about the loss r.t Prof. Karl A mill's overcoat at the recent inter fraternity mill, returned the gar ment. All due - red it tor the return ot the overcoat was given to the L,.iUV ,,, ,,,,. ' Daily Nchraskan by the suave in- r i I economics, who af firmed that if mention of the loss had not been made, the wind breaker would never have been returned. Prof. A null evidently didn't recall that he had kept un eye out for the overcoat in his cia.sscs during the first part of the week, and woe unto the joe college who would have tripped into class wearing the professor's own gar ment. A reporter chanted on the glib toiigued professor of wit and eco nomics Wednesday afternoon as he left his office tor the day, wearing one overcoat and carrying the returned eannont over one ' arm. This was quite ample proof oi the present capitalistic system. ; which falls heir to the jests and witticisms of Prof. Arniit. him to have and two which enables overcoats. What about th ing utility, Prof. law of ArndtV liminish- SPONSORS OP R.O.T.C. 10 HOLD IEA DANCE POR CADE! OFPICERS Miss Yoder Tells Plans to Honor Campus Leaders at Feb. 27 Party. Sponsors of the various ll.O.T.C units of the university military department -. v ' ' ,1, ; c ot a w " ,. " " 7 J be held on Saturday aft UT n irlh crnoon, Feb , from 3 to 5:30 1 o'clock at tho Cornhusker hotel, according to plans disclosed today . by Mary Yoder, honorary colonel i and president of the sponsors' or ganization. Social chairmen and presidents of organized women's houses on ; the campus will also be invited to I the tea dance as special guests. Miss Yoder explained, in addition 1 to approximately 100 women who arc recognized as being leaders in campus activities. To Select Orchestra. As yet no definite statement can be made as to the orcnesira wnicn will be secured to furnish music for the affair, but a committee under the chairmanship of Ruth Thygeson has been appointed and is "making tentative plans for this part of the afternoon's entertain ment. Miss Yoder commented. Committees which Miss Yoder appointed to make arrangements .. nffoir inolude- fleneral committee. Mai ion Rolland. chair man: Betty Van Horn, June But ler and Virginia Foster; room committee. Jean Doty, chairman: Betty Rowland and Muriel Krasne; food committee. Marjorie Bannis liit nii'.i, . ter, chairman: Betty W idener and Pat Lahr; orchestra. Ruth Thyge- i son. cnairman: irene wnns " I Dorothy Chant-low; invitations, Virginia Andeison, chairman ! Brackelt and Jane Walcott. Keliions t'.oiineil lo Plan )eoi-":iiii.ation Program To consider radical proposals for reorganization, members of the I Council or Kcligious eiiajc win meet at the Baptist student house Thursday evening between the hours of 6 and 8 o'clock for dis cussion and a buffet supper. C. D. Hayes, secretary of the Y. M. C. A., will preside at the meeting and present the proposed setup of the organization. se Mr. Penkoff is a graduate of the mechanical engineering depart ment of the University of Cali fornia, and has had direct charge of servicing of International Har vester Diesel power units and trac tors in northern California for the past several years. Sectional Parts Shown. Included in the caravan truck equipment is a special cut-out sec tion of one of the International Diesel engines similar to the dis play used at the Texas centennial exposition in Dallas last summer. Another display shows the action ,7!o an.l of Diesel mjection nozzles, and . ; enclosed in glass so that the ac - I.: v . Tl.,... ...... ' -. . . . nf , oiuu.tv. ..v ; -oral parts. ..... - r - 1HC( n-i.iii.siii. aim un niMe'.i in un (Continued on Page 2.) E. B. Slason Tonight to Show Progression in Construction. Showing the progress in tho work of construction on the San Francisco bridge, K, B. Slason of the American Steel and Wire coin pay will show sound motion pic tures before the semester's first all engineering college convocation tonight at 7:30 o'clock in Social Science auditorium. Members of the Lincoln Kngineers club and the Nebraska Kngineers Kxecutive board made arrangements for Ml. I Slason's appearance. "Tho San Francisco bay bridge is particularly interesting to -Nebraska engineers because the chief engineer on this work was Charles H. Purcell who was a civil engi neering graduate from this cam pus In I9U(i," declared Dean O. J. Ferguson of the engineering col lego. "Charles Pureed was award ed the honorary degree of doctor of engineering in 15)35 and is now chief of division and state high way engineer in California." Picture is Educational. "Th.' motion picture will also bo extremely educational because it will show the work of building up the wire cables of the bridge." Dean Ferguson added. "Few of us will ever get on a job which will offer us a view of such construc tion work." "The San Franc:sco bay bridge j has two cables of 'JS and three , quarters inches in diameter. Each cable has 17.4134 vires," stated ' Lowell Newmyer. president of the engineering executive board. "Evi : dently the picture will show t he i work of the company which Mr. Slason represents. Since a great : number of engineers were inter ested, in the bridge work, we i thought that it would be of gen jeral interest to bring the picture here. The picture will bo very in l teresting to all engineers since it : shows eloseup action of actual eon Istruotion on the bridge." j Mr. Slason's picture will be about 50 minutes in length. Hav ing shown the motion pictures be fore various engineering groups in Omaha during the past week. Sla- son will arrive in Lincoln this ! morning. Drawings of Art Gallery, Cemetery Entrance Take Top Ratings. In the latest two problem ex amination in the department of architecture. Deane Jenkins won fil.s place in the junior division with his plans for an art gallery, and Robert Thomas received high est rating in the sophomore divi sion with plans for an entrance to a cemetery. Other members of the junior class who received mention wer Robin Smith and Barbara Abbott. A sophomore award went to Jean Whinnery. Subjects for the plans were as signed by the department and judged by a committee composed of Prof. Linus Burr Smith, chair man of the department, and Ben F. Hemphill and Albert L. Pugs lev, instructors. 'p.nth sets of problems had a two week time limit set for their . V- . i completion. It was assumed mat U'the art gallery was to be erected on the university campus with rooms for permanent ami ienim rary exhibits, studios, and hous ing" facilities for various art socie ties. The entrance to a cemetery was. theoretically, to be located near the Lincoln city limits. The drawings will remain on display for several days in th west corridor of the department of architecture, ground floor. Tem ple building. MISS HiNTHORN ASSUMES AG Y.W.C.A. PRESIDENCY Installation Held for Ten Members of Holdrege Campus Cabinet. Bernctha Hinthom was ir.-t ;ill-l president of the ag Y. W. '. A. campus cabinet at a special instal lation service Tuesday. Ruth Schobert. tho iiitoir' president, reviewed the aims and the activities of the past year. Fol lowing the installation Miss Hin thorn discussed the program which has been proposed for the com ing year. Other cabinet members who were installed at this time were: Margaret Anderson, vice president and chairman of worship services: Doris Ehlers. membership chair- , man- Marion Cushir.g. contacts: Knthrin Kilmer, publicity: Eliz- is ; abeth Horr.unz. in charge of room ; arrangements: Ruth Madsen. fin- . :..iu; .-. o ance; lns v Ag-s Novaeek. fres man com- ..... i per rlass commission and Hfl-n I Thares. choir chairman.