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The Case for
A Decent Library.
It is hard to interest a great number of people
in the welfare of a library. They will agree that the
library Is the "heart of the university" and that a
student union building is no more than an extra
curricular appendage, but the latter finds enough
active support to become a reality. No great num
bers were greatly concerned when the famous
library at Alexandria was scattered or burned; not
until centuries later did man begin to realize the
full measure of civilization's loss. Today, no public
group large enough to be effective seems concerned
to see the largest collection of books in the state
housed in an overcrowded fire trap.
Here is the library situation at a glance.
In 1895, when the present library was built,
there were less than 1,000 students. Today, there
are more than 6,000.
In 1895 there were 2,000 volumes In the
library. Today, there are more than 300,000.
With a student population then of 1,000, the
library was constructed to accomodate 400 stud
dents with a student population now of 6,000,
the library should be able to accomodate 1,500
students. It now accomodates LESS than 400.
This situation prompted former librarian Nellie
Jane Corrt'pton to write in 1919 for the semi
centennial anniversary publication of the uni
versity: "There has been absolutely no expansion
of space for library use since that time (1895).
In tact, the space for readers has been much de
creased, as the tables which were originally placed
in the alcoves in the book room had to be with
drawn in order to make space for the new stacks
demanded by the increasing number of books. For
several years students have constantly been turned
away from the reading room by lack of space
to seat them, and the last possible addition has been
maae to the stacks. It is frequently necessary to
shift many shelves of books in order to place a
tew newly-acquired volumes, and temporary shelv
ing outside of the building is already being resorted
to." That was 1919, when the library numbered 140,
000 volumes. Today, the number has more than
doubled, and over 100,000 volumes have been
carted off to departmental buildings, where they
are available to only a small proportion of the
student body.
Miss Compton was not indulging In wishful
thinking when she wrote "students have con
stantly been turned away from the reading room
by lack of space." Despite the fact that poor
lighting and ventilation make the present
library building one of the poorest places to
study on the campus, 75,000 books were distrib
uted from the general reading room desk last
year an average of 40 books per student and
a great number of them were used at the read
ing room tables. In the reserve reading room,
wnere 6,000 special volumes are kept on file,
an average of 38 books per student was checked
out last year, and most of them, necessarily, used
In the reserve reading room.
Statistics do riot tell the entire story of the
library's growth, particularly in its importance to
the university. Even in 1919, kiss Compton wrote
that "From the first, the University library has
Deen primarily a reference library." Lecture notes
were the basis for the entire course, and only the
faculty, graduates, or students in special courses
used the library to advantage.
Today, theories of education have changed
Courses of study now center around outside read
ings, and discussions have crowded learning by
rote from the classroom. Added to this are the
"honors" courses, which require intensive independ
ent study and the comprehensive survey courses in
literature and science, where reference reading ex
ceeds the classroom in importance and value. This
is as It should be if the library were physically
able to meet the added responsibilities.
In spite of great fire hazard, the ancient main
library building has not outlived its usefulness,
should a new structure be erected to take Its
place. The greater danger to the safety of its oc
cupants Is the tremendous weight of the book
shelves, which, crowded into a building Intended
tor a twentieth of that capacity, makes the build
ing structurally unsafe. The picture in today's Ne
braskan, showing a suspension beam drawn from
its moorings by the weight of the floor below,
Illustrates this point. If the weight of the book
shelves were removed and a few precautionary
alterations made, the forty-two year old build
ing might see added service In the role of lab
oratory or class rooms. As a library, however, It
is as unsafe as it is unsuited.
The library should be the first responsibility of
any college administration, and the first concern
of trie citizens who support the educational system.
Without a decent library around which the uni
versity may be built, money spent on instructors
and classroom buildings is largely dissipated. But
there is no method no magic formula by which
students or faculty can stop this waste and make
the library a vital part of this university. The state
legislature alone, which is not considering a long
time building program for state institutions, can
accomplish this change. Our responsibility is but to
point out the need; it is theirs to act.
The university can only continue Its services,
and hope to render greater service when the legis
lature recognizes its needs. As Miss Compton ex
pressed the library's part in this: "Probably few
people, even in the university itself, realize the
worth of this library to the university and to the
state. It is the largest and by far the most valuable
collection of books in Nebraska. The books have
Deen most carefully chosen for their value as a
working collection, and there are few subjects upon
which it does not contain good material. The library
serves the whole university as does no other single
department, coming in touch at some point with
every student and every professor. Much more of
service that it would like to give must be withheld
in Its present inadequate quarters and with its
small staff of workers, but the foundations have
neen well laid, the growth has been carefully
guided, and when the opportunity comes, the larger
service will be given."
"Education," they tell us, "is on
the rocks." It seems that we don't
read enough beyond those articles
which are prescribed for our va
rious courses.
Just what do you read? Have
you read any books since the be
ginning of the second semester
which were not compulsory as a
part of one of your courses? Of
what then, does your reading con
sist? Do you read newspapers reg
ularly? Which ones? How alxiut
periodicals ?
Ink over the list of papers and
magazines read by the average
college student. Then, take the
time that he spends in his classes,
add to it that which is spent in
preparation of his lessons, outside
work, extra-curricular activities,
and amusements, and perhaps you
will agree thHt these students do
well to read as much as they do.
Bill Hollister, Arts and Sciences
senior:
"Recently I've read 'The Man
Who Caught the Weather,' and
the "History of the Inca." As to
newspapers, I always read Sarah
Louise Meyer's column in Daily
Nebraskan to make sure that she
Isn't slamming me again. I read
about seventy other magazines,
and the New Yorker, Esquire,
College Humor and the Amer
ican. Betty Stangenberg, Teachers
College senior:
"Among the books are 'For
give Us Our Trespasses,' Mf I
Have Your Apples,' and 'After
the Widow Changed Her Mind.'
Then I always read the Lincoln
Journal, Time, Literary Digest,
Scrlbner's, and Harpers maga
zines." Doris Reddlck, Arts and Sci
ences freshman:
"No books recently. I read the
Lincoln Journal, the Omaha Bee
News, and of course the Daily
Nebraskan; the American, the
Woman's Home Companion, Ufa .
and National Geographic maga
zines are interesting too."
Harold Schudel, an Ag college
freshman:
"I have read no books recently
but confine my reading to the
Lincoln Journal and an occasion
al glance at Esquire."
Anna Ach, Arts and Sciences
senior:
"I read the Lincoln Star and
Collier's magazine."
Clen Hedges, Bizad junior:
"I havent read any books re
cently, but I'm reading Herbert
Ager's Land of the Free."
Gertrude Warner, Arts and Sci
ences freshman:
"I read quite a few nooks out
side of my courses but most of
them pertain to my liberal arts
courses in philosophy. I do enjoy
the Lincoln Journal for daily news,
and such magazines as Time, Life,
American, and Good Housekeep
ing." Evelyn Krupicka, Teachers col
lege sophomore:
"I haven't read any books re
cently. I read the Lincoln Star and
the Omaha World-Herald regular
ly, and sometimes the Lincoln
Journal. As to magazines, I pre
fer Reader'a Digest, Life, Ladies
Home Journal, Woman's Home
Companion, Delineator, and Mc
Call's." Kenneth Helllger, Arts and Sci
ences junior:
"Lately I've read two biograph
ies of Theodore Roosevelt and I'm
now reading War and Peace by
Tolstoy. I enjoy both Omaha and
Lincoln newspapers, and Time,
Life, and News-Week magazines."
Byron Miller, Arts and Sciences
sophomore:
"The only book I've read re
cently is '100,000.000 Guinea Pigs.'
I prefer the Lincoln Star as a
newspaper, and my favorite maga
zine is Life."
Selma Zveitel, Teachers college
freshman:
"I've just finished War and
Peace' by Tolstoy and am now
rding 'The Forsyte Saga.' Reg
ularly, I read the Lincoln Star and
the Omaha World Herald, and
magazines such as Reader's Di
gest, Cosmopolitan, Time, and
Ladles Home Journal."
Bob Beaver, Arts and Sciences
junior:
"Newspapers, the Lincoln Star
and the Journal; magazines, Es
quire, Reader's Digest, and Life."
Elizabeth Waugh, Arts and
Sciences freshman:
"This semester, I've read 'Cyr
ano de Berzerac,' but beyond that,
and Time, and Life, I haven't had
time to do much outside reading."
Becky Oldfather, Arts and Sci
ences sophomore:
"My favorite newspaper is the
Lincoln Star. I read such maga
zines as Time, Life, Reader's
Digest, and Harper's regularly."
Dorothy Swisher, Arts and Sci
ences freshman:
"All I have time for is the Lin
coln Journal and the Readers Di
gest." Allen Stoehr, Bizad freshman:
"I read the Lincoln Star, and
Collier's magazine."
Martha Montgomery, Ag college
junior:
"I'va just finished 'Anna Kar
enina. As to newspapers, I read
the Nebraskan, and the Lincoln
Star."
Eleanor Larson, Teachers college
senior:
"I haven't read any books re
cently, and the only newspaper is
the Lincoln Journal. Besides It, I
scan the pages of the Readers
Digest, the American magazine,
and the Ladies Home Journal."
Maxine Grant, Teachers college
freshman:
"Although I've read no books
lately, I do quite a bit of outside
reading. I read the Daily Ne
braskan, the World-Herald, the
Journal, and the Dep Moinea Reg
ister. As to periodicals, the ones
I like best are the Literary Digest,
Time, Life, Readers Digest, Sat
urday Evening Tost, and the
American.'"
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DEATH yesterday took a great
American naval hero in Rear Ad
miral Richmond P. Hobson, 66,
U. S. N.. who ranked next to Ad
miral Dewey as the most popular
figure emerging from tne bpanisn
American war. He was the young
officer who led the sea battle
that ended in the sinking of the
historic Merrlmac in Santiago
harbor, when the Americana were
blockading the Spanish fleet. Stu
dents of history will rememoer
how Hobson led a group of volun
teers into scuttling the boat under
a hot fire from the Spanish bat
teries. Later a member of con
gress from Alabama, Hobson took
an active stand for prohibition
and Identified himself with the
fight for woman suffrage thruout
his public career.
AMERICAN Federation or la
bor's President Green broke into
the news-print again, not with a
pulsating charge against jonn
Lewis' CIO but witn wnat ap
pears to be a stamp of approval
of President Roosevelt's judiciary
reform. Replying to the questions
of the senate judiciary committee,
Green suggested that the supreme
court go under the same rule of
periodic change as tne one mat
affects congress.
With Nebraska's Senator
Burke leading the bombardment
of queries, Green's declarations
included that the supreme court
has lagged in properly coping
with new economic and social
problems, that it has gone out
of touch with the realities of
current life, that periodic ap
pointment of new judges would
sooth the situation, and that
labor will gamble its chance of
supreme court interpretation of
legislation if the court is re
constructed with men who have
"rubbed elbows" with their fellow-men.
GOVERNOR Frank Murphy of
Michigan has another strike to
contend with this week, not with
automobile workers' unions but
with striking employees of De
troit's four largest hotels. The
waiters' and waitresses union
didn't got a chance to hold a sit-
down strike, as the hotels locked
out their employees and notified
about 2,500 hotel patrons that
there would be no service. Latest
reports indicate that negotiations
won't be completed for a few days,
which should be another headache
for Governor Murphy who, in case
you've forgotten, left his tranquil
post as governor-general Of tne
Philippines to rally to the cause
of tne democrats. His election to
the gubernatorial chair was part
of the great landslide of 1936.
ahV at What
Spring Brought.
From out the "cultured" East
comes a story wnicn manes us
shake our collective heads and
have grave worries over the hith-
rto unblemished character of the
beautiful Madam Spring.
The story tells us that the ap-
roach of spring released campus
energies and the "Roosevelt for
King" movements spread from
Yale to Princeton and Columbia.
A group of Yale students inau-
urated the movement proposing
in several "whereases to crown
President Roosevelt "Franklin I"
nd rename Washington, D. C,
Roosevelt City."
As the idea gained momentum in
the proverbial centers of learning
f the United States, several more
brilliant appendages were made.
In fact, the whole movement now
fairly scintillates and blankets the
participants with that most allur
ing of glows free publicity.
Spring, spring, beautirui spring
has been blamed for many a pe
culiar effect on poor defenseless
man. But this this is too much!
Perish the thought that the airy
nd charming Madam Spring be
accused as the inspiration of this
noble deed. It must have been
something far more Intoxicating.
But back to the movements
again. We've been fuming 'n mus
ing n trvinr to figure out lust now
those brilliant boys could think of
so many witty things all at once.
My! My!
P. S. No, we aren't democrats
either, incidentally.) Dally llllni.
Join the
Chin CIf Club.
Great hulking bearded Dart
mouth men who find trouble re
moving their whiskers can now re
joice in the announcement that
shaving has been transformed
from a tedious mowing of the fa
cial lawn to a sprightly pre-break-fast
game of golf.
Chin Golf, however, is no in
formal, leisurely child's play, but
a competitive sport for rugged
men, with rules and regulations. In
fact, we were informed by special
delivery yesterday that the United
States Chin Golf association is
holding its first Eastern Intercol
legiate championship on April 3 in
studio No. 1 of station WOR in
New York City; and we were
asked to select an undergraduate
to represent Dartmouth in the
competition against Yale, Prince
ton, Williams, Harvard, Amherst,
Brown, Columbia, Wresleyan and
Pennsylvania.
The game, we are given to un
derstand, consists in "shaving a
masculine face from the 'RougY
to 'Presentable' by successive
strokes." The object is "to trans
form this morning task from its
present status of profane drudgery
ADVANCED STUDENTS
TO PRESE
CONVOCATION TODAY
Eight Will Give Piano, Voice,
Violin Recital at Four
In Temple Theater.
Eight advanced students of the
school of music will present the
weeklv musical convocation this
afternoon at 4 o'clock in the Tern
pie theater. Voice, piano, and vio
lin numbers will comprise tne pro
gram.
Duane Harmon, a student of Mr.
Tempel, will open the recital by
two vocal numbers, "The Minstrel"
bv Easthore-Hartln. and "The Ar
row and the Song." a recent com
position of Wilbur Chenoweth. A
pupil of Mr. Chenoweth, Raymond
Bauer, will continue the program
on the niano with Beethoven's
"Moonlight Sonata."
A voice student of Mrs. Polley,
Woodrow Robinson, will offer
"Hear Me Ye Winds and Waves."
by Handel; Vee Louise Marshall,
who studies with Mr. Schmidt, will
present the piano number "Rhap
sody, op. 79, No. 1" by Brahms;
and Martha McGee, whose voice
Instructor is Miss Wagner, will of
fer two selections, "Over the
Stepp-" by Gretchaninoff, and "At
Night by Rachmaninoff?"
Completing the recital will be
numbers by pupils of Miss Moreiy,
Mrs. Thomas, and Mr. Steckel
berg. Naomi Mendenhall will pre
sent a Debussy selection, "The
Sunken Garden;" Ruth Jayne Mur
ray will sing two numbers, "The
Lark Now Leaves His Wat'ry
Nest" by Parker, and "The Icicle"
bv Bassett. Thomas McManus will
present the violin solo, "Zigeuner
weisen" by Sarasati.
(Bidbdin
into sport worthy of participation
bv civilized man." And the win
ner is that competitor "who shaves
his face in the fewest strokes.
At first glance, the large and
handsome cup promised to the vic
torious contestant on April 3
seems safely in the hands of the
Dartmouth man, than whom no
collegian shaves faster or more
seldom. Yet all is not so simple.
Rule 6 declares that 'the face must
be fairly struck at with the cut
ting edge of the razor, and not
pushed, scraped or spooned." Rule
states that "if tne area oi tne
mustache, side whiskers and
goatee exceeds more than 20 per
cent of the total fairway, the face
is deemed unplayable in Stroke
Competition." And a Face is not
deemed "Presentable" until it is in
condition "to be willingly kissed
by the wife or sweetheart of the
competitor.
Yet Dartmouth will not fimcn
before this challenge, tho its
beards are the toughest worn by
man or beast. And 32 Robinson
Hall will be open all today to re
ceive applications for the inter
collegiate contest.
Meanwhile, as the London Times
commented, "let us remember that
every great game demands its vic
tims, and let us not mourn too
much for the over eager amateurs
who In their thirst for glory re
move their entire heads in one no
ble stroke." The Dartmouth.
Dr. Kurz to Speak on
Religious Viewpoint
Dr. Harry Kurz, chairman of
the department of Romance
languages, will discuss the topic
"What religion means to me" be
fore University YMCA members
tonight at 7:15 in the Temple. All
University men interested are
invited.
Barb Women.
There will be a mass meeting of
all Barb women today at 5 o'clock
in the northeast room of Ellen
Smith hall.
Student Union Committee.
Members of the Student Union
committee will meet at , 3 o clock
today in Room 106 of University
hall.
Sigma Delta Chi.
Members of Sigma Delta Chi
will assemble at noon Thursday
for a luncheon meeting in the Cap
ital hotel.
Lutherans.
Lutheran students will meet with
Rev. H. Erck for the regular Bible
class Wednesday at 7:15 p. m. in
room 203 of the Temple building.
The topic of the discussion will be:
The Teaching of Jesus Concerning
Marriage and Divorce.
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CHOLARSHIP
Home Ec Specialists May
Apply for $25 Gift
At Ag College.
The Ceres Club of the college of
agriculture announces the offer of
a senior scholarship of $25, not as
a loan but a gift of money that is
granted in recognition of merito
rious efforts-in school life as well
as for scholastic attainment.
Any girl who is registered in the
university ag college and who will
have 90 or more hours of credit at
the close of the second semester of
the 1936-37 school year, of which
at least one-third has been earned
while registered in the home eco
nomics course in the university,
is eligible. Grades of applicants at
the middle of the junior year must
show an average of 80 percent or
higher. Girls must be wholly or
partially self supporting to meet
the eligibility standards.
Secure Application Blanks.
Candidates may secure applica
tion blanks at the office of Dean
Burr or Miss Fedde. Each candi
date must mail her application
blank completely filled out to Mrs.
E. E. Brackett, 3230 Starr street,
on or before March 18, 1937.
Applicants are requested to call
at the home of Mrs. E. E, Brackett
between the hours of two and four
o'clock on Thursday or Friday,
March 25 or March 26, for a brief
personal interview with the schol
arship committee. At this time
each applicant must present her
university credit book for exam
ination by the committee.
Dr. Bengtson Speaks
On 'Central America
At Joslyn Memorial
Dr. Nels A. Bengtson, head of
the geography department, will
speak on Central America at the
Joslyn Memorial in Omaha Sunday
afternoon at 3:30.
Dr. Bengtson, who during the
past 15 years has made three ex
tended trips into Caribbean lands
on geographical and geological ex
peditions, will illustrate his lec
ture by slides based on photo
graphs taken on these occasions.
The DAVIS
School Service
"A Good
Teachers Agetwy"
643 Stuart Bldg. Lincoln
33 HOI ECONOMICS
STUDENTS LEAVE FOR
FIEL
D TRIP IN OMAHA
Tour to Include Visits to
Cafeterias, Hospital,
Food Markets.
Thirty-three members of institu
tional management classes under
the direction of Miss Martha Park
and girls' animal husbandry
classes under Prof. W. J. Loeffel
left at 7:30 o'clock this morning on
a field trip which will include vis
its to a number of Omaha business
houses and cafeterias.
Scheduled for the purpose of ac
quainting the prospective institu
tional managers with the organiza
tion of large cafeterias, food
markets and packing plants the
tour will include such points of in
terest as: Swift's Packing com
pany, University hospital, Central
high school, Omaha Fixture and
Supply company, Brandeis, North
rup Jones, Omaha Crockery com
pany, Fontenelle hotel, Omahti
Chamber of Commerce, and the
Barmettlar factory.
Special studies will be made of
food service on the Zephyr, at ho
tels, tea rooms, cafeterias, hos
pitals, and high schools, with
emphasis being placed on the
equipment which is necessary for
large quanity cookery.
AROUND AND ABOUT
(Continued from Page 1.)
ceptible goings around of wheels
in the heads of solemn thinkers in
the Classics library. There are the
chuckles from a Pfieler witticism,
or the roars from a Scott dig. But
most distinctive of all are the rifle
cracks from the lower regions. So
we went and we saw.
We were somewhat startled,
upon wondering onto the east
range, to find coeds sprawled
upon their tummies, with In
structor likewise. But we soon
learned that "prone" was one
of four possible positions the
easiest. Target practice may
also be done standing, sitting or
kneeling. The upright shooting
is the hardest because there is
less chance for steadying the
gun; kneeling and sitting shots
are about a tossup.
To balance and steady the rifle
for target marksmanship a "sling"
is used. This strap, passed around
the upper part of the left arm,
prevents a slip to the right. The
protective hollow formed by the
right shoulder steadies the rifle in
the opposite direction. For the
four positions are three available
target levels at which the be-cir-cled
cardboards may be placed on
the movable holders.
Rifle firing is becoming more
and more popular with both men
and women, and expert markman
ship is rewarded in various forms
of competition. So, you of the
keen eye and steady nerves, shoot!
A good will court in which stu
dents fill be able to air their
grievances has been established at
Cornell university.
FOR EASTER"
Spring Styling
in the
Newest
Coiffure
Trend
by
Mr. Henri Larabee
Easier Permanent
CORRELL'S BEAUTY SALON
228 No. 13th B2936
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daring reductions on
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$165
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O White broadcloths
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O New Spring Patterns
Yes, it's truel A large selection of $2
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of constantly rising prices. So men,
take our advice, lay in a good supply
... it -will be a long time before such
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